Greetings and welcome to Sakyadhita Australia's AGM 2018. And my heartfelt apologies for my absence from this important day. It is less than 12 months since our last AGM but nevertheless we can say that Sakyadhitta Australia is making fine progress. First, the new Executive met straight after the last event with other members who are interested in the next International conference. We had an excellent discussion based on our various experiences at previous conferences,