JDCSA General Meeting Minutes

Minutes of the JDCSA Monthly Meeting Tuesday 4th of May 2021 at The Police Club, 27 Carrington St, Adelaide.

Meeting opened at 7.30pm

Welcome: Phil welcomed new members and visitors, Noel & Cindy Schmidt (E- Type), Richard MacLean (E-Type), Julian Lugg introduced Roy Armfield and his wife (Victorian XK Register Secretary) also attending was Mark Walker-Roberts (our guest speaker for the night).

Apologies:

Tim White, Sue Harrison, Don Tamblyn, Phil and m Brown, Barry and Hazel Brown, Malcolm Adamson, Geoff Mockford, Brian Taylor.

Welfare:

Ron Biddell is at home in Palliative Care. Brian Taylor’s wife (Elizabeth) has passed away. Minutes of Previous Meeting: Accepted

Business Arising:

Phil told the GM that the Executive Committee had discussed the matter of Obituary Notices that was raised by Geoff Thomas and offered the following proposal: It is important that the Club recognises the passing of a club member, therefore the following guidelines are suggested for approval. “Upon becoming aware of the death of a club member, regardless of who they are and how long they have been a member of the Club, we endeavour via the Club Secretary or Register Secretaries to”. 1. Contact the family to express our condolences personally. 2. Seek permission from the family to print in Classic Marque an Obituary

Notice and/or a Vale Notice, including when possible, the details of any funeral service. 3. Send a group email in the form of an Obituary Notice, via the

Club Member’s TidyHQ data base informing all club members of the death of the member. The meeting voted in favour of this proposal:

President’s Report:

▪ Phil asked those present to consider nominating for Committee positions at the coming AGM. ▪ The Mildura Muster went very well, with 17 XJC’s from 4 states attending. ▪ The Club is considering the manufacture of a new grill badge, cost to be about $40 each, comment was sought, a show of hands showed that about 20 present would buy one. ▪ The next National Rally will be held in Tasmania on the 17th March 2022.

Those interested should start making plans to attend.

Vice Presiden’ts Report:

The Multi Valve Register Run went very well, a great range of cars attended. The updated Constitution is now with the Executive Committee for review, it will then be made available to the membership for comment. Fred thanked Tim White, Peter Holland and Julian Lugg for their hard work in preparing it.

Secretary Report:

No correspondence to report.

Treasurers Report:

Heather has presented to budget to the Executive Committee for comment.

Membership Report:

Daphne – we are averaging 4 new members per month. Renewals will be sent out online soon.

Editor’s Report:

Graham informed all of the events listed in Classic Marque and that there are three interstate Border Runs planned, namely the E-Type run to Mt Gambier in Sept; SS (Pushrod) Register run to Hamilton in October and the XK & Mk 7/8/9 Register run in October. Graham informed the GM that Steve Weeks had won the Paul Skilleter Journalistic Award for 2021. Graham also thanked those, who had contributed articles for Classic Marque.

Logbooks:

Renewals are due by 9th June and he will be processing Logbooks at the July and August GM’s. David reminded members that anyone who does not renew their Logbook will become unregistered. ACJC: No report. Regalia: Ron informed that he is now able to accept credit card payments. Phil reminded members that we should not expect that Ron and Claire will always be doing this job. Now is the time for someone to join Ron with the idea of learning the ropes. Librarian: Tom and Marj were congratulated for having done the job for over 10 years now. MSCA: No report.

E Type Register Report:

No Report.

Compact Register Report:

David and Angela will be retiring from the position of Register Secretary at the AGM.

XJ Register Report:

The Renmark run has over 50 attendees to date, the Historic Village will be opening up to be fully operational, just for us.

Multi Valve Register Report:

Peter said that the run to Glazier Rock went very well. The next Register Meeting will be at the Kensington Hotel.

SS, Mk IV & Mk V Register Report:

No report.

XK 7, 8 and 9 Register Report:

The Tanunda BBQ run went very well. Next Register Meeting in on 19th May.

Other/New Business:

Roland Donders noted that Ron Tamblyn with his Mark 2 won an Award as part of the “The Virtual All British Day”. Thanks to the XK 7 8 and 9 Register for supper.

Meeting Closed 8.35 pm.

Guest Speaker: The meeting was then entertained by a great talk by Mark Walker-Roberts Next Meeting: 7.30pm on 2nd June.