President Geoff invited Willis Cheng to tell us about his activities over the past week. Willis is a very friendly character whose English is slowly improving but much of his communication comes through his pleasing personality and appropriate gestures. He told us that he had a two hour discussion with Michael Knight about Rotary. School is going well. Michael Knight has a new pet snake in his airconditioning duct. He has made good friends at school and when questioned whether or not he had a girlfriend he said this was "too much information".

 

Our Mayor and PP Greg Conkey was today's Rotary informant. He talked about various Youth programs that Rotary conduct.

RYLA is a week long leadership camp for 18 to 25 year olds. There are 6 ex attendees who are now members of our club. It provides an opportunity for young people to develop their social and leadership skills in a friendly setting with a number of speakers and workshops. It is held at a district level. RYPEN is a camp for a younger age group and our club has been heavily involved in running these at Borambola over a number of years. School age children from mid teens come to the camp for social interaction and learning. Rotary members provide support and organise lectures and activities.

 

 

FOUNDATION FACTS

 

 

 

Michael Georgiou was today's Sergeant.

There was some trepidation among members which was heightened when Michael told us that he was going to tell a couple of jokes.

We were all relieved and enjoyed his humour which this occasion was perfectly acceptable.

He fined John Egan for the arrival of his new grandson.

 

 

 

 

11th February 43 degrees celcius

 

Only 13 brave stallholders turned up. BBQ was well manned and stocked but very few customers due to the extreme heat.

 

Donations         $131.80

Stall holders      $730.00 (includes $55 to be paid by EFT)

BBQ                    $216.40

Total                   $1078.20

Less

Supplies              $253.00

Entertainment   $150.00

Banked                $620.20

 

David Byfield reminded members that the Gumi race is on this Sunday. Eight club members have volunteered to assist. They are D. Byfield, T. Barter, P. McIntosh, N. Pinto, D. Wallace, G. O'Hare, M. Knight, and P. Murray.

 

David also reminded members about the Food and Wine roster. There are still some vacancies to fill.

 

 

 

Jim Gibson advised that there is a film night on Saturday night to raise money for Legacy.

The film will be "Hidden Figures" and the cost is $20 per head.

 

 

 

 

Today's member profile was delivered by Daniel Burns one of our newer and younger members. Daniel started his story in an unusual way by telling us that he tends to reveal a lot about himself which  makes him feel quite vulnerable and therefore he asked us to be kind to him. He then told us of a childhood in New Zealand. He has an older brother and sister who still live there. His mother also lives in NZ.  Daniel was close to his father but was devastated when he died at the age of 41. He talked of sibling rivalry and an episode of bullying at school which has had a long term effect.

 

Daniel was a very good soccer player representing his age group at a national level. He then went on to play Rugby representing Auckland at the age of 19 and playing five eight. He recounted a final game when his side were down and he kicked a field goal to level the score and then kicked  a penalty goal in extra time to give his side a winning margin. This was special to him because it brought admiration from his brother and was a point of reconciliation between them.

 

Unfortunately due to time constraints we  didn't hear the remainder of Daniel's story which had to be postponed to another day. Members were kind and warmly applauded Daniel for his sharing of some personal and obviously emotional stories.

 

Rob Nicholson reminded us that this function is a men only night and is to commence at 6 p.m. on Wed 22nd at beer deluxe. There will be free beer and nibbles for guests. Rob wants to restrict the numbers to those who have nominated prospective members and some of the committee members so as not to overwhelm our guests.

 

 

 

 

 

James Ross encouraged us to consider coming to the District Conference on the weekend commencing 17th March. He reminded us of the good times people experienced at previous conferences and assured us that the speakers engaged will be very interesting. If you wish to attend please contact James soon as accommodation will be hard to get.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apologies Doug Conkey, Ken Cook, Peter Crozier, Michael Eldridge, David Foster, Frank Fuller, Gerry Gerlach, John Gray, David Hodge, John Mason, Robert Pearson, John Smith, Darren Wallace, Adrian Whiting, David Pyke, Travis Downie.

Makeups

Craig Bromley, Andy Irvine, John Smith, Peter Green, Pat Ingram, Geoff Breust, Jonty Shuter, Jim Gibson, Phil McIntosh, David Byfield, Tim Magillicuddy.

 

LUCKY MEMBERS DRAW was won by Tim Magillicuddy