Eastern Southland AGM
Eastern Southland 2006
Executive Committee Annual Meeting.
Was held Wednesday 23rd May 2007, a good sized crowd meet at the Hokonui Moonshine Museum for the Eastern.
After drinks, nibbles and networking, Jim Geddes presented the vision they have to create a 'Cultural Heritage' zone with the purchase and development of a further property in the area. This offers a very exciting innovation and would be a major asset to the town.
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 | The Annual General Meeting was held within it's usual time span of 7 minutes. Nick Jeffery stood down after three years as Chairperson of this committee. The CEO Richard Hay in announcing the new committee thanked Nick for the working relationship and in particular for his enthusiasm. |
John Wilson was nominated as Chair and on moving into the position also thanked Nick on behalf of the membership for his 3 years of commitment and drive. The committee was announced as, Nigel More, Justine Abernethy, Tony Shallard, Pauline Adams, Ewen Whitefield, Melissa King, and Garry Inder. One position remains vacant, which the committee is able to coopt into.
Donna Wilkins (for those not up with the play - nee Loffhagen) was Guest Speaker for the evening, and proved as able a speaker and player on both the netball and basketball courts.
| Donna's track record is hugely impressive unfortunately space precludes listing all her achievements. Interestingly, when Donna was still young and at school they were asked to write their goals down. Donna's goal was to be a New Zealand representative in both netball and basketball. |  |
Her teacher tried to pour cold water on Donna's goal, telling her it was not possible to achieve that status in both sports. She says that was extra fuel to prove her goals were achievable. I wonder how many of us can say we wrote our life goals down when we were young and have achieved them! Donna is a phenomenal ambassador in the sporting arena, for Southland and for New Zealand. It was a privilege to have her speak and we extend every good wish for her future.
The evening concluded with more drinks, nibbles and networking.
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