Decisions of Shoes AGM

The Club’s Annual General Meeting was held on Saturday 14 January and the outcomes included:

1. The Financial Report from Secretary-Manager Carol Gillespie showed the Club finished season 2016 debt free.
2. It was agreed that the esteemed, much loved and much missed Dr John Murray will remain the Club’s Patron forever.
3. Membership fees for 2017 season will be $60 (Open, Over 40s) and $40 (Juniors and SuperGroms). The Family membership fee remains at $100.
4. Only paid-up members who have signed their 2017 Membership Form will be allowed to compete.
5. Surfers are requested to download the 2017 Membership Form from the Shoes website, fill it in the details and provide when paying fees.
6. Rules for Contest Season 2017 remain the same as those in 2016.
7. Trophies for season 2017 will go to the Top Four surfers in each division.
8. The Presentation Night will be held in late November rather than early December to allow more members and their family and friends to attend.
9. The entry fee per person for the Presentation Night will be a $2 gold coin.
10. New T-shirts for season 2017 will be provided free of charge to paid-up members.
11. Longtime Shoes member Greg Ferrow and renowned Shire Plumber has signed-on as a new sponsor for season 2017.
12. The Shelley Beach Shop (operated by the parents of Shoes surfer Tom Lotter) is keen to be a sponsor in season 2017.
13. It was agreed the Club will again support the King of the Beach and the Battle of the Reefs contests in season 2017.
14. There will be a barbecue on site at as many contests as possible during season 2017 (courtesy of Reno Gillespie and Guy Turner).
15. Sid Cassidy was re-elected as President, Reno Gillespie was re-elected as Vice-President, Greg Ferrow, Johnno Bonello, Mark Campbell and Guy Turner were confirmed as Committee Members, Carol Gillespie was reappointed Secretary-Manager.
16. Leah Maclean was reappointed Web Master.
17. Ian Macca McDonald was confirmed as the Club’s official photo and video master.
18. The AGM officially thanked and honoured the companies that supported and sponsored the Club in season 2016: Only Organic Foods, Tina and Nicole’s Home Delivery, Surf Trading Company, PCC Surfboards, WJ Partners, Vestal, Northies, Tengirri Surf Charters, Triple Bull, Cronulla Travel, Little Parrot Café.
19. Shoes will continue to be a paid-up member of the Sutherland Shire Surfing Association.