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
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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. |
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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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