GURDWARA SAHIB
BRISBANE
BRISBANE SIKH TEMPLE (GURDWARA) Inc
2679 Logan Road, Eight Mile Plains, QLD 4113
COMMUNITY NOTICE – GREAT NEWS
GURDWARA SAHIB
BRISBANE
Dear Members of the BSTG Inc, it is with great pleasure we announce that on 1st May 2023, the management committee of the Gurdwara Sahib had a committee meeting in which it was decided that due to the frustration and hardship the Gurdwara sahib Sangat had to endure and due to the previous 2021/2022 court cases in regard to membership applications the Sangat had to experience over the last two years and to allow the community to have closure and move forward on this matter, the memberships of all current (2021/2022) ordinary financial members of the association will be automatically extended to 31st March 2024 at nil cost to all renewing members. Any renewing member will not have to attend the gurdwara sahib to renew their membership, a communication will be sent to you via post or email or sms confirming your renewal. If any of your personal information (address, phone, email or status as a sikh) has changed since the last time you renewed, please notify of the update to admin@brisbanesikhtemple.org.au so that the management committee can update its records accordingly, alternatively if deemed necessary the management committee may contact you to confirm details.
This decision has been taken purely to give the current members a break from this frustrating process and to allow for the sangat to heal and unite from the disunity caused due to this membership process in the last few years, hopefully for the future we can improve this process to make it better for the sangat.
Further for any sangat members that are not currently members of the association and who wish to attend the upcoming AGM as members can submit a fully completed membership application to the committee by no later than 3pm on the 10th September 2023 along with a completed statutory declaration and photo ID with proof of address. It was decided in a committee meeting today that membership fee for this periods (1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024) applications will be nil cost for any applying members. This decision has been taken with the intention to keep fee’s fair for all renewing and new applicants and only applies for this period’s applications. All applications will be considered in accordance with the rules.
The committee will be available at the Gurdwara Committee Office to receive any completed applications on:
Sunday 03rd September 2023 – 10am to 3pm Sunday 10th September 2023 – 10am to 3pm
Membership forms can be found on the association website at www.brisbanesikhtemple.org.au under “About” then “documents” section or alternatively will be available at the committee office.
If you have any suggestion on how we can improve the membership drive process for next year to make it more easy and comfortable for the sangat for the future please email your proposal to:
admin@brisbanesikhtemple.org.au
Regards
Management Committee
Brisbane Sikh Temple (Gurdwara) Inc
Date 30/8/23
