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Secretary’s Notes
You may have noticed last month the change for our Continuous Membership Officer. After five years, Glenn Morris has stepped down from this role to free up some valuable time for himself and Marion. A huge round of thanks to Glenn who has worked hard to get a system up and running that makes it easy to validate these continuous service awards and has managed the necessary paperwork with Head Office to ensure these awards are made in a timely fashion. The next few years will see a steep upward curve for 50 year badges as large numbers of those who joined through the 70s, (who were younger than the majority of today’s new members) are still active members. Going forward John Stokes has taken on responsibility for this task. Last Saturday 20 March (at the time of writing) Martin and I attended the Executive Meeting in Wellington, a good day and it was good to catch up with the delegates from around the country - see full report elsewhere in this Bulletin. Entry Forms will be available next month for the Vero Festival of Motoring and the entry fees have been published. Remember you also will need a VIC for the vehicle you are planning on taking, so don’t leave this until the 11th hour! From the Committee table, we have asked a couple of long standing members to review our constitution and make any recommendations back to the Committee, which we would then bring to the general membership. Our website is long overdue for an overhaul and while we were hoping to handle this within the Committee, we may be better off out sourcing this with professionals, which will come at a cost, but also has a number of pros. The Committee is also looking at what would be involved in renovating the toilets, which I think you will agree are looking a little tired. The AGM is only two months away and I will get on my usual soapbox about new blood and ask you to think about what skills you have to offer. (Not necessarily a Committee position). Please give some thought to this and also what you want to see in your Branch from an activity and administration point of view.
Tracey Winterbottom
