Hello all, maybe I am old school (or perhaps just old?) but to me Rotary is far more than turning up for lunch on a Wednesday.
Our club, in my opinion, contributes massively to our local community as well as national and international programs but do we miss the old school monthly ‘themes’
I think so.
Below are the monthly themes that are used throughout the Rotary family
January – Vocational Service February – Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention March – Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene April – Environment May – Youth Service June – Rotary Fellowships July – Maternal and Child Health August – Membership & Extension September – Basic Education and Literacy October – Economic and Community Development November – Rotary Foundation December – Disease Prevention and Treatment
How much richer would our club be if we acted in some way by contributing to a monthly theme?
Food for thought…
On another note I received a card in the mail from Peg Davies,
Dear Rob,
I want to thank your Rotary Club for setting up the raffle. This was the first time ‘Palcarers Relay for Life’ have participated – we sold 30 books and banked $1,500 for cancer research. It’s a wonderful way, and easy way, for us to fundraise.
Firstly, it was nice to receive a good old fashioned thankyou card in the mail, but far more importantly it shows the length and breadth of the Golden Community Raffle which I suspect will just get bigger each year.
See you all Wednesday.
Volunteers needed for Science.
Hello!
Welcome to the Great South Coast Science and Engineering Challenge 2024!
The 2 month countdown has started
It's hard to believe it has nearly been a year since the last challenge, but here we are! This is an early email for everyone to lock the date into their calendars and to start the ball rolling, I don't expect more than that. Feel free to register using the link below if you know you are available. All the details you should need about the event are in the link as well. Dates, times, contact details etc are all in the link.
As mentioned, the aim of this email is to save the date. Please share this around within your Rotary clubs and get the members aware of the date and the possibility of volunteering. I am happy to come to rotary meetings over the next 2 months and drum up support (just let me know). The good news is, the 2024 SEC program is FULL. This means we have 8 schools registered with a maximum capacity of 256 students on the day. In turn, this means we will need 32 volunteers. The only prerequisite you need as a volunteer is a working with childrens check. You do not need to be a Rotarian to volunteer.
I'll email again in a month's time to start really getting numbers. If you don't want that email, just let me know, (I know everyone is sick of getting email from me ).
Please note, I am going on a 5 week teaching placement between 5th Aug til 6th Sept. The aim is to have all of this organised before the 5th Aug, which is why I'm sending this email early.
Please email or call me if you have questions, but I look forward to an amazing Science and Engineering Challenge!
Attendance: Nooka could scarcely be bothered counting ‘about twenty’ member in attendance. Nooka didn’t notice that we had a guest, our guest speaker Dan O’Keefe, even though he was Nooka’s guest.
Meal: Roast. Lindsay was nowhere to be seen.
Sarg Dillo introduced President Rob to start the meeting. In reports;
Greg was able to report that Lew will assist Lexi with her exchange interview in Ballarat and nobody is required to accompany her to Beaufort. Thanks Lew.
Paul proudly announced that the audit has been completed.
Boré reports that he is considering two projects in PNJ for the club to be involved in. One is Tony Austin’s ’50 pumps for 50 villages’ and the other is a water project proposed by Moses. Moses will be our guest speaker next week to talk about his project.
Bruce was able to report that he was recovering from the combined effects of Covid, RSV, and ‘some other calcium bullshit’. He was pleased to come to the meeting because he heard Bill Quinlan had been coming to meetings and he didn’t want to be shown up by ‘that prick Quinlan.’ It was great to have you back Bruce.
Gerald gave us an update on the Defy the Drift project.
Nooka updated us on the footy tipping, with The Voice on 78, Rotten on 77, The Compass in third on some unspecified score, and The Maggot, Hickory Dickory and Nooka a long way behind on 71.
Our guest speaker was Dan O’Keefe. Dan spoke to us about the Push-up Challenge. Dan works three days a week for lifeline. The Push-up Challenge starts today. It aims to raise funds and awareness about mental health. Suicide remains the leading course of death in men 18-45. There were 3249 suicides in Australia in 2022. Participants complete 3249 push-ups or similar exercises between the 5th and 29th of June.
Dan has a storied sporting career. He grew up playing for the Warrnambool Footy Club before time in the Geelong Falcons, Sydney Swans and then the Geelong VFL side. Injuries forced an early retirement from playing but he has since made a name for himself as a coach. He has coached the Geelong Falcons, the Geelong VFL side and been an assistant coach at Carlton as well as the Carlton VFL coach. He is currently the Warrnambool Footy Club coach. He also plays golf off a handicap of 1.
We thank Dan for taking the time to talk to us about this great project.
Annual General Meeting.
David Jellie expertly chaired out 2024 annual general meeting. Despite time-wasting interruptions from some unruly members in attendance, David completed the AGM in a very competitive 1 minute and 27.91 seconds. We congratulate incoming president Matt Northeast, incoming Secretary Glenn Marler, incoming treasurer Paul Reilly, and the new board; Rob Harris, Ian McPhail, Tony Davies, Gerald Irvine, Greg Allison, Boré Hoekstra and Anthony Robinson.
Robbo and Sam try to find a cure.
Today Sam and Robbo were at the G looking for a cure for motor neurone disease. The might have also been hoping to find a cure for Melbourne's current woes on the football field. We can only hope that a cure for MND is easier to find.
One Hundred for Melbourne.
Last week I discussed Allen Jakovich in response to my memory that Bob had claimed in his fines session that no Melbourne player had kicked ten goals in a match. Lew informs me that Bob actually said that no Melbourne player has ever kicked 100 goals in a season, which is correct. My apologies Bob.
Lew went on to inform me that that Fred Fanning came close with 97 ,helped by kicking 18 goals in the last game of the year. Lew noted that this was also Fred’s last game with Melbourne before he went to Hamilton to play for more money. Or, at least that is Lew’s story about why Fred skipped town. No word yet from Robbo about how much unpaid child support may have been owing at the time.
Ten Years Ago.
Ten years ago, Francis was riding his bike when he was struck by a Toyota Landcruiser. Fortunately he was okay. He was saved by his superhuman strength and an important piece of kit. Boré takes up the story.
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