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Chairman s Report
First let me take the opportunity to welcome new members Mike & Deirdre Hole from Ward and Owen Glover from Blenheim, please make yourselves known, join in our club activities and enjoy yourselves. For those of you who read our minutes of your committee you will note that we are ticking along quite well and things get attended to in a reasonable time and expenses are kept in reasonable balance, as you can see the branches finances are very healthy. Questions have been asked “why are we holding this amount of money?” Well I think your committee has been very responsible. This branch has not always had the luxury of a good amount of revenue, but in saying this there is some expenditure and improvements to the Redman Room sound/noise control, quotes etc looked at (this is not going to be cheap) but necessary. Another quote to take out 1 tree which again is not cheap but necessary. There’s also a wee bit of work to be done in fixing the retaining wall on the south western corner of the museum and I have been informed that the roof of the museum may need painting and we also have purchased a new photocopier. So while everything looks Rosey, your committee is mindful of up and coming expenses plus the ones you don’t see coming like vehicle maintenance. So don’t get carried away, think about what your committee is working towards. I am a little concerned that we may not get a chairman’s run in before the AGM with all this level 2-3 business going on / no certainty around anything. There is some concern among the committee that the coming events are not being read on the back page, so we are going to try moving this information to the front of the magazine. (note THIS MONTHS EVENTS appear inside the front cover, they also appear at the back page along with the future events. A copy of the events page is available from the Clubrooms on a Wednesday.) For those of you who have been unwell or have had operations we hope to see you soon.
Regards to you all
