The meeting this last week included the induction of a new member to our Club. Katrina Ball was introduced to our Club a few months ago by Rotarian Angus Tuck, who has known Katrina and her husband for about 25 years.
Katrina has wide experience in economics and statistics, working for State and Commonwealth Government during her career. Members welcomed Katrina to membership of the Club and look forward to working with her on Club community projects, and getting to know her and her husband better at upcoming Club social events.
Andrew Black, the Club’s fundraising director, who invited members to put forward suggestions on potential fundraising events, ran the remainder of the meeting.
Andrew also invited members to volunteer to take responsibility for organising those events, to ensure that the workload was evenly spread. The Club also decided to match fundraising events with specific community projects, to hopefully make it easier to convince the public to donate monies.
President’s thought for the week “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.
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4/10/16 - Rtn Iris Dobbin, RC broken Hill South
"On being a Rotarian in Broken Hill"
11/10/16 - Rtn Craig Ritchie, RC Burnside
"Bagpipes and Risk Management"
18/10/16 - DGE Peter Schaefer, RC Alice Springs
"On being a Rotarian in the Alice"
25/10/16 - Stella Lycos, St Peters
"United Nations Young Diplomats Tour helped by Rotary"
2. Training News
(check District website for details)
Want to revitalise your Club; learn about Poll Everywhere and how to use it; engage all of your Club members in a membership drive; or encourage someone in your Club. Come to the next RLI Course on October 22nd & 23rd
3. Service Club Week
(9th - 15th October 2016)
The Association of Community Service Organisations Inc. invites your club members and guests to attend the 2016 Premier's Awards Luncheon.
To be held at the Glenelg Golf Club from 12 noon on Sunday 9 October. Cost - $45 per person.
Registration and payment before 30/9/16 to Frank O'Neill - Foneill1@bigpond.net.au
Phone - 0410665817
4. Group 5 Movie Night
Sunday 16 October - 6pm
For information and tickets for ‘Inferno’ - buy tickets from the any Group 5 President. Alternatively, Adelaide
Innova has set up an online booking system here is the link:
https://www.trybooking.com/220638
5. World Record Attempt
Jarod Cresp of the Port Adelaide Recreation Centre (Basketball SA) and NWBL referee wrote "I just thought I would send some information concerning the Guinness World Record attempt. On October 22 & 23 our wheelchair basketball players will be trying to break the record for the longest continuous wheelchair basketball game. They will be aiming to play for 32 hours. This will occur at the Titanium Sports Arena, 44a Crittendon Road, Findon. from Saturday 9am until Sunday 5pm.
The purpose of the event is to raise much needed funds and awareness for wheelchair basketball in SA, so it would be great to see as many people there as possible.
Greg Love
Director ShelterBox Australia & Chair SBA d9500/9520 Committee
Member Rotary E-Club of Greater South Oz
National (Aus) Wheelchair basketball Leagues Referees Commissioner
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
29 September 2016
6 October 2016
13 October 2016
Chairperson
David Riggall
Graham Smith
John Karran
Attendance
John Campbell
Deborah Wotherspoon
Di Casey
Attendance
John Wotherspoon
Angus Tuck
Terry Rodoni
Hosting
Julie Campbell
Phil Harding
Richard Jarrett
Furniture
Miriam Silva
John Campbell
John Campbell
Furniture
Yvette Reade
Terry Rodoni
Di Lane
Invocation
Graham Smith
David Rowe
Julie Campbell
Bottles/cans
Andrew Black
Dean Sullivan
Graham Smith
Rotaract roster
Not required
10/10 Andrew Black
Not required
Bread roster
2/10 David Riggall/
Terry Rodoni
9/10 Richard Jarrett/
Graham Smith
16/10 Richard Jarrett/
David Rowe
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. Church: Sundays, 5.30pm at Pilgrim Uniting Church, 12 Flinders St (Park via boom gate in Flinders St. from 5pm). Bread: Sundays, meet outside Romeo's, North Adelaide at 4:45pm
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.
John, who lived in the north of England, decided to go golfing in Scotland with his buddy, Shawn. So they loaded up John's minivan and headed north. After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night.
‘I realize it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed,' she explained, 'and I'm afraid the neighbours will talk if I let you stay in my house.' 'Don't worry,' John said. 'We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light.' The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night.
Come morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their way. They enjoyed a great weekend of golf. But about nine months later, John got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the golf weekend.
He dropped in on his friend Shawn and asked, "Shawn, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our golf holiday in Scotland about 9 months ago?'
‘Yes, I do,' said Shawn.
'Did you, er, happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?'
'Well, um, yes' Shawn said, a little embarrassed about being found out, 'I have to admit that I did.'
'And did you happen to give her my name instead of telling her your name?'
Shawn's face turned beet red and he said, 'Yeah, look, I'm sorry, buddy. I'm afraid I did. Why do you ask?'
‘She just died and left me everything.'
(And you thought the ending would be different, didn't you?...)
