Another lively meeting on 1 March with a great speaker in Dr Jim Donaldson.
Several matters of interest were raised at the meeting including:
- Val advised that a number of schools have signed on to hold FORaMEAL packing events and there is a possible cluster packing event coming up at the Amora Hotel.
- Ted was pleased to inform members that the Lucas Mill mobile tree machine has had it first outing last week down in the Gippsland bushfire affected area and was used to make fence posts from fallen trees. Funds were contributed by the Club towards the cost of the machine.
- Rosemary indicated that at the upcoming International Women's day event a number of students will be sponsored by the Club to attend the event.
- Tony indicated letters of appreciation had been received from students at Camberwell HS who had received assistance through the Club's funding package.
- Tony also mentioned a letter of appreciation received from the Royal Children's Hospital which was very pleased to receive some of the "crocs" which had been distributed via the Club from DIK
Although very belatedly, President Tony distributed Club membership certificates to a number of newer members who had not been able to receive them in person during the period when the Club was meeting via Zoom. Well done to John Pocock, Ken Maher, Rose Stewart, David Chivers and David Shave.
BULLETIN CORRECTION AND APOLOGY
A couple of weeks ago great fanfare was made of Doug Hawley for winning the paper plane making and throwing competition. It has come to the attention of the Bulletin Editor that this fanfare was not justified. After scrutiny by the highest level of plane throwing competition judges, it has been realised that while Doug was close to having the best throw, he had been out thrown on the night by a former Club plane throwing winner in Roger Taylor.
Congratulations to Roger and sincere apologies for the publication error. Hopefully the need for a Royal Commission has been averted, procedures will be reviewed prior to any future paper plane events and the Bulletin Editor has acknowledged the need to be more attentive and not loose interest when his paper plane fails to fly.