Hello Daybreakers and welcome to Bulletin 15
Daybreak News - We have moved into October the month of Economic and Community Development in the Rotary calendar year; the year is passing by very quickly! At this week’s meeting we heard from each Director of the Board who outlined their committee’s achievements thus far in the year and also their plans for future projects. It was a worthwhile segment, giving opportunity for discussion and input from the members into each area.
It was nice to have Mel and his son join us for the meeting and it is hoped Chez will also be able to join us next week. Barry gave us an update on Chez’s health and passed on her gratitude to members for their contact while she is recuperating. I believe there have been a couple of social get-togethers over the last few weeks. If possible and relevant can members take some pics of these events when they happen and forward to Gerard for inclusion in the Bulletin? I forgot to take some pics of the meeting this week so we will be a little slim on images for this edition of the Bulletin.
Next week our guest speaker has been organized by Ali and will be Murray Kingsly who will speak on the Care Program and communicating with vulnerable persons. Sergio has been allocated the Fun Session and will show us some pics of his recent holiday; both should be interesting segments.
Lift the Lid – After a shaky start, our Lift the Lid/Bunnings project is set for this weekend October 5-6. Three other Rotary Clubs are joining us in raising funds for Mental Health Research; RCW, RCW East and RC Port Fairy. Each Club has donated hampers which will be raffled at 4pm Sunday afternoon. Daybreak is rostered on from 8.30 to 12.30 Saturday morning with two members on two shifts (8.30-10.30 and 10.30 – 12.30). We would ideally like three members per shift so if you have some spare time it would be appreciated if you could call into Bunnings to see if we need an extra hand.
AGM – Daybreak’s Annual General Meeting will be held at some time in November (date tbc at the next Board Meeting) and before then we need a nomination for a President Elect (PE) for the year 2021-2022. If you are a member that has not previously held the position of President please consider nominating. We already have nominations in place for Secretary and Treasurer for the 2020-2021 Rotary year.
DG Visit – Our District Governor Rosanne Kava from the Rotary Club of Swan Hill will be attending our meeting on October 16 and I’m hoping we will have a bumper attendance from our members on this week. This is a great opportunity to gain a deeper insight into the future path of Rotary and to also ask questions you may have on any aspect of Rotary. The Board members will meet separately with Roseanne and District Governor John Clue directly after our meeting at 8.30.
World Polio Day – Thursday October 24 is World Polio Day and Daybreak will be hosting a Breakfast at the Lawn Tennis Club on Pertobe Road (see poster attached). This will be Daybreak’s major fundraiser for the Foundation and we’ll need assistance from all members in order for this to be a success and possibly an ongoing event. Members from all Clubs in the Group 5 District have received an invitation and thus far we have had a good response from Clubs regarding attendance.
We will have a Guest Speaker from Polio Network Victoria (local branch). A roster will be circulated at next week’s meeting for various tasks and we look forward to members filling it quickly.
Important dates – Other important dates on the Rotary Calendar are
Nov 16 – PETS Training, Ararat
Nov 23 – Membership and Public Image Seminar, Port Fairy. $35 Register District website
Feb 23 – Longest Lunch, Brother Fox, Deakin University
Feb 21-23 2020 – PETS Multi-District, Creswick
March 21-23 – District Conference, Swan Hill
April 26 2020 – District Assembly, Ararat or Stawell (tbc)
Fellowship Events – Sergio and Jenny are opening their house to members for a fellowship evening on Saturday October 19. Commencing 6.30-7pm members are asked to bring a main course or dessert and their own “beverage supply”. This should be a good night and I look forward to seeing the pics!
Sergio is also organizing another fishing trip to Portland and the date is now locked in for February 29. Save the date and more details will be circulated to members as plans develop.
Good Luck – Daybreak members wish Chris and Janey Preston the best of luck as they compete this weekend in the shooting section of the Australian Masters Games in Adelaide. The Games are held every two years in an Australian Capital City. We hope they continue their trajectory and bring home the trophies, or at least have a good time trying to.
Birthdays and Anniversaries – Congratulations to Jenny Turner who celebrates a birthday on October 6. Max Taylor has also celebrated 21 years as a Rotarian on September 30, although he probably has other things to celebrate as he is currently in Paris!
As you know Rotary International President Mark Maloney’s theme for 2019-20 is Rotary Connects the World. He recently reinforced this theme at the Presidential Dinner in Ballarat asking Rotarians to “strengthen the many ways that Rotary connects the World, building connections that allow talented, thoughtful and generous people to unite and take meaningful action through Rotary service”. Daybreak members are aligning with his call and it’s pleasing to see our teams mobilise when the need arises and projects develop. Have a great week and I’ll see you at the Bay next week.
Liza
Our New Marquee
OThe new marquee to replace our smaller 4.5m x 3.0m marquee arrived today.
Harpo, Chris and I participated in the Marquee First Erection Ceremony this afternoon to partially erect it to check everything was there, and it looks great.
Sergio arrived just after we packed it up - to drink my beer!
The marquee package includes an aluminium frame, canopy, 3 walls, a wheeled carry bag, ropes and pegs and cost $1,048.20. It was funded by a $3,000 grant (on a 2:grant - 1:local contribution basis) from Warrnambool City Council. The grant was allocated with the purpose to upgrade the BBQ trailer and purchase the marquee.
The trailer upgrade is also progressing well.
Cheers
Glenn