[Waverley ARS] WIA Board Meets

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   The WIA Board met in Melbourne on Saturday 1 March and Sunday 2 March 
2008.
>
> It was the first face to face meeting attended by new Director, Eddie 
> Saunders, VK6ZSE and probably the last for retiring Director Trevor Quick 
> VK5ATQ. Most of the work of the Board is carried on through email and 
> phone.
>
> During the weekend the Directors were joined for tea breaks and lunch 
> breaks by Margaret Williams and Dianne Ashton from the WIA office, Graham 
> Kemp from the WIA broadcasts and Fred Swainston, for the WIA’s nominated 
> Registered Training Organisation.
>
> The Board reviewed all WIA activities and the present negotiations with 
> the ACMA in relation to the outsourcing of certain functions. On the 
> financial side the Board was assisted by Evan Mudie, from the WIA’s 
> auditors, and Jim Baxter, retiring WIA Treasurer. It was agreed that 
> attracting new amateurs remained very important and looking to other 
> parallel interests, such as boating, was seen as a useful approach.
>
> The Directors discussed the WIA’s requirement for premises at some length, 
> and it was agreed that the present arrangements, with an office with 
> inadequate meeting space, and with inadequate storage (the WIA pays for 
> separate facilities) did not meet the organisations present needs.
>
> The arrangements for the WIA’s AGM at Broken Hill were reviewed. Full 
> details will be published in the March Amateur Radio.