Rotary Hawthorn has broken with tradition and now conducts a fifth meeting each month for those who would like to be involved in Rotary but are unable to attend its regular weekly Tuesday meetings.
The inaugural Third Thursday in the Month meeting was deemed to be a great success with an attendance of approximately twenty people who were interested in learning more about Rotary.
Many of the first time attendees came from our Club Meetup Site and we were also delighted to have some Swinburne students from our recent Public Speaking Training Group
It was great to see so many of our members being on hand to answer questions from an enthusiastic group
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The meeting was held at the Auburn Hotel and its first Guest Speaker was David Sia who told us of his remarkable journey from Cambodia to Australia as a refugee and the family success in establishing a thriving IT Services company.
Special thanks to all those who supported this venture and to President Katrina Flinn and Chairman Sujay Capoor.
Our next Third Thursday meeting will take place at the Auburn Hotel on 19th October. Guest speaker Di Gillies who will make a presentation on the work of Interplast.
We have already had some enquiries about our next meeting and expect it to be well attended.
Our objective is to grow this group to where it can identify projects and work on these with the whole club.
The organisers Brian Reid and Noel Halford are confident that this new group will make the total club stronger and more effective in serving the community.
Photos by Henry Drury: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108513490802420444898/albums/6468498127742611617?authkey=CMjG7YujsuDPfg&cfem=1