May General Meeting Minutes
General Meeting
13 May 2026
Held at Lakeside Golf Club Camden
The meeting was opened at 6.30pm
Welcome – Sarah Ryan, Director Events
Sarah welcomed everyone to the meeting including Life Member and Past President Adrianna Care, President of Wollondilly Business Chamber Pania Gregson, and Guest Speaker Nadine Champion. She also welcomed all members, and guests to the meeting. On the tables were the Treasurer’s Report and the last meeting Minutes are on the Chambers website under About.
President’s Report – Roland Blackstone, President
Roland spoke about:
- TGIF Drinks at Gregory Hills Hotel on Friday, April 24th everyone had a great time
- Thank you to everyone for their support of Camden RSL and Anzac Day
- Congratulations to Gelder Peters Law on their new office at Oran Park
- Congratulations to WOTSO Gregory Hills on opening
- Combined Chambers meeting in June – details are now available on the Chambers website
Thank you to the Venue Partner – The Cube, Campbelltown Catholic Club, and the Event Partners – BDC Macarthur, Kelly+Partners South West Sydney, Macarthur Memorial Park, Marsdens Law Group, and The Mac - Wayne Bennett for breakfast in July at Menangle Country Club
- August breakfast meeting at Club Menangle Trackside
- F1 update
Aplologies
Laura Blackstone – Director Governance, and Marsdens Law Group
Garth & Alison Lewis, Alpha IT
Rachel Elliott – Director Sponsorship, and Lansdowne Property Group
Life Member Tony Perich AM and Cathy Perich
Membership Update – Tony Bonanno, Director Membership
New member introductions:
- AMLHIVE Pty Ltd – Alveena Haris
- Fully Promoted Camden – Adi Bashar
- Southwell Certifiers Pty Ltd – Dean Dehgahn-Khalaji
- WOTSO Macarthur Square Pty Ltd – Tia Veech
Sponsorship Update – Karina Rauch, Vice President
Promotion of the Sponsorship Packages for 2026-2027. If you are interested, please contact Rachel Elliott at sponsorship@narellanchamber.com.au
Gold Sponsor Greenfields Development
Silver Sponsor Wests Group Macarthur
What’s On – Daniel Fenech, Director Marketing
- 11 May – 3 July Breast Screen Mobile Van at Camden or Oran Park
- 17 May Paws in the Park
- 21 May Macarthur Together – A Regional Approach to the Visitor Economy
- 27 May Ready to Unlock AI-Powered Productivity
- 3-26 June Time to Push for Better Mental Health
- 13 June Black Tie Western Gala Ball Raffle
- 13 June Boots N’ Beats Camden Country Music Festival
- 27 June Comedy for a Cause
- 8 July Chamber Breakfast Meeting with Guest Speaker Wayne Bennett
- 19 July Run Camden
- 25 July Youth Solutions 2026 Annual Charity Event
Sponsorship Update – Karina Rauch
Silver Sponsor Gregory Hills Hotel
InKind Sponsor Print Sign & Design Hub
Networking Break
Speaker Presentation
Nadine Champion – 10 Seconds of Courage
- Internal Training
- Change your Thinking
- 10 Seconds of Courage
- Corner Team
- Congratulations to Lisa Thomas of Travelmanagers for breaking the board
Lucky Door Prize
From Hamper Culture – Bill Psomos of Clintons Toyota
$100 Gift Card from Narellan Town Centre – Jillian Duve of Caldwell Martin Cox
$50 dining voucher from Wets Group Macarthur – Kelly Oliver of Mitronics
Bottle of wine from Gregory Hills Hotel – Karen Taylor of Taylor’d Funerals
Bottle of wine from Print Sign & Design Hub – Geoff Rogers of Camden Valley Financial Services
2 tickets to Opening Night of Camden Musical Society – Tia Veech of WOTSO
Closing Remarks – Sarah Ryan
Sarah thanked everyone for attending and especially the guest speaker Nadine Champion.
Thank you to all the sponsors and the InKind Sponsors. A special thank you to the evenings venue host Wests Group Macarthur.
Meeting reminders – June will be a Combined Chambers Meeting with information available www.narellanchamber.com.au/events, and the guest speaker is Mark McCrindle.The next Narellan Chamber meeting will be on Wednesday, 8 July for Breakfast at Menangle Country Club with guest speaker Wayne Bennett.
There being no further business, the meeting was closed at 8.45pm.