PRESIDENTS REPORT

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Welcome everyone to my first, be it very brief report. Hopefully you are getting to know all of us, your new, President, 2 Vice Presidents and committee members. We are still getting our feet from under the table, but please don't be shy, come and talk
with us any time!

We are working hard on Poppy collections and ANZAC Day on the 25th . Our first Poppy collect day, saw $5489.00 donated over the 5 sites manned by the various volunteers, thanks you to you all, both women & men. There is also another day this Thursday the 17th and one at the Farmers Market at Matakana on the 20th. Please say hi if see us and don’t forget your poppy.

Please see below an extract from the RNZRSA’s CE Evan Williams latest report, regarding Saturday’s EGM about the Constitution and the way forward.
 

EGM Result and Next Steps:

" I would like to thank all of you that took part in the EGM on Saturday 12 April.  

The results are as follows:
 Total Eligible to Vote at 11:02am:  171
 Less Abstain Votes:  4
 Vote was out of:  167
 >50%: 84
 For the Motion:  96 (57.5%)
 Against the Motion:  71 (42.5%)
 CARRIED / CONSTITUTION ADOPTED
We have retained all records of the EGM. 
Now that we have an approved Constitution, the next steps are below.  Much of this work will be done concurrently:
 Send out the Draft Model Constitution to all Full Members.
 Register Version 118 of the Constitution with the Incorporated Society Registrar.  Send out to all Members.
 Commence the process of supporting Member Associations in the development and
registration of their own Constitutions.
 Commence the process that was agreed to whereby suggested amendments to v118 are called for and workshop through a collaborative process for consideration at the AGM in Oct 25.
 The development of the strategy to build on the basis provided by the new Constitution to map the pathway forward to the AGM and beyond. This could possibly include a combined Board and Forum event.
I want to thank my team at National Office for working so hard to deliver a professional EGM.  It took a lot of effort and many hours of work to navigate the many changes. Your dedication meant we had a good event.  I am proud of your commitment."

President – Geoff Copestake (027 278 4180)