Weekly Meeting Highlights July 30 & August 6

 
Rotary Club of Greater Geraldton
 
 
Meeting August 6, 2025
 
Geraldton Golf Club 7am
 
Members and guests welcomed by Pres Hugh, in particular our new exchange student Esther with host Mum Kelly, Kim Wann (for the last time as a guest) and of course, Eugenie!
 
 
 
President Hugh Lavery-
"Unite for Good" is our new Rotary message.
 
Announcements:
 
President Hugh Lavery -
 
Our social evening last week  (30 July) went very well.  See Facebook for some excellent of the images from the night. 
 
Radio Auction - We have $26K so far in pledges for the Radio Auction with some extra from the meeting for “Block” sponsorship!
 
 
Shirley McKinnon’s leadership course will take place over four Sundays in September, 1230-2.00pm. This course was purchased by our club at the radio Auction last year and is being made available to Rotarians and friends.  Hugh will send out Expressions of Interest to Members and Rotary Friends
 

Esther has arrived!!

Please be proactive in inviting her into your home and for any special event you may wish to share with her. Esther introduced herself and indicated she was wide open for new experiences! Our outbound has been selected for next year, Sara Price-Walkley 
 
 
Barry Dring Thought for the Day - : “Experience all things in moderation, especially moderation!” Hmmmmm…..! (ed)
 

New Member Induction; Kim Wann

Phil Martin introducing Kim Wann
Sponsor Phil Martin introduced Kim, a retired former fisherman and Master of Tugs, including handling Naval vessels! The formal induction and Rotary Charge were read by Pres Hugh and Kim was formally welcomed into the club by members with acclamation!

Guest Speaker  Russel Mckinnon

Our roving sports reporter and writer spoke on his experiences covering the world swimming championships in Singapore. He covered the water polo, sitting through 96 matches working 18 hours a day for 14 days in the heat and humidity! This involved a lot of sitting with consequences for his …..!  He also witnessed the gold medal 4*100m relay for Australia and got to catch up with many of his journalist mates. Russel also met 85-year-old Mike Reed, who won gold in the over 85s! (He has swum the English Channel in the past many times, with 6 crossings in one year!)
This was Russel’s 16th world championship, his first was in 1991! He went on to win the wine today, ironically on TAILS!
 
 
 
Fines, led by Bob Urquhart.
Badges as usual, Dave for the wrong name again!
Russel for the Bum Story!
Kim got his inaugural fine!
Barry for general misbehaviour.
Di for hanging on the Apprentice of the Year Awards board!
Suki for microwaving a torch and calculator in the van, creating toxic gases and adding to greenhouse emissions. A very convoluted story! Does he not realise a smart phone does both jobs?
Doc had a bit of an unintentional mohawk happening!
 
Our meeting was closed with a warm welcome to Esther, appreciation to host Mum Kerry, congratulations to our newest member Kim, regards to Barry’s better half, Eugenie, and a welcome to Terry who arrived an hour late! Oops!
 
Also see our Facebook page for more excellent phots and information  https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubofGreaterGeraldton/