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Notice of PDCA Annual General Meeting, March 21, 2026

Members (and prospective members) are advised that the Annual General Meeting of the Paluma & District Community Association Inc. will be held on:

Saturday, March 21 2026,at 12pm for a BBQ lunch followed by the AGM at 1:15pm in the Community Hall

Nominations are open for all Executive Committee positions. Nominations should be forwarded to any member of the Executive Committee or by email to PalumaPDCA@gmail.com. Please use the nomination forms, which can be downloaded here.

Positions are:

  • President, 
  • 1 or 2 Vice-Presidents
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • General Committee members (numbers flexible)  

Members are reminded that Annual Subscriptions are now due and should be paid prior to the commencement of the AGM.   Membership is $45.00 Please use the subscription form here to submit your dues. New members are more than welcome and should use the same form. Forms will be available on the day if you wish to pay your membership and join prior to the start of the meeting.

Please note that you must be a PDCA member to nominate someone to the Committee or vote for any Committee member.

The AGM will be followed immediately by a normal General Meeting with the new Committee.

If a member and wanting your vote to count but unable to attend, a signed notice of your proxy (must be a PDCA member) can be given to any member of the exec committe or by email to PalumaPDCA@gmail.com, prior to the meeting.

AGM AGENDA

  1. Opening – circulation of attendance sheet
  2. Apologies & Proxies
  3. Minutes of previous AGM May 24th, 2025
  4. President’s Report
  5. Treasurer’s report
  6. Election of Officers for 2026-2027
  7. Election of Auditor for 2026-2027
  8. Close of Annual General Meeting

Normal General Meeting Agenda

  1. Open General Meeting
  2. Royal Flying Doctor Medical Kit
  3. Review of status of range road closure/opening
  4. Hall Maintenance/Renovation projects
  5. Proposed Events/Fund-raising for the coming year
  6. Any other business
  7. Close of General Meeting

🎄🎄 Tropical Christmas BBQ 🎄🎄

The PDCA’s end of year function, the Tropical Christmas BBQ, will be held on Saturday December 13th from 6pm – 10pm.

Bring along whatever you wish to cook on the bbq and a side or dessert to share. The PDCA will have a few sausages and onions on the BBQ.

The bar will be open of course. It is time to kick back and welcome in the silly season.

Paluma & District Community Association Executive Meeting Notice

The PDCA will be having its executive meeting on Saturday August 23rd at 5pm at the hall. All residents are welcome to attend and engage with the agenda though voting rights are for executive members only.

The meeting will start promptly at 5pm with drinks available for purchase at the bar after closure of the meeting.

Bring along some bar snacks to share if you wish.

Paluma & District Community Association Executive Meeting

The PDCA will be having its executive meeting on Saturday 28th at 5pm at the hall. All residents are welcome to attend and engage with the agenda though voting rights are for executive members only.

The meeting will start promptly at 5pm with drinks available for purchase at the bar after closure of the meeting.

Bring along some bar snacks to share if you wish.

Paluma and District Social Media Comms

Copyright free image sourced from unblast.com

At the recent community review meeting regarding the extreme weather event earlier this year, it was noted that access to information on what was happening during the event and the need to share information amongst residents could be improved. This article outlines the various ways in which information can currently be shared electronically across the community.
If anyone feels there are ways we can further improve sharing of information during future emergency events please feel free to share in the comments section below or contact any PDCA executive members directly.

What’s App

The WhatsApp group  – Paluma Community Alert shares urgent & ‘need to know’ information in a timely manner for Paluma and district communities. 

Typically, members post the following types of information for sharing:

  • road hazards or closures that they come across;
  • wide loads / large vehicles travelling through the area; 
  • sighting of suspicious activities in the area; 
  • stranded tourists / non-residents needing help; and  
  • planned hazard reduction burns in the area. 

Note well, the group is not about replicating information available on other official websites such as the TMR road conditions site or Qld Fire Department – Current warnings and incidents site. It is all about the important on-ground, info sharing. 

During emergency events into the future, the WhatsApp group may be used by the community to assist with any response needs.

If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Sonya Bryce on 0474 324 153 (administrator).

Facebook

Paluma/Hidden Valley News is a Facebook group “which has been created as it is a good way of finding out news and information in our area.” The administrators encourage members “to use these pages to inform, learn, locate, catch up with… Special events. Tradespeople can post; things people have for sale; lost and found (animals and other such things). Please not anything derogatory, defamatory or in any way abusive or other will be removed.”

This Facebook group has been most effective in providing information on road conditions on the Mt Fox road and the Ewan/Laroona road during and post the recent weather event.

Paluma Buy, Swap, Sell And Giveaway is a Facebook group whose primary objectives are expressed in the title. The ‘about’ description states it is “a site that may be useful to people who live in Paluma ‘village in the clouds’, away from shops and facilities.” It was also used by some for information sharing during the recent extreme weather event.

Paluma.org provides posts primarily from the PDCA on various topics directly relating to our community and allows for comments on any of these posts to be made. The usual rules for polite conduct applies to these comments. Any Paluma and District resident can also submit a post for the consideration of the editors. The current editors are Jamie Oliver, Juanita Poletto and Anneshka Brown.

October Working Bee

This Saturday on the 7th, we will be shifting the truck load of mulch, that our council supplied free of charge, into the gardens and under the trees in our Paluma Pioneers Memory park. It’s quite a lovely grove these days.

The working bee will start at 2pm with everyone meeting up at the hall first. Bring a wheel barrow, shovels and a hardy rake if you have them. The best tool in the shed however is you… so do please bring yourself to the fray (even if you haven’t any of the gear) and enjoy burning up a few calories with fellow enthusiasts.
Drinks are on afterwards!!!
Thanks
Wilfred