Weekly Message from Ngaire
Another good member attendance at Tuesday’s meeting ensured lively participation in the Club Forum which is proving to be a valuable way of communicating what is happening around the club.
Ken McNamara advises that car parking at the AAMI tennis in January would be limited to under the freeway and that is subject to Kooyong agreement. Ken will follow up with further discussion with Kooyong, and also the Council about possible use of areas that have not been upgraded.
The Foundation meeting on Monday, attended by Gordon, Meredith, Richard Groom and myself was a great source of information about how to access District Grants for local projects. We encourage you to think of a Community project, perhaps scholarships, some form of training for needy persons, that may qualify for Foundation funding. All ideas to Ken, please.
The Kooyong Seniors Forum, hosted by Josh Frydenberg, was an interesting meeting, highlighting the many issues that confront an aging population. Of relevance to RCH was mention of a common need and desire amongst the seniors to improve their understanding and use of computers, which presents a Community Service opportunity. Ian Warren, with help from our other computer gurus, has offered to run a Computer workshop for anyone who wants to up-skill their PC, Mac or I-pad literacy. 20 members have already indicated an interest in attending. Ian will circulate the workshop details when confirmed.
Now contrary to what many of you think, the Police Check does not replace the Working With Children Check. Both DG Dennis and District Secretary Henry assure me that the WWC is an absolute necessity for all Rotarians who will or may be involved in any of our Youth programs. The WWC forms will be available again at next week’s meeting for you to complete.
Simon O’Donoghue gave us a great overview of Survey Street Trust, explaining how the Trust works and how the Trustees would prefer the available money to be spent. A significant Club project in Boroondara would tick many of the boxes. Please put your thinking hats on about how and what we as a club can contribute to our local community.
Geoff Wright advised us that the Vocational Mentoring Program is gathering momentum, but we need many more registered mentors to be of any impact. Another email will be circulated shortly for those who have not yet completed the required questionnaire.
The Club Visioning Facilitation Program is confirmed for Saturday 24th November, from 9am to 1pm at Sackville Grange. We invite anyone interested in helping plan the Club future to attend - please contact Ian Stoney.
Our first movie and dinner night for this Rotary year is happening on Thursday October 25th. Arbitrage is the selected movie, it’s received great reviews and is rated 4 stars, and Deco is the restaurant of choice. Everyone is welcome – bring friends and family. The email has been circulated - please let me know if you wish to attend.
Gordon Cheyne is collecting names for the Paul Harris Breakfast being held at the RACV Club on November 14th. We have 49 Paul Harris Fellows in our Club, so although it’s an early start, I am sure we can manage at least one table of 10.
Chris Hanson has had a good response so far to his request for help with the Garden DesignFest in November. There are a significant number of members who have not yet replied. This is one of our major fundraisers for the year and we need your support. Please consider what other members of your family can help - partners, children, siblings - and reply to Chris as soon as…
Support for the Camcare Concert is slow – very slow. Please tell Noel Halford you will be attending and bringing friends. At only $25 a ticket it promises an afternoon of superb musical entertainment.
It was great to see Anemone at our meeting. She has settled into school and is now happily living in Ivanhoe. She presented us with her sponsor club banner and is looking forward to presenting her talk to the club later this year.
Enjoy a happy week…
Yours in Rotary,
Ngaire
Thought for the day; ‘In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure’ - Bill Cosby