Chairman’s Report

Another winter month has gone by, and fairly quiet on the Branch calendar, but at least the days are getting longer again.

Daffodil day. Unfortunately I was out of town so not able to come along, but from the reports I have had the weather cleared enough to make it a successful event. Much thanks to the many people involved in organising and helping out, as with all of our Branch events it’s what makes it possible for them to happen

We have also had a couple of volunteers join the Branch committee since the call was put out in the last Hub, which is much appreciated, and gives us a full complement to look after things for the coming year. Welcome to John Enright and Henry Little.

Looking forward to seeing you out and about as the weather warms and the calendar gets busier.

Neil Shaskey

SECRETARY’S REPORT

Secretary’s September Hub report following the Club’s AGM in Auckland 2022

This month’s report revolves around the Club’s AGM held at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Karaka Auckland. I had the pleasure of representing Canterbury as your elected Delegate again this year. Although this may seem tiresome to most branch members it is part of my job description to bring back snippets of information on the day to day running of THE CLUB. The weekend went off very well and I must congratulate Tracey Winterbottom and the Auckland Branch on an overall pleasant weekend. Sunday’s shed visit to Steve and Sue Keys’ place was probably the highlight for me (see Beaded Wheels Issue 376 June/July 2022), I have never seen such a fabulous collection of vehicles and memorabilia all in perfect shiny condition from beautiful restored cars to many antique petrol pumps and oil cans etc; complete brain overload. Well I digress; I should mention a few bits from the weekend’s stimulating hours. There were three presentations this year; to Rod Brayshaw retiring “Registrar” Christopher Leith, retiring “Secretary/ Treasurer” and The “John Goddard Trophy” to Rod and Anne Corbett, Services to Targa Rally.

Total Members as at 11/08/22: The Club 8546 joint included, Canterbury Branch 1278 joint included. Followers VCCNZ Private Facebook Group: April 2019 = 1280. June 2022 = 3224. Branches are invited to submit details of events they would like promoted on the national page. Email: comms@vvc.org.nz or beadedwheels@vcc.org.nz and request it to be posted on the Club facebook page. There was to have been a discussion on the future of the long service awards, reason being the ageing numbers of the club’s membership and the ever increasing costs and time involved processing. Thoughts towards the scrapping of 25/35/50yr awards. You are welcome to email me your thoughts on whether the club should consider this or any alternatives you would like to add. (Carried forward for further discussion at March Executive Meeting). A reminder to all members that if you have vehicles insured with Vero and you resign from the club you are no longer entitled to the discount premiums you have been receiving. This is especially important to members who lose a loved family member who has in the past been the insurance bill payer. The insurance policy must be in the name of a current member of the club. THE BIG ONE: 12 month warrants. This is the topic I get asked the most about every year. Well this year some progress has been made. A meeting took place with the Minister Hon Michael Wood in charge of Transport and a very positive outcome was achieved. There will still be some time involved in passing any changes to legislation but the general view is there will be at least a 40yr old minimum age for the vehicle and it will require a VIC certificate to be eligible. So now is probably a good time to get these on the vehicles that don’t have them. The action for doing this will be available online in the near future. The matter of the National office building replacement is still being worked though regarding replacement on exciting site or selling site and moving. The earthquake insurance pay-out is still returning reasonable interest in the figures.

INCORPORATED SOCIETIES ACT 2022. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE VCC. Please see article supplied to all Branches following the AGM on Page 34 I feel although this has been passed into law and it seems a lot to take in at the moment it will affect all branches to some degree in the next couple of years. You are either interested or not in the way this will affect our branch. Early days but food for thought. Last but not least I would like to thank Henry and Michelle Little for looking after the raffle table for me at the very successful Daffodil Rally. Results were: Raffle One 1st No 62 Wayne Woods, 2nd No 159 M Chamberlin, 3rd No 151 Rose Mariner. Raffle Two 1st No 63 Alan Healy, 2nd No 104 Cathy Kewish, 3rd No 107 Dennis O’Brien. All prizes have been claimed. A big thank you for your support Regards Rod.

Women and Young Drivers’ Rally Sat 3rd September

BRANCH AWARDS DINNER

SATURDAY 10 SEPTEMBER 2022 Clubrooms, Cutler Park. See Page 19

MOTORCYCLE RELIABILITY TRIAL 18th September See Page 17

Annual Veteran Rally Sunday 25th September See Page 30