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Speakers
Oct 26, 2017
Haigh's chcolate factory tour 11:30 am.
Nov 02, 2017
Q&A on the nuclear fuel cycle
Nov 16, 2017
Bunnings BBQ
Nov 23, 2017
Nov 30, 2017
Joint meeting with Group 1 Clubs previous day
Dec 14, 2017
Caring for our carers
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Upcoming Events
Haighs Factory Tour
Haighs Factory
Oct 26, 2017
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Tapas Night
Villa 77
Oct 27, 2017
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
 
Mentoring for Beginners COurse
Volunteer SA &NT
Nov 01, 2017
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
 
Bunnings BBQ Mile End
Bunnings Mile End
Nov 16, 2017
7:30 AM – 4:00 PM
 
Board Meeting
Adelaide Royal Coach
Nov 22, 2017
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Before the Test Match lunch
adelaide Oval
Nov 29, 2017
12:00 PM – 2:23 PM
 
Xmas Tree Selling
Bunnings Kent Town
Dec 02, 2017
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
 
Xmas Tree Selling
Bunnings Kent Town
Dec 03, 2017
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
 
Film night
Capri Cinema
Dec 06, 2017
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
 
Xmas Tree Selling
Bunnings Kent Town
Dec 09, 2017
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
 
Executives & Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Community Service
 
Past President
 
Vocational Services
 
International Service
 
Rotary Foundation
 
Membership
 
Club Administration
 
Public Relations
 
Sergeant
 
Speaker Program
 
Rotaract Liaison
 
Youth Service
 
Fundraising / Fellowship
 
Public Officer
 
Bulletin Editor
 
Club Webmaster
 
Child Protection Officer
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
David Rowe
October 25
 
Spouse Birthdays
Barbara Grear
October 2
 
Di Trethewie
October 9
 
Lynn Karran
October 17
 
Helen Cox
October 18
 
Anniversaries
John Karran
Lynn Karran
October 1
 
Join Date
John Karran
October 7, 2010
7 years
 
Deborah Wotherspoon
October 17, 2002
15 years
 
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Adelaide Light
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 7:15 AM
Royal Coach Hotel
24 Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town
Kent Town, South Australia  5071
Australia
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It was a pleasure to welcome guests Ange and Terry Rodoni and Ellen Tindale to our breakfast on Thursday. It is always pleasing when we are joined by good friends on these mornings.

Assistant Governor Robert Gunn also joined us to provide an update of District 9500 and discussed membership forms he wished Rotarians to complete. Please return these to either myself or Robert as soon as possible as the District has a membership meeting last weekend in October and AG's have been sequestered onto the membership committee.

At last week's meeting I announced that the Board, with club approval, had agreed to donate $1805 to the Rohingya Refugees Group 1 project in Bangladesh  which will enable the purchase of solar lighting in health clinics in this camp. This will help to support the immediate health and survival needs of these people.

Please note there is no breakfast meeting this Thursday, instead with partners and friends we are joining Don Tindale for an organised Tour of Haigh's chocolate factory at 11.30am followed by a casual lunch afterwards on Unley Road.

Also contact John Wotherspoon if you are able to attend our social evening this Friday 27 October. There is a change of venue to Villa 77, 77 Unley Rd., Unley and it will now be a Spanish tapas night commencing 6.30pm. We encourage you to bring partners, friends and family to this evening.

Eastwood Club are holding a Business Networking Meeting this Tuesday 24th October at 7am at the Royal Coach. Guest Speaker is David Fechner, BDO Private Clients Tax & Advisory Adelaide. Cost is $35 and if you would like to attend I will provide you with the booking link.

If you are interested in the mentoring workshop being run by Volunteer SA & NT on November 1, please enrol on line. It is free and runs from 10-12 noon and may give you some strategies to incorporate into our current mentoring program between our club, Adelaide Light  and Adelaide City Rotaract Club.

Further down the track we will also not be meeting on Thursday 16th November for breakfast as the majority of members will be involved in a all day BBQ at Bunnings, Mile End.
 
Thought for the week:
It is not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you are not.
Upcoming Events
 
4 November 2017: RC Prospect Quiz Night - Blackfriars Priory School
 

16 November 2017 (Thur): BBQ - Bunnings, Mile End - Captain, Rob McLennan

 

Bunnings Kent Town Christmas Trees sales:

Saturday 2nd. December

Sunday 3rd. December

Saturday 9th. December

Sunday 10th. December

Saturday 16th. December

Sunday  17th. December

 

23-25 March 2018: Rotary District Conference - Barossa Arts & Convention Centre

 

6-8 April 2018: Weekend visit to Calperum Station, Renmark

 

23-27 June 2018: Rotary International Convention - Toronto

 
District News
 
 

1.     Rotary District Conference

The combined Rotary Conference to be held in the Barossa Arts and Convention Centre in 2018 will feature a Rotary Showcase where Clubs, District and Rotary affiliated programs can display and issue materials to publicise their activities.

Clubs and Organisations are invited to apply for the allocation of Display Spaces at the Conference. The Convenor of the Rotary Showcase is PP Les Dennis (RC Regency Park) lesdennis@bigpond.com  0408813966.  Because this is a combined Conference highlighting Coming Together,  it is likely that there will be a heavy demand for available spaces. Convenors and key personnel are urged to contact Les to reserve a spot in the display area asap. The Conference commences at 1pm on Friday 23rd March with Registration open from 9.30am. The conference concludes at 1pm on Sunday 25th March.

(taken from Rotary Horizons)

 

2.     RAH Equipment for Kenya - by RC Walkerville

ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL has partnered with Rotary to send hospital beds, medical equipment and ward furniture from the old RAH, overseas to help Third World communities. This is the largest donation of its kind, and they want to ensure that surplus equipment is donated to those who need it most.

DONATIONS IN KIND has taken on the task of working with contacts overseas to determine needs

The project requires the following assistance;

1/ Man power to assist loading the container.

2/ Financial assistance to meet the budget and the Rotary Foundation requirements

Further information: Rotary Club of Walkerville

PDG Allan Wilson Tel: 0418 817 310

Neville Sharpe Tel: 0419 607 120

(taken from Rotary Horizons)

3.   Jenny Paradiso -Telstra Business Woman of the Year 

Jenny will be the speaker at the Rotary Club of Addelaide meeting Wednesday 1 November 12.30 for a 1.00pm start.  To register your attendance, please go to the Rotary Club of Adelaide website.     The cost of only $35 includes a meal, shared cheese platter, coffee and tea. $5 from each booking will go to Rotary Club of Adelaide charities.

 

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Duty Roster

For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.

Responsibility 26 October 20172 November 20179 November 2017
Chairperson John WotherspoonAngus Tuck
AttendanceNo MeetingJohn KarranDon Tindale
Attendance Barry GrearDi Lane
Furniture/HostingHaigh's Tour Rob McLennanKatrina Ball
    
Bottles/ cans Fred FieldRob McLennan
Rotaract roster TBATBA
Bread roster
29/10 David Riggall/
Carolyn Wigg
5/11 TBA12/11 TBA
Members 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 appropriate persons.
Furniture: Flags; banner display; raffle balls; collection boxes; Rotary theme banner; gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Computer set 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, 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 Havelock Hotel in Hutt Street.
Bread: 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

If you cannot attend, please arrange a substitute

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Normal Meeting
Meeting Number 1585 
 
 
 19 October 2017
 
Membership16Visiting RotariansApologies
+ Honorary5Robert Gunn Adelaide South
Di Lane, Katrina Ball, Yvette Reade, Angus Tuck, Fred Field, Phil Harding
Present
10
 
 
Attendance
56%
Club Guests
 
 
Apologies6
Ang & Terry Rodoni, Ellen Tindale
 
 
Leave of Absence 
 
 
Club visits etc   
AbsentDavid Riggall,   
Wine Raffle
$14
  
Fines
$17.70
Make Ups 
 Leave of Absence
Cans & Bottles this week$
Bread run: David Riggall, John Karran & Kirsty
 
Cans & Bottles YTD$94
 
 

For apologies, please phone Barry Grear 0418 803 334 or Club Secretary John Campbell 0408 847 757 . Makeups count 13 days either side of each meeting.

Club Bank Account details:  BSB 085-458, Account Number 20-505-9719

 

The Four Way Test

The Four Way Test

Of the things we think, say or do:

  1. Is it the Truth?
  2. Is it Fair to all concerned?
  3. Will it build Goodwill and better Friendships?
  4. Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?

Invocation

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.

 

Jokes Corner
PUNNED 
 
•    Venison for dinner again? Oh deer! 
   
•    England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool . 
   
•    I tried to catch some fog, but I mist. 
   
•    I changed my iPod's name to Titanic. It's syncing now. 
   
•    Jokes about German sausage are the wurst. 
    
•    I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me. 
   
•    This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I'd never met herbivore. 
      
•    I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
   
•    I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words. 
      
•    I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me. 
      
•    Broken pencils are pointless. 
   
•    What do you call a dinosaur with an extensive vocabulary?  A thesaurus. 
      
•    I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough. 
      
•    Don’t worry about old age - it doesn’t last.