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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 
An elderly man in Adelaide calls his son in Sydney and says, "I hate to
ruin your day, but I have to tell you that your mother and I are divorcing;
forty-five years of misery is enough."

"Dad, what are you talking about?" the son screams. "We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the old man says. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in Brisbane and tell her," and he hangs up.

Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this." She calls her dad immediately, and screams at the old man, "You are NOT getting divorced! Don't do a single thing until I get there. I'm calling my brother back, and we'll both be there tomorrow. Until then, don't do a thing, DO YOU HEAR ME?" and hangs up.

The old man h! angs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says,
"they're coming for Christmas and paying their own airfares."
 
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Upcoming Events
Regular Meeting
Roches - Captains Room
Dec 16, 2020
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
 
Trivia - Fellowship at Roches
Dec 16, 2020
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 
Roches Regular Raffles Friday Fundraiser
Roches Hotel
Dec 18, 2020 5:00 PM
 
Roches Regular Raffles Friday Fundraiser
Roches Hotel
Dec 25, 2020 5:00 PM
 
Roches Regular Raffles Friday Fundraiser
Roches Hotel
Jan 01, 2021 5:00 PM
 
Regular Meeting
Roches - Captains Room
Jan 06, 2021
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
 
Trivia - Fellowship at Roches
Jan 06, 2021
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
 
Dougherty Villa Luncheon - volunteers required
Dougherty Villa
Jan 07, 2021 12:00 PM
 
Roches Regular Raffles Friday Fundraiser
Roches Hotel
Jan 08, 2021 5:00 PM
 
Regular Meeting
Roches - Captains Room
Jan 13, 2021
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM
 
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Jenny Ryder
December 12
 
Brian Lane
December 29
 
Spouse Birthdays
Pam Paterson
December 9
 
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President Rumble
   PRESIDENT RUMBLE 
 
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Hello everyone and a very wet welcome to the weekend.
 
 
 
This week’s meeting was extremely well attended for our very special visit by District Governor Andy, District Governor Assist Anne & her granddaughter Mable. We had a number of guests attend this meeting where DG Andy proudly inducted our newest member of GM Rotary, Jeremy Jablonski. In fact he was the newest member of District 9640 at that time on Wednesday! This is a very special memory for Jeremy, his girlfriend Leah, Mum Bronwyn & brother in law to be Jarrod as not only becoming a Rotary member where it is one of the largest organisations in the world, but to be inducted by a District Governor is an honor and in particular by our 20/21 governor Andy. A lasting memory & congratulations Jeremy.
 
 
 
Given our time constraints we didn’t do a lot of business at all at the meeting as it was nice to have some fellowship after the induction before lunch, then listen to some wonderful stories from DG Andy. It was pleasing for Lee Taylor to receive a special pin from Andy in recognition of her efforts of bringing along two members to our club in this Rotary year to date. Great work Lee.
 
 
 
Andy talked a lot about Rotary and re-enforces why we enjoy being a Rotarian, and do good in the world. Rotary connects people. A huge thank you to Andy & Anne for attending our meeting and making it a special day for GMR.
 
 
 
Just to reflect a little, the Friday before we had our annual Xmas get together at the GDSC for barefoot bowls. Some great companionship was enjoyed along with some fun times of bowling a number of bowls down the greens on the night. A great night with good finger food a few drinks were enjoyed over the evening. Some of us continued on inside the GDSC until closing time of 11.30pm!
 
 
 
This week will be our last meeting before a recess over the Xmas / new year break. At Wednesday’s meeting we will discuss when we will recommence our regular meetings in 2021.
 
 
 
Thursday night we will travel to Brushgrove hotel and be part of around 77 Rotary members & friends of Rotary from our Clarence cluster enjoy a meal, a few drinks and be entertained by Paul Comerford. The Bus will leave from Roches with 34 travelling on the bus around 6pm and Grafton Rotary will join us on the bus also.
 
 
 
Enjoy the rest of the weekend and the start of the week and look forward to seeing you all for our last meeting for 2020 on Wednesday.
 
 
 
President Robert
 
 
CLUB NEWS
Rotary Baton Relay Tee Shirts
If you would like to take part in the Rotary Centenary Baton Relay on the morning of Friday 5th February 2021, purple T-Shirt orders must be in by the end of next Wednesday's meeting 16th December. These are not compulsory, however the more shirts seen on the day, the more impact we will have.
Please mention your T-Shirt size to Mark Blackadder at the next meeting, or email your size to Mark markblackadder@me.com for him to tally up numbers and sizes to send 1 x order form from the whole club to be invoiced. 
 
T-Shirts are $20.00 each for Adults and $18.00 for Children. Don't forget to bring your money with you or more efficiently, please pay via our new EFTPOS square machine at the next meeting by card.
 
T-Shirts will be distributed when club meetings resume in January to be ready for wearing on the day!   
 
District Governor  visit
District Governor Andy Rajapakse visited Grafton Midday club last Wednesday  DG Andy proudly inducted our newest member of GM Rotary, Jeremy Jablonski. In fact he was the newest member of District 9640 at that time on Wednesday! This is a very special memory for Jeremy, his girlfriend Leah, Mum Bronwyn & brother in law to be Jarrod as Jeremy became a Rotary member.
Congratulations Jeremy 
 
  
 
 Lee Taylor  received a special pin from DG Andy in recognition of her efforts of bringing along two members to our club in this Rotary   year to date. Great work Lee. 
WINE FUNDRAISER
Grafton Midday Rotary Club has joined with Prospect Wines to offer a selection
of 6 great value wines to help raise funds for Grafton Midday Rotary Projects. 
 
 
All funds raised will go towards projects for our local communities. 
Grafton Midday Rotary organises and creates many community projects and initiatives based around what our community needs are.  Our dynamic members provide opportunities for those in the community to try new things and develop new skills. 
There are 5 wines and a port available including:
Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2016 
Yarra Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2019
South Australian Fiano 2019
McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018
Coonawarra Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Barossa Valley Tawny Port 8-Year-old 
Minimum order quantity: 6 bottles (can be all 1 wine, or several different wines). If ordering more than 6 bottles, total order must be in multiples of 6, i.e. 12 bottles, 18 bottles, 24 bottles, etc.
GMR contact: Greg Butcher, email secretarygmrotary@gmail.com
Order contact: Prospect Wines, phone 03 9877 1099, email sales@prospectwines.com.au
Please spread the word with all of your family and friends from all over Australia sending them the link below with the speil above for maximum orders!
Our Club gets fundraising dollars of $12.00 per case of 12 bottles ($6.00 half case). 
Let's spread the word for our friends Christmas wine orders!
Please click the link below before 11 December to place your Christmas orders or anytime after that to suit your festive and New Year functions.
Grafton Midday Annual General meeting
NOTICE of MEETING!
POSTPONED UNTIL
JANUARY 2021
 
Our AGM has been delayed till early 2021 to give us more time to prepare. The delay of the AGM is allowed currently by NSW Fair Trading without any application nor penalties. If you would like to take a position on the 21/22 board and haven’t already talked to Lee or me about your interest, please let us know ASAP. We have had interest for already:
  • Secretary
  • Public Relations
  • Foundation
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. The Bus will leave Roches Hotel at 5.55pm so don't be late a small fee will be charged for the bus,
Cost ofthe dinner is $30.00 p/head  come along and enjoy Rotary Fellowship at it best ; time 6.30 for 7 pm. 
 
 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE