Minutes for Meeting Thursday 19th of May 2016 at the Austral Hotel Korumburra Meeting Commenced 7.35 pm Present David Rasmus John Saynor Tavis Longmuir Peter Hinksman Max Semken Andrew McEwen Chris Cantlon Len Cantlon Marie Gerrard-Staton Bret Levenspiel David Amor Apology Luke Phipps Brian Hess Simon Helps Mary-Anne van Ballekom Steve Howard Confirmation of Minutes The minutes of the previous meeting were endorsed General business Solving South East Melbourne’s Transport Problems. The document was discussed at length and the revised version for comment is attached. Comments need to be back ASAP. Regional Public Transport Plan The regional transport plan is due to be released shortly. Web site and Facebook functionality Chris and Bret agreed to work on integrating the two Facebook sites and cross linking it to the web site. Brett’s company has agreed kindly to pay for the upgrading of the website. The aim is to have this completed by Friday next week. It was also agreed that they would develop a simple post for Facebook pages to like and link to web site and Facebook page. It was agreed that we link to Korumburra Business Association, Korumburra Web Page the Public Rail Tram and Bus Union and to the Public Transport Users Group. Campaign Writing to candidates for McMillan seeking their endorsement of the proposal Presentation to SGSC (Peter Hinksman, Max Semken and Andrew McEwen) Press release to all papers in the SE-S corridor to be released, when the web site and Facebook page are ready Letters to be sent to relevant Councils for support and Committee for Gippsland and GLGN Release to ABC and Win TV Election presentation at Corner Inlet Justice Group 8pm 22 June Fish Creek to be advised RTBU Lobbying for the Rail The union has agreed to lobby for the return of the rail. The want us to prepare ten points for the return of the rail. See attached draft or comment Keppel Prince and Wind Turbine Towers Max tabled drawings of the use of Wind turbine towers for bridges for rail and road. They are costing them and will get back to us in 2-3 weeks. Next meeting Thursday June 2nd 7pm Austral Hotel Korumburra Meeting Closed 8.45 pm