Welcome to the 2019-20 Rotary year.
Our next official meeting is a breakfast meeting on Thursday 25 July at the Stamford Hotel. This coming Thursday 18 July is a Coffee Conversation for those who are free at the White Picket Coffee House, 10 Stuart Road, Dulwich, at 9.30am.
Last week was RYLA week and our club co-sponsored with the Adelaide Club the RYLA celebration function on Wed 10 July with some of our members also attending.
Last Thursday was our club changeover with the Hon. Rachel Sanderson, District Governor Jane Owens and Past-District Governor David Egan and his wife Chris in attendance. The event was a great success largely due to the preparation of John Campbell, Club Secretary, who organised the event including securing us the Stamford Plaza as our venue for the event and for our future club meetings. Thank you, John, for all your efforts.
President Rob McLennan with incoming President Katrina Ball at the changeover.
The 2018-2019 Board & Executives.
Rob with John Karran
Last year was a year of change for our club to strengthen the club and hopefully make us more appealing to new members. We have secured the Stamford Plaza as our meeting place with a contract in place for a year so that we won’t be ‘bumped’ from our meeting room by another hotel client and we are trialling the evening meetings for six months.
This year to action the 2019-20 Rotary theme ‘Rotary Connects the World’, I plan to grow our connections with other Rotary clubs and grow the impact of our projects by undertaking joint projects when funding requirements are sizeable. More on this later, once I’ve discussed some ideas and funding requirements with our Board.
Julie Campbell has emailed members a list of community projects that were identified at a recent club meeting. Please email Julie if you would like to be the champion of any of the projects that were identified. We would encourage new members to see if there is a project they would like to champion.
Despite the wintry weather, our BBQ at Bunnings on Monday 15th July raised $1049 (net). While drinks sales were low, it was school holidays so there were lots of hungry children wanting a sausage. We were kept amused by the antics of some of the children in the rain trying out their raincoats by running under the waterfalls coming off the roof of the Bunnings tent. On the other hand, we were desperately trying to keep the sausages and bread dry from the rain. Our new credit machine was trialled by Angus and Bruce and was very successful in securing a few extra sales. Thank you to everyone who helped at the BBQ, and to Di Lane for organising it.
Upcoming meetings
Here are the dates for our meetings for the next two months:
Thursday 25 July, 7.15am
Wednesday 31 July, 6.30pm
Thursday 8 August, 7.15am
Thursday 22 August, 7.15am
Wednesday 4 September, 6.30pm
Thursday 12 September, 7.15am
Thursday 26 September, 7.15am
