Bulletin 1535 (Oct 17, 2020)

Sergeant Roger opened the meeting at 7 PM

President Wendy welcomed everyone, including Honorary Rotarians, speaker for tonight, Melissa Rebeck and guest Jan Lawrence.

Apologies from:

Julie Payne
Jenny Buscombe
Karen Mitchell
Alan Williams

President Wendy

A celebration of Nanette Davis’ life is to be held next Sunday 18^th October at 2:30 pm at the Goolwa Regatta Yacht Club.Can all Rotarians please wear their Rotary Dress shirts.

Open Garden

Saturday 30^th October & Sunday 1^st November -The roster being circulated & also the food list.

The working bee & fellowship was postponed due to inclement weather.This will be rescheduled at a future date.

The Friends of the Currency Creek Cemetery have put out a call for help in tidying / raking at the cemetery. Their next working bee will be on Saturday morning 21^st November, however it can also be organised at a time which may better suit.

District Conference

The next District Conference will he at Westminster College, Marion

from Apr 16, 2021 – Apr 18, 2021.

Rotary International conference.

The next Rotary International conference is to be held in Melbourne for the 2022-2023 Rotary year.

Planning is in progress.

Hat Day

October 26^th be prepared for Fun & Games.

Lift the Lid on Mental Illness – National fundraising & awareness campaign for mental health research.

10 Questions

For those who have yet to do the ten questions please do so. Noeline will email them to everyone again.

2 Minute Spots

Jim Davis - Christmas stocking

Someone is required to do the roster for the Christmas stocking raffle - Julie has since volunteered to to do the roster, as she did last year.

food donations need to be collected and distributed - Di volunteered to do this.Ron will do the float and tickets etc.

Tony - Garage Sale

Tony thanked all the members who helped over the 2 days.

including Yvonne, who made biscuits for the members and Jan Lawrence, who provided plants for sale.

The sale took $563

Kevin - Shed

Kevin has been over to the shed and it appears that 2 drop=down banners are missing. If anyone knows the whereabouts of these banners, can they please contact Kevin.

Di - Open Garden

Sheets are going around so that members can say when they are available, and what areas they prefer to work in. We need as much help as we can get - All Hands on Deck - due to Covid 49 conditions.

Guest Speaker - Melissa Rebbeck - Climate Change

Melissa has much experience in the area of agriculture, soil health, climate change water health and sustainability.

She was a senior researcher in state government in climate change applications to agriculture for twenty years, has been a writer in the stock journal for 15 years and has been instrumental in developing and delivering over 30 agricultural, climate, soil and environmental projects. Currently she is director of her own company Climate and Agricultural Supports pty ltd, is a farmer on Hindmarsh Island and a councillor at Alexandrina Council. Today she talked about some of her local project work and opportunities to reduce your carbon footprint.

Wendy thanked everyone for coming and hoped they enjoyed themselves.

Wendy then closed with 2messages from her happy jar:

“A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be”

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) Politician. President of the United States

“Self-love, is not so vile a sin as self-neglecting.”

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) British poet & playwright.

Meeting closed at 8:35

Bulletin 1535

Meeting Responsibilities

October 26

November 9

November 23

2 Minute Spots