It was all things ANZAC this week for the Club. Brigadier Hector McWatters gave us a slightly different outlook on the ANZAC message this year. His talk on the unseen victims of serving the nation gave us some pretty sombre concepts to consider. The high incidence of suicide in former service personnel and the status of those servicemen who die while not on active service but during training exercises.
My sincere thanks to those members who helped place the carpet of poppies out at the Mothers Memorial on Thursday afternoon. The rain poured down but it didn’t stop them helping Christine Just (daughter of RCTE Charter member and PP Mal Just) and Jayne Hodge with the task. Thanks to Geoff Kapernick, Phillip Charles, Phil Gillam, Craig Mathieson and Peter Nalder.
Thanks also to Geoff Kapernick and Gary Campbell who presented a book to St Saviours College at their ANZAC parade on Thursday morning and Ron Bowden who represented our Club at the Centenary Heights State High School ANZAC parade (also on Thursday morning)
Gary Campbell and Peter Nalder represented our Club and the ANZAC morning Wreath laying ceremony (see the photos).
These two guys then backed up on Saturday and attended the District President Elect’s training seminar at Dalby.
Dr Curtis Rayment will be speaking at our Club meeting on Thursday 15th of May. Members are encouraged to bring their partners along for that lunch meeting, the District Governor will also be attending that day and it is anticipated that each of the local Rotary Clubs will also be represented. The April RCTE Board meeting agreed to make a donation to Dr Curtis Rayment’s “It’s a Man’s issue” program and add a further $1500 to the money raised at the Rotary District Conference “Say NO to DV Walk” that was held on the 28th of March. Other local Rotary Clubs are also contributing.
Our Club Birthday dinner will be held on Friday May 9th at Soul Kitchen – 386 Ruthven St in the CBD. Craig Mathieson has done a great job organising the dinner and a copy of the menu for the evening is also in the Easterly. Please RSVP as soon as possible and get the payments ($75 pp) to our treasurer on the Thursday meeting or by eft to the RCTE Club Acc.
Phil Gillam will be leading the work to complete the final component of the planned work at Teen Challenge - the Yarning Circle. It is now scheduled on the morning of Saturday 10th of May.
Our annual visit to Yukana for a Mother’s Day morning tea with the St Saviours College Interact Club is also scheduled for Saturday 10th of May. Geoff Kapernick will chasing your participation on the morning
The planning for the Annual Charity Golf Day on Friday 23rd May is well underway. Rod Brown is chasing both raffle items and ticket sales for the raffle. If you have any further questions about the golf day please speak to Steve Davis
I am looking forward to the visit this Thursday from PDG Jitendra Prasad and his wife Nim. They are both well known to our Club and I am looking forward to his talk on the Rotary Leadership Institute.
Regards
Alistair
Club News
Hi Rotarians,
My thanks to Phillip Charles, Peter Nalder, Phil Gillam and Craig Mathieson who got very wet helping with the set out of the Poppies at the Mothers’ Memorial on Thursday after the meeting. Please if I have forgotten anyone, your next beer is on me. Geoff K
Could I also include the attached list calling for a couple more volunteers to assist at the Mothers’ Morning Tea at Yukana on Saturday 10 May 2025.
Also, I understand that Gary has sent you a couple of photos from the St Saviours ANZAC Tribute, the lady in the photo is Dhriti Shah. She is President of the St Saviour’s College Interact Club and is holding the book that the Club donated to the College Library, “Shooting Blanks at the Anzac Legend: Australian Women’s War fictions by Donna Coates”, during the Tribute.
The 49th RCTE birthday party is to be held on Friday the 9th of May at Soul Kitchen. Details including the menu for the 3 course dinner are attached. Cost is $75pp and details of attendance and payments will happen soon. Please advise any dietary requirements when you book. Numbers are limited to 50 and it will be on a first in best dressed basis.
A fee will apply to any member late with an apology regardless of whether the number attending on the meeting day of the meeting is over, under or equal to what the Club Secretary submitted to the Downs Club. This fee will only apply to meetings at the Downs Club or any other club meeting where attendance numbers have to be stipulated prior to the meeting.
A Club member will be charged a meal fee of $20 if they
fail to submit any apology before 11am on Tuesday for the meeting the following Thursday (48 hrs later)
need to submit a late apology due to changed circumstance.
Fail to show up after indicating they would be present.
The members owing a fee of $20 will notified by the Club Secretary and Club Treasurer via an emailed
Late apology fee notice.
The fee can be paid by direct credit into the RCTE Club account or by adding $20 to the $35 meal fee at the next club meeting
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