President’s report – Meeting #7 – 4th October 2018
A big thank you to Past President Andy for standing for me in my absence. From his report I believe it was a very interesting meeting despite a small members turn up.
We welcomed 5 visitors: Tim Cayless and Simone Worthing (by Rowan), Margie Prentice, our regular visiting Rotarian Joachim and the guest speaker Simone Patterson.
It was also announced that our newer members Cindy and Cary Praetor had decided to leave the country and moved to the USA.
Our guest speakers for this week was Simone Patterson who instigated and runs The Sanctuary-Women and Children’s Refuge. The Sanctuary offers refuge, safety comfort and nutrition, and case management counselling for women and children to help repair the trauma associated with domestic violence. A very worthwhile cause.
Last Saturday Rowan and I represented our Club at the Surfers Paradise Club’s Race Day. We were joined by Rose, Rowan’s wife and a couple of Rowan’s guests Peter Duffy (Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia) and his wife Wendy. We had an enjoyable day at the races, it was a big fund raising event with over 300 guests.
Pride Of Workmanship is our premier event this year and nominations closed on 12th October for the big night on the 1st November. I ask all club members to give this community event a big support by turning up with partners, friends and potential members.
Rowan, Melissa and I will be representing our Club at the Charter Dinner of the Varsity Lakes Rotary Club on this Friday. If you are interested in being part of an historical event in our Rotary District please let Sue or myself know.
Congratulations to Melissa who won the raffle, I believe I owe her a bottle of wine!
ROTARY INFORMATION – FROM DG TERRY BROWN
RYTS and RYLA Youth Programs are open for nominations.
RYTS (Rotary Youth Transition Seminar) NEEDS 16-18 YEAR OLDS! Focusing on the development of skills needed to make the transition from school to post-secondary education and employment. Do you know an exceptional 16-18 year old who would get the most out of RYTS. The cost for the camp from 3-9 December 2018 is $590 per awardee.
RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) runs from the 2-7 February 2019, and it is aimed at helping young people between the ages of 19-28, the future leaders to realise their full potential and ignite their passion for life. Everyone on the RYLA team is a past participant who has come back. The full cost of the RYLA camp is $650.
Application forms are available from our Youth Service Director Sue Foskett.
This is our programme for next month:
- Oct 19 - Charter Dinner Varsity Lakes Rotary Club 19th Oct $65
- Nov 1 - Pride of Workmanship – MUST attend, we need full club support
- Nov 15 - Tony Unicom - Project Boonyah
- Dec 6 - Christmas Party
- Dec 20 - Breakfast in the Garden and AGM
JUST FOR LAUGH: Did you know that computers existed already in Adam and Eve’s days? It was called an Apple, it had very little memory, only 1 byte and everything crashed
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