Hello Members, Staff, Board and Associate Members,
The EOFY flurry is underway as we finalise grant acquittals, undertake a range of reporting for DEECA and prepare our annual report. Please read the reminders carefully. There is much work to do, particularly for Coordinators. For groups members please support your coordinator in any way you can. They do a monumental amount of work behind the scenes!
– Jo, WULN Facilitator
Reminder #1: Upcoming Operations meeting Sunday 17th August
Coordinators are once again invited to the quarterly WULN operations meeting. Items on the agenda include:
- Call for new members of the equipment committee. If you are interested in becoming a member of this group please let your Coordinator know.
- Equipment: call for any new items. Please let your coordinator know if there are items that WULN should investigate purchasing (grant funding required).
- Review membership renewal and joining process: please provide feedback to your coordinator
- Review of chemical use procedure and forms: please provide feedback to your coordinator
- Plant ordering for 2026: Process and timelines.
- Group reporting -quarterly or annual?
- Patch Planning – schedule of meetings on your patch with Wodonga Council
- Project Sprout 2026 planning for grant application (which closes 29 August 2026): There appears to be general support for applying for the BUPA Healthy Cities Landcare grants as a collective under the Project Sprout banner. Can all coordinators please start preparing and by the 17th August provide me with
- Number of tube stock that they are aiming to plant (I will request species lists at a later date)
- Approximate location that you will be planting.
Reminder #2: Annual Report 2024-25
Our Annual Report is an important way to provide an overview of our financial performance and celebrate our achievements against our strategic direction. This document also gives us a way to highlight the achievements of our groups, our board and our staff. Our Annual report is vital for our partners, stakeholders, investors and potential investors to assess our organisations health and build trust in our organisation.
I am inviting groups to provide me with a short summary of your groups achievements over the past financial year for inclusion in the Annual Report. Please see last years report here.
Please send no more than 3 paragraphs of text and at least one great image (preferably high resolution) by no later than the 15th August 2025 to Jo