ALBURY WODONGA MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIASTS CLUB INC.
Incorporated 2015 (Vic) Cert No. A0091002P ABN 36 359 421 929
PO Box 1400, Albury NSW 2640 www.AWMEC.com.au
Committee Meeting – Albury Wodonga Motorcycle Enthusiasts Club (Inc) Date 25 May 2021
Venue Wodonga RSL Club
Meeting opened by President Phil Stuckey at 8:01PM.
Phil welcomed members & guests and especially thanked those who responded to have a pre meeting meal at the RSL, 30 AWMEC members & gusts had meals tonight is very much appreciated by the RSL
- Attendees
Members: 47 Visitors: 7
- Apologies
Roger McGregor, Kevin Corneliusen, Peter Phegan, Chris Brosolo, John Nowacki, Mark Lennon, Paul Hare, David Johnston, Michael Johnston, John McInnes, Dexter Cobbin, Maugan Redden, Trevor Coverdale, Mike Yerbury
- Previous Minutes
Minutes of the previous Committee Meeting of 27 April 2021 were read.
Moved: Sam Trabant Seconded: Raffaele Gangi
- Business Arising from Previous Minutes
- Voting on Col Broster’s request to have the minutes read at meetings:
Member Col Broster moved – Seconded: Phil Stuckey
– Not Carried
– Agreed instead to print 6 hard copies of previous months general meeting minutes for membership to pick up and read at the meetings.
- Paul Bullock spoke of NSW and VIC registration requirements and club membership Maintain membership of the club to keep your registration current. This will require a complete new registration process
- Correspondence (In and Out)
Nil
Moved:
Seconded:
- Membership Officer’s Report: Glenn Kimpton, Membership Officer
Started with 201 members 1 new member tonight
202 members overall
- New member introductions:
Danny Chamberlain introduced himself and fessed up to owning a Honda 8. Treasurer’s Report: David Lutton, Treasurer
AS at 30/4/2021 – Opening Balance $20,054.23 Closing Balance $19,663.83
David also provided income & expenditure for the month
Moved: David Lutton Seconded: Neil Hillas
Carried
- Editor/Web Manager’s Report: Michael Sarroff, Web Manager & Editor
Michael gave an interesting summary of what devices have been accessing the web site & which pages were most commonly accessed. Michael is still looking for contributions & items from members to put onto the web site.
10.Welfare Officer’s Report: Mike Yerbury, Welfare Officer
Mike away this month so no report
11.Ride & Rally Report; Stewie McLean, Ride Committee
- 13 bikes, 5 plated – Hawkins look out, Walla
- Kancoban ride 8 bikes, 3 plated
- Distinguished Gentleman’s rides – non attendance
- Roy and Kay Whitehouse had their 60th wedding anniversary
- Winton ride on Sunday, report on the website
- Doug Cowie – Alexandra vintage club ride – well attended good times had.
12.General Business
- Phil Stuckey announced his acceptance of the President’s role leaving a vacancy for the position of Vice President. Under our constitution the Management Committee is responsible for filling casual vacancies on the Committee. We are pleased that two members to date have expressed interest in the VP position, to be determined at the next Committee meeting.
- Michael Sarroff read a proposal for a stimulus plan for meals – possible options could be for: best suggestion in suggestion box, prize in raffle, given to guest speaker, randomly drawn member/s were some of Michael’s suggestions. – membership showed solid support for this proposal so committee will refine details at its next meeting
- Secretary to provide a suggestion box for members to make suggestions for future activities and or direction of the club.
- Stewie was presented with the clubman of the year trophy.
13.Club Regalia
Hats: $20 Stubbie Holders: $8 Stickers: $1 Sew on Patches: $10 Machine Badges: $20
NOTE: Embroidery Creations at 426 Wilson St, Albury can provide polo shirts bearing the AWMEC logo.
14.Guest Speaker / Show and tell:
Fred King resented & spoke about his Ner-a-car.
Terry Gay presented & spoke to his racing outfit.
Members wishing to present a project bike or guest speaker at a club meeting should contact Kelly Coutts-Smith (0458 179 411) to arrange a presentation time. Text is the best way to contact Kelly as she is not always able to take phone calls during the day due to work. Email is also ok – Kelly’s email is kcoutts-smith@hotmail.com
15.Whiteboard: (Sponsored by Flack Engineering)
Missing in action
For Sale:
- Honda 90 ag bike G.C. $750, Moto Guzzi Le Mans mk 4 73,689km G.C. $10,500, Yamaha 80cc Road Bike 11,572 mls $750 – contact Paul Hare 0438 265 433 • 1984 Kawasaki 750 GT $4,000 – contact Dave 0412 148 469
- Moto Guzzi 1968 V7 700 $21,500 – contact Terry 0408 625 985
- Torque jacket with lining GTOF $80 – contact Bill 0458 294 237
Wanted:
- Yamaha TT350 pre 1990 for NSW plates – contact Adrian 0438 281 721 • GPZ 900 fuel tank – contact Geoff 0400 926 278
16.Raffle Draw:
Grossed: $229.00
First – Stewie McLean, wine
Second – Raff Gangi, Spanner set metric
Third – Peter Coulston, spanner set
Fourth – David Sinclair, Plonk
17.Meeting Close and Next Meeting
Closed 9:58 PM
Next meeting 22 June 2021, 8pm RSL club Wodonga.