President’s Piffle

I thought the committee groupings went well at last week’s meeting. From the notes I have seen we have reviewed the things we do, remembered some of the things we used to do, and put forward some suggestions for the future. Well done!

The Club Service team presented the Bulletin in the new format, and from all reports it was a raging success. I am sure we will hear more about this during “Tony’s Talkback” as James discovers more ways to use the new platform.

Last Friday night saw an informal gathering of Partners after work at the Last Coach. Lea and Janick were there to meet the partners, and somehow Big Bob was front and centre near the bar to provide security! 

On Wednesday afternoon the 5 local Rotary clubs are meeting to flesh out a plan to revive Rotaract in Warrnambool. I am confident we can get a plan together, and any thoughts you have to help us along the way would be welcome.

Cheers

Lew

Minutes

We enjoyed a very lively meeting, the focus of which was breaking up into our committees for a bit of brainstorming for the year ahead. We welcomed as guests visiting Rotarian Louise Keogh, inbound exchange students Janick from Denmark, Leah from France,…and Jill Ritchie from Mailor’s Flat, or is it Grassmere??... either way Jill’s locale is as exotic as anywhere in Europe. But whilst you can drive down Ibb’s Lane any time for a bit of a squiz, it's worth Google Mapping Janick’s village of Logstor in Denmark, and Leah's village of Buzet-sur-Baise in France to get an idea of the countryside in which they live.

Bulletin editor Tony Davies urged members to login to "Club Runner" and submit their details so that we can get the whole show in order.

Bob McMillan gave a brief footy tipping report, essentially to the effect that he is still winning. Thanks Bob.

Peter Lynch took a show of hands and determined to book a marquee for the $300,000 "Jericho Cup" being a meeting run at Warrnambool Racecourse Sunday 2nd December this year. Again, and without having any shares in Google, it's worth having a look at the reason the Jericho Cup is being run, and the idea behind the event. In order to lull the Turks into a false sense of security ahead of the Light Horse charge at Bersheba, a race meeting was organised for the Light Horse through 3 miles of sand. It was won by "Bill the Bastard" who became a genuinely famous horse for other reasons as well.

Finally, the club noted the efforts of Bob Coffey and Greg Alison who were absent from the meeting given their involvement at the Mozart Hall helping with the Warrnambool Eistedford. Not a Rotary event, but a great thing to support. Well done.