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Club News

Summer 2018/2019

46 Staniland Street,

Orange Grove. 6109 WA

0455 055 299

austriaclubofwa@bigpond.com

www.austriaclubofwa.com.au www.facebook.com/austriaclubwa

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Contents Notice 3

Your Committee Reports 4

Event Roster 8

Event Posters 10

Oktoberfest Celebrations 12

Recipe 13

Births, Birthdays, Marriages, or Passings 14

5 Things to do and see in Austria 15

Austria Club Puzzles & Fun 18

Die Kindereker 21

Lernen wir Deutsch 22

Committee Contact 23

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NOTICE

Austria Club of WA will be closed from the 2nd to the 17th of January,

2019. We will reopen on Friday 18th of January, 2019.

Austria Club of WA appreciates the ongoing support it receives from all of its

members.

SPONSORING

We aim to increase advertising through Internet, Newspapers, Radio and Posters etc to

advise members, guests and the public about the Austria Club and its activities.

We intend to approach local business organisations for advertising in this newsletter

If you wish to advertise any items we will be happy to do so as a service.

Fees; Full page - $100 / Year

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Quarter Page $25 / Year

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AustriaClubWA

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Your Committee Reports

President

Sunday 14th of October 2018, new members were elected to the

Committee of Austria Club of WA.

Hello to all our members,

It was great to see a good turnout for

our October AGM and I wish to thank all

members who attended and took an

interest in our Club's affairs.

I am extremely honoured to be the new

President of Austria Club of WA and I am

looking forward to working with our new

committee, to achieve the best possible

outcomes to benefit all of our members.

Our Club will be known as a friendly and

enjoyable place to visit.

Working with the committee we will

endeavour to do our best over the next

12 months and nothing will please us

more than seeing good attendances at

all our functions.

We thank the outgoing Committee

Members, retiring President Wilhelm

Vormair and retiring Editor/Acting

Secretary Tom Lea, for their contribution

to the club.

Newly elected Committee Members are:

Secretary Andrew French

Editor Jay Wreford

Catering Manager Lesley Herbert.

We welcome back re-elected

Committee Members:

Entertainment Officer

Gudrun Rosche

Treasurer Stuart Drake

Minute Keeper Aileen Kleyn.

We have 2 new elected Trustees Ken

Sherlock, Noella Gillmore and re-

elected Trustee Christa Klink. Betty

Elliot has been elected as Bookings

Officer.

As this newsletter will be the last

edition for 2018, I would like wish all

our valued members all the best this

holiday season.

May your heart and home be filled with

all the joys the Festive Season brings.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

The Club will be closed from the 1st

January and reopened on Friday 18th

January, with our Grand Opening Dance

on Saturday 19th January, 2019.

Wendy Gaugg

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Vice President

This year's AGM has come and gone

and I think everyone will agree that it

was one of our best meetings. We

enjoyed a great feeling of positiveness

and we remain optimistic for the

forthcoming future. I would like to

welcome the newly elected members

to the committee, and I would like to

express my thanks to the outgoing

members for all the hard work. They

have all helped make our Club a great

success.

We are at present spending a great

deal of time writing the Club’s new

constitution that will be presented to

the members before the next half

yearly members meeting. In the

meantime, the festive season is fast

approaching and the entertainment

staff have got a number of exciting

events planned. As you all know, I

spend a lot of time talking to members

and the feeling is that there is a very

good and friendly atmosphere within

the Club. However, this can only be

sustained with your support. The

Thursday Dance Class is going from

strength-to-strength and we are

seeing more new members joining this

event evening. Come along and put

your best foot forward.

The Sunday afternoon Quiz is both a

fun event with raffles and prizes and it

is raising money for the club. Equally

important, the Sunday Quiz is now also

raising money for local charities

including Cancer Research and people

with disabilities. A number of tables (3

& 6) regularly donate their winnings to

the nominated charity the next Quiz,

which is on the 18th November will

raise money for the Leukaemia

Foundation; nominated by Stella

Burma, a long-time member of the

Club and before the Epilepsy Society. If

members wish to nominate a charity,

please give pass the details to us and

come along to support the Quiz. I

would like to close by wishing you all a

wonderful Christmas and a happy and

safe New Year.

Steve Cawkwell

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Secretary

Hello Austria Club Members,

I welcome this opportunity to write my

first article in the Newsletter as Secretary.

As with all things new, I have found the

role of Secretary quite daunting but at the

same time exciting. I would like to thank

both Kassie McKarres and Tom Lea for

their assistance in the transition. . Due to the way the world is going, the

Club is trying to keep pace with

technology. We have a lot of paper-based

records that need to be uploaded to the

main computer system, in order to

maintain the secure storage of the

information contained in them. This is a

mammoth task, but I am currently

chiselling my way through. I am hoping to

have this finalised over the Christmas

period. The need to do this is not only

ensure the security of the documents, but

also to allow for a smooth transition for

future Committee Members. Having all

the documents stored electronically will

allow authorised access from a location

outside of the Club, which will streamline

the way the Committee Members

communicate with each other.

We have had two meetings now and the

new Committee and I am happy to

report that we are working very well

together. The aim is to keep the

momentum going to ensure that the

governance of the Club meets

Constitutional requirements, whilst at

the same time creating new ways to

increase the number of people who

patronise the Club.

The Sub Committee who are

constructing the new constitution are

making good headway and we are

hoping to have something for the

members to view in the first quarter of

2019.

Try as I might it is very hard to make

administration sound exciting, so I will

close off by saying that I welcome all

manner of questions or suggestions in

relation to the Club and I am looking

forward to a prosperous new year.

Best Regards

Andrew French

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Treasurer

Dear Members

The 2017/18 financial year is now closed

and my apologies to those who attended

the AGM, you already know how this

story ends.

The bottom line for the year is the Club

reported a loss of $15,734. The result,

while disappointing on the face of it,

comes with many positives. Compared to

the previous year, we grew total revenue

through, most notably, a 20.7% increase

in total Bar Sales. As has been mentioned

previously, the other significant factor

was the replacement of the roof which

meant there was three-fold increase in

repairs and maintenance.

The Committee has made a concerted

decision to make improvements to the

Club, where required, to improve the

facilities. It goes without saying that a

degree of financial prudence must be

applied to any such decision (and all

financial decisions for that matter) to

preserve the Club's financial position.

Such is the joy of financial reporting that

as the 2018 year fades into the distance,

we are well into the 2019 financial year.

For the three months to September

2018, we have recorded a modest profit

of $4,978. It would be nice to say that

result could be extrapolated for the full

year and completely reverse the loss of

last year.

However very few financial forecasts

come true, so I will reframe from

saying that.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New

Year to all.

Stuart Drake

Trustee

Thank you to all of our members that

attended our AGM and congratulations

to the new Committee Members, who

have been elected to the committee.

We appreciate you giving up some of

your precious time to volunteer as a

Committee Member.

Your Committee has created a

Calendar of Events to accommodate

our various members’ social

preferences. We welcome your input

for future events and if you have a

suggestion for an event, please feel

free to let us know.

To all of our members, your ongoing

support is vital to the future our Club.

Your attendance at our varied events is

of great value and we thank you for

that.

Ursular Kopp

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Entertainment

We have a few different dance bands entertaining us over The Summer of

2018/2019, so keep a lookout for updates provided on both our website and

facebook pages.

New Year’s Eve tickets are almost sold out. We have two different tickets for

you to choose from:

$25 Ticket: Entry only

$50 Ticket: Entry and a delicious meal.

Be sure to book your table by calling your Booking Officer on 0455 055 299,

and your ticket purchase can be made at our Austria Club bar.

Happy New Year to all of you and we look forward to seeing you safe and well

in 2019.

Betty Elliot

December 2018

Sunday

2nd Sundowner - Stuey the Music Man 4:30 - 7:30.

Saturday

8th Krampus Dance with Frisco 7:30 - 11pm.

Sunday

9th Quiz Afternoon starting at 3pm.

Thursday

13th Beginner’s Ballroom Christmas Wind-up 6 - 7pm.

Sunday

16th Children’s Christmas Party 3 - 5pm.

Saturday

22nd

Christmas Carols at Austria Club 6:30 - 7:30

Austria Club Christmas Dance 7:30 - 11pm.

Entertainment for both events will be provided by Inside Cover.

Monday

31st New Year’s Eve Dance with Frisco 7:30 - 1am.

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January 2019

Friday

18th

Austria Club of WA will reopen.

Doors open at 6pm.

Saturday

19th Reopening Dance with The Mustangs 7:30 - 11pm.

Thursday

24th

Beginner’s Ballroom Commencement of Dance Night

7 - 9pm.

February 2019

Sunday

3rd Sundowner with Essence 4:30 - 7:30.

Thursday

7th Senior’s Day

Sunday

10th Quiz Afternoon starting at 3pm.

Saturday

16th

Chinese New Year Dance celebration with Frisco 7:30

- 11pm.

Sunday

24th

Fasching - Kinder Dress-up Carnival for kids starting

at 3pm.

Austria Club of WA is proud to announce the return of Memphis Rockers, at our Club in March 2019.

We will announce further details closer to the date.

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Austria Club of WA

This year’s Oktoberfest was yet another success, not to mention a terrific debut for our newly elected President Wendy Gaugg.

A big Danke Schön to all of you who participated in this year’s Oktoberfest!

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