11 May 2018

In this issue ....

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From our Committee of Management

The Special General Meeting and Annual General Meeting was held last Monday evening, 7 May at 7pm. Attendance : 75 members.

At the Special General Meeting 2 motions were put to Members:-

Motion 1.

That this Special General Meeting of the Highton Bowls Club Inc. adopt the proposed new Constitution and its Regulations, tabled at this meeting, as drafts to be used as the basis for finalising a Constitution and its Regulations to be tabled for adoption by Members at a Special General Meeting to be held before the next Annual General Meeting.

Motion 2.

That a Sub-Committee of the Committee of Management be appointed to oversee the finalisation of the proposed Constitution and its Regulations. All members are invited to provide further input to this Sub-Committee before October 2018.

Both motions were passed by the members.

Minutes of both the Special General Meeting and the AGM are available on our website.

Click here to go to Members Page to see Minutes of Special General Meeting and of the AGM.

Committee of Management Minutes and Financial Reports

CoM Minutes and Monthly Management Reports are available on our website at Members Page.

Go to Members Page or click here to go there.

Annual General Meeting

John Jackson welcoming members to the Annual General Meeting with Secretary Jenny Foley and Legal Advisor / Member John Finlayson.

Dee Stott and Bill Filbin receive Certificates of Appreciation for their service to the Club.

Jeni Whytcross receiving her Life Membership award in recognition of many years of dedicated service to our Club.

John Jackson thanks Jenny Foley for her dedication and hard work as CoM Secretary for the last 2 years.

Outgoing Managing Director welcomes Incoming Managing Director Graeme Ott.

Our new Committee of Management.

Marion Lyne (Ladies President), Mike Currie (Secretary), Graeme Ott (Managing Director), Neil Harrison (Deputy Director) and Arthur Francis (House Director).

Not present were : Owen Landry (Treasurer), Wendy Ballentine (Bowls Director) and Greg Cracknell (Men's President)

Ladies Committee

GBR Country Week - At a recent meeting, GBR asked that their thanks be passed onto clubs for members support of Country Week. All participating clubs have now received $770 in a final distribution of profits made from the raffle and running this event. This is in addition to the $1,500 profit at Highton on our allocated day and the $346 from the craft stall. Once again a very big thank you to all who assisted in supporting this event.

Tuesday Winter Bowls
Winter bowls has commenced, and will continue through to August. BYO lunch, currently 10.30am for an 11am start. It is essential that you put your name down on the list on the outside notice board.

Biggest Afternoon Tea.
Many thanks to all who supported this fundraising event for cancer. Through your efforts $448.50 was raised for this very worthy cause.

New Sponsor - Ryman Health Care

Highton Bowls Club welcome new major sponsor Ryman Healthcare,

who will be building a new retirement village/age care at 157 South Valley Road, Highton

Ryman have had a lot of interest in the retirement village we're planning to build in South Valley Road, so we want to tell you more about it. As our proposal is still going through the planning consent process, the exact details of what the village will look like are still to be confirmed.

But what we can tell you, for sure, is that what our village offers will be different to anything you've heard of before.

It will comprise independent living options in town houses and apartments; assisted living in serviced apartments; and low care, high care, and specialist dementia care. That means we offer a continuum of care for our residents, so if your health needs change care is available within our village community.

But that's not the only thing that sets us apart: our resident-friendly terms and peace of mind guarantees encapsulate what we call 'The Ryman Difference'.

We offer fixed weekly fees that will never increase, a deferred management fee capped at 20 per cent, and no hidden costs. That means your weekly fees stop immediately when you leave your apartment, and you will be repaid your capital sum within six months even if your apartment has not been on-sold. And we don't charge refurbishment costs, which can save residents as much as $60,000.

Ryman Healthcare started out with a simple idea from our founder, Kevin Hickman, that it's got to be good enough for mum. Nearly 35 years and 32 retirement villages later, that care and kindness remains at the heart of everything we do.

We understand that moving into a retirement village is a big life decision, so we make the process as clear and transparent as possible.

Our community relations team leader Denise looks forward to seeing you at the club soon, but if you would like to view plans and pricing as that information becomes available please give her a call on 1800 288 299.

Kind regards

Denise

Ryman Healthcare