How the system will work

AGM, Election & Awards

On the 26th of January the Annual General Meeting was held in Bright. Peter Mathews as Vice-President chaired the meeting as Brian Beardon was unable to attend, and Russell Noble as incoming Secretary took minutes as Maria Beardon was unable to attend.

Awards

The real reason many attend the AGM is the awards, and this year Peter Mathews had the honour of presenting two Lifetime Memberships. Lifetime Membership is the highest honour the club can award, and reflects a committment to all aspects of the club: riding, ride organising, volunteering, and holding positions at regional and national levels. The club is proud and honoured to present Lifetime Membership to Howard Dove and Rebecca Morton. The nomination detailing their achievements and contribution to the club can be read: https://www.audax.org.au/public/images/stories/Documents/LifeAwardNominationHowardBec.pdf The full list of awards will be made available, but include:

Ultra Randonneurs 

Katherine Bryant, Peter Carr, Peter Donnan, Peter Heal & Leigh Paterson

Australian Randonneur (lifetime total distance)

• Rebecca Morton 100,000km - first female recipient,
• Ian Garrity 50,000km 
• Peter Carr 25,000km
• David Hart 25,000km
• Bhanu Lokubalasuriya 25,000km

Woodrup 5000

• Peter Makin
• Spencer Klaassen
• Anthony J. Richardson
• Brian Hornby
• George Judkins
• Claire Noonan
• Ian Garrity
• Katherine Bryant
• Peter Donnan
• Bhanu Lokubalasuriya
• Tim Laugher
• David Kerr
• Perry Raison

Election 

The final ballots were cast for the election of General Members positions on the National Committee. Thanks to Leigh Paterson, Matthew Rawnsley (Life Member) and Rodney Kruz (Membership Secretary) who counted the voting. The newly elected National Committee is:

• • President: Garry Wall
  • Vice-President: Kerri-Ann Smith
  • Treasurer: Richard Scheer
  • Secretary: Russell Noble

General Member positions are held by:

• • Michael Bentley
  • Peter Donnan (also has role of International Brevet Secretary)
  • Bec Morton
  • Thomas Price

The remaining 7 members of the National Committee are the State Representatives (not necessarily Regional Presidents). These may change with region elections, and are currently:

• Sarah Chaplin (VIC)
• Howard Dove (NSW)
• Chris Edie (TAS)
• David Fairweather (SA)
• Peter Heal (ACT)
• Wayne Hickman (WA)
• Brian Hornby (Qld)

I'd like to pass on my thanks to the outgoing National Committee for their work through the year. They completed a number of items that had been outstanding, worked on some back office issues that would be largely unnoticed by members (such as the relationship with Cycling Australia) and initiated work around the updating our constitution which will be continued by the new committee. Thanks to Brian and Maria Beardon for stepping into the breach when no President or Secretary nominated last year. Peter Mathews fulfilling the role of Vice-President and bringing his long experience when needed and Richard Scheer for continuing to be the rock in managing our financials. General Members Robert Hoehne who has worked on social media marketing through the year, and Mark Riley for cleaning up issues in the website content. Bec Morton and myself (Garry Wall) are part of the new committee.

Finally, thanks to the State Representatives on the National Committee for contributing across a range of activities, for communicating to the Regional Committees ensuring they understand the actions and interests of the National Committee and for representing the views of members and Regional Committees into the National Committee to shape decisions.

Garry Wall

President, Audax Australia Cycling Club Inc.  

Lifetime Membership Awarded: Howard Dove & Bec Morton

Bec and Howard received their Lifetime Membership at the AGM held in Bright on 26th of January, 2018. The nomination for their award can be read in full. Lifetime Membership is the highest honour Audax can award, and recognises contribution to the club across ride organising, volunteering, service at regional level and service at the national level, along with actual achievements in long distance cycling.

AGM and Election for General Reps

The Annual General Meeting of the Audax Australia Cycling Club Inc will be held at
4pm on Friday 26th of January 2018 at:
Bright Senior Citizens Centre

cnr Cobden and Ireland Streets,
Bright, Victoria

AGM Documentation

There will only be limited copies of the reports printed for the meeting. Attendees are encouraged to download and read without printing.

• Meeting Minutes from 2017 AGM (to be approved at 2018 AGM)  and previous President's Report, Treasurers Report, Financial Statements & Award Recipients
• Treasurer's Report for year to Oct, 2017
• Financial Statements for year to Oct, 2017

Election 

At the close of nominations for the Audax Australia National Committee we have received seven nominations for the four general member positions. As outlined in the constitution this requires an election to be concluded at the Annual General Meeting to be held in Bright on 26 January 2018. Recognising that a significant number of members may not be able to attend the meeting email votes on the attached for can be forwarded to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. until January 25. Please note that you must be a current financial member of Audax Australia and that you may only vote once.  Ballot Paper in Word Document Form

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Alpine Classic Announcement

Audax Australia Cycling Club announces the sale of the Audax Alpine Classic to SME360

The Audax Alpine Classic has been Audax Australia’s marquee event and one of Australia’s premier cycling events for over three decades. It has become the ultimate family friendly sportive ride in Australia.

 In recent years a number of key personnel, who have contributed so much to shape this event, have decided to retire or reduce their commitment to running the Alpine Classic. Despite our best efforts the club has been unable to recruit members to fill these key positions. It was therefore decided to consider options for the future of the event.

 Over the past three years the Victorian Region Committee of Audax Australia has worked very hard to secure the future of the event, investigating various management options, both in-house and external, including passing the event to the community and sale options. Disbanding the event was only ever fleetingly considered. Ultimately, after extensive consultation, to ensure the Alpine Classic's continuation the difficult decision was made to sell the event.

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