First of all…
We were very happy to welcome back for a visit, Peter Flude from the Rotary Club of Beaumaris (Victoria). We also had my brother Robert visiting us on the tail end of his three-month tour of the Middle East (including Lebanon, Beirut, Turkey and Iran).
Also joining us was David W’s guest, Peter Sackett. We also had apologies from Peter F.
Hopefully, everybody has had an opportunity to read Peter C’s business plan for the raffle so we can discuss it at the meeting.
November dates to note…
Tom B has a birthday on November 28
David W and Kathy have their 28th wedding anniversary on November 28
David L’s wife Maree has a birthday on November 29
Peter C and Vicki have their 23rd wedding anniversary on November 29
Arthur C and Hilary have their 36th wedding anniversary on November 30
Last Week’s Meeting (November 17, 2009)…
We opened up with David W taking the H&T.
At this point we realised that Rob B had entirely neglected to pay for his dinner! And then Anthony J admitted that he’d forgotten too! Sorry guys, but I had to officially log that.
Anthony J let us know that that he’d received some correspondence from the Mitchell Conservatorium of Music that they’ve awarded the scholarship that we donate every year has been awarded to Nicola James, who plays the viola.
David W gave us an update on the meeting he attended with RC Bathurst Daybreak about the district conference. He told us that things are sounding really good. All they wanted was a few more details on the round of golf that Bob has been organising for them. Bob P said that he’d clarify whatever they needed.
I also understand that Rob B, Adam S, and Danielle B had a meeting about the Australia Day duck race we’re organising. I’m not sure what was covered at the meeting but if any Rotarians want more details they should contact any of these three.
There was also some discussion of the meeting schedule over the next few weeks. We’ll be doing a tour of the Bell Tower on December 1 and Greg S will be giving of a tour of Devro on Dec 8. While Sally was not in attendance, apparently she and Danielle will be getting some suggestions for the Christmas party together. Please correct me if I’ve got that wrong…
For New Year’s Eve we won’t be doing a BBQ but will be doing something with the parking for the city. David N and I will be liaising with Danielle on this. More details to come…
On Saturday, December 12, the city will be doing a Garage Sale on Mount Panorama. There’s a great potential to spin to money with gold coin donations for parking but we’ll need A LOT of Rotarians. We’ll run it in two shifts: first shift from 7 a.m. to 9:30 and then from 9:30 to 12 noon. PLEASE EVERYBODY KEEP THE MORNIG OF DECEMBER 12 OPEN.
David W then introduced his guest to the club, Peter Sackett. Peter did his apprenticeship in the mid 1970’s as a mechanical engineer working on manufacturing machines. He did it part and it took him 9 years! His first job was in Bundaberg ensuring the trains kept running. The trains were transporting a million tonnes of sugar cane each year along 500 kilometres of tracks. He describes that job as playing with the ultimate train set.
In 1986 he moved to Bathurst to work as a development engineer at Uncle Ben’s. He then moved to Parks to work at Australian Topmaking Services in 1995. But in 2000 he said that he got sick of the 24/7 factory jobs… jobs where he’d get called at almost any time of the day or night if a machine went down. So after 25 years, he finally went into business for himself and formed a mechanical engineering consulting group: Central Design and Engineering.
His firm has done components of the Mount Panorama race control tower and the pit redesign, the Bathurst Visitor Information Centre, the Carillion Bell Tower, parts of the new hospital (just the steel work and NOT the design), and the Bathurst Aquatic Centre.
He started out with four people and is now up to 24 engineers. He then started outsourcing his IT department which has now become a separate computing firm. Then he expanded further into an energy management firm. And what started as their own in house printing is now a called Print Flow. I was truly amazed how he took his original small firm and spun it further and further using whatever came along that seemed like a good idea. And his philosophy that it’s easier to replace clients than it is to replace staff was really outstanding; you need to take care of people.
This week’s meeting (November 24)…
I think this meeting will be about discussing the duck race. We can’t miss getting the local schools involved so we’ve got to start acting on this if this duck race is going to work as a fund raiser.
I also think there will be substantial discussion around Peter C’s business plan for the raffle.
In the coming weeks…
Dec 1st – Carillon Bell Tower (Rob B)
Dec 8th – Devro (Greg S)
Dec 15th - Chris B
Dec 22nd - Christmas Party
Dec 29th - No meeting
Jan 5th - No meeting
Jan 12th – Rob B to organise am informal cycling/walking BBQ River Park
Jan 19th - Steve E to organise a family BBQ and activities
Jan 26th – Committee - Aust day, duck race
Monday, November 23, 2009
Monday, November 16, 2009
Meeting for November 17, 2009
First of all…
We were very happy to welcome our Youth Award winner for the month, Catherine Cockerill, and her dad Doug. It was also great to welcome Arthur C’s guest to the meeting, Deputy Mayor Ian North.
Once again, it was nice to see Sally join us. Hopefully we’re all taking opportunities to get to know Sally.
I’m still also hoping to hear from our secretary Anthony J regarding the minutes of the AGM. I will forward those around the club as soon as I get them from him. Anthony, if you’re reading this, can you please forward them on to me ASAP.
I’ll be circulating to members by email a copy of Peter C’s plan for a raffle next year. If you’re a club member and haven’t seen a copy of the business plan soon, then please email me.
Finally, Alan B has noticed that the attendance rate at meetings in the first few months of this Rotary year that was really great (over 90%) has plummeted to about 70%. I know this blog is almost as good as getting to the meeting, but come on Rotarians! Please make every attempt to get to meetings!
November dates to note…
Tom B has a birthday on November 28
David W and Kathy have their 28th wedding anniversary on November 28
David L’s wife Maree has a birthday on November 29
Peter C and Vicki have their 23rd wedding anniversary on November 29
Arthur C and Hilary have their 36th wedding anniversary on November 30
Last week’s meeting (November 10, 2009)…
Nev D let us know that the Christmas cakes and puddings have arrived. If you’d like personal order or have an idea of local businesses that might order cases to sell, let Nev know.
Rob B reminded us of the Darwin lecture. The Darwin Lecture will be happening on a Tuesday night (November 24) though it will not be replacing our regular meeting, as we have previously discussed.
Pres Adam gave us an update about the third instalment of the interclub challenge between the Rotary clubs in Bathurst. It is still planned to be a lawn bowls event but will NOT be on Dec 16th as Adam announced. This date conflicted with RC Bathurst East Christmas party so has been postponed to an unspecified date. Personally, I think the other clubs are just running scared of our athletic prowess ;-)!
We’ve had a few dates open up in our meetings for guest speakers or events. Greg S suggested a visit to Devro while Rob B suggested a visit to the Bell Tower. Both are great ideas and we’re looking to other members for their ideas for meeting activities, particularly for our Christmas party.
Next up, Arthur invited his guest, Deputy Mayor Ian North, to present on “Get Knotted”. This is a program about raising awareness of men’s health issues, in particular, prostate cancer (not that there is no ‘r’ so it is pronounced pros-tate, not pros-trate). It is not about raising money for research, but just to promote awareness and getting checkups.
The “Get Knotted” campaign is about collecting neck-ties… enough neck-ties that when they are all tied together there are enough to go entirely around Mount Panorama. Considering that there is not a Guinness Book of World Records record for most ties, this will qualify as a world record! Currently, they’ve got 6,500 ties and the event isn’t happening until February 11.
They currently have some heavy hitters for public support including Country Energy and the NSW Fire Service. They even have a tie signed by Australian rockers, Silverchair. Even bigger than all of those, “Get Knotted” has the full support of the Rotary Club of Bathurst!
Ian also gave us an update on an expansion on the Mount Panorama. The plan is for a 4.8 km and a 2.3 km circuit that will be able to take all kinds of motorcycle racing. The layout planed is to run around the old drive in.
This week’s meeting (November 17, 2009)…
The program this week has as our guest speaker Peter Sackett, being brought by David W. Peter is a principal with Central Design & Engineering, a consulting engineering company based in Bathurst and Orange. Pete is going to come along and tell us a bit about himself, his company and what is happening in his industry - Pete always has something really interesting going on in his work.
In the coming weeks…
Nov 24th – does anybody have any ideas?
Dec 1st - David L
Dec 8th - Nev D
Dec 15th - Chris B
Dec 22nd - Christmas Party
Dec 29th - No meeting
Jan 5th - No meeting
Jan 12th – Rob B to organise am informal cycling/walking BBQ River Park
Jan 19th - Steve E to organise a family BBQ and activities
Jan 26th – Committee - Aust day, duck race
We were very happy to welcome our Youth Award winner for the month, Catherine Cockerill, and her dad Doug. It was also great to welcome Arthur C’s guest to the meeting, Deputy Mayor Ian North.
Once again, it was nice to see Sally join us. Hopefully we’re all taking opportunities to get to know Sally.
I’m still also hoping to hear from our secretary Anthony J regarding the minutes of the AGM. I will forward those around the club as soon as I get them from him. Anthony, if you’re reading this, can you please forward them on to me ASAP.
I’ll be circulating to members by email a copy of Peter C’s plan for a raffle next year. If you’re a club member and haven’t seen a copy of the business plan soon, then please email me.
Finally, Alan B has noticed that the attendance rate at meetings in the first few months of this Rotary year that was really great (over 90%) has plummeted to about 70%. I know this blog is almost as good as getting to the meeting, but come on Rotarians! Please make every attempt to get to meetings!
November dates to note…
Tom B has a birthday on November 28
David W and Kathy have their 28th wedding anniversary on November 28
David L’s wife Maree has a birthday on November 29
Peter C and Vicki have their 23rd wedding anniversary on November 29
Arthur C and Hilary have their 36th wedding anniversary on November 30
Last week’s meeting (November 10, 2009)…
Nev D let us know that the Christmas cakes and puddings have arrived. If you’d like personal order or have an idea of local businesses that might order cases to sell, let Nev know.
Rob B reminded us of the Darwin lecture. The Darwin Lecture will be happening on a Tuesday night (November 24) though it will not be replacing our regular meeting, as we have previously discussed.
Pres Adam gave us an update about the third instalment of the interclub challenge between the Rotary clubs in Bathurst. It is still planned to be a lawn bowls event but will NOT be on Dec 16th as Adam announced. This date conflicted with RC Bathurst East Christmas party so has been postponed to an unspecified date. Personally, I think the other clubs are just running scared of our athletic prowess ;-)!
We’ve had a few dates open up in our meetings for guest speakers or events. Greg S suggested a visit to Devro while Rob B suggested a visit to the Bell Tower. Both are great ideas and we’re looking to other members for their ideas for meeting activities, particularly for our Christmas party.
Next up, Arthur invited his guest, Deputy Mayor Ian North, to present on “Get Knotted”. This is a program about raising awareness of men’s health issues, in particular, prostate cancer (not that there is no ‘r’ so it is pronounced pros-tate, not pros-trate). It is not about raising money for research, but just to promote awareness and getting checkups.
The “Get Knotted” campaign is about collecting neck-ties… enough neck-ties that when they are all tied together there are enough to go entirely around Mount Panorama. Considering that there is not a Guinness Book of World Records record for most ties, this will qualify as a world record! Currently, they’ve got 6,500 ties and the event isn’t happening until February 11.
They currently have some heavy hitters for public support including Country Energy and the NSW Fire Service. They even have a tie signed by Australian rockers, Silverchair. Even bigger than all of those, “Get Knotted” has the full support of the Rotary Club of Bathurst!
Ian also gave us an update on an expansion on the Mount Panorama. The plan is for a 4.8 km and a 2.3 km circuit that will be able to take all kinds of motorcycle racing. The layout planed is to run around the old drive in.
This week’s meeting (November 17, 2009)…
The program this week has as our guest speaker Peter Sackett, being brought by David W. Peter is a principal with Central Design & Engineering, a consulting engineering company based in Bathurst and Orange. Pete is going to come along and tell us a bit about himself, his company and what is happening in his industry - Pete always has something really interesting going on in his work.
In the coming weeks…
Nov 24th – does anybody have any ideas?
Dec 1st - David L
Dec 8th - Nev D
Dec 15th - Chris B
Dec 22nd - Christmas Party
Dec 29th - No meeting
Jan 5th - No meeting
Jan 12th – Rob B to organise am informal cycling/walking BBQ River Park
Jan 19th - Steve E to organise a family BBQ and activities
Jan 26th – Committee - Aust day, duck race
Monday, November 9, 2009
Meeting for November 10, 2009
First of all…
I’ve heard from Peter C regarding the business plan for next year’s proposed raffle. He has told me that it’s not quite ready yet but will circulate it soon. I agree with him working on it for an extra week because there’s no point in him circulating something that isn’t as good as he can make it.
I have not heard from Anthony J regarding the minutes from the AGM so I have not circulated them either. I’ll send them around by email as soon as I have a digital copy of the minutes from the secretary.
Due to the high cost of the Darwin Lectures, we’ve decided that we’ll have regular meeting after all on November 24. If anybody has a suggestion for a guest speaker for that meeting please let me know ASAP.
I'm pretty sure we need a board meeting, so could all board members please prepare to stay behind this evening?
November dates to note…
Tom B has a birthday on November 28
David W and Kathy have their 28th wedding anniversary on November 28
David L’s wife Maree has a birthday on November 29
Peter C and Vicki have their 23rd wedding anniversary on November 29
Arthur C and Hilary have their 36th wedding anniversary on November 30
Last week’s meeting (November 3, 2009)...
We had as apologies Rob B, David N, and Pres Adam (so I, your ever-faithful Past Pres, sat in the head chair).
As our club guests, we had Sally back again as well as our guest speaker, Ash Bland. I mentioned in last week’s blog that sitting next to Ash at dinner is a great place to be and he certainly did not disappoint me. He’s as interesting to chat to on-on-one as he is as a guest speaker.
Arthur C gave us a quick update about the “Ties Around the Mount” project for prostate cancer awareness. He let us know that the collection of enough ties to get all the way around Mount Panorama is going well and also gave us some insight into the logistics of stringing that many ties out end to end. The date has been set as (Thursday) February 11 so any Rotarians able to free up some time on that date would be greatly appreciated… it’s going to take a lot of hands to get all of those ties out!
Peter C gave us an update on the progress or the raffle he’s proposing for next year. While he reports that he’s got the support of the incoming DG, Bathurst East has declined to help. Pete says he’s drawing up a formal business plan and will send it to me to be circulated as soon as it’s ready.
After David L cleaned us out of any change, bills, watches, rings, property deeds, gold dental fillings, and anything else that might be of any value in the sergeant’s session, Andrew C welcomed Ash for his presentation. His presentation was particularly useful because, as he pointed out, while we’ve all heard the climate change hype on the news, few know what it’s really about. Ash explained that while the sun’s heat can come in through the atmosphere as UV energy, the radiant heat does not escape as well. According to the climate change theory, impeding the heat loss is an accumulating level of human-generated carbon dioxide. Thus, the theory is that carbon dioxide is a “greenhouse gas” and is serving to cause global warming by trapping the sun’s heat.
“Why should we care about carbon dioxide? After all, Australia only contributes 2% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions.” Unfortunately, everybody on the planet will experience the same effects so it’s on us all to do our part. Considering that heat equals dryness, Australia will probably feel the effects of global warming WORSE than most countries. Also, increasing world population (11,000 people were added to the planet’s population during our meeting!) with diminished water will lead to diminished food availability. A reduction in resources can only lead to further world conflict. As one of the world’s leading Western cultures, Australia needs to lead the way.
And this is where some who were expecting a sermon from Ash on how to be green were a bit surprised… Ash told us that carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas causing global warming was the THEORY, but there is no way that the issue is that simple. According to Ash, “When a problem is defined poorly, you get stupid solutions.” There’s some debate over if the condition of global warming is man-made or if it’s just the natural cycling of the global climate. We know that the globe has gone through periods a few million years ago where there were no polar ice-caps at all. So why should we act? Maybe all of these plans to reduce carbon emissions won’t do a thing to reduce global temperatures. But what’s the worst that can happen if we DO reduce carbon dioxide? Even if reducing carbon dioxide doesn’t solve global warming, it’ll still reduce the pH of the oceans, saving ocean-based life and reduce acid rain, saving land-based life.
Considering that most carbon dioxide comes from power production (note that at this point in Ash’s presentation Bob P started shifting uncomfortably in his seat) the current line of thinking is that if governments begin “cap and trade” programs where they only allow their country to produce a certain amount of carbon dioxide (cap) and then let industries buy (trade) permits to produce that carbon dioxide, industries will then self regulate their carbon production. As carbon-producing products become more expensive consumers will then regulate consumption.
This all sounds like it’s going to be catastrophic to our economy. Lower production and consumption means fewer jobs. And the jobs will only be picked up by developing countries anyway, so it will only be Australia that loses unless THE ENTIRE WORLD signs on to this plan. But why would these developing countries sign on? They’re only building their economies now how most western countries built theirs a few deceased before: by massive production and export. So the economics of this problem are very complex indeed. And to further complicate the problem, maybe the problem is not carbon dioxide at all… maybe it’s water vapour (a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide) from de-forestation.
So is global warming man-made? Is the amount of carbon dioxide being put into the air sufficient to cause it? Could it be caused by water vapour rather than carbon dioxide? Should Australia really be leading the charge and sacrifice its economy? There are all questions that were hotly debated (but in a good nature) by the club with Ash well past 8 o’clock.
Ash was not a “greeny” pointing his finger and claiming to have all the answers. Ash mostly just raised the issues around the problem so that we could all understand that the solutions presented in the news are not that simple. And for that we all say a big thank-you to Ash for teaching us what all the hoopla is about.
This week’s meeting (November 10, 2009)…
Arthur C has arranged for Ian North and Bobby Bourke to come in to talk about the ties around the mount project… more appropriately known as “Get Knotted”. Thanks for coming up with this on such short notice Arthur.
In the coming weeks…
Nov 17th - David W’s guest Peter Sackett
Nov 24th – does anybody have any ideas?
Dec 1st - David L
Dec 8th - Nev D
Dec 15th - Chris B
Dec 22nd - Christmas Party
Dec 29th - No meeting
Jan 5th - No meeting
Jan 12th – Rob B to organise am informal cycling/walking BBQ River Park
Jan 19th - Steve E to organise a family BBQ and activities
Jan 26th – Committee - Aust day, duck race
I’ve heard from Peter C regarding the business plan for next year’s proposed raffle. He has told me that it’s not quite ready yet but will circulate it soon. I agree with him working on it for an extra week because there’s no point in him circulating something that isn’t as good as he can make it.
I have not heard from Anthony J regarding the minutes from the AGM so I have not circulated them either. I’ll send them around by email as soon as I have a digital copy of the minutes from the secretary.
Due to the high cost of the Darwin Lectures, we’ve decided that we’ll have regular meeting after all on November 24. If anybody has a suggestion for a guest speaker for that meeting please let me know ASAP.
I'm pretty sure we need a board meeting, so could all board members please prepare to stay behind this evening?
November dates to note…
Tom B has a birthday on November 28
David W and Kathy have their 28th wedding anniversary on November 28
David L’s wife Maree has a birthday on November 29
Peter C and Vicki have their 23rd wedding anniversary on November 29
Arthur C and Hilary have their 36th wedding anniversary on November 30
Last week’s meeting (November 3, 2009)...
We had as apologies Rob B, David N, and Pres Adam (so I, your ever-faithful Past Pres, sat in the head chair).
As our club guests, we had Sally back again as well as our guest speaker, Ash Bland. I mentioned in last week’s blog that sitting next to Ash at dinner is a great place to be and he certainly did not disappoint me. He’s as interesting to chat to on-on-one as he is as a guest speaker.
Arthur C gave us a quick update about the “Ties Around the Mount” project for prostate cancer awareness. He let us know that the collection of enough ties to get all the way around Mount Panorama is going well and also gave us some insight into the logistics of stringing that many ties out end to end. The date has been set as (Thursday) February 11 so any Rotarians able to free up some time on that date would be greatly appreciated… it’s going to take a lot of hands to get all of those ties out!
Peter C gave us an update on the progress or the raffle he’s proposing for next year. While he reports that he’s got the support of the incoming DG, Bathurst East has declined to help. Pete says he’s drawing up a formal business plan and will send it to me to be circulated as soon as it’s ready.
After David L cleaned us out of any change, bills, watches, rings, property deeds, gold dental fillings, and anything else that might be of any value in the sergeant’s session, Andrew C welcomed Ash for his presentation. His presentation was particularly useful because, as he pointed out, while we’ve all heard the climate change hype on the news, few know what it’s really about. Ash explained that while the sun’s heat can come in through the atmosphere as UV energy, the radiant heat does not escape as well. According to the climate change theory, impeding the heat loss is an accumulating level of human-generated carbon dioxide. Thus, the theory is that carbon dioxide is a “greenhouse gas” and is serving to cause global warming by trapping the sun’s heat.
“Why should we care about carbon dioxide? After all, Australia only contributes 2% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions.” Unfortunately, everybody on the planet will experience the same effects so it’s on us all to do our part. Considering that heat equals dryness, Australia will probably feel the effects of global warming WORSE than most countries. Also, increasing world population (11,000 people were added to the planet’s population during our meeting!) with diminished water will lead to diminished food availability. A reduction in resources can only lead to further world conflict. As one of the world’s leading Western cultures, Australia needs to lead the way.
And this is where some who were expecting a sermon from Ash on how to be green were a bit surprised… Ash told us that carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas causing global warming was the THEORY, but there is no way that the issue is that simple. According to Ash, “When a problem is defined poorly, you get stupid solutions.” There’s some debate over if the condition of global warming is man-made or if it’s just the natural cycling of the global climate. We know that the globe has gone through periods a few million years ago where there were no polar ice-caps at all. So why should we act? Maybe all of these plans to reduce carbon emissions won’t do a thing to reduce global temperatures. But what’s the worst that can happen if we DO reduce carbon dioxide? Even if reducing carbon dioxide doesn’t solve global warming, it’ll still reduce the pH of the oceans, saving ocean-based life and reduce acid rain, saving land-based life.
Considering that most carbon dioxide comes from power production (note that at this point in Ash’s presentation Bob P started shifting uncomfortably in his seat) the current line of thinking is that if governments begin “cap and trade” programs where they only allow their country to produce a certain amount of carbon dioxide (cap) and then let industries buy (trade) permits to produce that carbon dioxide, industries will then self regulate their carbon production. As carbon-producing products become more expensive consumers will then regulate consumption.
This all sounds like it’s going to be catastrophic to our economy. Lower production and consumption means fewer jobs. And the jobs will only be picked up by developing countries anyway, so it will only be Australia that loses unless THE ENTIRE WORLD signs on to this plan. But why would these developing countries sign on? They’re only building their economies now how most western countries built theirs a few deceased before: by massive production and export. So the economics of this problem are very complex indeed. And to further complicate the problem, maybe the problem is not carbon dioxide at all… maybe it’s water vapour (a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide) from de-forestation.
So is global warming man-made? Is the amount of carbon dioxide being put into the air sufficient to cause it? Could it be caused by water vapour rather than carbon dioxide? Should Australia really be leading the charge and sacrifice its economy? There are all questions that were hotly debated (but in a good nature) by the club with Ash well past 8 o’clock.
Ash was not a “greeny” pointing his finger and claiming to have all the answers. Ash mostly just raised the issues around the problem so that we could all understand that the solutions presented in the news are not that simple. And for that we all say a big thank-you to Ash for teaching us what all the hoopla is about.
This week’s meeting (November 10, 2009)…
Arthur C has arranged for Ian North and Bobby Bourke to come in to talk about the ties around the mount project… more appropriately known as “Get Knotted”. Thanks for coming up with this on such short notice Arthur.
In the coming weeks…
Nov 17th - David W’s guest Peter Sackett
Nov 24th – does anybody have any ideas?
Dec 1st - David L
Dec 8th - Nev D
Dec 15th - Chris B
Dec 22nd - Christmas Party
Dec 29th - No meeting
Jan 5th - No meeting
Jan 12th – Rob B to organise am informal cycling/walking BBQ River Park
Jan 19th - Steve E to organise a family BBQ and activities
Jan 26th – Committee - Aust day, duck race
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Meeting for November 3, 2009
First of all…
All board members note that we have a board meeting after the regular meeting this week.
November dates to note…
Jack A and Ruth have their 58th wedding anniversary on November 3
Tom B has a birthday on November 28
David W and Kathy have their 28th wedding anniversary on November 28
David L’s wife Maree has a birthday on November 29
Peter C and Vicki have their 23rd wedding anniversary on November 29
Arthur C and Hilary have their 36th wedding anniversary on November 30
Last week’s meeting (October 27)…
Firstly we were happy to welcome a club guest, Sally, for dinner. It seems likely that we’ll see more of Sally in the coming weeks and we should all take the chance to get to know her.
We had apologies from Alan B, Nevil D, Peter C, Danielle B, Frank S, Steve, E, and Tim S.
We heard updates that Andrew C’ mum is okay after her car accident last week, Steve’s wife Lisa is on the mend, and that Peter C is also on the road to recovery. We feel all of these health scares as a club and we are happy that everybody is coming along.
Rob B gave us an update on RC Daybreak hosting a movie night on Wednesday, November 11th. They will be showing “Amelia”, a movie about Amelia Eirhart, the most celebrated woman aviator. All are welcome, but this will not be replacing our regular meeting on November 10.
Rob is also looking for help covering the November 10 program. It was supposed to be Daybreak’s event for the Inter-club challenge and was to be lawn bowls but that has been postponed. So if you have any ideas for a club guest, please let Rob B and/or I know ASAP.
Rob also gave us a quick update on the November 24th program about the Charles Darwin lecture. I’ve further investigated this with one of my university colleagues. It will be at BMEC on Nov 27, 6:30 p.m. arrival for a 7 p.m. start but I’m not sure how late this will go. Tickets are $65 each ($55 for seniors, but I don’t think that applies to anybody in our club…). While it sounds like a very interesting program, it may be cost prohibitive. I’ll bring some brochures on Tuesday and collect opinions on if I should move ahead with making bookings.
We’re looking for nominations for RYPEN (Rotary Youth Program for Enrichment). RYPEN targets year 9 students who have not yet experienced leadership positions. We are not looking for students who are already "high achievers" but more those who need to be “brought out of their shell”. If you know somebody like this, please bring their name to the next meeting.
Bob P let us know that our fund raising licence has been approved so we can continue to hold events to raise funds for our club.
Bob also let us know that our annual golf tournament has been locked in for the first weekend in May, 2010. We should all be thinking about potential sponsors for holes.
RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness) is also "rolling" through and needs some Rotarians to volunteer some time. The RYDA Program is a road safety education program targeting 16 and 17 year olds who are starting to drive or ride in a vehicle driven by their peers. It’s running 2-4 November 2009 in Bathurst. Contact David N if you can give some time, particularly on the 4th.
Finally, Pres Adam gave us an update on the bowling that happened on October 6. Our club had 11 Rotarians attend the night and averaged 206 points, led by Rob B. RC Bathurst East had 12 members attend and averaged 186. Finally, RC Daybreak averaged 213 but only had one member attend. So, while having the highest average, Daybreak has DQ’ed. I'm not sure if we shouldn't be too, having been beaten in attendance by East at an event we were hosting. I missed the evnet myself so I'm not on a moral high-horse here, but still...
The regular proceedings concluded at about 7:20 and we proceeded to have our AGM. I’m not sure if AGM minutes are appropriate for posting on the internet so I will consult with the board and post them next week if appropriate. Any Rotarian wanting to review the minutes from the AGM should contact club secretary Anthony J.
This week’s meeting (November 3)…
This week we’ll see the return of Ash Bland to talk about global warming. We know that Ash is an environmentalist and has written a book on the subject. We’ve heard Ash speak several times at our club meetings and he’s a very good public speaker and very interesting to sit next to at dinner.
In the coming weeks…
Everybody please get me details of their guests / activities ASAP so I can keep the entire club up to date.
Nov 10th - ???
Nov 17th - David W’s guest Peter Sackett
Nov 24th - Rob B – Charles Darwin lectures, to be discussed
Dec 1st - David L
Dec 8th - Nev D
Dec 15th - Chris B
Dec 22nd - Christmas Party
Dec 29th - No meeting
Jan 5th - No meeting
Jan 12th – Rob B to organise am informal cycling/walking BBQ River Park
Jan 19th - Steve E to organise a family BBQ and activities
Jan 26th – Committee - Aust day, duck race
All board members note that we have a board meeting after the regular meeting this week.
November dates to note…
Jack A and Ruth have their 58th wedding anniversary on November 3
Tom B has a birthday on November 28
David W and Kathy have their 28th wedding anniversary on November 28
David L’s wife Maree has a birthday on November 29
Peter C and Vicki have their 23rd wedding anniversary on November 29
Arthur C and Hilary have their 36th wedding anniversary on November 30
Last week’s meeting (October 27)…
Firstly we were happy to welcome a club guest, Sally, for dinner. It seems likely that we’ll see more of Sally in the coming weeks and we should all take the chance to get to know her.
We had apologies from Alan B, Nevil D, Peter C, Danielle B, Frank S, Steve, E, and Tim S.
We heard updates that Andrew C’ mum is okay after her car accident last week, Steve’s wife Lisa is on the mend, and that Peter C is also on the road to recovery. We feel all of these health scares as a club and we are happy that everybody is coming along.
Rob B gave us an update on RC Daybreak hosting a movie night on Wednesday, November 11th. They will be showing “Amelia”, a movie about Amelia Eirhart, the most celebrated woman aviator. All are welcome, but this will not be replacing our regular meeting on November 10.
Rob is also looking for help covering the November 10 program. It was supposed to be Daybreak’s event for the Inter-club challenge and was to be lawn bowls but that has been postponed. So if you have any ideas for a club guest, please let Rob B and/or I know ASAP.
Rob also gave us a quick update on the November 24th program about the Charles Darwin lecture. I’ve further investigated this with one of my university colleagues. It will be at BMEC on Nov 27, 6:30 p.m. arrival for a 7 p.m. start but I’m not sure how late this will go. Tickets are $65 each ($55 for seniors, but I don’t think that applies to anybody in our club…). While it sounds like a very interesting program, it may be cost prohibitive. I’ll bring some brochures on Tuesday and collect opinions on if I should move ahead with making bookings.
We’re looking for nominations for RYPEN (Rotary Youth Program for Enrichment). RYPEN targets year 9 students who have not yet experienced leadership positions. We are not looking for students who are already "high achievers" but more those who need to be “brought out of their shell”. If you know somebody like this, please bring their name to the next meeting.
Bob P let us know that our fund raising licence has been approved so we can continue to hold events to raise funds for our club.
Bob also let us know that our annual golf tournament has been locked in for the first weekend in May, 2010. We should all be thinking about potential sponsors for holes.
RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness) is also "rolling" through and needs some Rotarians to volunteer some time. The RYDA Program is a road safety education program targeting 16 and 17 year olds who are starting to drive or ride in a vehicle driven by their peers. It’s running 2-4 November 2009 in Bathurst. Contact David N if you can give some time, particularly on the 4th.
Finally, Pres Adam gave us an update on the bowling that happened on October 6. Our club had 11 Rotarians attend the night and averaged 206 points, led by Rob B. RC Bathurst East had 12 members attend and averaged 186. Finally, RC Daybreak averaged 213 but only had one member attend. So, while having the highest average, Daybreak has DQ’ed. I'm not sure if we shouldn't be too, having been beaten in attendance by East at an event we were hosting. I missed the evnet myself so I'm not on a moral high-horse here, but still...
The regular proceedings concluded at about 7:20 and we proceeded to have our AGM. I’m not sure if AGM minutes are appropriate for posting on the internet so I will consult with the board and post them next week if appropriate. Any Rotarian wanting to review the minutes from the AGM should contact club secretary Anthony J.
This week’s meeting (November 3)…
This week we’ll see the return of Ash Bland to talk about global warming. We know that Ash is an environmentalist and has written a book on the subject. We’ve heard Ash speak several times at our club meetings and he’s a very good public speaker and very interesting to sit next to at dinner.
In the coming weeks…
Everybody please get me details of their guests / activities ASAP so I can keep the entire club up to date.
Nov 10th - ???
Nov 17th - David W’s guest Peter Sackett
Nov 24th - Rob B – Charles Darwin lectures, to be discussed
Dec 1st - David L
Dec 8th - Nev D
Dec 15th - Chris B
Dec 22nd - Christmas Party
Dec 29th - No meeting
Jan 5th - No meeting
Jan 12th – Rob B to organise am informal cycling/walking BBQ River Park
Jan 19th - Steve E to organise a family BBQ and activities
Jan 26th – Committee - Aust day, duck race
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