ANNUAL REPORT 2022

Old Camberwell

Grammarians’ Association

Notice of Meeting

Annual General Meeting 2023

Tuesday 7 March, 6.30pm

Camberwell Room

Camberwell Grammar School

55 Mont Albert Road

Canterbury Victoria 3126

AGENDA

AnnuAl GenerAl MeetinG

Guest speAker - Henry sHirrefs (yeAr 12)

Sustainability Prefect Henry Shirrefs, will be presenting information on Camberwell Grammar School’s 2023 participation in The Push Up Challenge. Held in June each year, The Push-Up Challenge aims to raise awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding poor mental health.

In 2022, Camberwell Grammar School raised $15,000 and completed 361,448 push ups by the 291 students and staff involved. The Camberwell Grammar School Push Up Challenge team would like to expand in 2023 to include parent and Alumni involvement.

Old Camberwell Grammarians’ Association Minutes of The Annual General Meeting held at 7.00 pm, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 in The Camberwell Room, Camberwell Grammar School

1. W ELCOME

1.1 Present

B. Provan, G. Ballard, G. Taplin, I. Lenton, T. Henley, A. Lane, D. Arnold, W. Edney, M. Forwood, J. Mills, M. Koswig, N. Schildberger, P. Najjar, M. Pountney, G. Lambert, A. Richards, J. Giovannucci, P. Deliyannis, T. Thackray, B. Kim, B. Chesler, M. Ong

1.2 In Attendance

R. Whitehead (Director of Development); C. Lloyd (Business Manager), P. Hicks (Headmaster); C.Parker (Development Associate); T. Stanley (Head of Middle School), D. Provan

2. A POLOGIES

Apologies

K. Lyons, R. Munro, C. Finley, T. Schenken, J. Waterhouse, S. Taplin, G. Fieldus, D. Bellairs, B. MchPhail, R. Sturzaker, S. Nicolson, A. Jackson, P. Wheelton, M. Parker, W. Choi, S. McKnight, E. Banks, J. Amling, G. Gong

3. C ONFIRMATION

Of P Revious M Inutes Of The 2 02 1 Agm

The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed.

4. P RESIDENT ’ S R EPORT ( TABLED )

The President’s report was tabled, and he highlighted the following:-

• 2021 was a COVID interrupted year.

• Qld Network Event proceeded thanks to Craig Rose who hosted the night.

• Thank you to Ryan and Cindy for keeping everything moving during lockdown.

• It looks to be a promising year for the Football and Cricket clubs.

• Old Camberwell Grammarians Football Clubs 2021 season was cancelled before premiership could be decided.

• Thank you to Adam Kyriacou who is stepping down. Gavin Powell has been elected President.

• Camberwell Grammarians’ Theatre Company were able to stage “What the Butler Saw”, their second production Cosi was COVID interrupted.

• MentorLoop program is looking for more Mentors and Mentees.

The accounts were approved unanimously by the meeting.

5 . P RESENTATION OF HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP

Brian McPhail (1967), Michael Neilson(1981) and Christopher Thorn (1981) were awarded Honorary Life Membership of the OCGA. Unfortunately Brian, Michael and Christopher were unable to attend on the night.

6. T REASURER ’ S AND I NVESTMENT R EPORTS

The Treasurer’s report was tabled, and he highlighted the following:-

• Expenditure was down due to the cancellation of events.

• Financial position increased from $1.3m to $1.7m

The accounts were approved unanimously by the meeting.

7. E LECTION OF HONORARY AUDITOR

Julian thanked Brian McPhail for his work as Auditor during the 2021 Brian was nominated as Honorary Auditor for the coming year.

Brian was elected Honorary Auditor unanimously by the meeting.

8. E LECTION OF C OMMITTEE FOR 20 2 1

The OCGA Committee for 2021 was accepted

Jack Amling (2019)

Edward Banks (2003)

Peter Deliyannis (2013)

Warren Edney (1975)

Jack Fitzgerald (2018) – Vice President

Julian Giovannucci (2011) – Vice President

Geoffrey Gong (2020)

Chris Kelly (1970)

Michael Koswig (1986)

John Mills (1984)

Michael Pountney (2001)

Nick Schildberger (1997) - President

Julian thanked Matthew Forward who stood down from the committee.

9 . G ENERAL BUSINESS

• Trevor Henley asked about the Henley Chamber Orchestra. Michael Koswig gave an update. It will depend on restrictions. Michael Koswig has drafted an e-mail to go out to Alumni flagged music. Working towards a performance in the middle of the year.

• Matthew Forwood mentioned that Peter Deliyannis was not listed as a Committee Member in the 2021 AGM Minutes.

• Graeme Ballard asked about the level of interest in the OCGA from recent leavers. Ryan Whitehead mentioned there was a great uptake of MentorLoop program from recent leavers.

• Graeme Ballard discussed that the OCGA used to present to Senior School students in assembly.

• Ryan Whitehead said all 2020 and 2021 are automatically Life Members of the OCGA. The cost is added to their final fees statement (not as a line entry).

• Matthew Forwood congratulated Ryan Whitehead and Cindy Parker on the OCGA Facebook and LinkedIn pages.

• Recent leavers are coming back to the school as sporting coaches.

• Graeme Ballard mentioned it was hard to get support of School Captains when he was on the committee. Ryan Whitehead said we have five School Captains on the current committee.

• Andy Richards asked about reaching out to current students to allow a seamless transition from school cricket to Alumni Cricket.

• Ryan Whitehead discussed the KPIs other sporting groups are using to ensure they are mixing with current students.

• Andy Richards said the Old Camberwell Grammarians’ Cricket Club will have two teams in the MCC league.

10 . C LOSURE AND DATE OF NEXT MEETING

The meeting was closed at 7.25pm. The Annual General Meeting 2023 will be on Tuesday 7 March at 7.00pm

Brian Kim (2016), Co-Producer, Camberwell Grammarians' Theatre Company spoke about the work of this growing company.

Brian presented a review of 2021 and the productions "What the Butler Saw" and "Cosi" and the challenges faced due to COVID lockdowns.

Brian also discussed the vision for the company moving forward.

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