The Annual General Meeting was held on 27th October, 2019. The minutes of the AGM can be found ERC AGM 2019_Minutes.pdf . In summary however, the main items discussed and resolved were as follows: Change of name Members of the Company voted overwhelmingly in favour of a motion to change the name of the Company to: Estonian Cultural Foundation in Australia Limited (Eesti Kultuuri Sihtasutus...
Given the low rate of return from our existing term deposits, it was decided to seek the assistance of a financial planner to review and rationalize our existing cash assets. Accordingly, we engaged the services of Common Cents Financial Services Pty Ltd (CCFS) to advise the ECFA on an appropriate investment strategy going forward. This year, several of our long term deposits have matured and so...
Funding for cultural activities announced during this month. A total of $17,682 was granted to several organisations, a summary of which is tabled below: RecipientPurposeAmount ($)Sõrve CampGeneral purposes, with the stipulation that $4,000 be aimed towards supporting families with special needs or who are experiencing difficulties, in particular towards fostering links across states...
A number of ECFA directors and members attended the festivities held in Tallinn to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the song celebration – the first song celebration being held in Estonia in 1869. This summer the song celebration took place for the 27th time and the dance celebration for the 20th time. The Estonian Song Celebration is a tradition, also listed in UNESCO listed treasures, that...
We attended a commemoration held at the Latvian Hall in Strathfield on 16th June, 2019 to mark the deportations of civilians from the Baltic States by the Soviet Union in June 1941. A powerful speech was presented by Lembit Suur, the contents of which are available – Lembit-Suur-Speech-June-1941-Deportations