Vision

Future Focus

BY NEIL WYKES OAM AND DEBBIE MILLS

Dear Members, We were delighted to host community, business, government and political leaders at the recent Past & Future Cities Forum: Reimagining Parramatta. The forum generated frank discussion and practical solutions to the key issues facing the State’s heritage places. The National Trust calls on the NSW Government to adopt the forum’s full recommendations. You can read about the forum and the recommendations in this edition.

The National Trust will be working hard to give heritage and conservation a voice between now and the State election in March next year. Parramatta is a timely case study highlighting issues affecting many developing urban and regional areas. The clear and practical recommendations relating to heritage places and city planning are for leaders and communities to consider in the lead-up to the election.

We’re pleased to report that members adopted the revised National Trust (NSW) Rules at the recent Extraordinary General Meeting. The new rules allow us to address several areas that have become outdated over time, while ensuring we keep pace with a changing world and thrive well into the future.

We hope to see you at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 26 November to hear the highlights of the past 12 months. This year the AGM will be different. One of the benefits of the new rules is that members can now participate online. We encourage you to take this opportunity to participate in the AGM online if you can’t make it in person.

As this is our final magazine edition for the year, we’d like to thank our generous members, supporters, volunteers and staff. You have kept the National Trust moving towards its vision in a particularly challenging year. Our organisation can't do the work it does without your help. Thank you.

We wish everyone a wonderful Christmas and best wishes for 2023.

Best wishes,

Neil Wykes OAM, President

YOU ARE INVITED TO THE

National Trust (NSW) Annual General Meeting

Saturday 26 November 2022, 3:30PM – 5PM S.H. Ervin Gallery, Observatory Hill, Millers Point, Sydney

Please join us for the Annual General Meeting, where attendees will be treated to a special presentation and viewing of the 400-year-old Dutch Master painting, Still Life. Hear from those closest to the project about how this once-in-a-lifetime discovery was made.

RSVP

Attendees can participate in person or online. This is a fantastic opportunity to join in from any location. Please RSVP online at 2022-agm.eventbrite.com.au