Due to the COVID‑19 pandemic the 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be a virtual/hybrid meeting.  Only the President, Michael Brooks, Treasurer, Don Alexander and Vice President, Edwina Wright will be at the meeting venue.  All current Financial Members, Life Members and Hall of Fame Members will be provided with a link to enter the meeting, which will be live streamed on Zoom.  

We do have five constitutional changes that require a vote and one nomination for Life Membership.  The constitutional changes will be put on the ASRL Web Site to allow any discussion that members may require prior to voting.

Voting will open for these at 10.00 am on Wednesday, 10 June and close at the conclusion of discussion of these items on Saturday, 27 June.  All members will receive an email providing a unique link for access to the vote, controlled by our webmaster Perry Brennan.  Members will be asked for a simple yes or no.  Constitutional changes require a 75% acceptance and the Life Membership requires a simple majority. 

TO READ THE FULL AGENDA, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES - CLICK HERE

YOU CAN ALSO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES ON THE FORUM BY CLICKING HERE

With greatest of sadness we wish to inform you all of the passing of Graeme James Knox, AKA The Zom peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday 27th May after a tragically Short battle with Cancer.

Zom was a Giant in the Sport of Surfboat Rowing both here and abroad, leaving a legacy of positive change to Racing we as Rowers enjoy to this day.

Zom Loved his family and his extended family of Boaties all over the World. In recent times Zom had made the microphone “his Own” as one of our Sport’s Premier Boat Race Commentators’ across all levels of Competition.

TO READ MORE ABOUT 'THE ZOM' AND HIS LEGACY TO SURF ROWING, PLEASE CLICK HERE

NOTICE OF 2020 AGM

DATE: 27 JUNE 2020
TIME: 10.00am AEST
LOCATION: Virtual AGM (100% online)

* An open forum for all members will follow the AGM * 
Due to the current health emergency in Australia with the COVID‑19 and the restrictions in place for close proximity, we will be holding a Hybrid (physical location) and Virtual (online facilities) AGM. Our Constitution under “Objects” says that we must “(b) act at all times on behalf of and to represent the interests of the Members and surf rowing throughout Australia and worldwide”. Australian Securities and Investments Commission also has some guidelines on this subject in support of the Hybrid and Virtual AGM during this health emergency in Australia. The electronic vote will be available as required to undertake the business of the meeting.

Call for ASRL Committee Nominations:
In accordance with the ASRL Constitution clause 20, the ASRL Committee hereby calls for nominations for Treasurer and 3 Vice-Presidents. These positions are currently held by Don Alexander – Treasurer, Nick Sampson, Edwina Wright and Rod Costa - Vice-Presidents.

Continuing in their current positions for a further 12 months are Michael Brooks - President, Natasha Tunney - Secretary and Don Cotterill, Grant Wilkinson and Geoff Wilson - Vice-Presidents.

Nominations must be made in writing, signed by 2 current ASRL Members and accompanied by the nominee’s written consent (form available via the link below). Nominations must be delivered to the ASRL Secretary, no later than 28 days prior to the 2020 ASRL Annual General Meeting, ie, 10:00am, 30 May 2020.

TO READ THE FULL NOTICE OF MEETING, FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE POSITIONS VACANT AND TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE NOMINATION FORM, PLEASE CLICK HERE

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• Club presentation night for outstanding crews and perpetual trophies

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Due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis the ASRL have made a number of decisions in the best interested of all members, and to follow current state and federal government guidelines.

MAY CONFERENCE

The annual May conference has been postponed with a date to be determined throughout the year. We are aiming for this conference to held in September, although this is pending future state and federal government guidelines.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)

After seeking advice from Dept of Fair Trading NSW we are going to hold our Annual General Meeting as a ‘virtual’ AGM (online only). We are working on confirming the technology to hold the AGM and once we are comfortable with the technology, we will announce a date for this to be held.

The ASRL committee would like to wish the best for our members for the uncertain times ahead. We look forward to seeing you on the beach once again later in the year.