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Disease Prevention and Treatment Month
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Bob Donaldson
January 14
 
Spouse Birthdays
Mary Anderson
January 17
 
Sandy Turner
January 30
 
Anniversaries
Bernard Dobson
Kath Dobson
January 9
 
Geoffrey Taylor
Elaine Taylor
January 16
 
Join Date
Ross Whitehead
January 1, 1988
35 years
 
Speakers
Feb 22, 2023
Mittagundi & Wollangarra Alpine Walk 2023
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This Meeting's Responsibilities
Host
Fitzgerald, Greg
 
Chairperson
Viney, Tony
 
Cashier 1
Dobson, Bernard
 
Cashier 2
Hayllar, Rick
 
Meeting Setup
Alexander, Rob
 
Invocation
Davis, Adrian
 
TMG
Prossor, Merv
 
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Last Meeting
Apologies:
 
Peter Anderson
John Barnes
Tyrrell McGeever
Harry Ziegerink
 
 
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Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Wednesdays at 6:30 PM
Safety Beach Sailing Club
185 Marine Dr
SAFETY BEACH, VIC 3936
Australia
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Arrive 6:00 pm

Meeting Starts 6:30 pm

Ends 8:00 pm

President's Message
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Hi Members. 
 
I would like to extend to you and your families a very happy, holy and peaceful Christmas. And may the New Year be filled with friendship and good times and robust good health!!
 
We will resume at a breakfast meeting on the 11/01/2023 at the David Buchanan Shelter at 9am. At 180 Point Nepean Rd Dromana.

Our next full meeting at the Yacht Club will be the 18th January, 6pm for 6.30. We will be having discussions on membership which is our most pressing priority. Bring along your good ideas. 
  
Happenings at last weeks’ meeting
 
This week’s meeting, being the last for the calendar year, was a Christmas breakup party masquerading as a meeting or visa versa. Greg was dressed for the occasion but I’m afraid others, including your Ed, failed to live up to this sartorial standard.
 
 
Greg commenced the meeting with a reminder of:
  • The Hillview Quarry BBQ will be held on Thursday 22nd;
  • Our new year breakfast will be on 11th January;
  • The 2 Bays Fun Run will be held on 16th January and we will be providing the BBQ like last year; and
  • Our official “re-start” meeting will be on January 18th.
Chris gave his own couple of reminders regarding the 1:00 pm start to setup the Market on the 21st and the need for more contributions to the Market raffle.
Greg now launched the party part of the evening with the old cry of “eat, drink and be merry”.
 
 
During the meal the Lotto was drawn and won by Joy Long. As befitted the occasion, no fines were levied.
At the end of a pleasant meal, Bob decided to take up the challenge of the Three Minute GIG and give us a brief talk on his early childhood.
Until he was 7, Bob lived on Hammersly Station.
 
 
He had to learn the local language as his only playmates were children from the local tribe. His best friend was Tony and Bob was welcomed by the Parents, Aunties and Uncles, and the whole tribe. The tribe were workmen for the area and were paid in kind. Nowadays they are paid in money but they have been dispossessed from the land.
 
Bob spoke of living in a house while his friends lived in a humpy, but they all played together with sticks and rocks, hunting goannas and following the Uncles on their hunts. The station was 100,000 acres and very remote.
 
Bob feels that the Voice to Parliament is a positive step. (and I’m sure that he has a greater insight than most of us. Ed.)
 
He finished off with a brief history of the station and Hammersly Iron whose history is tied up with Pilbara Iron and ultimately Rio Tinto and Robe River Iron Associates. (Google is a marvellous thing ‘cause I couldn’t write fast enough on the night. Ed.)
 
After this very interesting TMG from Bob, the evening ran down and we departed around 8:20.
 
2023 District Conference
Don’t forget.
 
 
The Blister Pack Collection
Keep collecting during the festive season (you can add the headache tablet foils) and get them to Elaine or Rod in the new year.
 
 
The Interplast Donation
 
Thanks from Carole Ross
 
Board Decision on Meeting Attendance
 
“Dear Fellow Rotarians,
 
Unfortunately, our Expenses are greater than Income for Meals and Venue Hire.  The Club cannot pay for members who, after indicating they will be attending, do not attend.
 
Therefore, the Board has determined that:
  1. If you say you are attending, and do not attend, you will be expected to pay.
 
  1. If you do not indicate you are attending it will be assumed that you are not attending and a meal will not be prepared for you.
 
Regards
 
Bernard Dobson
Treasurer
Rotary Club of Dromana”
 
 
 
NORMALLY, if you cannot attend the meeting, then please send your apologies to
Rick Hayllar only by email: rhayllar@bigpond.net.au, or phone on 0409 940 033, before the MIDDAY on the Tuesday preceding the meeting.
ADDITIONALLY, Rick will send out an email requesting information on who is attending, to aid in catering.
Catering for meals is expensive, if you do not apologise your meal has been paid for and all your fellow members suffer the loss.
 

Current Projects

In the current state of the world our normal fund raising activities  are on hold. But that does not stop you from supporting our Rotary projects.

 

Australian Flood Relief
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 Australian Rotary Health always always looking for help with an emphasis on Mental Health in this coronavirus time

click HERE to see more.

And if you would like to help click on the Donate link above!

 

Something Light-hearted.