As a Club President, I get to compare notes with other Club Presidents from my own District and from other parts of the world. We each pull out the positives and negatives, apply them to our demographics, stick a finger up to the wind and gauge how our Clubs are going. The world has not had a good time with COVID. It has changed everything for everyone. We could take Rotary in isolation and say we have suffered through COVID but in reality, there are plenty of people, businesses and organisations in worse shape than us.
So it is time to start bouncing back and if the turnout for this weeks meeting is anything to go by, we will be back to doing some great community work sooner rather than later. This week, thanks to the hard work of our Program Directors, David Nutter and PP Gus Dominguez AND our Events invitation/registration guru and Apprentice Sergeant Andrew Somers, we had a totally out of the box fun, informative and socially fulfilling Club meeting. The team managed to collect Thirty-Five dinner registrations for our awesome meeting which really surprised the caters, Vicky and Bob. We had members, partners, family, guests and fellow Rotarians. It was a buzz! A meeting is only as good as the people who attend and this week, I would like to thank everyone who came along to make it a Stella evening. Most members registered by Sunday which really helped with the catering forecast. Booking as early as you can (last call by Tuesday 10.00am) certainly makes it easier to plan the meals for the caterer and reduces the need to constantly remind people to book in or apologise.
Our guest speaker, Sarah Hocking talked about hearing loss in a very fun presentation complete with a Fredo Challenge. I learned a lot about a serious subject without feeling it was a serious subject! Thank you, Sarah and her manager Alex who also added valuable information to her presentation. Sarah and Alex can be found hear (Lol) if you would like to follow up with a hearing test. Sarah is the daughter of RC Berwick Membership Director David Anderson.
Clyde Road Berwick Audika, Unit 2/30 Clyde Road, Berwick VIC 3806
Phone (03) 9707 5455
Monday9:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday9:00am - 5:00pm
Wednesday9:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday (today)9:00am - 5:00pm
Friday9:00am - 5:00pm
Next week, Sandi Tarant will do a Behind the Badge talk. According to David Nutter (who has had privileged access to the presentation) it is going to be a cracker. There also promises to be a couple of guests who have said they are coming along. Let us try and make our last few meetings of 2021 worthwhile before our Christmas Break. At writing this we already have 10 people booked in and it is only Friday!
****Our Christmas Social on Saturday11th December is looking a little neglected for bookings with 10 adults and four children booked in so far. This year, we are slipping out of the cramped restaurant Christmas Do in favour of a more family-friendly late afternoon early dinner affair. Not that long ago, our Club had kids running around everywhere so now it is time to create an opportunity to have a real Rotary Family Christmas that suits everyone. SO if you have not booked in yet, please do! Here is the link which should work for everyone including guests, fellow Rotarians and family:
