Last Saturday’s “Rotary says No to Domestic Violence” rally was a huge success with a large crowd joining in the march. DG Craig, MC Rob McLennan and the eight speakers from the State Government and various DV agencies did an outstanding job of getting the message out to the public that domestic violence, coercive control, elder abuse, denial of freedom and autonomy, name calling and other manipulations would not be tolerated in today’s society. The Minister mentioned that new legislation will be forthcoming calling for systemic reform in response to the deaths of four South Australian women who lost their lives due to domestic violence last week in separate incidents in our State.
Rob McLennan & DG Craig Dowling
Katrine Hildyard, Minister for Women and the Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence, said she had heard the calls for a royal commission on gender-based violence in SA and would consider it.
Adelaide City Councillor and domestic violence prevention advocate Arman Abrahimzadeh OAM, said the epidemic of gender-based violence required urgent action. Mr Abrahimzadeh's mother was murdered in front of 300 people at the Adelaide Convention Centre in 2010 by his father. He said "From my perspective, I see family and domestic violence being everyone's business … each and every one of us plays a vital role…The more we talk about it, the more likely we are to encourage someone who may have either witnessed or heard something to do something about it, or for those who may actually be experiencing family and domestic violence for them to reach out and get assistance," he said.
My thanks to our club members and friends – Stuart, Alison, Paul and friend, Elaine, Paul J, and Yvette who walked behind our banner, and those of our members who couldn’t walk due to health or other commitments but who walked with us in spirit!
Last Thursday, we held our Annual General Meeting to ratify last year’s Minutes of Meeting, accept our 2022-23 Annual Report and Financials. Our 13 attending members unanimously accepted the documents. We then held a short Club Assembly and two great issues were raised concerning widening the number of people able to add to our social media pages, and how global grants will work under Regionalisation.
We then heard from our two guest speakers – former Club member Kym Pedler and Sarah Telford who spoke on “Entrepreneurship for First Innovators” – which was a great talk on strengthening the Aboriginal business sector. Kym and Sarah work for a not-for-profit organisation and have been working with numerous businesses run by Aboriginal CEOs to give advice on streamlining or growing their businesses.
Don’t forget to book your place (click on link HERE) for our 9 December Christmas event at the South Terrace Croquet Club. The right to retain or win back the Rotary/Rotaract silver teapot is at stake in our Croquet Challenge. Come and enjoy the company of friends at our BBQ with sausages, hamburgers, kebabs, vegetarian patties (for vegans) and salads etc while celebrating the festive season.
Christmas is coming - don't forget to let Di Lane know which volunteering slots suit you for our Christmas Tree sales over the three weekends in December. Di also sent an email requesting volunteers for the upcoming BBQ on Monday 11 December at Bunnings Mile End, please let her know which times are best for you.
See you at Coffee Conversations at the White Picket Café this coming Thursday.
Complementing our recent Clare Riesling, we’re pleased to offer an excellent McLaren Vale Grenache that’s also half price at just $150.00 per case ($12.50/bottle).
Grenache is a McLaren Vale specialty, medium bodied and more complex than pinot noir - essentially an easy drinking summer substitute for shiraz, without its earthiness. This one from Hither & Yon is bright, juicy and lively with food - ideal in the warmer months ahead. You may detect wild strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, black cherry, stewed plums, some spicy cinnamon and black pepper. With time to breathe it comes across confidently on the first night and endures for the second.
Tasting notes attached and wine critic, Tony Love’s opinion follows:
Tony Love, In Daily February 2023:
"From the Leask brothers’ youngest Grenache vines at 13 years old, crafted into a youthful, fragrant, bistro style with 20% whole bunch influence in the winemaking that offers a subtle sappiness in the palate. While you are being seduced by its floral aromas and freshly squeezed plum and apple juiciness, you should pause for a mo, as it has plenty to offer in its textural game, lip-smacking and with an appealing spicy/peppery tannin profile in the palate and finish. Bistro, yes, and very food conscious as well – its own crew suggests pairing it with the vegetable and cheese pasty from the Willunga Bakery."
Give your fiends and family an excellent deal, while helping to fund our local and overseas Rotary service work. among other things, we’re building water supplies in Timor Lesté, rescuing Afghans fleeing the Taliban and making recent Oz migrants quickly feel welcome.
The wine is ready for collection, so please contact me or Rob by email or phone below to order it - each case of 12 is $150.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
30 November - 9.30am
7 December - 9.30am
14 December - 7am - Sth.Tce Croquet Club
Chairperson
Coffee Conversation
Coffee Conversation
Yvette reade
Attendance
Di Lane
White Picket Café
White Picket Café
Furniture/Hosting
Bottles/ cans
Di Lane
Dean Sullivan
Fred Field
Bread run
Paul Ensor (3/12)
Liz Tilley (10/12)
Liz Tilley (17/12)
Rotaract meeting
Nil
John Wotherspoon
Nil
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; 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 to Bruce McDonald and empty bags to the next duty member, at the next meeting. Rotaract: Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the Astor Hotel, 437 Pulteney St. Adelaide. 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 have fun and engage interest from new members and friends as we use our strengths for a better world here and abroad - a welcoming, flexible group having fun doing hands-on activities for positive impact.
An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been any interest in his paintings on display at that time.
"I have good news and bad news," the owner replied. "The good news is that a gentleman enquired about your work and wondered if it would appreciate in value after your death. When I told him it would, he bought all 15 of your paintings."
"That's wonderful," the artist exclaimed. "What's the bad news?"
