Snippets of last week's meeting 060716

Posted by Franz Huber on Jul 07, 2016
 
What a cracker of a meeting to start off the new Rotary Year!  Lets first get to the routine stuff: Des La Rance was at the door, Graeme Isaacson was Chairman and Andy Bell was Sergeant.
 
We had apologies from Jo Gorman, Richard Smith, Tania Laird, Bob Harrison, John Franich and Neil Thurlow.
 
President Simon Brook, greeted all members, but in particular our special guests: Jan Lutz, Jessica Webber and her parents Peter and Sue, Paul Chapple, Managing Director of Major Sponsor Astute Projects, Craig Chapman, President of Surfers Paradise Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC), and a large entourage of members of his club.
 
In view of the special occasion of the meeting (see further on), Simon and the directors kept announcements to the minimum:  Simon outlined details of the upcoming Kokoda Challange, as well as foreshadowing that the meeting of 24th August will be at the Wheelchair Shed in Arundel.  More details coming up.
 
Wheelchair Trust Chairman Daryl Sanderson presented a brief report, announcing that a container of Wheelchairs will leave for Sri Lanka on 20th July, and some 10 wheelchairs each will be sent to Vanuatu and to Longbok (Indonesia).  A container with some 3000 wheels and tyres will arrive very shortly (help needed).  And, last, but not least: an donor wishing to remain anonymous has come up with a donation of $10,000 to the Wheelchair Trust!  Thank you!
 
But the main part of the meeting was all about the presentation of a very special award: The inaugural Keith Lutz Award, in memory of our esteemed Charter Member who unexpectedly passed away some 3 years ago, was presented to Jessica Webber.  Keith was a highly recognized and dedicated member of the Surf Life Saving movement.  The award is specially designed to meet the aims of Rotary's encouragement of young people to aspire to leadership on the one hand and continuing the profound positive effects "Lutzy", as he was affectionately known in the SLSC. 
 
See major report in this bulletin and on the website.