Our breakfast meeting this week (28 July) at the Terrace Hotel seeks your views about what you think is working well in our club, what’s not and whether there’s anything you’d like to change. Please try to get along so we can ensure we keep the Club the way you like.
Now to update you on our Mentoring work. Building on her BBQ volunteering, Fatemeh recently used her Farsi language skills to help Erfan’s family develop their English. Kirsti and Katey arranged a dinner with Erfan and Fatemeh’s families (see photos attached). The Afghan Dari dialect is a variation of Persian/Iranian Farsi, making Fatemeh’s tutoring particularly useful.
Meanwhile, the ever diligent Di and Rob between them have gathered enough volunteers for our next Bunnings BBQ on Saturday 30 July. It should be more profitable now Bunnings sausage prices have finally risen after many years.
For the past week I’ve been chasing some sun in far north Queensland but look forward to seeing many of you on Thursday 28. Till then you may be interested in some holiday snaps.
First, a budding though temporary romance between a young female crocodile and her beau, a 6 metre male octogenarian - really a prehistoric killing machine. Next, some turtles starting a family and finally a cute little platypus playing in the creek at Yungaburra near Atherton.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
28 July 2022 - 7.15am
The Terrace Hotel
4 August 2022- 9.30am
11 August 2022 - 7.15am
The Terrace Hotel
Chairperson
Richard Jarrett
Coffee Conversation
Stuart Marshall
Attendance
Fred Field
Angus Tuck
White Picket Cafe
Furniture/Hosting
Paul Ensor
Richard Jarrett
Bottles/ cans
Rob McLennan
Rob McLennan
Di Lane
Bread run
Dean Sullivan (31/7)
Richard Jarrett (7/8)
Richard Jarrett (14/8)
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 appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computerset 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 to Bruce McDonald and empty bags to the next duty member, at the next meeting. Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the Cumberland Arms Hotel, 205 Waymouth St. Adelaide. 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
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 have fun and engage interest from new members and friends as we use our strengths for a better world here and abroad - a welcoming, flexible group having fun doing hands-on activities for positive impact.
I was having trouble with my computer. So, I called Richard, the 11 year old from next door whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come over.
Richard clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem. As he was walking away, I called after him, "So, what was wrong?"
He replied, "It was an ID ten T error."
I didn't want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, "An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again."
Richard grinned. "Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?''
"No," I replied.
"Write it down," he said, "and I think you'll figure it out".
