Skylines Australia Victoria Ltd.

Skylines Australia Victoria Ltd.
2005 annual report
contents
president’s report
2
treasurer’s report
4
balance sheet
5
activity review
6
Skylines Australia Victoria Ltd. – Committee
President
–
Andrew Richmond (Snowman)
ar@austechwire.com.au
Cruise events
–
Ashley Cosgriff (R31Nismoid)
ACosgriff@superpartners.biz
Vice President
–
Alan Calleja (Al)
alancalleja_au@yahoo.com.au
Social events
–
Alan Clark (Clarkey)
clarkey62@optusnet.com.au
Treasurer
–
David Lee (Leewah)
David.Lee@melbourneit.com.au
Club PR
–
Peter Blythe (Bass Junky)
pblythe@machinemakers.com.au
Secretary &
Membership
–
Adam Nightingale (Adzmax)
Adz@turbonet.com.au
Webmaster
–
Shan Moorthy (funkymonkey)
Shan@j-spec.com.au
Motorsport
–
Chris Thompson (Scotsman)
christhomson@hotmail.com
Newsletter
–
James Ward (Jamezilla)
golgo@jamezilla.com
2005 annual report
page 1
SMAUG by Joel Strickland
president’s report
The inaugural year of Skylines Australia Victoria Inc has
been a very busy and demanding time for all parties
involved. But it has also been very rewarding as the initial
short term goals of the club have mostly been exceeded,
and those of us on the committee are delighted with the
progress of the club given such a short period of time.
A clubs life support is based around its member's base.
And at the writing of this report we had 127 members
which is fantastic.
There are several reasons why people would join a car
club and these reasons include:
• CAMS affiliation for those wanting to
participate in motor sports
• Social Community of people with common
interests
• Member benefits and discounts
• Access to technical information nights etc.
Addressing these four points have been the key objectives
of the committee during this first year.
2005 annual report
The first thing arranged was CAMS affiliation. This is more
than just providing access to members for motor sport but
provides us as a club (and most importantly us as a
committee) public liability insurance for ALL activities the
club partakes in - even social functions.
Once CAMS was established, our aim was to organise
track access for members who wanted to participate in a
structured yearly motor sport championship. We don't have
the member base, nor the experience to run our own track
days so an affiliation was formed with the WRX Club of
Victoria to run our championship in conjunction with their
track days. It's been mutually beneficial to both clubs and
has so far worked great. I'm a firm believer in promoting
motor sport as I like to see guys racing in a safe environment rather than on the streets. So far in 2005 we have
had around 25 members participate in at least one of the
3 motor sport days so I think that side has been a great
success.
The biggest strength of the club so far however is the social
side. Our monthly meetings at the Bell's Hotel usually have
at least 50 people and are a very friendly environment.
We also have regular cruises, we had the clubs biggest
stand for Autosalon in April, we have been go-karting,
and also regular weekend away trips in conjunction with
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president’s report cont...
the track days where usually only half the attendee's are
actually competing.
The area we are working hardest on at the moment is
member benefits. Our sponsorship proposals have been
written but as I hope you can appreciate getting backing
when you are so new as a club is a difficult task. However,
we do already have some benefits such as discounts at
Racebrakes and are VERY close to finalising deals with
companies such as Centreline, Oils World and Phillips
Auto to name a few. We also have a limited range of club
merchandise that members can purchase at a discounted
rate. The club polo's are hugely popular however, and we
are constantly working on other merchandise products.
Finally - on the technical side we had our first technical
speaker at the last Club Meeting. Steve and Dave from
Maltech came and spoke about rubber and braided brake
lines. Also - you would have noticed our current History
lessons in the newsletters. We already have further teaching plans in future newsletter productions.
Looking ahead to the future our number one objective is to
not only increase our current members base but to ensure
those current members have continued reasons to renew
their memberships in 2006.
Future activities planned for the rest of the year include the
September Autosalon Semi-Finals, a club Show and Shine,
the inaugural Annual Dinner and Awards night, Christmas
BBQ and numerous cruises and other social outings. We
are also continuing to work on member benefits, club
sponsors, and club merchandise - including a small range
of Team Wang items coming soon.
Andrew Richmond
SAU Vic President
member facts
The majority of members are aged 25 and under
There are 3 members aged over 50
Only 2 members share a birthday
There are 5 R31 Skylines beloning to members
The most popular car is an R33 GTSt
The second most popular is an R32 GT-R
Subaru’s are the most common non-Skyline
There are 6 Midnight Purple R33 GT-Rs
There is only 1 Bayside Blue R34 GT-R
The most popular colour is black
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page 3
LEEWAH GT-R by Mark Pakula
treasurer’s report
As SAU-Vic is a registered car club which promotes safety,
With the formal establishment of Skylines Australia (Vic)
(SAU-Vic) membership fees made up the majority of income our affiliation with CAMS requires us to pay a fee for
organised cruise days and track events to cover insurance
capital.
and public liability.
In the first 8 months of being officially recognised, SAU-Vic
signed up over 117 fully paid members. A limited number Being a non profit organisation, all monies raised by
SAU-Vic is put back into the club for merchandise producof honorary memberships were also given to a number of
tion and event organisation which benefits its members and
people who donated time or services to the club. Initial
membership revenue provided a strong base for events and to a lesser extent other SAU-Vic forum users.
merchandise purchasing such as lanyards and polo shirts.
Furthermore, to help boost initial club capital, membership Ongoing fees such as CAMS affiliation and the post office
box will continue into the future and will be factored into
fees were raised from $50 to $70 as of 1 January 2005.
next years expenditure.
Even with the increase in fees, membership continues to
grow strongly.
The SAU-Vic committee is investigating options of sponsorship from various businesses in an effort to find another
Profits from merchandise sales were reinvested into the
revenue source and encourage new members to sign up.
club. SAU-Vic is on the second run of shirt orders and
lanyards are now being distributed to other states due to
The committee is confident of a prosperous year ahead
popularity. The committee is planning to produce more
with the renewal of existing memberships and the signing
SAU-Vic merchandise for its members and will continue to
of new members combined with greater promotion of
market these items interstate to provide income.
SAU-Vic merchandise all leading to strong capital growth
The largest expenditure for SAU-Vic in its short history was for the club.
CAMS affiliation fees and merchandise production which
David Lee
increased the exposure of SAU-Vic to the public.
SAU Vic Treasurer
2005 annual report
page 4
treasurer’s report – financial statement
BALANCE SHEET FOR SKYLINES AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA) @ 1 May 2005
CASH RECEIPTS
Memberships
Interest
Event - Driver Dynamics
Event - Great Ocean Road Camping
Merchandise - Sales
Merchandise - Lanyards
$5,920.00
$7.11
$945.00
$135.00
$1,325.00
$175.00
Total
$8,507.11
Less CASH PAYMENTS
Merchandise Production
CAMS Affiliation 2004
CAMS Affiliation 2005
CAMS - Great Ocean Road Cruise
SAU PO Box
Banking Fees
$2,940.25
$220.00
$704.00
$55.00
$160.25
$0.45
Total
$4,079.95
Cash on hand
$4,427.16
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CRUISE by James Ward
activity review
Initial Members BBQ
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Tsunami appeal show
AutoSalon – April ‘05
AutoSalon – Melbourne F1 Grand Prix
Defensive drivers course
Winton Fun days
Competition track days
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