This meeting was held on Monday September 16th at the St Thomas’s Community Lounge.

The meeting received the President’s Annual Report and the Treasurer’s Financial Report.

The following people were elected unopposed as Officers of the Association:

President:  Rhona Carson

Vice Presidents:  Jane Patterson and Martin Hanley

Secretary: Rhona Carson 

Treasurer:  Sam Somers

Committee: Carol Comber, Steve Cosgrove, Marion Leighton, Stephen Pritchard, Penny Sturgess, Hilary Watson, Michelle Wolland.

President Rhona Carson thanked all the Candidates, in particular Michelle for her service as Treasurer over the past 4 years and Sam for being willing to take up the role.

Rhona also noted that she is intending this to be her last year as President. By the time of the next AGM she will have been President for 10 years, and she thinks it is good for any Association to have a process of renewal. Hopefully over the next year a willing and able candidate to be the next President will come forward.

A matter arising from the 2023 Minutes was continuing discussion of the need for Constitutional Changes, required by the Incorporated Societies Act 2022. This revision is still a work in progress.

Other Business included a discussion about Wellington Heritage Festival events in Newtown, and information about the Wellington City Mission move to their new Oxford Tce base, Whakamaru, in November.

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