Happenings at last weeksâ meeting
With something approaching more normal attendance at this weekâs meeting, President Greg was able to share the roles around.
Acting-Sergeant Merv called the meeting to order and called on Greg to propose the toast. Greg then handed the meeting over to Tony Viney as Chair.
As the meal was yet to be served, Tony made an executive decision and flipped the meeting sequence to call on Rod Troutbeck to deliver the GIG.
Rod ran through a number of the things that have been keeping him busy of late:
- Attending Courts â
- Queensland vs a tourist who said that a particular stretch of road, which had resulted in him killing a motorcyclist, was not built correctly;
- Victoria vs the driver of a B-double which had rolled. It turned out to be cheaper to settle out of court;
- Qld Work, Health and Safety vs a stunt driver who drove into the crowd;
- Consulting on/for â
- The effectiveness of a new barrier for Qld Work, Health and Safety;
- Motorcyclist in the UK riding on tracks;
- RACQ purchase of a track to be hired out;
- Victorian Govt. review of barriers vs bull bars;
- National guidelines on roadside signage, which will result in a webinar, and covers narrow roads and bridges.
Tony thanked Rod and expressed how we could all appreciate the difficulties heâs had in attending our club meetings.
After dinner Tony called on Secretary Michael for his report. Michael read out tonightâs apologies and referred everyone to the e-mail that has been distributed regarding the six Regionalisation Pilot Project Information sessions being conducted in July and August. As this effects Rotary in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands it is important that we understand what is being proposed.
Director Joseph was happy to announce that the Beer & Wine Night had been quite a success and raised over $6,000. The future for other similar events looks good.
Chris gave an update on the upcoming Market. We have at least 40 stalls but he needed more volunteers. Members put up their hands to fill the spots Chris had. Chestnuts, Marshmallows, sausages and Santa and his Helpers are all organised for the day.
On the subject of the Market, Charles spoke on behalf of himself and Rob regarding the distribution of publicity leaflets to shops in the area. It was a successful effort with 24 shops approached and only 2 refusals. The next step is to review the results. The spinners had Market-specific posters so it will be interesting to see if their content differs from the norm.
Mike Smith spoke about the success of the social media Market promotions. Responses have been steadily increasing across all our media outlets.
Tony now called on Merv to conduct Lotto (won by Ailsa) and fines. The fines session was calm until Merv made a technical âfoulâ over the naming of the GIG. This meant that Tony was fined, erroneously (but the club bye-laws donât allow for an âun-finingâ) and Merv was fined for âjumping the gunâ.
As the next part of the meeting was general issues, Greg now called for a discussion on what the new GIG was to be called? No options were offered so your Ed went into a, frankly, very silly explanation and justification for having imbedded TLAâs (Three Letter Acronyms). The meeting was so bored by his waffle that they agreed to call the new GIG the TMG, meaning the Three Minute Gig.
Now Greg moved on to a more important matter which was the next Halloween night. He called for volunteers for a committee, which he received, and then spoke about the next steps which involve application to the Shire and the search for sponsorship.
Lastly, Chris announced that he had been approached with the idea of the club being involved in the staging of a Debutants Ball. There was no dissenting opinion from the meeting so he will present the subject for preliminary discussion by the Board.
An interesting meeting finished at 8:00.
Renaming of the GIG.
As announced in the Happenings section, the old GIG is now the TMG, meaning the Three Minute GIG. The emphasis now being on the âThree Minuteâ part of the title. Members are not expected to wax lyrical about any subject that they choose. Short-ish and Sweet.
Working with Children.
Donât forget to keep your certification up to date.
The View From Hillview.
As Greg has said, the relocation of the bench was much appreciated.
The Fees.
Invoices are on their way. Hooray?
