Meeting Opening
Sergeant Ron Hann called on Helga to give the invocation and loyal toast.
He then called on Vice President Alan Williams who welcomed Rotarians including a special welcome to visitors to our club Andy Wood & Sue Jones, and honorary members Tony Lucas & Alan Jones.
Vice President Alan's Messages
Message from President Di - Thanks to RYDA helpers - Greg, Wendy, Noeline & Kevin.
Bonfire - Please note address & time changes -
Friday 5th October from 5 pm
Keach Family Farm - opposite the corner of Goolwa / Mt Compass Rd & Deep Creek Rd (heading from Goolwa - HARD LEFT after crossing Currency Creek bridge - there will be signage - through gate follow cones)
Members Minutes
Roger Shelden - Rotary Club of Adelaide - Presidents Weekend Goolwa
On the weekend Friday 16 November to Sunday 18th November the Adelaide Rotary Club will be visiting Goolwa. This is a tradition in their club where they have a weekend away visiting country towns and clubs.
They like to get the local club involved. Their program has been broadly mapped out with some members playing Golf on Friday, Spirit of Coorong Adventure Cruise on the Saturday and various individual choice options on the Sunday with 4WD to the Murray Mouth, Guided Historical Walk around Goolwa, Goolwa Wharf Markets etc.
We have been asked to provide catering for the Fri night bowls. Karen & Max have kindly agreed to manage the kitchen/cooking with other assistance required to help with setting up, serving, cleaning up dishes etc. We think 5 other members would suffice.
All members will be invited with a cost of $20 covering food and participation in bowls if they wish. It would be great to get a few teams of 4 – no experience required – it is a fun social night.
The format will be 6pm - 1hr bowls, 1hr Dinner & Guest Speaker (Alan Jones), another hour of bowls. Conclude 9pm.
The bowling club will have the bar open and staffed.
The Saturday night will be Adelaide Rotary Dinner meeting at Fleurieu’s. 6.30 for 7pm. This will be a normal Rotary night including a 2 course meal. Cost TBA but looking like $40 - $45 p/h. They have arranged Georgina Downer as guest speaker. We and friends are all invited.
President Rob Falconer has selected Goolwa – so let’s make them welcome.
Noeline Biermann - To all members - Please do not forget to respond to the questionnaire about the meeting frequency ie 2 meetings a month v weekly. In writing not verbal.
On behalf of Tony McWhinney. Probus have organised a day trip to Adelaide to visit the Clipper ship Adelaide and lunch on the harbour on 17th October. Cost is $60.
Please contact Tony as there are still 10 seats available.Karen Mitchell - In regard to our Bonfire could members please advise A) if they are attending and B) if they will be bringing a dessert to share. Donations of goodies do not have to be large but we do need a list of ingredients. Please continue to invite family, friends and anyone who you think might be interested in joining Rotary. This event is free of charge and everyone will bring their own food and chairs etc. Ron is arranging a toilet and Karen/Max will take charge of the dessert table, lighting for that table and mosquito flares. At the next Club meeting I will be circulating a list asking for donations of food for the Open Garden. Once again we will need a list of ingredients. If you are good at preparing food which is gluten free/vegan/nut free/dairy free etc this would be most helpful as more and more people are sensitive to certain things.
Jim Davis - A reminder to all Rotarians about the upcoming District 9520 Conference scheduled for 5-7th April, 2019 in Broken Hill. It would be great to have a good representation from our club.
Alan Williams - Induction of Andy Wood. It is with great pleasure I welcome Andy into our club ...
Guest Speaker, Ellie Jones was unable to attend, so Alan & Noeline presented Ellie's story with a slide show & video.
We left for Uganda at the start of July with an open mind regarding our volunteering - Through other volunteers, we heard about a small organisation called “Friends of people with disabilities”. This organisation is run by a lovely African lady named Geraldine, and provides a safe
haven, a daily meal as well as schooling for disadvantaged disabled children in the village of Garuga. However the children were forced to use a pit latrine, so we decided that we just might be able to build the school a toilet block with western flushing toilets and a shower. Sanitation is a significant issue in Africa and a major cause of disease, and these toilets will go a long way to reducing that risk for the children.
We would like to sincerely thank Rotary for their donation, without it this project would not have
been possible!
A raffle draw resulted in Kevin being unable to draw out the yellow ball this time.
Heads & Tails won the prize for Roger Shelden - who kindly donated funds back to club.
Alan closed the meeting at 8.15 pm with this closing thought -
"Remember: If you see some-one without a smile, give them one of yours." 