Secretary Report 2026

This financial year we held 13 committee meetings.

Membership as at 20th June 2026 we have 94 current members and still awaiting 5 members to advice whether or not they wish to renew their membership. We also have 3 new members to be considered in the July meeting.

Andrew Boywer has taken on the responsibility of the Web page and improvement can already be seen.

Dale Wilkes continued on as assistant secretary and looks after the membership side. This includes interviewing new applicants, placing them on the data base and mail servers as well as issuing them with welcome letter and invoice.

Facebook sales on Marketplace was again popular and raised a lot of funds for the shed.

Norm Ripp continued his monthly newsletter and produced 11 editions this financial year. For 2026/27 the shed will change the newsletter to quarterly with a brief monthly update from the president and secretary.

I would like to thank Norm for doing the newsletter for the past few years.

Milton Oliver has again been a great assistant to both myself and the shed. Thank you Milton

Finally I would like to thank President Ian Phillips for his excellent leadership over the past 2 years and look forward to working with incoming president Barry Kelly.

Albert Achterberg

Secretary