Welcome – President T.A.G Kemp
We have 20 members and partners booked to attend the Rotary Centennial Celebration Dinner so far. Can we do better than this? Time is running out so book in while you can.
Club diaries are for sale – see Denis Saliba for your order form. $20 for a diary with $13 to go to the club!
September 21st – Combined meeting with the Rotary Club of Drysdale. This promises to be a fun night with a Footy Theme (dress the part) and a quiz.
Please note that meeting in the week of October 13th will be held on Wednesday night. This is so we can have the company of City of Greater Geelong CEO Ms. Kay Rundle and Cr. Rob Binnie.
Congratulations to Geoff Brentnall on 18 years in Rotary.
Reports
Membership Chairman Geoff Brentnall Consider asking a musician, a nurse or an optometrist to join Rotary.
James Turnbull – The Market Roster has been released and distributed at this meeting. The roster is also available on the web site.
Alan Joyce – Alan thanks those who have contributed to the collection of about 2000 kg of dictionaries, encyclopedia and books, plus 300 kg of pens, pencils, scissors etc. for donations in kind through the Osborne House depot for needy communities overseas.
Peter Molloy – please remember to give blood – for the Bloodarine Challenge.
WHO AM I? – Alison George. Alison spoke to the club of her early nursing career, being placed in the position of Deputy Director of Nursing in charge of The School of Nursing, of fun, hard work and interesting times, of encouragement through poetry, of flashers and friends, boys (College or Grammar), of boiling breast milk in the ‘Milk Kitchen’ and listening to the moon landing on the transistor radio.
Members in Attendance: Total 34 Apologies: 16 Percentage: 68%
Make-ups Alan Joyce
Guests Signe Uhlenfeldt, Danish Exchange Student
Birthdays 15-21Sept None
Anniversaries None
Club Anniversary None
Duties
Sept 14 Bob Osbourne Bill Penna Lucian Roncon
Sept 21 Cheryl Selkirk Bill Steains Helen Trigg
Sept 28 James Turnbull David Tyrrell John Webb
Note: Please advise the Editor by email or written note of changes or special exemptions to these duties.
Roster: Hosting Signe for an evening or outing:
Sept 13th - R Bush
Sept 20th – R Birrell
Sept 27th – J Calnin
Oct 4th – P Cullin
Rotarians who are unable to host Signe during their rostered week can swap with someone on the current roster or contact Martin to make alternative arrangements.
Four week Rotary Quiz:
Q1. Who was president of the first Rotary Club formed in Chicago in 1905.
A.
Coming up…
Notes:
Rotary Bulletin online: This bulletin, along with previous editions, photos and other information is now available online at: www.rotaryoceangrove.blogspot.com
The Rotary Centennial Dinner will be held on February 19, 2005 at the South Barwon Community Centre. The cost is $48 per head including a 3-course meal, drinks and entertainment. Please indicate your interest so tables can be booked for this 500-seat celebration – one of Rotary’s most significant events. 12 Ocean Grove members and partners have booked in to date.
Excellent 2005 Club diaries are available for sale at $20 – with $13 going back to the club. Please support this initiative from the Bendigo Bank. Order forms are available at the meeting.
Rotary – A brief history
The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to recapture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices.
Rotary's popularity spread throughout the United States in the decade that followed; clubs were chartered from San Francisco to New York. By 1921, Rotary clubs had been formed on six continents, and the organization adopted the name Rotary International a year later.
As Rotary grew, its mission expanded beyond serving the professional and social interests of club members. Rotarians began pooling their resources and contributing their talents to help serve communities in need. The organization's dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its principal motto: Service Above Self. Rotary also later embraced a code of ethics, called The 4-Way Test, that has been translated into hundreds of languages.
http://www.rotary.org/aboutrotary/history/index.html
