Archive for November 2017

At our AGM last week it was a great pleasure to formally approve the appointment of Noel Sturgeon as our President-elect. Noel has already attended the first of the President-elect training seminars conducted by District and appears enthusiastic to proceed. Whilst he has been a member of our Club for a short time, he has…

As we often say our best speakers come from our own membership. Last week was no exception as one of our newest members Noel Sturgeon displayed fascinating skills with the brush as he showed us how to “Meditate via Asian Art’. A few willing members tried to copy, but I suspect that frustration was more…

Once again the Calcutta was a fun night with lots of laughs and bonus dollars for the lucky winners whose details are inside. Thank you once again to Kent, Wayne and Neil Wilson for their efforts in organising the night and to Smokey for his time on the floor somehow squeezing extra bids out of…

On Tuesday night there was a meeting with Bruce, Marcia, Leigh Wallace and myself investigating possibilities for membership promotion. We have a few ideas which we shall discuss further at the next board meeting. One idea was to run a fortnightly barbecue on Saturday mornings at Danahers from now until Christmas, with the proceeds going…

The guest speaker who we had arranged for today, namely Louise Milligan, has had to withdraw due to work commitments. Hopefully she will be able to attend in the not too distant future. Fortunately we have a more than capable replacement, Emma Di Luca who will present a Rotarian Behind the Badge address. How do…

We have the name of another potential new member currently being circulated to all. Assuming this succeeds it means that we will have inducted three members in just over three months. A great start for the year, but we all need to do a lot more. Laurie Rose and I joined on the same day…

What a wonderful speaker we had last week! (With due respect to our Rotarian behind the badge of the week before). Jeremy Scott enthralled us all with his tale of riding his pushbike from London to his home in New Zealand. We even ran over time as we listened and saw beautiful photos displayed on…

As we often repeat, the best speakers often come from our own midst and last week was no exception as one of our newest members Noel Sturgeon gave his “Rotarian Behind the Badge” address. Not only did we learn a lot about the man and his story, but he also entertained us with anecdotes and…