Residents pool talents for sport and rec funds

In February local firm, Cheney Suthers lawyers filed an application for Rebuild Molong to be registered as an Incorporated Association. We received confirmation of the registration on 15 February 2023.

Rebuild Molong Inc. has adopted the model constitution (without modification) prepared by NSW Fair Trading. The constitution states that Rebuild Molong’s objective is to:

Advance social or public welfare by providing funds to organisations, sporting clubs and educational establishments who have suffered loss and or damage to sporting equipment and infrastructure due to flood waters or other disasters, to ensure that they can continue to take care of their physical and mental health while they are recovering from the disaster. Local firm, YBM, have been appointed as the registered office and accounting firm and will prepare the financial accounts for the Association.

To date no funds have been drawn from the GoFundMe platform or received from the AuctionsPlus auction and Carcoar sale. The funds from the online auction and Carcoar sale are being held in trust with Nutrien Harcourt until the Rebuild Molong Incorporated bank account is operational.

Impact assessment and insurance claims.

As stipulated, Rebuild Molong Inc. will work in consultation with Cabonne Council to disseminate the funds raised.

In December Cabonne Council asked Molong’s sporting and recreation clubs to submit audits documenting what was lost, damaged or destroyed. Cabonne Council also commenced the insurance assessment process to ascertain what infrastructure and items will be covered by Council’s insurance and where the gaps are.

Council staff have worked tirelessly to submit the insurance claims. Three building quotes have been required to accompany the applications. Critically we need to ensure funds raised are not spent in areas where insurance will be received.

Why must we wait for the insurance assessments to be completed?

Critically we need to ensure funds raised are not spent in areas where insurance will be received.

Can monies raised be spent on items outside of sporting and recreation assets?

The funds raised must legally be directed to the intended recipient, being Molong’s sporting and recreational facilities.

Meeting with Cabonne Council

On the 27th of February members from Rebuild Molong Inc. and Cabonne Council met to discuss the findings of the audit and insurance claims.

We agreed to run a three-phase approach:

1. Cabonne Council and Rebuild Molong Inc. to meet with Heads of sporting and recreation clubs to discuss the results of their audits. Working with Council, it is our intention that funds be released relatively quickly to address key priorities.

2. Rebuild Molong Inc. to provide resources to support sporting and infrastructure grants identified by Council. Some of these grants may require a level of co-contribution.

3. Longer term, Rebuild Molong Inc. will look for opportunities to support Cabonne Councils recovery plan, ‘Building Back a Better Cabonne’, which could involve some of Molong’s sporting and recreation infrastructure being moved or co-located.

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Next steps

Rebuild Molong Inc. look forward to working closely with Cabonne Council and our sporting and recreational clubs.

We will continue to publish updates in The Molong Express and importantly post updates on the Rebuild Molong Instagram page.

A talented local community member drafted the words below which Rebuild Molong Inc. felt captured the sentiment perfectly.

“Together we rise above the floodwaters. United, we rebuild our beloved Molong. With hard work and determination, we turn adversity into opportunity and make our small town stronger than ever.”

A child asked his father, "How were people born?" So his father said, "Adam and Eve made babies, then their babies became adults and made babies, and so on."

The child then went to his mother, asked her the same question and she told him, "We were monkeys then we evolved to become like we are now."

The child ran back to his father and said, "You lied to me!" His father replied, "No, your mom was talking about her side of the family." ****

I never wanted to believe that my Dad was stealing from his job as a road worker. But when I got home, all the signs were there. ****

If the right side of the brain controls the left side of the body, then lefties are the only ones in their right mind.

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An elderly gentleman had serious hearing problems for a number of years. He went to the doctor and the doctor was able to have him fitted for a set of hearing aids that allowed the gentleman to hear 100%.

The elderly gentleman went back in a month to the doctor and the doctor said, "Your hearing is perfect. Your family must be really pleased that you can hear again."

The gentleman replied, "Oh, I haven't told my family yet. I just sit around and listen to the conversations. I've changed my will three times!" ****

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