Relazione Annuale 1971

VENETO SOCIAL CLUB MELBOURNE

ASSEMBLEA GENERALE DEI SOCI

26 MAGGIO, 1971

RESONATO DELL'ANIO 19701971

Preparato a cura di G. V. Scornparin

Segreteria: 691 HIGH STREET, THORNBURY — Telephone: 44-0651

DALLA SEGRETERIA: Anche quest'anno it Segretario, Franco Marchesin, e' stato impegnato giornalmente per ore nelle attivita' del Club. II lavoro diventa sempre piu' oneroso e sara' probabilmente impossiKe per il nuovo Segretario poter svoigere litte le mansioni richieste su una base Onoraria.

Sara' necessario avere uu assistente pagato oppure un Segretario Stipendiato.

I soci harao raggiunto it limite massimo di 700. Di questi, 26 non hanno rinnovato la tessera e saranno sostituiti con nuovi membri.

I soci fondatori sono aumentati da 98 a 139, cioe' c'e' un aumento di 41 membri.

Ci sono inoltre 165 membri associati. La Statuto del Club sara' consegnato a tutti i soci, stasera, e si prega caldamente di leggerlo in modo che tutti vengano a conoscenza dei loro doveri e diritti evitando cosi' dei malintesi.

Qualche mese fa abbiamo inviato it programme Viaggi per il 1971-1972 a casa di tutti.

E' importante che i soci si servino dei servizi Viaggio messi a disposizione a loro favore poiche' con i gruppi del nostro Club i prezzi si limitano a soli $700 per andata e ritorno. Un ringraziamento particolare va alla Signorina Lucy Freschi per il grande lavoro svolto in segreteria.

DAL SEGRETARIO SOCIALE Le attivita' sono state molte e diversive, Rino Bergamin come segretario sociale ha fatto un grande lavoro. Ma senza la collaborazione del sottocomitato sociale che include Rino Pozzebon, Tommaso Agnoletti, Mario Bonis, Aldo Saretta e Angelo Silvestrini l'organizzazione Sociale sarebbe stata impossibile. Tanto lavoro e tanto entusiasmo e' richiesto da parte di questo comitato, pero' e' necessario che i soci partecipino ai balli e ai picnic. Ultimamente i balli sociali non sono stati frequenti come di consueto. Non si deve lasciar morire l'entusiasmo proprio ora che il Club ha piu' bisogno di aiuto per l'imminente costruzione.

Comunque il picnic di Natale con piu' di 3,000 persone e il picnic delle castagne con circa 2,000 persone sono stati due grandi successi. Un caloroso ringraziamento va a tutti coloro che hanno aiutato nell'organizzazione e in particolare a Lino Bettiol e Oreste Barro, oltre che ai membri del Comitato Sociale gia' menzionati.

LO SPORT Il Vice Presidente, Aldo Saretta, e' anche direttore Sportivo! Quest'anno i due sports principali sono stati le Bocce e il Tiro alla Fune.

Negli ultimi anni i nostri giocatori di Bocce hanno vinto parecchi campionati.

In quest'ultimo anno comunque it successo non e' stato altrettanto grande, ma qualche vittoria e' stata riportata: R. Bordin, in copia con S. De Rosa del Fogolar Furlan ha vinto i1 Doppio del Campionato del Victoria a Shepparton e G. Favrin e N. Zordan hanno vinto it Doppio nel Febbraio scorso at Fogolar Furlan di Melbourne. Inoltre la squadra bocce ha recentemente organizzato un pranzo tra i suoi membri e simpatizzanti iniziando un fondo per la costruzione dei giochi nel nostro terreno. Bravi: Fatevi onore a continuate sempre con lo stesso entusiasmo.

La squadra del Tiro all Fune ha per capitano Nino Conte. Quest'anno ha vinto la coppa Festival Italiano contro la squadra del Toscana Club. Sono tutti ben organizzati e decisi di vincere tanti campionati quanto sia possibile. Anche a questa squadra va tutto i1 nostro riconoscimento e gli auguri di un grande successo.

VENETO YOUTH CLUB e LADIES AUXILIARY I nostri giovani dai 17 anni in su hanno formato it loro Comitato e da un anno hanno sviluppato un'associazione ben degna del nostro Club.

L'Avvocato Scomparin e' stato nominato "liaison officer" per discutere con :A comitato del Veneto Youth Club problemi ed organizzazioni di interesse comune. I giovani saranno i nostri membri di domani e su loro vanno tutte le nostre speranze. Si impegnano e hanno grande serieta' in tutte le loro attivita'. Oltre che organizzare i loro eventi sociali ci hanno aiutato nel picnic delle castagne.

2.

Se dal mattino si vede it buon tempo, it Veneto Social Club avra' un grandissimo successo con it Veneto Youth Club.

Le Signore del Comitato ausiliario non hanno bisogno di presentazioni. Per gli anni passati hanno raccolto diecine di migliaia di dollari per i bambini spastici e ben due volte le candidate del Veneto Social Club sono diventati "Miss Victoria Chartty Queen".

Quest'anno la presidente e' la Signora Eugenia Pozzebon e come in tutte le altre occasioni le Signore faranno, con it loro assiduo lavoro e la cooperazione delle giovani candidate, un grande onore a tutti noi. Tutti i fondi che saranno raccolti, veranno devoluti al Children Hospital.

CONCLUSIONE

E' evidente quanto sia grande e quanto lavoro it nostro sodalizio richieda. Se finora abbiamo avuto molto successo e' dovuto all'entusiasmo di tutti i soci e all'assiduo lavoro di alcune persone. L'entusiasmo non deve e non puo' morire ora che stiamo per iniziare lo sforzo piu' grande: la costruzione della Sede Sociale. Tutti i soci, dovrebbero prestarsi in un modo o nell'altro in questa costruzione che sara' l'orgoglio della comunita' Italiana del Victoria e senza dubbio it piu grande Club Sociale che it Victoria abbia mai avuto.

G.V. SCOMPARIN

PRESIDENT'S REPORT 1970-1971 It is with pleasure that. I present my report on the activities of the Veneto Social Club over the past year. Much credit has to be given to the personal sacrifice of the Committee for the work the Club has carried out so far.

I have much pleasure in advising that the preliminary work on the land of the Club has been commenced: The land has been excavated, for weeks filling has been brought on the site and a cyclone fence has been erected. Groups of members, are attending each Sunday, with Lino Bettiol as acting Garden Director, to clean the land and preparing tree beds on what will be the garden of the Club.

The Plans that were prepared by our Architect, Mr. Smrekar, are now in the hands of the Doncaster Council.

Unfortunately we spent about one year in obtaining the finalization of the project in a form acceptable to the Board of Works. Now what remains to be done are minor details which will have to be finalized by the Council and the Architect. It is hoped that these details should be completed in a matter of a few days and then on the recommendation of the Committee, it is proposed to tender for the building.

The next Financial Year will be a crucial year for the Veneto Social Club.

Much finance will be needed for the building of the Club House. To achieve this our money must be spent wisely and competent people are required to budget and to handle our finances. I feel that a sub-committee of experts should specialize on this particular aspect but the work of this sub-committee alone will not be sufficient unless all members are prepared to co-operate with the Committee so that we may be able to perform and complete a satisfactory job.

Undoubtedly, we have much hope and faith for the Club but the Club, to be successful, will need the charity of its members. Not so much the charity of giving, but the charity of supporting your management Committee by investing whatever money you might have lying idle in the imminent issuing of debentures.

Only if we raise sufficient money with debentures can we be successful with the proposed building.

As many of you already know, the social and sporting activities have grown in the past twelve months and are continuing to grow and sub-committees have been formed with our sportsmen.

Again this year the Club has given much service for the benefit and advantage of our members with travel groups to Italy. Many members have saved hundreds of dollars in their trips overseas.

The formation of the Veneto Youth Club and the enthusiasm with which its young members have worked for one year now is most commendable. It must not be forgotten that they will be the future members of our Club and we should support many of their ideas.

The Ladies Auxiliary Committee have done, again, very much work for charity. In the past few years, the Club has been working for the Spastic Children's Society of Victoria but the Committee has decided that this year we shall work for another worthy organization -- The Royal Children's Hospital.

Many firms and individuals have given their support to us during the year and I personally thank all of them including all Italian newspapers for advertising most of our functions.

I have been your president for four years but whether I shall be re-elected or not you can be assured that in any case I have made provisions for the affairs of the Club to proceed smoothly and as planned.

In conclusion, I would like to thank once more all executive members for the support they have given me over the past 12 months, for the effort they have put into their various activities, and the patience they have displayed in carrying out their duties.

Thank you, David Barro, President

TREASURER'S REPORT

Fellow Members of the Veneto Club, I am again very pleased to report to you on the present financial position of our Club. We again have had another successful year with the Net Worth of the Club increasing from $40551.99 to $58596.83, through an operating profit of $18044.84.

Whilst this profit is less than the profit of the

previous year, it is to be noted that it rates as the second highest profit since the inception of the Club. The cause of the fall in profit has been threefold - (i) By falling attendances at the last few dinner dances and (ii) by increased administration costs due to an increasing membership and (iii) increased expenses re the Bulleen property (such as rates and caretaker).

I ask therefore that you be conscious of the fact that the Club must have your support and patronage; that its main source of income is from the functions organised throughout the year and without your attendances profits will fall.

Our Social Secretary and his assistants are to be sincerely thanked for their efforts in the organisation of the various social events over the past twelve months, which in total realised a profit of $9898.94.

You will note that our bank accounts show an increase of almost $16000.00 over the previous year after spending in excess of $4000.00 on preliminary works at the Club's Bulleen property, and that the Club has some $45500.00 deposited in its bank accounts. This amount of course is being accumulated towards a beginning of the Club's intended building programme.

Contributions from Foundation Members and other loan contributions for the past year amounted to $8500.00. Thisisan excellent effort and I trust that funds will be continually made available to the Club in this way as this type of contribution is essential towards the beginning of our Club building.

I wish to thank you all for your financial assistance to the Club over the past year be it by loan contributions, by your attendances at our social functions or by payment of your membership fees.

M. BONIS Treasurer.

19th May 1971

AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS

OF

THE

VENETO SOCIAL CLUB

(a Public Company limited by guarantee)

The Veneto Social Club was incorporated under the Companies Act 1961 as a Public Company limited by guarantee on 4th September 1970.

In carrying out the audit of the accounts for the period of 12 months from 1st May 1970 to 30th April 1971, the activities for the period 1st May 1970 to 3rd September 1970 of the Veneto Club and for the period 4th September 1970 to 30th April 1971 of the Veneto Social Club have been examined on a consolidated basis.

Subject to the above remarks, it is my opinion that -

1.

The accompanying balance sheet and income and expenditure account for the year ended 30th April 1971 have been prepared and properly drawn up in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 1961 and so as to give a true and fair view of the state of the Club's affairs on a consolidated basis at 30th April 1971 and the consolidated results of the activities for the year ended on that date.

2.

The accounting and other records (including registers) examined by me are properly kept in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 1961.

FRANK GAZZOLA B.Com. A.A.S.A.

20th May 1971

CONSOLIDATED.

VENETO SOCIAL CLUB INCOME & EXPENDITURE STATEMENT FOR PERIOD 30.4.71.

1.5.70 to 1969/70 $34838.04 19168.23 4101.14 35.50 79.48 59.25 126.00 60.00 -

Gross Receipts from Functions Less Expenses re Functions: Catering & Orchestras Drinks & Refreshments Flowers Photographs & Advertising Printing Hire of Public Address Systems Hire of Picnic Grounds & Helicopter Hire of Theatre

$33537.62 $18952.55 4064.29 64.00 118.84 125.00 124.00 125.00 65.00 $23638.68

$23629.60 11208.44 1171.60 551.60 637.00 9963.50 1300.00

$24832.14 670.78 75.00 421.20 30.00 351.45 381.45 20.00 361.45 3.00 881.60 2.95

Net Receipts from Functions Bank Interest Received Donations Received - Womens Auxiliary - Others Membership & Admission Fees Donation from Members Overseas Travelling $ 207.30 Sales of Club Badges Less Purchases of Badges $503.38 178.38 325.00 Less Closing Stock

$ 9898.94 725.00 559.18

TOTAL INCOME

$22203.68

Less Operating Expenses:Hire of Hall for Meeting Accountancy & Audit Typing & Postage Printing & Stationery Opening Stock Purchases Less Closing Stock Bank Fees Printing of Annual Reports Donation paid General Expenses Dinner - Senatori Vicentini Property Rates Property Caretaker

28.92

90.00 185.00 -698.20 -

$20.00 1129.34 1149.34

10.00

1139.34 54.70 -451.10 -559.18 5.90 60.80 814.62 100.00 -$ 4158.84

$ 2415.98 $22416.16

$

9650.59 1341.05

TOTAL NET SURPLUS

$18044.84

CONSOLIDATED VENETO SOCIAL CLUB BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30.4.71

1968/69 ASSETS: $9669.63 9115.40 10000.00 30.00 25.05 95.00 12.00 11.92 20.00 50.00 33175.00 918.54

Cash at Bank Operating Account Members Accounts Fixed Deposit Cash on Hand Sundry Debtors Bond - M.M.B.W. Veneto Club Emblem Duplicator Filing Cabinet Committee Room Furniture First Aid Kit Stock of Badges & Stationery Deposit - re Hire of Hall Land Bulleen :Cost Legal Expenses Progress Expenditure

$ 9400.93 i 16122.72 NS 20000.00 6.09 347.50 4000.00-25.05 95.00 12.00 122.23 -11.92 335.00 $33175.00 1629.60 ri 4956.84 n

$63122.54

39761.44 $90239.88

LESS LIABILITIES: 18210.00 220.00 3790.00 350.55

Sundry Creditors Loans - Foundation Members - Others Debenture Application Monies Provision for Taxation

$ 572.50 f, ',1 26510.001z s,10 220.00 )-----' --j, 3990.00. .) ,,c.

350.55

22570.55

31643.05

$58596.83

$40551.99 ..=..===

ACCUMULATION ACCOUNT: $18486.38 22065.61

Balance 30.4.70 Net Surplus brought forward

$40551.99 18044.84

$58596.83

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STATEMENT BY COMMITTEE MEMBERS We, Duilio Barro and Floriano Marchesin, being two of the members of the committee of the Veneto Social Club, are of the opinion that the accompanying Income and Expenditure Account is drawn up so as to give a true and fair view of the results of the activities of the Club for the year ended 30th April 1971 and that the accompanying balance sheet is drawn up so as to exhibit a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Club as at 30th April 1971

Dulio Barro

Floriano Marchesin

Melbourne May 1971

SECRETARY'S DECLARATION

I, Floriano Marchesin, Secretary of the Veneto Social Club, do solemnly and sincerely declare that the accompanying balance sheet and income and expenditure account of the Club are, to the best of my knowledge and belief, correct.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of Parliament of Victoria rendering persons making a false declaration for wilful and corrupt perjury.

) Declared at Thornbury in the State of Victoria this 20th day ) of May One Thousand Nine Hundred ) and Seventyone:

Before me: