News
Junior Bursary recipients announced
Check out the recipients of this years Bursaries here
Schedule 2 – ACDS By Laws V3.3 7 Sept 2022
Schedule 2 – ACDS By Laws 22 July 2022
Schedule 1 – ACDS Constitution 26 July 2022
AGM 2022 Financial Statement
The Financial Statement and Auditors Report for the financial year 2021-2022 are now available in our Members Area.
ACDS Young Drivers
ACDS Young Drivers 
Recently we have seen an increase in the involvement of Young Drivers at ACDS events and activities which is tremendous. The contribution of all is greatly appreciated, be it as drivers, grooms, passengers, helpers etc.
It has been exciting to see many ACDS Young Drivers recognised recently across social media and through the recent ACDS Journals.
As ACDS Young Driver Coordinator I thought it would be a great time to remind all members of ACDS rules for Young Drivers to ensure that safety is paramount.
Happy & safe driving everyone!
Nicole Linic
ACDS Young Driver Coordinator.
Carriage Driving Magazine
Carriage Driving magazine has offered ACDS Members and followers an opportunity to read their fabulous magazine via free digital access to the April/May 2022 issue.
The sign up form below only requires a name and email address (no payment details, its completely free).
Once you sign up there is a link to the digital issue, available to read like a PDF
https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6871131/Carriage-Driving-Australian-Carriage-Driving-Society
This is a simple sign up form that contains a link to the issue which is uploaded online on Exact Editions.
The link will expire on July 9 but that gives you a month of reading.
CDE Update
There have been a couple of rules updated. The requirements for horse inspections (trot up) at events and vehicle requirements for VSE’s
Have a read here or under the CDE tab
2022 President’s Report
Read the 2022 Presidents report Here
AGM-Vero Voting
A quick Federal Council update. Just to advise members that all the material for the AGM (and there is a lot) is ready to be submitted to Vero Voting for the electronic voting. There are about 40 members who require a hard copy of the paperwork and that will be mailed tomorrow. Federal Council had a face-to-face meeting in Melbourne yesterday and we had a big agenda of 30 items to discuss. It was a collaborative meeting and many decisions were made to the benefit of the Society and its members.
Unfortunately due to Tom Dowling, our very hardworking Federal Secretary being in Covid isolation, Tom had to join the meeting via Zoom. Thanks to Tom’s organisational skills, the large number of agenda papers were provided to Councillors prior to the meeting.
Thank you Tom for the enormous amount of time and effort you put into ensuring the governance of the ACDS and the decisions of Federal Council are adhered to. I hope all members take the opportunity to vote for the ‘constitutional’ changes and carefully consider who you vote for on 3 July.
Thank you, Dot Willcoxson, Federal President
Update – Vero Voting has been sent, if you have not received it please check your junk folders.
Please stand by, voting for Council Position candidates is under investigation.
