I am pleased to welcome Suzie Adam as our new Bulletin Editor. Suzie has tackled the clubrunner platform to learn the skills to publish the Bulletin. Can I remind all members that Suzie only edits and publishes the Bulletin. She does not write or report for the Bulletin. She relies on the Board members, ordinary club members and friends to send her articles , rosters and reports. If you are a 3 minute speaker or a main speaker, please send her a synopsis of your notes or presentation. As you can imagine, I am very grateful that Suzie has taken over from my somewhat clumsy attempts at producing a mistake free and complete Bulletin.
We are galloping towards the end of this Rotary year and we can be satisfied that we have moved out of the COVID era into more normal Rotary processes successfully. We have maintained our fundraising levels and managed to complete the majority of the projects the directors of each Avenue of Service set for the year. More importantly we have also managed to respond to the three major natural disasters : the Tongan volcanic eruption, the floods disaster in S-E Queensland and N-E NSW and the Ukraine disaster. The value of the Trust fund to enable us to respond quickly and spread our funding has been a great boon. Bernie reported to the Board how well the Trust Fund is going and the aim to build the capital to $300,000 as soon as possible. The work the members who manage the trust fund do, is fantastic.
Now that Mr Morrison has declared the election date, we can finally confirm that the International Fundraiser in lieu of the meeting on the 2nd Tuesday in May will be on Saturday May 14th , at St James the Less Hall. Kay has had to postpone this event so often that she probably didn’t think it would ever get off the ground! John will be catering for the night and if the past meetings like this are anything to go by it will be a great night. Once again, it will be a meeting for partners, friends and guests. More details will be available soon.
DGE Paul and the District Learning and Development team are running the District 9820 Club Development Summit (District Assembly) on Sunday 1st May 2022 at the Warragul Country Club, Sutton Street, Warragul starting at 10.00 am. These sessions are designed for club program chairs, office holders, new, recent and Rotarians just needing a refresh. They have an array of experienced presenters from Rotary and our district. All sessions will be face to face and designed to include members interaction. These days are excellent and I encourage as many of you as possible attend. Secretary Pauline will send out the link to register next week.
The Board is investigating the use of the 1st Ranelagh Venturers Scout group to help us set up and pack up at the Farmers Market. This would take the pressure off our members at the start and end of markets. We would donate a sum to the group for each Market they help us. We are working out the fine details with them at present.
The Club Assembly this week will be focussing on the program for each Avenue of Service and club structures for PE John. It will enable members to help brainstorm projects and indicate areas of the club they would be interested in focussing on next year. This will be a great opportunity for you all to give input into how the club is run and the meetings are structured. See you next week, cheers, Neil
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