September Theme: New Generation
Rotary Supporters: The activities that we have coming up are listed below.
We would appreciate any help that we can get from our Rotary Supporter Group.
Please contact the people listed for more information:
Photography Show: calls for interested people to be involved in the Photography Show planning group for next year.
Lookout Reserve Roster:
14.8.16 – 10.9.16 Jill Dwyer, 11.9.16 – 24.9.16 Judy Greer, 25.9.16 – 8.10.16 Marion & Bill Walton, 9.10.16 – 22.10.16 Gill Morgan, 23.10.16 – 5.11.16 Alex Magee
President's Report:
Thank you to Peter Cullen and volunteers for work on Footy Gates last weekend.
Next week's meeting with Drysdale Rotary has been cancelled and the night will
be a social fellowship event.
Report from September Board Meeting:
· Solemaid School payments have been on hold due to need to obtain verification for the school. Verbal confirmation has been received and we are awaiting written confirmation, after which the first quarter payment will be made.
· A small group has been formed to support the photography exhibition project.
· A Celebration for 100 years of Foundation will be held on November 8th.
· The Art Show opening night will replace the meeting to be held on Melbourne Cup Day. The November Board meeting will be held on 8th November.
· A social meeting with Ocean Grove Combined Probus is being considered for January.
· AGM will be held on 15 November.
· D.G.'s visit in on 18th October and will also be a Hat Day to raise funds for Mental Illness.
· A request for support for a project in East Timor has been received from Christian College. This is to be considered by the International Committee.
An Ocean Grove Environmental booklet is being produced which we have agreed to give principle and financially support for $1,000.
The Constitution and by-laws need to be updated in response to changes made last month. Tony Haines, Public Officer, is to develop appropriate amendments.
Service Director Report, Ann Hodgkinson: Board approved the programs and budgets for the Service Committees, total value $40,000.
Youth Report, Geoff Chandler: We are still working on the visa problem affecting youth exchange student Tiffany Shih. Visits are being made to the three primary schools involved in the Junior Citizenship Awards. All participants are progressing well. Mitchell River Rotary Club started this program 20 years ago and are having an anniversary afternoon tea in Bairnsdale and book launch. The Greer's will be attending.
Social Committee: Rally Social Function, 18th September: Please mark you attendance on sheet or let Graeme Chamberlain know if you are attending with numbers. Cost will be $20 per head, including pizza lunch. Marian Walton has begun organising the seniors' Christmas Dinner. Please advise her of any potential attendees.
Market Report, Coral Baker: Last Sunday's market only had 16 stallholders. Scouts raised $586.30. The future of the Winter Market is to be reviewed.
Membership Survey: Vic Harnath and Rod Bush have organised a membership survey, which has been placed on the Internet. It involves 21 questions and will take about 5 minutes to complete. The results will be correlated on line. Members will be sent a link that will take them to the survey form. Members are asked to complete the survey within the next two weeks.
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Fundraising Report: Judy Greer is to pick up our cheque from the Footy Gates at 1.15 pm next Saturday. Congratulations to Peter Cullen for his organisation of this fundraising event. Adrian Schmidt has spoken to the new Bunnings store opening in Leopold who are willing to give us a date for a sausage sizzle in the October – December period.
Rod Bush demonstrated the Club website and asked members to forward updates to Gil Morgan or Marg Campbell. Under the Home button are located public links and documents. This includes a link to the District 9780 web site. Members need to create an account and login to use that site. The members' area of the Ocean Grove Club site is accessed with the password grubber. Each Committee has a page and Chairs are asked to provide a small information text to Rod Bush. All chairs are asked to look at the site regularly, keep their material updated and report any problems to Rod.
The meeting then went into service committees and were asked to discuss their current projects and ideas for fundraising. The following reports were provided:
· Youth – current projects are Youth Exchange and Graham Bath Junior Citizenship Awards.
· International – suggested holding a (Robbie) Burns Supper on the 25th January, possibly at McGlashen's Winery.
· Vocational – One nomination for Pride of Workmanship received being Meerkat Manor. This will be presented on 11 October.
· Community – Current projects are bike shelter at BSC, relocation of the water feature, DIK collection in October or November, and Surfside garden next year, continuing recycling collections. They considered two projects, the Light the Night with the Leukaemia Foundation function on 7th October and the 2016 Bellarine Relay for Life with the Cancer Council to be held on 5th/6th November. It was decided that the O.G. Club would not be directly involved. However, if any members want to be involved in other capacities they should contact Meaghan Bush, Light the Night, on 1800 500 088, email ltn@leukaemia.org.au or www.lightthenight.org.au
or Loz Hardman,
Thank you, AH
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