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REMIT 3 AGM 2022

tunities for companionship among older through future Ulysses members by shar- members of my branch told me they didn’t
motorcyclists is declining. Even pre-Covid ing this culture and heritage with the next feel they fitted in and couldn’t relate to
this was seen in dwindling attendances at generation. It fell away and decline set in. many others. We need open minds to
AGMs, remembrance events, rallies, and So, what does Ulysses say about his transition to a welcoming future.
group rides. son Telemachus in the poem Ulysses by Action is needed now to halt the de-
In the late 1980s, the current Internet Tennyson? cline, to preserve and retain this Club’s
was a pipedream. There was no social Telemachus will inherit the throne proud heritage for future riders to enjoy.
media. Mobile phones were in-car only or Ulysses finds burdensome. Telemachus We need to welcome and appeal to all
giant handheld bricks. Choices for riders will act as successor while the great hero ages of riders, united by the love of social
were much more limited back then. There resumes his travels: Ulysses says, “This motorcycling - as Ulysses, but also in the
are now a plethora of local rider groups is my son, mine own Telemachus, to spirit of Telemachus.
and clubs linked to motorcycle brands whom I leave the scepter and the isle.” We need to bring our existing members
which have all taken a slice of the avail- Ulysses thinks that Telemachus will be a with us. You are the Club. But if a new
able social riders - crucially, before the good king, “blameless” and “decent”. Or member has a younger sibling or friend,
age of 40. as Barbie says, strangers are just “the the hard line of 40 is a pain. It was OK
Ulysses is about meeting and social- friends I haven’t met yet”. back at the start, but society changes.
ising with like-minded people. Back in To the less open-minded, Ulysses has This remit aims to ensure our ethos of
the day there was a junior organisation an old fogey reputation, which precludes mature rider camaraderie can survive.
named Telemachus, intended to bring some from joining. A couple of short-term

Indicative support:
This remit is personally supported by: Tim Stewart (Hawke’s Bay, National President), Andy Wilson (Wairarapa, National Vice-Presi-
dent), Stuart Burns (Rotorua, National Treasurer), Suzie Pentelow (Taranaki, National Secretary), Karen Wilson (Wairarapa, National
Committee), Matthew Farrell (Tauranga Coordinator, National Committee), Pip Were (Far North, National Committee), Craig Moodie
(Auckland Coordinator), Rob Bissett (North Harbour Coordinator), Rex Collins (Buller Coordinator), Chris Carey (Canterbury Coordi-
nator), Christine Cameron (Gisborne Coordinator), Mark MacCauley (Hawke’s Bay Coordinator), Rod O’Beirne (Nelson Coordinator),
Andrew King (North Otago Coordinator), Mike Wyatt (Otago Coordinator), Hartley Gray (Rotorua Coordinator), Paul Redshaw (Taupo
Coordinator), Wayne Larsen (Waihi-Thames Valley Coordinator), Darryl Andrews (Waikato Coordinator), Dylan McMenamin (Wairarapa
Coordinator), Rob Monteba (Wanganui Coordinator), Jim Furneaux (ex-Wellington Coordinator), Greg Evans (Whakatane Coordinator),
Martin Peyerl (Taranaki President), Tim Wills (Marlborough Coordinator) and Kelvin Watson (Marlborough Branch).

Not supported by: Paul Nees (Kapiti Coast Coordinator), Murray Cross (Manawatu Coordinator) and Nick Benfell (Canterbury Editor)

As such, approval is sought for the following amendments:
Remit 3. That the minimum age for entry to the Ulysses Club of NZ be lowered with the intent of better safeguarding the future financial
viability of the Club by amending Rules clauses 2.1(a), 2.1(b), and 2.1(c) inclusive, by replacing the words “40 years old” where they
appear in clauses 2.1(a), 2.1(b), and 2.1(c) inclusive with the words “35 years old”.

POSTAL VOTING FOR REMITS - 2022 AGM

To ensure your votes are counted please: Address the envelope to:
• Use the forms provided over the page/on this page. National Secretary,
• Don’t write other information on the forms. The Ulysses Club of New Zealand,
• Put forms in a sealed envelope. C/- PO Box 40218, Upper Hutt 5140.
• Write your Ulysses Membership number and the words

‘Secret Ballot’ on the outside of the envelope (your All envelopes received will be delivered to the
number is used to ONLY determine your eligibility to appropriate scrutineers at the Club AGM in Papanui.
vote, not how you vote). Only votes marked correctly will be counted.
• All postal votes received must be postmarked no later

than than the 5th of March.

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