Thank you to those that attended the dinner at the Cremorne Hotel last night.
The rain held off and we had 25 members enjoy the meal and an opportunity to catch up.
James Hardstaff from Solitaire Automotive joined us along with guests Beryl and Walter Bullock.
A big thank you to Harley and Annette Cooke for organizing the venue.
After some discussion with a few of the members last night I feel it may be prudent to explain why we need to charge a club fee.
There seemed to be some confusion about the $10.00p/p club fee that you pay when registering at any of the AMOC SA functions.
This is not a deposit for the event.
Whilst I am the first to agree that we already pay a generous membership fee to the UK our state branch is basically self-funded by those that attend our events.
We receive approx. £4 per financial member (approx. £240 in total) from the AMOC UK to run our state branch. This is only reimbursed if we provide an event invoice justifying that our expenditure is directly related to a AMOC SA function.
Not very helpful when generally deposits are required by most venues before the event.
In the past we have run on a shoestring budget limiting our ability to offer a variety of venues and events because of financial constraints or the need for the area representative to fund deposits.
Since we have been asking for the $10.00 club fee we have been able to build a small balance enabling the club to offer a far more comprehensive selection of venues and events without putting further burden on the area representative or the committee.
The generosity of sponsors has also gone a long way to helping fund the club and without them we would find it difficult to survive.