(Please arrange a swap if you are not
able to carry out your duties)
Sat 13th August 2016
OIC Paul Milde, Greg Conkey,James Hamilton,John Hawkins,John Ireland,Nick Lewwood,Tim Macgillycuddy,Paul Murray,Josh Walsh,Rick Priest,James Ross, Darren Wallace,Bob Willis.
Sat 10 th Sept 2016
OIC Pat Ingram, Tim Barter, David Benn,David Byfield,Peter Crozier,Michael Eldridge,Michael Knight,Peter Mackinnon,Steve McCoy,Phillip McIntosh,Kerry Pascoe, Jonty Shuter,John Smith.
Sat 8th October 2016
OIC Geoff Breust, Daniel Burns,Hugh Campbell,Doug Conkey,Michael Georgiou,Gerry Gerlack,Jim Gibson,John Ireland,John Mason,Wal Paton,Neil Pinto,Ken Taylor
The committee met last Wednesday and will make an offer of a defibrillator to 12 applicants out of 45 in total including the radio competition. Six groups will be invited to share a defibrillator because of closeness of location.
Four offers will be made to regional towns who have no rapid ambulance access. The offers were made on the basis of location, access to defibrillator, number of persons at the location and whether the organisation was community based or was commercial.
Currently, we are notifying applicants and processing funds for the procurement of funds and delivery of the units. An application for a district grant is being prepared to continue the work to date. We are meeting with local businesses to seek funding support for another round of assistance to worthy clubs and organisations that we were unable to support this time round.
The cost per unit is $2450 so the nine units will amount to $22050. The funds that the organisations have been prepared to supply are $10,775. Club funds available for the supply of the units are $15,874.75. This leaves funds remaining for usage at $4,599.75.
Procurement and delivery of the units and public advertisement will hopefully be completed by the end of next week. Members can follow Defib for life Wagga facebook page to follow the posts being put up over the next few weeks.
The committee has been under the chair of Travis Downie who has put in an enormous amount of time and effort and believes that a fantastic result has been achieved so far.
President Geoff was attending to important aviation business today and asked me to run the Board and weekly meeting (together with my feather duster). Geoff is picking up his new aircraft - a Beechcraft Bonanza.
We had the first Board meeting for the year this week and several important matters were discussed.
Jim Gibson (on behalf of Treasurer David Pyke) pointed out clearly that without successful monthly markets our Community income is 'lumpy' which could impact on regular donations. On the positive side we have pre-registrations for Gears & Beers of around $700 pw at present which helps.
We received two resignations from the Club - Richard Braid and Josh Walsh - both have found that work commitments prevent them giving 100% to the club and have felt it better to re-join when time permits. We wish them both well for the future and thank them for their contribution to the Club.
Youth- our RYPEN activity is going well thanks to Darren Wallace and Daniel Burns. And our Noel Barnes Scholarship is to be 're-awarded' as Wagga High School principal, Mick Powell has felt the original recipient has not kept up her side of the requirement for this Scholarship.
There are new Guidelines for running the BBQ at the Sprout & About market - see below for details.
All Committee Chairs are urged to upload to Club Runner any Manuals and Documents relevant to their committee - we need to capture the relevant information in a central location for future reference - as we don't want the situation where a member might do 'a runner' and leave us without relevant procedures for vital Club activities.
Markets - the Board have agreed to continue supporting the Sprout & About market (and Special markets) on the current basis. Although many markets are suffering at present we believe we may well be the last group standing' and should continue to operate when others commercial operations have to close down.
We have chosen not to register the business name "Wagga Wagga Sunday Markets"
And the Board is in discussions with the City Council regarding the possible purchase of the land in North Wagga where our trailers are housed. This may provide us with more control over this important Community Asset.
Finally Travis Downie and his AED project team have decided on the successful applications for a defibrillator. We have allocated funds to 9 organisations from 35 applications - see the report from Peter Crozier below.
And finally a date for your Calender - our Christmas Party will be held on Sunday 4th December at the Murray's home. Paul and Carolyn have kindly offered to host the Club event this year. They have a lovely home at Gelston Park - overlooking Wagga. The views are stunning and certainly well worth the trip out of town.
I'm lucky that my ascendance to this job has been facilitated by 2 Fellowship meetings in a row without a market so I am getting in the swing of it. PLEASE all Directors or Committee Chairmen ensure you can upload your report to the proper place in Club Runner. If you dont know how speak to me or Paul Murray NOW to get a lesson.
My thought for the week was "" A never failing way to get rid of someone is to tell them something for their own good"".
Please pay your fees asap as we seem to be a little cash flow poor, and please also ensure you are being pro-active in all your club committees and other club roles and activities. It is most rewarding and good for club morale.
Greg Conkey gave the Rotary Information on Tuesday. He emailed a copy of his talk to the bulletin Editor, and it is printed below:
I would like to talk about two great organisations bound together by one great city …. The city of Chicago ..
Most .. if not all of us … know that Rotary was started by Paul Harris in 1905 when he got together with three business acquaintances on February 23 …. 16 years later Rotary had spread to six continents including Australia ….
Today Rotary has 34,800 member clubs, 1.2m members and operates in 200 countries ..
Twelve years after Rotary was formed in Chicago another man ….. Melvin Jones …. Asked a simple question ….
“What if people put their talents to work improving communities ….”
Next year the organisation he founded will celebrate its 100th birthday ,,,,, it’s larger than Rotary …. It has 1.4m members and serves in 210 countries ….in Australia the organisation has 26,000 members …
The organisation is Lions International …
So the two greatest service clubs in the world were started by two men with vision in Chicago …
Sergeants Session
John Gray was Tuesday's Sergeant and he started with a fine to Peter Green and then assigned him the task of carrying the box.
He advised everyone to contribute and then said that since we were a male only club, perhaps we should reflect on some interesting British history about Men's clubs.
He read from his notes about the Garrick Club founded in 1831 for actors and gentlemen of refinement. Then he spoke of the Whites club founded in 1693 from which ex-Prime Minister David Cameron had been a member for 15 years and resigned.
He concluded with a story about the Boodles club. In a historic vote, Boodles member’s wives were allowed to not only eat in the dining room but also sleep in the historic upstairs rooms. Accordingly a Boodles member questioned that if wives were allowed upstairs, what about mistresses? The board met in and emergency session and announced that…”Yes, mistresses would be allowed to sleep upstairs...with their illicit partner at the club...as long as they were married to a current member" .
Night
at David Benn's
David Benn is running the second at his place on the 10th September.
Last year, the event raised $1000, and Benny would love to see that, plus this year.
James Hamilton has prepared a procedure for the use of the BBQ trailer and the serving of food to members of the public. It is well done and a fine example why James was our Rotarian of the Year.
It is printed below and also available on ClubRunner under the menu items Organization>Documents and located in the Procedures folder.
OIC GUIDELINES FOR THE USE OF THE BBQ TRAILER AND SERVING COOKED FOOD TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
July 2016
Trailer
Check that sufficient gas in bottles. If bottle(s) needs refilling or swapping, OIC to arrange and cost to be reimbursed by Club treasurer.
There is a list of items which should be available on the trailer. Please check that all items are available for use. If an item is missing, please arrange to purchase a replacement item and cost to be reimbursed by Club Treasurer.
Check that the all facilities on the trailer are clean.
Check that the trailer is road worthy.
OIC to arrange with a member for the towing of the BBQ trailer to site from Rotary shed and the return of the BBQ trailer at conclusion of event/activity.
BBQ
OIC to arrange the purchase necessary food items for the BBQ
Check that there are sufficient of items such as sauces (stored in refrigerator in Rotary shed), tissues, paper towelling, etc.
OIC to check for a cash float for change purposes.
Selling Price list should be in the BBQ Trailer.
All Health regulations associated with BBQ’s must be complied including:
person handling money MUST NOT handle any food
people preparing the food MUST wear gloves.
all food preparation tools MUST be clean.
BBQ plate MUST be clean
any perishables MUST be stored in esky with appropriate coolant.
food MUST be protected from flies using appropriate covers
marquee should be erected over the BBQ to prevent sunlight directly reaching food items.
OIC to organise team members for the BBQ. Suggest two shifts for Sprout & About market. It is recommended that a minimum of three people operate the BBQ i.e. on person handling money, one person cooking, and one person preparing food and serving food to the public.
At the conclusion of the event/activity that the BBQ team clean the BBQ facility and report any issues to OIC.
Children and pets are NOT allowed in the cooking and serving area.
Waste needs to be disposed of in the appropriate garbage bin and garbage bin emptied at conclusion of event/activity.
Money MUST be placed in appropriate storage container for safe keeping and for security reasons.
The person cooking may wish to wear an apron for protection purposes. OIC to check to ensure that a clean apron is available.
Without a guest speaker, there was considerable time for fellowship and photography.
Wollundry Rotarians are known to be self confident and mildly competitive, and as the photographer circled around taking pictures, every table boasted to be the best looking table. That being said, it seemed appropriate to pick a judge, have a proper contest and let the judge decide which table was in fact, the "Best Looking Table".
Next came the challenge of who would be the judge. It had to be someone who was a long time member, totally unbiased and unafraid to express himself. Now that included quite a few members, but President Elect Paul Milde came forward and chose the winning table.
You might not agree with Paul, but review the tables yourself, pick a winner and click on the button below the pictures to see his choice.
It is well done and a fine example why James was our Rotarian of the Year.
