<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Tracy<div><br></div><div>Thank you for your email.  I would like to make it clear that Graeme's original email which was sent on 26 July 2024 to ALL recipients (including the Board of Directors  -  please refer to list below in italics)  was mysteriously subject to a "Delivery Failure" notice.  Graeme then approached the Ballina Committee to seek advice  -  hence his email was forwarded on by the Ballina Centre email address so that his email would be seen by all centres.</div><div><br></div><div>Graeme Gulliver has been a highly valued and very hard working volunteer at the Ballina Centre since the beginning of 2023.  The Ballina Centre Committee may in some eyes be <b>"Not Valid"</b> but that does NOT mean that <b>we </b>are <b>"Not Valid"</b> and as a matter of fact we are a very active and fully functional Committee and Centre and working very hard indeed for some time now to clear this "Invalid Administration" which was placed upon us.  Also maintaining our Centre and the "Glen Burnie" property and caring for our wonderful herd of horses has been our priority during this whole ridiculous process.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><table cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing:0px;line-height:20px;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:rgb(153,153,153);white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;width:0px;padding:2px 16px 2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><i>from:</i></span></td><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;width:auto;padding:2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><span role="gridcell"><i><span name="Graeme and Debbie Gulliver" style="color:rgb(31,31,31);font-size:0.875rem;font-weight:bold;white-space:nowrap;display:inline;vertical-align:top;line-height:20px"><span style="vertical-align:top">Graeme and Debbie Gulliver</span></span> <span></span><span style="vertical-align:top;color:rgb(94,94,94)"><span aria-hidden="true"><</span><a href="mailto:gradeb15@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gradeb15@hotmail.com</a><span aria-hidden="true">></span></span></i></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:rgb(153,153,153);white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;width:0px;padding:2px 16px 2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><i>to:</i></span></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;width:auto;padding:2px 0px"><div style="text-align:center"><i>RDA Board of Directors <<a href="mailto:board@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">board@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><span style="vertical-align:top"><div style="text-align:center"><i>RDA STATE OFFICE <<a href="mailto:stateoffice@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">stateoffice@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><i><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:alburywodonga@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">alburywodonga@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:alburywodonga@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">alburywodonga@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>Rda Armidale <<a href="mailto:armidaleandnewengland@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">armidaleandnewengland@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>RDA Ballina <<a href="mailto:rdaballina@gmail.com" target="_blank">rdaballina@gmail.com</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:bathurst@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">bathurst@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:bathurst@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">bathurst@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:bluemountains@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">bluemountains@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:bluemountains@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">bluemountains@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:boxhilltalltimbers@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">boxhilltalltimbers@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:boxhilltalltimbers@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">boxhilltalltimbers@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:Centralcoast@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Centralcoast@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:Centralcoast@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Centralcoast@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:coffsharbour@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">coffsharbour@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:coffsharbour@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">coffsharbour@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:coonabarabran@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">coonabarabran@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:coonabarabran@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">coonabarabran@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:cootamundra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">cootamundra@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:cootamundra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">cootamundra@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:cowra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">cowra@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:cowra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">cowra@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:forbes@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">forbes@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:forbes@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">forbes@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:goulburn@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">goulburn@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:goulburn@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">goulburn@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:griffith@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">griffith@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:griffith@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">griffith@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>Rda Gunnedah <<a href="mailto:gunnedah@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">gunnedah@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:Illawarra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Illawarra@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:Illawarra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Illawarra@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:kempsey@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">kempsey@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:kempsey@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">kempsey@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:kendall@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">kendall@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:kendall@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">kendall@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:manning@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">manning@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:manning@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">manning@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:mossvale@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">mossvale@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:mossvale@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">mossvale@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:mudgee@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">mudgee@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:mudgee@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">mudgee@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>Rda Narrabri Kylie <<a href="mailto:narrabri@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">narrabri@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:orange@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">orange@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:orange@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">orange@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:raymondterrace@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">raymondterrace@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:raymondterrace@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">raymondterrace@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:Richmond@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Richmond@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:Richmond@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Richmond@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:ryde@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">ryde@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:ryde@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">ryde@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:tamworth@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tamworth@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:tamworth@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tamworth@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:tumut@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tumut@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:tumut@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tumut@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:tweedvalley@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tweedvalley@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:tweedvalley@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tweedvalley@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:upperhunter@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">upperhunter@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:upperhunter@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">upperhunter@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:waggawagga@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">waggawagga@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:waggawagga@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">waggawagga@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:wauchopeportmacquarie@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">wauchopeportmacquarie@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:wauchopeportmacquarie@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">wauchopeportmacquarie@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:wollondilly@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">wollondilly@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:wollondilly@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">wollondilly@rdansw.org.au</a>>,</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i>"<a href="mailto:young@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">young@rdansw.org.au</a>" <<a href="mailto:young@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">young@rdansw.org.au</a>></i></div></i></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:rgb(153,153,153);white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;width:0px;padding:2px 16px 2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><i>date:</i></span></td><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;width:auto;padding:2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><i>Jul 26, 2024, 4:04 PM</i></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:rgb(153,153,153);white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;width:0px;padding:2px 16px 2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><i>subject:</i></span></td><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;width:auto;padding:2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><i>SGM - Advice from legal advice</i></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:rgb(153,153,153);white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;width:0px;padding:2px 16px 2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><i>mailed-by:</i></span></td><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;width:auto;padding:2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><a href="http://hotmail.com" target="_blank"><i>hotmail.com</i></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:rgb(153,153,153);white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:top;width:0px;padding:2px 16px 2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><i>signed-by:</i></span></td><td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;width:auto;padding:2px 0px"><span style="vertical-align:top"><a href="http://hotmail.com" target="_blank"><i>hotmail.com</i></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Once again thank you for your email and we too believe that infamous phrase <b><i>"Everyone you meet may be fighting a battle that you know nothing about"  "So please ALWAYS BE KIND"</i></b></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr">Kind Regards<div><br></div><div>Helen Fauske</div><div>Secretary / Volunteer Coordinator</div><div><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">Riding For the Disabled  (RDA) NSW</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">Ballina and Districts Branch</p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font size="1">377 Houghlahans Creek Road</font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><font size="1">Teven  NSW  2478</font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><b>0498 040 022</b></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><br></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:27.4px"><font color="#222222"> </font><i><font color="#ff0000">Riding Develops Ability</font></i></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:27.4px"><i><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></i></p></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/RDABallinaDistrict/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/RDABallinaDistrict/</a><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"> </span><br></div><div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><a href="http://rdaballina.org.au/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://rdaballina.org.a</a><a href="http://rdaballina.org.au/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">u/</a><br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">       <br>  </div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 30, 2024 at 9:11 AM <<a href="mailto:tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div lang="EN-AU"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Good Morning all centres, volunteers and participants and Graeme,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Firstly I apologise for the emails that are so not productive.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">You have received a lengthy email from Graeme Gulliver re SGM called by centres , not directors.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Graeme is a new volunteer and is claiming to be the president of the Ballina centre. The Ballina centre is currently in administration and therefore his role is not valid.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Nonetheless, his email consists of many abnormalities. One example – The Board would or will block the email….How could we block an email that we were not sent and was sent to all individual email addresses???<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">This email was compiled by a volunteer and not from the centre.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">If any member, volunteer or participant has any concerns about receiving such an email please do not hesitate to reach out and kindly contact myself or any other director.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Take care and enjoy your day<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><img width="233" height="252" style="width:2.4305in;height:2.625in" id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:ii_19101c7bc12692e333"></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327882522_35_178"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327905540_80_185"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327911547_32_186"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327920563_41_187"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327921559_6_188"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327927570_99_189"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327993655_78_190"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1703046247459_4_13"><div><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327882522_35_178"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327905540_80_185"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327911547_32_186"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327920563_41_187"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327921559_6_188"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327927570_99_189"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327993655_78_190"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1703046247459_4_13"><div><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327882522_35_178"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327905540_80_185"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327911547_32_186"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327920563_41_187"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327921559_6_188"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327927570_99_189"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327993655_78_190"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1703046247459_4_13"><div><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327882522_35_178"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327905540_80_185"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327911547_32_186"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327920563_41_187"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327921559_6_188"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327927570_99_189"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1702327993655_78_190"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293geom_inter_1703046247459_4_13"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display"">Kind Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"ADLaM Display";color:rgb(69,176,225)">Tracy Lucas<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display"">HON; Director<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display"">Executive Officer/Grants Officer and Assistant communication<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display";color:rgb(251,159,253)">0488727085<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display";color:red">Email – </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display";color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="mailto:tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display";color:rgb(0,112,192)">              <a href="mailto:Gemini.winsoft@bigpond.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">Gemini.winsoft@bigpond.com</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display";color:red">Web -    </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display";color:rgb(0,112,192)"><a href="http://www.rdansw.org.au/" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(70,120,134)">WWW.rdansw.org.au</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display";color:rgb(0,112,192)"><img border="0" width="99" height="165" style="width:1.0277in;height:1.7222in" id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:ii_19101c7bc124cff311"><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"ADLaM Display";color:rgb(0,112,192)"><img border="0" width="602" height="76" style="width:6.2708in;height:0.7916in" id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:ii_19101c7bc125b16b22"><span><u></u><u></u></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> l b <<a href="mailto:lmbower@live.com" target="_blank">lmbower@live.com</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 29, 2024 4:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:board@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">board@rdansw.org.au</a>; RDANSW State Office <<a href="mailto:stateoffice@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">stateoffice@rdansw.org.au</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: SGM - Advice from legal advice<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">FYI - just came through from my centre.<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Linda<u></u><u></u></p></div><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293mail-editor-reference-message-container"><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293mail-editor-reference-message-container"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><hr size="2" width="98%" align="center"></div><div id="m_-7053271411151677791m_-2909943700650696078m_6666219114625332293divRplyFwdMsg"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">From:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11pt"> RDA Ballina <<a href="mailto:rdaballina@gmail.com" target="_blank">rdaballina@gmail.com</a>><br><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Sent:</span></strong> Monday, July 29, 2024 3:54:44 pm<br><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">To:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:alburywodonga@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">alburywodonga@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:alburywodonga@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">alburywodonga@rdansw.org.au</a>>; Rda Armidale <<a href="mailto:armidaleandnewengland@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">armidaleandnewengland@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:bathurst@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">bathurst@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:bathurst@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">bathurst@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:bluemountains@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">bluemountains@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:bluemountains@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">bluemountains@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:boxhilltalltimbers@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">boxhilltalltimbers@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:boxhilltalltimbers@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">boxhilltalltimbers@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:Centralcoast@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Centralcoast@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:Centralcoast@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Centralcoast@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:coffsharbour@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">coffsharbour@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:coffsharbour@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">coffsharbour@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:coonabarabran@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">coonabarabran@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:coonabarabran@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">coonabarabran@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:cootamundra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">cootamundra@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:cootamundra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">cootamundra@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:cowra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">cowra@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:cowra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">cowra@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:forbes@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">forbes@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:forbes@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">forbes@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:goulburn@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">goulburn@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:goulburn@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">goulburn@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:griffith@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">griffith@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:griffith@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">griffith@rdansw.org.au</a>>; Rda Gunnedah <<a href="mailto:gunnedah@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">gunnedah@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:Illawarra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Illawarra@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:Illawarra@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Illawarra@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:kempsey@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">kempsey@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:kempsey@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">kempsey@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:kendall@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">kendall@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:kendall@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">kendall@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:manning@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">manning@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:manning@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">manning@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:mossvale@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">mossvale@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:mossvale@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">mossvale@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:mudgee@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">mudgee@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:mudgee@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">mudgee@rdansw.org.au</a>>; Rda Narrabri Kylie <<a href="mailto:narrabri@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">narrabri@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:orange@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">orange@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:orange@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">orange@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:raymondterrace@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">raymondterrace@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:raymondterrace@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">raymondterrace@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:Richmond@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Richmond@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:Richmond@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Richmond@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:ryde@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">ryde@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:ryde@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">ryde@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:tamworth@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tamworth@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:tamworth@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tamworth@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:tumut@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tumut@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:tumut@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tumut@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:tweedvalley@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tweedvalley@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:tweedvalley@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tweedvalley@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:upperhunter@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">upperhunter@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:upperhunter@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">upperhunter@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:waggawagga@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">waggawagga@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:waggawagga@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">waggawagga@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:wauchopeportmacquarie@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">wauchopeportmacquarie@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:wauchopeportmacquarie@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">wauchopeportmacquarie@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:wollondilly@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">wollondilly@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:wollondilly@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">wollondilly@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:young@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">young@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:young@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">young@rdansw.org.au</a>><br><strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Subject:</span></strong> Fwd: SGM - Advice from legal advice<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"><u></u><u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p style="margin:0cm;font-stretch:normal"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0cm;font-stretch:normal;min-height:27.4px"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(136,136,136)">       <br>  <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Graeme and Debbie Gulliver</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:gradeb15@hotmail.com" target="_blank">gradeb15@hotmail.com</a>><br>Date: Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 4:04<span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span>PM<br>Subject: SGM - Advice from legal advice<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Good day everyone,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">On Wednesday 26 June 2024, an RDA (NSW) Special General Meeting was held via Zoom presentation to deal with three (3) Notices of Motion. One of which was a Motion to remove Mr Joseph ORLAND as a Director on the Board of RDA (NSW).<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The motion: </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">“This meeting resolves to remove Joseph Orland as a Director of the Company.” The rationale for this resolution is a strong sense of lack of transparency in which the role of finances was conducted.” Examples are:</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">•The process under which the Golden Eagle funds were withheld in spite of the Boards majority decisions to release the funds.”</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">•Annual Financial Reports </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> (See attachment 1. Letter from RDA Executive Officer. Dated 5 June 2024)<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I observed with interest, the discussions both for and against that Motion. Mr ORLAND was given the opportunity (quite rightly) to speak in his own defence. I was drawn to the many references Mr ORLAND made to the RDA (NSW) Constitution and the utmost importance he appeared to place upon strictly adhering to that Constitution.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">It was then revealed that on Tuesday 25 June 2024, RDA (NSW) Board of Directors held a meeting where a Motion was passed to allow Life Members the right to vote at the Special General Meeting on Wednesday 26 June 2024. This Motion was passed by the Directors on a vote of 6-1 I believe, in favour of the Motion. Mr ORLAND is a Director on that Board.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The RDA (NSW) Constitution states:</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">10.2.(d) Honorary Life Member</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">"This category of membership entitles the Member to receive a notice of, attend and receive the Minutes of but not to debate and /or vote at General Meetings." </span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(See Attachment 2. Company Membership)</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">A vote was called and there was much debate about voting eligibility with emphasis being made that Centres must have their Proxy/Delegate Forms submitted and received at RDA (NSW) by COB 21 June 2024. <b>(See attachment 1. Highlighted paragraph on page 2).</b><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The Centres voted 9-8 in favour of the Motion to remove Joseph ORLAND as a Director.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Then a second vote was held inviting Life Members to vote upon this motion.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">These votes were counted and added to the primary vote. The result was 14-9 against the Motion.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">It was decided that legal advice should be sought regarding the decision by the Board on 25 June 2024, to disregard the RDA Constitution and allow Life Members to vote on 26 June 2024.  That legal advice was to be returned within 21 days from the Special General Meeting.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">This brought some potentially serious matters to my attention.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">1/</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">  Did the Life members submit their Proxy Forms for voting eligibility by COB on 21 June 2024 the same as the Centres had to. If they did, why did they, when the Board had not even changed that Constitutional rule until 25 June 2024?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">2/</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">  Joseph ORLAND published an email on 22 June 2024 to all Centres and Life Members. I have highlighted sections of that email showing the importance Joseph ORLAND placed on abiding by the RDA (NSW) Constitution. <b>(See attachment 3. Response to Motion)</b><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">3/</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">  Why did Joseph ORLAND address the email to the Life Members on 22 June 2024 in relation to Notices of Motion to be voted on at a Special General Meeting on 26 June 2024, when on the 22 June 2024 the Life Members were not eligible to vote?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">4/</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">  Did Joseph ORLAND already have knowledge of the pending Board meeting on the 25 June 2024 where the Board voted 6-1 to allow Life Members to vote at the Special General Meeting on 26 June 2024, knowing this would be in contravention of the RDA (NSW) Constitution 10.2.(d)?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">5/</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">  I call on the voting of that Board meeting to be tabled to see if Joseph ORLAND took part in that voting process.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">6/</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">  In some sectors this would be called political corruption. It is manipulation of a Ballot Poll to gain advantage.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">7/</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">  Did six (6) of our trusted Directors on the RDA (NSW) Board change the rules on the eve of a ballot with the intention to manipulate the outcome of that ballot?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">8/</span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">  If it is found that those members of the Board that voted against the Constitution on 25 June 2024 have acted in a manner of an unsuitable nature that befits a Director of the RDA (NSW) Board, I believe those Board members should be dismissed immediately.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">By now you all will have received the email from Tracy LUCAS (See below), advising members that the legal advice has been received and the Board will now have a meeting on 30 July 2024, <b>"<i>to review the advice and will have something to share with you in the coming days following that meeting."  </i></b>That will be 34 days since the Special General Meeting, and then she says they will have something to share with us.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">9/  </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Didn't they learn anything from the Special General Meeting???<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">  <b>The rationale for the resolution to remove Joseph ORLAND as a Director of RDA was because of "a strong sense of a lack of transparency."  </b>And now they are doing the same thing again.  What are they trying   to cover up?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">10/  </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I call on the Board to release the legal findings to all members in their entirety and unedited so the members can see for themselves the actual legal findings.  Why should it be a secret?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I have written this email in the hope that it makes you interested enough to start to ask these questions yourselves and to stand up and be heard. You are the members that make up Riding for the Disabled NSW. The Board is there to serve the process of the members and act in the interests of the members not the other way around.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">This is not an attack on the Life Members. I have the utmost respect for all the Life Members and the work they have done over the many years and I wish them nothing but the best both now and in the future.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I predict there will be attempts to block this email. That in itself may answer some of my questions.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Graeme GULLIVER<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">President<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">RDA Ballina Branch<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">From: <<a href="mailto:tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au</a>><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Date: Fri, 26 July 2024, 9:04 am<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Subject: Re: [Centres] SGM - advice from legal advice<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">To: <<a href="mailto:Centres@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Centres@rdansw.org.au</a>>, <<a href="mailto:lifemember@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">lifemember@rdansw.org.au</a>><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Pleas accept my apologies – I meant the 30th July not 30th June.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Kind Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Tracy Lucas<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">HON; Director<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Executive Officer/Grants Officer and Assistant communication<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">0488727085<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Email – <a href="mailto:tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">              <a href="mailto:Gemini.winsoft@bigpond.com" target="_blank">Gemini.winsoft@bigpond.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Web -    <a href="http://www.rdansw.org.au/" target="_blank">WWW.rdansw.org.au</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">From: <a href="mailto:tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au</a> <<a href="mailto:tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au</a>><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2024 5:19 PM<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">To: '<a href="mailto:Centres@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Centres@rdansw.org.au</a>' <<a href="mailto:Centres@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">Centres@rdansw.org.au</a>>; <a href="mailto:lifemember@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">lifemember@rdansw.org.au</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Cc: 'RDANSW State Office' <<a href="mailto:stateoffice@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">stateoffice@rdansw.org.au</a>><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Subject: SGM - advice from legal advice<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Dear Honorary life members and all centres, volunteers and participants,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">I hope this email finds you all well.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Thank you for your patience and your time. Regarding the legal advice request made during the Special General Meeting held on 26th  June 2024. In response to the request from several member centres, three independent legal teams were engaged to provide their advice and opinions.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">We have recently received the information from the legal teams in the last few days, and the Board is scheduled to convene for a meeting next week on the 30th June 2024. We are working diligently to review the advice and will have something to share with you in the coming days following that meeting.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this matter.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Thank you.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">On behalf of RDA New South Wales Directors<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Kind Regards<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Tracy Lucas<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">HON; Director<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Executive Officer/Grants Officer and Assistant communication<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">0488727085<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Email – <a href="mailto:tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au" target="_blank">tracy.lucas@rdansw.org.au</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div>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