 President John opened the meeting on time and called for visitors. Brent Bannister was the only visiting Rotarian.
Ken Taylor’s guest Travis Downie, somebody else’s guest was Michael Sullivan and another visitor photographed was unnamed (unless he is a recent member that has got under the Editor's radar. Angela Metcalfe was introduced by her husband Chris and Franzi Traber our Rotary Exchange Student was a club guest.
Franzi spent her week competing in school sports – Water Polo, Attending the play “Away” at the Civic Theatre celebrating a host family birthday and cleaning the pool.
President John Attended the District 9700 AGM at Temora on Sunday 9th November.
Dot points as follows:
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Audited report accepted.
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Seven administrative changes to District 9700 Resolutions seven were deleted.
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Canowindra and Hay Rotary Clubs have voluntarily closed.
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Exchanges of ideas on innovations and challenges. Wollundry featured prominently with our addition of Cycle Challenge and Beer and Cider Festival.
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Petition the Government re opting out of Organ Donor Registration instead of opting in
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RYLA information handed out.
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District Grant Application for Wollundry TAFE Scholarship discussed with Ian Simpson for consideration in April 2015
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Wollundry was one of seven clubs to receive Rotary Foundation Certificate for our support of End Polio Now campaign.
Peter MacKinnon delivered the Sunday Market Report.
David Pyke delivered the Farmers Market Report. 
Col Duff appears reasonably fit following his trip to hospital and advised that Pat Ingram is temporarily back in the job of co-organiser of Farmers markets due to Paul Gianiottis absence. We need two new volunteers to co-ordinate the Farmer’s Markets into the future. The jobs come with Sunday Markets Leave passes.
President John sadly advised us of the recent passing of Neil Pinto’s brother.
Fellowship followed for a while around the Editor’s table and discussion centred around making the Farmers Market Coordinators and other long term positions to be no more than 2 years, Mountain cycling trails around Jindabyne, then Rail Trails at Myrtleford and ended up discussing the tastiness or otherwise of campfire cooked Bogong moths. It was just like surfing the Net.
John then introduced the final cut of the Cycle Challenge video by “Next in Line” films.
Next in Line started in 2009 and is the enterprise of Ainsley and Damian Jenkins. They have a combined 10 years in Television with Channel 7, Southern Cross Ten and 4 Foxtel.
They have produced a Back Yard Ashes behind the scenes documentary, corporate videos, websites and training videos and music videos.
In 2009 they produced a documentary aimed at raising funds for Riverina Community College to fund a mobile recording studio.
In 2015 a short film called Dirt shot in Wagga with Council cultural grant will be released.
The Cycle Challenge and Beer and Cider festival video was well received.
Winnings for the Melbourne Cup sweeps were distributed to the lucky sweep entrants whoever they were.
There will be a Sunday Markets Committee meeting on Wednesday afternoon here at 5.30pm.
Darren Wallace repeated his call for assistance for RYPEN weekend. Still needed are at least two volunteers for supervision from 1-5 pm on Saturday 22nd next week and a bus driver with medium rigid (or heavier) Drivers licence to return participants to Griffith on Sunday Afternoon.
Paul Milde presented the Secretary’s information and called for volunteers to transport and erect and dismantle tents at the Farmers Market site this Saturday for the Base Hospital Fete. 
The Board meeting this week has been postponed to 20th November.
The next Food and Wine committee meeting will be the 19th November
Our Sergeant today was Michael Georgiou who gathered together fines for listening to jokes about Tea Swishing, a Blonde, and Bob and wife at the Strip Club.
Remembrance Day.
President John told us about a trip he undertook in 2009 accompanying a school sports tennis team to France where he spent an evening with former Exchange Student Francoise’s family and Rotary Club in April. He took the opportunity to visit Villers Bretonneux and Ypres on the France/Belgium border and showed us some photos he took which included the poem “in Flanders Fields” by Lt Col John McCrae of Canada which became the inspiration for the Red Poppy to become the symbol of remembrance. He told us about a school in Villers Bretonneux build with funds raised by schools in Victoria and the Menin Gate memorial to the some 550,000 Commonwealth troops of WW1 who have no known graves.
The Lucky draw was made by Angela drawing 55 out first (bad luck Kerry Pascoe for being away) and then passing the prize to number 6 Craig Bromley.
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