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Secretary s Scribbling s
Aren’t we very lucky we don’t live in the Auckland region with 2 level 3 lockdowns there in the past month. These lockdowns make it very difficult for organisers of any event to plan for the future. Sadly, the Art deco show in Napier was cancelled although the Vintage Car component mostly went ahead, but the Biennial National Motorcycle to be held in the Wairarapa in a couple of weeks’ time has been cancelled. The organisers have some quite major expenses to pay out so unfortunately because of the uncertainty of the Auckland situation where quite a number of entrants were coming from, the decision has been made to cancel the outing.
From our Committee meeting on Wednesday.
Club Captain, Jim McLean is a very busy man with a major project being worked on. Because of this he has little time for VCC activities, so the committee has organised a few things in his absence. If anyone has an idea for a run somewhere over the next few months, please let Kelly or me know. There was discussion about Natters and Noggin’, as not that many members are attending. Perhaps this is because people do not know what is on so after discussion it was decided that the Events Calendar needs to be shifted from the back of the vintage viewpoint to the 2nd page, as some people cannot read as far as the back page. But please be aware that the Natter & Noggin’ is always
on the last Friday of the month.
The new doors and windows have been installed in the Electrical shed. Thanks to our building team for all their hard work on the refurbishment of this building. Harris Glade gardens are looking very tidy. Thanks to Catherine and Kevin for their hard work in keeping the gardens looking great, and to Roger for turning on the sprinklers to keep the lawns green. In the Museum, a great deal of concern and dismay has been expressed that the Branches’ Ford Model A Truck has had the tubes in the tyres removed by some unknown person and these have been swapped for motorcycle tubes. Rob said that new correct tubes were put in the tyres some 18 months ago. If anyone knows anything about this, please let one of the Committee know. The Branch Vehicle Policy has been reviewed to add that Branch vehicles will only be available for members taking part in a Marlborough VCC sanctioned event. After discussion it was decided that a couple of clauses be changed to allow vehicles out only for day trips unless specific requests are ratified by the Committee. What is our very successful National VCC Day - Daffodil Day will be held nationally on Sunday 22nd August 2021.
