TEERA Annual General Meeting - 7.00PM Friday 3 February - Pat Lamprey's Paddock, Smith and Others Rd, Sassafras

The 2022 TEERA Annual General Meeting will be held at 7.00PM, Friday 3 February in Pat Lamprey's Paddock, Smith and Others Rd, Sassafras.

AGENDA

  1. To confirm the minutes of the 2021 AGM (Minutes available here).

  2. To receive various reports:

  3. To elect the Committee members:

Four written nominations were received by the secretary for the five vacant positions – Mark Dunn, Angie Clark, Deb Wyllie and Carolyn Foley-Jones. As the number of nominations do not exceed the number of vacancies those nominated are deemed to be elected.

There is one spot on SMC still to be filled. Nominations will be called from the floor of the AGM to fill this position

4.      To appoint the auditors and agree their remuneration.

5. Special Business:

  • Motion regarding the need to issue receipts for some financial transactions – motion and rationale is here.

  • Motion re removing the need for the TEERA accounts to be formally audited – motion and rationale is here and here.

6. Other business

Mark Dunn
TEERA Secretary

Reminder - SMC nominations

The deadline for lodgement of nominations to the TEERA state management committee (SMC) is 5.00PM on Saturday 31 December. There are 5 spots up for grabs.

If there are only five nominations, those nominated are deemed to be elected. If there are fewer than five, those nominated are deemed to be elected and nominations for the unfilled spot(s) will be called from the floor of the Annual General Meeting, to be held in Pat Lamprey’s paddock at 7.00PM on Friday 3 February. If there are still fewer than five nominations, the SMC may (but does not have to) co-opt additional members as it sees fit.

The nomination form can be downloaded here.

I urge you to consider nominating for SMC to support our sport in 2023.

Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary

2023 TEERA fees and charges, membership renewals

Membership renewals now open

The TEERA SMC met this week to finalise the 2023 TEERA budget and set the 2023 membership and ride fees and charges.

It will come as no surprise to anyone that insurance costs for our sport, in line with insurance costs in general, have increased by almost 50% in the last two years. As a result of this the SMC has reluctantly had to increase both membership and ride fees for 2023. Increases have been limited to the minimum amount necessary to cover TEERA’s projected costs for 2023. Somewhat paradoxically, the cost of personal accident insurance has not risen for 2023.

A complete list of 2023 fees and charges has been published on the Forms page of this website as has the 2023 membership application / renewal form. The membership form has a link to the 2023 personal accident insurance application form.

Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary

TEERA state management committee (SMC) elections

Nominations have opened for the election of 5 TEERA members to the 2023 TEERA state management committee (SMC).

TEERA members remaining on SMC as they have served only half of their current two year terms are Kirstie Lockhart, Jessica Goulding, Trenton Huxtable, Grace Huxtable and Andrew Miles.

As there are only nine members of the SMC at present, the terms of the remaining four have ended. They are Mark Dunn, Felicity Perry, Angie Clarke and Deb Wyllie.

FIVE SMC places need to be filled. Please consider nominating for the 2023 SMC and contributing to the running of endurance riding in this state.

The nomination form can be downloaded here. Nominations close at 5PM on 31 December 2022. Should more than 5 nominations be lodged an election to choose the 5 successful candidates will be conducted in January 2023 with the results announced at the Annual general meeting on 3 February.

The nomination form has a second page for those who wish to provide notices of motion for consideration at the annual general meeting.

Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary

State Championships - nominations open tonight (8 Nov) at 7PM

Nominations for the TEERA State Championships open at 7.00PM Tuesday 8 November.

55km, 95km and 160km rides are on offer. The two shorter rides are elevator rides - riders can retire at 40k in the 55kkm event and at 80km in the 95km event.

Click here to nominate.

Nominations Close: 8.00PM Wednesday Nov 16

Queries about the event should be directed to Deb Wyllie - Ph: 0408177206 E-Mail: deborah.wyllie@bigpond.com

CANCELLED - Pyengana ride - CANCELLED

Friday 7.30AM Update - Ride cancelled

The sad decision to cancel the event was made this morning. This is because of uncertainty about access for many people and, also, the Tas Police advice to avoid unnecessary travel.

Instructions on how to request a ride entry refund are available here.

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The forecast for Pyengana for Saturday looks good —> ‘Mostly sunny day. Medium chance of showers in the late afternoon and evening. Light winds becoming west to northwesterly 15 to 20 km/h in the middle of the day then becoming light in the evening..

There are no plans to cancel or postpone the ride - the track was planned with rain in mind - history tells us it does get wet up there.

While there are issues on some northern, north-west and north-east roads as of 7PM Thursday, ride organisers are hopeful these will be resolved by Friday.

If there is any change, you can read about it here - watch this space.

You should also keep an eye out here —> https://www.police.tas.gov.au/community-alerts/

Mark Dunn
Ride chief steward

State Championship dates confirmed - help needed

At its meeting last week, the TEERA SMC confirmed that the 2022 Tasmanian State Endurance Championships will be held from 18-20 November out of Santarena Park, Scottsdale. 160km, 95km and 40km rides (40km TBC) will be offered.

The event will be managed by the TEERA SMC with assistance from NEEEC members to mark the track and provide local knowledge and assistance on the ground at the event. As you all know, running a 160km ride is a huge undertaking and the SMC will need help making it happen.

To that end, SMC is asking each club to support the event by providing one person to assist. This may take the form of assisting at a time gate, acting as a TPR or penciller, assisting in the ride office, assisting with catering for ride officials etc etc.

Similarly, the SMC is also seeking support from any individual member who is able to help.

The SMC would be grateful if you could signal your ability to assist by contacting Deb Wyllie by 15 September.

Deb can be contacted by phone on 0408 177 206 or by email at deborah.wyllie@bigpond.com.

Agenda - 10.00AM 30 July SMC Meeting - Riverlands, Longford

The agenda for the 30 July SMC meeting is now available on the Meetings page of this website. Please note there are some confidential matters on the agenda - any mention of these has been redacted from the agenda.

Please note, this meeting was adjourned part way through the agenda. It will be resumed at 6.30PM on 16 August in Burnie. Meeting details will be circulated closer to that date.

Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary

Agenda - 21 June SMC Meeting

The agenda for the 21 June SMC meeting is now available on the Meetings page of this website. Please note there are some confidential matters on the agenda - any mention of these has been redacted from the agenda.

A reminder that, also on the agenda, are a number of proposed changes to Rules in the AERA Rulebook. These were emailed to members on 1 June. All members are invited to attend the meeting and have their say on the proposed changes.

Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary

Did You Love The Wattlewood Park Ride? Let Them Know...

The TEERA SMC has put together a ride review form for those in attendance at rides to complete after the event. The aim is that ride organising committees can see what they did well or maybe what needs to be improved!

‘Feedback is free education to excellence, give it with sincerity receive it with grace’

Click here to complete the feedback form for the Wattlewood Park ride.

Mark Dunn
TEERA secretary