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President Remarks

 

Standing in for President Mic, IPP Brian

held the floor

 

Brian brought to the attention of the meeting the videos "from the Mayor's desk"  

He showed a video where the Mayor talked about the RORPS project.

 

 

 

 

Highlights

Jane:  Whyalla Business and Tourism AGM last Friday night

Brian: being away at the week-end with Hawk Eye the Noo and his son's 40th birthday.

Leanne:  Has a foster dog at the moment, Molly is her name it is a breeding dog.  It is a Maltese Shitsu. She only has to have one more litter then it will become theirs. 

Keith: The city council treated him to a free breakfast for the WTF - 'what's the future'.  Keith explained what the city would look like.  Steven Yarwood was the speaker and was very forward-looking. 

Brian M: Alex Sim is very pleased to say his eyesight is improving.  Going to Wagga Wagga Evelyn and Brian noticed an interesting sign which said "Dr Snip Instant Vasectomey".  It should have said on the bottom "Walk in limp out".   

Kerre:  Had a wonderful time at the RAWCS planning in Sydney.  Unfortunately, she has lost her phone......  Kerre also met up with Robin Stevenson. 

Lesley:  A lot to choose from today, and this was it -- reading a quote today is the most mosaic day that tells the story of your life. 

Judy: Did have a beautiful cruise, and she has one more thing to do and she will be finished with her studies.  Should be complete by September! 

Perry:  Last week took his mother to lunch they tried the pasta place on Norrie Avenue and it was very nice.

 

Reports

Jane:  It would seem the bulletin editor got a little bit sidetracked and missed the reports.  From memory, there was a discussion about the van being at the Show and we should be getting a better site.

 

Sergeant's Session

 

Who is doing it this week?  we just paid up

 

 

 

 

Speaker

Past DG Jane Owens
Rotary Information

The first cab of the rank tonight was President-Elect Jane.  Jane wanted to find out what the members would like to see next year, her ideas are below and they brought much discussion from the club members.

 

What I want to continue doing in the Club

• The Glen Eden Award
• The School Awards
• The RORPS Program
• Workplace visits
  • The Mental health unit at the hospital?
  • Beyond Bank?
  • Perhaps the new council building on Grundel Street?
• Speakers at Members Suggestions
• Involvement with RCWN
• I would like to see more on our media pages

 

What I would like to see for the Club

• A club that is vibrant and people want to be a part of it
• More Members
• The Citation - this brought much discussion
• Encourage People into leadership roles
• Have a spot at the meetings for
  • Births and Anniversaries
  • News for our members
  • Reports from Members
  • Donations box - this was a definite no. This discussion raised the idea of bringing back attendance.
• 2^nd and 3^rd week are for speakers
• 1^st week for History and Rotary Information
• 4^th week a fellowship night of fun,? BBQ, or going to the croquette club or something similar, A golf afternoon at Herdeys Foley or going out for a coffee and chat – with the Satellite club
• Get the Satellite Club up and running,  the things Rotary can offer the Satellite Club could include:
  • Our youth programs
  • Ryla, Rypen,
  • Youth Exchange
  • The One and All
  • Help students get their driving licence
  • Rotaract Club, Interact Club or an Earliact club
  • RYDA
• Any dinner meeting that has 100% attendance, the President will buy everyone a drink
• A project for “Say not to Domestic Violence” and I would like to consider doing what ever the rest of the district is doing.
• When anything new comes to town – find out about it

 

Positions in the Club next year

 

President - Jane	IPP – Mic
Secretary – Brian	President-Elect – Leanne
Treasurer - Keith	Historian, PO – Keith
Program – Shelley	Youth Officer – Leanne
Positions to fill	People to ask
Service projects Regionalization Web Page Fellowship Membership Bulletin	Perry Jari Larisa Kerre Judy Brian M

 

 

Speaker #2
Rotarian Lesley Hartup
Nature Playground

 

Lesley then gave a PowerPoint presentation of the latest on the Nature Playground. 
As we all saw from the photographs, Lesley has been doing some work.  The ideal site for the Playground would be at Trevan Park, just off Norrie Avenue.  There is already a park there but it also has plenty of room to build a Nature Playground.

Some of the Photographs from the presentation are below. we also discussed the possibility of going to the park to see it for ourselves.

We agreed to meet next Tuesday just before our dinner meeting. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The top two photographs are of Trevan Park, and the bottom photographs are what it could become.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reminders

• Next Meeting is Club Assembly
• RlI 25 -26th May
• Meet at Trevan Park Tuesday 30 April before the dinner meeting