Breaking News - As they Say in the Media

---- We open most Fridays from 5 pm. Meals on first Friday of month ---- 

The situation regarding entry to the Tanunda Recreation Park and thus the Hut has changed. You can now enter through the new entrance near the playground in Bilyara Road.

Apparently the bitumenisation has been completed.

Hooray! We're now listed on Google Maps

---- We open most Fridays from 5 pm. Meals on first Friday of month ---- 

Now we are on Google Maps more people may find us. Feedback suggested that even some locals didn't know where our Hut is so we decided to do something about that. 

When we checked Google Maps, the Tanunda Recreation Park toilet, the show hall, playground, and the football club were flagged on the Tanunda map, but absolutely nothing appeared indicating our beloved Hut.  It was just a grey shape after one zoomed in on the map but if you didn't know what it was, it remained just a grey shape.

After contacting Google Maps administration several times we managed to get both the Hut flagged and the new entrance off Bilyara Road as previously our address was shown often on Park Street because it's parallel with it.

Google still has some updating to do, but you can find our location here marked as 18.

Now that you know exactly where we are, please come visit us on Friday evenings.

 

Highlights from Committee Meeting 13 Feb 23

---- We open most Fridays from 5 pm. Meals on first Friday of month ---- 

We had an interesting meeting last night and reviewed some of our standard operating procedures to improve performance and take into account our new committee members. Exciting times!

Here's a bird's eye view of some of the things we have planned:

1. We are establishing small sub-committee teams to manage such things as catering, events, purchase and stock control of memorabilia, bar management, and more
2. We're considering running a survey to find out whether our members would like us to do something different or better
3. Committee members are running a "Working Bee" on Friday, 24 Feb 23 to clean up around the hut and maybe paint it. What colour would you like to see?
4. An advert and associated two-fold pamphlet is planned for distribution through the Tanunda Tourist Centre and other venues
5. 18-19 April will be our Memorabilia sales days with our kiosk outside Foodland Tanunda
6. 25 March is our first scheduled Sausage Sizzle at Mitre 10, Nuriootpa
7. Our "The Bugle" newsletter will get back on track and issued quarterly with posted copies to members without internet and email access
8. A recruitment drive is in order and we're keen to let people know where we are, how to find us and when we are open (can you help us with this? Spread the message.)
9. The Department of Veterans Affairs has given us a $10,000 grant to build an Honour Board Memorial within The Hut for which we are most appreciative. This is the third such DVA grant we have benefited from in the last three years
10. Our cannon has been reconditioned and we are determining where it can best be situated given the ongoing construction and landscaping activities within the Tanunda Recreation Park. At present it's waiting silently in a nearby shed

Any help you can give us by volunteering at any time will be gratefully accepted. 

If you are reading this and you're not a member, you can visit us any Friday evening for our Happy Hour which usually lasts longer than an hour, and meet our members. 

You don't need to be a serving or military veteran to join. Find out more here.

Management Committee Meeting

---- We open most Fridays from 5 pm. Meals on the first Friday of the month ---- 

The Management Committee consisting of 11 members, two of whom were newly elected at our 2022 Annual General Meeting in November, will meet on Monday, 13th February 23 for the first time this year.

Your committee meets every second month to discuss numerous issues relating to the efficient and effective running of the Club.

At this meeting, one of the key agenda items is preparing for ANZAC Day 23. Although it's a one-day event, preparing for it and similarly Remembrance Day takes a lot of work and requires a lengthy lead time.

We also plan and carry out two major fundraising activities at pop-up kiosks outside Foodland Tanunda preceding ANZAC Day and Remembrance Day and three sausage sizzles at Mitre 10, Nuriootpa.

During 2022 we held two highly successful Fashion Parades in conjunction with Lambert Estate and Dressed4Success.

Everyone on the committee is a volunteer, we have no paid staff and do not receive any financial assistance to run the club, our expenses are all covered by donations as we are a not-for-profit organisation. Fortunately, other members who are not on the committee assist us with fundraising and commemorative activities. 

If you are interested in volunteering for any of our activities, please contact us.

The names of our committee members may be found here.

What are You Doing on Friday 3 February?

The first Happy Hour for 2023 begins at 5 pm next Friday. 

You'll have a chance to catch up with your fellow members whom you may not have seen since early December. 

You'll have a lot to chat about as you share a few Christmas - New Year stories and enjoy a cool refreshment - or a cup of coffee, and a few snacks.

We hope to see you there.