Speakers this week Jenny Scott and Margaret McIndoe outlined a new service provided by Ku-ring-gai Council. We all too often complain what are the Council doing what are they spending our rates on. Yet when it comes to a disaster in our area we are quick to complain that something should have been done. Well Council have taken an initiative in setting up Climate Wise Communities workshops, which we heard, is now to be put on a link in Council’s website. Whilst hopefully we may never be required to put into place the emergency procedures that Margaret outlined it’s too late when the emergency occurs. Check what risks your property could face and put a plan together.

 

Following from our visit to Cochlear earlier this year Tim England and I had a subsequent meeting with Shaun Hand and his marketing manager.  They offered assistance with marketing and promoting Tim’s dementia programme. This we had confirmed this week with and with an offer for meeting some of the costs for design work and printing. They will be introducing Tim to their Community Engagement Manager on Tim’s return for identifying avenues of cross promotion.  An excellent outcome.

 

Our speaker last week, Victor Koslowski has contacted Bruce saying that he was impressed with what Rotary is about and is contemplating joining Rotary either our club or one closer to home for him. Either way he also can see opportunity for Rotary to be involved with the reuse of PV panels removed during replacement and upgrading solar systems.   Instead of sending them to landfill the proposal is to recycle them to SE Asian communities following natural disasters or to Aboriginal communities. Bruce will follow up on this one.