Renewal of Membership of Upper Snowy Landcare Network Three years ago, in January 2020, we conducted a membership drive for Upper Snowy Landcare Network. Many of you signed up and paid the fee via our website. In recent years, we have not been actively chasing annual membership renewals and most of the 3-year memberships have recently expired. Furthermore, it has come to our attention that our Constitution requires us to renew at the beginning of the financial year, not the calendar year. The Constitution also requires that only paid-up members are allowed to vote at meetings. Given all of the above, at our recent Ordinary General Meeting (August 29) we agreed to revise our membership procedures and conduct a membership renewal drive. There are other reasons, too, why we need to maintain a solid base of paid-up members. First, it attracts funding. For example, our portion of the new round of government money for the Landcare Coordinator position will partly be decided on the number […]