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President's Message 07th September 2024
Bruce Turner
President’s Message
Greetings and welcome. Thank you for joining our online news and updates.
Thank you to the Surf Coast Mayor, Cr Liz Pattison for attending our club meeting on Monday night as our guest speaker. As this meeting was so close to the Council’s Caretaker period, there are quite specific guidelines around what Councillors can discuss and with that in mind the Mayor’s presentation concentrated on Council Achievements. It was quite an informative evening and very interesting to learn of the source of funding for many of the projects currently underway in our area. I must apologise for the lack of a photographic record of the evening as I neglected to arrange for a photographer, but I’m sure you can all “picture” our smiling (attractive) faces as we enjoyed our evening.
Lese Oalia
For those of you following the progress and the many aspects of the Lese Oalia project, you will be pleased to note that the amazing work is continuing with sensational results. If you are on Facebook, the most recent update can be found on the Torquay Rotary Club page and at District 9780 (click on this link). The skills Ned has passed on are obvious in the photos and I’m sure the newly trained “tradies” must be very proud of their work.
Member Feedback
Something to ponder…….. as I have been collating your feedback from the Member’s Satisfaction Survey, it is quite clear that there is a desire for our club to take on, or develop links with, Community Projects. This is certainly a worthwhile direction for our club to take, although it will involve considerable thought and planning. There will be many major steps in this process, including consideration of both community needs and any current or planned projects within the community. At this stage can I ask you to start thinking about possible projects/ideas so that when your committees look at the year’s activities you will have somewhere to start the discussion. Please note that I still require a few surveys to be returned.
Updates for members:
Please support the “Rotary Walk With Us” team Lesley has launched and throw the club’s weight behind World Polio Day. Here is the link to our Rotary Torquay Team Page.
Ryans IGA Community Rewards Program: The Rotary Club of Torquay has been selected to participate in Ryan’s IGA Community Rewards program. Our group will appear at Torquay for September and October. If you think your next visit to the supermarket will result in a spend of over $20, it is worthwhile making that trip to IGA
If you don’t receive the District 9780 Weekly News and Updates, it can be found here: newsletter. This month’s edition has a great article titled Malaria Moment looking at the fight against Malaria.
Wednesday September 11th: You are invited to join The Rotary Clubs of Kardinia and Geelong Central to hear Tony Austin from the Rotary Club of Warrnambool provide history on his completed projects and talk specifically about his current project and next trip in the Papua New Guinea community Iwuji to develop a clean water solution. Time: 7.15am for a 7.30am startVenue: Royal Geelong Yacht Club - 25 Eastern Beach Road, Geelong
Save the date Saturday 5th October: Rotary Club of Grovedale/Waurn Ponds presents A Night of Hypnotic Fun at East Geelong Golf Club. Buy tickets at: https://www.trybooking.com/CUECS $50 includes the show and supper. Drinks are available at bar prices. It would be great to see other Rotary Clubs or service clubs grab a table of 8. Ticket sales close 27/9/24. Click here for info on the show.If you are interested, we should be able to arrange a table – let me (Bruce Turner) know and I will happily coordinate a group.
Save the date Friday 22nd November: Bayside Geelong RC Trivia Night, venue Christchurch Geelong Hall, tables of 6-8 people, BYO drinks and food. Cost and more information to follow.
Thank you to those who have already contacted Richard and offered rooms; Richard would love to have more offers to organise.
Future Conference Website:
Information for the big weekend is currently being worked on, including building a website that will contain all the details of the conference and will be updated as needed.
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