WSPNZ EC Minutes February 2012

[Socialist Party Head Office]

WORLD SOCIALIST PARTY (NEW ZEALAND) – Executive Committee Meeting

Held via telephone at 51 Weymouth Road, Manurewa and 15 Tanera Crescent, Wellington

 

 

DATE:                                    Sunday 5^th February 2012.

 

CHAIRPERSON:                 M Grayson.  Moved T Lovatt, 2^nd C Matene.

 

OPEN:                                   1:25pm.

 

PRESENT:                             (Committee)    M Grayson, T Lovatt, V Lovatt, C Matene.

                                                (Members)        G Coffey, J Ryder, R Watkins.

 

APOLOGIES:                       A Coombs, M Gribble.

 

PREVIOUS MINUTES/ERRORS & OMISSIONS:                     

 

Minutes of January meeting were read out.  M Grayson moved the previous minutes be accepted as true and correct, C Matene 2^nd, all present in favour, previous minutes accepted.

 

DISCUSSION ARISING FROM PREVIOUS MINUTES:

 

1.       Landline rates approximately $50 per month for line rental only, toll calls cost extra.  Internet service approximately $50 per month for broadband.  Calls from the Vodafone mobile network to fixed landlines cost 0.89₵ per minute on weekends.  Calls from the Vodafone mobile network to other mobile phones on the Vodafone network only $2 for 2 hours on weekends.  T Lovatt moved that the WSPNZ purchase a Vodafone mobile phone with simcard and send to literature secretary for EC meeting calls, 2^nd C Matene, all present in favour, motion carried.

 

CORRESPONDENCE:       

 

1.       Email received from the Socialist Party of Canada.  Newsletter for February received.  WSPNZ general secretary to print and send copy of SPC newsletters to J Ryder.

2.       M Grayson moved that the correspondence be accepted, 2^nd C Matene, all in favour, correspondence accepted.

 

LITERATURE SECRETARY’S REPORT:

 

Socialist Standards for February have arrived and will be posted to subscribers along with Socialist Standards for January.

 

TREASURER’S REPORT: 

 

Treasurer’s report read by everyone present.  M Grayson moved that the treasurer’s report be accepted and for any outstanding accounts to be paid, 2^nd C Matene, all in favour, treasurer’s report accepted.

 

GENERAL BUSINESS:

 

1.       General discussion ensued.  T Lovatt brought more music to upload to radio station.

 

NEXT MEETING:                                Sunday 4^th March 2012 starting at 1:15pm.

 

CLOSED:                               1:40pm.

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