There will not be an evening meeting this Wednesday, 5 February. As our evening meetings are not financially viable and have not attracted additional potential members as hoped, the Board decided that Wednesday evenings be cancelled, effective immediately.
Our next meeting will be a breakfast meeting on Thursday 13 February at the Stamford Plaza Hotel in North Terrace.
Our next Bunnings BBQ at Mile End is this Sunday, 9 February. Di Lane has advised that there is still a spot on the 2nd shift to be filled. Currently, we have members doing longer shifts to cover this spot so if you are available to help on the 2nd shift please contact Di Lane.
Our Club does not have a President-Elect for 2020-21. District Governor Elect, David Jones, is hosting a Presidents-Elect Training Seminar on 8-9 March at St Michaels College, Henley Beach for Presidents-Elect and for club’s President-Nominee. We can discuss Club attendance at this seminar at our next meeting.
In his invitation to the seminar, David Jones states:
‘I recall from my time as President in 2007-08 (“Rotary Shares”), the Presidents-Elect Training Seminar (or PETS), was invaluable in my preparation, but more importantly perhaps, in providing fellowship with Presidents of other clubs. We were able to exchange ideas, and some of the Presidents from that year, I still count as friends.
It is designed to be a weekend of learning, fun, networking, and discussion. For those who are new, it is an opportunity to view Rotary from a different perspective. For those who have been President before, it is an opportunity to share your wisdom with others.
I also encourage you to - if one has been selected - invite your club’s President-Nominee. I have found that the best (and most enjoyable) work is that which is completed in teams, and what better team than those where we can work with those who follow us. District Governor-Nominee Jeff Neale has been involved in the planning for the PETS weekend and has planned to have time with the Presidents-Nominee to discuss their ambitions so he can start his plan for supporting clubs during the 2021-22 term.
I look forward to enabling your club to provide opportunities, as we acknowledge that Rotary Opens Opportunities.’
Upcoming meetings
Here are the meeting dates for the next two months:
Excerpt from the letter received from Louise Miller Frost - CEO, Catherine House:
As a supporter of Catherine House, I am writing to you as it is important to us, that you understand how your support has made an incredible difference over this past year.
As a small frontline service, and the only service specifically for women experiencing homelessness in South Australia, we are very conscious to make sure that everything we do, every dollar we spend, is targeted at getting better outcomes for the clients we support.
It is you, our invaluable supporters, that ensure charity organisations and support services like Catherine House can continue. The doors of our Emergency and Recovery Programs are open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for women who desperately need our support and the opportunity to make a difference in their lives.
Currently, we are only 60% funded by government, which means every year we need to call on our community to provide the additional 40% to ensure we can simply open our doors.
We are so grateful that every year, you answer our call and help us to change lives for the women who come through our doors. We truly couldn’t have the impact we do, without your support.
With some sadness, I am also writing to tell you that I am leaving Catherine House in March 2020. In my past three years at Catherine House, I have been so privileged to come to know a community that cares, a community that is so generous, and a community that is willing to commit to making a difference to those less fortunate.
I have been so honoured to be the face of a service that strives to help the most disadvantaged in our community in a way that is meaningful and makes a permanent difference to their lives. The commitment of each staff member and volunteer to hearing, seeing and helping each individual woman to recover from the trauma that brought her into homelessness, to rebuild her life and move on from homelessness permanently, is heart-warming.
While I am leaving, there remains a strong, skilled and dedicated Leadership Team committed to continuing the exemplary services that Catherine House has become known for. Alongside them are an incredible group of staff from front line to admin that ensure our service provision continues seamlessly, no matter what else is changing. Please feel assured that during this transition phase, it will be business as usual at Catherine House.
Again, on behalf of Catherine House and the women who will stay with us this year, thank you so much for your support and we look forward to another wonderful year making a difference to the lives of women in our community.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
6 February 2020
13 February 2020
20 February 2020
Chairperson
Coffee
Liz Tilley
Coffee
Attendance
Conversation
Di Lane
Conversation
Attendance
9.30 am
Andy van der Merwe
9.30 am
Furniture/Hosting
Katey Halliday
Bottles/ cans
Di Lane
Dean Sullivan
Fred Field
Rotaract roster
Bread Run
9/2 Richard, Christine &
Andy
16/2 David Riggall &
Don Tindale
23/2 David Riggall &
John Wotherspoon
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; 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. 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 HavelockHotel 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
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.
