VICTORIAN ANNUAL DINNER
Dear Victorian Scheyvillians, please find attached an invitation (which now works) to this year’s
Annual Dinner. It is the first we have held in some while due to Covid and
last year’s National Reunion.
It promises to be a really great evening and we look forward to seeing you
there.
Best wishes,
Frank Miller
Chairman, Victorian Chapter
OTU Association.
Click here for invitation:
OTU Vic Dinner Invitation 2023
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Subject: Vic Membership Closure Survey
Dear Ian, we are proposing to send out a questionnaire, similar to that of NSW,
to our Vic membership seeking their views on different aspects of the Association
closure plan.
I attach the contents for your perusal. It will be accompanied by an explanatory
note.
Could you please advise the most appropriate way people could answer “yes” or
“no” and add comments on each category as they see fit?
Kind regards,
Frank.
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VICTORIAN OTU CHAPTER QUESTIONAIRE
Q1. Should the State chapters continue to operate as separate entities providing a point
of contact and the vehicle for camaraderie and fellowship?
YES NO
Q2. Should we continue to have a magazine (The Scheyvillian)?
YES NO
Q3. Should we maintain a website after the National closure?
YES NO
Q4. Should the Vic Chapter pursue Youth Leadership support/funding?
YES NO
Q5. Should Vic Chapter continue to have its monthly lunches and
mixed events as normal?
YES NO
Q6. Should we hand over any Scheyville memorabilia to institutions such
as the Royal Military College?
YES NO
Q7. Are you aware that OTU graduates are allowed to join the Duntroon Society?
YES NO
Q8. Should the OTU Association support or fund a museum at the Scheyville National Park?
YES NO
Q9. Should the Vic Chapter charge subscription membership for its/ members?
Note that if we did, we would have to remain an incorporated body.
YES NO
Q10. Should the Viv Chapter contribute to any other charities (Legacy etc)?
YES NO
Q11. Should the National Association donate monies to youth leadership schemes like
the Lady Somers Camp prior to the wind up? Note that once are wound up there will be
no connection to what was the OTU Association.
YES NO
Q12. Should the bulk of the monies held at National HQ be distributed on a pro-rata
basis (that is membership of Chapters) as they are now?
YES NO
Q13. Should the National Association commission a statue or painting of an OTU
cadet for display in a museum?
YES NO
Q14. Is there anything else you would like to add?
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OTU ASSOCIATION 26 September 2023
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Gentlemen,
Our current 2023/2024 financial membership is 524, a long way from the 655 financial members we had at the end of last FY. Further, the rate of financial membership renewals has slowed considerably. Interestingly, our database reveals that there are 208 members who were financial over the last two years, but who have not as yet renewed their financial membership for 2023/2024.
If you have received this letter you are currently unfinancial and we would be interested to know if something has happened to change your mind about belonging to the Association. Or, is it simply a matter of ‘old timers disease’ kicking in or, in the vernacular of some 55 years ago, you have been ‘slack and idle’.
Should you wish to renew your membership a Membership Renewal Form is attached. Three payment options are available when renewing membership:
If you are paying by Direct Debit or PayPal and haven’t recently updated your personal details on the website could you please take some time to do so.
It would be appreciated if we could receive your membership renewal by 30 Octobe1 2023.
If you are no longer interested in being a member of the Association, please return the Membership Renewal Form, with the appropriate box notated accordingly.
Cheers.
nil bastardum carborundum
Graeme Chester 2/67
OTU Association Membership Officer
Membership Renewal Form : click here
OTU-Membership-Renewal-Form-23-24