Sergeant Nasser introduced President Andrew who welcomed all those present including guest speaker Bruce Paige and District 9640 representative and DGN Lisa Hunt
Rock O’Keefe proposed a toast to Her Majesty the late Queen Elizabeth II and all present stood for a minutes silence in respect of the late Queen
Peter Tomlinson proposed a toast to King Charles III
District Governor Nominee Lisa Hunt addressed the meeting about Regionalisation. (An Email detailing this concept has been sent from Secretary Neil to all members) It was noted that Zone 8 was one zone selected by Rotary International to trial this concept and that each club in district 9640 – and other Clubs in the zone – will vote on whether or not to proceed with this trial. President Andrew will write to each member requesting a yes or no vote regarding the Club supporting this concept
Generally, the idea is to give more support through projects, communication etc., to Rotary and Rotaract Clubs and thus do things better at Club level
Due to the Club having 2 speakers, there was no Sergeants session.
The raffle was won by Nayer Kaviani and heads and tails by Rock O’Keefe
PP Jim introduced guest speaker Bruce Paige
Channel 9 gold coast news presenter Bruce spoke of the coverage of the passing of Queen Elizabeth II that was prepared – very quickly – by the news team and showed a video of parts of this presentation.
On a busy day there are up to 5 film crews covering stories
Bruce gave a selection of very amusing anecdotes from his career and day to day experiences he and the news team experience
PP Jim thanked Bruce and presented him with a unique Broadbeach Rotary Club glass.