Presidents Report – November AOMC Newsletter
Greetings all
It’s almost the end of the year and it’s been a big one, celebrating 50 years of service to the club community.
During the year we:
· Held our regular delegates meetings and had a variety of guest speakers
· Continued to liaise with VicRoads and other stakeholder groups, raising issues from clubs and their members.
· Enjoyed the Festival of Motoring at Cruden Farm, the British and European at Yarra Glen Racecourse and the Aussie Car Show at the Manhattan. The rain made an appearance to dampen National Motoring Heritage however many vehicles got out on that day (or on postponed events) and brought smiles to many faces.
· Enjoyed the hospitalities of the Gippsland region for our August delegates meeting – the Maffra Shed and the Maffra Community Sporting Club are a testament to what one can achieve when community and other stakeholders work together for a mutual goal.
· Run a professionally presented seminar on Copyright issues impacting clubs with an expert presenter from the Australia Copyright Council.
· Performed numerous Engine Number Record searches, often solving problems for vehicle owners.
· Continued to support MembershipPlus – with all the benefits this provides to members.
· Been a founding member of the Phillip Island Motoring Festival aiming to bring a Goodwood style event to Victoria for the Phillip island and Victorian community
· Incepted the AOMC Foundation, with the initial objective of supporting apprentices. We have plans to expand the scope of work for the Foundation all around the purpose of ensuring the trades that are essential to pre4serveing a dn maintaining our vehicles remain.
· Acknowledged people who have provide years of voluntary services at the 50-year celebration lunch.
And for the future
· Next year part of our objectives is to invest more in you, our delegates. You remain the key to the efficacy of this organisation as you provide the conduit between the AOMC and your club and members.
· We will be adopting our strategic plan towards 2030 which sets out our priorities and plan to achieve these goals – all aimed at delivering value to our member clubs.
· We will also be conducting a feedback survey for our member clubs to provide us feedback on what we can do to further assist.
Thank you to the dedicated team of volunteers behind the scenes (and to their families). Countless hours are contributed by each one of our committee members to support our member clubs.
Please consider how you or your club can contribute to our mission, this association is only as strong as you our members make it.
Keith Mortimer President