Thanks to everyone who endured the amazingly hot conditions last Monday on the Adelaide Cup Day BBQ at Bunnings. Even with the shorter working hours and a water demister to cool down the tent’s inhabitants, the heat was still a trial to endure while cooking and serving the public. Come hell (hot weather) or high water, the infamous Bunnings snag must be cooked. Apparently, if a Service Club can’t attend or leaves early, the Bunnings staff are incumbent to continue cooking for the public (interesting fact I learned last Wednesday night at a Bunning’s community meeting). Thanks go to Di, Bruce, Liz, Yvette, Pat, John W, Elaine, Paul J, Keith F, Dean, and Lili for their endurance! Our net profit of $980 towards Rotary projects makes it worthwhile.
Our next Bunnings BBQ will be held on Easter Saturday 30 March. If those who work during the business week (when we are usually rostered for a Bunnings BBQ day) could let Di know that they are happy to volunteer for this day, that would provide a rest for some of the usual 10 people who cook and serve on a weekday BBQ. Hopefully, it will be mid-20s temperatures on the day.
Secretary Di received a lovely email from Dennis Hogan, Vice President of the Rotary Club of Hornsby District in Sydney where our former members Brian Harvey and Carol Ganley have been attending, and will soon be joining. It’s lovely that Rotary is not losing two active and popular members. Carol and Brian will be at Thursday’s meeting as they are visiting Adelaide this week.
I look forward to seeing you at the Croquet Club this Thursday at 7.00am for our breakfast speaker Verity Edwards. Verity was a former Exchange Student to Belgium and now undertakes a career in journalism/public relations. It should a lovely speech about her career journey.
We have a Board meeting after breakfast, feel free to stay and listen if you have the time.
Best wishes and have a wonderful week. Yvette, President.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
14 March 2024 - 7am - Sth. Tce. Croquet Club
21 March 2024 - 9.30am
28 March 2024 - 6pm Kent Town Hotel
Chairperson
Paul Jupp
Coffee Conversation
Rob McLennan
Attendance
Di Lane
Lili Osorio
White Picket Café
Furniture/Hosting
Paul Ensor
Bottles/ cans
Fred Field
Rob McLennan
Di Lane
Bread run
Paul Ensor (17/3)
Dean Sullivan (24/3)
TBA
Rotaract meeting
TBA
TBA
TBA
Chairman: Meet/greet speaker for the meeting; introduce and thank speaker. Preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting. Attendance: Set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computerset up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice. Bottles/cans: Collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund to Bruce McDonald and empty bags to the next duty member, at the next meeting. Rotaract: Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the Astor Hotel, 437 Pulteney St. Adelaide. Bread Run: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:55pm
Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am
United in the spirit of Service we value truth, fairness and friendship; and we welcome the opportunity that Rotary gives us to contribute our talents and resources in support of others.
Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement
To have fun and engage interest from new members and friends as we use our strengths for a better world here and abroad - a welcoming, flexible group having fun doing hands-on activities for positive impact.
