Changeover NIght 2nd July
Changeover Dinner 2nd of July 2016 On Saturday night, PP Thea handed the reins over to President Martin who spoke well and introduced his new board.
Top row: Treasurer - Peter Haywood, Secretary - Derrick Marsden, Membership - Garry Higgins, Fundraising - Rod Brown, Community - Noel Jennings and Youth - Graeme Rogan
Front row: IPP - Thea Allan, President - Martin Mackay, President Elect - Karen McCarthy and Vice President - Meryl James.
Absent: Public Image - Bob Butterfield
There was musical entertainment by PDG Geoff James and Vice President Meryl James. A Raffle was won by 2 Rotary Club of Ararat Rotarians. 1st Prize was a $100 voucher from Caramarr Nursery and 2nd Prize was a $50 voucher from the Highland Society.
A lot of fellowship and catching up was done by everybody, a fabulous menu kept everybody well fed, and drinks flowed aplenty!
PP Thea also raised some funds for Polio - see the story below for that one!
John Caulfield was an excellent Master of Ceremonies who kept the show running to schedule. 2 new Paul Harris fellows were introduced, with a 3rd receiving a 4 Sapphire pin Paul Harris fellow status (Photo's below)
Pictured left is IPP passing the reins over to President Martin. Part of the induction was to pin his President's badge on his lapel. After being inducted, President Martin presented PP Thea with a bunch of flowers and the banner from her year as President - a wonderful memento for years to come for her to look at and remember a great year as President achieving a foray of successful goals on the Strategic Plan across all the focus areas.
We as Club members look forward to supporting President Martin during his year in office, and coping with the changes that occur in any year for the betterment of the Club. By all going in the same direction we will achieve much this year.
Welcome President Martin Mackay.
