Mary Roebuck welcomed members, opened the meeting and introduced President Shiralee.
Shawn Hutchinson delivered the invocation.
President Elect Rod Cooper proposed the loyal toast to Australia.
President's Message
Welcome to guests Ray Taylor and Shaun Counihan, guest speaker.
Announcements:
Specsavers/Audiology Mt Barker, new service, invite members to community breakfast on 18 October at 8am to celebrate the launch of the new service, anyone interested please let me know. I will be attending
Mount Barker Business Group has invited Rod & myself to attend their breakfast meeting on 26 October, we will be giving an overview of Rotary and the projects our club support locally and internationally
End Polio Movie Night 2 November Bohemian Rhapsody, World Polio Day 24 October
DG Kim Harvey will be visiting the club on 29 October, please invite your partners to attend.
ShelterBox has a training day Saturday 27th October in Adelaide, meet other volunteers, learn how to erect a shelter tent & learn about the aid items and the work currently being undertaken in Lombok & Sulawesi, further details in bulletin.
Invitation from Blakiston Rotary Club, Open Night at Auchendarroch, Margaret will speak about her passion for Heritage Roses which are being planted at St James School
Wednesday 24 October 6.30pm if you’d like to share a meal at your own cost 7.30pm for speaker Gold coin donation
Rotary District Conference Broken Hill 5 – 7 April 2019
Rotary District 9520 Annual General Meeting
Saturday 17 November
11am Damien on Fisher Café, 123 Fisher St, Fullarton
Community Service
Upcoming Events:
Car & Motor Cycle Show & Shine, Huge thanks to those involved with the Car & Motor Cycle Show & Shine on Saturday 13th October. (Traffic Management by Peter Baur, Jack Cooper, Penni Hamilton-Smith and Rod Cooper, Donut Van by Shawn Hutchinson, Richard and Florence Yeardley and Joe and Heather Geue). Special thanks to Shawn Hutchinson and David Holtham for assisting me with the setup of the donut van on Friday afternoon. A few things to learn from the event for next year. $910 was raised on the day, but recommend we donate $1,000 to Mahayla Rose, pending Board approval.
Oktoberfest, Saturday, October 27th, Traffic Management. Peter Baur reported that not as many people required as first thought. Roster has been distributed. Set up, Friday, James, Peter and Penni at 1:30. Saturday, Peter and James. 11-4 Shiralee, Mary and Peter; 4-11pm, Shawn, Rod and Peter. Will probably finish at 10. Entrance tickets not required, just identify selves as Rotarians. One extra ticket for family member.
Operation Flinders, Immediate Past president Peter led a team ( Richard Harrington, Peter Baur, Andy Byrne and Bob Gower) to Yankaninna to reassemble the shed which had been taken down previously. The team's brief was to dig holes - these were down in 30 minutes - and to cement the building. By the second day the building was cemented and the walls, roof and entire shed were completed in the 5 days. Job done.
Sophie Thompson’s Open Garden, Saturday, November 10th to Monday, 12th November, Traffic Management. Roster has been distributed.
Centenary of Armistice Street Party, Sunday, November 11th, Fundraising with Donut Van. Due to time restrictions for setup and takedown, plus the fact that the event is only for 4 hours, this event will be declined.
The team who completed the construction of the third shed at Yankaninna Station for Operation Flinders. Thankyou to the District Council of Mount Barker for donating the shed.
Membership
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Youth- NEW GENERATIONS
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GUEST SPEAKER
Director of New Generations Committee, Helen Marshall, introduced Shaun Counihan, Rotary Youth Leadership Award graduate. Shaun thanked the club for the privilege of sponsorship and the CEO of Hills Community Options , without whom he would never have heard of RYLA. When Shaun arrived at the Nunyara site at Belair he was nervous and didn't know what to expect, but was soon mingling with friendly faces all of whom appeared to be so intelligent and with such great aspirations that they appeared quite daunting. By the end of the week Shaun realised that they were all young people who can make a difference in the world.
From the seminars and speakers he focused on the importance of resilience- that things out of our control will shape us. Personal stories were shared - death, drug problems, alcohol abuse, domestic violence. To hear about these hardships and to see people who came through their experiences stronger and more resilient was uplifting. Shaun would like to grow his own capacity for resilience.
He learned to set big goals and how to plan to reach them. But also small goals - every day activities. These small accomplishments, the chore of the day, giving someone a hand; once accomplished one realises how important they are. One can get into a rut of not working towards anything so need to get the ball rolling.
He was surprised to learn about public speaking and getting on with people. He had fun and laughed a lot and will come away with memories of opening up and learning about each other. His take home lesson is how different everyone is. Don't judge people you don't know. everyone is just doing the best they can. learn to judge the action not the person. RYLA touches everyone involved and thankyou to Rotary.
To go to the District website and register forthe 2019 District Conference in Broken Hill from 5th - 7th April 2019. Your own Penni Hamilton-Smith is Stage Manager so see her for Conference details.
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