Martina brought her cousin Rebecca from Switzerland to holiday in Oz and they are doing a fine job of it! Cairns, Magnetic Is, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra to name a few places. Although our Rotary meeting was possibly not as exciting as holidaying on Magnetic Is both girls seemed to enjoy the jolly company and convivial atmosphere. Martina gave a quick 3 minute talk about her time in the two years since being our youth exchange student. I think the highlight has been her gap year!
Working With G5 Clubs
Much to AG Leo Farrellys pleasure I reminded the meeting that we are building closer relations with the other members of the G5. The G5 clubs are Gungahlin, Aurora Gungahlin, Ginninderra, Yass and of course Hall. We are working together with the Rotary Health project of Lift the Lid by being rostered to collect money at Bunnings Gungahlin to raise funds for Mental Health. Our roster is between 1.00pm and 4.00pm on Sunday 8 Oct. We are also supporting Gungahlin with their RAWCS project in Dili for Early Childhood Learning. We earned good points for all these joint activities from Leo but especially for our planned joint meeting on 31 October at the Wandering Goose in Hall to hear Noel Landry speak about SummerNats and Floriade!
Board Work Following Survey
Board members are working on the Survey outcomes to develop proposals for the Board and the Assembly to consider. Work is also being undertaken on the Strategic Plan and will proceed if necessary, on the Constitution and the Management Plan depending in the outcome of the former considerations. A particular thanks to Paul, Vicki, Barbara and Bill Watson for all your work as we plough through these matters.
YandV
On Friday 8 Sept Paul, Bernie, Vicki and I met with the Head of the CIT Culinary School Tony Mudge and Ivonne Nathan to review the MOU between CIT and RC of Hall and to discuss possible ways of continuous improvement to the monthly cooking displays at the market, scholarships and publicity. All attendees provided positive input and have gone away to discuss ideas with their respective stakeholders. Only ideas at this early stage.
- Yvonne