Newsletter 1693 (Dec 03, 2019)

Di Lane
(If you have any comments or questions, please contact the editor)

President

Katrina Ball

Treasurer

Bruce McDonald

Secretary

John Campbell

Community Service

Julie Campbell

Past President

Rob McLennan

Vocational Services

Richard Jarrett

International Service

Angus Tuck

Rotary Foundation

David Riggall

Membership

John Karran

Club Administration

Fred Field

Public Relations

Yvette Reade

M.C.

John Wotherspoon

Speaker Program

Phil Harding

Rotaract Liaison

John Karran

Fundraising / Fellowship

Di Lane

Youth Service

Richard Jarrett

Public Officer

Fred Field

Bulletin Editor

Di Lane

Club Webmaster

Richard Jarrett

Child Protection Officer

Fred Field

Spouse Birthdays

Judy Black

December 2

Pam Sullivan

December 8

Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

First Wednesday 6:30pm. Then, second and fourth Thursdays 7:15am

Stamford Plaza Hotel

150 North Terrace
Adelaide, SA 5000
Australia

District Site

Venue Map

President's Pen

Posted by Katrina Ball on Dec 03, 2019

There will be no evening meeting this week. Instead, we will be joining with the Adelaide Rotaract Club on Friday 6 December at 6.30 pm for a game of darts for our annual ‘teapot’ challenge event at the Arab Steed Hotel at 241 Hutt Street.

A reminder that the Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held on Thursday 12 December at 7.15 am at the Stamford Plaza Hotel. This will also be the last meeting for the year. Nominations are open for all positions on the Board. So far, nominations have been received from Di Lane for the position of Secretary and from Rob McLennan for the position of Fundraising. Please send me nominations for any of the positions on the Board. Board positions are listed on the side of the newsletter.

We start one of our major fundraising activities this weekend selling Christmas trees on Saturday 7 December and Sunday 8 December at Bunnings, Kent Town. We will be selling trees each weekend until Christmas. Please contact Di Lane if you are able to help on any of the days.

Upcoming meetings

Here are the dates for our meetings till the end of the year:

Thursday 12 December, 7.15 am

Christmas tree sales roster

Our second biggest fund raiser is from the Christmas tree sales. The money raised helps us to fund our projects. I am therefore asking for volunteers for the missing shifts, please.

The state of the roster currently is:

Saturday 7/12/19 - 7.30 - 10.30am

Rob McLennan (7.30 - 9.15)

Di Lane (9.15 - 10.30am)

Katrina Ball and Bruce McDonald

Saturday 10.30am - 1.30pm

Don Tindale, Julie and John Campbell

Saturday 1.30 - 4pm

Angus Tuck, John Wotherspoon and Di Lane

Sunday 8/12/19 - 9am - 12.30pm

Kirsti Kankkunen, and John and Julie Campbell

Sunday 8/12/19 - 12.30 - 4pm

Di Lane, Katey Halliday and Bernie Barrett

Saturday 14/12/19 - 7.30 - 1030am

Katrina Ball, Rob McLennan and Di Lane

Saturday 14/12/19 - 10.30am - 1.30pm

Christine de Goede, Andy van der Merwe (and ? Liz Tilley, TBC)

Saturday 14/12/19 - 1.30 - 4pm

Bruce McDonald, Rob McLennan - plus 1 person needed

Sunday 15/12/19 - 9am - 12.30pm

John Wotherspoon, Liz Tilley and Di Lane

Sunday 15/12/19 - 12.30 - 4pm

Yvette Reade, Dean Sullivan and Don Tindale

Saturday 21/12/19 - 7.30 - 10.30am

Katrina Ball, Richard Jarrett and Fred Field

Saturday 21/12/19 - 10.30am - 1.30pm

Yvette Reade, Bruce McDonald and Di Lane

Saturday 21/12/19 - 1.30 - 4pm

Rob McLennan and possibly Bruce doing a double shift and to avoid this we need 2 more

I will be grateful for any assistance that you can provide on Saturday 14/12 and 21/12 for the last shift.

Thank you to all members who have volunteered.

Di Lane

Upcoming Events

Posted by Di Lane on Dec 06, 2019

6 December 2019: 'Teapot Challenge' - Arab Steed Hotel, Hutt St. - 6.30pm

7 & 8 December 2019: Christmas tree sales - Bunnings - Kent Town

14 & 15 December 2019: Christmas tree sales - Bunnings - Kent Town

16 December 2019: BBQ Bunnings - Mile End

21 & 22 December 2019: Christmas tree sales - Bunnings - Kent Town

Duty Roster

Posted by Di Lane on Dec 06, 2019

For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.

Responsibility	6 December 2019 (6.30pm)	12 December 2019 (7.15am) Stamford Plaza Hotel
Chairperson	Tea Pot Challenge	Rob McLennan
Attendance	Arab Steed Hotel	Kirsti Kankkunen
Attendance		Katey Halliday
Furniture/Hosting		Fred Field
Bottles/ cans	Fred Field	Rob McLennan
Rotaract roster
Bread Run	8/12 Richard, Andy, Christine	15/12 David Riggall, Liz Tilley 22/12 David Riggall, Rob McLennan

Chairman: Meet/greet speaker for the meeting; introduce and thank speaker. Preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting.
Attendance: Set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money); register member payments/ apologies/ guests.
Hosting: Welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriate persons.
Furniture: Flags; banner display; raffle balls; collection boxes; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computer set up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice.
Bottles/cans: Collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund and empty bags to David Rowe at next meeting.
Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the General Havelock Hotel in Hutt Street.
Bread Run: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:55pm

Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am

If you cannot attend, please arrange a substitute

Weekly Meeting

Meeting Number 1368			14 November 2019
Membership	23	Visiting Rotarians/ Rotaractors	Apologies
+ Honorary	5
Present	14
Attendance		Club Guests
Apologies		Barbara Field
Leave of Absence
Club visits etc
Absent

		Other activities	Leave of Absence
Cans & Bottles this week	$0	Bread Run - 2 hours - 2 members Ronald McDonald House - 3 hours - 5 members
Cans & Bottles YTD	$290.00

For apologies, please phone Fred Field 0417 803 793 or Club Secretary John Campbell 0408 847 757 .

Club Bank Account details: BSB 085-458, Account Number 20-505-9719

The Four Way Test

Posted by Richard Jarrett on Sep 04, 2018

The Four Way Test

Of the things we think, say or do:

Is it the Truth?
Is it Fair to all concerned?
Will it build Goodwill and better Friendships?
Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

Affirmation

United in the spirit of Service we value truth, fairness and friendship; and we welcome the opportunity that Rotary gives us to contribute our talents and resources in support of others.

Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement

To be recognised as the Service Club of Choice in the Eastern Precinct of Adelaide because we are a Friendly Breakfast Club that appeals to a broad range of busy people who want to make a difference to local and international communities.

Jokes Corner

Posted by Di Lane on Dec 06, 2019

Early one morning, a mother went in to wake up her son. "Wake up, son. It's time to go to school!"

"But why, Mum? I don't want to go."

"Give me two reasons why you don't want to go", she said.

"Well, the kids hate me for one, and the teachers hate me, too!"

"Oh, that's no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready."

"Give me two reasons why I should go to school."

"Well, for one, you're 52 years old. And for another, you're the Principal!"