From the Editor April 2019

I think someone is playing a little bit of silly buggers on us with this weather. We’re a third done with autumn and I ain’t seen no autumnal changes yet! There are still blowflies, the air con is still running and the ground still looks dry and dusty. Yah the cold change and rainy days will come, but like, when?!
 
March went by in a flurry. We kept ourselves busy here at the Quairading CRC with a few events and a boat load of grant writing (to fund future projects and events).
 
We held our third annual Bike Week WA event which was yet again a great success. I handed the reigns of event management over to Tamara this year (with absolutely zero anxiety or sleepless nights on either of our parts!) and she blew it right out of the water! We changed up the event concept and held it on a different day of the week – for fear of becoming stale. The change came with a new set of pros and cons of course, but I applaud Tamara and the band of merry helpers she assembled from across the community for an EXCELLENT job done.
 
Just this week, 23 local club representatives – and a couple of blow ins for good measure – packed our meeting room for a three hour, brain intensive workshop with the delightful and incredibly knowledgeable Michelle from Clubs WA. We chatted all things Incorporated Associations Act, Liquor Control Act and the impending rules of association (aka constitution) update deadline! If you’re on office bearer of a local club, and haven’t updated and lodged your new rules yet – you should panic. But don’t panic, spin out and give up – channel that panic into locating your current Constitution, reading it and then coming and seeing us to let us help you get it sorted. We’re becoming well-versed with the requirements of the new rules having helped lots of clubs already, so we’re not panicking one bit.
 
With the expert curation ability of our VOLUNTEER Chairperson, Jo Hayes, we’ve got an excellent afternoon planned for those of you involved in farming enterprises, on Tuesday 9th April. Farm Office Affairs is legit a great opportunity for all y’all farmers (young, old, male, female, novice, expert, clueless etc) to learn something new about the goings on of the business HQ – or a great chance to step out of the dusty paddock and dip your toes into the refreshing office waters. Check out all the info and list of totally casual speakers on pages # and #. Be quick to register though, we’re receiving lots of out of town interest for this event and we’d hate for our locals to miss out—ya snooze, ya lose!
 
We’ve also still got room for a couple more people to upgrade their truck license in early April – get in touch ASAP if you want to get it done before seeding, this might be the only opportunity to do so locally this year.
 
Lastly, footy and netball start NEXT WEEKEND! See you on the sideline in Beverley on Saturday 6th April (or at the bull ring the following Sunday). YAY!
 
Jill Hayes
Editor, Banksia Bulletin
Coordinator, Quairading CRC