Constitution
the new Model Rules

At the October 2013 meeting we voted to adopt the new Model Rules, as required by under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 of November 26^th 2012
Organisations using the old model rules automatically transfer to new model rules on 26 November 2013 (as found on the Consumer Affairs Victoria website)

We also voted to accept the wording of the two inclusions for our Model Rules - Name & Purposes:
(at the August 2013 meeting the members present agreed to adopt the same wording for the BMFQ Purposes as used by Geelong P&Q Guild Inc)

1.     Name             The name of the incorporated Association is “Bacchus Marsh Friendship Quilters Incorporated”

2.     Purposes      
"The purposes of the association are to promote the craft of patchwork and quilting in a friendly atmosphere, to provide a place to share ideas and skills, to conduct workshops to enhance skills and to enable members who should so desire to participate in charity quilt making for the community."

Click here to read (and/or print) the 'new model rules'