Summary of the board meeting on 8 July 2025

Dream South D Trust Board Meeting on 8 July 2025, 6-8.10 pm, 183 King Edward St

Meeting started: 6 pm

Whakatauki to open: Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi - With your food basket and my food basket, the people will thrive.   

Present: Bridget Schaumann (Chair), Denise Ives (Secretary), Warren Chambers (Treasurer), Kathryn Harkin, Rosie Hill (left at 8.05 pm)

Apologies: Hurihia Luafitu

Apologies: Hurihia Luafitu

Conflicts of interest: N/A

Meeting started: 620pm

  • Planters at Network – convert to living wall containers? 

  • Beach Wheelchairs

  • Lorne St – design meeting 9 July 9 am

  • Buskers Festival – Nate manage on the day. Date to be confirmed, October or next year?

  • St Kilda Beach Tap and Play Way (Vanessa) combined. 

  • Halloween - Vanessa

  • King Edward Street

Minutes of the previous meeting accepted. 

Moved Bridget, seconded Kathryn.

Decisions by email are noted:

  • Agreed to renew the lease.

  • JPs to use the office until the library is open in September. Will review how it’s going in three weeks.

A. Work programme

  • Board Report

  • Arrange Blister Pack recycling. Either in DSD office or local pharmacy. Approved by Board. 

  • Projects:  BIG PROJECTS x 2 - Lorne Street and ???
    WiFi connectivity around South Dunedin?
    Solar Panels?
    Cozy Homes style project?

    • Staff highlights

    • Feedback from the community

    • Distance Markers – November for launch

    • Sports Reconnect

    • Art Plinth for Kids

    • t – include with Lorne St design proposal for Lorne St to get ideas.

    • Repair Space

B. Governance issues

  • Minutes of meetings need to be summarised and shared on the website – outstanding.

  • Access to documents – HR etc. Rosie and Bridget checked and we believe this is sorted. 

  • New board members – ideas? (Patricia?) Rosie will put Bridget in touch with her.  

  1. Admin and finances

  • Board credit card

  • Term deposit

  • Carried over from previous meeting - IR401 form for IRD access

  • Charities submission - too soon to worry

  1. General business

  • Eleanor’s farewell – Rosie and Bridget. 

  • Arrange a gathering between us, SDCN and Caversham Community Group for a small social gathering. 

AOB

Actions:

  • Apply for funding (July/Aug 2025) for Lorne St and King Edward St scoping and small projects. Include details and any pricing that is available.

  • Denise and Bridget to summarise minutes for DSD website. 

  • Bridget (Vanessa) to create quarterly report on what’s been achieved for the DSD website and copy to Hurihia for her reporting. 

  • Warren - IR401 form for IRD access – complete form and submit via Dream SouthD myIR online messaging.

  • Bridget – to arrange board credit card with Denise and pass card number to Helen. 

  • Denise – talk to Damian and Hannah about the Distance Markers opening once we have a date.

  • Bridget – get a card for us all to sign and send to Eleanor, and a card for Hurihia. 

  • Bridget – arrange a date for a community get-together. Avoid Tues and Thurs evenings. 

  • Warren – look into whether the concrete planters can be used for a living wall.

  • Warren – look into a free public WiFi for South Dunedin.  

  • Bridget – talk to Hurihia to see whether a “cozy homes” type project would fit at a second large project. Access via Wellchild Network, Aged Concern, Te Kāika etc. Hand over to Otago Community Trust at the end? 

Meeting closed: 8.10pm