LITTLE SHIP CLUB (Qld) 2016-17 ANNUAL REPORT

Building & Grounds report

Thank-you to all those Members who attended our 2017 working bees. Our facility is ageing and in need of considerable TLC. While large-scale repairs to infrastructure are (rightly) beyond our membership capability, less intensive jobs can and should be carried out from time to time. We have achieved much on a limited budget thanks to the contribution of equipment and services, free-of-charge from various Member-owned businesses; thanks, everyone! I need to acknowledge Hugh and Gordon Bletchley (Brisbane Wholesale Hardware) for their kind donation of a hot water system for our bar and also Charles Ainsworth (Manly Mower Service) who continues to support the Club with repairs to our garden equipment and for his donation of a reconditioned rotary mower.

Last but not least, thank-you to those stalwarts, the same faces, the same pairs of hands who always make an effort to attend and help when required. On behalf of the Board and Members, thank-you all, very much. Members need to take on board the Commodore’s remarks in his 7th October email regarding the choice to be made between being an active part of ‘a club of shared interests’ or a bunch of people wanting to enjoy visiting a ‘destination venue’ when it suits them. Engaging with the first delivers the benefits of the second; it doesn’t work the other way round. My tenure as a Director is ending this year; it has been a privilege to serve and I look forward to supporting our Club as Member in the future. Bill Canfield Director (Building & Grounds)

Projects summary Summarised here is a list of completed or current projects undertaken during the reporting period.

ITEM

STATUS

Replacement of box gutter main roof

Completed

Repair of downpipes main roof

Completed

Repair of tiles in the Destroyer Bar

Completed

Repair of tiles in both male and female ablutions block

Completed

Repair/replacement of urinals

Completed

Install new door to kitchen

Completed

Prune large gum and Clubhouse tree

Completed

Dispose of considerable unserviceable equipment from grounds

Completed

Replace rotary mower

Completed

Kitchen/servery floor resurface and paint

Completed

Repair of bore pump and booster pressure pump for lawn

Completed

Arrange and transport gurney for service

Completed

Grant application – coffee machine

Completed

Grant application – indoor/outdoor furniture

Completed

Replace/upgrade gaming machines (5 in stage 1)

Stage 1 complete

Grant application – ‘combi oven’

Underway

Inspections/certification of swing moorings

Underway

Pontoon repairs

Ongoing

Grant application – moorings service craft

Proposed

Images of the re-floored kitchen, before and after much of the equipment had been reinstalled.

Grant application – replacement courtesy bus

Proposed

Little Ship Club (Queensland Squadron)

Annual Report 2016–2017

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