Dear Members

For some time now Bruce Turner, Mike Reed and I have been the informal “House Committee” that has prepared the meeting room prior to each Rotary meeting. I intend to recruit a few others to help with the set up and management of the Lakehouse Room at Kithbrooke for future meetings. There meeds to be more members trained in the setting up of the elctronics - the computer, speaker/microphone and the camera for on line broadcasting.

In case you missed the news in December, our arrangements at Kithbrooke Country Club have changed going forward. They have introduced a room charge and increased bar pricing for use of their main Clubhouse.  However they have offered the Lakehouse for 2026 as our meeting space. The Lakehouse wasthe original Kithbrooke Clubrooms prior to construction of the main building. 

There will be no charge for the use of this room.  It has a small commercial kitchen, large TV monitor, toilets and a storage area for our Rotary gear (most important).  Emma our caterer has confirmed she can handle around 30 people for meetings without a problem.  It will be BYO drinks going forward.

The Board is quite happy with this new arrangement. We intend to trial how things go till around the
end of April and reassess just to insure it is working for all parties.
Parking. There is limited parking near the Lakehouse and we have been asked not to park across
resident’s front lawns. There is some parking space about 50 metres before the Lakehouse on the
right hand side. Otherwise you will need to use the main Clubhouse car park and walk across. (The
Lakehouse is diagonally opposite the Clubhouse across the wetlands area.) We need to get used to
new parking spots before the winter months.
If we are to hold larger meetings – like Changeover – we can still request use of the main Clubhouse
at the set charges.
First meeting at the Lakehouse for 2026 will be Monday Feb 2 nd .
Regards
Neil Henderson
House Committee