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Mark Ferdinands - President. Member of RAVSTASS since 2015. Also known as Fonz, he is the CEO & Managing Director of Cinderellas Commercial Cleaning and has a workforce of 150+. Fonz supplies cleaning services and cleaning products to the commercial & retail sectors. Fonz has owned and operated Cinderellas since 1990. He has a Diploma of Management and is a semi-professional musician playing drums in Adelaide party bands Planet Square and The Beach House Boys. Fonz once played to over 26,000 people at AAMI Stadium. Fonz was the Inaugural President of BNI A-Team (currently the number one Chapter in the Northern SA Region). He holds BNI Gold Club status, Double Diamond Pin status and is a highly respected member of the BNI Million Dollar Club. Fonz was the first BNI member in SA to give over $1M dollars of Closed Business to fellow members. Fonz served in Her Majesty’s Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for 28 years. He has an Australian Defence Medal. Fonz also worked in Hotel Management for 13 years. Through his business interests, Fonz sponsors SA grass roots footy, Sturt Football Club and the Women’s Division in the Channel 9 Adelaide Footy League. Fonz enjoys soccer, AFL, tennis, golf, athletics, kayaking, table tennis, shooting and outdoor adventures. Fonz has paddled the Murray River Marathon 5 times and has been a Comrade Member of RAVSTASS since 2017. Fonz was promoted to RAVSTASS Senior Member in 2022.  

Beni Gemo - Vice President. Member since 2015 and promoted Comrade member 2017. Beni is a Chef and Disability Support Worker with five years’ experience in the disability sector and over two decades service in Hospitality. Since joining RAVSTASS Beni has become a qualified Open Water Scuba Diver, and directly supported the RAVSTASS Kayaking weekend away trips to the Murray River National Park. Travelling and working in remote areas across Australia as a tour guide he has pursued extreme sports from White Water Rafting to Abseiling and Bouldering. Best known for his basketball and supreme athleticism, he has won two Gold Medals representing RAVSTASS at the SA Masters Games (SAMG) and has given back to the game, through coaching men, women, children and people from diverse backgrounds at every skill level. Beni has a keen desire for adventure and as Vice-President seeks to jointly grow our experiences across every activity. 

Nick Huxtable - Secretary. Member since 2018 joining the RAVSTASS Ravens in the Eastern Hills Basketball Association (EHBA). Nick's leadership was immediate and he was duly promoted to Comrade Member in 2019. Nick had the vision for growing the basketball program in the Murray Bridge Basketball Association (MBBA). Together with Tylar Delangen and a years planning, RAVSTASS entered the minimum required four (4) teams to establish a club in the MBBA for the 2019/20 Season. Within a year the program had grown to six teams including our first women's basketball team which would win back to back championships. By the 2021/22 Season, the program had doubled to twelve (12) teams and added the first men's MBBA championship. Nick has also served the wider basketball community becoming MBBA Vice-President in 2021 and as 2022 Assistant Coach for the U14 State Country Boys team, as well as Head Coach for the MBBA Development Program. Nick's leadership combines strongly with his marketing acumen, having previously served UniSA Basketball in developing the 'Hoops Good' Logo and Strategy. This was a key contributor to driving the recognition and growth of that program thereby earning him the President's Praise Award in 2009. Nick's management acumen has also assisted the MBBA with their grant acquisition for a new Multi-Sport stadium development. In 2021 Nick made his SA Masters Games (SAMG) debut winning Silver with the Over 30s. 

Tim Muehlberg JP - Treasurer. Founder of RAVSTASS, Tim's first passion was Basketball in which he developed clubs and associations in the Community and Military. As a Business and Management student, he also served as the Head Men’s Coach and President of UniSA Basketball. His contributions evolved into a position as Finance Manager for the UniSA Student Association, where he developed systems for shared services administering over 100 clubs. Upon returning from Air Force service overseas in the Middle-East and later South Sudan with the UN, he laid the foundations for RAVSTASS as an Independent Multi-Sport Association, in order to channel everyone's contributions into a single enduring entity. Also a passionate Motorcyclist, since forming RAVSTASS Tim has become a Skydiver and Scuba Diver; while also enjoying Archery, Go Karting, Golf, Hiking, Kayaking, Rock Climbing, Slacklining, and Snow Skiing. He is currently developing the long term plan to establish for RAVSTASS and Communities a truly Multi-Sport Facility.

Affiliations: State Rep SADB (2009-2011); President UniSA Basketball (2009-2013); President 3BallSA (2010-2012); Committee Mbr EHBA (2015-2017); Justice of the Peace, SA (2016-Present); Public Officer RAVSTASS (2015-Present); MM. EofZ No. 231 (2016-Present); Mbr Air Force Assoc SA Div (2019-Present), Web Asst ADF Parachuting Association (2021-Present). Academics: Studied Bach Mgt IT & DBIB, UniSA, (2006-2013); Cert IV in Workplace & Business Coaching (2019); Diploma of Management (2012); Diploma of Government (2022) and Diploma of Leadership & Management (2022). Awards: Major Greg John “Frenchie” McDougall Award (2011) for services to the ADFBA; Hall of Fame Inductee for SADB (2012) and UniSA Basketball (2013); & Grand Master’s Australian Medal (2022) from the Honourable Company of Air Pilots (HCAP) for Meritorious Contribution to Aviation in Australia. 

COMMITTEE HISTORY 

Presidents 
2023 - Mark Ferdinands 
2022 - Mark Ferdinands 
2021 - Mark Ferdinands 
2020 - Mark Ferdinands 
2019 - Mark Ferdinands 
2018 - Dr Robert Brooks 
2017 - Dr Robert Brooks 
2016 - Dr Robert Brooks 
2015 - Tim Muehlberg [P] 

Vice Presidents 
2023 - Beni Gemo 
2022 - Beni Gemo 
2021 - Beni Gemo 
2020 - Beni Gemo 
2019 - Tim Muehlberg [P] 
2018 - Tim Muehlberg [P]  
2017 - Cameron Agars 
2016 - Terri Strous 
2015 - Lana Bartkowski 

Secretaries 
2023 - Nick Huxtable 
2022 - Nick Huxtable 
2021 - Chris Dalmazzo 
2020 - Chris Dalmazzo 
2019 - Chris Dalmazzo 
2018 - Vacant 
2017 - Pia Sadler-Eriksson 
2016 - Tim Muehlberg [P]  
2015 - Will Howie 

Treasurers 
2023 - Tim Muehlberg [P] 
2022 - Tim Muehlberg [P] 
2021 - Tim Muehlberg [P] 
2020 - Tim Muehlberg [P] 
2019 - Dr Robert Brooks 
2018 - Vacant 
2017 - Tim Muehlberg [P]  
2016 - Steve Nicolacopoulos 
2015 - Steve Nicolacopoulos 
[P] = Public Officer 

 

MEETING HISTORY  

Meeting #12 - Sun 29 Oct 2023 
Annual General Meeting 
6pm @ FB Group Video 
Member Returns for Committee/Promotions/Proxy via Form. 

Meeting #11 - Sun 27 Nov 2022 
Annual General Meeting 
Elections, Promotions, True Blue Award Guidelines,  Appt Division Directors, External Audit Report, Vice President Letters.  

Meeting #10 - Wed 19 Jan 2022 
Annual General Meeting 
Elections, Promotions, True Blue Award, Committee Activity Reports, Discount Card Issuing & Goalsetting. 

Meeting #9 - Fri 30 Oct 2020 
Annual General Meeting 
Elections, Promotions, Senior Member Guidelines, True Blue Award, Discount Card Issuing & Comrade Member congratulatory Letters. 

Meeting #8 - Fri 08 Mar 2019 
Annual General Meeting 
Elections, Promotions, Senior Member Guidelines & Discount Card Issuing.

Meeting #7 - Sat 09 Dec 2017 
Annual General Meeting 
Elections, Promotions.

Meeting #6 - Fri 16 Dec 2016 
Committee Meeting 
Resignation, Elections, Marketing Plan. 

Meeting #5 - Sat 05 Nov 2016 
Annual General Meeting 
Elections, Promotions, Senior Member Guidelines & Player Conduct.

Meeting #4 - Tue 27 Sep 2016 
Committee Meeting 
Awards Night, AGM Planning & Goal setting. 

Meeting #3 - Sat 21 Nov 2015 
Annual general Meeting 
Promotions, Elections. 

Meeting #2 - Tue 26 May 2015 
Committee Meeting 
Bank Accounts, Strategic Plan. 

Meeting #1 - Fri 10 Apr 2015 
Formation General Meeting 
Pre-Incorporation, Elections, Rules of Association. 
 
Committee Reporting References 
Associations Incorporation Act 1985 (SA) 
Associations Incorporation Regulations 2008 (SA) 
Incorporated Association Search 
Associations & Cooperatives (CBS.sa.gov.au)