1/4/23 Annual General Meeting 2023
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the xSJSS Sydney Group will be held on Saturday, 06 May at 3:00pm.
The meeting will take place at the Uniting Church Hall, 5 Garfield Street, Five Dock, NSW.
Agenda:
Welcome and apologies
Confirmation of minutes from previous AGM
Chairperson's report
Treasurer's report
Election of new committee members
Any other business
Everyone is encouraged to attend the meeting. Nominations for new committee members are welcomed and can be sent to Karen Macalister at kmachohnen@tpg.com.au.
Karen Macalister and Grace Yee (Joint Secretaries)
On behalf of the: xSJSS Sydney Committee
11/12/22 Annual General Meeting 2023
We would like to inform all members of the xSJSS Sydney Alumnae of an Annual General Meeting on Saturday 29 April 2023 at the Concord Bowling Club, 1A Clermont Ave, Concord New South Wales 2137.
This will start at 4.30pm followed by a fundraising event titled “A Food & Wine Matching Experience”
Minutes of General Meeting, April 2019.
20/4/19 From the Chair
Dear Sydney Alumnae,
It is with a sense of immense gratitude, that the XSJSS Sydney Committee thank Emily Koroi for being its Chairperson, leading the Group for the past 14 years.
Under her stewardship, Emily made sacrifices of family and career time, continuously displayed her passion, supported the numerous missions identified by the Group, and at all times called on her strong faith to provide us with the right direction and fellowship.
The memorable 2018 SJSS Alumnae Reunion in Sydney truly endorsed Emily’s leadership and commitment to the Alumnae and, reinforced the “Many Paths One Spirit” motto.
We wish Emily and her family the very best and we are thankful that she remains as an integral committee member.
The new committee will follow a semi-formal structure with all office bearers serving a 2-year term.
Welcome to our Committee Members:
Chairperson - Roslyn Lee
Vice Chairperson - Vacant
Secretary - Karen Macalister-Hohnen
Co-Secretary - Grace Yee
Treasurer - Pam Crabbe-Devlin
Funds Manager - Carol Wooley
Website Social Media Manager - Judy Bulatiko Slatter
Creative Multimedia Database Manager - Kathy Johansen
Committee Members:
Adella Chan (Honorary Member)
Angela Duckworth
Emily Koroi
Helen Black
Kym Bryson (new Member)
Moving forward for 2019, the XSJSS Sydney Group are committed to sponsoring two of the many projects for St Joseph’s Secondary School, Suva. Please see details in the attached minutes of the General Meeting.
Save The Date:
Christmas in July Fundraising Evening
Saturday, 27 July 2019
Canada Bay Club, Five Dock
More details to be released soon.
On behalf of the new Committee Members, we wish you celebrate this Easter with a heart filled with love and peace.
Have a blessed and wonderful Easter.
Roslyn Lee
Chairperson
XSJSS Sydney Group
13/4/19 xSJSS meeting
Saturday 13/4/19 - our xSJSS-Sydney Committee held our first ever General Meeting in Five Dock. And although, our Committee has been operational for the past 14 years, we have kept our group small and informal.
In saying that, we’ve always been open to including all the SJSS Waimanu Rd Alumnae. And all contributions and donations are made on behalf of our Sydney Alumnae. The initial formation of this Committee was to raise funds to contribute to our Alma Mater at the 2006 reunion held in Suva. The ‘where-to-from-here’ meeting held on the return from Fiji in 2006 mapped out our support and ongoing assistance to projects supported and recommended by our Sisters of Cluny.
Vanuakula Catholic Mission was our main project. Our Committee contributed towards the commencement of the kindergarten at Vanuakula- contributing funds to train assistants to the teacher, as well as purchasing stationery and teaching aids. This soon spread to the rest of the school with guidance from our Cluny Sisters as to the required support whether it be new uniforms for students, books for the library, sports equipment. Beddings, school bags and so many other requirements were also purchased and donated when the boys’ dormitory burnt down a few years ago.
We were fortunate to be in a position to help. Apart from Vanuakula, we have supported and contributed to other Catholic schools as well as government- funded schools in Fiji. And for many years, a monetary contribution towards the upkeep and welfare of our Cluny Sisters was always sent to Sr. Genevieve. May she rest in eternal peace.
Our Committee made the decision to operate in a semi- formal mode this year, following the successful ‘Many Paths, One Spirit ‘ reunion we hosted here in Sydney in September last year ( 16-23 Sept). Hence our General Meeting held last week.
I take this opportunity to thank our wonderful committee of SuperWomen who have served with me over the past few years, particularly the last 2 years when planning and staging the “Many Paths, One Spirit” Reunion. Vinaka vakalevu.
There’s exciting events and activities planned for this year for little projects chosen by the Committee, so watch this space.
May I introduce our new Chairperson and whiz- bang Committee for 2019 - 2021:
Roslyn Lee - Chairperson.
Karen Macalister-Hohnen - Secretary.
Grace Yee - Assistant Secretary.
Pamela Devlin - Treasurer.
Carol Wooley - Funds Manager.
Judy Bulatiko-Slatter - Website/Social Media Manager.
Kathy Johansen - Creative/ Multimedia/ Database Manager.
Committee Members:
Helen Black, Kym Bryson, Adella Chan, Angie Duckworth, Emily Koroi.
Happy Easter 🐣