Rotary Notes 301024 – Rotary Club of Greater Geraldton
Geraldton Golf Club 7am
President Hugh Lavery
Sergeant Bob Urquhart
Invocation and Toast with Don Rolston
Attendance- Bob Urquhart, Hugh Lavery, Grant Woodhams, Laurie Dines, Jo Clark, Jim Dillon, Terry Stewart, Ian Taylor, Barry Dring, Kevin Green, Jason McCarthy, Bob Hall, Don Rolston, Rob Mosel.
Guests: Sophia Underland (IBEX), Raelene Marianni (new host mother), Remi Barley (guest of Jason McCarthy.
Two Rotary video presentations.
1) Psalm Talamo our Outward Bound Exchange Student f(January 2025) from Warnbro High School.
2) Jamie Bravington our Rotary Youth Leadership Award recipient (January 2025) from Tom Price.
Laurie Dines does guest speaker thanks acknowledging Hugh's hard work in recording Psalm and Jamie's videos.
Announcements:
Barry Dring has ordered Rotary Christmas cakes. See Barry for same/some.
Update on Radio Auction which was last Sunday November 3rd at NACC 4 Walton Close.
– Set up is on Friday starting at 9am.
– Bob Urquhart to see Cyril at Wicked Prints to get large auction item lists printed.
– Jason McCarthy will be Rotary team leader on Sunday.
– Spread sheet of items will be in Friday's Guardian
– We need to share as much as possible about Radio Auction on Facebook.
– We must thank Di Gilleland for her outstanding work while on the road re Radio Auction.
RADIO AUCTION Outcome: - President Hugh
How did it all go ? – a fantastic Team Effort. It felt good to say WE did it !
I was impressed and inspired by how well everything fit together – before, during, and now, after.
This is a testament to the preparation and dedication of many people (with a special shout out to Di Gilleland and Glenn Feltham, the Pre-Call Team, the Rotary Transport Team, all the folks of our main sponsors, Telstra (& NACC, NRM) , Geraldton Guardian, Triple M-98.1, Bendigo Bank, our Tally Room, all our volunteers, and all our donors and bidders on the day)
On the day, I thoroughly enjoyed watching everyone just do the things they were good at. The epitome of Rotary’s essence – using individual and collective skills and abilities for the community.
For me, the next step is to ensure we recognise the contributions of all the Members and Volunteers and set ourselves up for next year.
| The Result | 2024 Radio Auction |
| Block Items | 15,122.00 | | |
All Day Items | 16,020.00 | |
Total | $31,142.00 | |
Donations & Sponsorships | | $3,300.00 | |
Total | | $34,442.00 | |
A Huge thank you to all.
Fines Session:
Bob Urquhart fines Barry Dring for losing Rotary sea container keys.
Rob Mosel fines Barry Dring for losing Rotary IGA card.
Kevin Green fines Don Rolston for not standing while addressing the meeting.
Hugh Lavery fines Ian Taylor and Jo Clarke for having non Rotary advertising on their shirts.
Bob Hall fines Hugh Lavery for his poor imitation of Fidel Castro
IBEX
report with Norway's Sofia Underland:
<-- Caption - Host Mum, Kiera Foster, Sofia Underland (Norway) Mentor, Jo Clarke
Inbound Exchange Student Sofia Underland:
IBEX report with Sophia Underland- Sofia has moved family and is now with the Mariani's. There was a goodbye dinner to her previous host family, the Fosters, which was held at Laian's Restaurant.
President's Report - Hugh Lavery:
Australia’s worst naval disaster occurred on 19 November 1941 when HMAS Sydney II was lost following a battle with the German raider HSK KORMORAN, in the Indian Ocean off the Western Australian coast. Geraldton was the last port visited prior to her demise. The loss of the SYDNEY with its full war complement of 645 sailors remains etched in the nations psyche. The KORMORAN was also sunk, but 317 of its crew of 397 survived. The fate of the Sydney remained one of Australia’s greatest wartime mysteries until the location of the wreck in 2008.
