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Angeles City Sub Branch Philippines www.rslangelescity.com ‘Lest We Forget’ President Vice Presidents Secretary Treasurer
James Curtis-Smith Rob Cairns Bob Barnes Dallas Drake Vivian Hart
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NEWSLETTER # 54** SEPTEMBER 2011 PRESIDENTS REPORT September 2011 A strange interpretation by the Executive and staff of the ACT Branch of a motion put and passed at the last Branch congress has resulted in at 480% increase in the capitation fees this Sub Branch will be required to pay to Branch for all renewals and new memberships. At the Branch Congress 2011, the motion before the meeting was that subscription rates to the Sub Branches of the RSL (ACT Branch) remain the same as it was in 2010. This was carried. The Executive of the Branch then notified overseas Sub Branches that the capitation fees hitherto paid at AUD$5.00 per head would be increase to AUD$24.00 per head for 2012 !! A very strange interpretation of the motion by the Executive. I wrote to the President and Executive of the ACT Branch for an explanation and was advised that the concession previously granted about 5 years ago to overseas Sub Branches was withdrawn and we would be required to pay the full capitation. The rationale behind the withdrawal of the concession, according to the Branch, is that the extra capitation fees are required to fund the administration of the Branch. The ACT Branch is responsible for only eleven Sub Branches within the ACT and four Sub Branches located outside Australia, they being Angeles City and Subic in the Philippines, Port Moresby in PNG, and Washington DC in the US. Angeles and Subic combined comprise about one-third of the total financial membership of the ACT Branch. Seems to me that the ACT Branch should be