Hi everyone
We held our Annual General Meeting at Cardiff RSL Club on Friday 23 August.
No new nominations for Committee positions were received. All past Committee and Executive were available for re-election. Returning Officer, Marjorie Stanton declared all positions filled for the coming year 2024-2025 without change.
President Barry responded thanking Marjorie for her role as Returning Officer and welcomed the new committee for 2024-25:

President: Barry Keen
Secretary: Wendy Smith
Treasurer: Grahame King
Vice-President: Jackie Lampe
Committee members: Brenton Elsey, Mitzi Gordon, Denise Hayes, Ray Hinton, Carolyn Keane, Sandra Keen, Fred Neal, Margie Olsen, Merv Pope, Carmel Smith, Lindsay Threadgate, Judy Wallace.
Wendy Smith was appointed for another term as Public Officer
Keith Hole was appointed as auditor for 2025

A motion was moved/seconded and passed confirming present Membership fee of $25 and current class fees $5 per 1½ hours and $15 per hour home visit.
Treasurer Grahame reported that as at 30/6/2024 the club had total funds of $32,499.78

On Friday 16th August and under somewhat threatening skies, some 17 members assembled at Fort Scratchley to embark on a Tunnel Tour highlighting the maize of underground tunnels and rooms constructed to enable fortification of Newcastle harbour and immediate coastline. See the full report in the 2024 Social Activities page Click Here

EVENTS TO PUT INTO YOUR DIARY

Emails have been sent out to members for the morning tea.

The regular monthly meeting for the combined Special Interest Groups has been cancelled this Thursday 12th September due to a clash with a special webinar on AI (Artificial Intelligence) – Click here for details. This will be a Zoom webinar you can join from home. Everyone is welcome.

Get Online Week Starts Monday 14th October
The speaker from Newcastle Permanent Bank will present at our Get Online Event on Monday 14th October. Stay tuned.