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August, as we have often said before, is a pivotal time for the HOA. During this month, we host our Annual General Meeting, arguably the most important annual governance event for Simbithi. This year’s SEEHOA AGM is set for Thursday, 31 August 2023 at 18:00 in the Pavilion room.

right for the trust or company that owns the property. This should highlight the importance of keeping your contact information updated. Anyone wishing to check their details, please contact our Welcome Centre staff, who will gladly assist you.

Did you know, preparation for the AGM begins months before we meet as a community? There are many moving parts to ensuring its success, and the team starts preliminary discussions around potential resolutions, engagement dates, deployment of informational material and set up of the actual meeting early in the year. Capturing of proxies, setting up registers and several staff meetings take place to ensure a seamless process. Notices will be disseminated within the first half of August. Homeowners, a reminder that the e-mail will only be received by the main member of each property, that is, the individual who is registered on our system as the property owner, or the individual with the voting

We will also host an in-person engagement session on Tuesday, 15 August 2023 at 18:00. Please join us, as we introduce you to the nominees for the 2023/24 Board of Directors. You will have a chance to meet them and interact with them in an open forum. We will also give you a broad outline of each of the resolutions being tabled for consideration at the AGM, and you will be able to engage with directors and management in this regard.

The strength of our community and the success of the AGM lies in active participation, engagement, and strong representation for the votes. This year, we are challenging you to #BringThemtotheAGM. Encourage your fellow homeowners to come to the engagement sessions, attend the AGM or send through a proxy. Your voice matters in the Simbithi

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story. We also encourage homeowners who would like to make use of a proxy, to do so well in advance of the administrative cut-off. The Companies Act does not allow us to close the proxies before commencement of the AGM, however there is a significant amount of administrative work which is required before a proxy is considered valid. Submitting these ahead of time allows the team to assist you to correct any anomaly, which may otherwise invalidate the proxy. While proxies handed in at the meeting will be valid, if there is any issue with the proxy, there will not be any time to assist, and the proxy will therefore be invalidated.

Before I sign off, don’t forget to watch Simbithi’s television debut on KYKNet, channel 144 on 12 August 2023 at 18:00. We will showcase the beauty of our Estate – and our Afrikaans skills (in my case, extremely limited) – on episode six of Ysters Op die Landgoed. Have a great month!

Marc Mc Clure