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Meeting 7th June 2016 

 

Meeting :48
 
Fellowship :Michael Eldridge
Reception:  John Ferguson
Furniture:   John Flynn
 
Guest Speaker : Vocational Visit ( AED Launch Rawlings Park )
 
Bulletin Editor : John Ferguson
 
 
Sergeant: John Flynn ( Not Required )
 
Member Profile : Nil
 
Next Market:Sprout and About 11th June
OIC: Col Duff , Tim Barter, Daniel Burns, Geoff Breust, David Foster, Andrew Irvine, Micheal Knight, John Mason, Rob Pearson, Josh Walsh, David Pyke, Jreemy Riethmuller, Jonty Shuter.

Club Rosters

 Bulletin Editors

 
 
 
 

June 7,14,21       John Ferguson

Jun 28 Jul 5,12    Andy Irvine

Jul 19, 26 Aug 2  John Egan

Aug 9, 16,23        Peter MacKinnon

Aug 30,Sep 6, 13 Paul Murray

Sep 20,27,Oct 4   Doug Sutton


    

Sergeant's

 
 
 
 
 
 
7th June : John Flynn
 
14th June : Paul Milde
 
21st June : John Gray ( Laurie Blowes )
 
28th June : Changeover
 
 
 
 
Guest Speakers
 
 
 
 
7th June : Robyn Gillespie ( Vocational Visit AED Launch Rawlings Park )
 
14th June : Available
 
21st June : Club Assembly
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Market Rosters
 
Saturday Markets setup for everyone at 6.30am
 
 
(Please arrange a swap if you are not
able to carry out your duties)
 
Sat 11th June 2016 OIC. Colin Duff, Tim Barter,Daniel Burns,Geoff Breust,David Foster,Andrew Irvine,Michael Knight,John Mason,Rob Pearson,Josh Walsh,David Pyke,Jeremy Riethmuller ,Jonty Shuter
 
Sat 9th July 2016. OIC Rob Nicholson,John Egan,Gerry Gerlack,John Gray,Mark Hillis,David Hodge,Wal Paton,Neil Pinto,Malcolm Robertson,John Smith,Doug Sutton,Ken Taylor,
 
 
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Peter Green
June 3
 
Rob Fuller
June 5
 
J Gray Gray
June 6
 
John Hawkins
June 6
 
Paul Milde
June 20
 
Spouse Birthdays
Lynette McIntosh
June 2
 
Jenni Duff
June 7
 
Kaz
June 13
 
Margo
June 17
 
Margaret
June 19
 
Dawn Georgiou
June 22
 
Lou Shuter
June 22
 
Sarah Eldridge
June 24
 
Join Date
Darren Wallace
June 1, 2010
6 years
 
David Benn
June 1, 1986
30 years
 
David Byfield
June 2, 1979
37 years
 
Hugh Campbell
June 13, 2001
15 years
 
Peter Mackinnon
June 18, 2002
14 years
 
Timothy Macgillycuddy
June 19, 2012
4 years
 
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Bulletin Editor
Doug Sutton
President's Report
President’s Report
 
It is with regret but understanding that we accepted the resignation of Alan Eldridge from our Club today.  Alan has made a significant contribution to our Club but has found that work commitments prevent him from attending meetings.  We wish him all the best in his new role as General Manager of the Wagga City Council.
 
Hugh Campbell and the Projects Committee have experienced a significant rush of grant applications, in line with the close of our financial year.  These should be presented to the Club in the next few weeks.
 
Our Rotary Logo has changed in line with the new guidelines from Rotary International.  Although the changes are subtle we are still retaining the Wollundry 'Wave' being representative of the Wollundry Lagoon.  See the website for the new version.
 
The Board have recently discussed the notion of our Club employing or contracting an administration and marketing assistant leading up to our two major events, the Gears & Beers and Food & Wine.  We will come back to the club with more details in the near future.
 
Our new Rotoract Club which we sponsor meets fortnightly at the RSL Club, with a meeting this Wednesday at 6.00pm. Please encourage any young people (18-30yrs) you think may have an interest in attending.  Clare Lawlor is the President on 0468 372 773 or clarelawlor97@gmail.com
 
Geoff Hamilton
 
Secretary's Report
REMINDER FOR ALL MEMBERS : If you are rostered for a club duty and are unable to commit to that duty , please find another member to do the job .
This refers to not only markets and events , weekly meeting duties such as Fellowship , Reception ETC.
You failure to attend to these duties means the same members have to do these small jobs week in and week out.
 
Please put Tuesday 28th June in your diary for Change Over Dinner.
There will not be a lunchtime meeting on that day.
Important Message
Club Directors, please get your end of year reports to me by Tuesday 31st May  or before.
These reports are needed for printing and presentation at the Clubs Changeover.
Still waiting on a number of reports, thanks to those who's reports I have received.
 
Next week meeting: Following the AED launch we will be having a BBQ at Rawlings Park.
Please wear WHITE CLUB SHIRTS for photos.
 
 
 
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Our Meeting
President Geoff  opened out meeting with the traditional Rotary Grace and welcomed our visitors; Chris Kimball, (Snowy Hydro South Care Helicopter), Adelaide Kovac (CSU Scholarship Winner), Carolyn Murray, Kyle Hughes (guest of Kent Taylor) and Kat Janzon (International exchange student).
 
Geoff welcomed back Doug Conkey who has been to China and Neil Pinto who spent some time in Cairns.
 
 
Kat Janzon, picture above with Carolyn and Paul Murray, had some fun at Murray's cattle ranch making a video of life down on the farm.
Some very fetching shots were taken with a vintage tractor and a herd of black Angus, all to the "tune" of Old MacDonald. In this case Old Farmer Murray. Paul's creativity was much appreciated by members. Everyone had a good laugh.
 
SERGEANT'S SESSION
 
Peter Clucas was today's sergeant and he called on President Elect Geoff Breust to carry the box. He fined a number of members for failing to upgrade their photos and thus pretending to be much younger than they really are. These included: Burmo, David Byfield, Colin Duff, David Foster, Hodgey, Andy Irvine, Pat Ingram. All who had flu shots  were fined as were all those who did not have flu shots.
Paul Murray (what do you grow on that farm?), and Neil Pinto for thirty years of marriage.
 
Birdsville Races. Peter announced that there are a number of spots available in the LuftWagga fleet which is going to Birdsville for the races. First in best dressed!
 
NEXT YEAR'S JOBS
Geoff Breust alerted members to the emails he has sent with a list of jobs for next year. If you are not happy with your allocation talk to Geoff about a change. He would also like your comments on the Strategic Plan.
 
 
 
 
 
 
David Benn announced the upcoming festival of the IFCR. He and fellow member John Gray  are urging members to get behind this festival with as much support as you can muster. You can do this by registering on the website.
 

Adelaide Kovac our special guest today was introduced by Bob Willis. Adelaide  is the recipient of our CSU Scholarship.
Adelaide addressed us thus:
 
“My name is Adelaide Kovac, and I am the proud recipient of the Rotary Club Wagga Wagga Wollundry scholarship. I am currently in my first year of a Bachelor of Equine Science at Charles Sturt University Wagga and completely appreciating it. I have always had an interest in the equine world throughout my life, and I have had experience working in the thoroughbred racing world at Caulfield racecourse in Melbourne. I thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of it, particularly the more hands-on activities that involved direct contact with the racehorses at my old work. I have always known that I wanted to continue my studies to foster my education with equine science. As the equine industry contributes billions of dollars to the Australian economy each year, it is clear that it is a very important part of Australian culture, and there should be more of a focus on training students such as myself to work at a high level within the industry.
 
I would like to thank the Rotary Club and any other individuals that were involved in developing my passion, for this scholarship. It will and has already provided a wonderful opportunity for me to live my university life to the full, and allows me to really focus on my studies. I have already gained experience in the real world, particularly the equine industry, through many practical classes – from learning restraint of a horse to physically training young horses. So far, life at uni has been an absolute whirlwind, and I have loved absolutely every minute of it.
 
As this is the first time for me living away from home, the scholarship allows me to settle in even better to life on campus. The stresses of having to pay for rent, groceries, petrol and everything else in between, are all made so much more simple, for not just me, but my family as well, to whom I owe thanks for supporting me as I move into the next chapter of my life. With this gift, YOU will be helping shape my future and I hope for generations to come they experience the same. Thank you sincerely for this incredible opportunity.”
 
Wollundry Rotary members are confident that you will do well Adelaide and look forward to return visits to update us on your progress.
 
DEFIBRILATOR PROJECT
 
Travis Downie announced that the launch of Wollundry Defib will take place next Tuesday at Rawlings Park, Lake Albert at 11am.
Our members are urged to attend if possible and our regular Rotary Meeting will be held commencing around 12 pm at the same venue.
 
There will be no meeting at the Commercial Club next week 7th June.
 
Travis announced that Jam Media have come aboard and have produced a media kit which will include a radio commercial playing on two stations and featuring AFL legend Chris Daniher. Travis thanked Paul Murray for producing a web page which you can visit at wollundrydefib.org.au Present at the launch will be Sue Buckman founder of defib for life.
 
Jam Media have been crucial in securing funds for commercials. Next weeks launch will see the completion of stage 2 of the five stage project.
 
 
MEMBER UPDATE
 
Josh Walsh who is our youngest member at age 32, has done us all favour and dropped the average age of members considerably.
Born in Kyabram Vic. Josh moved to Ballarat at 18 to complete a Bachelor of Education where he met his wife Sophie (Osborne).
Teaching and AFL occupied his life for the next twelve years, taking him to Cairns and then Wagga where he taught for a time at the Riverina Anglican College.
 
Josh and Sophie bought a venue called St Edwards (Burmo's former property) and host events, mainly weddings. They can seat 200 guests and their main seasons are Autumn and Spring. They also have another project at Brucedale. This year they will host 55 weddings. They want to make Wagga a destination wedding venue. Introduced to the Club by Col Duff, Josh looks forward to a long and interesting time at Wollundry.
 
SNOWY HYDRO/SOUTHCARE HELICOPTER
 
We had the privilege of a visit from the CEO of Snowy Hydro Chris Kimball who was in town and took the opportunity to visit our club to thank us for the support our Club and other Rotary Clubs have given to the Snowy Hydro Southcare Helicopter Service.
 
The service is an aero medical rescue helicopter and has been flying since 1998. Funding started in 1996 and without Rotary Clubs' support the service would not exist. State and Federal Governments only agreed to part funding dependant on community funds being raised.
 
Chris told us that the service covers a geographical area bigger than England and is the busiest rescue helicopter in the country doing 500 operations a year. The service provides critical response to accidents, provides secondary transfers, offers Bushfire support and search and rescue. The one helicopter carries a pilot, a doctor and a paramedic and is fitted out to provide intensive care services.
 
Chris thanked our Club in particular for our "generous support".
 
Laure Blowes proposed a vote of thanks to Chris which was supported by applause.
 
 
 
VISITORS.
Adelaide Kovac, Chris Kimball, Carolyn Murray, Kyle Hughes and Kat Janzon.
 
ATTENDANCE: 
Thirty seven members attended today's meeting with 22 eaters.
 
MAKEUPS
 
Neil Pinto, Mark Hillis
 
APOLOGIES
G. Burmeister, D. Byfield, K. Cook, J. Ferguson, J. Flynn, G. O'Hare, J. Gray, D. Hodge, P. Ingram, J. Ireland, A. Irvine, N. Leywood, T. Macgillicuddy, P. McIntosh, K. Moffat, P. Milde, F. Fuller.
Lucky Draw prize winner: John Smith