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2022 NLH AGM Committee Nomination Profiles.

Mike Abberfield Member #8158, LM #18
Nomination for position of President
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Joined the Ulysses Club on 24 December 1994 with the 065 Branch, now
Port Macquarie Mid North Coast Branch. Moved to Newcastle in 1997 and
initially aligned with the Lake Macquarie Branch and in early 2000’s aligned
with the Lower Hunter Branch, now known as the Newcastle Lower Hunter
Branch.
In 2012 was elected as Branch Treasurer for the Newcastle Lower Hunter
Branch. In 2013 was elected as National Treasurer on the Ulysses Club
National Committee and served through to 2016. In 2017 was awarded Life Membership of the
Ulysses Club. Elected President of NLH Branch in 2020 and 2021.

John Lind Member #15887
Nomination for position of secretary
I am a retired computer programmer who has been involved with motorcycles
for a long time. I rode a borrowed postie bike around the family backyard in
the late 1960s when backyards were big enough to do that. I bought my first
road bike in the early 1970s and have been riding and working on
motorcycles ever since. From that start, I have been without a car for more
time than I have been without a bike. I joined the Ulysses club while living in
Canberra more than 20 years ago. I moved to Newcastle in 2012 and have
been involved with the Newcastle Lower Hunter Branch since then, including
serving for a year as Treasurer and as a committee member for the last couple of years. I have
nominated for the position of Secretary in the coming year.

Mark Thomas Member #66677
Nomination for position of Treasurer
Hello, my name is Mark Thomas. I have been a member of the Ulysses
Newcastle Lower Hunter Branch for five and half years and have been on the
committee for five years. I am married with one daughter, one granddaughter
and one dog. I am loving being retired after spending forty-one years in the
electricity industry. Other than riding motor bikes, my number one interest is
travelling with my wife. I also enjoy being a Radio Operator soon to be a
Watch Officer with Marine Rescue NSW Lake Macquarie Unit. My first
motor bike was a Honda TL125. I purchased my Triumph Bonneville new in
July, 2016. It’s the last of the air-cooled models. This year will my sixth year on the committee and
really looking forward to it

Ken Taylor Member #427.
Nomination for position of Committee
I have been a member of this amazing Club since 1986 when I joined as a
Sydney sider. I became involved with the Sydney committee pretty early in
the piece, as a ride co-ordinator. In 1994 I joined the National Committee and
for five years was engaged in the purchasing of all Club paraphernalia. I
resigned that post in the year 2000. When I retired from work almost twenty
years ago, my wife Jennifer Rosewood who is also a Ulysses member and I,

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