Minutes.
Attendance: Nooka recorded 22 members and one guest in attendance. Our guest was Ian McPharlin.
Meal: Chicken parma, chips and salad.
Reports;
· Boré is looking to assist in the collection and transport of warm clothes and blankets to Melbourne for donation to Ukraine. He has organised a guest speaker on the 21st to discuss the project.
· Hayesey informed us that the primary school awards and certificates have been delivered.
· Bob gave us a report on the Lake Pertobe tree planting. Trev. did most of the work.
· Mal is organising the $1,000 working bee we dontated to the Merri School auction. Stay tuned.
· Brendan brought us the news that $4,500 was raised at the Walk 4 Brain Cancer. Well done Brendan.
· Matt asked members to volunteer for the Bunnings BBQ in the stack app. Please wear your Rotary shirts.
· Lew reported that the ‘Give up the gaspers’ project has raised $900.
· Rowan reminded members that our Christmas party was at his place on the weekend. He advised members that his access track had not been graded in ages and he recommended ‘you leave your Mercedes’ at home’. Your correspondent received this as a challenge rather than advice.
Lew conducted and excellent fines session as a support for the main act; our guest speaker Nooka. For those members not able to be at the meeting, you missed out. I can say, without fear of contradiction by those present, that Nooka’s masterful oration was the best the club has ever witnessed. We laughed, we cried, it had it all. Hats off to you Nooka, there isn’t a tub of quince paste big enough to do it justice.
