Well ……. Although we did not meet as a club on Monday evening ---- there has been a ‘heap’ of club activities and members involvement going on ……
The Book Fair was run last weekend.
What a fantastic venue we were so fortunate to have. A huge thank you to Miranda from Haydens Real Estate for negotiating the premises for us, and to Ben Smith for the promotion and sponsorship.
St. Lukes Anglican Church once again let us use their tables. This is a great help and support to us, as the club does not have enough for our display. Thank you to Ken Farrow from St Lukes and to Alan Anderson for their assistance and support.
Gail Birchall offered to do all the catering for the weekend. Those volunteering were very ‘spoilt’ (and I can assure you very much appreciated!) the delicacies Gail provided for morning and afternoon teas. Thank you so much Gail.
A special Thank you to James Waters (My daughter Stephanie’s partner) for the design, printing, and donation of the large front window ‘stickers’. These looked great, and certainly helped with event advertising and promotion.
After a solid weekend of trading, Monday was clean up and moving out of all the tables and taking the boxes of unsold books back to the storage container.
To everyone who volunteered ---- Thank you!
As we know, there is a lot of physical work involved. There are people constantly moving though the displays ensuring they are neat, appealing and any poor or damaged books removed from the tables. And the ‘finance table’ at the front, making sure all who enter comply by the ‘rules of entry’ and pay for the treasures they have found in store.
These events are not possible without the volunteering and support of so many people. We were once again joined by members of local Probus Clubs and by Partners, family, and friends of our members.
For all this to happen – there needs to be a good coordinator. A massive Thank you to Neil Henderson who has spent many hours on the Book Fair making sure everything required was arranged, is in place and there were enough volunteers each day.
The Motor Show is only a couple of weeks away now folks!
The Motor Show Committee are working very hard and meeting frequently now looking at all the tasks to be done. As we know, this is a huge event for us – the club, for the community and motor enthusiasts.
I still have promotional DL Flyers – give me a call if you have time to distribute some. I have had 4 members of the club collect some – so still plenty left! These can be put in retail outlets (with permission) distributed around town and anywhere else you may think of ……
Our new club clothing has arrived.
Those who came to the Book Fair would have received their order, and if you saw any images taken there you may have noticed members wearing their shirts and hats?
It would be good to have us all in our new ‘gear’ for the Motor Show.
For those who placed an order, I have them at my place – so please give me a call and we can arrange for your order to be collected …… or dropped off.
Jan Emmett has been in contact with The Rotary Club of Grovedale/Waurn Ponds discussing our annual Joint Meeting and catch up of our two clubs.
The date is set for Thursday 17th February at Narana Aboriginal Cultural Centre. There will be a lot more details on this coming.
On to BBQ’s ….. We have club commitments on the following dates, which Mal has sent out volunteer requests for –
- Sunday 20th - Cowrie Market. Also, on the 20th of Feb, we have the Torquay Football Club ‘Tiger Drop’. We will use the Football Club BBQ for this event as ours will be at the Cowrie Market.
- Sunday March 19th – Cowrie Market
- Saturday 26th March – Danger 1000 Swim
- Saturday, Sunday, and Monday 16 -18 April. At Ripcurl Shop over Easter 10 till 2 pm
Please let Mal know your availability on these dates above.
Mal has asked for a BBQ captain to look after everything over Easter as he will be away. We need someone to see Mal about this role.
Mal does an excellent job coordinating the BBQ, arranging supplies, and volunteer Rosters. Again Mal …. Thank you so much!
Over recent weeks, I have heard of members, partners, family, and friends who have been affected by this ‘Rotten’ COVID virus. My thoughts and very best wishes go out to you all, and hope that you are soon over ‘it’ and able to be out and about again.
District Governor Elect Kathy Rivett sent this explanation about the meaning of the 2022-23 Theme. "This was designed by an Australian indigenous artist to link with the Melbourne convention in 2023.
Circle - connections to one another
Dots around it - Our People
There are 7 Dots because of our Rotary’s 7 areas of focus
Circle + dots around it - Navigation star, our guiding light
Green solid line - digging stick (used when doing hard work);
for us it’s People of Action, represents the tools for getting things done
Colors: Purple, Green & White -
Celebrate DEI- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Freedom to express ourselves differently but still with a special connection
Purple- Polio
Green- the Environment
White - Peace
Represents Empowerment and Newness and also the colours were utilised for the women's movement giving us the opportunity to grow our female membership"
