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Annual General Meeting 2008

The AGM of Cairns Community Broadcasters was held on Thursday, 18 September 2008.
At the meeting the minutes of last year’s AGM were read and approved, the President’s and Treasurer’s reports were delivered, and membership fees and auditor were agreed upon.

The officers of the management committee are now as follows:
President – John Fielder
Vice President – Mark Paine
Treasurer – Jeannette Fisher
Secretary – Gillian McKenzie
Committee Member: Eunice Slatter, Liza Mulcahey, Ben Marcus, Anthony Mulcahey, and Niels Briët

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

On the eve of our AGM, I should like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the great job being performed by our many presenters, and their commitment, both to the excellence of their programs, and to the station. Too often we are quick to, and prone to criticise, and slow to praise. And I do hope my few words will assist to overcome any discrepancy in this way, that might be perceived by the readers of this newsletter, and members of this station.

After vacating the position as President just over 18 months ago, the Management Committee members recently asked me to come back and join them on the committee as a board member. After thinking about it for almost a month, and discussing it with several of the committee members during that time, I have accepted to fill the vacant board member position.
I feel honoured to have been asked, and I look forward to working with the Management Committee members, and all the other many volunteer station members, to continue to maintain and build a better community radio station for all to enjoy.

Ben Marcus presents the Monday Morning Show from 9 - 11 AM every Monday morning. Each week he presents a wonderful program with a variety of music from classical to easy listening. Tune in and enjoy a wonderful couple of hours of delightful music that will help get your day started on a good note.

Niels Briët has been at this station since 1989.

For the first nine years he presented a variety of programs and assisted presenters when they were unable to use the console themselves. He was then selected and studied to be a registered trainer for AERTP, enabling him to train multicultural presenters to gain a certificate in community broadcasting.

Being asked to join the Management Committee, he took on responsibilities of training, administration, program scheduling, and grant applications.

After a period of nine months he was voted in as Secretary of the committee, and the duties increased to also negotiating legal contracts to further enhance the stations transmission equipment and premises. Then went on to being President of Management Committee

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