Our guests this week were Paul Hombsch, Jims appointed chauffer while Gavin is away, Ron McDonald Tony Summers neighbour and well known stock carrier and Bede Bourke brought along Mark Coulton the former National Party Member for Parkes who has recently moved to town to be closer to the family. As well as our Guest speaker Paul Sullivan all of whom were welcomed by Bede Bourke .
Gordon Austin spoke in regard to the Fire Fighting Championships barbeque which we came out with a profit of $1392.45, Gordon particularly thanked Rosemary for her help.
James Hindmarsh also spoke about his son Aiden's first Muay Thai fight which he won without too much damage.
General Business –
- Jemma asked whether any of our members had any experience with running two up and being a banker for two up and Phil Lyon was going to ask some questions about that and get back to the Club.
- The Mens Health Education rural van fund raising event at Bunnings has been slated for September this year and we are currently finding out who we need to approach at the Tamworth Bunnings to book a slot or two for fundraising.
- Rotary Foundation has a member charity Will week running from 16th – 30th March and we are hoping for more information to be forthcoming, which will be in the bulletin as soon as possible.
- The 29th March the District has a “special general meeting” regarding some minor changes to the constitution and bylaws and from my reading they are basically house keeping and clarification changes, if anybody else is interested in the full list of changes let me know and I will email you out the appropriate information.
Our guest speaker Paul Sullivan spoke about micro banking in PNG was quite interesting, especially in regard to the social challenges in PNG in regard to repayment of loans and general social interaction and we are looking at liaising with Calala Rotary in regard to funding and purchase of reading glasses for Paul to take New Guinea, we will have information forthcoming about this.
Our guest was ably thanked by Jim Booth who also proposed the Clubs thanks not just to Rosemary Austin for her work on the Fire Fighting Championships barbeque but also Gordon and Ron without their help this event would not have been anywhere as successful as it was. Thank you again to Gordon, Ron for your hard work
Our Seargent this week was Brian Cox who presented quite an entertaining fine session which seemed to concentrate on Bede Bourke and the head table.
Heads and tails this week was won by our guest speaker Paul Sullivan and Mal MacPherson.
Our meeting next week is back at the Family Hotel, please read your roster for work assignments and our speaker next week is Mark Coulton former Member for Parkes.
