TREASURER’S REPORT: AGM 16 JULY 2016

The accounting figures for the year from 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016 convey the fact that the printing, distribution and sale of the Your Place in the Kogelberg book overwhelm the regular nature of all previous year-end financial statements. The book was launched in May 2015. Book sales continued steadily through 2015 into 2016. By June 2016 the stock of unsold books has greatly reduced. In fact sales have slowed substantially. Printing on demand for the English edition and a reduced print run of an Afrikaans edition are under consideration. Decisions in this…
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THE BATTLE OF BETTY’S BAY – REPORT ON ROUND 633

Ed Silberbauer Next Hack no 634: Same venue - open ground opposite the Centre Shop parking area at 9am on Sunday 7 February 2016. A calm clear day, but so hot that most people spent the morning in the sea water – and who could blame them? The faithful and dedicated worked their way through a forest of rooikrans on either side of the 'public open space'. We were last there some four years ago and at this hack found no coppiced stumps which illustrates once again the expertise with which the hack group operates.…
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