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President's Message
Trevor Pickles
President's Report No 28
What a week it has been! Without doubt this would be the busiest of our Rotary Year by far and it seems that we have survived.
A huge Thank You must go out to every member of the Club along with Friends and Family Members who have volunteered so many hours this week at our many events. Beginning Sunday with the Cowrie Market, Set-up for the Book Fair including our Monday Night Rotary Meeting and Board Meeting, Night Jar Parking, Marshalling for the Cadel Evans Road Race and of course the conclusion and pack-up of The Book Fair.....PHEW....that's a mega week
An incredible job by everyone and it appears that all our previous fundraising records will broken, which will set up he Club financially for the remainder of the year. Of course we have our final major event, The Motor Show, still to come in 2 weeks time.
So after all the hard work, take tomorrow night off and rest up, you all deserve it.
Our next meeting will be back at the Lions Village on 4th Feb when the Motor Show Committee and Team Leaders will brief and train their Teams for the Show. So I urge all Rotarians and Volunteers to attend that meeting.
In what is arguably the busiest week of our Clubs year one of the fundraising activities that we were involved with this weekend was Marshalling for the Cadel Evans Road Race.
Here a few of the team of some 14 Rotarians and Friends who volunteered across the weekend.
John Oswald on The Esplanade Crossing
Robyn on Duty at the Bells Beach Reserve
Robyn O'Loughlin with a gathering of supporters with cow bells
Results from today’s (Saturday) Book Fair activities were another EXCELLENT RESULT !!!
In excess of $3100 .........…
With only one day to go , we should easily achieve the $10,000 target set by the Committee
Once again the food supplied by the catering Team was of the usual high standard we have come to expect 😊
The particular highlight today was the scones , jam & cream provided by Secretary Lesley
Thanks to all the extra volunteers today too
We do require a few more tip waste vouchers if anyone has some to spare to enable us to dump the scrap books. If you could please bring them with you today to the Scout Hall.
The 2019 Motor Show is now only weeks away on Sunday 10th Feb and we are calling for all the support we can get to assist with the many tasks on the day. If you have Friends, Neighbours or Family who can assist then please contact either Lesley Shedden on 0417112034, who is currently preparing the Event Roster or myself on 0418521321.
Please also advise if you have a preference for a particular task and we will endeavour to oblige.
Relay for Life is on again Friday 15th - Sat 16th March
I have called our team "Rotary Club of Torquay". That is the team name people will need to type in to the Relay for Life website to register themselves and others. It is important to type in the exact name of the team, no other combination of words.
I find the quickest way to access our team is to firstly register your name etc via the above "REGISTER NOW" link then click on "team search" to Join a Team and type in Rotary Club of Torquay.
Please check your roster for the Motor Show which is our next Event on 10th Feb followed by the Cowrie Market on 17th Feb.
NOTE that there will be NO 5th Night Jar on the 31st Jan so those who were rostered for that night will not be required.
Please note that to avoid any confusion what was previously known as the BBQ Roster has now been rebranded as the "Events" Roster. to reflect that it includes things like Night Jar Parking, the Book Fair etc.
If you make any more swaps please let me know and I will update the roster which can be found in documents in club runner
If you do require to swap a date for any reason you will now need to find someone to do this with yourself. I would suggest that you send the request to Greg who has offered to advertise on a BBQ Roster Trading Post in the bulletin
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We are now fully operational with our new system for registering for our weekly dinner meetings. Called Whoozin, this program is used by other local Rotary Clubs with great success.
To make it easy for everyone I have prepared a Whoozin User Manual which is stored on Clubrunner under "Club Documents" that you will be able to print off if you wish.
In Summary the way it will work is:-
You will receive an initial email invitation each Monday for the following week's meeting.
You can immediately accept or decline, leave until later.
You will receive a reminder email on the Friday Prior
You will have until Midnight Sunday to register your RSVP and can change your decision right up until the closing time.
You can register up to 5 guests
You can specify any Special Dietary requirements
Please Note that if you do not register your intentions you will be charged for the dinner fee.
If you have any problems please free to contact myself Greg Plumridge 0418521321 or Michael Reed 0418524315 for details on how to work the program.
If you cannot meet one of your assigned duties, Please contact Bruce Smith to advise.
The duty team should arrive no later than 6:00 p.m. Besides the below duties, the assigned team is responsible for Room Setup, Greeting Members and Guests, and Room Tidy at the end of our meeting - see checklist in storeroom or click here .
Notifying someone about changes to your meeting attendance is your responsibility!
Our meetings have catered dinners, so if you are unable to attend a meeting, or if your partner is unable
to attend a designated Partner's Night, YOU MUST ADVISE us of your or your partner’s absence.
This also applies if you are attending the meeting but not dining.
How to Book in for our Dinner Meeting?
For Members, Partners and guests of Members
you will receive email invitations to each meeting via Whoozin.
It will be your responsibility to RSVP using Whoozin by Midnight on the day prior to the meeting.
The only exception to this will be if you are expecting to be out of internet connectivity for an extended period.
In this instance you can notify Richard Mierzejewski at LET Surfcoast on03-5261 2777 by 4.00pm on the Saturday prior to the Monday Meeting.
Please Note there is NO Answering Service on this number.
Remember if you are bringing guests or your partner (to a non-partner night) you need to RSVP for the extra number of person/s who will be attending.
If no RSVP is registered as per the above process, the absentee member will be issued with an invoice to pay the Club the usual dinner fee of $25 for your non-attendance, and/or that of your partner if it is an official Partner's Night.
For Visitors to the Club
Any Visitors not being registered as a guest of a Member must call Richard Mierzejewski at LET Surfcoast on03-5261 2777 to Book in. RSVP's must be made no later than 4.00PM on the Saturday prior to the Meeting
Please Note there is NO Answering Service on this number.
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