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Annual General Meeting

In accordance with the Constitution and Standing Resolutions, Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Combined Probus Club of Belrose Inc. shall be held at:

The Forest Hotel on Thursday 12 March 2026 to commence at 11am for the purpose of conducting the following business:

Agenda

  • Meeting opens, President welcomes members and introduces and welcomes official guests.
  • Apologies
  • Minutes of last year’s AGM
  • Business arising from last year’s AGM
  • Correspondence (addressed to this year’s AGM)
  • Presentation of the President’s Annual Report
  • Presentation of the Annual Financial Statement
  • Appointment of Auditor
  • Election and induction of Officers and Committee Members
  • Elected President to assume position of Chairman of the meeting
  • General AGM Business
  • Announcement of date, place and time of next AGM
  • Close of AGM

Committee Nomination Form:

Download the Committee Nomination Form

Club President – Mike Hartnell

Welcome to March. A time of change, refreshment and renewal.

We didn’t have a social lunch in February because our January one was on 29th and the next one, at Manly, is on March 5th. But we did have some excellent events. The visit to the Art Gallery of NSW was very interesting with our lovely guide Lorraine telling us about the artists and explaining their work. Thanks very much Judee.

Next was the Past Presidents’ dinner at Belrose Hotel. Eleven Past Presidents of our club enjoyed a dinner and camaraderie together and discussed everything about our fabulous club. It was an honour to be in their distinguished company and to get the benefit of their ideas.

Do you remember about a year ago we had a terrific speaker, Andrew Campbell, the audiologist. He spoke to us about Hearing and Brain Health, stressing the importance of keeping our brains healthy, active and challenged by

  • Meeting new people and storing new memories (Probus is great for this)
  • Learning new skills, trying different things and storing new memories
  • Lifelong learning, always adding to our knowledge base

In my quest for lifelong learning I discovered Yossi Ben Halafta. Yossi was a Jewish man, born in 101 AD. He studied the Torah (the original Jewish religious document, which Christians know as the first 5 books of the Old Testament) and became a rabbi, eventually one of the most senior rabbis of his time. He decided he would use the information in the Torah to calculate exactly when God created heaven and earth and came up with the date 3760 BC. If you add the current year 2026 to that it means that the earth has had 5786 years of existence. Some Jewish web sites show the year as 5786.

At our general meetings we usually have more than 100 members in the room and our average age might be somewhere around 80. This means that we have over 8000 years of life experience in the room, significantly more than the whole world, according to Yossi and colleagues.

WHAT A POWERFUL, IMPRESSIVE GROUP WE ARE!

Carrying that powerful thought forward, we have the future ahead of us. In March we have our popular new President, Margaret Ayre and her new committee taking charge. Three of our existing committee members, Liz, Robyn and Brian will be taking a well earned break. We have such a lot to thank them for, so please feel free to do so. But we do have some exciting new talent coming into the committee and this next year will be one of our best. Congratulations and welcome to Margaret and her team. Please give them all your friendship and support.

Once again, I am grateful to everyone for making our club such a great place.

Look forward to seeing you soon. Have a terrific month.

Mike

Thought for the Month:

“Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier.”― Mother Teresa

Past Presidents

Stroke Information

Facial weakness, arm weakness and difficulty with speech are the most common signs of stroke, but they are not the only signs. Other signs of stroke may include one, or a combination of:

  • Weakness, numbness or paralysis of the face, arm or leg
  • Difficulty speaking or understanding
  • Dizziness, loss of balance or an unexplained fall
  • Loss of vision, sudden blurring or decreased vision
  • Headache, usually severe and abrupt onset
  • Unexplained change in the pattern of headaches
  • Difficulty swallowing. 

The signs of stroke may occur alone or in combination and they can last a few seconds or up to 24 hours and then disappear.

View the Stroke Information website

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