MINUTES OF THE 17TH ANNUAL & SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING ...

MINUTES OF THE 17 TH ANNUAL & SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING OF
THE AUSTRALIAN ARIEL REGISTER (Inc)
HELD AT MANNUM SA ON 17 APRIL 2010
Members Present (see attached Attendance List as annex A)
1. Opening. The President opened the meeting at 5:15 PM and welcomed members who were
given a hand out of the AGM agenda, a copy of the minutes for the last AGM, Office Bearers’
Reports and summary of general business items as a hand out portfolio with the rally pack for
members without Internet access, while those with access were asked to download copies. The
President informed members that this AGM is also a Special General Meeting (SGM) for the purpose
of voting on accepting new Club Rules. As time is tight holding the AGM before the dinner, the
agenda will be strictly followed.
2. Apologies. Apologies were received from John White, Lyn Meredith, Alan Tree, Kevin
Wheatley, John Waldron, Steve Vidler, Greg Grundy, Max Eastwood, Don Nicol, and Bill Cochrane.
3. Minutes from Previous Meeting. Moved John Hammond and Seconded Brian Fleming that
the Minutes from the previous meeting be accepted as presented.
4. Business arising from previous Meeting. There three actions from the last meeting:
a. Donation to Bushfire Appeal. The donation of $1,000 was made to the Victorian Bushfire
Appeal, which appears in the 2009 financial statement.
CARRIED
b. Club Rules. At the last AGM, members were notified that the Club Rules needed updating to
conform to the latest guidelines (known as Model Rules) issued by the Victorian Consumer
Affairs. A new set of AAR Club Rules have been developed, based on those Model Rules
and will be presented to members for acceptance at this meeting under General Business.
c. State Activities & CRS. At the last AGM, members agreed that State Representatives should
undertake to investigate and report back to the Committee on any issues with holding State
Activities and the need for the AAR to centrally manage Concessional Registration for AAR
members. All States agreed that the AAR is essentially a Register for sharing knowledge and
organising local rides is something that is best managed by members of the particular locality.
There was consensus there was not need to have a centrally managed CRS system for AAR
members as most, if not all, AAR members are also members of local clubs and are happy to
arrange local rides through their own clubs.
Secretary’s Note: While this action item is considered closed, a means for holding mini-AAR
rallies from time-to-time is now possible under the permit system. This system will enable
wider use of the Club’s liability insurance. Detail on the permit system is outlined in the
notices section of this AGM.
5. President’s Report. Allan Boyd presented to the meeting his report, which gave a short
summary of the significant achievements from last year. A copy of his report is tabled at annex B to
these minutes.
6. Secretary’s Report. Col Hill presented the Secretary’s report in two parts. The first part
reported on the membership base, which now stands at 370 members of which around 120 are still to
renew the membership for 2010. The second part covered the business component of the
Secretary’s role. The Secretary reminded members of the need to provide engine number and frame
number details when completing renewal forms so the bike data base can be updated. Some bikes
appear listed with more than one owner and many have no details other than year and model. The
only way to purify the information is for members to provide correct details. If a member sells a bike,

the Secretary should be advised of the sale. Response to providing details this year has enabled me
to compile a list of bikes on the Register (by year and model), which now appears on the web site
(although accuracy of data is not guaranteed) A copy of the report is attached as annex C to these
minutes. John Hammond suggested that the Secretary could send an e-mail reminder to those
members with an e-mail address who are still to renew membership, which was agreed.
7. Treasurer’s Report . A copy of the financial statement of income and expenditure, as
audited by Don Nicol, was published in the January edition of the Horses’ Mouth for members to
read. Barry Deeth presented a summary of the income and expenses for the last Club year, which is
attached as Annex D. Moved, Brian Fleming and seconded John McKernan that the Treasurer’s
report and statement of accounts be accepted as presented.
CARRIED
8. Editor’s Report. Christine Hillbrick-Boyd presented the Editor’s report, which is attached to
these minutes as annex E. Christine informed the meeting that she would be stepping down as
Editor after producing the Autumn Edition of the Horses’ Mouth. The Secretary led the floor in
thanking Christine for the great work she had done in producing the magazine during her time as
Editor.
9. Archivist Report. John Hammond advised that fifteen new folders have recently been added
to the DVD list. Of particular interest is a 1926 to 1930 Parts Book (177 pages) that was recently
obtained by and passed on to us by Ralph Hawkins the Archivist for the UK Ariel Owners Club. The
archives now consist of about 1530MB or 1.49GB of data. He stated he was experiencing problems
burning the files to DVD’s using Nero Burner (No 6), with copies failing to produce after 2 hours. An
error report did not reveal to reason. He noted that there are later versions of Nero Burner available,
but as its sole use would be for AAR work it is not worth purchasing, with better options now
available. His latest computer and printer set-up is does not have the facility to print details on the
DVD face. John proposed that DVD’s and CD’s no longer be produced, and that archives be
distributed on 2GB USB memory sticks. These are available at various times for about $10 to $16
each, and information can be transferred from my computer in significantly less time, with less
hassles. He stated that movement of archive material is slow, with only two or three copies being
sent out a year. He has 5 DVD copies of the archives including the updates (some on a separate
DVD) on hand. The original float of $100 given to me at the Moss Vale AGM now stands at $120.50.
He also suggested that the current fee be raised to $25, which has been agreed by the Committee.
Lyn Stratton asked if John needed any hardware support from the AAR Committee to enable him to
manage the production of USB copies and it was agreed that he should have two master copies of
the archives held on USBs. While members would be able to get electronic copies of all of the
archive material, hard copies would still be available for specific requests by those who do not have
computer access.
10. Election of Officers. The period of office for all Committee positions filled in 2009 ends at
the conclusion of this meeting and the persons elected in the ensuing election will take office at that
time. The Club Rules mandate that only those persons for whom the Secretary has received
nominations may stand for election, but where no nominations have been received for a position,
nominations can be called for from the floor. If only one nomination has been received, that person is
elected unopposed. A nomination form was included in the last magazine, and also posted on the
AAR web site.
President. There were no nominations for President so the position was declared vacant and
the Committee would now consult with members to fill the position by appointment.
Vice-President. Brian Fleming, nominated by Barry Deeth and seconded by Col Hill, was the
only nomination for Vice-President and elected unopposed as Vice-President for 2010
Secretary. Col Hill, nominated by Christine Hillbrick-Boyd and seconded by Allan Boyd, was
the only nomination for Secretary and elected unopposed as Secretary for 2010.

Treasurer. Barry Deeth, nominated by Brain Fleming and seconded Col Hill, was the only
nomination for Treasurer and elected unopposed as Treasurer for 2010.
Secretary’s Footnote: Mr Geoff Hinspeter approached the Committee at the end of the AGM
and volunteered to fill the vacant President position. The Committee consulted on the offer and
agreed that Geoff should be appointed to fill the vacant President position.
11. Ordinary Committee Members. The main business conducted by the AAR during the year
relates to publishing the Horse’s Mouth magazine and planning and managing the annual rally. For
this reason, the Ordinary Committee members best suited to supporting the Officer Bearers would be
those persons in charge of organising the next rally and the Editor. Hence the following persons
proposed by Allan Boyd and seconded by Col Hill were elected to fulfil the role of Ordinary
Committee Members:
(1) Editor – there were no nominations or volunteers for Editor so the position was declared
vacant and the Committee would now consult with members to fill the position by
appointment.
(2) John Todd (Rally Director)
(3) Struan Clark (Rally Events Organiser).
Secretary’s Note: The Secretary will arrange for Struan Clark to be enrolled with Motorcycling
Australia Rider’s Division, which is a pre-requisite under the new permit system for events.
12. Appointment of Assistants to Officer Bearers. The following assistants of Office Bearers
are usually appointed by the Committee, being normally filled by volunteers, but may be elected in
the event of more than one person volunteering for a particular position.
a. Archivist – John Hammond agreed to continue as Archivist for 2010.
b. State Representatives. The following persons agreed to act as AAR representatives for their
respective states/territories:
ACT- John Waldron advised the Secretary before the meeting that he would continue as the
ACT Representative for 2010.
NSW –Raymond Philps agreed to continue as NSW Representative for 2010.
QLD – Kevin Wheatley is not well and has to step down as the QLD State Representative.
Bill McKee agreed to become the QLD Representative for 2010.
SA – John Byles agreed to continue as SA Representative for 2010.
TAS - Buck Donnelly confirmed by e-mail that he would be standing down as the Tasmanian
Representative and as no person has volunteered to act as the TAS representative for
2010, the position was declared vacant.
VIC – Bruce Fenton agreed to continuer as VIC Representative for 2010
WA – Ern Serls agreed to continue as the WA Representative for 2010.
The Secretary welcomed new members to the 2010 Committee.
13. General Business.
a. Changes to Club Rules. The Secretary informed the meeting that members have been
notified in the last magazine of the intention to vote on the acceptance of new Club Rules at
this AGM/SGM. These new Club Rules, which were drafted by Christine Hillbrick-Boyd, were

posted on the AAR web site for viewing by members with Internet access, and for those
without access, the notice in the magazine advised members wishing to read the draft rules
should contact the Secretary for a copy, plus a copy of the proxy from to allow them to submit
an absentee vote. This notification was reiterated in letters to members when they renewed
their membership for 2010. A copy of the draft rules were also included in the rally packs.
Moved by Col Hill and seconded by Ern Serls that the new rules be accepted.
CARRIED
Secretary’s Note: No proxy votes were received by the Secretary before the meeting on the
proposed rule changes.
b. Awards. The Secretary advised that he received nominations for two members to be
recognised for service to the AAR and its members.
(i) The first is Mr Allan Boyd who has been a part of the AAR committee since its
incorporation, having served as Editor, Treasurer and President. The Committee
recommended that the proposal by John Hammond (seconded by Brian Fleming) of Life
Membership for Allan be put to the AGM for agreement. The proposal was carried
unanimously my members.
(ii) The Secretary advised the Meeting that the Committee would like to formally recognise
the log service that Mr John Shank (Member No 1) has provided to AAR members
seeking technical advice. The President presented John with a certificate of merit in
recognition of this service.
c. Expression of Interest for 2012 Rally. The President advised that he has received an
expression of interest from Queensland for holding the 2012 annual rally in the Darling Downs
region and surrounding districts. John Hammond agreed to take the lead for identifying rally
venue, runs etc and report back to the Committee.
d. Club Computer System. Administration of the AAR has reached a point where the Committee
considers it necessary for the AAR to have its own computer system, rather than taxing
members to use their own system. The Committee agreed that the AAR should purchase a
laptop or portable desktop computer and colour printer that would be held and used by the
Secretary to record all membership, web files and AAR business files. The cost for the
system would not exceed $1500. The meeting endorsed this expenditure.
e. PA System. The current PA system has been deemed no longer suitable for use at rallies
given the number of participants no attending the annual rally. The President advised the
meeting that the Committee had endorsed the acquisition of a more suitable system and
sought a volunteer to look into the cost of a suitable system and report back to the
Committee.
Secretary’s Note: Ern Serls has agreed to take the lead in identifying a suitable PA system.
f. AAR Polo Shirts. The President sought expressions of interest from members for having an
AAR polo shirt. Members agreed that the Secretary should look at options for a shirt that
perhaps could be subsided by the AAR rather on-sold at cost plus.
g. Rally Reports. John Davis acknowledged the effort of Allan Boyd in getting exposure of the
last AAR rally in Old Bike Magazine and asked if a report would be submitted to Old Bike for
the 2010 rally. Allan Boyd indicated the intention is to again submit a report on the 2010 rally.
14. 2011 Rally Update. John and Kaye Todd, gave an update on the next rally, which will be
held at Euroa, Victoria from the 29 th April to the 1 st May 2011. The rally HQ and starting point for runs
will be the Euroa Caravan Park. John provided the proposed program for the rally and
accommodation alternatives as a hand-out for members to read.

15. Notices:
a. Chat Room. Bob White and Ray Philps have developed a Chat Room web site for AAR
members where they can express and share their views on aspects surrounding Ariel
motorcycles. Details on accessing the Chat Room are on the AAR web site and in the
Magazine, or go direct to the site at http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/AARMCGroup/ and
follow the instructions to register. Members are encouraged to use this site. Peter Holdcroft
added his support by advising members how privacy is protected for those participating in the
forum. The Committee encouraged members to make use of the forum where possible and
registered a vote of thanks to Bob and Ray for the work they have done in establishing this
Chat Room.
b. Public Liability Insurance Cover for Local Events. The AAR recently affiliated with
Motorcycling Australia (MA). This affiliation has several benefits, but the most significant
benefit is that the AAR may draw on MA’s public liability insurance for any event held under
the banner of the AAR in Australia. There are few conditions that need to be met to be
granted the cover, and these are not onerous. A permit must be obtained to hold the event
and a list of persons in attendance together with a post event form must be sent to MA after
the event, noting there are time constraints for applying for the permit and submitting these
documents (not less than 14 days prior and within 14 days after the event). More details on
the system can be read on the AAR web site under the Notices section, or can be obtained by
contacting the Secretary.
c. Next Meeting. The next AGM will be held on 30 April 2011 in conjunction with the 2011
annual rally to be held at Euroa (time and place to be advised with the 2011 rally pack).
16. Close. The President closed the Meeting at 6:30 PM.
Annexes:
A. List of Members in Attendance. B. President’s Report
C. Secretary’s Report. D. Treasurer’s Report. E. Editor’s Report

LIST OF MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE
ANNEX A
Anderson - Jon
Boxer-Russell
Boyd - Allan
Browne - Michael
Byles - John
Davis - John
Deeth - Barry
Fenton - Bruce
Fleming - Brian
Hammond - John
Hammond - Kaye
Hill - Col
Hillbrick-Boyd - Christine
Hinspeter - Geoff
Hodge - Ron
Holdcroft - Peter
Hughes – John
Jackson - Terry
Jarmyn – Ron
Lawrence - Bob
Lovell - Alan
McKee - Bill
McKernan - John
Means - Mervyn
Nicholas – Rod
Penrose - Allan
Penrose - Wayne
Peters - Don
Peters - Max
Peters - Len
Philps – Ray
Popplewell - Rob
Rayment - Victor
Saunders - Denis
Serls - Ern
Shanks - John
Stratton - Alan
Surman - Jeff
Todd - John
Wilson - Dale

AAR PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2010 AGM
Reviewing the past year I am encouraged with the continuing enthusiasm of our members as
demonstrated by the attendance at our annual rally and interest in our newsletter (the Horse’s
Mouth), website and the Chat Room Forum.
ANNEX B
Congratulations to this year’s AAR Committee and our State Representatives for a job well done.
Many dedicated hours are required to keep the AAR functional and active behind the scenes.
Thank you to this year’s South Australia Mannum rally committee for putting on such a wonderful
annual rally for us so far. Rallies do not just happen but require a dedicated team of workers to give
us the activities, events, dinners and even this AGM for us to attend and enjoy.
Last year’s NSW Evans Head rally was a big success despite the rain. It was a huge social event
which is an important part of our get togethers. A big thank you to Alan and Lynne Stratton and their
committee/sponsors for a job well done. It is also encouraging to have arrangements in place for
2011 and an expression of interest for 2012.
The establishment of a new AAR website by Peter Holdcroft (ACT) and Col Hill (ACT) has been an
important part of our communication with our members and the outside world alike. Thank you Peter
and Col, and also thank you to other contributors. The Chat Room Forum has also been established
by Bob White (NSW) with help from Ray Philps (NSW) and is popular with our computer literate
members. Keep up the good work.
The newsletter continues to be a popular form of communication with our members in particular
those who do not have computers, many of whom are our older members. The production cost of
the newsletter was becoming a concern until it was decided to approach industry related businesses
for advertising which was successful in raising funds to help cover some of the costs.
Our AAR insurance cover was also a cost concern; however, a considerable saving was achieved by
affiliating with Motorcycling Australia (MA), thanks to our Secretary’s “shopping around” efforts.
Some changes were proposed to the club rules at last year’s AGM, however after some
consideration the Committee decided to undertake a complete update based on Consumer Affairs
Victoria (CAV) model rules. These rules have been prepared and circulated for comment, and will be
voted on the Special General Meeting. Thanks to Col Hill and Chris Hillbrick-Boyd for taking on the
task of updating the new rules.
Best wishes go to those AAR members who are unable to attend this year’s rally due to illness or
family related commitments. It is with regret we were informed of the passing S.A. AAR member
Darrel Rowe (AAR No 10) in July 2009.
Allan Boyd
President, AAR
March 2010

AAR SECRETARY’S REPORT 2010 AGM
ANNEX C
There are two components to my report, one dealing with membership and the other addresses the
AAR business issues that have arisen since the last AGM.
Membership
Since its incorporation the AAR has had 773 names listed on the register, although a few of these are
members that have been assigned two numbers, being issued a new number on rejoining after a
lapse in membership. I am slowly filtering these out. The current membership level is 370 full
members and two Honorary Members, with 250 having renewed their membership when I prepared
this report on 1 April. While there are still many to renew for 2010, statistics from last year support
those of previous years showing renewals usually peak after the issue of the Autumn magazine and
taper off towards June, with about 10% from the previous year not renewing. This is usually
balanced by a similar increase in new members throughout the year. The Autumn Edition of the
Horse’s Mouth magazine will have a final reminder for those yet to renew, and those not renewing
before 1 July will not be on the mailing list for the Winter Edition of the magazine.
The demographics for the AAR membership base leading to this meeting were:
ACT - 9
NSW - 100
NT - 1
QLD - 72
SA – 37
TAS - 16
VIC - 110
WA - 22
Overseas 5 (includes 2 Honorary)
For those members still to renew, please take the time to complete details on the Ariel bikes owned
so I can continue to purify the Register. For information, we have 230 members with e-mail contacts.
AAR Business
Last year saw the development and reinstatement of the AAR web site, which I coordinated. Thanks
to Peter Holdcroft from the ACT who developed the templates and set up the initial home page on the
host site. I welcome input from members on how the AAR web site might be made better for
members’ benefit. This year the AAR affiliated with Motorcycling Australia and now has the ability to
draw on the liability insurances MA provides to its affiliated Clubs, which has a significant reduction in
annual costs for running the AAR.
Last year the cost for running the office of the Secretary was $1266.47, comprising:
Membership Badges $ 255.20
Laminate envelopes $ 15.95
Postage & Stamps $ 322.60
Ariel posters $ 466.15
Poster tubes $ 62.00
Envelopes $ 20.84
Receipt Books $ 13.00
Printer Ink $ 48.73
Total $ 1266.47
The major expenses have been for membership badges, purchase posters and postage
(membership renewals and notices to members without e-mail). The outlay for posters and poster
tubes has been offset by the income from the poster sales to members, which returned a profit of
$245.33.
ColinJHill
AAR Secretary
(Member No. 689)

AAR TREASURER’S REPORT – 2010 AGM
ANNEX D
TREASURER’S REPORT & STATEMENT OF INCOME & EXPENSES
2010 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.
Treasurer's Report for the period 2nd January, 2009 to 31st December, 2009.
As I stated at the 2009 AGM in Evan's Head for the 2008 year, we paid ;
(a) Two lots of Insurance instead of the usual one.
(b) Six publications of "The Horses Mouth" instead of the usual four.
(c) Two Rally Floats instead of the usual one.
Therefore the 2009 year started with a somewhat reduced amount of $17,260.75.
For 2009, income was $10,891.64 whilst expenditure was $8,963.94. The principal income came from annual
subscriptions, however, Colin Hill an Allan and Chris Boyd were successful in the sale of posters from Germany
and club regalia to supplement our income.
Later in the year, the threesome sold advertising space in "The Horses Mouth". Please support these
advertisers.
The successful Summerland Rally at Evans Head in 2009, run by Alan & Lyn Stratton & Family & helplers,
produced a surplus of $1,545.28 even after the repayment of the rally float.
The main expenditure was for "The Horses Mouth" but we also made a donation of $1,000.00 to the Red Cross
Bushfire appeal and a letter of appreciation is here if anyone should want to peruse it.
We also incurred a cost of $292.20 for the setting up of the website.
Colin Hill has managed to reduce the cost of our rally insurance and we should thank him for that.
Therefore, we have ended the year with a healthier amount of $19,528.45 minus one un-presented cheque for
$340.
Barry Deeth.
Treasurer

AUSTRALIAN ARIEL REGISTER FINANCIAL RECORDS - INCOME
MONTH DESCRIPTION INCOME AMMOUNT & TYPE
2009 Transaction Type Banked By Amount Subcriptions Rally Interest Regalia Other
Jan Annual Subs Colin Hill 315.00 315.00
Jan Interest 0.11 0.11
Feb Annual Subs Colin Hill 3,230.00 3,230.00
Feb Annual Subs Allan Boyd 30.00 30.00
Feb Interest 0.10 0.10
Mar Annual Subs Colin Hill 1,200.00 1,200.00
Mar Interest 0.12 0.12
Mar Club Regalia Colin Hill 55.40 55.40
Mar Cash deposit Allan Boyd 25.00 25.00
April Annual Subs Colin Hill 500.00 500.00
April Interest 0.27 0.27
April Rally Float Refund Barry Deeth 700.00 700.00
April Cash deposit Allan Boyd 402.00 402.00
April Annual Subs Barry Deeth 60.00 60.00
May Annual Subs Colin Hill 880.00 880.00
May Posters Colin Hill 340.00 340.00
May Interest 0.67 0.67
June Annual Subs Colin Hill 240.00 240.00
June Posters Colin Hill 200.00 200.00
June Interest 0.43 0.43
July Annual Subs Colin Hill 170.00 170.00
July Regalia Colin Hill 60.00 60.00
July Interest 0.38 0.38
August Evans Head Rally Barry Deeth 1,555.28 1,555.28
August Annual Subs Colin Hill 140.00 140.00
August Regalia Colin Hill 115.00 115.00
August Interest 0.13 0.13
Sept Interest 0.66 0.66
Oct Annual Subs Colin Hill 50.00 50.00
Oct Regalia Colin Hill 135.00 135.00
Oct Interest 0.68 0.68
Peter Smith
Nov Advertising Allan Boyd 130.00 30.00 100.00
Nov
Classic Allparts
Advertising Colin Hill 100.00 100.00
Nov
Shannons
Advertising Colin Hill 100.00 100.00
Nov Regalia 25.00 25.00
Nov Interest 0.41 0.41
Dec Annual Subs Colin Hill 130.00 130.00
TOTAL 10,891.64 7,080.00 2,255.28 3.96 1,227.40 325.00

DATE
2009
CHQ
NO.
AUSTRALIAN ARIEL REGISTER FINANCIAL RECORDS - EXPENDITURE
TRANSACTION DESCRIPTION
EXPENDITURE TYPE & AMOUNT
Paid To Payment For Amount Stationery Postage Printing Rally
Bank
Fees Regalia Insurance Other
18 Feb 09 312 Downs Mailing Service Jan 09 Horses Mouth 1,364.15 1,364.15
2 Mar 09 313 Re-imburse B.Deeth Posters purchase 413.72 413.72
2 Mar09 314 Patrick Aust Pty Ltd Membership badges 255.20 255.20
2 Mar 09 315 Re-imburse C.Hill Expenses 76.12 76.12
13 Mar 09 Returned Chq 20.00 20.00
4 Apr 09 316 Australian Red Cross Bushfire Appeal 1,000.00 1,000.00
13 Apr09 317 Consumer Affairs Vic Annual Return 39.70 39.70
19 May 09 318 Downs Mailing Service Evans Head edition 1,461.85 1,461.85
9 Jun 09 319 Vendhost Register Website 292.20 292.20
9 Jun 09 320 Re-imburse C.Hill Expenses + posters 571.35 571.35
30 Jun 09 321 Derek Stratton Rally DVD/Archives 25.00 25.00
20 Jul 09 322 Downs Mailing Service Horses Mouth 863.25 863.25
24 Aug 09 323 Re-imburse C.Hill Postage, receipt book 116.50 116.50
19 Sep 09 324 S A River Rally Float 700.00 700.00
15 Nov 09 325 Motorcycling Aust Insurance 2010 340.00 340.00
16 Nov 09 326 Downs Mailing Service Horses Mouth 1,239.50 1,239.50
327 Unused
29 Dec 09 328 Allan Boyd Expenses 185.40 185.40
TOTAL 8,963.94 502.60 116.50 4,928.75 700.00 1,240.27 340.00 1,135.82

RECONCILIATION 2 JANUARY 2009 TO 31 DECEMBER 2009
&
STATEMENT BY AUDITOR
DATE/PERIOD
OPENING BALANCE 2/01/2009 $17,260.75
INCOME 2 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 $10,891.64
EXPENSES 2 January 2009 to 31 December 2009 -$8,963.94
unpresented cheques Chq No. 325 Motorcycling Aust $340.00
CLOSING BALANCE BANK 31/12/2009 $19,528.45
BARRY DEETH
TREASURER AAR
AUDITORS STATEMENT
I declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief, having inspected all deposits, invoices and receipts that the
financial records for the Financial Year 2009 are an accurate account of all financial transactions of the Australian Ariel
Register Inc.
Donald Robert Nicol
M.B.A., Grad. Dip. Soc. Sci., FAICD, dip., JP (Qual)
31-December-2009

AAR EDITOR’S REPORT – 2010 AGM
ANNEX E
It has been a roller coaster year for the Horse’s Mouth this past 12 months – some issues were
out on time and others very late – my sincere apologies for the late issues. I have enjoyed the
challenges as editor especially putting out the newsletter whilst “on the road” that stretched my
computer prowess as well as your patience. Thank you for your patience.
Out of the Western Sunset is Eric “Bolt” Blythe’s (WA) initiative and a welcome addition to the
Horse’s Mouth. Bolt’s regular contributions help to keep both sides of this huge continent of
ours in touch with each other. Jim Forster’s story has proven popular and you will be pleased to
know Part 2 will be in the April issue.
The Help pages in the HM have decreased in size and content over the past few issues and I
believe that this is mainly due to the increased use of the AAR website (and other internet sites
such as e-bay) and the AAR Chat Room. I predict that the use of the HELP pages will
decrease further in content over the coming years and this is to be expected and welcomed
because the use of the internet allows faster turnover to meet our members’ needs.
As with just about everything else, the costs of putting out the Horse’s Mouth have increased
quite markedly during my time as editor. After the Evans Head Rally, Allan and I visited Adrian
Meston, Downs Mailing Service in Toowoomba, to research ways to reduce or defray the
increasing costs of the HM, and we came away with a number of hints and ideas; for example
Adrian showed us how to increase content without increasing the number of pages of the HM.
In addition, we took up the challenge of seeking advertisers who would be of interest to our
members and that has proven successful.
Postage and handling costs for the magazine are increasing also and one way you the
members can help to reduce costs is to reduce the number of magazines that contain a second
renewal reminder notice by renewing membership before April of each year, and guarantee you
do not miss receiving your copy of the HM.
The variety of articles has proven popular with members as the AAR committee has passed on
to me the good feedback about these. So I urge members to keep sending in articles, stories,
reminiscences, jokes and humour, and technical information to the editor. You should
eventually see your efforts in the HM.
The challenge will be to keep the HM relevant for our members – its social, technical and
historical content and contact between members, particularly those members who choose not to
have computer, should help to keep the HM popular for the next few years at least.
As I advertised in each issue for the past 12 months I will not be standing for the position of
editor this year. It is a rewarding and vital job for the AAR, although not well paid, in fact there
is no monetary reward, but I would urge each and every one of you to consider taking on the
position.
And so I say goodbye as editor knowing I have served the AAR to the best of my ability. Don’t
panic, the April rally issue will be put out by me, my final hurrah!
Chris Hillbrick-Boyd
Editor, The Horse’s Mouth
17 April 2010