At the Garingal AGM on 8th February, two new faces appeared on the GO Committee. Barbara Junghans was elected President and YC Lee assumed the role of Secretary.
First, the Garingal Committee extends big thanks go to both Ross Duker and to Rod Eckels for their tireless work over the last few years! Amongst the many background duties as Secretary for the last five years, Rod kept members in touch with his regular emails and had a major role at the Australia Champs in 2017. Ross’s three year role as President was supplemented by his role at the SI download desk at many events and the compilation of the regular GO Newsletter. 
Now some background on our two new leaders: GO Secretary: YC Lee. YC (as he is known) has been a member of GO for 3 years. He runs in the SSS Super Veteran category, and otherwise as an M55. In Hong Kong, YC did a little bit of orienteering before coming to Australia in 1990. He owns an international IT company doing custom computer system administration support for an airline. One thing that YC would like this year is for GO to have coaching sessions.
GO President: Barbara Junghans. Barbara has been a member of GO since 1975 and is easily recognised by the crutches she uses when out on her SSS Walking Women and 65AS courses. Over the years she has filled various roles including Newsletter Editor and Secretary back in the early 80s, with her latest contribution being Director of the Australian Orienteering Carnival in 2017 covering seven events over nine days. Barbara graduated as an optometrist but moved into academia. She is currently Associate Professor at the School of Optometry and Vision Science at UNSW, but is in semi-retirement working just two days per week. Barbara would like to see greater consultation and involvement of the juniors in Garingal.
