Thank you to all members who took part in the various committee meetings this week. The discussion was vibrant and I’m sure will result in very productive plans for this year. With our high level club goals already defined on the Rotary International website, I hope each committee can focus quite quickly on how best to achieve these goals and other projects which are sure to come up.
District Governor’s official visit – Monday 25 July
Stephen and Gaye Lamont will be our special guests on Monday 25 July along with Assistant governor Ross Taylor. This is a partner’s night so hopefully we will also welcome many partners. If your partner is not able to attend, please apologise as normal by phoning 5222 2022.
Membership levies are now due
As announced at this week’s meeting, you will soon receive an invoice for your $220 membership levy which is now due. Our District levy is $75 while the RI levy will be based on $US and invoiced in two halves.
First Board meeting Monday 18 July
The board will meet for the first time on Monday and will consider a number of issues and plans, not least of which will be the budget for 2016 – 2017. If you have any issues you would like discussed, please let Secretary John McDonald or me know.
Board meetings are open meetings, so if as a member of the club you would like to attend this or any meetings during the year, please know you are welcome to do so.
In late May, the district and Australian Rotary Health recorded a video promoting our Lift the Lid on Mental Illness campaign for Friday 7 October - a multi-District event aiming to involve every Rotary Club in the five Victorian Districts. This is a project well worth our consideration.
President Amanda presented a Paul Harris Fellow sapphire pin to long standing Rotarian John McDonald, for his dedicated service to Torquay Rotary as Secretary, BBQ organiser, ANZAC day coordinator, & "go to Man "
Well done John, richly deserved, from all of us at the Rotary Club of Torquay.
Instead of our regular Monday night meeting could you please reserve Tuesday night the 9th of August for an exciting, extra special, official tour of the new Geelong Library (seen at left)
This will be followed by a dinner somewhere in Geelong.
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She said: "I want to keep my house."
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She said: "I want to keep my Car." He said: "That's fine with me."
She said: "And I want to have sex 6 times a week."
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The RYDA program is a road safety education program for 17 – 18 year old students.
This Rotary program was initiated 14 years ago by members in the northern suburbs of Sydney. Since then over 400,000 students across Australia and NZ have had the opportunity to attend this outstanding program for young people.
The RYDA program aims to reduce the number of teenagers killed and injured on our roads each year and is a one day school excursion which involves six interactive sessions presented by professional facilitators. The program is designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that will contribute to their safe and responsible behaviour as drivers and passengers.
The RYDA program content is provided by not-for-profit organisation Road Safety Education and is funded by Rotary Clubs, a small student fee, and support from Local Government grants and local business sponsorship.
Earlier this year the Rotary Clubs in the Geelong area were contacted by Wayne Pecar, President of the Rotary Club of Queenscliff seeking pledges of funding from Rotary Clubs to assist in the launching of a RYDA Pilot Program in the Geelong area. As a result the Board of the Rotary Club of Torquay agreed to a pledge of $200.00.
We have now been advised that RYDA is happening on Thursday 11th August at Beckley Park! The day is scheduled to commence at 8.30am and to go through until 2.30pm
At the moment three schools are participating , three Rotarians have expressed interest in being trained as facilitators for the program in the future, and a further three have offered to be on the RYDA organising committee . The program still needs more committee members and facilitators with experience as driving instructors or with working with young people. On 11th August the RYDA committee will need volunteers to guide student groups around the venue.
If you are able to attend on the 11th August and assist in any capacity it would be most appreciated if you could contact me as soon as possible.
Rotary’s founder, Paul Harris, believed that serving humanity is “the most worthwhile thing a person can do,” RI President-elect John F. Germ said, and that being a part of Rotary is a “great opportunity” to make that happen.
Germ unveiled the 2016-17 presidential theme, Rotary Serving Humanity, to incoming district governors on 18 January at the International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA.
“I believe everyone recognizes the opportunity to serve Rotary for what it truly is: not a small opportunity, but a great one; an opportunity of a lifetime to change the world for the better, forever through Rotary’s service to humanity,” said Germ.
If you cannot meet one of your assigned duties, Please contact Maggie Isom to advise.
The duty team should arrive no later than 6:00 p.m. Besides the below duties, the assigned team is responsible for Room Setup, Greeting Members and Guests, and Room Tidy at the end of our meeting - see checklist in storeroom or click here .
Date
Duty Team
Program
Chair
GREETING
INVOCATION
Event details
Mon 18 July
Lesley Shedden
Trevor Pickles
Amanda Hough
Kate Hirst Community Manager Bendigo Bank Communities
Mon 25 July
Lesley Shedden
Alan Anderson
PDG Chris Sims
District Governor Stephen Lamont Visit
Mon Aug 1
Lesley Shedden
Maggie Isom
Gail Chrisfield
Mayor Surf Coast Shire
Rose Hodge
Tues Aug 9
Linda Neale
OFFICIAL TOUR of NEW GEELONG LIBRARY and DINNER AFTER
Mon Aug 15
Amanda Hough
Graeme McDonald
Rhonda Anchen
Sharon Mierzejewski
NBN
Mon Aug 22
Lesley Shedden
Greg Birchall
Peter Bollen
Committees
Mon Aug 29
FIRESIDE CHAT
VARIOUS HOMES
Please note: The assigned Chairperson for the evening is responsible for writing a short review on the topic presented by the guest speaker of the night and for emailing the review to the Bulletin editor by noon of the following Wednesday
Notifying someone about changes to your meeting attendance is your responsibility!
Our meetings have catered dinners, so if you are unable to attend a meeting, or if your partner is unable to attend a designated Partner's Night, YOU MUST ADVISE us of your or your partner’s absence. This also applies if you are attending the meeting but not dining.
There are two ways to do this, either record the information in advance in the "Apology Book" that is available at the book in table at each meeting or telephone 03-5222-2022. An answering service operates out of hours.
All apologies must be made no later than 9.00AM on the Monday of the meeting (unless other arrangements were addressed in the Bulletin).
If no apology is recorded by that time, the absentee member will be issued with an invoice to pay the Club the dinner fee of $25 for your non-attendance, and/or that of your partner if it is an official Partner's Night.
On "Partners Nights" it is a different arrangement as it will be assumed that your partner WILL BE attending unless you apologise for them!
Remember if you are bringing guests or your partner (to a non-partner night) you need to notify us of the extra number of persons who will be attending.
Absence when away on travel is not an excuse. It is your reasonability to lodge your apology and it is recommended that this be recorded beforehand in the “Apology Book” to save you remembering each week whilst you are away.
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