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Chairman - Tim Barter. Tim had asked Paul Murray for photos to be taken on set up, layout, stalls, crowd etc, and he did very satisfactorily. Negatives; - A few members have conveniently taken holidays on the weekends when our two big festivals are on, and he asks that you re-consider. - Set-up is a very hard work, and therefore, if you are rostered on for a period, please be there and stay for the duration of the shift, as there are particular tasks that groups or individuals will be relied upon, and if you are not there, then the task falls onto the remaining members, who have already had their share of the work load. - This is not a democracy on the day, so please do what is asked of you. Positives. - Successful Festival - Helpers did a brilliant job - stall holders and patrons had a great day - only 2 ejections out of a possible 5000 in attendance - 1 minor injury, attended to by St Johns. - Safety things are working - Site is safe as can be - No fencing, thanks to Des Damme, was a huge relief - The inaugural Gold Plate Restaurant Challenge was a hit, and the people involved from the 4 establishments had fun with it, thank you Michael Knight, and Sandra. -( The Oakroom sold out of product.) - Expect more entrants in the challenge next year - VIP was an outstanding success, thanks to food by Uneke and Yenda - Australian Brewing Company for their major support. - thanks to the members who worked tirelessly on the two days to make it a success. - 200 guests from BMW and 200 Rotary Sponsors - Please support Yenda by purchasing their products, the public loved them, and the apple cider is the new choice for many. If you have any expenses that you incurred, please pass them onto David Hodge or Doug Conkey. Rough Numbers; 3100 paying adults at the gates 600 children 1300 others - stallholders, VIP and Volunteers The current site for the Food and Wine is ideal. $ entry charge should be revised upwards. Upping the ante with entertainment was a success, and should continue to up. Roughly $90,000 net from the event, $40,000 going to Cancer Care and the remainder to be distributed by the projects committee for national and international projects. Wednesday 6th April, 6pm for drinks, and dinner for the de-brief as per usual. Members pay their own way. President Geoff advised that we will be looking for a new OIC to replace Tim - almost immediately. He suggested a structure of Manager and 2 x assistant managers, to get the resources together and manage them. Local representatives Dan Hayes and Joel Fitsgibbons were at the festival on the weekend. Please get your feedback in for the committee to consider at the de-brief dinner on the 6th April, you are important too. Hope Steve McCoy gets his laptops back. Photos next week. |
