Bearbrass had its first monthly meeting under the new management of President Sue on Tuesday April 12. Highlights were induction of new members Diane N (pic top left) and Geoff H. (top right), with a warm welcome to our club.
Jan S spruiked our next big outing for several days to Apollo Bay in the first week of May, with around 16 members already signed in.
Vice-President Jill organised a valuable evaluation session of our club by members, who split into four groups to discuss how to make Bearbrass well attuned to member interests and more user-friendly in all aspects of administration. Plenty of good input occurred which will be reported on in our next May general meeting.
After morning tea were enjoyed the talk by Bianca Friend, Development Executive at Australian Wildlife Conservancy. This foundation manages an astounding variety of national parks and conservancy zones, some involving hundreds of thousands of hectares. She spelt out the difficulties and costs (like fencing!) of halting the devastation of Australian native species that has already led to several dozen extinctions.
About half the attendees went on to enjoy lunch at Tap831 with its invariably tasty and prompt tucker.
