President’s Report for the 4th December 2018
 
The Rotary theme for the month of December is Disease Prevention and Treatment.
 
District Governor John is asking that all members open and read monthly District Newsletter. DG John sent out the November District Newsletter to over 1,000 e mail addresses of 97% of the e mail messages received but only 44% were opened and read.    
 
Rotary Youth Leadership awards (RYLA) – application closing date has been extended to 6th December. RYLA is for young people between the ages of 18 to 25 years. Clare Lawlor of Rotaract is coordinating RYLA programme for 2019 plus she is a mentor for the programme.
 
Club’s Christmas party is to be held Sunday 9th December at Michael Knight’s residence at 2 Kauri Place Springvale from 4pm to 9pm. Bring your own drinks, your #9 iron and camp chairs. Directions are - go past Country Golf club turn right into Springvale road, then left into Mallee Road (travel about 500M) then left into Kauri Place (travel about 100M).
 
Enjoy your day and club’s Christmas party