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President's Message
Kelly Binyon
President's Report No 5
Hello Rotarians!
Another busy week that kicked off with our “Christmas in July” held at Kithbrooke Park. By all accounts it was a great night and I thank all those that helped organise the night-especially PE Jan Emmett. Whilst you were all getting festive I was attending the Group 9 & 10 Combined President’s Meeting. A couple of things to come out of it were:
1. End Polio movie night at Readings Waurn Ponds Fri 20th Sept to watch “Ride Like A Girl”, cost $20 plus raffle (each Club to supply item(s) for raffle. Aiming for 200+ attendees so consider taking family or friends along
2. There was strong interest in the Donate Life - Mary Elliott Legacy with Maggie being invited to speak at a number of clubs
Thank you to everyone who is attending tomorrow night’s DG Dinner in Belmont-I am proud of the Torquay Rotary Club’s large contingent!
On an exciting note our exchange student (Lin Yi) Ting, from Taiwan, arrives next Saturday to start her year long exchange starting with the Host family of our newest Rotarian Alanna Begg.
On Wednesday night I attended the Australian Rotary Health Network Scholarships Catch Up at the Institute for Koorie Education at Deakin Uni with guest Carla Egan. We were blown away by the students who are supported by these scholarships-most are studying nursing. Then we were introduced to the PHD students who are Ian Scott Fellows (he is the founder of ARHN) and what they are studying is amazing. Ask me about grasshoppers! Taking a guest was an incredible way of showcasing Rotary in a just a few hours. So glad I went to this event and we should look at this as potential area to support.
I popped out to Woolies at North Torquay to see the Donate Life crew doing a marvellous job of educating the community on all things to do with organ donation. Great work by the team supporting Mary Elliott’s Legacy!
Looking forward to Gaynor’s report from the Membership & Public Image Seminar held on Saturday. Can all members please consider bringing one guest who may have an interest in learning more about Rotary in a casual relaxed manner to our “Dinner with a Difference” at The Sands on Monday 12 August. We want this to be a fun evening with the aim of building new connections in our community. Thank you in advance.
Well as usual it takes forever to prepare for Christmas then it’s over and done with in a couple of hours…!!!
But I think everyone would agree that our ‘Christmas In July’ on Monday turned out a great night of fun, good food and great fellowship, with the company of our guests.
We had fun with some Trivia questions that Bruce put together for us and gave our memories and brains a bit of a workout, well done Mike Reed’s table as they were the winners of the Trivia, winning by just one point… hope you all enjoyed the chocolates..?!
We enjoyed a wonderful meal, with all the trimmings, as usual, created by the amazing Rod and Lorraine and delivered to us by one of Santa’s little helpers, Darcy..! a HUGE thank you again for our yummy Christmas feast.
Our other winners for the evening were.. Bruce Smith for just being brave enough wearing an outfit that he wasn’t expecting to wear when he first got there, but wore it with pride nonetheless, together with his input to the nights festivities, we said thank you with a bottle of wine of his choice.
This left us to the last part of the evening where another bottle of wine was won, this time by Josie Fratantaro, who, unbeknown to her, was sitting on the lucky ticket stuck under her chair… well done to all our winners and hope you all enjoyed yourselves.
All of us know at least one person that might be a good fit for Rotary, whether that person be a colleague, family member or frien
We would like you to ask them to
A Dinner with a Difference
VENUE - The Sands Torquay
Cost for Members is $25 with Drinks at Bar Prices
The Club will meet the dinner cost of guests
To assist with catering the registrations for this event will close on Friday 9th Aug
Be sure to Register your Guest/s The evening’s program will include music, a photo slide show, stories from Rotary members, a trivia quiz with prizes, fun and just getting to know each other!
THANKS A BUNCH TO ALL THE WILLING ROTARIANS AND OTHER HELPERS WHO HELPED OUT ON
THE DONATE LIFE STALL ON A COLD SATURDAY MORNING !
Especially Mike Reed, Chris Sims , Jan Emmett & President Kelly for coming early to take the photos !!
We had a special visit from Councillor Martin Duke & Past District Governor Jane Cox
My daughter Sophie ( I think a potential Rotarian !) worked the crowd entering Woolworths with PDG Chris
We signed up a few people , gave away bags & other goodies and even found a Guest for the Dinner with a Difference !!!
Mary would have been pleased :)
A BIG thank you to the dedicated Team promoting the Donate Life message on a bleak morning at The Dunes Village in North Torquay today
Our Legacy to Mary Elliott
Mary Elliott made her mark on the community with her dedication & commitment to Rotary & all the community Projects, and
She was a passionate promotor of the Organ Donor Awareness program, Chair of the District Committee & very active in community campaigns & support to transplant recipients
Mary Elliott was a model of the Rotary motto of Service above Self.
Mary would want us to support
You can support Donate Life week in many ways
Talk to your children, grandchildren, friends, any groups you are in – Book Club, Sporting Clubs
The Club will continue Mary’s work through the development of the Mary Elliott legacy –
Financially where the Club donate $2400 to the Heart Lung Transplant Trust, Second Chance Accommodation Program for supported accommodation for regional families post transplant
The Parkinsons "A Walk in the Park" will be held on Sunday August 18th. For those who wish to join Pete's Pals on this years walk will be leaving on the 7.56am train from Waurn Ponds Station
Our Club has been invited to attend RC of Grovedale/Waurn Ponds (our Charter Club) 40th Birthday on 14th August. There will be a number of us attending so we will get enough for a table if anyone is interested give Lesley or Greg P or Michael a call
Police officer talks to a driver: ""Your tail light is broken, your tyres are unroadworthy & need to be replaced and your bumper hangs halfway down. That will be 300 dollars. - Driver: Alright, go ahead. They want twice as much as that at the garage.
We are now fully operational with our new system for registering for our weekly dinner meetings. Called Whoozin, this program is used by other local Rotary Clubs with great success.
To make it easy for everyone I have prepared a Whoozin User Manual which is stored on Clubrunner under "Club Documents" that you will be able to print off if you wish.
In Summary the way it will work is:-
You will receive an initial email invitation each Monday for the following week's meeting.
You can immediately accept or decline, leave until later.
You will receive a reminder email on the Friday Prior
You will have until Midnight Sunday to register your RSVP and can change your decision right up until the closing time.
You can register up to 5 guests
You can specify any Special Dietary requirements
Please Note that if you do not register your intentions you will be charged for the dinner fee.
If you have any problems please free to contact myself Greg Plumridge 0418521321 or Michael Reed 0418524315 for details on how to work the program.
If you cannot meet one of your assigned duties, Please contact Maggie Isom ( 0412713102 ) 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 .
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.
How to Book in for our Dinner Meeting?
For Members, Partners and guests of Members
you will receive email invitations to each meeting via Whoozin.
It will be your responsibility to RSVP using Whoozin by Midnight on the day prior to the meeting.
The only exception to this will be if you are expecting to be out of internet connectivity for an extended period.
In this instance you can notify Richard Mierzejewski at LET Surfcoast on03-5261 2777 by 4.00pm on the Saturday prior to the Monday Meeting.
Please Note there is NO Answering Service on this number.
Remember if you are bringing guests or your partner (to a non-partner night) you need to RSVP for the extra number of person/s who will be attending.
If no RSVP is registered as per the above process, the absentee member will be issued with an invoice to pay the Club the usual dinner fee of $25 for your non-attendance, and/or that of your partner if it is an official Partner's Night.
For Visitors to the Club
Any Visitors not being registered as a guest of a Member must call Richard Mierzejewski at LET Surfcoast on03-5261 2777 to Book in. RSVP's must be made no later than 4.00PM on the Saturday prior to the Meeting
Please Note there is NO Answering Service on this number.
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