76Th Annual Report Season 2017-18
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SURF LIFESAVING CLUB GARIE INCORPORATED 76th Annual Report Season 2017-18 Garie Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated wishes to express sincere appreciation to the following sponsors, supporters, and donors for their tremendous assistance throughout the season Surf Lifesaving Australia Surf Lifesaving New South Wales Surf Lifesaving Sydney Branch DHL Sydney Airport NSW Department of Justice NSW Department of Sports and Recreation National Parks & Wildlife Service The Hon. Gladys BEREJIKLIAN, MP The Hon. Craig KELLY, MP Wingman Brewing Co Warner Bros Australia St Patricks College Sutherland Bundeena Rural Fire Service Little Garie Cabin Community Peter Collins Peter Sullivan Steve Quinn Anthony Graham Paul Cootes Peter Stewart Peter Johnson Keith Midson Caroline Lake Patricia Dillon Angus Dillon Garie Kiosk Narrabeen Surf Lifesaving Club Cronulla Surf Lifesaving Club North Cronulla Surf Lifesaving Club Maroubra Surf Lifesaving Club Coogee Surf Lifesaving Club South Maroubra Surf Lifesaving Club Salesforce.com Cornerstone Advisory Pty Ltd. Thank you all for your financial assistance and/or professional services and for your continued support. Welcome to the 76th Annual General Meeting Dear Members, I present for your consideration, the Seventy Sixth Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Garie Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated for the Season of 2017-2018. On Saturday 4 th August at 2.00 pm, the Seventy Sixth Annual General Meeting of Garie Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated will be held at the Garie Surf Life Saving clubhouse at Garie Beach, Royal National Park, and I cordially invite you to attend. The order of business will be as follows: Agenda Presidents welcome to members and guests Apologies and proxies. Reading and confirmation of the Minutes of the Seventy Fifth Annual General Meeting held 27th May 2017 at 2pm Business arising from the Minutes. Presentation and adoption of the Annual Report and Balance Sheet for the year ended 30th April 2018. Election of Officers for the Season 2018-2019 Election of Standing Committees for the Season 2018-2019 Motions of which due notice has been given. Balance Sheet Urgent General Business. Refreshments. Patricia Dillon Honorary Secretary Statutory Statement In the opinion of the management committee, the past years operation and activities are faithfully recorded and the Income and Expenditure and Balance Sheets are a true and accurate record of the clubs financial activities during the season of 2017-2018. Garie SLSC Management Committee. Welcome 76th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Dear Members, I present for your consideration, the Seventy Sixth Annual Report and Balance Sheet of the Garie Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated for the Season of 2017-2018. On Saturday 4th August at 2.00 pm, the Seventy Sixth Annual General Meeting of Garie Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated will be held at the Garie Surf Life Saving clubhouse at Garie Beach, Royal National Park, and I cordially invite you to attend. The order of business will be as follows: AGENDA 1. Opening of Meeting 2. Apologies and Proxies 3. Confirmation of Minutes of the 75th Annual General Meeting 4. Presentation of the 76th Annual Report 5. Presentation of the Income and Expenditure Statement and Balance Sheet 6. Election of Officers for the 2018-2019 season 7. Notice of Motion for which due notice has been given a. Voluntary cancellation of registration and dissolution of Garie SLSC Inc 8. General Business 9. Refreshments Patricia Dillon Honorary Secretary Garie Surf Life Saving Club inc. Statutory Statement In the opinion of the management committee, the past years operation and activities are faithfully recorded and the Income and Expenditure and Balance Sheets are a true and accurate record of the clubs financial activities during the season of 2017-2018. Garie SLSC Management Committee. Presidents Report I am proud to report the 2017-2018 season for Garie Surf Lifesaving Club continued in its 80 year tradition of “No Lives Lost” at our beach during patrols. This outstanding result is only made possible by the hard work of our patrolling membership who have dedicated many hours and commitment of their time to patrol at Garie Beach during the season. I thank you all for your continued efforts. Again this season, in order to support our patrol obligations, we welcomed the assistance of voluntary patrol members from Cronulla, Maroubra, Coogee, South Maroubra and Narrabeen and thank these surf clubs for their support. We also had assistance from David Kowald, Education Manager SLS who came to our aid managing the training of our Bronze squad and Elissa Hancock, Director of Administration SLS who produced the promotional flyer for the Garie Fun Day. I also thank our local Federal member for Hughes, Craig Kelly MP, who launched our new IRB in November and supported our club in distributing 35,000 flyers throughout the Sutherland Shire to promote the Garie Fun Day which was held in February. We were also joined on the day by our SES and RFS partners. We were fortunate in having the support of our club and association sponsors and donors. This support makes it possible for the club to provide our service on the beach. A full list of all our sponsors and donors are included in this report. I thanks them for their valued assistance. Our committee began the season faced with significant challenges as active membership numbers continued to decline and this meant patrol hours would be very high and unsustainable for our existing membership to fulfil the patrol obligations. I thank them for their tremendous commitment and hours put into the club behind the scenes, working together and doing their best in the challenging circumstances we faced. Thank you to our Club Captain Greg Betts who ensured the beach patrols were fulfilled throughout the season, Secretary Pat Dillon in attending and recording the numerous meetings we had within the Club and external agencies, Treasurer Sandra Leon who brought the clubs finances into order and also managed the administration of the JAC. The success of the Nippers was also made possible through the dedicated work of Belinda Eshman and the JAC team. Belinda was also awarded Administrator of the Year at the Sydney Branch Awards of Excellence. Many Club improvements, updates and initiatives were undertaken during the season including, A new IRB and motor were purchased with the Australian Government’s Beach Safety Equipment Fund. A new First Aid and Resuscitation Kit was supplied by a SLSNSW Life Saving Equipment Grant. New training rescue boards were purchased. New nipper boards were purchased through the donation by club members Tony Graham and Paul Cootes. New patrol uniforms were provided for all patrolling members with the assistance of Surf Life Saving NSW. A new website was created by Angus Dillon to give a fresh look to our online profile. New apparel for both the junior and senior club was designed and purchased. Also a significant effort was made to seek the assistance from all levels of the Surf Life Saving Organisation as well as Federal, State and Local Government to secure the future of the Club. A meeting with SLSS and SLSNSW was held prior to the start of the season to request support in reducing our members patrolling hours and assist in providing resources for training and marketing. Local Member Lee Evans MP was approached and requested to facilitate and manage negotiations with The Royal National Park on the Clubhouse maintenance and use agreement. Numerous meetings were held with RNP management on issues such as beach access, clubhouse maintenance and ongoing occupancy of the clubhouse. Sutherland Shire Mayor Carmelo Pesce was contacted and met with to discuss raising the Club’s profile within the locality of the Sutherland Shire. Steve Pearce, CEO SLSNSW, was invited to join a patrol at Garie in December and spoke directly to our members to learn first hand the difficulties and issues we are experiencing. Despite the Club improvements, updates and initiatives that were undertaken during the season our active membership has continued to decline. A Viability Report was compiled to explain and detail the complex issues facing Garie SLSC into the future. The report was tabled and endorsed by the committee in May and subsequently in June the committee moved the motion calling for the voluntary cancellation of registration and dissolution of Garie SLSC Inc, to be put before the membership at this 76th AGM. Yours in Lifesaving, David Cross Club President Captains Report Now with the 2017/18 season behind us it’s time to reflect on the season that was. I will start by saying thank you to every member who spent time on the beach this season. Your efforts are very much appreciated and I am again proud to say we have not had a life lost on this beach while being patrolled. I don’t know if it was just me but the season felt longer than usual. The first half of the season saw every patrol on duty every second weekend until some relief came in the form of visiting clubs. Again a big thank you to Cronulla, Maroubra, Coogee, South Maroubra and Narrabeen who helped us out. Back to our Garie team, you guys are the epitome of volunteer Life Saving, again this season you patrolled 2430 man hours on this beach overseeing 13,347 members of the public. That’s not a bad effort from 32 active members. 325 People didn’t need to be rescued because you guys were on top of things and prevented them from swimming in hazardous areas. Unfortunately 42 people didn’t realize that between the flags was the safest place to swim. If it wasn’t for the time you guys give to this beach who knows how many of those 42 people would not have gone home to their families.