The Annual General Meeting of the #BigFinishLineParty was held on Saturday the twenty eighth day of the tenth month in the year two thousand and twenty three.
Convening at the Dodson St Beer Garden, a jovial, friendly bunch gathered.
Weather: cool
Atmosphere: pleasant
Food: plentiful
Conversations: Freely flowed
Food was delivered and thoroughly enjoyed by all. The agenda was tabled by the instigator and what followed is recorded below.
1. #dontbelate
Everyone including the instigator arrived on time (just). Tall tales where shared of a certain M.S. putting on the pace, eating some wind to get his friends to the party in time. It is to be noted that this is not the first #BFLP where he has provided this service.
2. Where are we from?
Rather than simply take a roll call, some people enjoy travelling off the radar, an account was taken as to the extent of the geographic representation present. Recorded as follows...
Southland: Absent
Central Otago: Present
Canterbury: Present
West Coast: Present
Marlborough: Present
Nelson: Present
Tasman: Present
Wellington: Present
Wairarapa: Present
The rest of the North Island: Absent
NB: Two people did admit that Southland was their origin region
3. Did we have a good week?
A resounding yes was moved and all were in favor.
4. Where will the #BFLP be hosted in 2024?
A number of good options were presented with the following locations receiving the most interested support. In no particular order, as follows
Westport
Hanmer Springs
Mt Somers
Alexandra
It was moved by a well respected member of the room that "you just tell us where to be and we will be there" - This was agreed to by the room at large.
It was also resolved for 2024 a suggest route will be provided, but one needn't be restricted by the suggestion, for only one rule does apply #dontbelate
NB: Some regional bidding was entered into as the night progressed, bribery will not be tolerated.
This drew to a close the formal proceedings of the evening and people returned to the task at hand. Calorie replacement, conversation and tale telling.
A good night was had by all.