PRESIDENTS ANNUAL REPORT AND AGM NOTICE.
It’s that time of year again when the club needs to do a little administrative work. Our club constitution requires us to give all members notice of the AGM to be held at the next club meeting in October, and at that meeting to elect the office bearers, set the annual fees and most importantly decide on the date and location of the annual wind up barbecue.
So make sure you attend or send in your apologies or you could find yourself elected in your absence. This year has been a very successful year with attendances at meetings regularly topping 30 or more (in fact we had to buy more chairs and a bigger urn) and at last night’s meeting there were 9 clubbies parked in the driveway. There have been a record number of cars completed and registered including 3 of our founding member’s cars taking to the road.
We did have some fears that the dept. would introduce IMT 240 emission testing, but the whole thing ended in a mess when the aftermarket industry found that they would be adversely affected and started to apply pressure. The IMT 240 requirement is in abeyance but could raise its head at any time so we need to be ever alert. Many thanks go to Bruce Varcoe who was able to keep us informed on what was going on as his employer was directly affected.
We have had several displays of our cars at events this year and the turnout of cars has been a bit disappointing considering the number of cars now on the road, so try and make a greater effort in the coming year. We also need to get members to organise runs, usually on a Sunday morning and my thanks go to Ken, John and Neville for this year.
Doug has upgraded our website but needs more input so if you have solved a problem on your build please let him have that information so that other don’t have to reinvent the wheel .
I would like to thank Charlie (as secretary) and Greg (treasurer) for their efficient running of the club, and other committee members for helping when required. The club has recently added several new books to the library and bought several new items of equipment, and will continue to do so.
If you have any suggestions please make them known. See you all at the AGM
Barrie Nelson (president)