Secretary’s Report 2026
From The Secretary’s Desk
The major task for the secretary was arranging this year’s AGM / Luncheon with the RACV Club at Bourke Street Melbourne. The RACV are now well aware that the Saturday prior to Anzac Day there will be always a booking for 2/3rd ALAA Regiment Association Inc Annual AGM and Luncheon for Rooms 1 & 2 Bourke St, 2nd Level.
Due to our on-line enquiry function, and the FAO page on our web site, I receive very little direct correspondence apart from a couple phone calls enquires from descendants researching fathers or grandfathers overseas war experiences.
As a consequence of becoming incorporated, we are now required to submit an Annual Statement and Financial Report to Consumer Affairs Victoria for the financial year ending 31 December, 2024. This was provided online by the 30/6/2025, after the AGM and two committee members sign the relevant declaration.
Donations
The Association is again appreciative of the generous donations received from members. They enable us to continue to underwrite the cost of the AGM / Reunion, to maintain / improve our website, to fund any unscheduled / technical enhancements to the website and to produce, print and distribute Take Post.
Thank you to all members who have made donations throughout the year.
The Website
During the year the website Content Management System (CMS) being WordPress. Under guidance from technical support Designsenseweb, and its principal, Malcolm Romano have regularly been in contact with David Macdonald and Colin Bragg for any alterations or amendments to the site.
Remembrance Group
Annual subscriptions have been held at $25.00 per member for a number of years, however this year there will be a slight increase to $35.00.
The Association continue to remain the around the same numbers, approximately 93 are active members. It was pleasing that we had 55 members and guests attending the 2025 AGM / Reunion Lunch. Please remember to advise myself or Ian Campbell (Treasurer), or other committee members of any changes to your address, email and phone numbers, so we can upgrade our records, and keep in touch with further developments or events that maybe forthcoming later in the year.
Take Post
This year’s Take Post prepared by editor Colin Bragg.
Thank you, Colin Bragg, for your tremendous effort and valuable time in sourcing wonderful articles that are headlight features in Take Post and formulating and preparing this year’s Take Post. Similarly, thank you to David McDonald for his forensic vetting to ensure dates, places, times, spelling and content from members of the Remembrance Group, are correct or added.
Thank you and kind regards to all.
Malcolm Wrigglesworth,
Honorary Secretary.