2009
Highlights from August General meeting
Debate: We welcomed the debating teams from Central Coast Grammar
School and Erina High School, their teachers, Emma Henshaw and Paul
White, and the debate Adjudicator, Bronwyn Frankham, for the Final of the
2009 Debating Competition. Both schools had won their heats debating the
topic “That last century’s challenges were more daunting than this century’s”.
The topic for the Final debate was “That the global financial crisis is
a good thing”, with Erina High School Affirmative and Central Coast Grammar
School Negative. The meeting was treated to six excellent presentations
with thoughtful arguments and well-reasoned rebuttals from both sides. At
the conclusion of the presentation, each teacher spoke for a few minutes
about issues of relevance to their schools. Bronwyn Frankham then commended
both teams for the quality of their presentations and awarded the debate
to the Affirmative. Lerryn Mutton, who initiated our debating competition
15 years ago, thanked all of the participants and presented the shield to
the winning team, Erina High School.
Proposal to confer Life Membership on Fred Leak
Extract from August 2009 News SheetProposal to confer Life Membership on Fred Leake
Our Constitution allows for the award of Life Membership to a person who “has rendered
outstanding service to the Club.” In accordance with the Constitution,
John Orme has nominated Fred Leake for this honour
The
Committee has considered the nomination, agreed that Fred’s
contributionshave indeed been
outstanding, and decided that he should
be awardedLife Membership. As required by the Constitution,
the
Committee’s decisionis submitted to today’s General Meeting for
confirmation.
Fred Leake joined the Probus Club of Kincumber on 23 September1986
Throughout the entire period of his membership he has been an active participant
in the Club’s activities. In addition, he held the following positions:
Treasurer 1987/1990; Bushwalking Convenor 1991/98; Vice-
President 1995/96; President 1996/97; and Historian 2007 to present.
One of Fred’s most significant contributions to the Club is as our first
Bushwalking Convenor, a position that he held for 7 years. Fred established the pattern
of the bushwalking activities that continue to this day,and led our walkers on many
successful outings, including several extended trips away from the Central Coast.
As Club Historian he initiated the very successful Oral Historypresentations.
He continues to manage these, and has made more presentations than any other person.
Fred has also made, and continues to make, other contributions tothe success of the Club.
He played a key part in the 25th Anniversary celebrations,including in the production
of the 25th Anniversary booklet, writing essentially all of the historical section
The current review of the manner in which the Club handles the issue of Inactive Members
occurred as a result of comments by Fred.
At its meeting on 4 August 2009 the Committee decided to undertake a review
of Life Membership in the Club. Although the Committee strongly believes
that there is no need to change our Constitution, it considers that it
would be desirable to develop criteria for the award of Life Membership, and
to consider nominations for Life Membership only once each year, except in
exceptional circumstances. Submissions on these, and any other matters relating
to Life Membership, are invited from members, and should be sent to
the Secretary by 8 September 2009. The Committee will defer consideration
of any further nominations for Life Membership until the review is completed
and any recommendations that emerge from it have been considered
by the Club. This should occur at the November 2009 General Meeting
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Annual General Meeting held 24th March 2009
Election of President and Committee for the year
2009-2010 – Rule 5(c)
1. Confirmation of Minutes of 2008 Annual General Meeting
2. Presentation of Financial Reports for the year ending 28 February 2009
General fund
Social Fund
Recommendation of Joining Fee becoming $10 pp and Annual Subscription
remaining at $30 for the coming year
Confirmation of signatories for both cheque accounts of Probus Club
of Kincumber Inc. (President, Senior Vice-President, Secretary,
Treasurer), Social Convenor (for Social Account only).
3. President’s Report
4. Election of President and Committee members and appointment of Co-opted
Members for the next year. Nominations received for election are as follows:
and was elected .
President: Kevin Southgate
Senior Vice-President: David Dennison
Junior Vice-President: No nominee at this stage.
Secretary: Richard Collins
Treasurer: Barry Riley
Speaker Convener: Patrick Leonard
Social Convenor: David Dennison, with an assistant appointed to takeover next year.
Membership Officer: John Rudd
Editor: Wally Tuffs
Sub-Committee and Convenors
Bowls: Reg Davis
Bushwalking: Richard Collins
Catering Officer: Marie Riley
Golf: Michael Ryan
Assistant Social Convenor: No Nominee at this stage
Historian: Fred Leake
Assistant Membership Officer: No Nominee at this stage
Photographer: Diane Rudd
Theatre: David Dunbar
Webmaster: David Dunbar
Welfare Officers: Mione Dunbar and Lorraine Southgate
Appointment of Gordon Maxwell as Auditor for the 2009/2010 year.
Appointment of Richard Collins as Public Officer.
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Probus Club of Kincumber – 25th Anniversary
27 March 2009 will be the 25th
Anniversary of our Probus Club.
As part of the activities to mark this
occasion, a small Anniversary booklet was produced for distribution to
members and widows of former members. All were asked to make a
contribution to this booklet.,
on "What
Kincumber Probus Club means to our members."
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Your attention is drawn to the Annual
General Meeting held on 24 March 2009 and the election of a
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Meeting 24thFebruary 2009
Motion for the Probus Club of Kincumber to become Combined
Voted for and Accepted.
At the Meeting on the 24th February 2009
President Reg Davis inducted the first nine Lady Members of
The Probus Club of Kincumber Inc
Combined
Proposal to amend our Constitution
The 3-year Constitutional Review completed
by Probus South Pacific in 2008 resulted in a decision to make some amendments
in the Standard Probus Constitution. Probus South Pacific requires that all
Clubs formally adopt these amendments.
Clause 16 (a) of our current Constitution
states: “The clauses of this constitution may be amended at a general meeting
of the Club, a quorum being present, by the affirmative vote of not less than
three quarters of the members present and voting, notice of such proposed
amendment(s) having been published to all members at least twenty one days
before such meeting.”
At the General Meeting on 25 November 2008,
Secretary Richard Collins gave notice of the following two proposed amendments
to our constitution, to be voted upon at today’s meeting.
Clause
3 – MEMBERSHIP (b)
This clause currently reads: “Membership of
this club shall be open to retired and semi-retired professional and business
people and others who have held positions of responsibility in any worthy
vocation and who appreciate the value and opportunities for social contact with
others in similar circumstances.”
Proposed
amendment: Replace the words “who have held
positions of responsibility in” with the word “from”
Clause
4 – MANAGEMENT (b)
This clause currently reads: “Officers and
committee members shall be elected annually in accordance with the by-laws. The
term of office of the president shall be one year, which may be extended to not
more that two years if required due to special circumstances. The foundation
president may serve two successive terms if the club has been formed less than
nine months before the first Annual General Meeting.”
Proposed
amendment: Insert the word “consecutive”
between the words “two years”
