Touring Tasmania some helpful links below.

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OLD NEWS - year 2005

December 2005

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday Dec 11, 2005

This meeting will be the final one for the year. The AGM Organising committee wish all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year. We will be busy over the Christmas/New Year period finalising the AGM Week Program and the latest information for the February edition of your Riding On. Many sub committee meetings are taking place on a more informal basis to work out the nuts and bolts of the AGM.

November 2005

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Saturday Nov 26, 2005

The heat is on now, our meetings are every fortnight now with a 4 week break over the Christmas period. The AGM week program is underway with advertising starting to roll in. We are currently looking at options for identifying the volunteers and the AGM Organising Committee. The grand parade route assembly and finish areas are all sorted now. Some Motorcycle manufactures have been down and inspected their sites and the test ride route. They appear to be very happy with the location of the trade displays. They have said being on a sealed surface is a real bonus.

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday Nov 13, 2005

Pre order your copy of the official 2006 AGM DVD now   uploaded Nov 9 2005

October 2005

Report on the 2006 AGM information session held at the Launceston Turf Club - Oct 30 2005 (pdf 110kb)  
 Click here for a pdf slide show (1.7mb) uploaded Nov 3 

The AGM Organising committee will be holding an information session for statewide Ulysses members at the Turf Club, Mowbray Racecourse, Launceston, this Sunday (Oct 30) 11.00am - 1.00pm.  Catering Director - Ian locke will have muffins at 11.00am and bbq packs to be purchased at 1.00pm for those staying on for a bbq.

At the meeting on Saturday it was decided to release the AGM merchandise on the website. At this stage we only have the polo top to show you and yes it has a pocket. The merchandise webpage had 90 hits in less that 24 hours since uploading on Oct 24. Comments on the national website in the discussion forum have been very favourable to the style and colour of the 2006 AGM Polo top.

 NatComPete - Peter Williams attended our meeting, Pete has been in the state for a week and attended a Tamar Tourers ride and the Pink Ribbon Ride last Sunday..........GH

Web pages last updated on Mon October 24 2005  Latest News   Home page &  Committee page

A new web page created on Mon October 24 2005: AGM Merchandise 

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Saturday Oct 22, 2005

September 2005

We are all busy this month putting together the AGM report for Riding On.

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday Sept 18, 2005

Special deals page updated today, Sept 15 http://www.ulysses.org.au/agm2006/14specialdeals.htm 

August  2005

Web pages last updated on Mon August 29  Latest News & home page  

A new web page created on Tuesday August 30 2005: AGM WEEK DAY RIDES

The meeting on Sun Aug 28 had Dale and Marianna in attendance. Dale is our Principal caterer from the Barn Palis for the Fri and Sat evening meals. Dale brought us up to speed on the associated tasks required of the organising committee to successfully manage this huge undertaking to feed thousands of people in a given time frame. After our meeting we had a bite to eat at Cafe RA, followed by a site inspection with Dale and our Sparky and our Plumber. Dale is more than happy with the site, the layout and the existing infrastructure.......GH

Photo - AGM Organising Committee with Dale & Marianna from the Barn Palis (rear right)

Ian had an interesting beverage selection for us to drool over.

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday Aug 28, 2005

Web pages last updated on Mon August 15  Latest News  home page  Special deals

New webpages created on Friday August 1 5 2005 are: Cradle Coast photos  -  Page 1 - Page 2  - Page 3  -  Page 4

July 2005

Web pages last updated on Friday August 5 July 10, 2005  Latest News 
 Cradle Coast maps also including the AGM venue maps

New web pages created on Friday August 5 2005 are:
Central Coast Tourist map - Page 1 and Page 2

July 31 AGM meeting report for website latest news page.

  Our meetings continue to be a three and a half hour session. The major out-come from this meeting was the presentation of the polo and rugby top. A huge thank you goes to Judy for organizing some smart looking merchandise. It has been decided not to release any photos of the merchandise until the AGM.

  Meetings with the Ulverstone Police, Central Coast Council, and the SES are underway, sorting the grand parade route and all traffic movement during the AGM.  The traffic management issues that go with a grand parade are quite complex and we thank Malcolm for taking on the task of organizing the grand parade, which will include the CBD of Ulverstone.

  Some traders are booked in already and that part of the AGM is off to a good start. TT Line inform us bookings continue to roll in with over 2400 bookings received.

  Local sponsors are gradually coming onboard as the momentum starts to build for this once in a lifetime event for the Cradle Coast of Tasmania. Sponsors onboard are:

Van Ek Contracting, all Tasmanian Motorcycle Dealers,  Ulverstone Football Club, Events Tasmania, Central Coast Council, Cradle Coast Authority, Harvey Norman – Ulverstone store, Dobsons Electrical and Spirit of Tasmania.

  Christine our Volunteers Director is trying to source some photos of inside the Hoeker at past AGMs. This is to help her volunteers understand what to expect on the Fri and Sat evening functions. If you can help Christine out phone:

ph (03) 6429 3291
m 0419 180 182   
Email:  christinec@microtech.com.au

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday July 31, 2005

Traders to the Ulysses 2006 AGM, your information fact sheet and registration/application form is out now, go to this webpage

Web pages last updated on Sunday July 10, 2005  Latest News  Tie Down 
New web pages created Traders,    Ulverstone Showground - site plan,   Ulverstone Stadiums - floor plan

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday July 10, 2005

June 2005

Special deals webpage updated Friday June 24. 

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday June 19, 2005

May 2005

The  Committee meeting on Saturday May 21 had our new National AGM Coordinator - Graeme Rule present. Graeme passed on valuable advice and factual information from the Canberra AGM. As some of you may be aware, Graeme was the Coordinator for the Canberra AGM. Pete Williams (NatComPete we call him) has been in the state for some time on personal matters and has been in constant contact with us. Pete is almost a local now. BTW Pete was a local many years ago. We have a good working relationship with the National body and the 2006 AGM preparations are well in hand. 

• There has been a site team formed and site planning and measuring up is in progress. 

• A rides team headed by John lynch is busy putting together a schedule of day rides. 

• The Tasmanian Motorcycle Council has produced a Motorcycling in Tasmania brochure, (a quality production I might add) which will be included in the registration form sent by Wendy. 

• Nicola has entertainment well planned and is working towards a theme for the AGM.

• Ian has food and beverage under control and prices may well be set later this week for the Friday and Saturday night dinners. 

• Judy has merchandise well in hand and is working through quite a number of expressions of interests that came in from the three Tassie newspaper ads a few weeks back and some from our website as well.

• Christine is continuing to receive volunteer forms both from local and interstate members and the general public. Some Targa Tasmania  volunteers are expressing an interest in becoming involved.

• Our recent incoming registrars Phil and Marita Crombie are coping well and in communication with Wendy our national admin officer.

• Lyn Lesslie has been appointed the 2006 AGM - DVD producer, working closely with Southern Cross Television

Some Committee roles have been reallocated after the meeting on Sat May 21. Rod Priestley has taken on the Site Director's role and relinquished the Sponsorship and Marketing role. The Sponsorship and Marketing role will be maintained by all on the committee following up opportunities when they arise from now on. Graham Hart has taken on the Trade Show and will be accepting inquiries from traders after July 01 2005.  Nicola Crates has taken on the role of AGM Week Program Editor for now until some one comes forward to take up this position. The committee webpage has been updated with the new roles..........Regards GH.

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday May 22, 2005 Sat May 21

Special Deals webpage updated May 19 with another business offering Ulysses members a discount.

Website  last updated on Wednesday May 4, 2005 - a whole website upgrade to co-inside with the release of the 
2006 AGM logo  

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday May 01, 2005 at a time and place yet to be determined.

April 2005

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday April 10, 2005 at 10.00am.

2005 CANBERRA AGM DVD A home production DVD of the Canberra AGM is now available. The price is $10.00 inc post and handling. email:  lynl@ihug.com.au 

Site last updated on Wednesday April 27, 2005 - HOME PAGE,   latest news. and a new page added 
2005 CANBERRA AGM DVD

Attention intending suppliers to the Ulysses Club's 2006 AGM, the   EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST   Information is out now.

Site last updated on Friday April 13, 2005 - HOME PAGE, Expression of interest page ,  latest news. and two files added, 102eioform and EIO document

Site last updated on Wednesday April 13, 2005 - HOME PAGE, Committee/contacts page and latest news.

Site last updated on Friday April 8, 2005 - HOME PAGE and Sponsors page  and four more pages added  called promotional brochure and Tent City

Site last updated on Thursday April 7, 2005 - HOME PAGE and Sponsors page  and four more pages added  called promotional brochure

Site last updated on Monday April 4, 2005 - HOME PAGE and FAQs 

March 2005 

Site last updated on Tuesday March 29, 2005 - HOME PAGE and a new page added called AGM HOST TROPHY

Site last updated on Tuesday March 22, 2005     Home page   Burnie map   SOT booking page

Site last updated on Thursday March 17, 2005   SOT Booking page    Home page and borders left and top of screen on all pages    and a new page added (website now 18 pages) called - FAQs

Site last updated on Tuesday March 08, 2005  Home page  SOT Booking page,  
and a new page added called - Expressions of interest.

February 2005

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday February 20, 2005 at 10.00am.

January 2005

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday January 30, 2005 at 10.00am.

OLD NEWS - year 2004

December 2004

Site last updated on Monday December 22  2004  Home page  Latest news  

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday December 5, 2004 at 10.00am.

 Not long left now till the logo design closes, Info on this page.

November 2004

Site last updated on Monday November 22  2004  Home page  Latest news Home-stay register

VOLUNTEERS

If any body (Ulysses members or members of the general public) would like to be a volunteer for the Ulysses Club's 2006 AGM please download and fill out the application form which is available from the link below.

 Volunteer Application form

Rest assured your hard work and dedication will be very much appreciated by the 
Ulysses Club. There will be prizes drawn for Volunteers. All you need do to have a chance of winning a prize, is to register as a Volunteer for the Ulysses 2006 AGM

Regards
Christine Smith - Volunteers Director 

The 2006 AGM organising committee have decided to develop a Home Stay Register. Click here

The competition for the Ulysses 2006 AGM logo design closes on December 31 2004. We hope you have had fun designing a logo and good luck with your design. Or If you haven't started on one yet, best get cracking on it, not much time left. Details on the logo design guide lines are on this page.

The October 31 meeting had Events Tasmania and the Cradle Coast Authority present. They detailed their in kind and financial support for the event.

Spirit of Tasmania have art worked and funded a half page 'book your passage now'  ad for the December 2004 issue of Riding On. This book early ad we feel is a very important message to get across to ALL members right now. 

We at Ulysses would like to take this opportunity to thank Spirit of Tasmania for the friendly and helpful assistance they have provided in preparation for the Ulysses AGM 2006.

Site last updated on Thursday November 3  2004  Home page  Latest news Sponsors

October 2004

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday October 31, 2004 at 10.00am.

NOTE: for access to the hover button links in the shared borders on the left and top of screen you will need to download java script. Go to the homepage of the following website and click on the free download.  http://java.com/en/index.jsp 

Site last updated on Thursday October 25  2004  Home page  Latest news and a new page added for 14special deals page

September 2004

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday September 26, 2004 at 10.00am.

We are cruising along nicely with the planning of this AGM. Our meetings are to be held more regular now. Also meetings are being held with the Police, S.E.S., Fire, Ambulance, DIER and Councils in attendance.

August 2004

Site last updated on Thursday August 29  2004 - Photo Banner at bottom of the  latest news,  what's on  and  air travel pages

Link added in the navigation bar on left to a map of the Cradle Coast, Devonport ,Ulverstone and Burnie - 30 07 2004

Check out how the SOT staff tie our bikes off.

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday August  29, 2004 at 10.00am.

The July meeting went well. We had NatCom Pete Williams in attendance. It was great to get some guidance from a national perspective and for Pete to relay inquiries on to the national body for clarification. A lot of old action items were closed and we are now moving on into the next phase.

During the June meeting it was decided to add a Volunteers Director to the committee. Christine Smith has offered to take on the position and will be the contact for any one who wishes to volunteer for the 2006 AGM. John Lynch has also been appointed a position on the committee as Rides Director. Contact information for the two new committee positions will be on the committee page soon.

The Tamar Tourers (Launceston based) made up the bulk of the gathering and gave us their whole hearted support for the event. The 2006 AGM committee extends a sincere thank you to all who attended yesterday and very much appreciate your input into the workshop. Comments to the committee during lunch about the structure of the workshop was very positive and may I say very much appreciated. These comments gave us all a warm fuzzy feeling that this AGM is going to be something very special. 

We had a committee meeting scheduled in the afternoon to begin reviewing information while it was still fresh in our minds. We have scheduled another committee meeting in a fortnight's time to continue our review of the workshop. HH 

The workshop has two key aims. The first is to inform Ulysses members throughtout the state of progress to date in the organising of the 2006 AGM. The second is to get members ideas and input to help us with planning at this early stage.

After the workshop, the bar will be open and a light lunch will be available for a modest cost. We look forward to seeing you on May 23rd.

Note: The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee will be held on Sunday May 23, 2004 at 2.00pm.

The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee
will be held on Sunday April 4, 2004.

The 2006 AGM committee have negotiated a special deal with S.O.T. which allows Ulysses members exclusive access for the next twelve months to book their passage on the S.O.T. before it is open to the general public. So we urge you all to take advantage of this unique offer and book as soon as possible. Imagine, with some forward planning you could have the ferry fully booked by Ulysses members!! 

At the December meeting it was agreed to that future committee meetings be restricted to AGM Directors and Committee members, but with the discretion to invite advisers to the meetings as required.  It was recommended that information meetings be scheduled for local Ulyssians on a regular basis.

Local Ulyssians are encouraged to contact any committee member with regards to any issues, ideas or queries they have about the 2006 AGM. 

OLD NEWS - year 2003

Dec 2003 meeting report.  The meeting was attended by all members of the organising committee, as well as invited guests Sam and Kav Reich. Sam is our National Treasurer at the moment and soon to be our National AGM Coordinator. Also attending was the Central Coast Council General Manager - Kathy Schaefa, Cradle Coast Authority Regional Tourism Development Manager - Ian Waller, Tasmania Police representative - Errol Farrelly, Tasmaninian Travel Centre - Charles Cameron.  

We welcome onboard local Ulyssian -  Robin Smith as our 2006 AGM Treasurer. Robin's contact details will be on the Committee page as soon as.

The day unfolded pretty much as planned with a portside meet with Sam and Kav, followed by venue inspections in Devonport and  breakfast at the Argosy. Then the meeting at 10.00am followed by the afternoon venue inspections and the evening countermeal at Cafe R.A. We retired rather early and on Monday morning Sam and Kav set off on their camping tour of Tasmania.......  Regards Webmaster.

Dec 2003 The next meeting of the 2006 AGM Organising Committee
will be held on Dec. 21 at a venue to be advised.
Ulverstone Surf Life Saving Club 10.00am

Sam Reich - NatCom Treasurer and liaison for the 2006 AGM will be attending the meeting.

 The following venues have booked for counter meals with our National
Treasurer Sam Reich, whilst he is on the Coast.

Sunday Dec 21 from 6.00pm - Counter meal at the River Arms Hotel - Cafe R.A.
RSVP to Graham Hart 6428 2095..... 2 days before so as to confirm numbers.

Saturday Jan 3 from 5.30pm - Counter meal at the Argosy Motel.
RSVP to Graham Hart 6428 2095.... 2 days before so as to confirm numbers.

 These two nights Sam is able to join us and is looking forward to catching up with local
Ulyssians.

Oct 2003 2006 AGM Committee meeting, Sun October 19. Venue TBA
Ulverstone Surf Life Saving Club 10.00am

July 2003

A meeting on July 20 2003 of the 2006 AGM interest group elected the official 
committee to organise the 2006 AGM.  Click here for the committee contacts.

June 2003

The next meeting of the Ulysses AGM interest group will be held at 
17 Coroneagh Street Penguin on the 
15th June at 11.00 am.

 Please encourage as many as possible to attend.

 The interim committee will "report -back"  and the process to form a 
Management Committee will commence from that meeting.

 Best wishes 
Tony Hennessy

May 2003 2006 AGM 'interim committee'
The 2006 AGM team head honchos were elected on Sunday May 4 2003.

Geoff Ingram  - Coordinator,  Rod Priestley  Assistant Coordinator

and Tony Hennessy  - Assistant Coordinator/Secretary. 

Another meeting in a months time will see the rest of the team positions appointed. 

Cradle Coast Tourism Development Officer - Ian Waller tells of his experience
in such an event like this.