Meeting for August 4, 2009

First of all…
I think we all should say a big thanks to President Adam for the leg-work he put in to the snooker tournament that happened on July 29. The fellowship that happened between clubs was outstanding!

Last week’s meeting (July 29)…
There was a great, if not occasionally late, roll up of Fellows from Bathurst, Bathurst East, and Daybreak clubs. There were 11 members from Bathurst, about another 10 from Daybreak, and over a dozen from Bathurst East.

We attended the regular meeting of Bathurst East and participated in their usual business. It was nice to know that their sergeant-at-arms was just as willing to take our money as well as from his own members. As well, he was as ruthless as our own David Lowe.

We were also treated to the company of their ‘Pride in Workmanship’ award winner, the Father of the Catholic Church in Bathurst. If you ever get the chance to chat with the Father, I’d highly recommend it; he’s a really entertaining man.

By 7:30, the meeting was adjourned and we filed out to the snooker tables. Adam got those of us interested in knocking a ball around a table into teams of two to face off against a team of two from another club. It was also great to see that even the members not interested in playing still came out to the snooker tables for fellowship after the meeting.

Rules were set so that we played with only six red balls and the usual assortment of other colours so that games wouldn’t take too long. A 20 minute time limit was also set such that the team leading after 20 minutes was declared the winner. A team winning its game won their club 5 competition points while losing won their club 1 participation point (I think that’s right…).

I’ll take a moment to brag that the team of Eric & Greg S as well as the team of Eric & Andrew C won both games. I’m not sure the results of the other games but I get to brag about my own prowess becasue I'm the one writing the report. Clearly Bathurst teams won a few other games as well because RC of Bathurst won the night with a score of 20 points to 8 points each from East and Daybreak.

Next week (August 4)
Karl M will be presenting his experiences from his recent travels through Europe.

In the coming month
At the Aug 11th meeting, the DG will be visiting, so please make special note of this in your calendar. The usual meeting time applies for Fellows (6:15 for 6:30) but note that Fellows on the Board will need to arrive at 5:30 p.m. for a sit-down with the DG. Adam and Anthony will need to arrive at 5 p.m. for the president/secretary meeting with the DG. Also note that partners are welcome to the regular meeting.

Alan Brown, I believe you’re taking the lead in liaising with Peter Flude who will be attending the August 18th meeting to talk about The Victorian Bushfires?

All Fellows (and interested family members) should note that on Saturday, August 22nd there will be a garage sale at the Tutorial Centre. I’m sure we’ll get more information from Anthony in the coming weeks regarding this.

At the August 25th meeting, Anthony will again be up to bat to give us all a Technology Lesson about using the Rotary website, doing E-makeups, and the like. Thanks Anthony!

As a final note, the treasurer has asked me to remind all Fellows that subs are due in the coming meetings. Payments are $125 now and a second $125 due in January.