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October General Meeting Minutes

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General Meeting

8 October 2025
Held at Menangle Country Club

Welcome – Carla Upfill, Director Meetings

Carla welcomed everyone to the meeting including Past President Anne Parnham, Guest Speaker Mike Munro AM, President of Wollondilly Business Chamber Pania Gregson.  She also welcomed all members, and guests to the meeting.

President’s Report – Roland Blackstone, President

Roland spoke about:

  • Laura Blackstone is filling a casual vacancy as Director Governance
  • TGNBC is naming rights sponsor for Carols by Camdenlight
  • Voting for TGIF Drinks
  • First Home buyer’s scheme
  • Trump update

Apologies

Tony Perich AM and Cathy Perich
Cassandra May – Affordable Web Solutions
Garth Lewis – Alpha IT
Alison Attard – BNI Sydney South West
Luisa Gaetani – Coutts Lawyers & Conveyancers
Barrie Grimes – Grimes Finance & Mortgages
Christine Kelly – itravel Camden
Sarah Ryan – Kids of Macarthur Foundation
Rowan Gregson – Pestgo

Membership Update – Tony Bonanno, Director Membership

    New member introductions

    Banga Financial – Manpreet Banga
    Cyber Agency – Eddie Popal
    Nuovo Insights Pty Ltd – Tracy Attanasio

    Member Spotlight – Karen Taylor of Taylor’d Funerals

    Sponsorship Update – Rachel Elliott, Director Sponsorship

    • Silver Sponsor                 Sydney Drafting Concepts & Designs
    • Bronze Sponsor              Gelder Peters Law
    • InKind Sponsor               Hamper Culture

    What’s On – Laura Blackstone, Director Governance

    • October                      Small Business Month
    • 18 October                Kids of Macarthur Health Foundation, A Night at the Trots
    • 23 October                Camden Council Business Networking and Future Insights with McCrindle
    • By 24 October          Camden Council’s Christmas Guide EOI
    • 25 October                Rotary Club of Camden Mental Health Expo & Forum
    • 7 November              Youth Solutions 2025 Charity Golf Day
    • 18 November           Alpha IT Sip & Secure
    • 20 November           Camden Council Careers & Jobs Expo
    • 6 December              Carols by Camdenlight

    Networking Break

    Speaker Presentation

    Mike Munro AM

    Q&A Session

    • Kylie Lyons – The song “And then came Mike Munro”
    • Daniel Fenech – History documentaries, what are you doing now?
      • 4-part series Lawless
    • Maureen Thorpe – Who was the nicest to interview
      • Kathryn Hepburn
    • Anne Parnham – If you didn’t have the right name, how did you get a passport?
      • Grandfather changed O’Keeff to Munro

    Mike was thanked for his presentation and presented a thank you gift by Peta Borg of Hamper Culture.

    Lucky Door Prize

    Jennifer Henson (Forte Catering) – from Sydney Drafting Concepts & Design
    Pania Gregson (Wollondilly Chamber of Commerce) – from Hamper Culture
    Jacob Mitchell (Marsdens Law Group) – from Gelder Peters Law
    Kylie Lyons (Handprint Photography) – from Mike Munro

    Closing Remarks – Carla Upfill

    Carla thanked everyone for attending and especially guest speaker Mike Munro AM.
    Thank you to all the sponsors and the InKind Sponsors.

    The next meeting will be on Wednesday, 12 November at Camden Valley Inn with guest speaker Dr Adam Fraser – Adopt a high-performance culture to thrive.

    There being no further business, the meeting was closed at 8.40pm.