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No. 42569 - Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - A002977L
Weekly bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bendigo Inc. - Chartered 30th July 1925 - District 9800
PRESIDENT ELECT’S REPORT
Meeting commenced with recognition of Blue Ribbon Day on 29/9 – I asked for a moments silence to remember the 157 members of the Victoria Police whom have made the ultimate sacrifice and lost their lives in upholding law and order. Proceeds of $150.00 from our fines/raffle and an impromptu auction item courtesy of Sandhurst Probus (Rotary International jacket bought in spirited bidding by Greg Bickley), be donated to the Blue Ribbon Foundation. Thank you all for your support. Great to see Gwen Rankins (flying solo as Ted apparently stood her up!) and Lorraine Glazebrook in attendance.
Zsofi, smartly dressed but not in school uniform (holidays) gave a quick update on her past week and the current week which involves a few trips to Ballarat, one with friends and one with host family the Robinsons. Nearly 3 months is up, and Zsofi will soon be leaving the Robinsons to her next host family. It was great to hear how much Zsofi is looking forward to the next 9 months of her life in Australia. Of course Zsofi, being converted on arrival to a Hawks supporter, is looking forward to Saturday’s grand final. Guest Speaker, Karen Quinlan, director of The Bendigo Art Gallery was welcomed and introduced by Chairman for the day, Barry Ackerman - see Speaker Summary for some notes.
PRESIDENT Brian Figg
SECRETARY Kaye Graves
We are approaching a very busy and important time of year for the Club – some significant fund-raising events, Car Parking (Beach/Caulfield Cup Saturday 20/10 then Bendigo Club Wednesday 31/10), Operation Cleft Golf Night Event 26/10/12 and Swap Meeting 15-18 November. I urge all members to try and support the coordinators and put up your hand to help where you can. ROTARY BUSINESS
RYPEN (Rotary Youth Program of Enrichmnet) – sponsoring two students for a two day camp at Lancefield 26-28 October. Y11 Karen Boy at BSCC and an Y10 Sudanese Girl from Crusoe – cost is $286 per student. Great work by New Gens Director Phil West and supporting “New Generations “ month. Road Safe Central Victoria – Many may remember John Dingle’s presentation to the Club at a night meeting earlier this year. Myself and Glenn Reilly met with John and their Chairperson in early August as their State Govt Funding model has changed. Please to advise that the Board have supported sponsorship of $1,200 this financial year – Rotary will be recognised as a key supporter at all their events.
Refugee Action Group – I have some preliminary meetings with representatives of this group regarding some In Kind Support – possibly utilising Camp Getaway for youth leadership/integration or TREASURER Wayne Smith
PAST PRESIDENT Wayne Smith
BOARD MEMBERS: Vocational Service - John Krakowiak President Elect - Tom Seddon New Generations - Phil West Club Service - Garry Gunnell Rotary Foundation - Hugh Wheeler Community Service - Libby Hughes International Service - Valerie Barker Editor: Noel Hobley noelhobley@bigpond.com - Distribution: The Terrace theterrace@phs.org.au Correspondence: PO Box 131, Bendigo, 3552