Vol 68

Dec 2019

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Apology.

We're sorry, we did plan to have this edition out prior to Christmas but things got away from us, we just ran out of time. But - here it is, the last one before we hit 2020. Can you believe that, it's now 20 years since we were all going to hell in a basket when it was predicted the whole world would crash at midnight on 31 December, 1999 as all our computers turned up their toes.

We got through that one, we humans are a resilient lot - there's a fair chance we will and can survive no matter what is thrown at us. It might be a rough road at times but it's not in our nature to give in - somehow there's always a way. When things get tough, as they did in 2019 the good part in our nature rises to the top and we rollup our sleeves and toss in and help.

Our thoughts go out to those suffering the dreadful fires that are inflicting most of the south east part of Great Oz - one cannot really imagine the sadness and heart-break those affected must be experiencing, but human nature will prevail and one day it will be just a memory. Those affected will not be alone in their grief, there are thousands of people out there unselfishly helping right now, either fighting the fires, providing accommodation, clothing, food and drink to those in need, tending to stock or just providing a supportive shoulder.

Let us hope and pray that 2020 is a far better year, let's hope it finally rains when and where it should, let's hope there are no serious conflicts between nations, let's hope we all enjoy good health and let's hope we all see 2021.

Happy New Year Everyone.

New Menu

We’ve made some changes to the menu system this edition, now you can find a topic, click it and it will open the info for which you’re looking. Hopefully, this will make it a lot easier to read. After you’ve finished one topic and you want to return here, just click the close tab [X] button at the top of your page.

You can still read the whole Magazine the old way, see at the bottom of the page.

Contents:

Fund raiser.

The Radschool Association has been granted a slot to sizzle sausages at the Stafford Rd, Stafford, (Qld) Bunnings store on Saturday the 7th March, 2020. If you live not too far from the Stafford Bunnings, we could certainly use your help to roll a few snags. We have to set up the "shop"  at 6.30am and keep it open until 3.00pm that afternoon after which there is a clean up.

It's been suggested that we'll sell about 1,000 sausages and 450 cans of drink - so there's a fair chance we'll be busy and need a number of troops on a roster system, we don't expect anyone to stay for the full 10 or so hours.

We've added a form below which we ask you to fill in if you can lend a hand. Bunnings have provided a "run-sheet" which we will make available to those able to help.

New Format.

A few months ago we switched the web site over from an http:// address to an https:// address by obtaining an SSL certifiate. http stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol. This format provides a set of rules and standards which govern how information can be transmitted on the web in such a manner that it can be understood by someone on the other end. Your web browser has been configured to understand anything using this protocol.

https stands for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure. This is a highly secure version of http, it encrypts everything sent using SSL. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer and is the method whereby everything we now send to the web, or get sent, is encrypted.  If you look at the address bar, to the left of https://www.Radschool.org.au you'll now see a small padlock, which you can click. It shows that if you send us any personal details, they will be secure.

Buying a new car?

If you’re a Radschool member and contemplating buying a new car, we could save you thousands. The Radschool Association has done a deal with Australia’s biggest car brokers whereby you can purchase a car (your choice of make, colour, specs etc) at fleet discount prices.

One of our blokes made use of this facility recently and bought a Toyota Rav4 and saved thousands. You can too!

To see further details, go to the Radschool Assoc home page (HERE) then click on “New Car Purchase”.

Discounts.

Current financial members can now receive a 12% discount on the base rate of the day when hiring a car from Thrifty. If you’re thinking of hiring a car or an SUV or a people mover, this could save you heaps. If you’re a member, send us an email HERE and we’ll send you the promo code.

Membership.

We’ve decided to go with the following membership.

·                Full membership for $35.00 to 30 June 2021.

There’s no more annual Membership, only full Membership which will expire on the 30 June 2021.  As we’ve said, full membership is not compulsory, you can still receive the RAM which will remain open, free and available on the net.

So, if you’d like to contribute and help us with the ever increasing costs, please join as a full member.

If you are already a member (ie: if your name is on this LIST), please fill in the form below and send it to us, if you haven’t already joined (if you're not on the list), please use the form HERE.

BSB: 124-021       Account number: 1048 7401      Title:  RAAF Radschool Association.

Bank:  Bank of Queensland.

and include your name in the "Remarks" window on the deposit.

You can of course pay more if you wish!!

AND!!  If you work for or know of a firm that would be kind and generous enough to sponsor the Radschool Association, please get in touch.

Reunions.

If you're having a reunion and you would like us to cover it and publish it, let us know and we'll see what can be done.

Errors

Our aim is to have this site error free – but that’s probably impossible. But with your help I reckon we can get pretty close. If you see any errors, be they punctuation, spelling, links that don’t work, facts wrong etc, (no matter how small) please let us know so we can fix them.

Thankfully, Ken Morris, who lives over in the West, proof reads our print before it goes public and points out our many errors, Thanks Ken.

You can download the full magazine in PDF format HERE.

It is a very large file, contains 264 pages and will take a while to download.

The margins have been set so you can print on both sides of the page.

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