 Fred Seamons was the first President and held this office for 15 years.A second Rostrum club was formed in Melbourne in July 1935 and the Victorian clubs then formed their own Dais.On the evening of 3 December 1935, George McNicholl, Treasurer of the Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works and Chairman of the Australian Institute of Secretaries (AIS), moved a very gracious vote of thanks to a guest speaker from the SA branch of the AIS.