Secretary’s Report 2025
From The Secretary’s Desk
The major task for the secretary was the coordinating and negotiations on the RACV’s venue and keeping costs to a reasonable amount affordable to the Association in preparation for this year’s AGM / Luncheon. With the cost of the venue / luncheon increases this year, there has been correspondence via emails and telephone discussions to eventually obtain a favourable result for the association.
On a sad note, the Association was notified of the passing of Doreen Bryant during 2024, widow of the late Ron Bryant. We are very grateful for her contribution to the Association and Doreen will be sadly missed at our regular AGM /Luncheons.
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 enquires from descendants about joining the Association.
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 will be 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, and in particular Dot Harris, Alan Donelly, Barry and Denise Stokes, Mary Woodfield, Lynne Chitts, and Jeanette Tilney.
The Website
During the year the website continues to be a wonderful source of information for members and related descendants of families of deceased veterans. David McDonald, and Colin Bragg maintain a vigilance over the site under guidance from technical support Designsenseweb, and its principal, Malcolm Romano.
Remembrance Group
For eight years in succession, the annual subscriptions have been held at $25.00 per member. This may need to be reviewed by the committee over the forth coming months.
The Association continue to remain the around the same numbers, approximately 100. It was pleasing that we had 42 members and guests attending the 2024 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 will be prepared by editor, Colin Bragg. Thank you, Colin 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.
