The Annual General Meeting of the Qantas Aircrew Club Inc. was held on September 14^th 2006 at the St. George Rowing Club opposite the Sydney International Terminal.. The meeting commenced at 1110am

 

Those present were;

Chairperson;

Greg Broome

Committee;

Robyn Lye

Murray Herbert

Darren Thomas

Ed Montanari

Others;

Ed Ronsisvalle - Operations Manager

Apologies

Phil Sheppard, Anthony Rigo, John Clouston, Chris Swan. Larry Bulgin, Anthony Jackson,  John Pracy, Paul Nelson, John Leask, Matthew McAnna, Ed Ramirez, Barry Jackson

 

The minutes of the previous AGM were read and tabled and then accepted as true and accurate record of the meeting. (Moved Darren Thomas and Seconded Ed Montanari - accepted unanimous)

There was no business arising from the minutes.

 

The Financial Statement and Auditors report were presented to the meeting and a general explanation of  income and expenses was given by Ed Ronsisvalle. Questions were invited and discussion on expenses and income followed. The Financial Report was accepted unanimously by those present. (Moved Thomas and seconded Montanari -  accepted unanimous)

The Auditors Report was read to those present and a motion was put to accept the report

(Moved Herbert  and seconded Thomas approved  unanimous)

A copy of the Auditors Report and Income & Expense Statement is attached.

 

The following resolutions were then put to the members

  “That;

a) Raymar Business Services continue as our accountant for the year 2006-2007

b) Qantas Staff Credit Union continue as our banker for the year 2006-2007

c) Margot Thompson continue as our auditor for the year 2006-2007”

Moved Thomas and seconded Monatanari approved unanimous

 

‘That Ed Ronsisvalle continue as Public Officer and Operations Manager for the year 2006-2007.”

Moved and seconded approved unanimous

 

Election of Committee and Officers

All positions were declared vacant. twenty two applications were received for the 25 vacant positions on the committee. All applicants were elected unopposed. The Office Bearers were also elected unopposed.

 

The Chair Holder Positions & Committee for 2006-2007 is as follows;

 

President	Greg Broome	(L/Haul CSM)
Manager	Matthew McAnna	(L/Haul FA)
Assistant Manager	Murray Herbert	(S/Haul CSM)

Committee

John Clouston	(L/Haul CSM)
Brad Stewart	(L/Haul CSM)
John Leask	(L/Haul CSM)
Tony Reynolds	(L/Haul CSS)
Anthony Rigo	(L/Haul F/A)
Phil Sheppard	(L/Haul CSS)
Larry Bulgin	(L/Haul F/A)
Graeme Ball	(L/Haul F/A)
Anthony Jackson	(L/Haul CSS)
Ed Ramirez	(L/Haul F/A)
Brett Rogers	(L/Haul F/A)
Kim Bech	(L/Haul F/A)
Darren Thomas	(L/Haul F/A)
David Cotton	(L/Haul CSM)
Robin Lye	(L/Haul F/A)
Ed Montanari	(L/Haul F/A)
Len Morrison	(L/Haul F/A)
Paul Cybula	(L/Haul F/A)
Troy Warner	(L/Haul F/A)

 

Moved  Seconded  that “ The election of the Office Bearers and Committee be accepted” – Moved and seconded  - approved unanimously

The Annual General Meeting closed at 1205.

A General committee meeting was then held commencing immediately after the closure of the Annual General Meeting.

Those members present at the AGM were also present at the committee meeting

 

Ed Ronsisvalle gave a rundown our the clubs current financial statement.

Our credit union balance as at close of business on the 13/09/06 was $56338.45

Un-presented cheques would reduce that amount by $3502.49 leaving a balance of $52835.96

All correspondence received since the last committee meeting was tabled. Matters arising from that correspondence was held over until General Business.

 

General Business

Earlier this year an incident occurred where a member took the club guitar from Singapore to Frankfurt for his personal use during his slip. The committee considered this a serious breach of club rules and asked him to appear before the committee to explain his actions. The request was ignored and recent meeting of the committee decided unanimously to suspend his membership for three months.

 

San Fransisco; Six bikes, Six sets of  Golf Clubs and health club facilities have been approved for this port.

 

Los Angeles; Due to saftey concerns over the distance Gold’s Gym is from the Bonaventure we have come to an agreement with YMCA Gym for members to use their facility which is very close to the hotel.

 

Bangkok; A new TV will be purchased for the crew room.

 

Greg Broome has sourced a new golf club supplier with considerable savings to the club. The first of those clubs will be delivered to San Francisco and Singapore in the next few months.

 

The meeting closed at 1300

 

A Committee meting was held on May 18^th 2006 at the St George Rowing Club. The meeting commenced at 1100 am

Those present were;

Chairperson

Greg Broome (President)

Matthew McAnna (Manager)

Chris Swan, John Leask, Brad Stewart, Murray Herbert, , Ed Montanari, Tony Reynolds (Committee Members)

Others; Ed Ronsisvalle (Operations Manager)

Apologies were received from;

Phil Sheppard, Paul Nelson, John Pracy, John Clouston, Anthony Jackson, Brett Rogers, Blake Sanders, Geoff Sanders, Anthony Rigo, Graeme Ball, Kim Bech, Larry Bulgin, Dave Cotton, Ed Ramirez, Robyn Lye and Darren Thomas

Financial Report presented by; Ed Ronsisvalle

The club’s credit union balance at close of business on  May 17th 2006 was $36148.37

An income/expenditure statement as of that date was tabled and discussed.

The minutes of the previous committee meeting held on March 2^nd 2006 were tabled and  accepted as a true and accurate record of proceedings by those present. (Broome & Swan) All correspondence was tabled and any matters arising was held over till general business.

General Business

BNE; A microwave will be purchased for the crew lounge.

NRT & BKK; all equipment has been moved to the new hotels.

LHR; Recently purchased new bike has been stolen. In future only reconditioned second hand bikes will be purchased at this port. New bikes have a limited life before being stolen.

Captain Peter Thorpe is still involved in discussions with Telstra (UK) and the crew hotel over the placement of the router/modem and the most economical pan for our purposes. Hopefully all will be resolved before the end of the financial year.

LAX; Brad Stewart will check condition of boards (if any) and replace or renew if necessary.

AKL;we have had some success in reducing the cost of the internet . Previous plan was $A550 per month. New plan with no change to speed or capacity is $A250. The DVD player has been replaced.

NRT; Gym entry costs 500 yen. The committee has decided to wait till the end of the financial year before making a decision of subsidising this cost. In the meantime hotel management will be approached regarding  reduction in the cost of entry for members. Four squash racquets added to stock

The new hotel has only one English channel. BA crew are able access DVD players supplied by British Airways. We have decided to trial a similar service however there are some obstacles to overcome first. We require DVD players able to play all zones, NTSC output, 120V and have English instructions on the faceplate and remote. Once sourced from the USA we will install two on a trial basis.

CGK;Two surfboards to be positioned in this port

MISUSE OF EQUIPMENT  & FACILITIES; A club guitar in it’s protective case and labelled with a crew tag was recently found in FRA on the carousel at the airport. The inbound crew took it to the hotel and contacted the club’s office in Sydney. It was established that the crew member whose crew label was on the guitar case was already in Singapore and due to return to Sydney that night. He was contacted and asked for an written explanation of his actions in relocating/transferring the equipment without permission. The explanation was to be addressed to the club’s PO Box and arrive in time for the meeting on May 18^th. As at 0900 on that day the letter of explanation had not arrived. OCS mail was also checked. The member will now be cited to appear before the committee. to explain his actions.

GLOBAL REVOLUTION; Ed Montanari has been working on a website which will be of great benefit for members for a number of years now and has spent a large sum of his own funds developing the idea. During that time he has made a number of presentations to the committee outlining his plans and progress and we have been impressed with his ideas and progress to date. The committee has agreed  to make a grant of $2000 to assist the further development of this idea.

GOLF CLUBS; Greg Broome has had discussions with a golf club supplier who is willing to incorporate our logo/name into the design. He will assess the club’s and report back at the next meeting

 

The meeting closed at 1315

 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING MINUTES - 2004

 

The Annual General Meeting of the Qantas Aircrew Club Inc. was held on December 10^th 2004 at the St. George Rowing Club opposite the Sydney International Terminal. The meeting commenced at 11am and was immediately suspended till 1110am to allow for latecomers.

 

Those present were;

Chairperson;

Matthew McAnna

Committee; Murray Herbert, John Leask, Brad Stewart

Club Members; Barry Jackson, Kim Bech, Geoff Sanders, Darren Thomas

Ed Ronsisvalle (Operations Manager, also present)

Apologies

Phil Sheppard, Greg Broome, Anthony Rigo, John Clouston, Mark Cooper, Chris Swan. Larry Bulgin, Anthony Jackson, Dave Cotton, John Pracy, Paul Nelson, Brett Rogers, Graeme Ball, Ed Ramirez, Tony Reynolds and Chris Swan

 

The minutes of the previous AGM were read and tabled and then accepted as true and accurate record of the meeting. (Moved McAnna, Seconded Herbert) unanimous

There was no business arising from the minutes.

A report on the activities of the Committee for the year to date was given by Ed Ronsisvalle.

 

The Financial Statement and Auditors report were presented to the meeting and a general explanation of income and expenses was given by Ed Ronsisvalle. Questions were invited and discussion on expenses and income followed. The Financial Report was accepted unanimously by those present.

(Moved Leask; Seconded; Stewart –approved unanimous)

The Auditors Report was read to those present and a motion was put to accept the report

(Moved; Leask. Seconded; Stewart –approved unanimous)

A copy of the Auditors Report and Income & Expense Statement is attached.

 

The following resolutions were then put to the members

  “That;

a)    Raymar Business Services continue as our accountant for the year 2004-2005

b)    Qantas Staff Credit Union continue as our banker for the year 2004-2005

c)     Margot Thompson continue as our auditor for the year 2004-2005”

Moved; Stewart. Seconded; Herbert; - Approved unanimous

 

‘That Ed Ronsisvalle continue as Public Officer and Operations Manager. This arrangement will  incorporate a 3 x 3% increase in remuneration commencing January 1^st 2005”

(Moved; Stewart.  Seconded; Bech approved unanimous)

 

The proposed changes to the Constitution as shown in our newsletter to all members were discussed and the following motions put.

 

Resolution 1: That clause;

(5) MANAGEMENT - BY COMMITTEE (paragraph)

(b) The Committee shall comprise a maximum of 20 members elected at each Annual General Meeting by financial members of the Association present at that meeting.)

Be replaced with…

(5) MANAGEMENT - BY COMMITTEE (paragraph)

(b) The Committee shall comprise a maximum of 25 members elected at each Annual General Meeting by financial members of the Association present at that meeting.

(Moved; Herbert. Seconded; Stewart – Approved unanimous)

Resolution 2: That a new clauses 9 (a) be added to the Constitution

(9a) DISPUTES

(a)  The laws of the State of New South Wales Australia shall govern any and all disputes and/or claims of any nature arising between the Association and its members.

(b)  All members of the Association agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts and tribunals of the Sate of New south Wales Australia and further agree that the courts and tribunals of no other jurisdiction shall be competent to determine disputes and/or claims of any nature arising between the Association and its members.

(c)  Any reference to “members” in this clause includes former members.

(Moved; Bech. Seconded; B. Jackson – Approved unanimous)

Resolution 3: That a new clauses 10 (a) be added to the Constitution

(10a) RISK WARNING

Members are hereby warned that use of the equipment and/or facilities provided as a result   of membership of the Association exposes members to a risk of personal injury and subsequent economic loss whether the equipment is used properly or improperly.

(a)  Members are further advised that each particular facility or piece of equipment may subject the user to a particular risk of injury peculiar to that activity. It is the responsibility of the member to make him or herself aware of any particular risk of injury associated with an activity before engaging in that activity and to take all care in using the equipment and/or facilities provided as a result of membership of the Association

(b)  A member who uses the equipment and/or uses or enters the facilities provided as a result of membership of the Association does so at his or her own risk

(Moved; Thomas. Seconded; Leask – Approved unanimous)

Resolution 4: That a new clauses 11 (e1) be added to the Constitution

(11) MISCELLANEOUS                                                                                                                    

(e1) Members are responsible for ensuring that the equipment of the Association and or any hotel/venue is in a safe and good state of repair prior to using such equipment and further are required to report defects that are discovered to render the equipment not safe or not in a good state of repair to the President, Manager, assistant Manager or Committee Members as the case may be in accordance with sub clause (11) (h).

(Moved; Herbert. Seconded; Sanders- – Approved unanimous)

Election of Committee and Officers

All positions were declared vacant. Twenty Two applications were received for the 25 vacant positions on the committee. All applicants were elected unopposed. The Office Bearers were also elected unopposed.

 

The committee for 2004-2005 is as follows;

Office Bearers;

 

President                        Greg Broome                    (L/Haul CSM)

Manager                          Matthew McAnna             (L/Haul FA)

Assistant Manager          Murray Herbert                (S/Haul CSM)

 

Committee;

Chris Swan                    (L/Haul F/A)                    

John Clouston                (L/Haul CSM)                     

Brad Stewart                 (L/Haul CSM)                   

John Leask                    (L/Haul CSM)                   

Tony Reynolds                (L/Haul CSS)

Barry Jackson                 (Captain)

Anthony Rigo                   (L/Haul F/A)          

John Pracy                      (L/Haul F/A)          

Phil Sheppard                  (L/Haul CSS)

Larry Bulgin                     (L/Haul F/A)   

Graeme Ball                     (L/Haul F/A

Anthony Jackson             (L/Haul CSS)

Ed Ramirez                       (L/Haul F/A)

Paul Nelson                      (L/Haul FA)

Brett Rogers                     (L/Haul F/A)

Geoff Sanders                   (L/Haul CSM)

Kim Bech                           (L/Haul FA)

Darren Thomas                 (L/Haul FA)

David Cotton                     (L/Haul CSM)

Paul Saliba                         (L/Haul F/A)

 

Moved: Herbert; Seconded: Stewart;  that “ The election of the Office Bearers and Committee be accepted” – Approved unanimous

 

Mark Cooper and David Horne did not re apply for a committee position in 2004 and we would like to thank them for their efforts and support during 2003-2004.

Dave Cotton has stood down as Manager however has decided to remain a committee member. His valuable input, support and direction is appreciated by all members. Thank you David.

 

The Meeting closed at 1245.