September General Meeting

Discussions were held on the following:

• Mural on the toilet block at Monterey Community park
• Suggested arts heritage walk in Frankston North
• A spokesman for the local Police will be asked to speak at our next meeting
• The Pines pool financial stability was discussed
• The new aquatic centre at Sherlock reserve is due to open in 2014
• Parking behind Mahogany Neighbourhood centre could do with upgrading and signage
• 2 hour parking limit at the Pines shops
• Customer service at the local fish and chip shop was commended
• Geoff Shaw has arranged for $100 000 for an Employment and training officer and a Community engagement officer to be employed locally for 12 months part time
• Try a trade has been a success
• A follow up with Roland Richardson regarding school drop outs and truent program running locally
• There is a room available for Mothers groups, playgroups, etc at the Mahogany Rise Primary school childrens services hub
• Old matresses on the street are an issue needing to be addressed by Council
• Some areas of repeat dumping are becoming an issue and offenders don't appear to be discouraged
• Repoting of overgrown vegetation need to be addressed again

Christmas Raffle

It's that time of year again and we will be running our annual Christmas Raffle.

First Prize is a decorated Christmas cake
Second Prize is a family Christmas pudding
Third Prize is a small Christmas pudding

Yummy! Definately worth the $1 per ticket...

Look out for our members selling these tickets or email frankstonnorthcommunitygroup@gmail.com

Raffle drawn December 7th.

Our October meeting will be held at 3pm Sunday the 28th at the Baptist Church on Monterey Bld. All local residents welcome.

Annual General Meeting

Our annual general meeting was held on the 26th of August, 2012.

Congratulations to the following people who were elected to run the FNCG for the next year.
President- Margaret Mcgrath
Vice President- Lindsay Jackel
Secretary- Mark Gaffey
Treasurer- Sue Hately
Publicity Officer- Catherine Maling

Our guest speaker was Michaela Ebbitson from The Textas
Textas want to work for social and community harmony against racism and bullying. They have recently run a trivia night for fundraising for the community and plan many more events in the future, including involement in the Pines Pride festival next year.
FNCG donated $50 to the Textas to go towards T-shirts for their group

We also heard from Anne Linton, a Frankston North Youth worker with some upcoming plans including a group for young men, a homework group and an indigenous group.

Next meeting will be held on 23rd of September at 3pm email frankstonnorthcommunitygroup@gmail.com for details.