2024 CPSA Annual Conference

October 2024

Dapto Seniors sent one delegate to the two day CPSA Annual Conference this year. This is a brief report of the activities at that conference: 

Approximately 17 people attended each day including staff and the CPSA Executive. Up to five people attended via video link including CPSA President and Vice President.

 

Meeting was run by the Senior Vice President and Secretary.

 Policy

Policy motions included:

• Cash to be retained 
• Digital inclusion 
• Driver Testing  
• Electricity Transmission be returned to public ownership
• Bank closures 
• Income security
• Job seeker payments 

 

 Membership:

As with the Dapto Branch, CPSA Membership has slowly declined but now comprises:

• 1712 individuals 
• 50 branches
• 12 Affiliate organisations

Giving a total Association Membership of 20965.

Dapto Seniors appeared to be one of the biggest branches attending the conference. 

Financial

Assets increased in last financial year due to Covid payments and branch closures, plus the association made a small surplus. 

Talks

One very interesting talk on bank branch closures by Associate Professor from Wollongong Uni.

 There were other talks on Volunteering, Seniors Legal Rights and Dentistry. 

  Questions without Notice

 At the end of the conference this session your delegate asked that the executive considered two policy motions over coming year: 

1. That the executive considers reducing amount paid by branches to Head Office to 80% of fee because no payment is now made to area councils. It would only amount to a $3000 drop in revenue but would make a difference to branches. (approx a loss of 0.4%)
   
2. That policy include self-managing the My Aged Care package be made easier. 

That was the Annual Conference done and dusted for another year.

Dapto Seniors' Birthday Lunch

 Friday, 23rd August 2024

Note that date in your diary!

At 11.30am in the Sinclair Room at Dapto Leagues Club we will gather for our annual lunch to celebrate the formation of this branch 62 years ago.

 

 Tickets will be on sale at our meetings between now and (including) the 8th August. The cost is still only $30 per person.

As usual there will be a fine two course banquet, the usual prize draw and lots of mingling with your friends. It will be a fun occasion.

Looking forward to seeing you there...

It's Nearly Time For Our AGM

 Dapto Seniors' AGM will be held on:

8th August 2024

Nomination forms will be available from the next meeting (27th June 2024).

Please put yourself forward to make our branch better than ever.

March Meetings

 There are two meetings in March (as there are every month) on the 2nd and 4th Thursday.

ie 14th March and 28th March

Our meetings still start at 10:30am in Heininger Hall but be sure to come early to get your free copy of The Senior newspaper, buy your raffle tickets, browse the trade table for bargains and enjoy a cup of tea or coffee as you chat to friends.

Speaker 

At the meeting on the 28th March we have a very important speaker talking to us about Seniors' Rights - this should be of interest to all members.

See you there...

See You in 2024

 Our last meeting for 2023 has been held (though our activities will continue on for a couple more weeks).

We thank you for your support and wish you:

A
Very
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year

Our first meeting of 2024 is to be held on 25th January 2024 - usual time, usual place.

See you then!

The Last Meeting of 2023

 The year has just flown past but the club's last meeting for the year is on the 7th December, usual time, usual place.

The meeting is also your last chance to get your Christmas Lunch ticket. The lunch will be held on the 14th December in the Laurel Room at Heininger House. There is will be a raffle, a singalong and a quiz, it should be fun.

A change in 2024

Remember there is a big change to the meetings in 2024, there will be two meetings each month on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month with the first meeting of the year on 25th January. 

Please also remember that annual fees are due in January as well, please try to have the right money ($15pp) as it makes life for our membership co-ordinator so much easier. There will be a list of next year's meeting dates available at the last meeting as well as on the Club Activities  page of this web site.

Have a very Merry Christmas, we look forward to seeing you all next year.

A Change for 2024

At a recent meeting a slight change was made to our meeting dates for 2024.

As you probably know our meetings currently occur every fortnight, this poses problems for some members who have groups that meet, for example, on the first Thursday of the month. At certain times of the year they cannot attend meetings because our meetings clash with theirs.

It used to be a thing that our meetings coincided with "Pension Day" but these days pensions are paid out on just about every day of the fortnight so that term has lost its meaning. It was also difficult to know when the first or last meeting of the year would occur.

A change was proposed by the committee and ratified by the members that from 2024 meetings will be held on the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month. The first meeting of the year will always be the 4th meeting in January and the last will be held on the 2nd Thursday in December. It will mean that there will be a couple of less meetings each year because three meetings in a month can never occur - for example this occurred in August with meetings on the 3rd, 17th and 31st of the month.

As stated this will commence in 2024 until then meetings will continue every fortnight for the rest of this year.

Our next meeting is on the 31st August at 10.30am.

See you there...