Notice of Special General Meeting

Posted on by Tim Oxley

DATE: Tuesday, 12 August 2025 

TIME: 5 PM

LOCATION:  Hobart City High School, New Town Campus, Midwod St New Town.

PURPOSE: To change the constitution.

Changes as shown in italics. To Clauses 3, 3a,4 and 19

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS

3 Name of Association

New Town High and Tech Old Scholars Association (NTH&TechOSA)

3a. Association’s office

The office shall be at Hobart City High School, New Town Campus, Midwood Street, New Town, or any other place the committee may determine.

4. Objects and purposes of Association

The objects and purposes are.

  1. To establish a not for profit an old scholars association with membership from former students, former and current teachers, and staff of Hobart Junior Technical School, Hobart Technical High School, New Town High School, and Hobart City High School. 
  2. Association to be managed by a committee.
  1. The Association is to be managed by a committee who control and manage the business and affairs of the Association.
  2. (a) The committee may appoint subcommittees from the committee and/or may co-opt any person with expertise as a member of the subcommittee without voting rights whether or not the person is a member of the Association

             (b) the subcommittee may make recommendations to the committee for consideration and/or ratification.

Background Notes

During 2025, the Old Scholars Association has been conducting a successful weekly Health and Wellbeing Program for old scholars and friends at the New Town campus pavilion. It is proposed that the Health and Wellbeing Program be made available remotely by website, to enable old scholars and friends unable to attend, be they intra or interstate, or overseas, the opportunity to participate in this important and very helpful men’s health initiative.  A new web page will be established enabling registration, email and video access to program sessions and banking. 

The Constitution amendments provide;

  1. Correction of the registered name of the association.
  2. Provide for the association’s office location.

3.  Establishment of sub-committees and if necessary, the appointment of non-voting members to those committees; 

4.  Provide for the Association to be clearly identified as a Not-for-Profit entity to satisfy requirements of the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission (ACNC).

Explanatory notes

1. Adding the letter “s” to the word “Student” in the title of the registered Association.

2. Identifying the association’s office location

3. Ensuring sub-committees can established and if necessary, can comprise non-voting members.

4. The objective is to establish Google, YouTube, and PayPal accounts in a new web site. Google require registration with the ACNC to create the Gmail address, Google, and YouTube accounts in the Association name. Google does not recognise the Association’s current registration with CBOS. It must be registered with ACNC.

ACNC also require a specific clause in the Constitution clearly stating the Association is a Not-for-Profit entity.

John Barker

President

NTH&Tech OSA Inc.

July 21, 2025

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