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AGM DINNER Carey Baptist College Sat 24 Aug |
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This flagship event of the ABTC attracted 43 people, and again took place at the Carey Baptist College
in Penrose. Jon Collins, who founded the Club in 1979, was present with his wife Julene, they now live
in Sydney but were over in NZ for a few weeks to catch up with friends and rellies. The usual mix-n-mingle over drinks-n-nibbles began from 5pm, and dinner was served at 5:30pm - ham and chicken plus vegies. David W gave a notice about a possible extended weekend in April next year, Easter and Anzac Day just three days apart. Suggestion was Wellington with day tramps, overnight trips, and a visit to Kapiti Island. A clipboard was circulated to gain expressions of interest. We then had our dessert of chocolate cake and ice cream. We had our ABTC photo competition. The entries from the eight categories were shown on the screen, after each category we filled in voting papers. Barbara L shared a devotion reflecting on our beautiful NZ native birds, and how they remind us of God's care, God's provision, encouragement, protection, guidance and salvation and Spirit enabling. She showed slides of native birds such as saddleback, kiwi, kakapo, and tui, and concluded by displaying the verse For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons and daughters of God (Romans 8:14). Cathie announced the winners of the photo competition: ABOVE THE BUSHLINE: NO HUMAN ELEMENT 1st Bryan Schroeder, 2nd Phillip Donnell, 3rd Joy Milne ABOVE THE BUSHLINE 1st Phillip Donnell, 2nd Roger Donnell BELOW THE BUSHLINE: NO HUMAN ELEMENT. 1st Phillip Donnell, 2nd Murray Black BELOW THE BUSHLINE 1st Phillip Donnell, 2nd David Walker, 3rd Alan Milne HISTORIC 1st Roger Donnell, 2nd Murray Black FLORA & FAUNA 1st Bryan Schroder 2nd David Walker, Murray Black, Bryan Schroder OVERSEAS 1st Alan Milne, 2nd Roger Donnell INSPIRATIONAL 1st Barbara Langridge, 2nd Phillip Donnell, 3rd Alasdair Nicoll The AGM got under way. The annual reports of each of the club's portfolios were presented and adopted. The Exec members for 2024-25 were elected by confidence vote: Murray Black - President Barbara Langridge - Vice-President Barbara Steel - Treasurer Jocelyn Brodie - Secretary Tina Chen Roger Donnell John McCarthy David Rutherfurd Paul Ungemuth David Walker David W gave a speech about Jon and how the Collins Drive in the Broken Hills of Coromandel Range was supposedly named after him. Jon said that he had done some research, and found it was named after Bert Collins who owned two stores selling mining equipment. This drive was used to transport his goods. The new exec came to the front to be prayed for by Leila. The meeting finished at 9:05pm. |
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