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“For good food, good fellowship, and the privilege to serve through Rotary we give thanks.”  
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Service Above Self
Wednesdays at 12:45 PM
Roches Family Hotel
85 Victoria St
Grafton, NSW 2460
Australia
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 Please order your lunch on arrival with Hotel staff. 
Bulletin Editor
Peter Robinson
JOKE CORNER 
 
Checking the menu, a restaurant customer ordered a bowl of vegetable soup. After a couple of spoonfuls, he noticed a little pool of liquid forming under the bowl.

He called the waitress over and said, "There's broth all over the table. I think the bowl is cracked."

The waitress said, "You ordered vegetable soup, didn't you?"

"Yes."

"Maybe it has a leek in it!"
 
THE MEMBER'S  SOAPBOX !
 
IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO AIR OR COMMENT ON
 
“ THE COURAGE TO RISK AND THE EXPECTATION TO WIN IS A WONDERFUL COMBINATION”
 
 
 
Send you Comments to the editor at peter@plrobinson.com.au
 
 
 
 
Upcoming Events
Regular Meeting
Roches - Captains Room
Dec 02, 2020
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
 
Trivia - Fellowship at Roches
Dec 02, 2020
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 
Dougherty Villa Luncheon - volunteers required
Dougherty Villa
Dec 03, 2020 12:00 PM
 
Roches Regular Raffles Friday Fundraiser
Roches Hotel
Dec 04, 2020 5:00 PM
 
Carols by Candlelight 2020 Cancelled
Dec 05, 2020
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
 
Regular Meeting
Roches - Captains Room
Dec 09, 2020
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
 
DG visit
Dec 09, 2020
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
 
Trivia - Fellowship at Roches
Dec 09, 2020
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 
Roches Regular Raffles Friday Fundraiser
Roches Hotel
Dec 11, 2020 5:00 PM
 
Regular Meeting
Roches - Captains Room
Dec 16, 2020
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
 
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Mark Thompson
November 3
 
Amanda Ryder
November 15
 
Judy Glasson
November 28
 
ClubRunner Mobile
President Rumble
   NO PRESIDENT RUMBLE this week 
 
 
 
 
 
Just a few snipes from the meeting New member Mark Blackadder informed the meeting a little about his life .
President Robert let the members know the club was sussescfull with our grant for the funding towards the Bridge park project combine this with the District Grant and we now have enough to complete this project. Last Wednesday morning a onsite meeting with Dave Sutton from the CV Council further the next step towards completion . watch this space for further development.
Our Guest this week was a past member of the club Ray Smith. Ray hopes to be back in Grafton in 2022 and rejoin the club.
 
 
 
 
 
 
CLUB NEWS
Condolence
On behalf of the members  Grafton Midday Rotary Club we wish President Robert and family our condolences on the pasting of their Mum, mentor and family matriarch this week.
 
Also on a sad note the club members pass on their condolence to President Elect Lee on the passing of her very good friend Karen McArthur. 
 
 
DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
With the AGM coming up with in a few week it may be a good time to explain what the duties of each position on the board are. 
What position are on the Grafton Midday board;
President, President -Elect, Immediate Past President, Secretary, Treasurer, make up the executive with the following position (chairperson of the Committees)
Club service, Community Service (projects), Public Relation, Youth Service, Rotary Foundation
1 – President. It shall be the duty of the president to preside at meetings of the club and the board and to perform other duties as ordinarily pertain to the office of president.
 2 – President-elect. It shall be the duty of the president-elect to serve as a director and to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the president or the board.
 3 – Vice-President/ Immediate past President. It shall be the duty of the vice-president to preside at meetings of the club and the board in the absence of the president and to perform other duties as ordinarily pertain to the office of vice-president.
 4 – Secretary. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep membership records; record attendance at meetings; send out notices of club, board and committee meetings; record and preserve the minutes of such meetings; report as required to RI, including the semiannual reports of membership on 1 January and 1 July of each year, and prorated reports on 1 October and 1 April of each active member who has been elected to membership in the club since the start of the July or January semiannual reporting period, report changes in membership; provide the monthly attendance report, which shall be made to the district governor within 15 days of the last meeting of the month; collect and remit RI official magazine subscriptions; and perform other duties as usually pertain to the office of secretary.
 5 – Treasurer. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to have custody of all funds, accounting for it to the club annually and at any other time upon demand by the board, and to perform other duties as pertains to the office of treasurer. Upon retirement from office, the treasurer shall turn over to the incoming treasurer or to the president all funds, books of accounts, or any other club property.
COMMITTEES CHAIRPERSON:
1- Membership; Develop and implement a comprehensive plan for the recruitment and retention of members.
2 -Public Relations; Develop and implement plans to provide the public with information about  Rotary and to promote the club's service projects and activities.
3-Club Service; Conduct activities associated with the effective operation of the club;( ie. attendance,club bulletin, social and programs.)
4-Service(Community) Projects;  Develop and implement educational,humanitarian and vocational project that address the needs of our community and communities in other countries; ie Bunnings BBQ, Book sale, Roches raffles, carols by Candlelight, and any other service project the club undertakes.
5-Youth Service- Implements all youth activities ie RYTS, RYLA, YEP, Frank Glasson Scholarship,  plus any other youth project.
6-Rotary Foundation;  Should implement plans to support The Rotary Foundation through both financial contributions and program participation. Polio plus, Grants, Annual giving and the Alumni.
These six chair people have a committee Structure under them to help carry out the planning and implement the activities.
Nomination for above position will be asked for at our Annual General Meeting on the 16th December, so don't hang back support your club and nominate to serve on the board for 12 months.
Give Lee Taylor a call let her known your are interested in a position.
     
 
 
We are off and Running
     We are off and running for Australia’s Rotary 100 Baton Relay. D9640 NSW clubs joined together in Ballina
  last Saturday to plan our Centenary Celebrations.
It’s great to hear the enthusiastic discussions and ideas about celebrating 100 years of Rotary in Australia.
Many Rotary clubs in D9640 are dedicating the 100 relay to a cause that is most relevant to our communities in Australia. Our Rotary 100 Baton Relay Cause is "Rotary Says No to Domestic Violence."
PDG and International Service Chair Terry Brown also spoke about our District Resource Network. Club Development Chair David Baguley spoke about the wonderful Australia Day grant opportunity for clubs.
Secretary Greg will have more on this at our meeting on Wednesday.
ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY
LAST CALL  FOR THE ROTARY
CHRISTMAS  PARTY
 
It is that time of the year and it is coming to an end.  Lets celebrate with a game of Barefoot Bowls on Friday the 4th December at the Grafton District Services Club.
 
The GDSC runs free Barefoot Bowls along with live music - The Ford Brothers.  We have 47 spots to fill so let either Jenny Hyland 0412 704 150 or Lee Taylor 0487 974 491 NOW PLEASE.
 
Due to limited number we can only extend guests initially to partners (or close friend) - when we have those spots confirmed there could be room for other guests.
 
It starts at 5.30 pm however by the time everyone gets home from work etc I would expect that most will be there by 6pm.
 
Food and Drinks available at the club - they have specials on buckets of prawns and a few other thing which we will preorder.
 
Thanks again and I hope you can make it for a pleasurable evening.
REMEMBER TO BOOK WITH LEE OR JENNY  
 
Grafton Midday Annual General meeting
NOTICE of MEETING!
The Annual General meeting for our Rotary club will be the 16th December.
 
At this meeting we will be electing the club's board for the 2021-2022 Rotary year.
Nominations will be called for the following position ; President
President elect, Secretary, Treasurer .
and the following Directors ; Club Service, Membership, Public Relations, 
Service Projects, Youth , and one other which I feel should be included that is 
Rotary Foundation .
Remember it is YOUR club so become involved and server on your club's board.
 
This Week Trivia Question
Here is another question from a recent Wednesday trivia night at Roches Hotel:
What is the common name for the bodily function named lacrimation?
The answer and another question will be in next week’s Bulletin and announced at the club meeting.
 
The answer to last week’s trivia question is: all attributes of Gothic architecture.
Combined Rotary Christmas Party
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A cluster 1 Rotary Christmas party
 will be held at the Brushgrove Hotel on the 17th December 2020 
Cluster 1 is made up of all the Rotary Clubs in the Clarence Valley ; Yamba, Iluka-Woombah, Maclean, Grafton and Grafton Midday.
President Rob is looking at a bus with Grafton Members. Numbers for the Bus are required by this meeting as the club has to confirm the bus booking. 
Numbers for the dinner are required by the 7th December.
Cost $30.00 p/head  come along and enjoy Rotary Fellowship at it best ; time 6.30 for 7 pm. 
 
ROTARY'S FACTS
 DISTRICT GOVERNOR
 
 
The Rotary district governor performs a very significant function in the world of Rotary He or she is the single officer of Rotary International in the geographic area called a Rotary district, which usually includes about 45 Rotary clubs. The district governors, who have been extensively trained at the worldwide International Assembly, provide the "quality control" for the 27,000 Rotary clubs of the world. They are responsible for maintaining high performance within the clubs of their district.
The district governor, who must make an official visit to each club in the district, is never regarded as an "inspector general." Rather, he or she visits as a helpful and friendly adviser to the club officers, as a useful counselor to further the Object of Rotary among the clubs of the district, and as a catalyst to help strengthen the programs of Rotary
The district governor is a very experienced Rotarian who generously devotes a year to the volunteer task of leadership. The governor has a wealth of knowledge about current Rotary programs, purposes, policies and goals and is a person of recognized high standing in his or her profession, community and Rotary club. The governor must supervise the organization of new clubs and strengthen existing ones. He or she performs a host of specific duties to assure that the quality of Rotary does not falter in the district, and is responsible to promote and implement all programs and activities of the Rotary International president and the RI Board of Directors. The governor plans and directs a district conference and other special events.