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Many thanks to all that helped out with the Community Fun Day making it a great day despite the weather. Special thanks to Reny Frighetto and Karina Ces for their efforts

Below is a video provided by Doc Braun who was there on the day with part of his Back to The Future Delorean collection.

As you know this has been AGRA's 20th year serving our local residents and ratepayers. AGRA's very first community meeting took place on the 3rd of July 1991 so having reached 20 we have now got our 21st birthday to look forward to next year. Perhaps we should have a party.

Our 2011 AGM was held on the 31st August this year and all members of the committee stood for re-election. Councillor Trevor Shewan chaired the election of officers and the committee was re-elected by AGRA members. Our thanks to Trevor for chairing the election at very short notice.

On behalf of the community I thanked all committee members for the work they have done on behalf of the community and for again standing for election. I also take this opportunity to thank the local residents who attended the meeting. The AGM is an opportunity to ask questions of the committee and to hold the committee to account. It is also an opportunity to join the committee and to ensure that it does not become stuck in a groove. It is also an opportunity to thank the committee for the work they have done and a good turn out is our reward for what we do. 

Your committee members along with the portfolios they have taken responsibility for are;

* Ken Carney President: Portfolios  Traffic, Wetlands & Environment,
* Sam Constantopoulos - Vice President,  Newsletter Editor & Advertising,
* John Zeccola - Treasurer, Schools, Shopping Centre, Traffic,
* Serge Yan - Asst Treasurer,
* Tamsin Bearsley - Minute Secretary, Grants,
* David Cree - Traffic,
* Reny Frighetto - Family Fun Day,
* Karina Ces - Family Fun Day, Shopping Centre
* Henry Warren - Playgrounds & Reserves
* David Schmidt while not an AGRA committee member is our website manager.

Our committee therefore comprises nine elected members. We hold monthly committee meetings and our quorum requires the attendance of at least five members before we can carry out business. Should a member be running late or be on holiday or sick or attending kids sports or school meetings or travelling for work and all the other things that can prevent or delay attendance we can sometimes be in a position where our meeting cannot carry out formal business due to the lack of a quorum or the meeting starts late if someone has been held up. Therefore we need to increase the number of committee members by two and we seek an expression of interest from Aspendale Gardens residents who would like to join the committee and thereby contribute to the local community. If you are interested please contact us to discuss what is involved.

We have considered reducing the number of members required for a quorum but we always come to the same conclusion that we don't want to be in a situation where decisions vital to the Aspendale Gardens community can be made by only two or three people. So we need some extra committee members and ask that if you are interested you let us know. If you want to you can attend our next monthly committee meeting on Wednesday the 30th November and see how we operate. If you are interested you may decide to offer yourself for consideration at the meeting. Alternatively you can contact the President direct by email kjcarney@iprimus.comn.au or phone 9587 5483 to discuss what is involved.

Before I go further with our report I need to mention an item of such importance that I would be failing in my duty to the community if I did not report what most of you have already heard and that is that the All Blacks won the Rugby Union World Cup. They thrashed the French in the final game with a massive 9 point to 8 point belting which is a whopping 1 point win.