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President James relaxed his hold on the Rotary Grace - we were allowed to recite in unison, but the Loyal Toast was a shambles. The call for visiting Rotarians drew a response acknowledging Richard Pottie, then guests, Sofi, Raoal on Zoom, and finally Geraldine Rurenga, from the Rotary club of Murumbidgee. Geraldine is the DGN, District Governor Nominee. Next Year, she will be DGE, that's District Governor Elect. After a year running the show, as DG, the title becomes PDG, but that does not stand for "Pretty Damn Good" The August Board Meeting was held on Monday night, and James gave us a run down on the discussions at that meeting. He will no doubt cover these in his Presidents report - so refer to that for more detailed information. Sofi was asked to tell us what she has been up to, an excursion down to the main street, but the surprise announcement was that her family will host an Australian student in Brazil for a weekend, prior to his return from exchange. Little is known about this guy, but we will know more after the visit is over. Burmo was Sergeant, attempting to run his parade from the back of the room, but was overruled. Last time he was sergeant, was in the era of President John Gibson, and J Flynn's Jewish jokes, or worse still, The Cypriot's sense of humour would have shut down the meeting. But Burmo, we have relaxed. The story that Burmo related to earlier times in Coolamon, where Pykie was growing up. He arrived home from his soccer game, excited, "I scored five goals, that's a record, no one has ever scored five goals before." The parents were excited............."what was the game score? Did you win?" Young David responded "It was very close, but we lost 3 - 2." David Benn made the Riverine Club magazine, photographed in a dress, with a borrowed cap. If it had not been a Robbie Burns Dinner, David would have needed an explanation. Apparently, there were three professional men at a dinner at Wantabadgery. There may have been a degree of social imbibing, as the lawyer in the group woke up next morning, missing a front tooth - no sign of it. Complete denial from the Doctor and the Dentist. A story about a residence in Henwood Avenue became hard to follow, but there were some big names quoted, and some of them were tenuously involved with Wollundry Rotary. Collingwood in the AFL, and Manly-Warringah in the NRL seem not to be Burmo's favourite teams. Phil Burgess provided the Secretary's report - the rosters and important information that we would be unwise to ignore. Geraldine Rurenga was invited to address the club. Having taken on the role of DGN, she is keen to get to know the Rotarians in her home town. Rotary will have its first Rotary International President who is a woman, in the same year, 2022/2023, as Geraldine is our District 9705 Governor. She is looking forward to the journey over the next couple of years, and contributing to District leadership. The map, attached, shows the size of the new district, but beware - the area coloured orange is not ours yet.................. |
Our Exchange Student was Trude Skotterud (Pictured) from Norway.