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Candidates National Committee 2023

Dave Wright #51871 (LM21) and am committed to working for a safer riding experience for
Position Sought: Vice President and our members along with the other jurisdiction members.
National Committee Member
I first became a member of the National Committee at the
I am a retired builder and live on the Wauchope AGM in 2017 and was given the roles of Purchasing,
outskirts of Perth with my wife Marilyn and Advertising, Road Safety and Membership and Community
our dog Tina. My current motorcycle is a Liaison, all of which I enjoyed. I continued in these roles until
Honda CTX700 that I usually ride most I stood down at the Orange AGM in 2021, after working in
weekends and whenever else that I can. I difficult times with the rest of NatCom to guide our club through
have previous extensive experience on the the Covid pandemic.
National Committee.
I was honoured, surprised and humbled to be given a life
Over the past twenty years I have been the President of the membership of the Ulysses Club at the Warwick AGM; an
Motorcycle Riders Association of WA plus Vice Chair of the honour that I will be grateful to the membership for bestowing
Australian Motorcycle Council. I only mention this to highlight on me.
that I am fully aware of how a Club Committee works in a spirit
of co-operation and always for the benefit of its members. I was invited by the current National Committee to fill a casual
position in September this year due to a short illness for the
I have been a member of our wonderful Club for 14 years and Purchasing Officer (thankfully he is now fully recovered) I
have enjoyed all that this great Club has to offer. I have not was more than happy to help and fill this role and have been
aligned with any Branch in WA but enjoy riding and socialising working well with our Administration Office to bring in some
with the many Branches within the Perth area. I usually ride to new products to the Gear Shop for our members.
our National Rallies and am looking forward to heading east to
Lismore next year. It has been an absolute privilege to be part of your NatCom
team, and I hope to continue with my commitment to always
I joined the Ulysses Club Road Safety Committee as an work for the best outcome for our club and our membership.
inaugural member in 2009 and over the past 13 years am very I am always grateful for input from you, the members, (the
proud of the work that the Committee have done on behalf of backbone of the Ulysses Club)
our membership. I am now the current Chair of that Committee
Dave Wright #51871, Life Member #21

Peter Baulch #27672 DM#71 The lingering effects of the Covid pandemic has often resulted
Position Sought: National President in members, Branches and NatCom having to contend with
and National Committee member confronting many challenges, including re-arranging meeting
and operational protocols in order to just continue functioning.
Since first being elected to the National The challenges of this past year and associated difficulties
Committee of our Ulysses Club, I have have too frequently resulted in breakdowns in decision making,
been committed to ensuring that our communications and relationships with our key stakeholders,
Club operates professionallyand happily members and administration staff often being adversely
at all times. Since joining in 2001, the enduring friendships, affected. These issues must be remedied as a priority.
camaraderie, social interaction and motorcycling fun are the
trademarks of Ulysses Club membership we all value most. I have again been asked to nominate for NatCom, to help
provide prudent business management, fair and transparent
My past roles on NatCom, have been well documented and governance and responsible leadership. My promise is to once
included two-terms as your National Vice President. At all again provide optimum managementand leadership that is fair
times my focus has been in guiding our Club into a strong, and transparent for the benefit of all in our Ulysses Club family.
sustainable and enjoyable future for the benefit of all. Having
been substantively involved in reviewing and amending Therefore I seek your continued trust and support in extending
our constitution on two occasions (2015 and 2022), and my role on National Committee, as we build responsibly and
subsequently, introducing a policy for good governance, harmoniously for the future enjoyment of our great Ulysses
I’m proud that we now have a recommendation for a fully Club.
compliant constitution, and a governance policy that provides
for transparency, due process and fairness from which we all Peter Baulch #27672 DM#71
benefit.

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