Membership
Under the Incorporated Societies Act 1909 a society must have at least 15 members. Under the FGLT Rules a corporate counts as three members.
Current members are:
Corporate
- Alistair Brown (on behalf of Rayonair Matariki Ltd)
- Phil Taylor (or behalf of Port Blakely Ltd)
- Robert Green (on behalf of Manulife Investment Management)
- Grant Dodson (on behalf of City Forests Ltd)
- Roger Dickie (on behalf of Roger Dickie Ltd)
Individual
- Donald Hammond (Rotorua)
- Ian Jackson (Timaru)
- Geoff Thompson (Wellington)
- Patrick Milne (Kaiapoi)
- Peter Berg (Auckland)
- Bruce Easton (Auckland)
Extract from the FGLT Rules;
"8. Membership
8.1 There must be a minimum of 15 Members at all times, although a Member who is a corporate body shall count as three Members for this purpose (but not for any other purpose)
8.2 Any Potential Levy Payer may become a Member on entering into an agreement with the Board to that effect, on such terms as the Board determines.
8.3 The Board shall exercise its discretion with respect to entering into agreements with potential Members under Rule 8.2 having regard to the objective of ensuring that the Trust’s membership is broadly representative of the plantation forest growing industry, to the extent the Board considers that doing so is reasonably practicable and efficient. The Board shall otherwise have absolute discretion as to whether or not to enter into an agreement with any Potential Levy Payer to become a Member, subject to Rule 8.1"
