What a packed event we had with a full room of members and guests as we held our AGM (always a well held short and sweet affair! - Thanks John B!) as well as a presentation from the Orthoptic students from La Trobe Uni.
Doug led proceedings and gave us his Thought for the Day after the presentation by the students and it was very apt. It was a statement from a news article from one of the earlier missions and so good at describing the results. The whole article is included in the bulletin. This came courtesy of Julia Carreon-Lagoc
"And the wonder of it all happens when the faces of loved ones come out from the shadows, the blurred pages in a book becomes as clear as splendid day, and the golden sunset is for another person to enjoy"
Over to Pres Tony gave a warm welcome to all of our guests.
Our guests
The students - Lauren Sill, Lauren Vernon, Kali Evans and Shawna Sapuppo
Other guests included
Alison Knight, Rachele Stin, Pat Little, Lea Alzola, George De Souza - President of sister club RC Camberwell and his wife Fulvia, Eugene Fitzwilliam and his son Scott, The Pres's wife Tran, and the Pres Elects husband Jonathan
A very warm reception for John McCaskill who joined us on the night after a very lengthy stay in hospital. Good to see you back John!
On to matter in the interest of Rotary
- John B reminded us of the Christmas party held with RC Camberwell - details and the link included below
- Val reminded us of the packing event next week - details below - after this there is a break until Feb when it ramps up again
- Hans advised that he Steve and Tony L will be hosting a mentoring workshop at Swinburne's Croydon campus - covering the recruitment process - thats on November 29th
- John P reminded us that the new roster starts on December 10th and the next date after that will be New Years eve. He has out out a call for volunteers to advise their non availability - It should also be noted that the income from the market covers 63% of our income and is therefore very important to our club. Please make yourself available even if its for a half shift once a roster period.
Just a little news on the AGM which was concluded on Monday
There were nominations for each office bearing position and the members endorsed all of them with a show of hands.
The incoming board is as follows
President 2024/25 - Elizabeth Shepherd
President Elect 2024/25 - Tony Laycock
Immediate Past President and VP - Tony Nguyen
Secretary - Rosemary Waghorne
Treasurer - John Braine
Directors -
Club Service - Rob Simpson
Community Service - shared between Steve Wylie and Cathie MacMillan
International Service - Ant Balocca
Youth Services - Anne Josefsberg
Environment - Ted Waghorne
Diversity Equity and Inclusion - Jillian Woinarski
Vocational Services Joe Flinn
Communicaiton - Tony Laycock
Congratulations to all those voted into their new positions - continuing the great work done by your predecessors.