My only frustration is the confusion of all the names and groups. I send membership dollars to everything, but am at the point that I don’t know “who’s who”.

Village Editorial


Steve Holmes

We recently asked for feedback and we received a lot of great comments. I want to highlight one comment in particular, as it relates to Frustration and Confusion that needs clarification.

Who’s who in the main Beach Zoo?

Comment August 2021
I support all of the effort and thankless hours that you both are putting in to make Main Beach the wonderful place that it is to live 

My only frustration is the confusion of all the names and groups. I send membership dollars to everything, but am at the point that I don’t know “who’s who”. Main beach association, main beach business and tourism, destination main beach, the villager…so many websites, I don’t know who to follow, who to send money to, and who 7 might have supported in the past that I should renew now. This is not a criticism as I know it is volunteer-driven which is amazing, but just a comment.

Main Beach Association Inc.
Details
MBA Purpose:
  • Sharing a Vision for Main Beach & the Spit
  • Founded the Main Beach Spring Flower Festival in 2019, and now supports the Main Beach Foundation as the new parent of the Festival.
MBA Objectives:
  • Too actively and responsibly maintain the Main Beach environment as a liveable and thriving community.
  • To promote responsible development by liaising with Local, State, and Federal Governments and other interested parties on all proposed developments in the Main Beach environment.
The Main Beach Foundation
(TMB Foundation)
Details
  • Formed 2021
  • Board of Directors (7 + one pending)
  • Not for Profit – Private company
  • Non-membership / subscription
  • Volunteers (by invitation)
  • Website (Under Construction) www.themainbeachfoundation.org
  • Contact: enquiries@themainbeachfoundation.org
Purpose

‘TMB Foundation’ activities generate funding and or revenue opportunities for the benefit of Main Beach and its Community.
Submissions to TMB Foundation:
TMB Foundation Board Members consider a variety of submissions that can demonstrate benefit to Main Beach and or its community.

Submissions
  • Project: SunriseFEST (Main Beach) 2022 Calendar & Postcard
  • Proceeds: Assigned to the Main Beach Spring Flower Festival
  • Outcome: Accepted
  • Status: Activated
Previous Submission
  • Project: Reactivate the Main Beach Spring Flower Festival
  • Outcome: Accepted
  • Status: Active
MBB&T

Main Beach Business and Tourism MBB&T Association

Details:

  • Formed: Late 2019
    Founders: Resigned 2020.
Purpose

Relocate the Main Beach Spring Flower Festival from its founders MBA (Sue Donovan)
It was unfortunate that MBB&T was formed just prior to the onset of COVID and could no longer continue to carry out its original purpose.

Former Main Beach Organisations & Associations
  • Main Beach Traders Assoc.
  • Main Beach Progress Assoc.
Main Beach Business Groups
Destination Main Beach – DMB
Details
  • Founded 2012 by Claire & Steve Holmes
  • Private Company: “About Page” www.destinationmainbeach.com.au/about
  • Community Builder & Publisher
  • Volunteer, Free & Paid Services
  • The Villager community newsletter. – Free Subscriptions, exceeds 8,000
  • Villager Club (NEW) – Paid Membership – Currently 88 members
  • Main Beach Business Memberships. – Paid and Various levels
  • Facebook Group & Page – Network exceeds 30,000
DMB Purpose:
Original:
Rebuild a decimated Main Beach from the GFC carnage, so this could never happen again – The big test of this purpose came with the current Covid Lockdowns

Current:
Classic grassroots Villager Culture.
“A Village for the Villagers by the Villagers”

Disclosure
Both Claire and I are members volunteers & financial contributors to

  • MBA Member from 2016
  • Main Beach Spring Flower Festival
  • Founding member of MBBT&Assoc.
  • Volunteered to the former Main Beach Progress Assoc.

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There is nothing better in life than good company with a purpose.
Thanks, heaps
Steve


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