Weekly Message from Ngaire #9
We had another good attendance on Tuesday to hear Philip Endersbee present a thought-provoking commentary on Manufacturing in Australia. Phil conceded it wasn’t the most encouraging outlook for the ‘Made in Australia’ brand. The questions were numerous and many members stayed behind after the meeting to continue the discussion.
Chris Hanson introduced us to our Police Mentoree, Anusha Rodrigo who is a Senior Policy Officer in the Department of Corporate Strategy and Governance.
Hopefully we will see Anusha often at our meetings.
It seems as if all involved thoroughly enjoyed their Home Hosting on Saturday. A special thank you to all the hosts who made the evening possible. Surprisingly no fines were levelled against the dinner attendees, perhaps the Shadow has some relevant tidbits. We now wonder what our Fellowship committee have planned for our next event.
I attended the meeting of the Presidents of the 27 Senior Citizen Clubs (Boroondara) last week, to present the concept of our hands-on ‘Rotary Cares’ project. Once they were reassured that we would not be charging them for any services rendered the idea was appealing. The Presidents will now take my suggestions back to their clubs for discussion.
Sadly, this week we bid farewell to Archie Crow who passed away on Saturday, after developing pneumonia earlier in the week. Arch joined Rotary in 1971 and is our 3rd longest serving Rotarian. His 1996 interview with Jill Weeks is reproduced below. We also send our condolences to Helen and Neil Roberts on the passing of Helen’s father, aged 91.
Encouraging news from Pip Smibert indicates his chemotherapy is having good results, which is wonderful news. Jack Ings is moving more slowly towards his recovery, but is hopeful it is only a few more weeks in Cabrini. Tony Charlton joined us on Tuesday and was in good spirits about his health.
Secretary David Rush and Sue jet off to the UK next week to cook up a treat with Jamie Oliver. Thank you to Richard Logan who is doing locum secretarial duties in David’s absence.
It was great to see a very relaxed Noel Halford back from his grey nomading. Noel reminds us that the Camcare Concert is happening on Sunday October 28th and is looking for all of us to buy tickets and support the event.
Gerald is needing additional helpers this Saturday at our Bunnings BBQ. If you can join the roster please phone him today.
Congratulations to Bernie and Margaret, celebrating 50 years of wedded togetherness on September 1st.
Yours in Rotary,
Ngaire
and per Archie remember:- "Life is for living. Live it to the full"