To South Perisher Members – an important date for your diaries.

The South Perisher Cooperative Alpine Club AGM will be on Thursday 19 June, 2025

When?

7.30 – 9.30 pm

Where?

Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club

117 Ryedale Rd, West Ryde

We encourage all members to attend in person if possible, but a link will be provided for members who wish to attend online.  Online voting will be provided.

Alternatively members can delegate their voting to another member via a proxy form available on request from the Secretary (secretary@southperisher.org.au).

As noted in the AGM Agenda, there are 4 vacancies in the SPCAC Board open for election, to be decided at the AGM this year. 

• Sarah Elliott (current Director)
• Meredith Kirton
• Sean Lee (current Director)
• John O’Byrne (current Director)
• Paul Saad
• Jennifer Sheridan
• Alasdair Smith

There are 3 ways to vote in the secret ballot:

• online from tomorrow (Sunday 8 June) until 8.30 pm on Thursday 19 June (mid-point of the AGM) – you will shortly receive an email explaining the process, 
• on a paper ballot provided at the meeting,
• by proxy by providing a valid proxy form (available from the Secretary).  Forms must be received by the Secretary by email or on paper prior to the start of the meeting.

Each nominee was asked to supply a brief biography and explanation of why they want to serve on the Board.  Those statements are in the attached document below.

Nominees Statements for the SPCAC Board 2025

Check out the Members Only page for more AGM documentation as it becomes available.

Amazing what a weekend can do!

What an incredible transformation to the airlock/ store well with the addition of hooks. Now the taboggans have a place to hang, long with the shovels and other tools.

In the bedrooms there was plenty of action, with all the pillows being replaced.

Organised by Milan, the team of seven battled some poor conditions.

It was raining and 7 degrees – terrible weather! 💨

Despite this, the got lawn was mown and new deck paint applied.

Who would like to attend the next working bee?

For a couple of years now we have had extensive consultation with NPWS on the Asset Protection Zone (APZ) – i.e. a fire fuel reduced area – around the Lodge. 

The agreed plan of management that includes clearing patches of heath around the gas tank and adjacent area.  However, we are also actively removing weeds in the area, especially on the side of the Lodge facing the relatively undisturbed native flora of the valley.

 Cleared areas are covered with straw to help maintain soil moisture and suppress weeds then planted with native grasses and flowering ground-covers, supplied by NPWS.  The guards around the flowering plants help to prevent damage caused by feral animals, especially deer.

 Poa grass (a native grass) is planted to suppress weeds then surrounded by straw once the ground has been weeded.  Maintenance of the cleared areas is very important to prevent weed incursion while keeping the non-native grasses down is important since it actually presents the greatest fire risk.