It was great to see 60 Members and Partners attend the ANZROC AGM at Docklands.
The formal proceedings confirmed that Dan Kirtley, Geri Macgregor and David Knuckey would join the ANZROC Committee. Ken Crawford was appointed to the vacant role of Senior Vice President. We thanked Life Member Neville Pearson and Gary Mason for their long and distinguished service to the Committee. Ron Adams nominated Gary Mason as an ANZROC Life Member which was unanimously endorsed by the Members present.
There has been a very strong response to the ANZROC Christmas lunch on Dec 14 with 284 confirmed acceptances already. We have extended the booking to 300 and are likely to reach that number so may have to create a waiting list. We have already locked in the date for the 2018 Christmas lunch which will be on Dec 13 2018.
We are working on a plan for our 2018 meetings including a special event in July at Mulgrave Country Club to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the formation of ANZROC Victoria.
A few members at the AGM expressed interest in putting forward ideas for ANZROC activities in the coming year and we welcome any feedback.
We were very fortunate to have Annalise Jennings as our Guest Speaker at the AGM.
Annalise spent 25 years working in different roles at ANZ but a chance visit to Far North Queensland ended up in a major career shift. Annalise spent time with the indigenous community in Napranum in Cape York taking leave of absence from ANZ to follow her dream. The Whole of Community Change Program she introduced allowed the town to take control of their destiny rather than the previous method of being told what to do. This resulted in an increase in community owned infrastructure, employment and a big decrease in the negative aspects associated with the remote aboriginal communities.
http://www.dynamicexchange.com.au/indigenous/whole-of-community-change-program/
Annalise was bestowed the honour by Elder Mary Anne Coconut of Daughter of Tribal Lands and given the name Kili which means Lorikeet with bright coloured feathers for a nice, bright, happy person.
We learnt a great deal from Annalise's inspiring presentation and thank her for sharing with us.
http://www.anzroc.com.au/component/phocagallery/category/175-anzroc-agm-2017
http://www.anzroc.com.au/component/phocagallery/category/176-anzroc-agm-20172