Our new Board: Val Galat, Lisa Brown, Gwen Austen, John Keller, Alison Kowalewski, Bert Carswell, Mark Garland, Richard Ward, Roy Wren, Andy Koberwitz, and Douglas Smith

I do believe the heading says it all, light would have been a great help at the Sunshine Coast Senior Activity Centre (SSAC) Annual General Meeting (AGM). The moment the meeting was called to order the power went out, and even more curiously, the moment adjournment was announced the power came back on.

Unfortunately, due to this outage some items of recognition were passed over fairly quickly, or as several Members have stated, “Thanks to the power outage we passed over some of the items fairly quickly!”

Here is a brief recap of those important recognitions passed over.

To the early morning “Slicers and Dicers” prepping for Emily and Liz, well done.

To all those early morning (9:00 am) greeters and front office members, thank you for making the Centre so welcoming.

To Ken Legge, our exiting Maintenance Director member thank you for your tireless efforts.

To Bob? ( will keep this a secret) thanks for keeping us amused with all your notice board humour.

To Bert Carswell an enormous thank you for his volunteer work over the years, and congratulations on being our newest lifetime member. The announcement was almost lost in the darkness.

To all the Program coordinators, thanks for your boundless enthusiasm.

To the tech crew, a big thank you for getting all the microphones working, including floor units for those of you who had questions, I am sure they would have all worked flawlessly, had we had any power!

To Rick McGowan and Ken Legge thanks for their tireless effort to get the bus trips up and running again.

To Maureen Moorby thanks for resurrecting the library. You can start borrowing books again and please until further notice, “NO MORE BOOK DONATIONS.”

Finally, to all of you who attended the AGM and stayed through the dark period, all business necessary to ensure the required and regulatory operation of the SSAC was discussed and approved, thank you.

Roy Wren