Geoff Croad was on the door and Ross Augustine was Chairman. We had apologies from Simon Brook, Graeme Isaacson, Gerald East and Ray Higgs.
President Mitch Brown welcomed all members, our guest speaker Maria Leebeck and Charles Thomasson’s guest Matthew Clayworth, one of the team at our corporate member Wilsons Advisory.
After Mitch’s customary acknowledgment of country and brief lesson on the origin of the name of ‘Clagiraba’, a suburb north-west of Nerang, he pronounced the recently held Golf Day an outstanding success and thanked the organisers Doug Lipp and Charles Thomasson, as well as all the players and helpers on the day. Mitch also invited all to participate in the 50th anniversary of the Broadbeach Rotary Club. The function will be held at Emerald Lakes Golf Club on 26th November.
Mitch also reminded us of the recently adopted Strategic Plan. At a meeting in March 2023, the individual chairs will be asked to bring us up to date on the progress made. Wheelchair Trust – legal advice by two barristers: On the instigation of President Mitch, Mr M Eastwood and Mr S English, provided formal advice to our club in relation to how the money donated to the Wheelchair Trust can be spent. The two documents are uploaded to the protected area of our club’s ClubRunner website under Organisation, Documents. Click here to access it (you will need to login).
Following the presentation by our guest speaker Maria Leebeck (see separate article above),
- Mario Fairlie advised that the deadline for Christmas Cake orders had to be brought forward one week to 18th November (see article above for more details).
- Treasurer Charles Thomasson was happy to announce that the total proceeds from the Golf Day amounted to a healthy $6,500.
- Youth Services Chair Ashleigh Symes reminded us that several youth programs are coming up in January 2023 (click on the links for details): RYTS (age 17-18), RYLA (age 19 – 29). In May 2023, there will be RYPEN (age 14 – 16). Our club has the budget for candidates in these programs!