ABOUT THE JOURNAL
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CONTRIBUTORS
Jeff Gilmour
For the last 15 years, Jeff has been assisting
networking
bodies,
national
committees
and
stakeholder groups as well as sector training
through implementation of best practices.
-Development
and implementation of management
systems, ensuring sound decision-making.
authorities, national standards bodies, government
-Designing
departments and employer bodies in areas of
aligned to the fiduciary responsibilities of a board
collaboration, generation of national standards
of directors.
and
qualificatio ns
and
the
formalisation
structures of good governance directly
of
agreements.
Jeff is currently the president of the Association
More recently, Jeff has been integrally involved in
of Residential Communities (ARC), director of the
the residential community industry, having headed
Community Associations Institute SA (CAISA) and
up very successful action committees in two large
executive member of the Residential Community
residential estates in Gauteng. He has also served
Council (RCC). He is also a member of The World
as chairman of the board of directors of one
Congress of Community Association Management
of the largest golf estates in Gauteng and has
(TWCCAM) and the Foundation of International
pioneered best practices as executive manager
Community Associations Research. He received
for the Homeowners’ Association.
the CAI Rising Star award in 2010 for Community
Jeff’s
passion,
commitment
and
competence
Association Leadership.
as a community development practitioner have
resulted in the following, which are demonstrated
in published case studies:
-Realising
savings of over R3 million per annum
Richard Kelland
Richard Kelland is a civil engineer turned golf estate
clubs through integrated land use, while creating
developer. He graduated with a B.Sc. Eng (Civil)
a unique and open community lifestyle and
from the University of Cape Town in 1977 and
investment opportunity for property owners the
his successful career has encompassed elements
world over. His two developments, the Matumi
of
development
Golf Estate in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga and Victoria
consulting, entrepreneurial construction, project
Country Club Estate in Pietermaritzburg, where he
development
is estate manager, are testament to this.
engineering
and
and
economic
management.
These
skills
have all converged, almost logically for Richard,
into the process of putting together large scale
Richard was one of our first CMCA-certified estate
residential property developments, from concept
managers in the industry. He is an active ARC
to implementation.
member and KZN Regional Chapter leader, and is
the inaugural chairperson of the recently formed
As a lifelong golfer, Richard is passionate about
Residential Community Council (RCC). Along with
the South African golf culture and how the game
his many colleagues in the industry, Richard is
continues to be played in a country that has
committed to making a positive contribution and
produced so many amateur and professional
enhancing industry success, recognition and self-
world beaters. His developments are aimed
governance. To this end, Richard is currently
at preserving this rich ethos by establishing
participating in development of programmes that
permanent revenue streams for traditional golf
will significantly increase the value added to the