Chair for the day was Jillanne Myers who opend the meetings with grace and toasts.
Guests
- Brendan Worrell
Spots
- Clive Shepherd bid us a fond farewell as a member, since he lives mostly on the Sunshine Coast these days and has joined the Buderim Club. Our loss is their gain and Rotary is still the winner.
- Daniel Vankov informed members that he has finally submitted his Ph.D. Thesis at QUT. Congratulations Daniel!
- Keith Watts drew members' attention to an article in the latest Rotary on the Move which outline new Rotary International President Mark Daniel Maloney's strategy for membership development.
- Denise Schellbach gave details of some upcoming speakers.
Induction
The 2nd September meeting saw the first induction of president Michael's term, and members were able to give a heartfelt welcome at last to Ch-cicheery (Chi-chi) Keister who has the classification of real estate development, hails from Sierra Leone, and is already a veteran humanitarian charity organiser. We are delighted and feel very lucky to have Chi-chi on board!
President Michael presents RCoB's newest Rotarian with the traditional new members' information pack.
Guest Speaker
Guest speeker for the meeting was Queensland's Auditor-general, Brendan Worrell who gave us a very interesting talk about the activities and aims of the Auditor-general's department and how it has changed its activities and focus over the years. Members were interested to hear that the AG's department is one of the oldest organs in the state, having been formed in 1860, just after Queensland achieved statehood.
