Body Corporate Committee Member Oversteps the Line!

Body Corporate Committee Member with Master Keys to the building at Beachcomber Resort, are you serious this is #Bullshit check out the Gold Coast Bulletin link below it is very clear a certain member has overstepped the mark as a committee member of the Body Corporate and should step down.

Not only was he trespassing, Beachcomber management have a letter of complaint from the Security company that this gentleman was also inviting schoolies staying in the building to his Apartment.

I went to Wikepedia and found the description of the extent of a committee members responsibilities

Committee

Every body corporate has a committee. The committee is like the board of directors of a company. It has specified powers, although generally speaking, it shares power with the general meeting of the body corporate. The committee's powers are not as extensive as the powers of the average company board of directors. It is responsible for formulating policy for consideration by the body corporate in general meeting. Once the policy is set the committee is responsible for ensuring that its office bearers implement that policy.The office bearers of the committee comprise a chairperson, a secretary and a treasurer. Each office bearer has a range of duties. They are answerable to the committee. Because they are volunteers they are usually assisted by a professional administrative officer.

So the questions and actions are here:

1.   Why has this member given himself powers over what his duties as a committee member   
       are?

2.   Why did this member enter an Owners unit and portray himself as the Owner?

3.   Why does this member have a a Master Key to the building giving him access to every 
      Owners Apartment?  

      (as an Owner I would be asking the Body Corporate this question.)

4.   Why does this member believe he is above the law? The Owners of the Apartment he 
      entered should have him charged with trespass!

5.   The Schoolies who were in the unit should be suing his butt off for the cost of their 
      holiday and the stress!

6.   Other committee members should not be leasing their apartments to prostitutes!

7.   This member has destroyed the hard work of the Management who have worked hard to 
      instill in the schoolies that balcony hopping is dangerous and can be fatal!

8.   Why was this member inviting schoolies to his Apartment. This member should be stood 
      down and forced to sell out and be removed from the Resort.

9.   The Owners should be holiday letting their Apartments not leasing them long term, 
      Beachcomber is a Holiday Resort.

10. The Body Corporate Committee should be Proactive in assisting the Management rather 
      than deciding they are the law, if there is a problem in an Apartment the Management 
      have procedures in place!

Beachcomber Resort Management have worked hard to bring the Resort back to a good reputable standard - that being a nice Resort for families to enjoy their holidays right in the heart of Surfers Paradise only metres from the beach. 

Source: 
Gold Coast Bulletin

Latest Expansions for Mantra

The internal restructuring of the Mantra Group continues as the hotel firm confirmed the appointment of an executive director of sales, marketing and distribution.

 Former group director of sales and revenue, Kent Davidson, takes on the role which will centralise Mantra's sales, marketing and revenue streams with the aim of creating a "cohesive approach" as it continues to expand within Asia Pacific.

The move follows the redundancies of director of marketing, Ken Minnikin, and Luke Jamieson, general manager distribution last month - both long-serving with the company.

The aim of the reshuffle is to ensure the business is in the "best position" to accommodate growth and to continue to deliver results in a competitive market, according to chief executive Bob East.
"We work in a highly competitive market and our ability to bring strong returns to our owners is because we have a structure and business model in place that is performing very well in current conditions," he said. "

The Group will benefit from the expertise of Kent Davidson to oversee the new structure as his overall knowledge of the business - including his involvement with the Mantra brand concept and his early relationship with the Peppers portfolio - is invaluable as we undertake strategic expansion over the next 12 months." Meanwhile, Davidson insisted that centralisation of key revenue functions would ensure the "best utilisation" of Mantra's financial and human resources.

"We have an outstanding quality of people across our revenue platforms," he said. "We are at that place in the lifecycle of Mantra Group where it's appropriate to bring them together to realise benefits for all stakeholders."

The Group plans to grow its 114-property portfolio with a further seven properties in Indonesia and 10 in Australia and New Zealand over the next 12 months.

Story courtesy of Travel Weekly.

The Gay Cowboy :)

A successful rancher died and left everything to his devoted wife. She was a very  good-looking woman and determined to keep the ranch, but knew very little about ranching, so she decided to place an ad in the newspaper for a ranch hand. 


Two cowboys applied for the job. One was gay and the other a drunk. She thought long and hard about it, and when no one else applied she decided to hire the gay guy, figuring it would be safer to have him around the house than the drunk.


He proved to be a hard worker who put in long hours every day and knew a lot about ranching.  For weeks, the two of them worked together, and the ranch was doing very well. Then one day, the rancher's widow said to the hired hand, "You have done a really good job, and the ranch looks great. 


You should go into town and kick up your heels." The hired hand readily agreed and went into town one Saturday  night.

IT'S HELL TO BE OLD !!!

 

OLD people have problems that you haven't even considered yet!  

An 85-year-old man was requested by his Doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical exam.

The doctor gave the man a jar and said, 'Take this jar home and bring back a semen sample tomorrow.'

The next day the 85-year-old man reappeared at the doctor's office and gave him the jar, which was as clean and empty as on the previous day.

The doctor asked what happened and the man explained, 'Well, doc, it's like this -- first I tried with my right hand, but nothing.  Then I tried with my left hand, but still nothing.

Rat Shit in the glue on Envelopes was the Best

Dear Friends

Just to start off the New Year I wanted to thank you for the e-mails you have forwarded over the last year.

I must send a big thank you to whoever sent me the one about rat shit in the glue on envelopes, because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope that needs sealing.

Also, I now have to wipe the top of every can I open for the same reason.

I no longer have any savings because I gave it all to a sick girl who is about to die in the hospital for the 1,387,258th time. 

But that will change once I receive the  $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft are sending me for participating in their special email programs. Or from the senior bank clerk in Nigeria who wants to split seven million dollars with me for pretending to be a long lost relative of a customer who died intestate.

I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me.

I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward emails to seven friends and make a wish within five minutes. 

WEEWEECHU CHRISTMAS !

It was a romantic full moon when Pedro said, "Hey, mamacita, let's do Weeweechu."

Oh no, not now, let's look at the moon!" , said Rosita.

Oh, c'mon baby, let's you and I do Weeweechu. I love you and it's the perfect time," Pedro begged.

"But I wanna just hold your hand and watch the moon." , replied Rosita.

 "Please, corazoncito, just once, do Weeweechu with me."

Rosita looked at Pedro and said, "OK, one time, we'll do Weeweechu."

Pedro grabbed his guitar and they both sang.....
"Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, Weeweechu a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year."

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!! 

EXERCISE FOR THE OVER FORTIES

 Just came across this exercise suggested for the over 40's to build muscle strength in the arms and shoulders. It seems so easy so I thought that I'd pass it on to some of my friends and family. The article suggested doing it three days a week.

 1. Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 2kg potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, then relax.

 2. Each day, you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 5kg potato bag. Then a 25kg potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute (I'm at this level).

 3. After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the bags. LOL !!

So Where is the Post Office ?

A little boy was waiting for his mother to come out of the grocery Store. As he waited, he was approached by a man who asked, "Son, can You tell me where the Post Office is?"

The little boy replied, "Sure! Just go straight down this street a Coupla blocks and turn to your right."


The man thanked the boy kindly and said, "I'm the new pastor in town. I'd like for you to come to church on Sunday. I'll show you how to get To Heaven."


The little boy replied with a chuckle. "Awww, bullshit... You don't Even know the way to the Post Office."

Six foot Tall Dark and Handsome

After a long day at work, Finally got home and there he was eyeballing me from the rafters, a beautiful Carpet Python has much to the dismay of the three cats taken up residence in our Carport.

Well why not let him stay, as well as our own cats, horses, Jungle Python and Blue tongue Lizard we seem to share with next doors chooks and  the lady down the roads dogs so what's another Python to the menagerie.

View of the Gold Coast from Lower Beechmont

A shot of the Gold Coast from Lower Beechmont a nice place to be !

Kafritsas says it's high time to dive back into the Surf the Hi Surf that is !

Okay in todays Gold Coast Bulletin I read the following story:

GOLD Coast businessman Greg Kafritsas hopes to buy back the management rights to Hi Surf after the company he sold it to went into receivership.
The Surfers Paradise hotel is one of seven management rights that are subject to a tender campaign at the behest of receivers. Mr Kafritsas's offer, which has been lodged with receivers KordaMentha, needs body corporate approval before the deal is cemented.

Ten companies linked to Prime Apartments Hotels and Resorts (PAHR) moved into receivership earlier this year owing $12.5 million. Tony Freeman and Peter Bellomo are directors of each company.

Mr Kafritsas said that he was owed almost $700,000 by one of the companies. The management rights operator, who runs Outrigger Resort at Burleigh Heads and Club Surfers, said he wanted to buy back the rights to a hotel he loved.

He said he hoped the move would see him recoup the money he lost.

NOW HERE IS THE PROBLEM: Can anyone confirm this: I heard on the Grapevine that Tony Freeman is using his influence on family members who are on the Board of the Body Corporate to block this from happening. If this is true then shame on you Tony Freeman.

 
Source for main story and photo: http://bit.ly/2hAk27

The Old Railway Shack Over there !

It's Sunday the sun is out and we are sitting in the back courtyard with fresh brewed coffee and Apple Danish. "I tried to imagine it in my head as she explained it", She lived in the old railway shack just over the back there, she pointed to the fence at the back of the property, there was a young couple that lived in the shack next door and they had a young boy and it always made her worry because he was so young and there were a lot of trains around when she lived there.

The Dad was a hard worker, and the Mum was a nice lady, she was home all day. She didn't know what happened to them, but she hoped they were okay wherever they went.

We will never know because they didn't exist, this was a story from Mum when we visited her yesterday, she has been diagnosed with that ugly, ugly disease Dementia.

PAY PROTECTOR HELPS YOUNG JOURNALIST

The national pay protector has helped secure $10,000 back-pay for a young radio journalist who performed the work of a graded journalist but was incorrectly classified and paid as a cadet.

The young female journalist worked part-time in Tweed Heads for Radio 97AM, 104.1FM and 103.5FM.
The Fair Work Ombudsman helped the journalist launch a small claims application in the Chief Industrial Magistrate’s Court of NSW against her former employer, Tweed Radio and Broadcasting Co Pty Ltd.A Fair Work inspector also made submissions on her behalf in court.

Chief Industrial Magistrate Gregory Hart ruled that the 25-year-old should have been paid as a graded journalist, rather than a cadet, because of the nature of the duties she performed.
He ordered the company to reimburse her $10,000.

Chief Industrial Magistrate Hart found that for most of the time the journalist was on duty, she was the only person in the newsroom and it was clear she “was not receiving training or any significant supervision.”
He found her “duties went well beyond that of simply reading the news bulletins and extended to the research, preparation and drafting of such bulletins”.

Further, the Court was “satisfied that she was given tasks to perform which were the tasks that would normally be performed by a Journalist Grade 1, Band 1” under the Commercial Radio – Journalists Award 1999.

“The Award itself provides that in the case of regular part-time work, the lowest rate of pay is that set for a Journalist Grade 2 under Band 1,” Chief Industrial Magistrate Hart found.
He ruled that the journalist’s pay should have been based on the minimum hourly rate for a Grade 2 journalist ($18.77), rather than the cadet rate ($13.35).

Fair Work Ombudsman NSW Director Mark Davidson says the case highlights the care employers need to ensure they classify employees correctly.

“We were happy to help this young woman secure this significant amount of back-pay, but ideally she should have been classified correctly in the first place,” he said.

Source:  http://j.mp/DYdud

FAILED TO PAY WAGES AND STILL THINKS HE DID NOTHING WRONG

Gold Coast mortgage broking firm and its director have been fined a total of $24,000 for failing to pay three financial consultants any wages for almost two months work.

Dracook International Pty Ltd was fined $20,000 in the Federal Magistrates Court in Brisbane yesterday and ordered to back-pay the workers a total of $13,644 in wages, annual leave entitlements and interest.

Dracook International owner-manager Robert Cooke was fined $4000 after he admitted his involvement in the underpayments.

Cooke contracted the three underpaid consultants to work full-time for Dracook International from 11 March, 2008 - but the men resigned on 2 May because they had not been paid.

Yesterday’s fines and underpayment order are the result of a prosecution by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Fair Work Ombudsman Queensland Director Julie Wade says the case should serve as a warning that individuals, as well as companies, who breach workers’ rights will be held accountable.

“We will not hesitate to pursue individuals who do the wrong thing by their employees,” Ms Wade said.
The Fair Work Ombudsman promotes harmonious, productive and co-operative workplaces. It also monitors compliance and investigates breaches of national workplace laws.

Source: http://j.mp/mu1Mi

THE MATTER HAS BEEN ADJOURNED

It's like What the ???

This guy forces 2 Thai women to work as prostitutes and then wants to appeal his conviction (a lousy 5 years) on the grounds his legal counsel wrongly instructed him to plead guilty. Oh give us a break surely the legal system doesn't need time to think about this one; but yes they do they have adjourned it till 30 September.

(Scumbag) Keith William Dobie, 49, was jailed for five years in December for luring two women to Queensland from Thailand using fake immigration documents and then forcing them to have sex with up to five men a day.


Instead of the lucrative wages and luxury living conditions the women were promised, he paid them just $20 a day.

Dobie's barrister Sam Di Carlo (personally should be embarrassed in his position) told the court his client had a lack of understanding of what the plea of guilty meant for himself and there was an absence of instructions from his lawyers at the time.

All the evidence was there this (low life) clearly abused these women and trafficked them for sex on the Gold Coast and his appeal has been adjourned surely there is no thought required on a decision here.

WE WILL SAY WHAT WE THINK

Follow us on Twitter we are going to say what we think and what you think on LoveGoldCoast isn't it about time.

If we hear it on the Love Gold Coast Grapevine we will repeat it, so follow our blog if we post a story that is proven right or wrong we will let you know with follow ups.

ANOTHER SCAMMER EXPOSED

Love Gold Coast Grapevine Latest:

Advice from an anonymous follower:

Robert Anthony Cooke is a failed want to be property developer.

He also hails from the Gold Coast (Ociana Appartments Burleigh Esplanade) His roots were in McDonalds. He owned Two stores in Melbourne, sold them for millions now he has lost the lot including wife, family and friends.

Have you been burnt by his Dracook property scam. If so email dracook@optusnet.com.au and make sure he is deregistered as a company director to protect others.

Australia Top of the List for Timeshare Holidays

Geoff Ballotti, CEO for Group RCI, said Australia's timeshare development industry would continue to grow because of the high demand from the States.

"Australia is actually the most demanded place. Out of our 4400 resorts, people want to come to Australia more than anywhere else," said Mr Ballotti.

"The biggest market for timeshare is America and the least visited vacation destination for Americans is Australia.
"Australia is important to us for that simple reason. Because there is such a demand for Australia we are optimistic the big brands will want to develop here."

He also said that the Gold Coast, the heart of the nation's timeshare industry, was vital to the growth of the product in Australia.

He said Americans had smothered the industry, while Australians still did not realise its full value.

Mr Balloti is attending the Australian timeshare conference being held on the Gold Coast this week.
Source: Goldcoast.com.au

OBVIOUSLY THE CREDITORS LIKE POLO !

After striking a deal with his creditors MFS LIMITED'S founder and polo enthusiast, Michael King, has dodged bankruptcy over $130 million of debts.

King is now locked into an agreement that will require him to make undisclosed payments to his creditors who last month quietly agreed to a two-year ''personal insolvency agreement'' with the founder of the financial group, which collapsed last year owing more than $1 billion.

According to documents filed to the insolvency trustee, King's assets include a laptop and iPod music player (worth a collective $800) and some watches and a wedding ring worth $2000. The former BRW rich lister also had $60.26 in a Commonwealth Bank account and minus $23,442.51 in another account.

Funny, the Canungra property in the Gold Coast Hinterland purchased by King for mor than $6M was not included in the documents filed as an assett of King's, this is now his Polo Farm, Elysian Fields.  Given the polo field is held in trust on behalf of King, it would have been out of reach of creditors had the MFS founder been declared bankrupt.

Under the deal struck with creditors last month, the farm has been included. The trustee has declined to provide details, stressing that creditors could expect to get more out of King through the deal than if he had been declared bankrupt.

All you can say to the Creditors is Good Luck on this on this one !
source: WA Times


Now from the grapevine to be confirmed - Heard that Michael King was involved with the management of a Polo Team included in the competion held at the Packer owned Ellerston Polo, conducted near Scone, New South Wales.  Surely it would be costing him a minimum $100,000 per season to manage a Polo Team.

UNDER INSTRUCTIONS FROM RECEIVERS MANAGERS

He was ony 24 when Gold Coast's Daniel Tzvetkoff made it on the BRW Rich list a year ago. Now his $82M wealth has dwindled to a $60M debt and all his asset's are going in fire sales.

One asset is Maximus, shown here a luxurious one-year-old 30m Horizon 98 super yacht he bought for $7.5 million.

It's up for grabs this Saturday so you could get a bargain as the National Bank want it sold.

"We've had more than 100 inquiries from around Australia, but the majority by far have come from Sydney," said Adrian Seiffert of Brisbane's Marine Auctions. "It could go for an absolute bargain."
Click here for Auction details being held this Saturday 19 September, 2008 at 11am.