Welcome to the Australian Capital Territory Chapter of the RANCBA   RANCBA ACT President's Report - AGM 07 October 2011. Fellow Communicators It is with honour that I present my report summarising the activities of the Chapter during the membership year 2010/2011. Your committee met 4 times during what, again was a comparatively quiet year for our chapter. The annual Xmas BBQ was again held on the foreshore of Lake Tuggeranong in Greenway. And again it was a very successful event. A number of new faces were able to get reacquainted and kick off the festive season with old shipmates. The 2011 BBQ will be held at a venue and date to be organised by the new committee. As you are aware the Association held its National Reunion in Adelaide this year. The event was well organised and all who attended had a great time. The BBQ, reception and the luncheon were all a success. Barry Sherriff and his team did a tremendous job. One outcome from the reunion was that the next National Reunion was not determined. It was notionally proposed that Canberra hold thenext reunion in 2014. This proposal will be discussed in the general business of this AGM. Our RANCBA ANZAC Day contingent in the ACT was looked after by Denise Butler this year Our group was led by CAPT Charles McHardie RAN and again had a good representation of uniformed personnel. The RANCBA walking group has continued to be successful with a number of regular participants. The walks are arranged at various locations in the ACT and Queanbeyan regions on a Tuesday or Thursday morning, on the second or third week of each month. The walks are around forty minutes with coffee afterwards. I would encourage those who can, to attend and would like to thank Ken Eynon for organising this activity. In closing this report, I would like to sincerely thank the 2010/11 committee for the work that they have done over the year. The committee will continue to promote activities that enable members to remain in contact with each other to this end I would also like to thank you all for ttending this our 19th AGM. I have now been president of this chapter for the last four years and both Chris and I have decided that it is probably time for some new ideas. We are both also retiring in January and will be looking at possibly moving to the north coast of NSW, to his end, and in accordance with the constitution, I would like to advise that I will step down as your president once this year’s executive and committee positions are declared vacant. I Have enjoyed my tenure as president and would like to thank everyone who has supported me. Ray Powell President RANCBA ACT 2011