ACTION PLAN & BUDGET 2013 Objective Planned Activities Annual Budget $ Output/KPI

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1 BRANCH BirdLife Western Australia ACTION PLAN & BUDGET 2013 Objective Planned Activities Annual Budget $ Output/KPI branch member communications Four editions of WA Bird Notes (funded by subscription). WABN $10,500 Subscriptions $10,000 Advertising $500 WABN (4 editions) general administration etc. Fortnightly BWA e News to WA supporters. Monthly (except December) meetings with speakers open to the public. BWA web site (as part of national web site). Branch events on the web site calendar. Unusual sightings web site (WA, Cocos, Christmas, Ashmore). Amytornis (online refereed journal). (wa@birdlife.org.au). Phone (Volunteers 09:30 to 12:30 and answering machine after hours). Australian birdlife. birdswa Google Groups list. Peregrine House (Volunteers 09:30 to 12:30 Mon Fri). Rent $5,550 Electricity $2,100 Postage $1,200 Staff Amenities $450 BWA e News (24 editions) Monthly meetings (50+ people) Web site needs more work Events entered before WABN Sightings summarised for WABN Rare sightings referred to WARC Amytornis refereed by volunteers Articles published as approved answered promptly Phone queries answered promptly Train volunteers Branch activities summary list managed as needed Open (50 weeks a year)

2 BWA Executive Committee meetings. BWA EC meetings (11) 11 EC members Each member has a committee link Position Descriptions Community Education, Conservation & Research, Sales, Excursions, Bird Guides, WA Records, Grants sub committees. Terms of Reference for each committee. Office Manager, Membership Officer, Sightings Officer, Publications Officer, WABN editors, IT Officer, Web Site Officer, Digital Image Librarian, Librarian, WA Database Officer, Country Branch Liaison Officer, Monthly Meeting Organiser. Position Descriptions for each position. Support country branches. Albany, Avon Wheatbelt, Bunbury, Cape to Cape, Esperance, Mid West, Mandurah Peel, Myalup, South West. Telephones (4), internet, desktop computers (3), photocopier, printers, audio visual equipment, meeting rooms, file server. Library. BWA Strategic Planning Workshop. Attend BA Branch Meeting & AGM. Country Workshop $950 Country Branch $1,000 Phones $1,500 Internet $700 Printing $1,500 IT Support $500 Library $500 Workshop $1,200 BA Travel $400 Review Terms of Reference Committees report to BWA EC Review Position Descriptions Fill each position Country Branch Workshop Provide binoculars (2), scope Branch events promoted on web site / WABN / BWA e News Branches support projects Branch Liaison Officer to assist Develop five year plan 35 attendees BWA EC to follow up action plan Sue Mather & Frank O Connor attended meeting

3 recruit/retain members and supporters Wind up of BAWA Inc. Membership Officer (new member packages, name badges, collate new supporter details, contact project volunteers, contact lapsed members, etc). Membership $1,000 Close bank accounts Finalise accounts WA Membership (3,000 by 2025) WA Supporters (6,000 by 2025) Free badge for 25 year members Monthly meetings. Meetings $300 Average attendance 50 Non members welcome Excursions (half day, full day, mid week, camp outs, pelagics, etc). Excursions (70+ a year) Promoted in WABN and on web site Two a month for non members Community Education Committee (schools, community talks, workshops, library displays, shows, country visits). Binoculars (70+ pairs). Scopes (3). Data Projectors (3). Laptops (3). Display Boards (3). Digital Image Library (9,000+ images). PowerPoint presentations (50+). CEC $1,000 Identification workshops, winter classes, UWA Extension course, school visits, community talks, country visits WA Photography Group. Monthly meetings / excursions Displays WA Calendar WA Twitchathon. Annual event. Raises funds for projects Range of about 70 regional bird guide brochures. Brochures on web site Design new brochures with city / shire councils Revise brochures in line with BirdLife guidelines Seek funding for revisions Promotional material. Extra copies of WABN. Pull up banners. Banners. Posters. Excursion list for the public. Information leaflets. Promotion $1,500 Promotion of BirdLife Australia and birds

4 Promote National Bird Week. Promote at country shows, Perth Royal Show, CEC, BWA e News Perth Royal Show. Sightings. Promote Carnaby s Breeding Surveys, National Bird Week, BirdLife Australia, Friends of Western Ground Parrot . Respond daily. ID photos for public. Phone. Respond daily. WA Volunteer of the Year Award (2). Volunteer Award $250 Awarded at February AGM survey birds; analyse threats and identify actions BirdLife Distinguished Service Awards Great Western Woodlands. Great Cocky Count. Funded through NO PRNRM $150,000 Nominations for BDSAs Hosted at Peregrine House Members volunteer for surveys GCC in April Analyse data Produce and publicise report Carnaby s Black Cockatoo Recovery projects. State NRM $62,000 SCNRM $16,000 Carnaby s Black Cockatoo Breeding Range Surveys. Starlings. BWA Funds $70,000 Funded through NO Launch project; promote at country shows; promote through media Partnership with Australian Wildlife Conservancy. Shorebirds 2020 (Exmouth Gulf, Strategic Planning Workshop, surveys). Survey Faure Island, Mt Gibson, Paruna, Karakamia Relationship with Rio Tinto Birdwatch events. Provide leaders for Paraburdoo, Port Hedland, Dampier, Pannawonnica

5 Long Range Surveys (Survey DPaW stations). Rottnest Island surveys. WA Database. Survey two DPaW stations Rottnest Bush Birds Survey; Rottnest shorebirds counts Shires and reserves 20+ years data Review data. advocate for bird and habitat conservation Promote Ongoing Atlas. Promote Bird in Backyards. WA Suburban Bird Surveys. Conservation & Research Committee. Submissions, letters of support, etc. Liaise with national RAC Submissions. Swan & Canning Rivers Management Plan Draft Esperance Management Plan Perth Airport development City of Armadale Keane Road development South West Forest Management Plan Great Western Woodland / Barrier Fence campaign Point Grey development plan Perth and Peel Strategic Development Plan Letters of Support. Cottesloe Golf Club Cockburn City Council CoastWest Grant Eric Singleton Reserve City of Bayswater Roebuck Bay Caring for Country Grant Swan River Trust Pelican Point

6 Ospreys State NRM Ranford Bushland City of Canning City of Wanneroo. Rezoning proposal Carnaby s Black Cockatoo Recovery projects. Great Cocky Count. Carnaby s Wesfarmers Landholders Booklet. Choose for Carnaby s leaflet. Australasian Bitterns. Great Western Woodlands. Starlings. Shorebirds IBAs. Hooded Plovers (volunteer group). Wesfarmers $2,500 PRNRM $750 LotteryWest $5,000 Funded through NO Funded through NO $500 Count in April Final report Funding for 2014/2015 Design and print Launch in Albany Promote awareness of Carnaby s Promote BirdLife Australia Design and print Launch Distribute through nurseries Acquit project Seek new funds Based at Esperance Annual surveys Exmouth Gulf surveys S2020 Strategic Planning Workshop Country workshops Annual surveys

7 Western Ground Parrots (two members on management committee). Fund two students to attend Bird Survey course at the Eyre Bird Observatory. Fund two students to attend AOC Fund honours student fieldwork on Australasian Bitterns. Perth Biodivercities Conference $1,500 $1,500 $3,000 deliver conservation projects See above for : Carnaby s Black Cockatoo Recovery. Carnaby s Black Cockatoo Breeding Range Survey. Great Cocky Count. Australasian Bitterns. Great Western Woodlands. Starlings. Shorebirds IBAs. TOTAL BUDGET (excluding newsletters) $ good financial management Bookkeeper. Bookkeeper $12,000 Monthly financial reports. Annual budget. Assist National Office with audit. $750 Two members on SCRIPT Input to WGP recovery plan Members volunteer for surveys Two students funded to attend Bird Studies course Two students funded to attend AOC2013 Honours student funded Matt Fossey funded to attend Promote Carnaby s Black Cockatoo Promote BirdLife Australia Bookkeeper hired to improve MYOB procedures, especially with project expenditure Monthly financial statements Annual budget by October Revised in January Provide financial statements Provide bank statements

8 Apply for project grants. LotteryWest grant to replace equipment. Sale of greeting cards, books, badges, etc. PRNRM $65,000 final payments for GCC, Choose for Carnaby s leaflet revegetation projects, etc NACC $50,000 for Carnaby s Recovery Project for revegetation PRNRM $100,000 for Great Cocky Count 2014/15 (to be paid in 2014/15) Peel Harvey ~$20,000 for Carnaby s revegetation (to be paid in 2014) LotteryWest $12,000 final payment for Australasian Bitterns project SCNRM $80,000 for further Australasian Bittern research (to be paid late 2013 & 2014) Grant of $14,765 (plus GST) obtained to replace computers (2), photocopier, display board, binoculars, scope, microscope, sound system. This better supports the project staff and BWA activities Marketing online, at office, at events Combined Charities Card Shop Donations. Promotion of the Australian Bird Fund within WA. Relationship with Rio Tinto to assist with their Rio Tinto Birdwatch events (donations). Procedures agreed with NO ABF promoted through WABN and other means Agreement signed with Rio Tinto Donations of $10,000+ expected Link with some IBA sites Promotion of BirdLife Australia

9 Association with Stirling Range Retreat (donations). Better returns from investment funds, which are used to sustain the funding of the office. Volunteers lead walks and give talks from mid September to late October $1,500 donation expected Promotion of BirdLife Australia Enable investment funds to be invested at several financial institutions to improve returns BirdLife Western Australia registered as a trading name Community Education Committee. Raising funds from courses, sales, donations. WA Calendar (fund raising for projects). Financial Procedures. Preferred suppliers. TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT REQUEST (excluding newsletters) $5,000 Calendar produced by WA Photography Group Proceeds to Australasian Bitterns project Authorisation of payments Financial procedures for office staff Procedures for expenses Procedures for petty cash Procedures for sales Procedures for banking GST procedures Electronic banking Assist national audit Several suppliers give good service and value to BWA, and have been recognised as preferred suppliers (IT, printing)