Newsletter No. 20 - May 2018
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President's Report
Tony Coote President
Fellow members, we need your help! In March next year we will have our next Annual General Meeting and at that time most of the committee members will have served for 3 terms and will have to step down from their positions as required under Probus rules.
Ian Roberts has kindly agreed to take the lead in helping us to find the members who will step up and take over these key leadership roles in our club. With the club up and running, all the hard work is done. None of the committee roles are onerous or time consuming and by getting involved, I promise you, you will get a lot more out of your experience with the club. Why not give it a go?
Once again, we have a full activities programme for May and June and I urge you to participate wherever you can. Don’t forget the Vivid tour on 13th June and also the Hunter Valley trip June 19th to 22nd. And a stop-press announcement – we have a trip to Canberra planned for Floriade in September!
We are always on the lookout for great photos of our various activities for the newsletter. Please take your camera with you. A big thank you to all our activities leaders for the fabulous job they do providing interesting, fun activities for all of us to enjoy.
I look forward to seeing you at our meetings and activities.
Tony Coote
Fellow members, we need your help! In March next year we will have our next Annual General Meeting and at that time most of the committee members will have served for 3 terms and will have to step down from their positions as required under Probus rules.
Ian Roberts has kindly agreed to take the lead in helping us to find the members who will step up and take over these key leadership roles in our club. With the club up and running, all the hard work is done. None of the committee roles are onerous or time consuming and by getting involved, I promise you, you will get a lot more out of your experience with the club. Why not give it a go?
Once again, we have a full activities programme for May and June and I urge you to participate wherever you can. Don’t forget the Vivid tour on 13th June and also the Hunter Valley trip June 19th to 22nd. And a stop-press announcement – we have a trip to Canberra planned for Floriade in September!
We are always on the lookout for great photos of our various activities for the newsletter. Please take your camera with you. A big thank you to all our activities leaders for the fabulous job they do providing interesting, fun activities for all of us to enjoy.
I look forward to seeing you at our meetings and activities.
Tony Coote
Secretarial
Cathy Turner
Correspondence for May
Correspondence In
Cluster 5 meeting that Tony and I were going to attend last Monday week ago was postponed until all the Information days have been held. We will be notified of the date when this get together will be held.
New members Probus ID cards arrived in the mail. These have been passed onto the Membership officer.
Correspondence Out
Paid and sent info to PSPL for annual dues and active retirees magazine.
Notification
I have had the Probus President's Lanyard and Yearly President's bars engraved. Have given them to the President.
Details of the Probus Member Benefit Scheme are at: www.probussouthpacific.org/pages/members_offers_member_benefits_scheme
(click on link)
Correspondence for May
Correspondence In
Cluster 5 meeting that Tony and I were going to attend last Monday week ago was postponed until all the Information days have been held. We will be notified of the date when this get together will be held.
New members Probus ID cards arrived in the mail. These have been passed onto the Membership officer.
Correspondence Out
Paid and sent info to PSPL for annual dues and active retirees magazine.
Notification
I have had the Probus President's Lanyard and Yearly President's bars engraved. Have given them to the President.
Details of the Probus Member Benefit Scheme are at: www.probussouthpacific.org/pages/members_offers_member_benefits_scheme
(click on link)
Treasurer
Treasurer’s Report - May 2018
General Account for April 2018
Opening Cash Balance 1-Apr-18 $5,944.58
Total Deposits $3,660.00 Members dues, (+payment for Activity)
Payments $2,270.50 Probus SP dues, (+transfer to Activity)
Closing Cash Balance as at 30-Apr-18 $7,379.08
Activities Account for April 2018
Opening Cash Balance 1-Apr-18 $4,489.37
Total Deposits $3,904.00 various activities (+member dues for General)
Payments -$2,920.00 (-$2,880 Book Mormon, $40 refund)
Closing Cash Balance as at 30-Apr-18 $5,473.37
Activities as at 18-Mar-18: Receipts Expense Balance
Food Tour $390.00 $0.00 $390.00
10pin Bowling $120.00 $131.40 -$11.40 from surplus
Hunter trip $2,810.00 $0.00 $2,810.00
Two Brothers restaurant $840.00 $840.00 $0.00 Closed
Coal Loader Café $360.00 $0.00 $360.00
Strictly Ballroom $1,122.00 $0.00 $1,122.00
Gata Thai $285.00 $285.00 $0.00 Closed
Vivid $2,340.00 $0.00 $2,340.00
Book of Morman $2,880.00 $2,880.00 $0.00 Closed
Book of Mormon Bus $480.00 $0.00 $480.00
Museum trip $360.00 $360.00 $0.00 Closed
Surplus $423.37 $30.00 $381.97
Bank Balance: $7,883.97
There are no unpresented cheques, so bank balances equal cash balances.
All member dues have been paid as at the end of April.
The activities in process are 10pin bowling, Hunter trip, Coal Loader café, Book of Mormon, Vivid and Strictly Ballroom. Two Brothers, Gata Thai, Vivid, Museum trip all closed with zero balance. The others are still in process.
On Anzac day the surplus account was used to purchase wine for heads and tails.
There are transactions incorrectly deposited to the wrong account. These were fixed on 1May.
Bob Davison - Treasurer
Updated 18th May 2018
General Account for April 2018
Opening Cash Balance 1-Apr-18 $5,944.58
Total Deposits $3,660.00 Members dues, (+payment for Activity)
Payments $2,270.50 Probus SP dues, (+transfer to Activity)
Closing Cash Balance as at 30-Apr-18 $7,379.08
Activities Account for April 2018
Opening Cash Balance 1-Apr-18 $4,489.37
Total Deposits $3,904.00 various activities (+member dues for General)
Payments -$2,920.00 (-$2,880 Book Mormon, $40 refund)
Closing Cash Balance as at 30-Apr-18 $5,473.37
Activities as at 18-Mar-18: Receipts Expense Balance
Food Tour $390.00 $0.00 $390.00
10pin Bowling $120.00 $131.40 -$11.40 from surplus
Hunter trip $2,810.00 $0.00 $2,810.00
Two Brothers restaurant $840.00 $840.00 $0.00 Closed
Coal Loader Café $360.00 $0.00 $360.00
Strictly Ballroom $1,122.00 $0.00 $1,122.00
Gata Thai $285.00 $285.00 $0.00 Closed
Vivid $2,340.00 $0.00 $2,340.00
Book of Morman $2,880.00 $2,880.00 $0.00 Closed
Book of Mormon Bus $480.00 $0.00 $480.00
Museum trip $360.00 $360.00 $0.00 Closed
Surplus $423.37 $30.00 $381.97
Bank Balance: $7,883.97
There are no unpresented cheques, so bank balances equal cash balances.
All member dues have been paid as at the end of April.
The activities in process are 10pin bowling, Hunter trip, Coal Loader café, Book of Mormon, Vivid and Strictly Ballroom. Two Brothers, Gata Thai, Vivid, Museum trip all closed with zero balance. The others are still in process.
On Anzac day the surplus account was used to purchase wine for heads and tails.
There are transactions incorrectly deposited to the wrong account. These were fixed on 1May.
Bob Davison - Treasurer
Updated 18th May 2018
Membership
Lynne Henderson & Kim Nichols – Membership Officers
Please remember to notify the membership officers Lynne Henderson or Kim Nichols if you will be absent for an extended period of time, or if your personal details change.
For any membership issues please contact Lynne or Kim or please email the Membership Officer at [email protected]
Please remember to notify the membership officers Lynne Henderson or Kim Nichols if you will be absent for an extended period of time, or if your personal details change.
For any membership issues please contact Lynne or Kim or please email the Membership Officer at [email protected]
Risk, Safety and Insurance
Colin McGowan - Risk Management Officer
Nothing to report this month.
Nothing to report this month.
Guest Speaker -Faye Yarroll - The Gift Of Hearing
Faye has received the greatest gift of all, the “Gift of Hearing” and is an accomplished guest speaker who has an inspiring story to tell.
She will be sharing her story of receiving two Cochlear Implants and bringing us up to date with the latest amazing technology for hearing impaired people today. She will also tell us about her wonderful Lions Hearing Dog named “Sydney” who helps Faye in her everyday life to alert her to various sounds.
One of the best parts of the Hearing Dog story is that 99% of all Hearing Dogs are actually rescue dogs from animal shelters that are trained to become a Hearing Dog.
It’s a win win situation for the dog and for the recipient. This story is sure to touch your hearts in many ways. Come and join “Faye and the beautiful Sydney” at our next meeting but please refrain from patting “Sydney” as she is a Service dog in uniform.
She will be sharing her story of receiving two Cochlear Implants and bringing us up to date with the latest amazing technology for hearing impaired people today. She will also tell us about her wonderful Lions Hearing Dog named “Sydney” who helps Faye in her everyday life to alert her to various sounds.
One of the best parts of the Hearing Dog story is that 99% of all Hearing Dogs are actually rescue dogs from animal shelters that are trained to become a Hearing Dog.
It’s a win win situation for the dog and for the recipient. This story is sure to touch your hearts in many ways. Come and join “Faye and the beautiful Sydney” at our next meeting but please refrain from patting “Sydney” as she is a Service dog in uniform.
Sue Hackett & Donna Fraser
Welfare
Marilyn Savic – Welfare Officer
It is important, as members of Probus that we care for the welfare of one another.
Anyone with information about an illness, bereavement or physical disability affecting a member please advise me, in order for me to make contact, and offer moral or physical support where appropriate.
Please be assured that all information provided will remain completely confidential.
It is important, as members of Probus that we care for the welfare of one another.
Anyone with information about an illness, bereavement or physical disability affecting a member please advise me, in order for me to make contact, and offer moral or physical support where appropriate.
Please be assured that all information provided will remain completely confidential.
