Events, News

2025 AGM and Social Night 18 Nov 2025

Join the Ballarat Permaculture Guild for their Annual General Meeting and social night!

We are meeting at 5:30pm on Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 at the Uniting building on the corner of Queen St and Dyte Parade, opposite the central Ballarat Community Garden.

After some drinks and food, the BPG committee and financial members will go into a meeting room to conduct the official AGM proceedings.

This will include the annual reports and election of office bearers.

Non-members are welcome to continue gathering while the AGM is completed.

The AGM should be complete by around 7.15pm, after which time we can continue socialising together. There's no better time to get to know our members and see what we've been up to this year.

We hope to see you there!

AGM Details

Date:Tuesday 18th November 2025
Registration & Welcome5.30pm - 6.30pm
AGM Time:6.30pm - 7.15pm
Social Gathering:From 7.15pm
Place:Uniting Care Building, Corner Queen Street and Dyte Parade, Ballarat East.                        

AGM Resources:

Download BPG AGM Agenda 2025

Download Minutes from the previous AGM held on 19 November 2024

Download BPG Annual Report 2025

Download BPG Committee nomination form

Tickets

https://events.humanitix.com/2025-agm-and-social-night

News

New pickup location for BPG Library

Picture of library shelf in circle

Hi Permies!

Don’t forget, as a member of the Ballarat Permaculture Guild, you are able to access the hundreds of library books BPG holds.

The library has a new collection point in Ballarat East

Check out the catalogue today:  https://www.librarycat.org/lib/BPG 

Once you select a book, we will get an email about your reserve. We will let you know when it is ready to collect, via a confirmation email with the pick up address.

Your loan will be automatically set for 90 days. You will get a reminder email when the item is due for return.

Happy reading!

Events, News

Thank you to all that attended our AGM and social night

What a great evening with our AGM and a chance to catch up with many of our Permaculture friends.

Congratulations to our newly elected Committee

President: James Hosking
Vice President: Fiona Williamson
Secretary: Rhea Thorn
Treasurer: Stephen Taylor
Ordinary members:
Barry Gibson
Ellen Burns
Hoang Nguyen
Michael McKenna
René de Jong
Steve Burns

A big thank you to our outgoing Committee member and Treasurer Jean Watson

Following the committee meeting we were delighted to announce our inaugural life-time members Karen Fitzpatrick and Mick and Jackie O'Meara.

Thank you to all those that helped with the organisation and Sara Kittelty for the amazing catering, Michael Unwin Wines for a great selection of local wine, and Ellen and Michael for the punch and glassware.

Events, News

2022 AGM and social night – 15 Nov 2022

Join the Ballarat Permaculture Guild for their Annual General Meeting and social night!

We are meeting at 5:30pm on Tuesday 15 Nov 2022 at the Uniting building on the corner of Queen St and Dyte Parade, opposite the central Ballarat Community Garden.

After some drinks, food and music, the BPG committee and financial members will go into a meeting room to conduct the official AGM proceedings.

This will include the annual reports, election of office bearers, and presentation of life membership - a brand new initiative!

Non-members are able to stick around socialising while the AGM is completed.

The AGM should be complete by around 7pm, after which time we can continue socialising together.There's no better time to get to know our members and see what we've been up to this year.

We hope to see you there!

AGM Resources:

Agenda

  1. to confirm the minutes of the previous annual general meeting and of any special general meeting held since then;
  2. to receive and consider -
    1. the annual report of the Committee on the activities of the Association during the preceding financial year; and
    2. the financial statements of the Association for the preceding financial year submitted by the Committee in accordance with Part 7 of the Act;
  3.  to elect the members of the Committee;
  4.  to confirm or vary the amounts (if any) of the annual subscription and joining fee.

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