Last week’s Club guest speaker was David Egan, Chair of the District 9500 Membership Committee.
David’s talk highlighted the ongoing trend of dropping membership in Rotary across the world and, in particular, Australia. David shared the statistics from the Rotary Club of Adelaide, which showed over the past ten years the degree of drop in membership, the imbalance in membership gender, and age demographics (skewed to those above 65 years of age).
David emphasized the urgency for Clubs to review their strategies for increasing membership and, to act now if Rotary is to continue in the longer term.
Thought for the week: ”The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” Amelia Earhart
On Thursday March 2nd we will not be meeting at The Royal Coach due to the V8’s but instead will be meeting at Rydges South Park, cnr South and West Tce.
There is ample street parking on both sides of South Tce and on the east side of West Tce.
Cost is $24 for buffet breakfast (including pancakes) and is payable on entry at Deck’s Bistro on the ground floor. There will be hotel guests eating in the bistro but we have been allocated a very pleasant area within.
The Rotary International Convention will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 10-14 June 2017. It will be a celebration of The Rotary Foundation's 100th Anniversary.
Register before 15 December for extra savings.
2. District Conference - 2017
Registrations for the District Conference can be made on the Conference Website:-
The District AGM will be held at the District Conference in Geelong next March.
3. Long Table Lunch
The International Committee of the Gawler Rotary Club are organising a "Long Table Lunch" to be held on Saturday 11 March 2017.
All monies raised will be going to our Rotary partners, Interplast Australia & New Zealand, to assist with the cost for procuring some much needed medical equipment and/or training of local nursing staff in the Asia Pacific region, depending on how much money we raise.
Tickets are limited and are available for $80.00 which includes a glass of wine on arrival, 3 course long lunch and entry into our lucky ticket draw.
4. The Voice of Rotary
Broadcast on 1197AM 5RPH Adelaide each Tuesday 7.30-8.00 pm. From each Wednesday the broadcast program can be heard on-line at www.rphadelaide.org.au/Webcast.html
21/2/17 - Rtn Eric Webb
"The Spring Gully Garden Cinema"
28/2/17 - PP Trevor McGuirk, Rotary Club of Unley
"Medical Health Services for Isolated Communities" - Cusco, Peru.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
16 February 2017
23 February 2017
2 March 2017
Chairperson
Fred Field
John Campbell
Deborah Wotherspoon
Attendance
Yvette Reade
Terry Rodoni
Andrew Black
Attendance
John Karran
Julie Campbell
Phil Harding
Hosting
Carolyn Wigg
David Riggall
Di Lane
Furniture
John Wotherspoon
Angus Tuck
Yvette Reade
Furniture
Richard Jarrett
Barry Grear
John Wotherspoon
Invocation
John Campbell
Deborah Wotherspoon
Di Casey
Bottles/cans
Dean Sullivan
Fred Field
Rob McLennan
Rotaract roster
TBA
TBA
TBA
Bread roster
19/2 Richard Jarrett/
John Wotherspoon
26/2 Richard Jarrett/
John Karran
TBA
Member's Corner
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; wine raffle sheet); register member payments/ apologies/ guests. Hosting: Set up name badges display; welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriatepersons. Furniture: Flags; banner display; raffle balls; collection boxes; 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. Invocation: Recite Rotary or other invocation relating to Rotary and fellowship. 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. Members’ Corner: write for the Newsletter on a topic of your choice, particularly during the 3 weeks you appear here on the roster, but also anytime you have something to say. Rotaract, Church, Bread roster: Roster is for the Sunday/Monday after the meeting date. Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the General HavelockHotel in Hutt Street. Bread: 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
For good food, for good fellowship and the opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks
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.
