This week we have a breakfast meeting on Thursday 13th February at 7.15 am at the Stamford Plaza Hotel. If you are unable to attend the meeting or will have guests attending, please email me at kmball@jelkamain.com or text me on 0402853929 by Wednesday lunchtime so that we can advise the Stamford Plaza about numbers attending.
The District Secretary has notified us that the Training Seminar for Presidents-Elect, hosted by District Governor Elect, David Jones, is on 14th and 15th March, at St Michaels College, Henley Beach not 8-9 March as was previously advised. A dinner is on the agenda for Saturday night (14th) at the Glenelg Golf Club. Keynote speakers Andrew Best and pending confirmation Alex Zimmermann. 6.30pm for 7.00pm. Our Club does not have a President-Elect for 2020-21. We can discuss Club attendance at this seminar at our next meeting.
We had a very successful fundraising BBQ at Bunnings, Mile End last Sunday with over $1500 raised for Club projects. We were literally run off our feet all day and our cooks couldn’t look up from the BBQ plate during their shift. We still had sausages and onions at the end of cooking time but had run out of bread, including crusts, all sauces and mustard, and classic coke was the only drink left on offer. Thanks to everyone who helped on the day.
Our next fundraiser will be directing traffic for parking at the Superloop Car Race, on 22 and 23 February. Some members are volunteering on both days to fill the shifts so if you can help out please contact Di Lane. Shifts are from 7.00 am till 1.00 pm on each day. It is easy work. Someone sits at the desk and takes the money and the others usher the cars to the designated carparks.
Upcoming meetings
Here are the meeting dates for the next two months:
First I wish you a happy new year to all of you and your families.
My usual news message comes a little bit late this year. After finishing my Masters' internship I found a job in Paris in an urban agency. I joined a team of 4 people. We help municipalities to plan their territory and to design urban projects. The company is based in Marseille but has Agencies all around France. In Paris we are working for cities around Paris, but not for the city of Paris. Working in a private agency is a little bit stressful but I like what we are doing. I'm still in my trial period, until the beginning of March. It's a permanent contract, so when I pass this period, I can stay in this company until my retirement ahaha I don't think I will stay for ever in this company, but I will see later, when I will have enough experience to pretend to something better - maybe in the South-West of France.
At the moment, I'm living in a residence for young people (18-25 years). It's place where workers and student can live. It's really pleasant because we have our own bedroom and bathroom, but we share the kitchen, games, table soccer, and there is an overhead projector. And every night the dinner is served. People living there are coming from all around the world and work or study in all areas. We join each other for dinner and playing games before going back to our bedroom. Paris has usually a reputation of feeling alone in the middle of the crowd, but thanks to this place I don't have this feeling. I take advantage of living in Paris to visit a lot of museum and to walk all around the city during weekends. And I also enjoy going on week end to visit friends living in others cities, because Toulouse and even more Limoges, are not well deserved in train.
I also found Zof, a wildy girl, living in Paris ; and Claire, also a wildy girl living in London. I plan to take advantage of being in Paris to visit other friends from my exchange year living in others European's capitals.
It wasn't easy at the beginning because everything goes very fast in Paris. In December we had a big strike: there were no public transport. For a month I was walking 45 minutes morning and evening to go to work, in the cold...it was very tiring. Now it's over but I keep walking the morning when it's not to rainy or to cold.
My siblings also had big changements in their lives. My sister gets pregnant last winter, and gave birth the 4th of Octobre to a little boy, Raphaël (so cute). And my brother is now a teacher not far from Carcassone (1h from Toulouse, the Mediterranean Sea and the Pyrenees). He teaches physic to post graduate student. My parents are enjoying moving between Bordeaux, to see my sister, Raphaël et her husband, and Paris, to visit me and the city.
For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
Responsibility
13 February 2020
20 February 2020
27 February 2020
Chairperson
Liz Tilley
Coffee
John Karan
Attendance
Di Lane
Conversation
Rob McLennan
Attendance
Andy van der Merwe
9.30 am
Christine De Goede
Furniture/Hosting
Katey Halliday
Kirsti Kankkunen
Bottles/ cans
Dean Sullivan
Fred Field
Rob McLennan
Rotaract roster
Bread Run
16/2 David Riggall &
Don Tindale
23/2 David Riggall &
John Wotherspoon
1/3 Bruce McDonald
& Liz Tilley
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.
A very intelligent boy was fortunate enough to be receiving a far better education than his parents had enjoyed, and his vocabulary far outstripped theirs.
One day he came home from school and said “Mummy, may I relate to you a narrative?”
“What’s a narrative, Gerald?” she asked. “A narrative, Mummy, is a tale.” “Oh, I see,” said his mother nodding, and Gerald told her his story.
At bedtime as he was about to go upstairs he said, “Shall I extinguish the light Mummy?” “What’s extinguish?” she asked. “Extinguish means to put out, Mummy,” said brainy Gerald “Oh, I see. Yes, certainly.”
The next day the clergyman came to tea and the family dog began to make a nuisance of himself, as a dog will, by begging for goodies from the table.
“Gerald,” said his mother, trying to impress, “take that dog by the narrative and extinguish him!”
