The 140th annual general meeting of the Club was conducted yesterday via video conference, the first time in our history, with nearly seventy members attending.

Whilst the meeting was conducted in an efficient manner, sadly it bore none of the humour, outrageous interjections or personality of past meetings. The President spoke for all in stating that an in-person meeting next year would be welcomed.

A scene from the virtual meeting

The meeting re-elected Anthony Johnson as President along with the following Vice-Presidents:

o N Philippe R Batters

o David E G Colvin

o P Henry C Edgar

o Andrew M Evans

o Warwick B Hutchins

o Jeffrey J Lawrence

o John Leeming

o David Pincus

o James B Tomkins OAM

o Roger B Wilson OAM

o David J Yunghanns

o William Webster

Your Committee for 2020-21 is as follows:

Captain - Meghan Hester

Vice-Captains - Skyla Froebel and Will Legge

Hon Secretary - Andrew Guerin

Hon Treasurer - Duncan MacKinnon

Performance Director - Tom Courtney

Boathouse and Equipment Manager - Simon Morrison

Social Manager - Jenny Fraumano

General Committee members -

o Sam Patten
o Graham Barns
o Felicity Frederico
o Alex Clarke
o Tom Nickson

The President spoke of the great work of outgoing Captain William Webster over the past four years as well the superb contribution of outgoing Committee members Angus Maloney, Peter Somerville, Hamish Fitzsimmons, Julie Orr, Sebastian Jenner and Gemma Sibillin. He was also pleased to see that the two Vice-Captains of the previous season had sought to stand for the position of Captain following the retirement of Bill Webster. This was a healthy sign for the Club.

The two highlights of the meeting were the unanimous election by acclamation of both Duncan MacKinnon and Warwick Hutchins as life members, and the President advising that he had appointed Arthur Atkins DFC as Patron of the Club. The President spoke at length about Duncan's and Warwick's extensive service to the Club and how pleased he was that Arthur had accepted the position of Patron.

The meeting concluded with the virtual awards presentations.

We are already looking forward to the next annual general meeting which will be in person, not virtual!