Bay of Plenty Sun Club Newsletter June 2014 Bay of Plenty Sun Club Inc Presidents Report I hope you all have a good start of the winter, for me and Irene it was a chilly start as we were caught in the snow storm in the lower south island the last Monday of May (just after the AGM). I want to thank everyone who attended the AGM. Luckily the Targa rally was not too much of a disturbance. The committee feels that it was a very productive AGM and want to thank everyone for your confidence in us and the direction we are moving with the club. As I said during the AGM the Committee still have a way to go and the ideas some of you had were very good. Just a reminder for everyone who attended, but news for everyone who has not attended the AGM. There are still some security issues and this committee (supported by the AGM) will report every issue to the police (no exeptions). To step up the security we will go completely keyless, all key locks will be changed to combination locks and all the combinations of the other locks will be changed round the 1st of July. All access codes will be sent to you after you have paid your fees. Please don’t give the access code to anyone else otherwise you may force us to change the code mid season. PO Box 22, Matata 3194 430 Manawahe Road, Awakaponga Bookings/Enquiries 027 440 5157 Secretary bopsc@gonatural.co.nz Newsletter editor editor.bopscnews@gonatural.co.nz President Hans Vice President Mark P Secretary Irene Treasurer Julie Communications Officer Irene Maintenance Coordinator Chris Lastly, our club had a lot of publicity in the latest gonatural magazine, Peter’s 4WD trip in Te Urewera National Park made a mentioning on the front page and a full page article. The water volleyball tournament against Rotota was around the clubs. Let’s keep up the good work and I see you all during the mid winter x-mas party. Yours naturally, Hans Page |1 Web Page: Facebook Page: Bopsun.gonatural.co.nz www.facebook.com/BayOfPlentySunClub Bay of Plenty Sun Club Newsletter June 2014 Editors News My apologies for the delay. But At long last I have some free time to sit down and write a line or two about the Club and what’s been happening. Well as most of the members will know by now we have had the AGM on the 18th May, it was different this year, being that we had to raise our voices an octave or two to hear and to compete with the roaring engines of the Targa Rally cars as they whizzed past the front gates during the meeting. I wonder if this will happen again next year,... mm must make some enquiries. We had to have our gates closed off and the chap who did it came very early and members managed to get in after Hans had a word or two to him. The Targa Rally was over and done with before we knew it and members were able to leave following Afternoon Tea after our Annual General Meeting. The previous committee was re-elected to the same positions apart from Pierre who has stood down. So we have Hans as President, Mark as Vice President, Julie as Treasurer, Myself as Secretary, Chris as Maintenance Co-Ordinator. Gale has offered her services to help out with Social Convening again which is great, it’s always challenging find new ideas for social functions and trying to cater to everyone’s different tastes and expectations, but please let me know if you have any unique or not so unique ideas. We are very grateful to our oldest and most humble member Patrick who generously has donated $1500.00 to the Club for the purposes of marketing and promotion. We have ring fenced this money as Patrick requested, we have new brochures to print, and other advertising and promotion ideas to be implemented. We are looking at getting signage on the main highway too, similar to how Katikati Naturist Park advertise their site. Activity at the club has been quiet after the AGM, and we are mindful of the working bee to plan for, other forms of accommodation to look into, and the big gum tree to fell at some stage. Our new members Roy and Sue have been giving the bbq area a make over and restaining the wooden beams and seating and so far its looking great thank you both for your time, energy and resources, it means a lot to all the members. We are on the lookout for another form of accommodation for the club, anyone find a cabin on skids, a portocom, a big caravan, something that would make a suitable removable accommodation is what we want. To have this up and running for the new season would be great, so when you are out and about please keep an eye open. Page |2 Web Page: Facebook Page: Bopsun.gonatural.co.nz www.facebook.com/BayOfPlentySunClub Bay of Plenty Sun Club Newsletter June 2014 Thanks to Col and Glenne for the donation of their DVD player. The committee are looking at different security options and upgrading the club’s security over time. Wayne will be on site over winter and is keeping an eye on things, but have recently found out that the old vacuum cleaner has bit the dust... too much dust huh. Will be in touch shortly with the calendar of events. The mid winter function will be get together and dinner at the Irish Pub Molly OÇonnors in Te Puke’s main street. There is a great menu there with a wide variety of food and prices for every budget. I hope to have everyone rsvp please before the 21st June so we can ensure everyone has a seat. Some ongoing things are in the pipe line for the months ahead. Remember the club is everyone’s and everyone’s ideas are always welcome. Calendar for June Saturday 21st June at 6pm at Irish Pub Molly O’Connors in Te Puke MID-WINTER X-MAS PARTY 6pm drinks and catch up 7pm dinner RSVP to Irene or Gale before 21 June Birthday’s in June & July 18 June 22 June 30 June 7 July 16 July 19 July 20 July Page |3 Barry Hans Mark Ralph Peter F Andrew Peter J Web Page: Facebook Page: Bopsun.gonatural.co.nz www.facebook.com/BayOfPlentySunClub