Future Rotarian :)
Laurent, Thea and Amalie welcomed Sybilla Maeve Franklin to their family.
Born at 7:58am Thursday 24th January, weighing 3.6kg (7.9lb).
Everyone is doing really well.
Smile for Satbir
Images from our recent meetings and functions are available for viewing and downloading on the DS Photo Rotary Album.
Look to The Book
Graeme Fleet will be taking orders for The Entertainment Books in the coming weeks.
RYLA 13-18 April 2019
This is a personal development program for 18 to 25 year olds about which all attendees speak with great enthusiasm and regard. More details available from Kris Adam.
Warracknabeal Trip 6 April
Put it in your diary. More details to follow.
Working With Children ("WWC") Checks and Rotary District Insurance requirements
Remember that in addition to members having the WWC check, the District insurance cover requires 3 referees.
Check the easy to follow step by step guide in the email from Janine.
Upcoming Events section in the Bulletin - What's When and Where?
Please give your upcoming Club events to Warren and Bulletin Editor Peter for inclusion in the Upcoming Events.
Give Warren a bio for the guest speakers you arrange for pre-promotion in the Bulletin.
Members are invited to give ideas for speakers.
Fundraising – Yannick Le Gall
- Bunnings BBQs of the summer reside around $5,500
- Dinner Auction to be held on 13 April 2019 and needs members to approach their business and other contacts to secure items and/or services to be auctioned.
Staffing of Hamburger Stand for All Holden Day, Sat 3 March 2019 – Adrian Innes
Adrian is seeking volunteers to help out on 3 March for the following sessions:
- 7 to 11am
- 11am to 3pm and
- 10am to 1pm peak time
Friendship Exchange with Canadian team – Warren Norton
Five couples from Manitoba, Canada will be visiting Geelong from 7 to 11 March.
Four couples will be hosted by Geelong East Rotarians and one by Drysdale.
The bus belonging to the Social Organisation for the Handicapped, driven by John Birrell, will be used to transport the Canadians and their hosts around the area. Thank you John!
Members were asked to indicate whether they would be interested in joining the team in a BBQ in Eastern Park during the weekend of their visit - time and date TBA.
District 9780 Conference in Maryborough 22-24 March – Ross Taylor
Ross encouraged members to attend the D9780 Conference for a weekend of fun, learning, networking and socialising. Cost is $222.
Outcome of Ballarat South Community Raffle – Jenny Acopian
The raffle was finalised last week.
It raised $4,320 through tickets sales, 80 percent of which is retained by Geelong East and 20 percent ($864) remitted to Ballarat South.
In addition, over $130 was received in donations: this figure is to be confirmed when James Dunlop returns from holidays.
Jenny thanked all members for their efforts and returning all tickets stubs and money on time.
New Venue
Due to the short notice give to depart our current venue, the Board met last Tuesday after the regular meeting and discussed five venues that had been short listed to host our Tuesday night meetings. The option that was considered a best fit to our club was chosen for a two month trial to "test the water" before making a long term commitment. The venue is the St Albans Football & Netball Club at 203 St Albans Rd, Thomson (Geelong East). They are providing a large capacity room and are providing the catering by a local chef to give us a 2 course meal at the same price as we pay now for a single course meal. They will run a bar for us at normal bar prices and have IT equipment that we can use. They (the St Albans Football & Netball Club) have expressed their eagerness to provide this partnership with Our Rotary Club as a means to be mutually beneficial to both organisations.
The main reasons for selecting this venue were (in no particular order): location, cost, facilities, quality, community benefit and availability.
Many thanks to all those who offered suggestions especially Adam Koch, Warren Norton and Jenny Acopian who did much legwork investigating the details of the many options we considered.
The other short listed options were: Belmont RSL, Geelong Golf Club & Geelong East Football Club. Many commercial operators also provided options that were easily dismissed for a variety of reasons.
This is not the first time we have moved and probably won't be the last. Rotarians are resilient and can overcome larger issues than a simple change of address especially if the food is better.
Should you have any questions or comments please let Pres David or myself know.
Yours in Rotary Service,
Tony Alsop (Chris)
President Elect/Director Public Relations