I was thrilled to welcome members, partners, colleagues and especially the cream of the St. Arnaud Rotary Club, Greg Fithall, Colin Coates, and Russell Steel who have avoided the 3-hour one-way trip to our meeting on Thursday evening.
Have a great safe week, stay well and Open Opportunities as lockdown eases…….
October is Economic and Community Development month on the Rotary Calendar
Classy Insult: “He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.” (William Faulkner said this about Ernest Hemingway)
Club AGM
The Club AGM will be held on 19 November.
Board positions will be voted on at that meeting - there are quite a few vacancies listed on the Nomination Form.
Zone 8 Convention
The Zone 8 Convention was held virtually from Alice Springs and featured some brilliant speakers.
Raffle
Feeling hungry? Need to restock your fridge?
Here is your opportunity to win $150 worth of meat!!!
Just purchase some tickets in our raffle.
Who Was I?
At the last meeting we greatly enjoyed trying to guess Who Am I?
In case you missed it, here it is:
St Arnaud
In the Footsteps of President Greg
From Maurie Walters
As your President Elect I will be working on putting together the an outstanding list of names for key roles and committees for July 2021 to 2022. I will be contacting members seeking support over the next 2 to 3 weeks. Any member who wishes to state a preference regarding a specific role or committee to be on, please feel free to call or
email me.
Fellowship Weekend in Bright
From Maurie Walters
I am pleased to report that we currently have 24 members who wish to attend. 16 will stay the 3 nights and 8 just Friday & Saturday nights. The total number attending is 38. Golf bookings for Sat & Sun have been confirmed. Soon I will provide information regarding deposits and planned activities.
Salt Down-Low Breakfast
Our guest speaker, Dave Burt, invited members to the SALT Down-Low Breakfast on 16 October.
Food
Nino has stocks of food and drinks, just waiting for you to purchase them.
End Polio
October is here and the Team has started walking in the End Polio Challenge.
Our Team of 13 has undertaken to walk at least 1,000kms in October.
We would love you to join or donate to our Team.
Geoff's Health Tips
Read and learn all about Olive Oil.
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