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From the kitchen table of National President Jim Matthews Hi everybody, welcome to the Presidents report. The National Executive Committe held its third meeting for the year at MotorEx on July 5th & 6th.  We ended up having quite a nice display at MotorEx with a good turnout of American Cars from various clubs. Also I would like to remind members if they have any ideas or suggestions that would benefit the club please contact either Madeline Wright or myself, they will be gratefully received.  It's a very short report this time it seems to be a quiet time of the year which is pretty good for us as it gives us time for other things. Take care and all the very best  -  Jim Matthews

From the desk of the Editor - Mark Ellery Hi Everyone, I must say thank you to those who responded by post, email and phone re distribution of our club magazine.  The feed back indicates that members are happy with current arrangements and format.  Thank you Peter for your letter and kind words.  The Concours booklet will be with you shortly with just the final production and distribution issues to be sorted.  This magazine has a couple of very interesting articles and again I am grateful to the contributors.  I hope you enjoy it. The article on Edsel's Roadster is the story of a very unique person in the Ford Family.  It is enough to make you wonder what might have been if Edsel had been given a little more freedom.  The English Classic Cars Magazine features some very interesting cars, well worth a read.  Thanks to the Guys to California Cruising for the acceleration article.  Now back to working on Thelma. I have a new email address - mark.ellery@bigpond.com Mark Ellery

From the desk of the Secretary - Madeline Wright By now you all should have had the registration forms for 2008 Concours at Canberra. I urge all members that intend going to get your registration forms in as soon as you can, so that the planning can start to begin as it is only 4 months away and getting closer all the time.  As for National not much happening at the moment all is well.  Barry Wright will soon be sending to State Directors a list of members that have not paid their memberships for this year so you can contact them to remind them, but please make sure they send their renewal forms with money.  Till next time when I hope to have more of a report for the Concours Madeline Wright National Secretary

From the Desk of Barry Wright Welcome all TBirders, only a short report this time to thank all those members who have renewed their membership.  Unfortunately not all members read the TBird news properly, I still get some members sending in their money without enclosing the membership renewal form, this delays the processing of their membership as I have to contact them to ask them to fill in the form and send it to me.  Another problem I have is some members rushing through their form and not writing clearly, I have a very large magnifying glass which I have to use and still sometimes I cannot work out what they have wrote. So please read these 3 things - Fill in the renewal form correctly. Take your time and write clearly. Put the form with your cheque or money order into an envelope and send to the treasurer, not the state director or the secretary. Thanks everyone see you all at the Canberra Concours. Happy Motoring Barry Wright