Bulletin 19 Nov 9th (Nov 09, 2021)

Bulletin

Nov 16^th2021

Next Meeting

Tues 23^rd Nov 2021

Romano's Hotel + ZOOM

Members Duties

Fellowship

Steve McCoy

Reception

Peter Mackinnon

Furniture

Phil McIntosh

Guest Speaker

tba

Rotary Information

Nov 23 - AGM

Nov 30 - Doug Conkey

Bulletin Editor

Nov 23, P Murray

Nov 30 Dec 7, 14 M Knight

Dec 21, Jan 11, 18 D Pyke

Jan 25 Feb 1, 8 P Wilesmith

Feb 15, 22, Mar 1 D Sutton

Members Choice

Nov 23 - AGM

Nov 30 - Phil McIntosh

Saturday Markets

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11th December 2021

OIC - John Smith

Team:

D Sutton, G. Burmeister,

S. Carroll, J. Egan,

D. Golland, J. Mason,

P. Mackinnon, Wal Paton,

J. Ross, K. Taylor, A Whiting,

D. Wallace, B. Willis.

Signs: David Byfield

12^th February 2022

OIC - Geoff Breust

Team: D. Benn, D. Conkey

G. Conkey, J Ferguson,

J. Flynn, D. Foster, P. Green, C. Kelly, P. McIntosh,

R. Nicholson, D. Pyke,

N. Schirmer, P. Wilesmith.

Signs: David Golland

12th March 2022

OIC - James Hamilton

Team: R. Baguley, C. Bromley, A Crackanthorp, P. Clucas, K. Cook, J. Gray, S. Heriot, D. Hodge, M. Knight, P. Murray, G. Obst, R. Pearson, D. Post.

Signs - John Flynn

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Member Birthdays

Neil Schirmer

November 8

Ken Cook

November 9

James Hamilton

November 20

Paul Murray

November 22

Neil Pinto

November 23

Spouse Birthdays

Joanne Masters

November 20

Helen Paton

November 22

Cassandra Nicholson

November 23

Renae Elrington

November 30

Anniversaries

Malcolm Robertson

Fran

November 5

Pykie Pyke

Cathy Pyke

November 11

Wal Paton

Helen Paton

November 14

Ken Taylor

Jacqui Stumpel

November 15

Craig Bromley

Gaye

November 25

James Ross

Renae Elrington

November 25

Robert Pearson

Pam

November 28

Join Date

James Hamilton

November 1, 1990

31 years

John Flynn

November 1, 1993

28 years

John Gray

November 1, 1982

39 years

John Ireland

November 1, 1984

37 years

Pat Ingram

November 1, 1985

36 years

Andrew Crakanthorp

November 3, 2020

1 year

John Egan
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Mayor Greg Conkey Speaks to Fellow Wollundry Rotarians

Mayor Greg Conkey addressed his fellow members on Tuesday providing an overview of his 9 years as a city councilor and 5 years as Mayor. He is not running for re-election and has three and a half weeks remaining in his regular term as Mayor, however he will remain in the position as acting Mayor until the first city council meeting in January when a new mayor is installed.

Greg spoke about the progress that has been achieved over the recent history and the specific commercial , industrial and private developments that have begun. The majority of his talk related to the significant work with the Bomen strategic industrial zone or Special Activation Precinct (SAP).

Greg specifically identified the amount of financial investment that various projects were outlaying and and in response to a question regarding the sum total of the combined developments, he indicated that the amount was in the range of hundreds of millions to over a billion dollars.

Concept drawing of the Riverina Intermodal Terminal and industrial zoning

SAP Concept Concept visualisation of rail hub and potential industrial lots.

This significant investment will accelerate the expansion of the Bomen industrial area and will feature:

Over 1000 hectares of heavy industrial zoned greenfield land — up to 15+ hectare lots
Land costs 1/10th of an equivalent block in Western Sydney
Direct Inland Rail interface managed by Visy Logistics
Established industry operating in area — Teys Australia, Riverina Oils & Bio Energy, Enirgi, Southern Oils, Livestock Marketing Centre, Proway and more

Greg received quite a few questions ranging from the relationship between the number of homes built in Wagga and the population to Wagga becoming the Cycle City, to the future growth in the length of freight trains passing through Wagga. Overall Gregs talk was an excelent overview of the state of the city from a retiring mayor who was unanimously recognised by the members as having done an exceptional job as Mayor of Wagga Wagga.

Secretary's Report 09.11.21

Hi all,

Over 40 members on the floor today, good to see. I think it is time to phase ZOOM out and all attend meetings physically when possible.

Michael Knight cleverly turned the Members Choice session on it's head and reverted to the old Sergeant at Arms format. John Gray, Neil Pinto, Greg Conkey and others were on the receiving end of his dry humour. Thank you also to Michael for organising the Cup sweeps last Tuesday.

Peter Mackinnon and Mark Hillis have the Christmas party under control. To be held at the Hillis residence on the afternoon and evening of 12th Dec 2021.

The event will be catered for by Lime Leaf Caterers. There will be mini Gears and Beers ride on electric bikes, during the afternoon, electric bikes supplied by Mark. Please advise Peter Mackinnon by next Tuesday 16th whether you will be attending or not.

Greg Conkey, as guest speaker talked about the highlights of his time as Mayor of Wagga Wagga City Council, his love for the job and realisation that the time has come to move on. Congratulations to Greg for the successes during his tenure.

Well done to John Egan and James Hamilton for following through on the trailer insurance issue with District. Our trailers will be insured under the District Insurance mechanism given that it has been accepted that they are of a value less than $10,000 each.

Market again this weekend, weather permitting. Matt Crouch from Rotaract has advised of a keen team to follow up on the BBQ. Once again under the supervision of Michael Knight.

Thank you to James Hamilton for today detailing the Public Liability Insurance responsibilities of Market Vendors, and our responsibility as a Club to ensure that Vendors have Public Liability Insurance coverage while operating within our Markets.

OIC: Mark Hillis

Team: Peter Clucas, John Flynn, Peter Wilesmith, David Hodge, John Ireland, John Mason, Phil McIntosh,

Bill Parker, Neil Pinto, Andrew Puckeridge, Doug Conkey, Neil Schirmer, Phil Burgess.

Trailers: David Hodge, Neil Schirmer, Peter Wilesmith and Michael Knight for the BBQ trailer.

Times: 6:15am at the shed, and 6:30am at the Precinct.

Diary Dates:

Next Board Meeting - Monday 15th Nov 2021 at The Ambassador Room Romano's.

Next Gears and Beers Meeting - Wed 17th Nov 2021 at Commins Hendricks.

Next Food and Wine Meeting - Monday 22nd Nov at Michael Knights.

The AGM - Will be held on Tues 23rd November 2021 at Romano's.

Food and Wine Festival - 19th Feb 2022.

Gears and Beers Festival - 26/27th March 2022.

Kind Regards,

Secretary Phil

Our Meeting Nov 9th 2021

Sergeants Session or Members Choice

Michael Knight used his Members Choice to bring back the old but not forgotten Sergeant session.

He started by fining John Egan for collecting money before Michael had the opportunity to name the victims.

He then fined our speaker Mayor Conkey for not clearly distinguishing the capital investments which are going to the RIFL rail project from those government funds going to the Wagga gun club that has been so frequently in the news.

Michael proceeded to fine Neil Pinto for not appropriately wearing the supporting colours and banners for the Indian cricket team.

He then fined John Gray for his photo which appeared in the paper resembling an old area farmer.

Christmas Party December 12th

Peter Mackinnon and Mark Hillis came to the podium and announced the details for the Christmas party. they are as follows:

Date: Dec 12th

Time: 4:00 pm

Catering: Lime Leaf Caterers.

Drinks: BYO

Location: Mark and Chris Hillis residence.30 Riverview Drive

Directions: From Sturt Highway at the Silvalite Fuel Stop, turn North on McNickle Road and go past the Golf view Motel for 650 metres. Turn left on Roach Road and go 400 metres. Turn left again on to Riverview Drive and the Hillis home is on your right.

A number of electric bikes will be supplied by both Mark and Peter for members to test drive. There are quite roads around Mark and Chris's home.

Please email Peter Mackinnon on petermackinnon@hotmail.com by next Tuesday the 16th whether you will be attending or not.

Vendors Need Public Liability Insurance

James Hamilton finformed members regarding the Public Liability Insurance responsibilities of Market Vendors, and our responsibility as a Club to ensure that Vendors have Public Liability Insurance coverage while operating within our Markets.

Wollundry Members Back at Work for RAWCS

Ken Engsmyr from the Rotary Club of Parkes was a visiting Rotarian at our club on Tuesday. Ken was meeting with Stuart Heriot, Tim Hutchings and Paul Murray to re-establish the working team co-ordinating a second round of distribution of funds to farmers and rural communities impacted by the past drought.

Several years ago, Ken and the above three Wollundry members distributed one million dollars to farmers through a RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) program funded by the Federal government. Another round of funding has been made avaliable and the team has been asked to come together again and contact some 400 farmers and facilitate the distribution of debit cards in the amount of $500 per farmer. The funding is intended to support western rural communities still under financial stress from the drought/Covid19 impacts.

Don't Miss the Rotary Movie

The joint Rotary Clubs of Wagga will conduct a Premiere screening of the new James Bond movie "No Time to Die' at Forum 6 Cinemas Thursday 11th November 2021 . Screening at 7pm .
This is a joint fundraising venture for all Rotary clubs to raise funds towards a program to support Wagga's Homeless. Everyone is welcome to attend .
Tickets are $20 plus fees, online through www.trybooking.com/BUWQE

Tickets are on sale NOW-tickets are emailed to the purchaser and have bar-code and QR code as identifiers. Sales will determine whether a second cinema is needed.
On arrival at the cinema As at :18 Oct, 2021 arrangements for cinemagoers are:
-   need to be double vaccinated and able to show proof
-   wear a mask and QR code log in & show Forum 6 staff
-   seating will be at 75% capacity and is currently capped at 300 which
   would need 2 cinemas

Presidents Report 9 , Nov 2021

It was great to see a full house today with the easing of Covid restrictions finally. There was a lot of camaraderie evident.

Greg Conkey gave a fascinating insight to the costs of council, and how the hub at Bomen has progressed. Potholes rated a passing comment only! It was illuminating how much money the council spends in a year to keep everything going and expanding. Greg is retiring as Mayor so we all wish him a happy retirement.

Our Xmas party is on the afternoon of December the 12th so keep the date please.

Michael rebooted the sergeant's session; just like old times.

There is a board meeting this coming Monday, so will have some things to discuss likely from that meeting.

It seems that the staging of our two major events are on track at this time; fingers crossed.

Have a good week and see you at our next meeting 16th November.

Wollundry Bulletin Editors:

Doug Sutton, Michael Knight, John Egan, David Pyke, Peter Wilesmith and Paul Murray