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President's Message
Gaynor Schols
President's Report No 37
Monday 19th March 2018
It was a pleasure to award Greg Plumridge the “STAR OF THE MONTH” for March and April. Greg not only puts in a fantastic effort for the Motor Show but he gets the bulletin out every week no matter what. He has launched “Whoozin” our new RSVP program, walked for our Relay for Life team from 2-5AM on Friday night and is now organising “Ride the Bellarine” for Polio Plus. Our PR director really makes a great contribution to this club!
Congratulations to Gerard McNamara who was presented with his 7th Paul Harris Fellow. He was first presented with a PHF by the Rotary Club of Jerrabomberra in 2002 and again by our club in 2017 but the other recognitions are for his personal contributions to the Rotary Foundation. What a great example of Rotarians giving what they can to Rotary each year.
It was fantastic to welcome five guests at this meeting. Karan Dawson who accompanied Geoff, Ben Featherstone who will be applying for membership, Sue Reilley from Aireys 8 Coastal Retreat, Paul Moran from Surf Coast Travel and Cruise and our guest speaker, Dr Laura Walsh. Sue, Paul and Laura are all members of BNI, originally introduced by Rotarian Jess Nowson.
Laura is a local osteopath and director of Quay Osteo, 29 Boston Rd. She spoke to us on the importance of positive exercise as we age and showed us 3 simple exercises to do each day to keep our joints flexible.
Thanks to all members who walked for our Rotary team in the Relay for Life on 17/18 March, which raises much needed funds for the Cancer Council. A special thanks to Graham and all the Gill family for their dedication to this cause.
Some Points from the Board Meeting, 19th March
We still need helpers for the mid-year book fair (8-11 June). We will reassess viability next month when all members have responded about their availability.
The board approved our membership of BNI Coastal Connections. This means a Rotarian must attend BNI meetings every Thursday from 7.30-9am. Will volunteers please contact Gaynor.
Donations were approved for Parkinsons Australia, Prostate Cancer Foundation, Cystic Fibrosis Geelong Inc., Winchelsea Primary literacy grant and the Rotary Foundation.
Linda Neale will coordinate shoe boxes of toiletries for fire affected area
The International Global Grant project to train a female prosthetist for Vaiola, Tonga was approved in principle.
Our club will also support projects agreed by the International Directors of Group 9 &10 (Geelong Region). Our representative is Lesley Shedden.
Lesley Shedden will submit an application for a district grant to refurbish our BBQ trailer.
Rudi will not be an active member next Rotary year so the board is seeking a treasurer. Please contact PE Trevor Pickles if you are interested in this vital role.
District 9780 Appeal for Fire Victims
On Thursday 21st March our club contributed $2000 to help the victims of the Western District Bush Fires.
Monday 26th March
We will have three speakers:
-Jace Healy from Lorne P-12 College will tell us about the VCAL project to Alice Springs that we have agreed to fund for $1000.
-John Macdonald and Peter Lendfers will speak about the plan to train a female prosthetist for Tonga.
-Colin McDonald will update us on the water filters in Kalimpong which we funded.
Last Monday we received an interesting, entertaining and thought provoking talk from local Torquay Osteopath Dr Laura Walsh.
Laura gave us some thoughts on looking after our bodies as we age, some positives for us all were that she does not recognise the O.. word, age is just a number and we basically are what we eat.
She believes that our well being relies on four major things, being - Attitude, Flexibility/Mobility, Strength/Energy and Nutrition.
Balance and co ordination are most important as is a positive ageing process.
Laura then had us all practice three simple mobility exercises that can even be performed sitting down.
There were lots of questions and I am sure that most of us are now even more aware of the importance of our health and well being
Most of you will be aware of the fires that caused so much anxiety and destruction within our District last weekend. Some people have not only lost their homes but their livelihoods as well ,others have lost their livelihood.
I would like to ask for your support and help to collect toiletries and we will fill shoe boxes for the fire victims.
The staff and residents at my work mecwacare Elstoft House have started to collect toiletries as they did late last year when we supported farmers in the Loddon Region. The response within three days has been amazing. I am so proud of my staff and they way they have wanted to support this cause
Will you please help support this cause and see how many shoe boxes we can fill?
If you would like and are creative maybe you could decorate shoe boxes - adds a personal touch to the exercise
I will bring a box to Rotary on Monday night for you to put any toiletries you would like to donate in to, alternatively items may be dropped to Surf Coast LET at 5/15 Bell St, Torquay
Thank you for celebrating survivors, remembering loved ones and fighting back against cancer at Surf Coast Relay For Life on the weekend. Close to 400 people walked the track with you and raised vital funds for Cancer Council Victoria’s life-saving work in cancer research, prevention and support.
We announced at Relay that together, you've already raised $84,160 to help the 154 people diagnosed with cancer in the Surf Coast Shire each year.
Thank you so much for helping Surf Coast Relay For Life exceed their fundraising target, and for making such an incredible difference in your community!
Congratulations to our award winners
🏆 Best decorated campsite: Surf Coast Shire Council 🏆 Best team baton: St Patty’s Team Green 🏆 Highest team fundraiser: Rippleside Ramblers: $14,692 🏆 Spirit of Relay: Bellbrae Primary School
We have been offered some additional dates for Bunnings BBQ's, our next events are as follows
Bunnings - March 31
9 till 12.30
Mal Slater, Tervor Brown, Gail Chrisfield,Chris Sims, Terry Charlton
12 till 3.30
Alan Anderson, Lelslie Shedden, G & H Mc Donald
BUNNINGS - April 1
9 till 12.30
J Oswald,G Gill,A Hough,D Mitchell
12 till 3.30
H Randall,T Pickles,G Birchall,B Smith
Strathewen 26/3/18 (9.30 till 3)
J Mcdonald, G & L Gill, M Slater, C Sims
Peace of Mind 13/4/18 ( Anglesea 5 till 6.30)
G& G Birchill , L Neale ,G& L Gill
Please note that the Cowrie Market 15th April is the same day as Ride the Bellarine so check if you are rostered on for the Cowrie Market BBQ before volunteering for RTB
You have received a completed 2017-18 BBQ Roster Spreadsheet via email. The Roster is also saved in Clubrunner Club Documents or just Click this link BBQ ROSTER If you are unable to do your rostered session then please find someone who you can swap with and advise me of the change.
Brian Mynott has again registered to participate in this years Ride and will be our Club's representative in the Ride. We will commence a sponsorship program to support Brian in coming weeks. Awesome job Brian.
Ride the Bellarine is a District Fundraising Event, run by the 15 combined Rotary Clubs of Geelong. This event, now in its 4th year, raises funds to support the End Polio Now Campaign.
Registrations for Ride the Bellarine 2018 now open!. Click https://www.registernow.com.au/secure/Register.aspx?E=28260 to register today. This unique ride, on 15 April 2018, will take you around the beautiful Bellarine, enjoying amazing scenery while you raise funds to End Polio.
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 Bruce Smith 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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