Our Thursday night meeting was a busy, interesting and entertaining night with at least 10 peole contributing ...
Ted Edwards and Bob Butterfield were absent due to meducal conditions, we wish them speedy recoveries..,Terry and Thea and Leigh and Jan and I believe Tom and Rosemary , Derrick and Karen are all travelling interstate or overseas.... so attendance was about 40%.
Graeme advised that our candidate for National Youth Science Forum to be held in January next year, Kate Winkelmann performed well and was successful in the selection process on Sunday and will come along and meet the Club in due course. Great work Graeme!
Alison Teese told us of the opportunity to host a Friendship Exchange team from Ontario Canada in March next year.......not only are friendship exchanges a great way to meet peole but because they are exchanges you could be part of the return process.. the Board needs to know if the Clib wishes to participate in order to make an application to District. so please contact Alison. if you wish to join in.
Alison also invited members to join her at a RAWCS information day on Sunday 19th , meeting at Hotel near Melbourne Airport.......we hope some took up the offer.
PSThe International committee have allocated $500 to Rotary Foundation for Polio Plus.
We knew John Stewart was a very busy man. Its great that he enjoys so much helping people and he has been doing it so long, some good advice re pre paid funerals and his advice to be careful where you end it all....it can be complicated to get back home. We enjoyed your Vocational talk , John , Thank you
It was our honor to have two legends , Bob O and Coral Giles together. They represented the real meaning of Community Service and why Maryborough is such a great lace to live. The PHF award was great recognition for Coral's efforts , her contribution to Carols By Candlelight, the Maryborough Football Club and Maryborough Theatre Company have been unique. Life was not easy but she learned from her mum to 'just do it!" Carol's acknowledgement of Rod Brown's long term and critical help with Carols by Candlelight with provision of the stage for so many years was appreciated.
Bob's contribution to the Rotary Foundation was recognised with the Major Donor Level 1
recognition and Toby's with the award of the Sapphire Pin. Great to see!
On a different note .......What we do matters.....even fines sessions hae a purpose....last night disclosed that three members this year had positive bowelscan results.....however subsequent tests showed all clear for all three.....Rotary matters!!
Murray won the swindle but could not find the right card and David Hare won Heads and tails and went home with a bottle of wine.
Community Service comes in many forms.....our outing to the MBO Theatre on Thursday is just part of that support...but fun!
The Conference Committee is making progress , venues, speakers, programs, sponsors, publicity all needing attention, but time is getting shorter and no doubt we will be seeking help from Club members soon!
Please remember that we have no meeting on Thursday , the Film night is on instead!
Jackie Dellavedova is seeking donations of prizes for the raffle for the Rock and Roll night......please contact her if you can help.
The FNFF winner this week was Kade Rowe with squares 1 &3, thank you for playing, your winnings will come to you soon. R.R.
IF YOU HAVE AN ITEM OF INTEREST OR ANY ACTIVITY WE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT PLEASE EMAIL OR CALL ME.......sharing information is the key to success!
ps. What does E&OE mean.........Errors and Omissions Excepted ! It means don't blame me!!!