Newsletter No.5 - January 2017
President's Report
Welcome to the newsletter for January 2017. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, a joyous and festive New Year, and a relaxing break and that you are now ready for a great 2017.
2016 was brought to an enjoyable conclusion with the Christmas lunch at Allegro’s Function Centre. It was very well attended with nearly 80 members enjoying a pleasant lunch in a congenial atmosphere.
As you know, the January members’ meeting has been postponed because many members felt that they would still be in holiday mode or unable to attend. The rooms at the Cherrybrook Community Centre are also being refurbished and the estimated completion date was too close to the meeting date for comfort.
January activities will start off a bit slow but will be back in full swing by the end of the month and February. The revised calendar and updated Activity Leaders reports are available on the website.
Looking ahead, the first members’ meeting will be on 22nd February. At that meeting we will attend to a couple of minor modifications to the By-Laws. Notices will be emailed to all members well before the meeting. The March meeting will also be the Annual General Meeting as required by Probus South Pacific. At that meeting, the Club is also required to elect a new Committee to take the Club through the 2017-18 year. More on that next month.
Please remember also that we are always looking for ways to improve the Club. If you have any ideas on ways we could develop, or ideas for something new, please feel free to talk to any of the Management Committee or contact me direct.
We can all look forward to an exciting year for this great Club of ours. See you at the February meeting.
Ian Roberts
Secretarial
Nothing to report this month.
Details of the Probus Member Benefit Scheme are at: www.probussouthpacific.org/pages/members_offers_member_benefits_scheme
(click on link)
Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer’s Report for December
2016
General
Account as at 31 Dec 2016
Opening
Cash Balance 1-Dec-16 $4,248.22
Total
Deposits
$
50.00 (P. Purba
membership)
Payments
-$ 740.43
Closing
Cash Balance 31-Dec-16 $3,557.79
Activities
Account as at 31 Dec 2016
Opening
Cash Balance 1-Dec-16 $16,633.91
Total
Deposits
$1,589.98 (NYE and Mudgee)
Payments -$5,086.41 (Choc walk, Xmas Lunch, NYE)
Closing
Cash Balance 31-Dec-16 $13,137.48
Activities
as at 5-Jan-17: Receipts Expense Balance
XMAS lunch $3,900.00 -$3,837.60
$ 62.40 CLOSED
Choc. Walking tour $ 294.00 -$
294.00 $ 0.00
CLOSED
New Years
Eve Dural CC $1,259.86 -$1,139.81 $ 120.05
Mudgee trip $14,020.00 -$1,050.00 $12,970.00
Misc. (interest+surplus) $ 0.03
Bank Balance: $13,152.48
The General
account paid Weebly & Net Registry (web site) plus bought a pointer for
meetings.
The
activity account paid chocolate walk,. Christmas Lunch and NYE at Dural Country
Club. The Xmas Lunch at Alegro went very well, and we
had a 62.40 surplus. New Years Eve had a late payment
which is yet to be resolved.
December
2016 cash book and the latest Activities details spreadsheets are in the drop
box or available on request.
Bob Davison
- Treasurer
Membership
Please remember to notify the membership officers Kim Nichols or Sue Cordukes if you will be absent for an extended period of time, or if your personal details change.
Our membership book has now been closed with 111 members.
The Club’s waiting list is full and no new waiting list applications will be accepted.
Any change to this advice will be posted in the newsletter or the web site (when it is up and running) at the appropriate time.
Risk, Safety and Insurance
Nothing to report this month
Guest Speaker - TBA
Welfare
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 Jan Ridge, email: ridgejan@gmail.com 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.
