26 May 2020
Hi Wollundry members,
We have the various Governments relaxing our travel and options to do business, particularly in the hospitality sector, so we will continue to gauge the various changes and see how it effects the operation of our Club.
The one important change that might affect us relates to the changeover on June 30. We had planned to have the meeting as another Zoom, however the changes that up to 50 people in one room might allow us to proceed. The new plan, if feasible, discussed with PE James Ross is to have the meeting at 12.30pm on Tuesday June 30. We think that the Commercial Club might not be open so we will need to look for an alternate venue for this occasion. Watch this space.
Last week I mentioned this matter and Tim McMullen sent a short video clip about Borambola Wines, so if anyone would like a bit of a promotion let us have your virtual tour. We will play the video clip for ‘Borambola next week.
Would all the members who would like us to know a little more about their business, could they take a phone video for a couple of minutes of that business, send to me and we will run them at our meetings. Because vocational visits are off the agenda, call it a vocational virtual visit. Those that come to mind would be Pete Clucas, Mark Hillis, Ward gaiter, David Hodge, Peter MacKinnon, Steve McCoy, Ken Taylor, David Foster, Richard Rossiter, Rob Nicholson, Tim McMullen, Andrew Puckeridge, Jeremy Reithmuller and any others I have missed.
I will be attending the District 9705 Zoom meeting this Saturday to discuss the 2020-2021 budget and vote on that budget. I have sent a copy of the budget to all Members. A number of District 9700 and 9710 Clubs are concerned with the District fee increase in the new District 9705. Our Board has reviewed the budget and we will voting against the budget as presented.
The Zoom meeting are being well attended and hopefully is achieving continuing communication between members. If you have something that you would like tabled for the weekly Zoom meetings, please let me know and I can allocate you a couple of minutes.
Don’t forget to ring other members simply to say hello, a simple communication can mean so much.
Pykie
26 May 2020