Page 3 - St George Branch March 2022

COMMITTEE and the possibility of taking it over,
NEWS
President’s News
Hi everyone,
There was an excellent turn-out of 50 members and
guests at the Branch meeting and AGM, which was
rather surprising given it was Valentine’s Day! Well
done to those who didn't attend as I can only assume
that you were out wining and dining you significant
other in celebration of Valentine’s Day.
For those of you who were there at the meeting I
think that I can say that I hold the record for the
fastest Branch meeting ever: 35 minutes, which
included the AGM! Not a bad effort if I do say so
myself!
Thanks to Keith Moyle for taking over and running the
AGM which in all honestly was a formality with
everyone returned except for Roger Rieger who stood
down as Publicity Officer.
Thanks again to all the outgoing/incoming Committee
members for their support over the past two years
and for stepping forward again for 2022. For those
who are new members or don’t know, the Committee
members endorsed (as there was only one
nomination per position) for 2022 are:
President – Craig Carfoot
Secretary – Rob Tunnicliff
Treasurer – Jim Allison
Social Secretary – Michelle Garrett
Ride Captain – Peter Monk
Welfare Officer – Bill Collaros
Quartermaster – John Foley
Webmaster – No Nominee
Publicity Officer – No Nominee
Following the meeting it was very pleasing to see that
Greg Melville officially came forward to be our new
Publicity Officer and was unanimously endorsed for
the position. I want to thank Greg and welcome him
to the Committee. Welcome!
I will continue to do the Webmaster role for the time
being but if anyone is interested in discussing the role
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please feel free to call me.
As for the Branch meeting, there is
not a whole lot to report, given the
brevity of it, other that we have
several great rides coming up and
Michelle is in the process of
organising a Ladies Barefoot Bowls
(or lunch) outing at the Gymea bowling Club, which
will coincide with the Warwick Rally ride in April so
keep an eye out for that.
Thanks go to Nippy Norm for resurrecting the
Wings@Bangor lunch. We had our first outing for
2022 on the 23 February and had 15 members in
rd
attendance. It was a great afternoon for food and
friendship. It is planned that this will be a monthly
event however it may move to the last Friday of the
month as the Tavern has moved their wings offer to
Fridays. Just because it is called a Wings lunch the
choice of tucker is purely yours to make!
In closing I want to again take the opportunity to
thank Roger for all that he has done over the past 3
years in the Publicity Officer role. Roger not only
created a DR every month throughout the pandemic
when content was negligible or non-existent, but he
moved the DR from print media to an online format
which was no small effort. Thanks Roger.
Well hopefully the rest of 2022 will continue to be
as steady and stable as the beginning has been and
that we will be able to have a great year of rides and
social events.
Stay safe everyone.
CC #64635
Craig Carfoot
Secretary’s News
Just when things were getting back to normal, COVID
took another turn in a different direction requiring more
rules and for many, less opportunity to get out and about.
The January mtg had numbers well down from usual,
including the absence of President Craig who was
preparing to fly north and couldn’t risk a ‘casual contact’.
The 2022 National Rally in Warwick Qld, which
commences on the 4 April, has opened itself up for
registration through a specific portal. Please go to the
Ulysses website for more info. Also check our own StGS
Ulysses website for all the latest info and details on when
and how the Branch is organising a group of us to attend.
Or speak to Keith Moyle who is organising everything.