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Membership Profile

Nigel Beresford & Kayren Browne

Nigel & Kayren have been active members of the Pajero 4WD Club for the past 20 years . During their years as Club members they have had three Toyota LandCruisers ... a 60 Series , and 80 Series and presently a 100 Series .
From 1999 Nigel was Membership Secretary for about three and half years . As Membership Secretary Nigel transcribed the manual membership list ( from a handwritten membership book ) to a computer file and with some help from Peter Cooney created a MS Access database .
Kayren has also had roles in the Club first as Venue Officer from mid 1998 , Events Coordinator and later was the Club Librarian for many years , being responsible for managing and sourcing the Club ’ s magazine archives .
In September1998 The Pajero 4WD Club web site was named and registered by Nigel . At the time a small sub committee was formed to establish the club / s internet presence .
Nigel also transcribed , recreated and amended the Pajero 4WD Club By Laws from a hard copy to a computer file and created the revised digital version of the present Club logo from the original base artwork .
Together Nigel & Kayren ran many Club trips generally to Robe in South Australia , The Grampians , Avoca and Pyrenees area and several trips into the Victorian High Country .
In the early days of the Club magazine Nigel & Kayren were part of the regular collating team when each page of the magazine was hand collated around a large table then stapled together by hand . Nigel has been a long serving member of the club magazine collating and mailing team . Kayren also assisted with advertising sales and copy for the magazine .
Prior to 2010 Nigel & Kayren were involved in the Pajero 4WD Club Challenge , Nigel covered many events with photography and film and Kayren was on the organising committee as the Challenge Sponsorship Coordinator for years 2007 , 2008 and 2009 . She sourced all sponsors for the event , many of whom are still supporting our Club today . Nigel also designed several of the Pajero Challenge logos used for clothing and promotion signage and documentation .
Kayren & Nigel have also been past organisers of the Pajero 4WD Club displays at various 4WD shows and have assisted FWDV at several events .
Additionally in 2009 Nigel was a board member of Four Wheel Drive Victoria for a number of years .
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