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Scheyvillians

The next edition of The Scheyvillian is due out in early April and hopefully will include details of the involvement of the OTU Chapters in ANZAC Day activities in the major cities. WA has just advised that there numbers are insufficient to march as a group.

If you have articles and/or photographs for this inclusion in this upcoming edition, please ensure that they are sent to me by 22 March so that the articles can be included in this edition.

I look forward to, as usual, a good response from the membership.

Neil Leckie

Editor

The Scheyvillian

0400 573 802

nkaleckie@optusnet.com.au

Hi All,
About this time last year I sent out some guidelines about our monthly Lunch at the RACV Club.
Our lunches are mainly for camaraderie and a reasonably priced event.
Following the Feb lunch and some feedback received I thought another reminder is in order.
We have kept the cost of our lunches through most of last year at around $35 per head. This was largely due to having one course with tea/coffee and keeping our drinks to beer or house wines. We also often benefitted from the Member discounts that were made available.
We note that the cost is now $40 per head and while that is still very attractive the sharing of costs is not.
I make an even share at lunch to keep the cash collection easy and do allow for the non alcohol drinkers and at $40 if you have had a $20-$26 meal with a couple of wines/beer etc with coffee that is a fair distribution. However, at the Feb lunch there were several $30- $35 meals ordered and I am sure that you will see that after a $4.20 coffee there is not much left to cover the drinks bill.
On top of that, there was also an Irish Coffee at $14 ordered and that person was asked to pay $10 more.

Guys, the lunch is a delightful event and one that keeps us together but I think we have to be fair about the cost distribution. I have no intention of going through an individual billing process.
So I would ask that in the spirit of the occasion and our relationship, we limit our choice of meals to the $19-$26 mark ( Calamari $19 or $25 depending on size, Club Sandwich $20,Steak sandwich $23, Caeser Salad etc) and forgo the Beef Tenderloin, Spanner crab and other delights at the $29-$35 mark.

I hope this is seen as reasonable and look forward to our next lunch on 11March.
Thanks in anticipation

Regards
Brian

Brian Cooper
bctcooper@gmail.com
0418373874