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PRESIDENT’S REPORT February 2010

Refer AGM Minutes

Steve Jeffs

0413889979 or 0437FXFJ48

MINUTES of FEBRUARY MEETING

held 8.02.2010 Meeting opened 7.50pm Chaired by Steve Jeffs

Apologies:

Noela & Duncan Miller, Ernie Polhmann Bruce Cremin, Martin & Helen Purcell, Justine & Glen Barratt Robert Monement and Alan Parkinson.

Secretary:

Previous meetings minutes were from the December meeting. Steve called for any amendments, Nil to the record printed, John Gager moved that the Minutes be accepted, seconded by Dudley Monement and passed by meeting.

Steve detailed correspondence – 22 inward, including the following Club magazines FX-FJ Holden Club of Australia Melbourne Chapter January & February 2010, The Distributor issue 404 December 2009 & 405 January 2010, All Torque Combined Coastal Car Club December, 48-FJ Holden Club of S.A. December, FX-FJ Holden Club of Australia Sydney Chapter January 2010, The Mini Mag January 2010. Emails from Sarah & David Clarke NT, Noela Miller, Martin Purcell, Kel Towerton, Donna Hinds, Rebecca Foreman and Flyers from Australian Red Cross, Clubs Queensland. Deception Bay Sports Club Swap, Show & Shine 14/3/2010, Spinal Injuries Assoc, Dependable rockers Dance & Car Club Annual drive Inn 20th March 2010,Shannon’s Historic Rallye 25th April – 3rd May Tasmania, Hastings Old Holdens Classic Cruise 21st – 23rd May 2010. One new member application by Greg Taylor (FX Utility in rebuild).

Treasury:

Donna tabled bank balance and income and expenditure for the month of November, Bob Hebert moved that the statement be accepted, seconded by Tony Manganaro and passed by meeting.

Social:

• Kel discussed the Annual re-union run 21st February, meeting points, what to bring and costs.

• Dudley discussed Mini Muster on 27th & 28th February at Neerim Creek. Call Dudley if you want to attend.

• Steve advised that some members’ cars are racing in the prints at Morgan Park Warwick 27th &28th February.

• Kel advised Mini-Humpy run discussions are under way for early May, date and details shortly.

Technical:

Tony nothing to report, but would like any member to give him a ring if they required any advice or help.

Membership:

We have 106 Members which 6 are life members. One new member (welcome aboard Greg Taylor).

Publications & Website:
John

• The 2010 National information etc is now on our website.

A.E.H.F:
Dudley advised that he had discussions with Darren Maxted and a news letter should be appearing shortly. Please ensure you accommodation bookings as all indications these are filling fast.

Please note we also have the following still for sale Programs $2, belt buckles $15, Car badges $10 and hat badges at $7, Don Lofler signed books at a special club price. (call John or Dudley)

Q.E.H.D:
John advised a meeting to be organised re issues arising from where to now, is in the hands of each club representatives.

GM Roundup:
Steve advised a lot of interest has been generated from the flyers to clubs.

Swap & Sell conducted.

• Steve is looking for 7” headlight protectors.

General Business:
• Hot Rod Show – Convention Centre at the Gold Coast proposed for 2nd weekend in October. Date and specifics to be confirmed.
• Dudley advised of an upcoming auction. For more details go to www.elderstoowoomba.com.au
• Discussions regarding a recent FX utility sold at auction for $25,000 unregistered, previous restoration, in running order but needed some work.

Other Business –
• Reg questioned whether the club advise members on car show rules and the like for all the various car shows that we are invited to as it is obvious that not all are judged on the same basis. This was agreed it was up to the individual organisation running the events, however AEHF judging rules are available the same as A.S.M.F judging rules.

Meeting Closed: 8.45pm, next meeting 8th March 2010

NEXT CLUB MEETING 2010

8th February Scout Den, 6 Solna Street, Tarragindi
12th April Scout Den, 6 Solna Street, Tarragindi
10th May Scout Den, 6 Solna Street, Tarragindi
14th June Scout Den, 6 Solna Street, Tarragindi (Public Holiday)

MINUTES of FEBRUARY AGM 8th February 2010.

held 8.02.2010 Meeting opened 8:45pm Chaired by Steve Jeffs

Steve read his presidents report for the year ending February 2010:

PRESIDENT’S REPORT FEBRUARY 2010

It was this time a year ago when I was given the honour of being your President.
I had been away from the club for some 30 years and it sure felt great to be back and more importantly, have another black sedan to cruise around in with my family.
My first exposure to the club since coming back was when my sons Michael, Daniel and I volunteered to be part of the staff behind the scenes at the FX FJ Nationals at Beenleigh. We all know that this event has been just the best ever and I was proud to be part of this great event although my part was small as I had came in at the very last moment and as such, all the hard work had already been done.
As we all know, this event took some 2 years to organise and all those members involved must be commended for the truly professional operation.
When I looked back over 2009, I was surprised at the amount of work we have done and listed below are just some of our activities:
Next on the agenda was to move our meeting venue- THE TOOHEY FOREST SCOUT DEN. We now have a great place to hold our meetings and with a few clean up sessions though the year, the building of a fireplace, refurbishing the back deck etc, we can be proud of our efforts in this area. I would like to thank all members involved in this operation as there has been a lot of work done to make the Den what it is today.

Brisbane Hotrod Show – we had some 10 cars on display and with sponsorship from Eagers Holden, some back breaking work to set up and pull down the stand, we were very well represented and we have increased our membership through the enquiries at the show. Don’t forget, we also picked up 3rd place for club displays and Russell Tronc did very well with his ute.

Member Services Register – while only some members have nominated for this register, I for one have benefited from drawing on their experience to assist me in both business and personal areas. I would like to remind members that this register has been put together to help you with services you would ordinarily need to buy/gather anyway – so my view is if you need something and a member can help, wouldn’t be nice to deal with someone you know? The choice is yours.

The Presidential Phone – this has simply been the most efficient way to contact members. I have tried to use this form of communication sparingly as I believe it is important to keep this special and not become common place. 0437 FXFJ48
While on communication, we have significantly increased the number of members onto email. While we still have a ways to go to get everyone on board, this too has been and excellent way to get the message out.

The REVS – I would like to thank all those that have contributed stories/information to our newsletter and I think you would agree it is a great read. By sending them out by email has saved us some costs and we have been able to send out full colour photos of our various runs etc.

Web site development – while we have some work to do here, our site has been enhanced significantly over the past year and again, I would like to thank those who have committed their time in this area.

Club Runs – I for one have not been able to attend all runs this year however, I must say I still get a great kick out of knowing I have the day off just to get together with some great people with a common interest and to go for a cruise. After talking to some of the older members, they too still get the basic enjoyment of going on a run in their prized possession and sharing the experience with their family.
Looking back through out photo albums, it is disappointing that our run numbers have dwindled and I guess it is in some way the pressures of this busy life we now lead. I would like all members to take a moment and just see if you have the time to be part of the runs we have organised for this year………. I can assure you that you will have a fantastic time!

Club History Photo Albums I thought it was important that while in the position as you President I would look through all our old photo albums to get a grip on the history of the Club. I have always found it is important to see where you have come before you make decisions for the future and our Club certainly has a rich history.
It was while I was looking through them with my family, I realised that this was a fantastic record of our Club however…….IT WAS LARGELY THE ONLY RECORD OF OUR CLUB.
2 things needed to be done. One was to take good care of this history record and secondly get it all transferred onto some type of electronic form so that everyone could enjoy them. I must say that both Debbie and Shane offered to do this and the result is simply stunning.
To Debbie and Shane, many thanks and I look forward to seeing all the scanned photos on our website in the near future. I would also like to congratulate you both on the outstanding job on renewing the photo albums as well.

Rule Changes – as I have said before, not all decisions I have made with the Executive Committee have bee palatable to all members but ALL DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE VERY BEST INTENTIONS.
Rule changes had been one of them and I thank everyone for all their help and understanding in this area.

All Holden Day - History now shows that our Club can basically do just about anything and the amount of work our Club put into this day last October was just fantastic.
What a day! I can not thank members enough for their work to ensure this day was such a success and judging by the amount of cars that attended, people are looking for an event that is professionally run and our Club is just the unit to do this.
Having said that, it was the view of your Executive Committee to resign from the All Holden Day Committee and go it alone with the now new GM ROUND UP. I personally think this is a fantastic idea and I look forward to a massive turnout of all marks built by General Motors.
I am very excited with this new approach and I will be heavily involved here to make the GM ROUND UP the most successful event of its kind in Queensland. You can be assured your Committee is already on the job here and stand by for something very special.
Not only will this event attract a huge number of cars and people, the $5000.00 prize money that is on offer has already made many stand up and take notice of your Club and we are only getting started.

The Christmas Party – well what a line up of cars and what a day! As I was saying earlier, this day really got us back to basics where we all got the car out, dusted it off and shared a great run to our first venue Dudley’s place. After some fantastic morning tea, some games and plenty of fun, we then had line up to a fantastic meal at Calypso Bay at the Drift Inn.
A truly fantastic day and a great member turn out – let’s see if we can keep this type of attendance at the next run.
So, as you can see, it really has been a busy year and I look forward to being part of the Club for some time to come. I would like to thank everyone for their help and advice during my term and I look forward to being an active member of the Club in the future.
Steve Jeffs President

Apologies:

Noela & Duncan Miller, Ernie Polhmann Bruce Cremin, Martin & Helen Purcell, Justine & Glen Barratt Robert Monement and Alan Parkinson.

Treasury:

Donna tabled bank balance and income and expenditure for the year ending 31st December, and read the Auditors report to the floor. John Whitten moved that the statement be accepted, seconded by John Gager and passed by meeting.