Those were two key outcomes from a special general meeting of the club held at its 6 Church St premises at 1pm yesterday.
An unconfirmed report, published yesterday on Facebook, claimed the sale amount for the property at 3 Church St was $1,050,000.
Previous club chairman Major Peter Amyes declined to comment last night on the suggested sale price, and said that would be ''premature'', as a further process would ensue before the sale was formally completed.
At its annual meeting in June, the RSA proposed selling its main building, including clubrooms and restaurant, at 6 Church St, and extending the building across the road at 3 Church St, on property used by the RSA bowling club, to accommodate the down-sized club.
But last month it was decided to also put the bowling club on the market.
Maj Amyes said yesterday that the sale of the bowling club was likely to proceed over the next few weeks, but no tenders had been received for the main club building.
Considerable thought would be given to possible options for that building's future, and all the options would be considered by club members at a time yet to be determined.
''We'll go through the process to identify what the options are for the future.''
That process would not be unduly rushed, but buildings generated costs, and to make the 6 Church St building viable a source of income would have to be established to cover costs and preferably make some profit.
''There's a tension between incurring more expenses and getting a sound, well thought-through decision.''
About 200 club members had also voted at yesterday's meeting to restructure the club's governance arrangements.
In 2017 the club's executive committee had been transformed into a board, and a members' committee had been established to deal with other matters.
The board had now been disestablished and both former bodies would be replaced by an executive committee, nominations would be called and the new executive members voted in by October 20.
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This is all sad of course. This will mean no "clubs" at all in the Dunedin area. That makes it tough, not only for locals, but also for out of towners visiting from other clubs around NZ. RSA's are just one type of "club" but all are affiliated once you join any one.
Sticking to the RSA. They are closing down throughout NZ at an alarming rate and past history is to blame. It is not the organisation, but their attitude - both in the past and in recent times. This is an organisation that wouldn't let service men & women outside the 3 main armed forces to join after the war (merchant navy, police, nurses etc). They abused Vietnam vets. I have on several occasions in several RSAs in NZ heard old soaks abuse current ex servicemen, telling them "they were not real soldiers and hadn't fought a real war". This is an organisation that has spouted mis-truths about our war history. Told lies during the flag debate. And shown little interest in other commemorations outside that of Gallipoli.
I appreciate current executive can't undo worse attitudes of the past but sadly for the RSA, the chickens have finally come home to roost - and still today, many bad attitudes remain.