Last week’s guest speaker was Heidi Wolff from the Adelaide Rotaract Club. Heidi used the opportunity to encourage discussion on how best their Club and ours, could work more cooperatively in the future.
Heidi mentioned that at a recent Board Meeting of their Club, it was recognized that they need to find new ways of encouraging prospective members to join and how to reenergize current members.
Their Club is looking at ways to improve opportunities for professional development, business networking and identifying new community projects. Heidi also mentioned that one of the key issues for Rotary and Rotaract is to identify opportunities to promote (market) both organisations better as most people have limited or no knowledge of what we do.
The group discussed the need to improve opportunities for social interaction within the Clubs. Ideas such as the “Guess who is coming to dinner” events our Club held many years ago, the night out at the Hungarian Club, progressive dinners, were discussed. The joint social events need only be about once a quarter.
We also discussed the upcoming visits by our Club to the Guide Dogs for the Blind, the Treasury Tunnels and the Water Desalinization Plant.
Another idea being considered by their Club is to encourage members to do a ‘Life and Times’ presentation to allow others to get a better understanding of the background of members.
We closed the discussion with an agreement that the two Clubs would make a concerted effort to work more closely together on projects and other events from now on.
President’s thought for the week “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.” Maya Angelou.
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
20/9/16 - PP Dr Don Plowman, RC Burnside
"The Story of South Australian Agriculture"
27/9/16 - PP Graham Fussen, Rotary E-Club of Greater South Oz
"Introducing Rotary E-Clubs and the new VoR Website"
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 all South Australian Service Clubs to:-
Nominate Projects for the 2016 Premier's Service Club Awards.
Nominate an Outstanding Individual for the Heide Taylor Community Service Medal.
Nominate an Outstanding Young Person for the Allan Sloan Young Citizen Community Service Prize.
Nominate and Participate in the Schools Community Service Award.
Attend the Premier's Awards Presentation Luncheon, to be held on Sunday 9th October from noon at the Glenelg Golf Club. Display your Club Banners and Community Service Projects.
Celebrate Service Club Week by holding a Club Event.
Celebrate in the Mall in that week, more details to follow.
Substantial prize money is made available by a grant from the Premier’s Community Service Awards 2016.
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
15 September 2016
22 September 2016
29 September 2016
Chairperson
No
Carolyn Wigg
David Riggall
Attendance
Breakfast
Miriam Silva
John Campbell
Attendance
Meeting
Richard Jarrett
John Wotherspoon
Hosting
John Karan
Julie Campbell
Furniture
Andrew Black
Miriam Silva
Furniture
Angus Tuck
Yvette Reade
Invocation
David Riggall
Graham Smith
Bottles/cans
Graham Smith
Rob McLennan
Andrew Black
Rotaract roster
Not required
Not required
Not required
Bread roster
18/9 David Riggall/
David Rowe
25/9 David Riggall/
Carolyn Wigg
2/10 David Riggall/
Terry Rodoni
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.
An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard.
The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a "Thanks for flying our airline."He said that, in light of his bad landing, he had a hard time looking the passengers in the eye, thinking that someone would have a smart comment.
Finally everyone had gotten off except for a little old lady walking with a cane.
She said, "Sir, do you mind if I ask you a question?"
"Why, no Ma'am," said the pilot. "What is it?"
The little old lady said, "Did we land, or were we shot down?"
