August Theme: Membership and Extension Month.
Lookout Reserve Maintenance Roster: planning is in progress.
A podcast about Rotary
membership:
Click the link to listen to an interesting discussion about membership
changes/challenges.
Report of Meeting: 8/8/2017
Visitors: Di and John
Crawford. Di is Group 9 Assistant District Governor.
Ross and Rachael Punchad,
Tiffany’s new host family.
- Membership fees are due.
$210.00. John Paton or Noel Emselle will accept them happily and with grace.
- Tiffany is with her new host
family. She will travel home on 21st August. Hopefully a farewell
function will be arranged.
President: Board Meeting
Information.
- There will be a Rotary
Showcase in the centre of Geelong and an International theme will be featured.
- Lift the Lid for Mental
Health will be on 8th October. A donation of a bottle of wine
at $15-$20 will help recognize this
cause as well as raise some funds. John Calnin will accept any donations.
- The much talked about water
feature has a new location! It will be placed near the new restaurant on the
main beach. The Club is working with Barwon Coast on this project.
- Members are reminded that
the Working With Children forms need to be filled in. A reminder will be sent
to those who have not completed the form.
- A focus group will be
established to determine if there is a need in Ocean Grove to support those
people who are involved in domestic violence. It is proposed that the activity
may be similar to that established in Maryborough. (See Bulletin June 6th.)
- There will be a collection
at Bunnings for Lift the Lid on 5th & 6th October.
- There will be a farewell for
Tiffany on 27/8/2017.
Publicity: Margaret Campbell has requested that as many members
attend the meeting next week as the speaker, Alan Roberts is well known for his
involvement with the worst arsonist the State has known.
Fundraising: Volunteers are
needed for the manning of the gates at the Geelong and District Finals matches.
This is a good fundraiser for the Club. See Peter Cullen for more information. A
roster was circulated for names to be added.
Market: The new venue at the Ocean Grove Park (Ingermells
Park) is being promoted as widely as possible.
Art Show Sub
Committee: Please return Raffle Books when completed.
Entries have started to come
in.
Footy
Tipping: Coral Barker won this week.
Four people picked 9 winners. Gil is leading the competition.
Community: - Lookout Reserve revegitation and general maintenance
will be held on Sunday, 10th September at10am. A strategy plan is to
be developed involving other interested parties in a small working group.
- Peter Dawling from COGG will
discuss with Club future projects with Rotary involvement on 29/8/2017.
Vocational: Two activities are planned and locked in.
- Driftwood Café on
Tuesday 12th September, 6 for 6.30pm. Ty Symons (owner/manager) will
explain how the café came about and general aspects of café management. This is
a partner’s night and friends and guests are most welcome. Cost for the evening
is $30.00, this includes a wine tasting and a two-course meal. A minimum of 40
people is needed.
- Visit to the
Waltons Piggery on Sunday 12th November. Please see the recent email
for details.
Please
note: The bus will only take 52 people plus driver. NO PUBLIC TRANSPORT
CAN BE ALLOWED ON THE FARM.
Please email Martin
with your intentions for both these functions. (He is away for the next two
weeks.)
Social: Several events are
planned including a visit to a drive in movie, progressive dinner and car
rally.
Japan Trip: Nicole reported
that there are 10 people interested and hopes more will join them when the trip
is opened up to other Club members.
Di Crawford ADG from Lara Club
spoke briefly about her activities in visiting Clubs and how impressed she is
with activities and work clubs are doing in giving back to the community and
internationally.
Speaker: Lindon Galea. “Eat Up”.
The aim of this program is to
make sure children have lunch at school. Lindon discovered there were children
at two schools in Shepparton who were not having food at lunchtime every day
Research showed that there were many children in a similar situation. A
solution was needed. With the help of the community through a share food
program/outlet, SPC, a Bank and a bread shop a very basic sandwich meal was
developed. The scheme grew and the program and activity was moved into a Tafe
School where apprentice chefs helped to prepare the sandwiches that were
distributed by the teachers. This model has been implemented in more than140 schools
in Bendigo, Ballarat, Melbourne and other networks where Rotary is involved.
Each preparation session makes 600 – 700 sandwiches and apart from this labour
delivery, storage and developing schools to take ownership of the program
model.
Funding is derived from
various sources and organizations and students from private schools provide a
fair amount of labour. However some fundraising is necessary even though Food
Bank and the State Government is involved.
Food safety and handling passes current health
regulations and school canteens are generally supportive.
Lindon announced that the
program would be introduced into Geelong this week, and he is hoping to expand
further where able and the model is needed.
Thank you,
AG.
JOB ADVERTISEMENT
John Calnin
asked that this item be included.
“I have been on the Committee of the Ocean Grove
Neighbourhood Centre for the past 13 years and would like to stand down. Before
me Tony Haines was there for a similar amount of years. Rotary has always had
good relations with the Centre and it would be nice if I could have a
replacement (from Rotary). The Director is Nicki Dunne and the current
President is Anne Geerings. The Centre is very well run. The commitment is once
a month meeting at 6pm to 8pm on the 3rd Monday of the month. You
have a meal at the centre prior to the meeting. Matters arising through the
month are handled by email.”
If someone is interested please see John Calnin who
would be delighted to provide a nomination prior to the AGM in October.
