Annual General Meeting (10 February 2023)
Source : THOMIANA Newsletter – May 2023
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the STC OBA Melbourne was held at the Mount Waverley Youth Centre on Friday February 10th 2023 at 6.30pm. In the absence of any Covid restrictions, there was increased attendance of 77 including spouses.
The meeting noted that 2022, marking the 50th Anniversary of the OBA in Melbourne, was one of the most successful years in terms of events and fundraising. In spite of COVID impacting several regular OBA activities, all the events went ahead as planned. The surplus funds generated were donated to several worthy causes including Smart Classrooms (Mount Lavinia), urgent projects in all our member schools and a local charity, Monash Children’s Foundation. The meeting formally adopted the new OBA Rules which was revised to comply with the Model Rules for Associations in Victoria.
Saman Liyanage was elected President of the OBA after the incumbent, Peneeth Goonawardena voluntarily stepped down after serving in the position for 4 years; and agreed to continue as a Vice President. The new President thanked Peneeth for his service to the OBA especially during the Covid period and appreciated the opportunity to serve in this capacity. The President also thanked the members who were stepping down from the Executive Committee (Asfan Thajudeen, Rayendra Karunaratne, Mark Nanayakkara, Vasikaran Ratnarajah, Rajindra Bibile, Niral Fernando and
Navodh Fernando).
Kumar Hensman, a long-time member and a sponsor, received the President’s Award for 2023 for his dedicated service and continued support of the OBA. The meeting ended with the singing of the College Song and followed by the traditional social with dinner and drinks.
