b'Dec 2021 Trackwatch.qxp_Trackwatch Layout 128/11/20215:38 pmPage 5 News from FWDVCEOAt our recent Annual Whilst the new Board structure takes and assist in whatever way we can.General Meeting held effect, we will still look to continue the Please give the office a call if you haveon November 15th, work undertaken over the last year or a date in mind.Eric Bishop was so with regards to putting in place our With the summer season coming onelected as our new President after newly updated human resources and the potential bushfire threathaving previously served as our commitments, strategic plans, policies associated with it, I would ask allSecretary. Thank you to Colin Oates for and procedures which are still being member Clubs to consider not allowinghis time on the Board, the last two worked on. any trips that may be planned if theyyears in the Presidents role. Fred De It goes without saying that we will be are anywhere near an area affected byGooyer was re-elected to the Vice undertaking our usual efforts in looking or in the vicinity of approaching fires. IPresident role unopposed. Doug to bring about financial stability and received a complaint from a memberMitchell resigned as our Treasurer, due assurance in our funding arrange- about an article which I admit slippedto an increase in his obligations to ments. This also will include the through to this magazine last June, withother Boards he is involved in. We also continued development of our RTO concerns that we were in factwish him well in his future endeavours. training abilities and facilities, giving us advocating it was Ok to journey into theDavid Roberts was also re-elected the opportunity to procure more public areas which were under threat of fire. Itunopposed into an ordinary members and corporate based training courses is imperative that we do not make theposition and David Van Zanten from with confidence and sustainability. work of our partners, DELWP and PV,the Wangaratta and Albury Wodonga With the Covid situation allowing us to any harder by having groups of our4wd Clubs, has joined the board filling get on with the required job, we hope people cruising around the country-the vacancy left by Fred Schenck, who to put plans in place in the very near side, whilst they are frantically trying tosought not to be re-elected. This now future with our Risk Management protect lives, assets, and livestock. Ileaves open vacancies for both a scheme and works program tohave had to face the hierarchy fromSecretary and Treasure,r which we are commence work on the recently these bodies once before to answerlooking to fill in the very near future. acquired training ground in the the question of what your membersThere is a fair amount of work setting Toolangi Forest region. Other programs were thinking, and I would certainly notup an Annual General Meeting event which have been shelved in recent like to have to go there again. Letsand this year we added the ability for times, will be resurrected in the new please make some commonsenseonline voting prior and Zoom year as restrictions unfold and allow us commitment to this action in the future.attendance on the night. Thank you to to get together to perform them. These We hope that Christmas brings all thatour Office staff for their work in the will include Clean Up the Bush you wish for, and that we all can enjoylead-up. Our thanks to the Land Rover activities, which were planned to each others company somewhereOwners Club and their member Steve happen prior to Covid 19 stopping all near what we were used to. Kellar for hosting the voting process, things, as well as Camp Host and track Wayne HeveyGlenn Arkell from the Ballarat Club who clearing as and when the authorities CEOran the Zoom room and shared the ask us to become involved.Returning Officers duties with Gordon We also hope that 2022 allows us toPorter of the Everest Club. Also to Ian get out and visit our Clubs to talk oneFletcher of MJOC for driving the Power on one about what matters to you mostPoint. A great effort by all!Planning and Navigating with Ozi ExplorerThere are a number of navigation For anyone not familiar with Oziprograms available for 4WD use but Explorer or perhaps if you are justone which has stood the test of time starting out on your 4WD journey andand in my opinion still leads the pack would like to know more about navi-is Ozi Explorer.gating the High Country and beyond,Designed by Des Newman in the Idlers 4WD Club have a 15 videoBrisbane, the program runs on your series which takes you from beginnerhome PC and Android based phones to more advanced use of both tabletor tablets. Its important to note that and PC versions. These are availablethe programs for each platform are on the Idlers YouTube page whichdifferent in structure but they comple- can be accessed using this link: ment each other to allow the transfer maps. These are available from many https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLof files between each one. It should outlets like Hema, but there is also a Cx5Db4InL9XXDwjYEuV-also be noted that Ozi Explorer does website offering FREE high resolution FrDDghEL0Rgbnot run on Apple devices.maps covering all of Australia. These If you have any questions, pleaseDFor more information, the website is: are down to a resolution of 1:25K in contact the Club directly, wed behttps://www.oziexplorer4.com/au/ Victoria and NSW with the remainder happy to help.Once purchased, you have lifetime being 1:75K for other states and Ian HughesFuse with free software upgrades as territories, and upgrades to the maps President Idlers 4WD Clubthey are released, which means the are being added frequently.www.idlers4wdclub.org.auonly additional cost would be your T The site is www.getlost.com.auTRACKWATCH DECEMBER 20213 h'