Committee
ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE
The Australian Junior Gliding Club Committee is the official team behind all junior Gliding development and promotional activities in Australia.
The committee is a voluntary group of eleven members who take care of the affairs of the Club. Each individual is nominated and elected by the AJGC’s members at the Annual General Meeting, usually held at JoeyGlide.
The executive works behind the scenes all year round on various different projects. The executive’s main roles are to manage the club’s fleet and finances, help it’s members to achieve their soaring goals by providing contacts and networking opportunities, organising events, providing financial support, and working to promote and develop junior soaring in any other form.
The AJGC is here to voice your needs and opinions as an junior pilot in the Australian Gliding community.
Of the eleven members, four make up the Executive, three are Ordinary members and four are State representatives. The Executive consists of the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary. The President is the face of the organisation, main point of contact and oversees all projects, delegating accordingly. The Vice President is the second point of contact and main advisor. The Treasurer takes care of funding, accounts and financial affairs. The Secretary looks after all the records and administration of the Club. The role of the Ordinary Members is to provide council and ensure that the committee is not biased by providing views of the members at large. The role of the State representatives is to sit on their respective regional boards to form a link between the regions and the AJGC. They are also required to run 'local series' events to attract and engage new and existing juniors in each state.
CURRENT COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE
PRESIDENT- BELEN SWART (SA)
"Swatty" became a member of the AJGC after she attended her first JoeyGlide in 2018, which we so graciously located in her home state of SA. Belen joined her family at a young age flying gliders - perhaps the only interesting activity that you can be involved with in SA. "Swatts" has also been the SA state representative on the committee, stepping onto the executive for the first time in 2021. She enjoys long walks on the beach and misspelling her name on entry forms.
VICE PRESIDENT – AIDAN CURTIS (QLD)
"Hollywood" was introduced to gliding clubs in 2014 and has since spent time flying in the Torres Straits. He has been a member of the AJGC for two years after he attended JoeyGlide 2019, where he willingly subjected himself to being in front of the camera everyday (hence the nickname). After a year tenure as ordinary member in 2020, he steps into the secretary role for 2021. Aidan enjoys having the cleanest glider on the grid, however it usually goes to waste after outlanding on the first day of a comp.
TREASURER – TOM JAMIESON (NSW)
SECRETARY – LACHLAN BROWN (VIC)
"Browny" hails from sunny Mildura and has been on the AJGC committee for a number of years now in various guises. Most notably, working many long hours (willingly?) with Chris to produce the club websites and many other club resources. Lachlan is famous for taking incredibly picturesque photos after outlanding halfway on task. An all-round nice bloke and always willing to lend a hand.
COMMITTEE
ORDINARY MEMBER – LACHLAN PENDARAKIS (NSW)
ORDINARY MEMBER - ANOUSHKA DE CHELARD (VIC)
ORDINARY MEMBER - JARED BIGNELL (NSW)
STATE REPRESENTATIVES
NEW SOUTH WALES & ACT - TOM JAMIESON
QUEENSLAND - AIDAN CURTIS
VICTORIA & TASMANIA - NOAH TANZEN
SOUTH AUSTRALIA & NORTHERN TERRITORY – BELEN SWART
OTHER
WEBMASTER – JARED BIGNELL (NSW)