Ec Board Meeting Outcomes 2006-08-09

OUTCOMES of the NOOSA COMMUNITY ECONOMIC BOARD MEETING held in the
Council Committee Room, on WEDNESDAY, 9TH AUGUST 2006 commencing at 4:00 p.m.



PRESENT: George Williamson (Chairperson); Bernd Neubauer, Phil Harman, Johanne Wright,
Gayne Emblin, Cr. Lew Brennan, Fiona Wilson, Vanessa Scott & Ursula Kohler;



1.   APOLOGIES – Helen Gregory, Alex Tymson, Christopher Aimes, Phillip Harding, Simon Leavers


2.   CONFIRMATION OF MEETING OUTCOMES – 28th June 2006:
     The Outcomes of the Meeting held on the 28th June, 2006 were adopted as a true and correct
     record of the meeting.


3.   BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MEETING – 28th June, 2006 – George thanked Alex for
     chairing the last two meetings.


4.   CONFLICT OF INTEREST – Nil


APPOINTMENTS:-
     Greg Holman & Seb Vecchio both gave a description and update of their roles and what
     projects are currently being worked on.
     Greg Holman – Director, Holmans Accounting Firm
     Over 13 years, Greg and his team have made Holmans (based in Tewantin) a very successful
     Accounting, Taxation, Financial Planning, Business Development and Lending and Insurance
     company. Holmans is the 31st largest accounting firm in Australia. In the last two years they
     were rewarded top Accounting Firm in Australia. They have recently opened a Cairns office, and
     hope to open offices in Maroochydore and Byron Bay in the near future. The biggest threat
     Holman’s has is staffing issues, the price of housing makes it difficult for people to afford living
     here, thus having not enough good staff and clients in Noosa. Technology is another.
     Greg has also just introduced a clothing range to his ‘empire’ named Short Straw. Greg has made
     this work with little to no money involved, but, a lot of promises for shares in the company. The
     clothing line is now available through Noosa Longboards and is hoping for a shop in Hasting St.
     one day.
     Selling the Noosa brand for Greg was and is paramount to the survival of both his businesses.
     Greg does most of his marketing himself, some of the marketing he uses are as follows:-
         • Annual Wealth Creation Day incl having a Speaker on Superannuation and Taxation
         • Tax Planning Workshops
         • Newsletters
         • Boardroom Luncheons
         • Door Knocking
         • Campaign Ads in the local papers
         • Annual Golf Day
         • Charity Day




Outcomes – Economic Board – 9th August, 2006                                                  Page 1.