THEME: “ BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY MONTH.”
Lookout Reserve Maintenance Roster:
9/09/18 – 15/9/18 Geoff Ford, 16/9/18 – 22/9/18 Gil Morgan,
23/9/18 – 29/9/18 Alex Magee, 30/9/18 – 6/10/18 Geoff Chandler,
7/10/18 – 13/10/18 Peter Cullen, 14/10/18 – 20/10/18 Gary O’Donnell,
21/10/18 – 27/10/18 John Paton, 28/10/18 – 3/11/18 Dick Clay
Report of Meeting: 4/9/2018
Guests: Heather and Gary Willson, RC of Wyndham. Five partners of Rotarians
Jenny Templeton: prospective member, Guest Speaker: Anne Barker
President: DG Anthony Olson will visit the Club on 2/10/18. This will be a partner’s night. Members are encouraged to wear a hat in recognition of mental illness in the ‘Lift the Lid’ campaign.
The Club will support Xepheron a student whose Mother died in a recent house fire.
Announcements: Nominations for a President Elect for 20/21 are called for.
Administration: Janet will be away from 14/8 – 11/9. Marg Campbell will manage the speakers program.
Fundraising: Lynne Carlson has a calendar that features local views. Each calendar sold will raise $1.00 for the Club. The cost of the item is a secret…more information to come.
Market: Adrian Schmidt circulated The Roster sheet for the first market of the season. Most spaces are filled.
Art Show Sub Committee: John Calnin reminded members that Raffle tickets for the Art Show should be sold ASAP and stubs and money should be given to Geoff Brentnall.
Foundation: Centurian donation boxes are available for $2.00 deposits per week.
Gordon King informed the members that 414 million dollars have been donated to the Foundation in the last financial year. A magnificent effort!
Social: John Calnin reminded members that there will be a lunch at the Wayawa Winery on the Bellarine Highway on Sunday 23/9/18. A list was circulated.
Vocational: Planning for a Mental Health week function in the district is underway.
Community:The gates management at the Geelong District Football Finals is drawing to a close at the end next week.
Footy Tipping: Coogs won this week with four correct picks…this means he tipped against his club, Collingwood.
Alex Magee hopes someone else may accept the challenge of conducting this very important club activity next year.
Guest Speaker: Anne Barker. Foreign Correspondent for the ABC
Anne is a Walkley Award winner, no doubt appropriate recognition for her excellent, concise and accurate reporting in of the diverse events she has been witness to in many parts of the world.
Anne Has reported for the ABC from Thredbo during the landslide collapse, East Timor after Independence, from Cairo during the Arab Spring uprising, Jerusalem where she was challenged by some Jewish religious practices and most recently from the cave in Thailand during the rescue of the boys and their teacher.
She is preparing for a position in Indonesia, which will encompass Malaysia and Singapore. She says this is her dream appointment.
Anne has been working since beginning her career as a journalist for the ABC for 30 years. She studied teaching at University and found her niche in journalism during work experience. Most of her career opportunities she believes have been by chance and most have worked well as she has encountered very unusual situations and experiences. Her experience in the Thailand cave rescue she believes was a privilege and most enjoyable as the outcome was so positive. It was also very challenging juggling live crosses and the huge volume of reporters all competing for every scrap of news and space, however co-operation between reporters was good. The work done so willingly by the huge numbers of volunteers was amazing. Funding for some of the rescue came from the governments of the rescuers and the Thai Royal Palace met the cost of food and fluid.
Anne is amazed by the changes that have occurred in technology and has no doubt that there are more to come in the future.
It was good to hear that most reporters and cameramen have some training in emergency and hostile situations to keep them as safe as possible.
Anne’s talk was very interesting and well received by the audience who were pleased to meet the person whose voice most of us listen to through the ABC.
APOLOGIES ARE NECESSARY! IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND A
MEETING. THOSE WHO DO NOT CONFORM WILL BE SENT A BILL, AS THE CLUB HAS TO PAY IF NO APOLOGY IS REGISTERED.
Thank you: A George.
