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Posted by Michael Knight
on Feb 18, 2014
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Peter is the Director of Commercial and Economic Development for the City of Wagga Wagga. He was introduced by Ken Taylor, and Ken was impressed with the scope and diversity of experience that Peter had achieved in his career.
Peter indicated that planning needed to be applied fifteen years out from the present, and this hub was being driven by need for economic growth, safety concerns about existing infrastructure, and achieving an efficient supply chain. It parallels other opportunities in Wagga such as growing Commerce at the Airport, Health and Education facilities and High Speed Broadband.
The economist, Craig James was in Wagga late last year, and Peter quoted him saying:
Smart Businesses focus on opportunity, not on risks, and on Growth, not on costs.
The implication was that the Council was following this strategy, and saw the hub at Bomen as an opportunity for growth, and enhancing the city’s competitive edge in competing for industrial growth.
A key plank of the argument put forward for investment in Wagga Wagga is our strategic location, between Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Brisbane, and close to Canberra, but freight handling efficiency needs to be addressed to complete the case. The inland freight route proposed for Melbourne to Brisbane reinforces the strategy.
Peter also dealt with safety concerns, especially relating to the Rail Level crossing along Byrnes Road in Bomen, the Eunony Bridge to Byrnes Road link, a new master siding on the rail line, 6km long, which will allow three freight trains, each 1.8km long, to park in the siding for loading/unloading operations.
 The new edible oil processing plant at Bomen, ROBE, processes 165 000 tonnes of canola per year, producing 100 000 tonnes of meal, and 65000 tonnes of oil per year. Bulk handling facilities for this product would keep lots of trucks off the road.
Peter gave us an indication of the heavy traffic in Bomen, indicating that on sale days at the Livestock Marketing Centre, there are around 400 heavy vehicle movements, with many crossing the railway at the level crossing.
Peter and James will be reporting to Council in March, with recommendations concerning this project, but there seems to be many good arguments to arouse community support. Click on the map on your right to see a larger version of the plan.
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Posted by Michael Knight
on Feb 18, 2014
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 President Phil called the meeting to order, and Col Mercer was invited to lead the singing of the Rotary Grace, and the Royal toast followed. Guests and Visitors were welcomed, and the guest speaker was announced – with a formal introduction to be performed later in the meeting.
Phillip advised that there has been a board meeting held last Thursday, and reported that there was some discussion about the status of honorary membership. He indicated that this honour had been considered for a past member, but the board was reserving its decision.
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The Treasurer was an apology at the last board meeting, and current account balances and cash flow reports were not available to the board. There did not appear to be any panic evident as a result of this disclosure.
Phillip noted that a draft policy for extreme weather events, had been considered by the board and that discussion of this draft was to be scheduled for the “Hillis” day meeting next week.
The board noted that two students from The Riverina Anglican College, undertaking community work for a Duke of Edinburgh award had expressed interest in helping out at Sunday Markets. Market teams were asked to keep an eye out for these boys, and include them in the day’s activities.
Paul Milde provided a briefing to the Board on preparations for the Food and Wine Festival, including progress on the rostering for all the diverse needs and tasks for this mammoth event. The selection of a beneficiary has been completed, and Kevin Roben will make this announcement during the meeting.
Preparation and planning for the twilight markets continues, and we are in discussions with Sally Nolan at Wagga Wagga City Council regarding the “kick off” date. The farmers market committee will oversee these additional markets.
A vocational visit being considered by the club is to Ken Taylors business, a secretive den of dreams, are they model planes, or are they secret weapons????
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Posted by Paul Milde
on Feb 11, 2014
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Paul Milde, in his role as Secretary, announced member commitments and Rosters.
ROSTERS for meeting 25 February:
Fellowship: Kevin Watts
Reception: Robert Willis
Furniture: Graham Barrow
Bulletin Editor: Michael Knight
Sergeant: Laurie Blowes
Guest Speaker: Hillis Day
Sunday Markets:OIC Brian Roberts, Richard Braid, David Hodge, John Mason, Michael Merrylees, Jeremy Riethmuller
Saturday Markets:
Special Dates: Polio Plus Film Night 20th February. Food & Wine Committee meeting 19/02/2014, Quarterly Subs are now due. District Conference 21,22,23 March 2014, Food & Wine Festival 29/03/2014.
Thank you: Thank you to Rick Priest for organising our vocational visit at the Show Grounds last week. Also thank you to the Mens' Shed for the great lunch.
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Posted by Michael Knight
on Feb 21, 2014
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Rotary Information: Peter Crozier
The name of a prospective member, proposed by an active member of the Club, shall be submitted to the board in writing through the secretary. The proposal shall be kept confidential except as otherwise provided in this procedure.
The board shall ensure that the proposal meets all the classification and membership requirements.
The board shall approve or disapprove the proposal within 30 days of its submission and shall notify the proposer of its decision. If favourable, the prospective member shall be informed of the purposes of Rotary and of the privileges and responsibility of membership generally by the proposer.
The prospective member will be asked to sign the membership proposal form and to permit his name and proposed classification to be published to members of the Club. If no written objection to the proposal, which must state reasons, is received by the board from any member of the Club within 7 days of the publication date, the proposed person, upon payment of the admission fee, shall be considered to be elected to membership.
If any such objection has been filed with the board, it shall vote on this matter at its next meeting. If approved by the board despite the objection, the proposed member, upon payment of the admission fee, shall be considered to be elected to membership.
Peace Ceremony:
Doug Sutton will be carrying the flag for Wollundry Rotary this Sunday at the Wagga Wagga Peace Ceremony on the shores of the Wollundry Lagoon. We need to provide a few shade shelters for this ceremony, and Doug called on some helpers, with Peter Crozier and Laurie Blowes stepping up to attend.
The Sergeant:
 Mark Sayer deputised for Richard Braid, and was handed a hat, a bush style creation made of leather or fur, and with ventilation panels. Suggestions thrown into the ring were that it belonged to Bruce or Hugh, and Hugh declined, so Bruce might have to pay next week.Failure to enlist in the Food and Wine rosters was another blanket fine, and few responded – so there must be plenty of names added to the roster sheets this week.
Mark brought along his copy of New Idea, and quizzed Mark Hillis on the cover date. Mark H had no idea, and was corrected, it was New Idea and the cover date was about a week into the future.
The heads and tails eliminated groups at a time and the last left standing was Mark Hillis, who won the New Idea.
The Thirty Seconders:
Kevin Roben announced that the process of selecting a beneficiary for this years Food and Wine festival has been through various stages – advertising for expressions of interest, creating a shortlist of the best pitches, further research of the final prospects, a final decision, advising the selected charity and a media launch to generate publicity.
The Amie St Clair Melanoma Trust (see photo)was successful, and if all goes well for this years festival, and based on previous years outcomes, could benefit by around $40 000.
Laurie Blowes announced that he, and a couple of mates called Rod and Phil have conspired to each have a shave in mid March, somewhere in a licenced premises in North W agga, where the publican is a, sort of, relative. If it comes off (….the plan), then any money raised will be used for research into leukaemia. The beard has been undisturbed for around 32 years, and perhaps Del has never seen Laurie’s naked face.
It all sounds a bit shonky, but there was more to come – Laurie hopes that he can use the post of Sergeant at our meeting next week to support this inane scheme.
There was some confusion about just how much hair will go, but Laurie is on record as quoting “all of it”
John Hawkins is seeking candidates for RYLA, which he confused with “rural youth leadership awards”, and had to quickly correct. The RYLA camp will be held from Monday March 31 till Saturday April 5, is targeted at 18 to 28 year olds, and John reports that our early prospects have not materialised, and he is keen to have our club represented.
Geoff Breust was next up to invite club members to a Luftwagga flight and BBQ at the Aero Club on Friday at 5.30pm. This is fantastic, great sausages, and the flight is good too!! (They also have Beer)
John Egan is on the board of the Australian Rotary Health, and this Foundation will be holding the eighth International Golf Day, as a fundraiser on Wed. 26th Feb. at Ri verside Oaks golf course. He stopped short of inviting each of us to have a round of 18 holes, but did propose a fundraiser called “bomber ball” where you can pay $10, and hope to win more than that.
 George Thomas has stepped in to coordinate District Conference attendance. The conference is in Orange, from 21 to 23 March – the weekend before the Food and Wine festival. Registration closes on March 7th – two weeks before the conference. Registration can be completed online from the District website. George is arranging accommodation and a Wollundry dinner, so make his job easy – keep him informed.
 Doug Conkey urged us all to attend the World Rotary Convention in Sydney next year. It runs from 1st to 4th June, and being on our doorstep, is a great opportunity to see Rotary operate without having to travel around the world. The first level of early registration discounts has expired, but we can still register before March 31, to save $50 – cost is $360.
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