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Welcome to the Autumn Peter Baulch #27672. Thank you for making sure that the Ulysses
edition of the Riding On. Club abides by the rules.

Each time I need to I will also take this opportunity to thank Linda Hargreaves our
write one of these senior Administration Officer and to welcome Karen Sicilliano to
reports I am reminded the team at the National Administration office. Karen brings a
that there is a team wealth of experience to the administration team.
behind every National
Committee and every Unfortunately, Ian Winter #53026 has resigned as the UCARF
Riding On that is Coordinator. I thank Foggy for the time and assistance he was
produced. Sadly, we able to give us and wish him all the best.
occasionally forget to
mention and publicly Ken Eaton #51189 has taken on the ex-officio role as UCARF
thank those people for Coordinator for the foreseeable future. Thank you Ken, I am sure
volunteering their time. this will mean a seamless transistion. We recently received a
(Hopefully I do not membership application query from a 100yr old gentleman. Just
forget anyone!) goes to show that the love of motorcycles and the camaraderie
So, to begin, please join that goes with this never fades!
me in thanking;
Last but not least, congratulations to the Armidale Bushrangers
The Riding On editor Ian for winning the bid to host the 2025 National Rally. Being
Parks #11735 – doing both Savaugn’s and my home town, we are looking forward to
a great job! The proof-readers for the Riding On: Bryan Fricker catching up with friends and sharing the beauty of Armidale and
#14292 and Colin Hook #28512. A time-consuming task that I surrounds with you.
believe they enjoy doing.
Looking forward to catching up with as many of you as possible
Mark Paynter #62798 and Noel Wiltshire #6006 for the work in May at the National Rally at Lismore.
they do behind the scenes in helping to select our MAOTY
winners each year. This is not an easy mission and requires them Regards, Allan Pratt #9186 DM#22
to be very selective in their decisions.
Our Webmaster Jen Woods #21395 LM for her ongoing support Allan Pratt
of the National Committee and continued commitment to
improving our website.
#9186 DM #21
The Ulysses Club Constitution Review Committee: Jen Woods National President
#21395 LM, John Osborne #41785, John Uidam #37212 and

e | editor@ulysses.org.au Editorial

The observant among you, through 2 Christmas/Summer editions and have observed
(well, you didn’t need to be that problems.
observant) will have noticed a
few “errors” within the Summer John Miller, Editor of Riding On for 20 years, faced these
2022 Riding On. same problems and changed the release dates some time
before 2006. Then in 2013 Riding On became an ‘in-house’
We have an excellent team that production and it went back to the original/current dates.
puts your journal together. If
then (I hear you ask) there is With appreciation to your National Committee, I advise that
this great team, how come the the following will occur starting with the Winter 2023 edition.
errors? Quite simply and without
sounding Grinch-like, it’s all Closing Dates for Editorial Submissions:
the fault of Christmas! Editorial 28th/29th February for the Autumn (April) issue.
submissions finish 31st October, 31st May for the Winter (July) issue.
but we can’t finalise the Riding 31st August for the Spring (October) issue.
On till November 30th due to 30th November for the Summer (January) issue.
AGM things dictated by our Constitution. So, December
arrives and we run afoul of the great “silly season” and the This change will alleviate the problems of collating the
time frame associated with it. relevant AGM nominations and avoid conflicting with
Christmas closures and allow 3 days for proof reading.
Our fabulous publisher, Amy, will work till midnight in order
to compile the finished product and our over-worked Admin
the magazine meets the post to you. There’s minimal proof Ian Parks
employee, Linda, will come in on her day-off to make sure
reading time and our Webmaster “carries the can” till the
download version is right. I’ve now steered your journal #11735 DM39

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