Glen opened the meeting with the Words of Wisdom, everyone joined in the Rotary grace
Hayley’s joke of the week
Q: What did the ‘0’ say to the ‘8’?
A: Nice Belt
Board meeting news:
Baton relay T-shirts have arrived and are available for collection
The Club will send Brooke Ryan and Alexander Wong to RYPEN
MUNA Rotary will sponsor an orphan for $350
The Book Fair site has been sold, the club is investigating paying for a storage shed to store the books
There is a Donations in Kind storage container of medical supplies stocked ready to go but no funds to send it. Rotary donated $500 to contribute to the $8000 needed to send the container to a country of need
Please continue to bring along deodorants and toothpaste for you have a friend.
Trivia Night with proceeds going to Wedgetail Retreat will be held on 1st May. Lionel will be MC and Desiree will be the numbers person. Jeannie said that tables for Rotary have been allocated. Nine sponsors have already pledged $200 per table. Auctions will be held on the night with a framed Wallaby jersey and an accountancy package already pledged. Small items (needed for raffles) and auction items are needed.
Stephanie thanked the club for supporting her to go to the PETS training and thanked Simone for the amount of effort she put in to the training
Evans Head Weekend Away – Judy has a list for the people attending to fill out as to what they will bring to the BBQ Sat night
Continuing on the theme of Water and Sanitation, Lionel introduced 2 employees of the Shire Council, Elizabeth a Water and Efficiency Connection Engineer, and Brie, Manager of Water and Waste Operations who together gave an excellent presentation on Water Sanitation Issues in the Tweed Valley.
Some take home points were: Tweed shire residents use in excess of 200L of water/person/day. It is hoped we can reduce this to 160L/person/day by
-Encouraging installation of water saving toilets
-Encouraging residents to use the council rebate for showers, aerators, taps and mixers to convert to water saving ones
-Stressing the importance of fixing leaking taps and pipes
-Taking shorter showers (aim for 4 min)
-Don’t water lawns, let them green up with the rainfall if they go brown
They discussed climate change and the impacts on water management.
They brought jars containing wet wipes that had been in water for 4 years and showed no signs of biodegrading and strongly reminded everyone that ‘’All you put down the loo is wee, poo & toilet paper”
Jeff thanked Liz and Brie for their very informative presentation
Peter and Elizabeth issued fines
Sarah Hendrikse
