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NCRS Australian Chapter Meet - Vettmania in Tasmania February 29th - March 11th, 2008 Below is the full itinerary of our Chapter Meet, please read and we would love you to come along, it will be a great trip. If you haven’t been to Tasmania, this will be an excellent opportunity to see it. You do not have to participate in our Judging Meet in Hobart, we will be arranging other activities for those who want to “”do their own thing”” and then join in on the Road Tour Home again. If you intend to join us, please contact Murray on 0402-917400 or email eagleviews@bigpond.com. Murray will then forward to you the entrant form for you to complete, along with the application form for the accommodations. There is a Booking Number on the accommodation, so you will get the rate organized by NCRS Australia Inc. Murray Forman Tasmania 2008 Meet Friday 29th February: Leave Sydney and drive to Canberra, pick up other members then continue through the Highlands, Jindabyne, Perisher, across the mountain through to Albury and stay the night at Siesta the cost will be $125/night per couple. Dine in “The Bullring” Restaurant. Saturday 1st March: Drive on to Melbourne, visit wineries and other attractions. Then catch ferry across to Tasmania. Arrive 6-30pm for an 8-00pm departure for an overnight travel $199/head twin berth with porthole cabin. Sunday 2nd March: Arrive Devonport at 7-00am. Drive to Strahan. Arrive In Strahan at midday, do the Gordon River Cruise, leaving at 2-45pm and returning by 8-15pm. The cruise costs $78/head. Have dinner in the Village restaurant. Stay the night in Strahan Village. Your choice of accommodation is as follows: Monday 3rd March: Today we have a choice, the passengers can, if they wish, take the “Wilderness Railway” from Strahan to Queenstown, which is approx 3hrs trip @ $89-00/head. Tuesday 4th March: This morning we will have a “WELCOME BREAKFAST” After which we will have a Power Point Presentation, lunch will be provided at a cost of $20/head. Then we continue judging cars until approx 4-30pm. Once again, the night is yours to do as you please. No venue organized. You may wish to eat in the many restaurants including the revolving restaurant on the top of the Casino. Wednesday 5th March: Start judging cars at 9-00 am. Lunch will be provided at $20/head. Then continue judging until 4-30pm. At 6-00pm we will all meet in the front foyer and catch the Double Decker Tour Bus trip to “The Ball & Chain restaurant”. The dinner will be at the cost of $62/head for a 3 course meal. Buy your own drinks. The bus fee is included. Thursday 6th March: Start judging cars at 9-00 am. Lunch will be provided at $20/head. Complete judging cars with Operations by approx 4-30pm. At 6-00pm we will meet in the foyer to catch the Double Decker Bus trip to “MURES” Upper Deck Seafood Restaurant for our Presentation Dinner. The cost will be $75/head and buy your own drinks. The bus fee is included. Friday 7th March: Meet in the foyer at 7-00am (after breakfast), catch bus to dock area. Saturday 8th March: Depart Wrestpoint Casino 9-00am and drive to Coles Bay, stay at Freycienet Lodge. Enjoy the magnificent white sands of Wine Glass Bay. The cost here includes a full buffet breakfast for two: Depart by 9-00 am and travel to Launceston, do some site seeing around the area, drive to Devonport by 6-30pm. Then catch the 8-00pm ferry back to Melbourne. (The price is the same as before). Monday 10th March: Arrive at 7-00am Melbourne. Leave dock area and head South along the South Gipsland Highway, stopping off at various attractions (TBA), continue on to Lakes Entrance where we will stay the night at The Esplinade Resort & Spa. The rooms are: Tuesday 11th March: Leave approx 8-00am, drive back to Sydney, roughly an 8hr trip. NOTE: Click here to download a copy of the event details QLD NCRS Judging 3-5th April '07 and QLD Corvette convention 6-9th April
Corvettes of Queensland and NCRS Australia Inc will host the fourth Australian NCRS Flight Judging and Judging School event on April 3–5 2007 and the 19th National Corvette Convention on April 6-9 2007 at the Radisson Resort Gold Coast. Radisson Resort Palm Meadows Drive Gold Coast, QLD 4211. Event map, directions, and booking accommodations, can be done on the Radisson website http://www.radisson.com/corvette
Murray Forman
President NCRS Australia Inc.
NCRS AGM December 2006 The NCRS AGM was held on the 2nd Dec please click on the links below to download a copy of the president's report and the AGM minutes.
Click here to download a copy of the President's AGM Report (MS word format)
10/1/2006 - NCRS 2006 Membership Fees Increase The NCRS Board of directors has approved an NCRS membership dues increase effective January 1, 2006. This is the first increase in 10 years. The increase is necessary due to the continual rising cost of doing business. Over this 10 year period our cost has continually risen for such things as printing paper and postage for the Restorer and Driveline, cost of living increases for our employees and required equipment such as computers, software, etc., all have been necessary to better serve the membership. Effective January 1, 2006 our membership dues will be $35.00 for United States Postal Regions (except Florida); $36.00 for Florida Postal Regions; $42.00 for Canada Postal Regions; $60.00 for all other Postal Regions.
Our goal is and always will be to continue to make NCRS membership an outstanding “bang for the buck”. Where else can you receive 10 publications per year, the wealth of technical knowledge and information and best of all the great folks that make up NCRS.
Isn’t that too much? This cost increase represents an annual income of $80,000 per year ($5.00 times the 16,000 members). This increase will cycle through three year period before it is reflected as a total. Next year there are only 8600 renewal memberships due and it will be three years before the cycle is complete to a point that it reflects a $80,000.00 per year increase.
Why not stop charity giving rather than increase dues? Charity giving is something we should do as good citizens. Help those who need our help. Additionally, these dollars given from the national organization comes from interest off of our reserve funds. These reserve funds are set aside in accordance with our By-Laws, the interest off these funds could put us in a situation where we would have to pay taxes if they were not donated to a charity, which again could increase our cost of doing business.
Why is the cost increase to Canadian members $7.00? After reviewing the postage cost of mailing our 10 publications per year we determined that the increase to Canadian membership was necessary to cover the additional cost of postage to this area.
Why is the cost of the Florida members $6.00? The state of Florida applies a tax to membership dues.
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