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From The Secretary
by Dennis Whimp
The Vintage Car Club of New Zealand holds Executive meetings twice a year and each branch is invited to send a delegate. The March meeting was held by Zoom and I sat in front of the computer screen on behalf of our branch. There were approximately 30 panels on the screen showing all participants. The Chair Diane Quarrie did an excellent job and obviously had two screens so she could see everyone. She used the simple technique of telling no one to speak unless you put your hand up and she would direct in what order the speakers would go. Wish I had done that years ago when all the kids and their friends were around.
The amount of work that the National committee put in is staggering. Almost a full time job. Murray Trounson is the driving force behind moving the club from paper based forms into the electronic age. He told me he has spent 1400 hours in the past 15 months on the system as the old computer system was as old as some of our cars.
New members now join on an electronic form on line at the VCC NZ website. A separate form is required for each joint member. Completed forms are then sent to the relevant branch for approval. The cost for a full year is $100 for the member and $20 for a joint member, pro-rated through the year. All other forms are being slowly converted to electronic. If a person does not have a computer, then they need sit with a member or the secretary.
We were going to discuss the proposed new national logo at the March branch meeting but that was cancelled so I had no overall branch direction as to which way to vote. I had had various comments from members and it seemed to be similar to the rest of the branches views
