Our final formal meeting for 2021 took place last week and coincided with District Governor John Clue’s visit to the club where he presented Paul Harris Foundation recognitions to Murray Henderson for his many years of work on Bowelscan, Chris Frahn for his untiring work as Public Image Chair as well has his work on the #Say NO to Family Violence committee, and guest Raelene Williams for her work with the Say NO to Family Violence committee.

While the club came through 2021 with no member catching Covid-19, we lost out on many fundraising activities aside from the Bunnings BBQ’s organised by the ever resourceful Brian Reed. Brian has also arranged our final 2021 fundraiser “Pancakes at the MTC Carols by Candlelight” in the domain on Sunday the 19th of December. If you can help out, let Brian know asap.

Finally, don’t forget the end of year function at the Golf Club next Friday the 17th.

As this is our final bulletin for 2021,
May you, your family and friends have a wonderful, safe Christmas and New Year.

This week’s meeting, our first face-to-face for quite some time took place at the Highland Society and was preceded by the Membership group planning meeting with facilitator Windsor Main. That group then joined the rest of the members for a joint meeting via Zoom with Warrnambool Rotary club who were also having a face-to-face meeting. Both clubs enjoyed a presentation by Secretary Anthony about the Rotary Foundation.

 

Despite some minor technical difficulties caused by trying to link various devices, the meeting was enjoyed by all who were happy to be together again.

This week’s meeting, being  Economic and Community Development month, our guest speaker was Janice Simpson whose topic was the Castlemaine Maryborough Rail Trail. It’s an incredible project and once completed will be an excellent eco-tourism asset.One of the wonderful things about the trail is that it will be equally enjoyable no matter which direction you start from!
Start at Maryborough and you can alight from one of Australia’s grandest old railway stations. Start at Castlemaine station and you will be right where the story of the goldfields began.

Our social media presence continues to improve in both reach, likes and comments. During October, the passing of Graeme Rogan had the highest reach in Facebook with over 4,600 views. The Bendigo Bank contribution  was the second highest in both Facebook & Instagram. While we have only had an Instagram presence since early October, we already have 72 followers. If you are not already on Instagram please sign up and follow our club.