Theme: Youth Service Month
6/5/2018 – 19/5/2018: Rod Greer, 20/5/2018 – 2/6/2018: Alan Keyse,
3/6/2018 – 16/6/2018: James Ricchini, 17/6/2018 – 30/6/2018: Adrian Schmidt
Report of Meeting: 15/5/2018
President’s Report:
Queenscliff Rotary is holding its Lego exhibition on 8-9thJune. Let Pearl know if you can help them out with the event.
See Vic Harnath for bowel scan kits.
Drysdale Rotary Club change over is on the 25thJune, cost $35; let John Calnin know if you want to go.
Committee chairs are asked to send their end of year reports to Pearl by 30 May for publication in the Annual Report.
Induction of New Member: Neil Templeton transferred from Rutherglen. He has been in Rotary since 1990 and has now retired to Ocean Grove. He has been placed in the Community Service Committee until the end of this year. His wife is Jenny and he is the 50thmember of our club.
Reports:
Secretary: Pearl is in Japan, so nothing has been done.
Community: Noel reported that the Ocean Grove Community Association is holding a Forum at the Bowling Club on Wednesday of next week with the newly elected Councillors. All are encouraged to attend.
Treasurer: John Paton reminded all members that the official authority form must accompany Requests for Payment before they can be acted upon. Email requests by themselves are not sufficient to meet statutory requirements.
Foundation: Vic reminded members that next week is the cut off period for Centurion donations. Please get your $100 to Vic.
Social: Richard advised that the Car Rally would be held on Sunday 17thJune. We will be leaving the Bowling Club at 3 pm. He requested all participants to form teams of 4 or more to fill cars. Cost $5 per head, it will be followed by a Dinner at 6 pm at a venue to be advised. He said it will be useful know the history of Ocean Grove and to bring a two-way radio if you have one. No phones will be allowed during the rally.
Footy Tipping: Alex reported that Rod Bush won this week. Geoff Ford is currently leading, followed by Geoff Chandler. Alex is last.
Guest Speaker: Andrea Tierney, New Member Introduction
Andrea has been living on a 20-hectare property off Grubb Road for twenty-five years with her husband, Paul, and a variety of animals. They have two daughters currently aged 21 and 23. She grew up in Geelong West.
Andrea initially worked as a laboratory assistant at the CSIRO Animal Health Laboratories, then at the Geelong Water Board and the Queenscliff Marine Centre. She took time off to raise her daughters while running a B & B in Queenscliff. She returned to work part time as an integration aide at Sacred Heart College for 13 years. Andrea is now working at a primary school assisting pupils with disabilities and is currently supporting year 1 and 2 students who have significant social problems.
She likes physical activities and is involved with the Geelong Canoe Club, the Ocean Grove Surf Club and is now learning to row.
Her interest in volunteering started with work with the Leukemia Foundations and the Breakfast Club in Geelong. She is a keen supporter of the Seven Women Foundation House in Kathmandu, where she visited the Fred Hollows Hospital and the Maiti Nepal organisation, which is fighting against the trafficking of women. All these organisations are supported by Rotary. Andrea decided to join Rotary to continue her community involvement.
Alex Magee thanked Andrea for her talk and expressed our appreciation at the breadth of her community involvement.
Thanks, Ann Hodgkinson
