Cathie was chair for the evening with Tony L as acting Pres for the night
and the thought for the day courtesy of Maya Angelou who was was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist
Not much to report from the Pres - who wasn't there so no surprise really :)
Tony L asked if anyone was interesting in providing content for our website - it is a large task to change stories and keep things up to date - hopefully making the website more attractive so anything community focussed would be greatly appreciated. Also, any articles for our Facebook page
Matters in the Interest of Rotary
- We had a packing event yesterday at Scotch College
- Note on Bass Care from JB - they are planning on a large scale change program including venue changes. Our challenge is the reduced attendance recently and how this cannot keep the option of the Canterbury Centre viable for our meetings. The board is considering options.
You will see in the body of the bulletin that next month is the Rotary Walk to End Polio campaign. D9800 has always been a champion in raising funds for this cause. A page has been crated for our club so why not join the team and get some fundraising going as well as getting healthier at same time.
Here is our page - Rotary Walk With Us End Polio - Canterbury Strollers
Just Tony and Elizabeth in there currently so plenty of space for more. If you don't want to join then perhaps pick a member and donate to them. Tony will make sure he keeps up his steps in the Philippines.
Speaking of which - the mission takes off on October 5th and the bulk of the members (not the golfers) will return on the 16th. Plenty of stories to be shared there! Good to see we have 2 past mission members in Rachele Stin and Stinoj Shaju. We have a small dynamic group this year so Doug may find it easier to manage (less cat herding going on!)
And the big news on the night was the induction of a new member - Welcome Geoff Ballard - you had almost as many guest appearances RCC as I did! And a warm welcome to his wife Margaret.
Geoff was introduced to the club by Val

