F o o o o o
STPABANE RDA
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY 31st. MAY 2023
A wwm to al (xr 3 Amual G8wal MeelirKJ ￿1th is bac* lo its usu4 slot
al the May.
Ckn last AnNal G￿1 Meeting was held on Wedn8sd8y, 28th Sopt8mt*r. 2022
had alrea(ty started new schod year tKI ￿kS eather on Wednesday. 14° Seplembw,
2022 80 it was rather surreal!
We t￿an this past yew in a strw Fxj￿tK￿ than the wevious year as we more farnili
th all the new le(J'slaiion requir￿, we had enlist￿ a m(Ye helpèrs lo replace those wtr
h8d18ft aft8r the pandemic Yds OV8f afKI we had fr#)st of wpls from as
before so everythi￿ has been runnirKJ quite smoothly.
Crf the 3 new helpers in SeNwnb8r, 1 drwd ￿1 8ft8r only her fi(st SeSSK￿ due to
a cataract operation ￿1th, unftytunately, was rnt SUC¢8S8ful. The other 2 stayed the cwrse, .
though internfft￿Iiy, as they both have ytyjng children are sometim8s off sdK￿. Ttw,
mid November, 2 mLKe very welc£*ne new hel￿r5 arrivwj are very much s￿ying
cuJrs8. ArKI, 2 weeks ago. an0tr￿r new helper tumed ￿. This tm'ThJs ryjr lotsl nurnber of
tr￿p￿s to 14 *rMJld ewh tmjt ￿ stsm lo 8xpand ow of
th)n't make it ￿ a particxlar week. The h. h8sI n￿nber cl atten￿ Yds 11 C￿ 14
Septembér, 2022 rK)t until ts 3 May. 2023. The numt*r of atteThJ88s was 6
cffi the 8° March of ttms year. Wo alwa>s have to ded￿t 3 frrxn those numbers as Julie is
coach. and Kathleen and rn￿1 are not physically able to th in the arena. So ￿CaSIonally,
wo hav8 hal to rely ￿ Kno(kn slafl. acxxxnpany the wp'ls, lo mako up the number3
rnquired.
We are still operatirKJ with just 2 tmjt aftw many rI￿thS d searthing for anolh
suiiable ￿y, Julie has finalty b68n suCc￿s￿l. H(Y*ever, l(Y just d(￿'t have
enough helpèrs to fidd 3 kw.
We al80 had a visit by (￿r 'tK68' Mwina Kithey on Wednesday. 28 Septwnber, 2022 (sam8
date as AGM) examiwj sc¥ne tsir Grade 1 Test. She was **ll satisw that all
We W 8amwrked Decwnb8r kn a lesser Christmas Pty- ￿ games in the
a￿a. just a nofmal RDA s8SSiCffi tmrt S￿rta arrive to harKI (xrt we￿ts. But, it tumed
into wite a livdy affa"d.! Juli8 haj mad8 a weat affC￿ to area (xtsKle

aMa, Bwno and Jonnie ￿re kitt8d Iho and h8lw8 *er8 8180 ￿￿talAY
a￿r￿]I The almos￿e vtas bu1￿1
We h&J a kxKJ break d 6 *wks wxl r8sum&J w￿r￿daY, 11 JarAw, 2023
The Winning of 2023 was rather txtsy as ￿ had kn renew txxh ￿ Fi￿t Aid and
Sale9uardin
(x)ur5es which have to do Overy 3 yearyJ. The fi￿1 Ald CA￿• to(* t4ac• c
Thursday 12 January. 2023 arKI ts Safeguardirg Thix8day, 16. Fo￿uary. 2023.
Instr￿1￿ fr￿n RDA HQ also had to r8F4ac• 7 d Lwr ri(*rYJ hats by January 2023 to
¢¢￿I￿n to new regulatKYK8. We we fcxlunate in that all 7 hats wwe stKwed by 2 loc
tMiness8s as. agam, have boen atAe lo do Iwthisir¥J this past year.
Ar#J that trfings LLS i1•10 811 thmv fin*xial I'm IKW wr treawrer danfy.
Next ￿Eek, the f June, will b8 last bel(Ke We will have a
small awards (*f8mony to ￿lch an invitat1￿ io parents has b88n extwthd. We triad this
(w befix8 but ￿ p*ents so ￿ Just have to wait WKI 8eo.
That ladi8s. 18 8 twief suffffiary cl Strth RDA 9rwp l(Y the year. I W I haven't
anythiw or an￿0 t￿1. Last. lyjt r￿t W my thar*s to eath of you. Anne c
$￿tary and Maura treasurw. for w irw ￿ C£*rrfni￿ to Strabkn RDA bKau8e
thout you we just c￿ldn't fur￿*￿.
Thank y￿.
Date .
CHAI,£RE£ SO￿,

fy o o o o o
Nornially th• Gro￿ vthld r•éMd lunds elth•r throu8h • Bae P•ck at ASOA
or a foyer collectlon, and also Irom coll•ctkn boxes In local sh
Th• fflaln probl•ms that th• sroup Is f•cl•¥ thls y••r Is • lack of volunt••rs and
need for fvndrnlslly to fKllltate the nmnln$ of the you
Volunteers have been encouraged to use The Easyfvndlry App when shoppln£
onllne and • percentap Is don￿￿ to the youp.
All volunt••rs and coxhes cofflpl￿ th• Enhanced Acc•ss (N.1.) ch•ck.
Th• Group has a Chlld Protectlon /Safe8uardln¢ Polky. updated annually and
most volunteers have an upto4ate Flrst Aid C•rtlfKat•. Th•f• is always a
nomlAated First Ath at each Iwon.
The youp has fvffill•d th• functkn In •cc¢Yd•nce ¥dth th• CoTrstftutlon and at
am tlmes has adhered to the Cornmlsslon's yldance on Publk Benefft and has
met the obllsatlons In rryard to above.
Signed: Mra. Awll Polloc