From the Commodore

Ken Wood

Greetings Members, Annual General Meeting

All members are encouraged to attend, as the AGM presents Club Management with the opportunity to report the status of the Club’s business directly to the members and provides for the election of the Management Committee for the coming year. Each year there are questions regarding our AGM, so this year I thought I’d summarise the procedure stipulated in the Constitution.

A Notice of Meeting is to be sent to Members within 30 days of the selected date. This year’s AGM will be held in the Club’s Dining Hall on Monday, August 14th, starting at 7:00. A quorum is required to conduct the Club’s business, which is at least 7.5% of Financial Members. Based on a current Members list, this will be around 120. If a quorum is not present within 30 minutes of the start, then the AGM will be adjourned, and a new date decided by the Members present. Hence the desire for a quorum on the night.

Clubhouse and Facilities

Development WA have confirmed that they have initiated tendering for the new clubhouse facility. Tender documents were sent to a short list of contractors in early June, with a four-week tender period. They have chosen to utilise an Early Contractor Involvement contract in order to reduce project risks and uncertainties. The City of Joondalup and ORSSC will continue to provide input to the project as it moves through detailed design to construction. The estimated completion date for construction is October 2024, and we will provide the Members notice of changes in the program. We anticipate reviewing a proposed tenancy agreement from the City in the coming months, with the intention to make a recommendation to the Members for final endorsement.

The discussions with the Department of Transport regarding hardstand and wet-pen storage are still in the early stage, and a survey from Members regarding their interest in utilizing these facilities will be used to support our position to the State.

Fifty-Year History

Since 1973 the Club has been building a place for the community to join others in fishing, sailing, diving, and boating, not only around Ocean Reef, but all along the coast of Western Australia. Our canvassing of our legacy members have added much to the story, and we are fortunate to have one of the founding members, Bob Mason, step forward to provide the Club with his archival and recollections of how the Club started. We will document as much as we can to provide current and future Members with a complete picture of the people and events that brought us to where we are today. This will not only inform us but will also serve as an example of what a community can do when they have a vision and are ready to work together to make it happen.

Best regards,