Andy Bell was at the door, Gerald East was Chairman and Ian Mayberry was Sergeant. There were no apologies.
President Charles Thomasson welcomed all members and visitors: Assistant Governor Sheila Ponting, Stah Nduku (guest of PDG Darrell Brown), Associate Member Bob ?????? ("the Electrician") and the highly switched on group of the Burleigh Heads Rotaract Club and of course our Guest Speaker, Farley Tolpen.
Charles proceeded straight to the induction of Adam Sheppard and Natasha ("Tash") Price - see separate article below. Following the induction, he briefly referred to the previous Saturday's loading of the container for South Africa, the 10,000th Wheelchair celebrations and thanked all members, associates, Rotaractors as well as the members of the Gold Coast and Broadbeach Rotary Clubs who participated. A particular big thanks must go to Col Laurenson who was instrumental in the negotiations with the South African end for the recently loaded container.
Following Farley Tolpen's presentation (see above), club business was discussed:
Angus Miller will organise the upcoming Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings on 20th December, Mario Fairlie will attend a one day seminar on putting together Global Grants and getting them approved. Mario also advised that those who ordered Christmas Cakes should deposit the money directly to our bank account (refer Doug Lipp), upon which they'll get the cake. PDG Darrell Brown confirmed that we have a candidate for the upcoming RYLA and RYTS camps in January, but there is another spot in the budget! Franz Huber received a communication from a Rotary club in Nepal - possibly an opportunity to have a "Sister Club"? Graeme Isaacson has made final arrangements for our Christmas Breakfast at the Edgewater Restaurant on the Isle of Capri - see separate article above. Johnny Bueti reminded all that bookings for the 'Long Italian Lunch' fundraiser on Thursday 10th December is open - see separate article above, with link to book. We have so far well over half the maximum number of 80 guests the restaurant can accept.
Secretary Mitch Brown conducted a brief member's poll to formally approve the nomination of Doug Lipp as District Governor Nominee for 2023/24: Yes, of course we approved it!