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Our members have a unique opportunity to meet and hear a sitting Rotary International President right here in our District on September 24th at the Mercure in Ballarat. Details are on the poster here, and you can go to the Booking site by clicking the poster or by clicking this link:| JULY (2019) | : | NEW ROTARY THEME: ROTARY CONNECTS THE WORLD - Chair Louise |
| 2/07/2019 | : | [TUE] All Action plans complete |
| 2/07/2019 | : | [TUE] (Stawell Diamond House) Stawell Rotary Changeover |
| 3/07/2019 | : | [WED] Action plans sent to Board |
| 4/07/2019 | : | *Meeting (Raglan St) Leigh's First Meeting (Engagement Survey) |
| 5/07/2019 | : | [FRI] (Beaufort Football Complex) Beaufort Rotary Changeover |
| 8/07/2019 | : | [MON] Board Meeting (Raglan St-7pm) (Adopt Club Plan) |
| 9/07/2019 | : | [TUE] Club Plan sent to Members |
| 11/07/2019 | : | *Meeting (Raglan St) RYPEN Participant Keira Smith/ Plan Launch |
| 18/07/2019 | : | *Movie Night (Paramount Cinema)_Yesterday (Agendas ready) |
| 25/07/2019 | : | *Meeting (Raglan St) - Committees - Service & Governance |
Last Thursday, members experienced 20 engaging minutes from the 2019 International Assembly when new Rotary International President, Mark Daniel Maloney introduced his new theme for the 2019-2020 Rotary year - "Rotary Connects the World". Even though he was talking to the world's District Governors at the event, Mark's message is a challenge to us all to help adapt our clubs to better meet the challenges of the modern world. The video is readily available for watching or download at https://vimeopro.com/rotary/2019-international-assembly/video/310884339
After last week's success with one joke, Meeting Chair for July, Louise Hanby d'Wynn continued developing her new career as a stand-up comic by delivering no less than 5 jokes at Thursday's meeting! At this rate, the meeting at the end of the month will be a complete 40 minute routine!
Carramar Nursery has delivered the dirt, so the Planter Boxes for Havilah residents are ready to go. And just in time for a Spring planting. We look forward to seeing them in action.
Our members attended the Stawell and Beaufort Changeovers this week. On Tuesday, we saw John Launder (Stawell President) hand over to Scotney Hayter (2nd picture) and on Friday, we saw George Kirsanovs (Beaufort President) hand over to Anne Beer, (1st picture). We wish both new Presidents a successful year.
Rotarian Louise Hanby d'Wynn is our chair for the month of July, and she performed her duties admirably last Thursday. Pictured are the "Joke Judges" giving her score for her first joke as chair. If you can zoom in, you'll see she's scored pretty well from most judges! Well done, Louise!
Last Thursday, new President, Leigh Williamson launched the 2019-2020 Rotary year at Maryborough Rotary. We watched a video of slides from the 2018-19 year and reminded ourselves of how much we achieve and do in a Rotary, and we completed an "Engagement Survey" which will assist the Board to organize the year and determine priorities. The survey has been emailed to all members, so if you weren't there last Thursday, please complete it and email it back to merylandgeoff@bigpond.com within the next week. See more pix by clicking "Read more..."
On Saturday night, in front of over 120 people from the local and district communities, Maryborough Rotary changed over it's administrative team to the team chosen by new President, Leigh Williamson. Outgoing President, Meryl James, outlined the amazing list of projects completed by our club over the last 12 months, and thanked her team for their great work in living out the 2018-19 Rotary theme of, "Be the Inspiration". In taking over the reins, Leigh indicated he intended to keep things running pretty much as they have been, with a few new variations of projects. He encouraged members to embody the new 2019-20 Rotary theme of, "Rotary Connects the World". During the evening, our club presented no less than eight Paul Harris recognitions to members who have well and truly exemplified the Rotary motto of "Service above Self". Rotarians Rob Bursill and David Hare, as well as Rotary friend, Robyn Jennings are new Paul Harris Fellows. PP Thea Allan, PP Garry Higgins OAM, PP Derrick Marsden, DG Anthony Ohlsen, and PP Graeme Rogan all received an extra sapphire on their Paul Harris recognition badges. President Meryl also presented a certificate of Appreciation to past member, Rodney Brown. Pictured are members of the new Board (left) and receivers of Paul Harris recognitions (right). See more pictures of the night by clicking "Read more..."
Around 25 members and spouses gathered at the Highland Society Sports bar for the final Social event of the 2018-19 Rotary year. Some came and had a drink with Rotary friends and then went; others stayed on and enjoyed a meal together, and a few even stayed on until 10pm planning the Changeover! A nice way to end our Rotary Thursdays for 2018-19. More pix in "Read more..."
Six of our members travelled to Ararat last Wednesday for the Ararat Rotary Changeover Dinner. Even though some of us got lost on the way, we enjoyed the meeting where Peter Beales took over from Bo Munro as the President of the Ararat club. We congratulate Bo on a wonderful year, and wish Peter well as he leads the club in 2019-20.
It is with sorrow that we announce the passing on Saturday of Honorary member, PP PHF John Selmon. John joined our club in 1965 with the classification of Tyre Salesman. He was a very active member for many years including being President in 1976-7, and Club Secretary from 1991-4. John was recognized with a Paul Harris Fellow in 1992. He will be sadly missed by his Rotary family.
Almost 40 members and spouses attended our club's final meeting night for the 2019-20 Rotary year last Thursday. It was a fun night with musical quizzes, a sing a long featuring Mallee Rowe on the ukelele, a "Guess What Movie I am" game run by Trace, and some questionable jokes and fines! President Meryl also took the opportunity to present a certificate of "Thanks" to the Havilah volunteers for a wonderful year of serving us meals - and their team received a standing ovation. It was all a fun way to round off a great year of meetings under the presidency of (almost) PP Meryl. Next Thursday, members are invited to enjoy drinks at the Sports Bar at the Highland, and then, on Saturday at the Highland Society, we complete the year with the changeover to President Elect Leigh Williamson. See more pictures taken by Toby by clicking "Read more..."
At last week's meeting, Rotarian David Hare shared his recent, adventurous trip to the Everest Base Camp. He completed the trek with his son, and the two of them certainly enjoyed the challenges provided by the journey. Our members were fascinated to hear about David's encounters with the people of Tibet, the conditions endured on the way and his (relatively) close encounter with a Himalayan avalanche!
Last Thursday, Malcolm Soloman from the Maryborough Education Centre introduced members to the school's Flexible Learning Options (FLO) Program. This program is designed to engage students who would otherwise be disengaged in education. One of the FLO activities is to have the students do some work at our Brian Dowie Park. During his talk, Malcolm suggested other ways our club might work with the FLO program and some of these options may be explored in the future.
