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Chairman’s Report
Chairman’s Report - April 2021
by David Tomlinson
Well April has been and gone, and the 2021 AGM is upon us, at the correct time this year. Last year our AGM was held a month late and combined with a club run due to the Covid19 alert levels. More about the AGM shortly.
Our April club night featured the Thomas’ 1973 Citroen DS, a car which has attracted a lot of attention since they joined the club. Also it was announced we have new midweek co-ordinators, Jenny Cole and Dennis Brown, who will take over from Bob and Pat Mackay. Their first midweeker run will take place in May.
The Night Run saw a good turnout, a good meal, and a bit of fun out on the town in the dark. As there was limited space available in the last issue of Side Curtains, there are reports on both April’s Night Run and March’s Chairman’s Run in this issue.
April’s Midweekers saw the “final run” organised by the Mackays. I hope those present took time to thank them for the last 6 years of monthly midweek outings. Thanks on behalf of the branch.
Sadly, on the first weekend in May, Des and Angie Brunton hosted a farewell afternoon tea (with exceptional, seemingly never ending catering!). Des and Angie are moving to the South Island in May, and their little Morrie Traveller is now in the hands of new owners too. It was only a couple of years back Des and Angie received their 25 year badges. They will be sadly missed, as was displayed by the huge turnout at the farewell.
There is no “From The Secretary” this month, but Dennis has been working hard on getting things together for the AGM, as have Terry and Sandra Fitzpatrick. We are so confident members will be happy
with our state of affairs, despite the Covid affected last 12 months, that we have a car in the room on club night as well as the AGM. At this stage only one sitting committee member has announced they will not seek re-election, but please don’t let that dissuade members wanting to put some more back into the branch putting their names forward for committee positions. Fresh ideas can be very helpful.
Our May Run has been set by Nathalie Descat and Marcus McKee, with the assistance of Les Martin. This is the first run they have put together, lets make sure we support it on the day.
The May midweekers run is covered later in this issue, and again with new organisers it would be great to see a bumper turnout.
In June we have our annual prize giving, the Swap Meet in July and the Sulphur City Rally in August, as we attempt to get our program back to normality.
Des & Angie’s farewell afternoon tea at the clubrooms on May 2nd
