Good morning all,
Good luck to Jan with the James Jacobs
Christmas Lunch. Congratulations to all of the volunteers who have
helped in the organization of this and to all of those volunteers who
will help on the day.
If you have the time, please take a
minute to share our Drought Appeal Western Queensland GoFundMe (DAWQ)
campaign on Facebook and other social media. We have decided to continue
our DAWQ campaign into the New Year to try and reach our fundraising
target. Thank you to everyone who has supported the campaign so far
either by donating or promoting it, and please consider taking the time
to re-share the link (with a Holiday message).
At the meeting last Tuesday, I told all
members that the RYLA dinner was on the incorrect date. The actual date
for the RYLA dinner is Tuesday 26 January, so please change this in your
calendars if you plan on trying to attend. Please note, the cost of
this dinner is $25/head.
Although it has been going a while,
members may not know that the sale of used stamps continues to fund some
of the transport costs incurred by Donation In Kind in sending their
various containers into the Pacific. Could all members please remember
to collect used stamps where possible (leaving a minimum 1cm margin
around the stamp itself) and in due course forward these to Rotarian
Russell Thompson from the Rotary Club of Burleigh Heads (or we can
collect as a Club and send through together). This has been an ongoing
project for many years and has been a worthwhile contribution to provide
transport and container costs for Donations In Kind. I urge all
Rotarians to continue to collect the stamps although in the current
world it is in an ever diminishing supply.
I also wanted to include a very special note from DG Anne that was sent around to all Clubs last week:
Last week I reported that Jeff and I
would be undertaking our official District Governor’s visit to the
E-Club next January. Although the E-Club meets online, on this occasion
we were privileged to be able to meet with many of the Members face to
face, as well as meeting online with those who could not be physically
present due to distance and other considerations. It is a measure of
the flexibility and innovation of Rotary Clubs that their meeting format
can still be a surprise. Our meetings don’t always have to be
conducted the same way. Accordingly, on this occasion we had a
Christmas get together at the home of one of the members of the E-Club
with several members present. I had the honour of presenting Paul
Harris Awards to two of the members who had achieved their Paul Harris
recognition through their own personal contributions in a very short
period of time. In addition, I was privileged to have the President of
the E-Club, Tara Little, present at the Christmas celebration. Why is
that unusual? Well Tara lives in Griffith in the Riverina District.
She is the President of District 9640’s Rotary E-Club but she herself
does not live within the geographical confines of our District. Tara
also happens to be our youngest Rotary President in District 9640 in
2015-2016. Tara’s personal application to her role as President and her
enthusiasm and motivation for Rotary resulted in Tara travelling to our
District to attend PETS training in March 2015 and now to attend the
District Governor’s visit this month. She promises me also that she is
going to be attending our District Conference in Murwillumbah in May
2016. Tara’s youth, enthusiasm and dedication are an inspiration to all
of us. Well done Tara! Well done e-club!
Which seems like a great way to end. As
this will be my last report for the year, Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year. We are sending everyone the best of wishes for the holiday
season.
Hope everyone can make it online tonight for our last meeting of the year, to be followed by a short Board meeting.
Kind regards,
Tara
President, 2015-16