President Jill Elias opened the meeting at 6.30pm.
Welcome to our guest speakers, Jonah Lee and his father, Julian, Alexis Ward and her mother, Kayo, Matthew Lauw, Varun Mukhedkar, Wilcox and Edner family members, Diane, Ciann and River.
The meeting started by singing the National Anthem.
What do the initials NDIS stand for?
Answer:
National Disability Insurance Scheme
Answered correctly by a few members of the raucous table.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Russell Hawkins announced the birth of his granddaughter, Harriet Anne.
John Bolto announced the winner of Round 0 in the football tipping as Jeff Simper. He encourages everyone to sign up more participants for the football tipping.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: Susan Watson announced this week’s birthdays and anniversaries:
Members’ Birthdays:
Jonas Edner 52 years old on 13 March 2024
Peter Webb 76 years old on 13 March 2024
Partner Birthday:
Jennifer Laurie on 14 March 2024
Anniversaries:
Russell and Annie Hawkins 10 March 2024 44 years
John and Katrina Hopkins 12 March 2024 29 years
Michael Bisset and Joy Crocker 17 March 2024 34 years
Geoffrey and Marion Cahif 17 March 2024 57 years
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
- John Bolto – Regionalisation John attended a Zoom meeting about Regionalisation on Sunday. Dalkeith has been placed in RG2 with other locally based Rotary Clubs. The facilitator was the District Governor. Dalkeith will be asked to vote shortly on the leader for RG2. If any member would like more information, please contact John.
ROTARY MOMENTS:
- Thank you to Craig James and Peter Panek for organising the Bike Count on Tuesday 5 March. There were 22 volunteers spread across Perth, specifically John Murdoch, Nigel Johnson, John Bolto, David Ellis, Peter Webb, Lindsay Dry, Steve Halbert, Anita Bourke, Tom Kendall, Anthony McGrath, Craig James, Colette James, John MacKinnon, Neil Wilkie, Ken Ilett, Bruce Jeanes, John Lindquist, John Mortimer, Michael Bisset, Peter Panek, Jomay Verrier, Jill Elias. Each volunteer raised $70 for the Club’s Project account.
- In consultation with Grandparents Raising Grandchildren WA, the Rotary Club of Dalkeith is collecting items to donate to the organisation. On Mondays 11 and 18 March please bring items to the Club meeting from the list below. We will be taking the items to Warwick on Wednesday 20 March.
- Washing machine liquids and powders;
- Washing up detergents;
- Any cleaning products;
- Shampoos and conditioners;
- Toothbrushes and toothpastes;
- New underwear for children;
- New pyjamas for children;
- Non perishable, in date, unopened food items, similar to Cans for Christmas.
In addition, if you have any good quality items, such as as-new toys and games then we can take them with us too.
If you would prefer, please cut and paste the link below to donate:
Thank you very much to those members who brought in goods and items on Monday night, Hugh, John L, Ant, Ann and Susan.
GUEST SPEAKERS: Matthew Lauw, Varun Mukhedkar, Jonah Lee, Alexis Ward – introduced by Hugh Stowell
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Matthew and Varun gave amusing accounts of their time at Rotary Youth Leadership Awards camp in January. Both said their lives were enriched by the experience and were thankful to the Club for the opportunity to attend RYLA. Varun said he learnt much about leading diverse teams, his public speaking improved, and he is more comfortable pushing his limits. Matthew learnt that leadership can come from anywhere and that every voice must be heard.
Alexis went to the National Youth Science Forum in Canberra. There were 250 participants at her forum, and she stayed at a college at ANU. The careers day was informative and as a result she is now considering a career as a medical physicist. A highlight was listening to a speaker from NASA. Alexis thanked the Club for sponsoring her to attend.
Jonah went to the National Youth Science Forum in Brisbane and stayed at Kings College at the University of Queensland. He found the criminology lab at Griffith University and the Pathology Museum very interesting and meeting different people was a highlight for him. He thanked the Club for its sponsorship.
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REMINDER OF NEXT ROSTER:
Monday 18 March 2024
Michael Snell Welcoming members and guests
Neil Wilkie Table duty
Peter Webb Registrar 1
Susan Watson Registrar 2
Jason van Straalen Introduction of guest speaker
Pek Goh Pass the microphone
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS:
Monday 18 March John Kevan, Sumba
Monday 25 March Neil Wilkie, Vietnam VC winners
Monday 1 April No meeting, Easter Monday
Monday 8 April David De Vos, ANZAC Day and Your ABC
