2021 Annual General Meeting

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     David Fryda and John McIlrath

Some 50 members attended the club's AGM last weekend - both in person at our East Lindfield venue and online using Zoom technology.

The formalities included the tabling of the various reports for the year - see here - and the announcement of the new committee for 2021/2022.

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     Les Grewcock - Treasurer

 
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  Maryann Russett - Secretary

 

The incoming committee consists of:

President:             David Fryda
Vice President:     John McIlrath
Treasurer:             Les Grewcock
Secretary:             Maryann Russett
Committee:           Elana Kohn, Mark Guthrie and Winston Horne

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   Elana Kohn

 
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     Mark Guthrie

 
winston
     Winston Horne

 

David announced that, despite the restrictions necessitated by the covid pandemic, the club has had an extremely good year financially, due not only to the great support from club members, but also as a result of government contributions supporting staff and businesses. This will enable us to invest in the future benefits for members - such as new staff and the amenities that will be provided in our new club rooms.

Other matters raised and discussed included:

  • Thanks to departing Committee members: David Hudson, David Hagley and Graham Murray. 
  • Thanks to Mike Prescott for his almost five years as General Manager of the Club. 
  • Special mention of John McIlrath’s help when Mike Prescott became ill in December 2020. 
  • Thanks to Sue Crompton for keeping the Club’s Face-to-Face operations running.
  • Thanks to Gary Barwick for taking charge of RealBridge online bridge services.
  • Thanks to Margaret Owen for help during all of 2020 keeping the Club running smoothly.
  • Liam Milne and Gary Barwick were recognised as new team members to the Club.  Liam is the Manager Face-to-face Operations and Gary is the Manager Online Bridge.
  • Also, a final big thank you to the Club’s sponsors: Two Men and a Truck and Morgans
  • Matters raised and discussed included the following:
    • There are 2 managers now: Face-to-face Manager and Online Bridge Manager, since there are sufficient members wanting to play both types of bridge and separate managers ensured that both operations will be run optimally.
    • North Ryde RSL is unlikely to be a permanent location for F2F bridge (due to their development plans). The Club is looking for other premises on the lower north shore, capable of housing 30-40 tables, with free parking and also close to public transport.  8 Thomas Street, Chatswood appears to meet these requirements.  A survey of members is about to go out asking members for information about how they would get to Chatswood for F2F bridge.
    • Emma Barnes is running beginners bridge lessons at East Lindfield soon to be followed with lessons by Liz Wilkinson.
    • The books in our library are in storage but if given enough notice and a specific book request, a book can be retrieved for a member. 
    • It was agreed that “teams of three” events will be looked at for later in the year.
    • Liam Milne agreed to look at reviving recycling as part of F2F Manager role.
    • Liam Milne said it is up to the Director running a session to determine if there is sufficient table numbers to split a session into Open and Restricted.
    • Leo Vilenski thanked the Club and Committee for the financial and operational soundness of the Club during such difficult times in 2020.