The Presidents Efforts Kept The Lights on at OV in 2020

The President’s Efforts Kept The Lights on at OV in 2020

Those of you poring over the accounts in this handbook should notice that OV had a far more positive financial year than we might have expected. With most sources of income drying up (event levies and the like) but many costs still incurred, one would expect that the state body would have eaten into reserves in a big way. The Victorian Government did offer various support grants but to get them OV needed to complete a mountain of paper work and form filling as well as attend varied meetings with Sports Victoria. These were just some of Carl Dalheim's behind the scenes acts in 2020. He did far more than we could have expected of a President, The grant applications were successful and produced over $56,000 in various support grants. He also raised the sports profile with Sports Victoria and show cased the great work Debbie Dodd and PASO team did with establishing MapLink (utilising MapRun) and building a map library to keep everyone active.

Now if that wasn't enough, Our president also stepped into the brief when our Schools and Executive Officer resigned in March just before Covid. He filled in the executive Officer role until we recruited Mel just as lockdown 2 started. He kept in contact with schools, kept the seat warm and then helped recruit Brodie N into the Schools role. He was also front and centre in producing the year book and put his hand up whenever things needed doing. The whole Orienteering community owes a deep vote of thanks to Carl for all his efforts in 2020. At times he put the rest of us to shame with the time and effort he invested. At a time when leadership seems to be about how often you tweet or blame others, Carl showed what true leadership is. He patiently answered hundreds of emails, he kept OV financial and did it all with a smile.

Thanks Carl for all you did in 2020. Stephen, Margi , David and Aislinn