There is no formal meeting this week. However, now that COVUD-19 restrictions have eased, there will be a ‘coffee conversation’ catch up this Thursday 18 June at the White Picket Fence café at 9.30am at 10 Stuart Road Dulwich. Our Club’s Changeover meeting will be next Thursday 25 June by ZOOM. Please email your attendance to John Campbell at john@jcampbell.com.au and let him know if any guests will be attending.
Last week we had 24 at our ZOOM meeting to welcome Stefanie Hou as a new member to our Club. It was the first time we have inducted a new member at a ZOOM meeting and we appreciated Stefanie’s presentation about her background, growing up, studying and working in China before coming to Australia to study for a Masters degree in accounting and marketing at the University of Adelaide.
We also enjoyed hearing from Chris Davies from the Australian Energy Market Operator about Australia’s future energy systems and the issues around integrating renewables into the electricity transmission system. If anyone is interested in more information on this topic Chris has sent us a link to a webinar: https://aemo.com.au/en/energy-systems/major-publications/renewable-integration-study-ris. The twenty-minute webinar is targeted at a non-technical audience and builds on the presentation he gave us.
Upcoming meetings
Here are the meeting dates for the next two months:
Thursday 18 June, 9.30 am, Coffee Conversation, White Picket Fence
Centenary of Rotary Australia Launch - Save the Date
Rotary’s Centenary is a time of celebration! It Is a time to reflect on our past, and take pride in all that has been achieved. It is a time we play our part in the history of Rotary.
Our centenary is also the time to lay the foundations for our future, as we still have much to do. The key project in our centenary year will focus on stopping the one in 16 children who die in 9 Pacific nations before the age of five.
We invite you to join Rotarians across Australia on 10th July for virtual fellowship, as well as meet our R100 Centenary Ambassadors, the Governor General and Mrs Hurley, as they launch our national centenary campaign. By joining us, you will witness the “Passing the Baton” ceremony. The baton that will carry the symbols of our centenary and will travel far and wide across Rotary clubs and Districts.
Please pass this invitation on to as many Rotary clubs as possible so that they too can join this event. We ask too for your support in helping us raise funds for our R100 Centenary project, "Rotary Give Every Child a Future"; saving young lives in Pacific nations.
Please expect registration details on how you can join within the next week.
We look forward to you joining in and making your mark on history!
Kind regards,
Garry Browne Hugh Bucknall
Chair - National Centenary of Rotary Committee Founder - Centenary of Rotary Campaign
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
Chairperson
Attendance
Attendance
Furniture/Hosting
Bottles/ cans
Bread Run
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.
Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Officer asked a young Engineer fresh out of university, "And what starting salary were you looking for?"
The Engineer replies, "In the region of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package."
The interviewer inquires, "Well, what would you say to a package of 5-weeks vacation, full medical and dental cover, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every 2 years say, a red Corvette?"
The Engineer sits up straight and says, "Wow! Are you kidding?"
And the interviewer replies, "Yeah, but you started it."
