“I was very honoured when I was asked if I would accept this award,
immediately many other names sprang to mind who deserved it just as
much, if not more than me.

However, never being one to take a back seat, I accepted with alacrity
and apart from that it was a great excuse to take a couple of hours off
work and have a social lunch.

In all seriousness, I have received a lot more from the group and its
members than I have contributed. Joining the group in 1991, I had a
Commodore 128 and was about to purchase a “proper” computer. The amount
of help I received from members was phenomenal and I soon realised that
the only way I could begin to repay this was to by becoming a volunteer.
This proved to be the most rewarding part of belonging to the group and
I can only urge anyone with some spare time to give it a go!

My time in various positions on the committee was very rewarding, not
least being  the big move from Belconnen to Weston which gave us a
stable financial position, and my time as volunteer co-ordinator was a
great opportunity to meet more of our members who unstintingly give of
their time to the group. So please don’t think you need to have
“Computer Knowledge” to be a volunteer, there are lots of ways we can
all help.

I do thank the current Committee for putting my name forward to receive
this award.

Now to the important thing – I believe the bar is open…. “