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From The Secretary
by Dennis Whimp It is now May and we still have beautiful fine weather to allow the convertible hoods to be down. Long may it last at least until after our swap meet on July 10th. An inspection of the stock car venue revealed that even more concrete pads had been laid. The commentators building and old toilets that were going to be demolished have been deferred for a year, so next year we may be part way through their replacements. Alan and a few of the swap meet organisers decided that this year we will get the early shift to gather at 6am with the object of opening the gates to the sellers at 6.15am to allow them more time to set up before the buyers enter at 7am. The area has had further upgrades to the LED area lighting system so there should be no longer any need for headlamps. The passing of ex-chairman John Lamb. Further to the email that was sent out to members, I would like to record for those without email that it was with sadness we advised that John passed away in late March. John and Adele moved to Rotorua in the 1970s and brought with them their blue 1925 Austin 12/4 “Gumdrop” that was a very regular attendee at most of our rallies. John and Adele became heavily involved in all aspects of the branch with John on the committee and becoming chairman in 1985-87 and 93-94. John was on the building extension group that planned and built the current kitchen, library and storeroom 25 years ago. And Adele was one of the three MAMs that organised the busy
social life of the branch at that time. They moved to Tauranga approximately 20 years ago and transferred to that branch. John and Adele attended all of our January car shows in their classic Mustang. Our Sympathies go out to Adele and family. We will all miss that huge smile. At the last committee meeting, it was decided to accept the quotation from Choices Flooring for replacement Extra Heavy Duty rubber backed carpet tiles that will replace the delaminating brown carpet in the main meeting room. Choices Flooring is owned by one of our new members, Malcolm Pearce. Malcolm very generously offered our branch a $1,000 discount off the normal price which was approximately the difference between his and opposition price for the same tiles. They are programmed to remove the old carpet and lay the tiles on the 23 and 24 May. WORKING BEE. SUNDAY 22 MAY 1.30pm
We need to remove all the chairs and furniture off the carpet area and store it in the side rooms and hard floored areas. It should only take 4 to 6 people an hour to do this. We can also have a tidy up around the outside rear of the building, cutting back the vegetation and picking up the oak leaves and acorns. I will call for volunteers at the Wednesday night meeting. If you are not at the meeting but willing to help, please phone me on 021 731 678. We will also require a further working bee to put the chairs and furniture back which will be dependent on the tiles being laid as programmed. We are still looking for a replacement treasurer as Terry and Sandra are retiring after 7 years of sterling service. If you can help please let me know.
