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PO Box 1101 Jeffreys Bay
6330 South Africa
Posbus 1101 Jeffreysbaai
6330 Suid Afrika
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(: 042 293 1405
Ê: 0866
532 363
È: 083
44 11 721
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š: info@jbayra.com
ü: www.jbayra.com
Bank:
ABSA 1940 420 527
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Jeffreys Bay Residents Association
/ Jeffreysbaai Inwonersvereniging
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Newsletter 4 in 2012
30/01/2012
This
newsletter provides an update to members on the activities of their residents
association since our last newsletter in November.
Please
see the notice of the AGM on Wednesday 22nd February 2012 at 6pm
in the Newton Hall at the end of this newsletter.
At
this AGM the following changes to the JBRA constitution will be proposed:
Proposed
Amendments to the Jeffreys Bay Residents Association Constitution
To be voted on at
the Annual General Meeting on 22nd February 2012
Clause 7. Subscriptions
Add :
e. There are two classes of
membership, namely,
Clause 13. Voting rights and voting at
meetings.
Amend :
d. Only voting members whose subscriptions have
been paid up, shall be allowed to cast their vote.
Add :
e. Voting
members may allocate their vote to a proxy, in writing. At any meeting where
a vote is required, the proxy may vote on behalf of all such allocated votes.
Nominations for
2012/13 JBRA committee
Nominations for the position of chair and committee
members for the new committee are urgently requested. Please submit any
nominations to chair@jbayra.com, or
post to PO Box 1101, Jeffreys Bay, 6330, or call Trevor Watkins on
042 293 1405.
Individual
declaration of disputes with the Kouga Municipality
Many ratepayers and residents of Jeffreys Bay have ongoing
disputes with the Kouga Municipality (KM) over issues such as property
valuation, sewage removal, water quality, rates and services payments, and so
on. In most cases the KM deals with these disputes in their own good time, or
fails to deal with them at all, while the ratepayer keeps paying and waiting
for a resolution of a sometimes urgent problem.
A widespread rates boycott would need the support of many
thousands of residents, many of whom do not have a current, specific problem
with KM. In addition, a widespread rates boycott would not solve specific problems, but
would address governance in the KM as a whole.
For these reasons, the Jeffreys Bay Residents Association
(JBRA) is recommending that individual ratepayers and residents with a
specific problem formally declare a dispute with the KM through legal
channels. Once the dispute has been declared, the KM must formally respond to
the dispute in writing through their legal department, and all disputed
payments, levies and fines may be held in suspension until the resolution of
the dispute. For example, if you
believe that your assessed rates are too high, and you have good grounds for
this belief, then payment of the rates in dispute may be suspended until the
resolution of the dispute.
The JBRA has reached an agreement with Blignault &
Vennote, a firm of attorneys in St Francis road, Jeffreys Bay, to formally
file a letter of dispute with the KM on behalf of a JBRA member for the
amount of R80. The resident will
provide name and address and details
of the dispute to the attorney, who will then draft and deliver a registered
letter to the Kouga Municipal offices, and will keep the letter on file at
the attorney’s offices. The dispute
will also be logged on the Mobilitate website.
The R80 does not include further legal advice, or an
assessment of the merits of the case. Any further legal costs relating to the
dispute will be for the account of the resident raising the dispute.
The contact details for Blignault & Vennote are as
follows:
Ernie Blignault BA.LLB.(Stell)
082 550 0391
042 293 2211
PO Box 1500
Jeffreys Bay
6330
JBRA Facilities
The JBRA has developed a number of facilities in the
course of the last year to improve communication between residents in our
area. Unfortunately, the use of these facilities by residents has been quite
limited, due perhaps to ignorance of their existence, or unfamiliarity with
their use, or just plain apathy. A brief list of the facilities follows:
Website
The official residents association website is at www.jbayra.com. On this website you will
find
Blog
The JBRA blog is at http://jbayra.blogspot.com/.
The blog provides a forum for informed and serious
discussions of the many issues facing J Bay and South Africa, and allows for
easy addition of comments by readers. Articles for the blog can be submitted
to admin@jbayra.com. You can register
to receive an email each time a new blog entry is added.
Mobilitate
Some very
kind people in Gauteng have developed a remarkable website called www.Mobilitate.co.za, and have made it
freely available to all South African towns and districts. The JBRA is using
this website to log all the small and large infrastructure issues around our
town. Any JBRA member is welcome to register on the website, view existing
issues logged on the interactive map, and log their own new issues (including
photos).
Each time
an issue is logged it is automatically referred to the appropriate councillor
by email. The councillor is then expected to follow up on these issues until
they are resolved, then mark them as fixed on the website. The councillors
performance can be monitored, issues can be escalated, outstanding issue
lists can be printed, emails can be sent, all from the Mobilitate website.
Crimespotter
Crimespotter
is a facility on the Mobilitate website. You can log crime incidents in J Bay
as they occur on an interactive map, allowing crime patterns and realistic
crime stats to be extracted.
You can
also log crime Alerts for
crimes or incidents in progress. Mobilitate will then send an SMS to
everyone registered for alerts, for free. This is ideal for alerting
Blockwatch members and interested residents to any developing situation
very rapidly. It could also be a key component of an effective disaster
management system. Crimespotter also includes a blockwatch management and
scheduling system, amongst other facilities.
Anyone can
register on Crimespotter at http://gotcha.crimespotter.co.za/,
log issues, log crimes and receive alerts. To control rogue registrations,
your email address and cellphone number must be confirmed, by replying to a
confirmation message. If you have any difficulty with the registration
process, call Mobilitate direct at 012 809 3231 or Trevor Watkins on 042 293
1405 for assistance.
JAG
JAG is an email Googlegroup for the
residents association. Once registered on JAG you can communicate with
everyone else in the group simply by sending one email to one address (jag1@googlegroups.com). You will also
receive an email every time anyone else communicates with the group.
You can leave the group anytime you want, by selecting an option
included in every email received, or you can change how often emails from the
group are received (1 summary per day, 1 summary per week).
JAG is an ideal way to conduct an email dialogue between
people sharing a common interest, such as Thyspunt, or wind turbines.
Everyone can have their say, issues can be debated, past discussions can be
reviewed, consensus can be developed. The JBRA will also use JAG to post any
important information received, such as Council notices, meetings, etc.
To join our JAG Googlegroup, visit http://groups.google.com/group/jag1 or
send an email to info@jbayra.com.
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Nuusbrief 4 in 2012
30/01/2012
Hierdie nuusbrief dek die aktiwiteite van u Inwonersvereniging sedert die
vorige brief van November.
Neem asseblief kennis van die kennisgewing van die AJV op Woensdag
22 Februarie 2012 om 6nm in die Newtonsaal op die einde van die nuusbrief.
Tydens die AJV sal die voorgestelde wysigings van die grondwet
voorgegee word.
Voorgestelde
Wysigings aan die Jeffriesbaai Inwonersvereeniging Grondwet
Stemery sal
plaasvind by die Algemene Jaar Vergadering op die 22 Februarie 2012
Klousule 7.
Intekening
Voeg by:
e. Daar is twee
vorms van Lidmaatskap, naamlik ,
Klousule 13. Stem
regte en stemmery by vergaderings
Wysigings :
d.
Alleenlik stemgeretig lede wie
se ledegeld op betaal vir die huidige jaar sal toe gelaat word om hul stem
uit te bring :
Voegby :
e.
Stem geregtige lede mag hul stem oordra aan ‘n prokurasie met ‘n geskrewe magtiging’s brief, wat dan die prokurasie
toestemming gee om die lid se stem te
pos.
Nominasies vir
die 2012/13 JBIV komitee
Nominasies vir die nuwe voorsitter en komiteelede vir 2012
word dringend versoek. Stuur asseblief enige nominasies aan chair@jbayra.com,
of pos aan Posbus 1101, Jeffreysbaai, 6330, of skakel Trevor Watkins op 042
293 1405.
Verklaring van
dispute met die Kouga Munisipaliteit deur individuele.
Baie belastingbetalers en inwoners van Jeffreysbaai het
nimmereindigende dispute met die Kouga Munisipaliteit. Dit betrek sake soos
eiendomswaardasie, rioolverwydering, water kwaliteit, tariewe en dienste
betalings, ens. In die meeste gevalle word hierdie probleme op die goeie
langdradige tempo van die Munisipaliteit hateer, indien ooit. Intussen moet
die belastingbetaler aanhou betaal en wag op 'n oplossing van 'n probleem wat
ernstig kan wees, of wat vir hom/haar ernstig is.
'n Effektiewe algemene belasting boikot vereis die
samewerking van talle duisende inwoners, van wie die meeste waarskynlik nie
'n huidige spesifieke probleem het met die KM nie. Verder, 'n algemene
belasting boikot se funksie sal hoofsaaklik wees om die wanadministrasie van
die KM in die algemeen mee aan te vat.
Om hierie redes het die Jeffreysbaai se Inwonersvereniging
(JBIV) die volgende roete daargestel vir die hantering deur individue en
inwoners met dispute. Dit is om binne die reels van die reg formeel 'n
dispuut te verklaar met KM. Nadat die dispuut verklaar is, moet KM formeel
reageer, dit is 'n skriftelike reaksie op u brief van hul regsdepartement.
Deur die dispuut te verklaar word aksie oor
alle betalings, heffings en boetes gestop tot die dispuut uitgeklaar
en opgelos is. 'n Voorbeeld is, indien u op goeie gronde glo dat u aangeslane
eiendomsbelasting te hoog is, dan word die betaling van u heffing opgeskort
totdat die dispuut heeltemal opgelos is.
Die JBIV het 'n ooreenkoms aangegaan met Blignault &
Vennote, 'n prokureursfirma in St Francisweg, Jeffreysbaai om 'n formele
brief van dispuut te stuur aan die KM namens 'n JBIV lid, waarvan die koste
R80 beloop. Die inwoner verskaf hul naam, adres en details van die dispuut
aan die prokureur wat dan die brief skryf en lewer aan die KM kantore. Hulle
liaseer ook 'n kopie van die brief in hulle kantore. Die dispuut word ook op
Mobilitate webwerf aangeteken. Die fooi van R80 sluit nie verdure regsadvies
in of 'n opinie oor die meriete van die saak nie. Koste van verdere regshulp
is vir die rekening van die inwoner.
Die kontakdetails vir Blignault & Vennote is as volg:
Ernie Blignault BA.LLB.(Stell)
082 550 0391
042 293 2211
Posbus 1500
Jeffreysbaai
6330
JBIV Fasiliteite
In die
loop van die afgelope jaar het die JBIV 'n aantal fasiliteite ingestel om die
kommunikasie tussen inwoners in ons gebied te verbeter. Ongelukkig het min
inwoners die fasiliteite gebruik,
miskien as gevolg van onkunde van hul bestaan, of onbekendheid met die gebruik,
of net apatie. 'n Kort lys van die fasiliteite volg:
Webwerf
Die
amptelike inwonersvereniging webwerf is by www.jbayra.com. Jy sal vind op
hierdie webwerf
Blog
Die JBRA
blog is op http://jbayra.blogspot.com/.
Die blog is 'n forum vir ingeligte en ernstige besprekings rondom die sake
wat J Bay en Suid-Afrika in die gesig staar. Die blog maak voorsiening vir
die eenvoudige toevoeging van kommentaar deur lesers. Artikels vir die blog
kan gestuur word aan admin@jbayra.com. Jy kan registreer om 'n e-pos te
ontvang elke keer' n nuwe blog inskrywing bygevoeg word.
Mobilitate
‘n Paar besondere mense in Gauteng het 'n merkwaardige webwerf
ontwerp. Die webwerf se naam is www.Mobilitate.co.za. Die program is vrylik
beskikbaar vir alle Suid-Afrikaanse dorpe en distrikte. Die JBIV gebruik
hierdie webwerf om al die klein en groot infrastruktuur sake rondom ons dorp
aan te meld. Enige JBIV lid is welkom om te registreer op die webwerf,
om bestaande probleme wat aangemeld is op te soek op die aanlyn kaart, en om
hul eie probleme aan te meld, wat fotos kan insluit.
Elke keer as 'n saak aangemeld is word dit outomaties verwys per e-pos na die betrokke raadslid. Van die raadslid word dan verwag om oor hierdie sake op te volg totdat hulle opgelos word, en dit dan af te merk op die webwerf as synde afgehandel. Die raadslede se optredes kan dan gemeet word, uitstaande probleme kan gelys word, en e-posse vanaf die Mobilitate webwerf gestuur word.
Crimespotter
Crimespotter
is nog 'n funksie op die Mobilitate webwerf. Hier kan jy
misdaadvoorvalle in Jeffreysbaai op 'n
interaktiewe kaart aanmeld sodat die
misdaad tendense en geloofwaardige misdaad statistieke beskikbaar
raak.
Jy kan ook op Alerts misdaad of pogings daartoe aanmeld. Mobilitate sal dan gratis waarskuwings SMS aan almal wat geregistreer is daarvoor. Dit is ideaal vir die vinnige inlig van Blockwatch lede en belangstellende inwoners. Dit kan ook 'n belangrike komponent vorm van 'n effektiewe rampbestuur stelsel. Die Crimespotter program behels ook 'n blockwatch bestuur en skedulering stelsel. Enigeen kan op Crimespotter registreer by
http://gotcha.crimespotter.co.za/,
probleme en misdaad aanmeld, en
kennisgewings ontvang. Om
vals of spam registrasies per e-pos te voorkom, nuwe registrasies moet jou
e-pos adres bevestig. As jy enige probleme het met die
registrasie proses, skakel Mobilitate direk by 012 809 3231 of Trevor Watkins
by 042 293 1405 om hulp te kry.
JAG
JAG is ‘n
e-pos Googlegroup vir die lede van die JBIV. Sodra jy geregistreer is op
die Googlegroup kan jy met almal in die groep kommunikeer deur bloot 'n e-pos
aan jag1@googlegroups.com te stuur. Jy sal ook 'n e-pos ontvang elke keer as
iemand anders kommunikeer met die groep. Daar is verdere inligting op
die webwerf.
Googlegroups is 'n ideale manier om 'n e-pos dialoog
tussen mense met 'n gemeenskaplike belang te voer. Enigeen kan hulle sê
sê, dinge bespreek, vroeëre besprekings hersien en konsensus
bereik. JBIV sal ook JAG gebruik om enige belangrike inligting soos
Raadskennisgewings, vergaderings ens te plaas. Om aan te sluit by ons JAG Googlegroup
stuur 'n e-pos aan info@jbayra.com of besoek http://groups.google.com/group/jag1.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN THAT THE
2012 ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING
OF THE
JEFFREYS BAY RESIDENTS
ASSOCIATION
WILL BE HELD ON
WEDNESDAY, 22
FEBRUARY 2012
AT THE
NEWTON HALL IN JEFFREYS
BAY
COMMENCING AT 18:00
AGENDA
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KENNIS GESKIED
HIERMEE DAT DIE ALGEMENE JAARVERGADERING, 2012
VAN DIE
JEFFREYSBAAI
INWONERSVERENIGING
OP WOENSDAG, 22
FEBRUARIE 2012,
BY DIE
NEWTON SAAL JEFFREYSBAAI
GEHOU SAL WORD
BEGINNENDE OM 18:00
AGENDA
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