Tidings from President Trish
This week is my final Tidings as President,
On Wednesday 25 June 2025 (Week 4), at 6.30pm the Rotary Club of St Ives dinner meeting was held at our now regular venue, the St Ives Club, 100 Killeaton Street St Ives, attended by Rotarians, partners and friends. It was the final club dinner meeting for the 2024-25 Rotary year theme “The Magic of Rotary”.
Di Barnes, Editor of The Waratah Newsletter for the past decade was awarded the Rotary District 9685 Bulletin Award Certificate by District Governor Niranjan Deodhar for her winning Club Bulletin The Waratahagain in 2024-25. Congratulations Di from everyone at District 9685 and the Rotary Club of St Ives. Di is handing over the role of Editor of The Waratah and this is her final edition. Congratulations Di from everyone at District 9685 and the Rotary Club of St Ives for your professional weekly newsletter.
I record my personal thanks to Di for her amazing ability to get the Waratah Newsletter out in time each week with lots of detail to keep many people informed of news within Rotary and out in our community.
Our scheduled guest speaker at this meeting, Michele Bell from Ku-ring-gai Neighbourhood Centre, was going to tell us about the work of the Centre, but unfortunately was unable to attend on this occasion. As outgoing President I took the opportunity to thank all Rotarians, partners and friends for making my year 2024-25 a most enjoyable experience. As a relatively newcomer to the St Ives Rotary Club, transferring from the Rotary Club of Carlingford in 2021, I am most grateful for the welcome and the friendships I have made at St Ives. I have always read and heard about how Rotarians can attend Rotary meetings while travelling within Australia and the world to make new friends and learn about projects being undertaken to make a difference in the same way as Rotary clubs do under the same banner in District 9685 in NSW.
For the month of June 2025, I will be filling in for our new President Diana Stewart, while she is in Calgary Canada attending the Rotary International Convention, followed by her tour of Canada. The Rotary theme for 2025-26 is “Unite for Good”. You will see “Unite for Good” on the next edition of the Rotary Club of St Ives Waratah Newsletter and all future correspondence.
We received an Email from our new District Governor for 9685 in 2025-26, Michele Ellery to arrange a date for her to visit the Rotary Club of St Ives to be our Guest Speaker. We will arrange a date for when President Diana Stewart is back in Sydney from Calgary. In the meantime, President Diana Stewart will email a short report on the Rotary Convention in Calgary, Canada, including news of her travels for inclusion in The Waratah.
JULY 2025 - Dates for your diary:
- Wednesday 2 July 2025 (Week 1) Breakfast meeting at The Living Room Café in St Ives Shopping Centre at 8am. Orders are individual and cost $20 or $25pp. RSVP: attend@stivesrotary.asn.au
- Wednesday 9 July 2025 (Week 2) Board Meeting followed by Dinner at St Ives Club, 100 Killeaton Street, St Ives at 6.30pm. Buffet meals consist of two choices for mains. RSVP: attend@stivesrotary.asn.au
- Monday 14 July 2025 (Week 3), Combined Dinner meeting of the Rotary Club of St Ives with the Rotary Club of Ku-ring-gai to celebrate “Bastille Day with a French theme and French menu”.NB: Change of meeting night to a Monday for Week 3. RSVP before 7 July to:attend@stivesrotary.asn.au
- Wednesday 23 July 2025, (Week 4), Dinner Meeting at St Ives Bowling Club, 100 Killeaton Street, St Ives. RSVP: attend@stivesrotary.asn.au
- Wednesday 30 July 2025, (Week 5) the Rotary Club of Ku-ring-gai will transfer their meeting to our “Christmas in July “dinner to be held at the St Ives Bowling Club on Wednesday 30 July.
Please RSVP attendances at the above meetings in July ASAP to Russell Crofts at:
attend@stivesrotary.asn.au and include your name and date of the event.