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Rotary meeting Tuesday July 30th, 2019. Call to order by Ian Cairns. Ian invited Anne Adams to run the meeting in David’s absence tonight. Anne Adams Warm welcome to everyone President David is an apology for this evening.
Can I give a special welcome to Mal one of our hardy PNG workers. It is good to see you home safely and we look forward to hearing about your exploits later in the month. Tony is currently in transit. Welcome to our Club Guest Welcome to our guest speaker Anthony Leddin who is our guest speaker for tonight. Exchange Students Johannes Members Guests Margaret Ross, Glenda Bourke, Rob Porter (convenor of Community Garden), Vicki Johnson, John Paterson, Yueshan Go (Japanese guest of Andrea Sampson). Members Announcements Ian: Father of the Year. Reminder that next Mon/Tues all entries need to be collected from the schools. Members involved are aware of their collection points. On Tuesday Aug 13th, anyone who can help out with the initial screening it would be greatly appreciated. Starting prior to the meeting at 5pm. Delia: Envision Hands – I will bring along a bucket each week to collect plastic bottle tops to send of to Envision hands. This project is being supported by Rotary International and the Rotary Club of Wyndham. Envision Hands are on a mission. Our mission is to create 100 bespoke aids out of bottle caps, with 3D printers, which we will then donate to children in in need. Inspired by the Enabling the Future organization we will be participating in the world wide community making and donating 3D printed bespoke aids for children in need across under-serviced countries. The major difference is our project will be using recycled plastic from bottle tops, thus also benefiting the environment. Bottle caps are fully recyclable. Unfortunately, as reported on ABC’s ‘War on Waste’, they aren’t being recycled. They get sent to landfill, they fall through machinery, and in worst case scenarios, if attached to a bottle, they can explode and force expensive re packing issues. This overlooked waste product is almost entirely made from HDPE 2 (High Density Poly-Ethylene). After considerable experimentation we have successfully taken this plastic and extruded it to create functioning filament for 3D printers. Once we have the filament we 3D print all the components that make up the hand. Robbie: Morning coffee at Wines Patisserie. Saturday 10am. (Opposite the PAC) Trevor: 2 more footy games to go. Nothing this week. Thanks to Svet, Terry, George and Jim last weekend. Sheet coming around. Please fill the gaps if you are able. Anne: Inner Wheel fundraiser – Ride Like A Girl – Thursday 15th Aug. Contact Sue Harris. Please also ensure you fill in the volunteer book each week. Fines with Ian: Trevor – dragged Ian to Rock ‘n’ Roll Cathy – sold her house Alan B – Cosmetic surgery Andrea – Nice hair cut Happy Bucks – Birthday – Louise and Robbie, Induction anniversary – Lou 4 years, John 35, Sharon 7, Duncan 32 and Jim 38. Missing badges – Keith and Trevor Table fines for lack of Footy knowledge Random number – 35 Graeme R, 32 Terry, 30 George, 36 Judy, 29 Svet, 33 Mal. Robbie – Swindle: $188 won by guest Glenda Bourke who very generously donated her winning to Plant Breeders without Borders. Attendance report: Members present =29 Guests = 7
Apologies =17
Slipped the mind of = 2 Guest Presenter Chairman Graeme Ward introduced our Guest Presenter Anthony Leddin from Plant Breeders Without Borders. An amazing presentation with a lot of very valuable information. If you were not present at the meeting and want to know more, then you would be best to go to the following website http://pbwob.org/to look up the information or speak to a club member who was present. Anthony is obviously very passionate about Plant Breeders without Borders and the work they are doing. Our Club made a donation of $200 + $100 (from Svet’s fundraising). This will go towards providing tools for farmers to create a variety of different crops.
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