Hello Members of Daybreak and welcome to Bulletin 22.
Guest Speakers - At this week’s meeting we were entertained by Sergio Bacchetti who spoke on his recent trip through the centre and down the west coast of Australia. While the fish seemed scarce, the breathtaking scenery was plentiful with Serge sharing some amazing and colourful images with us.
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Next week’s speaker will be John MacInnes from 3WAY FM who will talk about the running of the radio station and its various programs and hopefully he will inform us on how we can gain promotion for Daybreak through the station. Barry Brooker and his granddaughter will conduct a fun session in the latter part of our program. It was also nice to see Mel join us for this week’s meeting.
AGM – In the first part of next week’s meeting we will conduct our AGM, largely for the purpose of accepting the Annual Report which was tabled at the changeover dinner and to ratify any nominations for the Executive for the year 2020-21. I have emailed the nomination form to all members. The closing date for nominations is 4pm Tuesday November 26. If there is more than one nomination for any position a ballot will be conducted at the December 4 meeting. Please consider what you may be able to offer the Club in these Executive positions and the personal development the positions can offer you, (I feel a little like Uncle Sam here) but please do contact me if you have any queries on the roles.
Membership and Public Image Seminar – A last call has come through from AG John Clue for interested members to register for the seminar scheduled for Saturday November 23 at Port Fairy. The Port fairy Club are catering for the event and unfortunately it will be cancelled if they don’t receive adequate enrolments. Members can register through the link in the District Newsletter or contact John Clue if you have any difficulties.
Showgrounds Working Bee – Glenn, Harpo and Serge represented Daybreak at the showgrounds working bee last Saturday November 16. There are still some tasks to complete and the guys will head back there to resume the work this coming Saturday. If any members can spare some time please contact Glenn for details of time and meeting place.
Care Program and Rosters– The Care Program is retaining a steady base of clients with some new people taking advantage of the shower and laundry facilities the program offers. Ian Watson has been successful in negotiating the facilities at the F Project for the coming summer period when the amenities block at Surfside Two becomes unavailable to the program.
We are a great group of volunteers at Daybreak but every now and then we fall into a pattern where the same people are doing the work on particular programs such as the Care Program and Meals on Wheels. Please consider this when the rosters come around at weekly meetings, it is really worthwhile connecting with the people we support.
Update on Bob – Glenn gave us an update on Bob at this week’s meeting and it seems he is home from hospital and in better spirits now he is in his own surroundings. If you’re reading this Bob, we are all thinking of you and wishing you a speedy recovery.
Christmas Breakup and Christmas Meeting – An attendance list was circulated at this week’s meeting for the Christmas breakup lunch, scheduled for December 7 at Cheryl’s house. It seems the timing is bad for many members so Chez has suggested a night time event on the same date, same venue. We will circulate another attendance sheet to see if that time would suit more members.
I’d like to remind members that our last meeting for the year will be our Christmas breakfast at Andrew and Betty Suggett’s house on Wednesday December 18. We usually take a group photo at this event so for this reason it would be nice to have good attendance on that day; a reminder to bring your own chair and Christmas spirit (not brandy).
Congratulations - Birthday wishes go to Alison Dennis who will turn another year older on November 23 and congratulations also to Ann Barker who will celebrate an 11th anniversary as a Rotarian on November 26.
Rosters for the upcoming Summer fundraisers, namely the Friday night market barbecues and movie nights will be circulated at next week’s meeting.
Summer Night Markets – Fridays Dec 27th, Jan 3rd, 10th, 17th, and the 24th 4.30-8.30pm Lake Pertobe
Movies in the Park –
Dec 27th Mamma Mia (here we go again) (PG)
January 3rd Christopher Robin (G)
January 10th Mary Poppins Returns (G)
Other Dates on the Rotary Calendar
Nov 23 – Membership and Public Image Seminar, Port Fairy.
$35 Register on the District website
Feb 23 – Longest Lunch, Brother Fox, Deakin University
Feb 21-23 – PETS Multi-District, Creswick
Feb 29 – Fishing Trip, Portland
March 21-23 – District Conference, Swan Hill
April 26 – District Assembly, Ararat or Stawell (tbc)
June 6-10– Aloha, Rotary International Conference,
Honolulu, Hawaii USA
Enjoy the improved weather that this week will bring and make the most of your connections with friends and community. The way we connect can really make a difference to someone’s world.
See you at The Bay next Wednesday
Liza