Wendy welcomed everyone, including Honorary Rotarians Tony Lucas and Alan Jones; guest speaker, Ian Weight and guests Meredith Harton and Wendy's granddaughter Emilie.
Today we are celebrating our Birthday – 36 years
Chartered 18th June 1985 (signed by District Governor – Kevin Parkinson, member of RC Campbelltown)
We also have some Birthday Cake
- District Changeover – Sunday 4th July 12:00 at Sfera’s – to be attended by Duncan Norris, Wendy Lippett, Janet Tapping, Kevin & Alice Hales, Tony McWhinney - wear Club dress shirts
- NAIDOC event - Sunday July 4 at Ratalang/Basham Beach Thanks to Averil, Noeline and Duncan’s Wendy for putting up their hands to help serve the food on 4 July.
- NAIDOC are borrowing our BBQ trailed for the trestle tables and serving implements, so it will be great publicity for the Club with the advertising of the Club on the trailer. If anyone else not going to District wants to don their Rotary shirts and help, they will be most welcome.
- Changeover – Tuesday 6th July at Middleton Tavern – “Dress Code / Theme – “A Touch of Blue” Reminder to RSVP to Secretary Greg by tomorrow
- Wear outside name badges please
- Board members please wear director badges
- Meeting nights & venue – From July 2021, we will be changing to meeting on 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month.The first being our changeover on 6th July at the Middleton Tavern.The next meeting will be at the RSL on Tuesday 20th July. Meals will not be available on this night as the RSL are having changes with their caterers. However, we are able to use their kitchen facilities if needed, so something will be organised for that night. They will open bar for us (drinks are $5 – cash only).
There is a sound system, lectern & flags available for our use.
- Alan Williams noted that we will need to move our small shed and its contents. He asked who could help him do that . Andy offered to help do this when the time came.
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2-minute spots
Noeline - Raffle prizes for changeover dinner.
If anyone has any more prizes they would like to donate, please drop them off at Noeline's place, or call her and she will pick them up.
Tony McWhinney - International
Tony reminded us that the wooden bowl which circulates on the tables at meetings is to raise funds for the Wheelchair Foundation. This year we raised over $500. This was made up to $600 so we could fund 4 wheelchairs.
Tony asked if anyone else was interested in going to the ROMAC lunch in the Pavilion on the Park on 29th August.
4 members are attending, but if anyone else wants to go, please contact Tony.
Alan Williams - Christmas event
At council meeting it was decided that there would be no Christmas Pageant or Festival on the oval this year. It just can't be done. So we are looking at 3 different things:
- 2 one hour concerts on the oval, 4pm and 7pm, limited to 1000 people each.Ticketing will be done by the Alexandrina council. The gate will be manned by Rotary and manned by volunteers. Attendees to bring their own chairs and refreshments, no food will be provided. The concerts will have a Christmas message, provided by the churches. Music by the Goolwa Concert Band. Cheerleaders and Ukulele Band. For insurance purposes, the concerts will be classed as a Rotary project. To cover cost, entry fee will probably be $5 per family or $2 for an individual, or by gold coin donation.
- Street decoration
- Christmas lights competition.
- The Lions club will be organising their Christmas horse and buggy display.
- Alan said someone will need to do the Risk Management , and the Covid Safe Plan, otherwise we cannot go ahead.
- A meeting will be held next Wednesday to decide if this will go ahead.
Kevin Hales - Noticeboard
A noticeboard to be erected at Middleton, in the breezeway between the minimart and the chemist.
Guest Speaker
Karen introduced our guest speaker,
Ian Wright and mentioned that after a meeting with Ian and Wendy, created an ad for our club, which, with the board's approval will be aired on Happy FM for 3 months, starting on July 1.
Ian is the station manager of Happy FM and has been in the radio business for 49 1/2 years. Ian gave us a run down of his history in radio. He talked about his experiences in commercial radio and now community radio. He has worked in many different radio stations in NSW Victoria and SA.
Duncan Norris - Community
Duncan gave us a quick run down of the things which the Community directive have been doing this year.
These included:
- The Uniting Church stove & rangehood
- Facemasks during the pandemic
- Provided food for Whalers, South Coat Community Care
- $250 to Anglican church for the Christmas lunch
- Defibrillator in Scout Hall
- $250 to RC of Strathalbyn for young emerging artists
- Backpack beds and sleeping bags for people sleeping rough
- Agreed to provide a defibrillator for Southern Breakers Yacht club
- Assist in providing a dialysis machine in Coober Pedy
Meeting closed at 8:29
Next meeting (changeover) at the Goolwa RSL club on Tuesday July 6.
President Wendy Lippett
Secretary Greg Casson
