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AGM - 23rd March.

There was an excellent turn out of members for the AGM - perhaps the excitement of having their engine judged as the cleanest by the chairman was the draw card! However, the competition was swept away by Ken Boss in the immaculate TR7 SPIDER. Well done Ken - another winner for the nationals? Gian Mani was encouraged to start cleaning his engine for the nationals as soon as he could!
The meeting started with a moment’s silence for family members who had passed away during the year.

Amendments to the constitution:

1. Clause 3.2 was amended to read ‘Honorary membership should lapse on the member no longer being active in the Club’ (17 to 4 vote)
2. Clause 6.1 was amended to read ‘Club members shall be obliged to pay their subscriptions and uphold the constitution, and shall be encouraged to support the Regional Centre by means of attendance at arranged meetings and outings’ (vote unanimous)

Secretary’s report:
Details of membership were given. The most popular function had been the impromptu year-end party.

Chairman’s report:
This report was included in the March 2002 newsletter.

Election:
New office bearers were elected (refer chairman’s report this newsletter)

Special Item:
Jillian Davis presented Mike and Nerina each with a set of engraved wine glasses as a thank you gesture from the club

General:
Chris Schultz proposed honorary membership for Mike and Nerina - this motion was passed unanimously

Technical Day - 29th March.

Girl in a workshop aka Brian Maggs workshop day: by Jessica Setterberg

I must be honest I was a bit apprehensive about this party. I had no idea of what to expect, what to do, or more importantly, what not to do. I had also forgot to put on my car mechanics outfit; apparently more correctly referred to as an overall, so I was doomed. In expected Jessica tradition we arrived 15 minutes late armed with fresh hot cross buns!

It was great, watching father for the second time Paul Mitchell looking rather confident as he stood proudly under his TR6 with dirty hands; Des Rudolph wielding a wire brush, sander and paintbrush brilliantly, but not at the same time, Chris and Marion, ably assisted by Ronan, arrived with the most amazing workshop toys including an industrial size oil pump - I was thoroughly intimidated! Schui Mani, was as supportive as ever but looked only mildly less bewildered than me. Now I know why the only girls you see in a workshop are on the walls. Getting the Spitfire on the hoist was an experience but all was safe under the expert guidance and encouragement of Brian. Once my car was up there I started getting nervous again. What was I going to see? Do I want everyone else looking? How bad is it? Can I tell? I am proud to say that I learned a lot and it was great fun. With Paul’s help I checked and filled the oil in the differential and the gearbox. Oh yes, well in all honesty I did not bring any oil with me but went down the murky depths of Halt Road and purchased some.

Eric and I were due to go to a wedding that afternoon and I was proud to say that not another lady at that wedding could say she had been working on her car with dirty hands that morning. Black tie event is one thing, black fingernail event is quite another. I did ask Brian for his professional opinion of my chassis. He confidently told me that I had a good bottom and it was not too dirty! Not many girls can say that!!


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