Our speaker at last meeting was Wing Commander Darryl Topp at very short notice following the late cancellation of the representative from the Shire Council. Darryl was initially invited to receive a cheque from the Club for the funds collected at the Dawn ANZAC Service at Point Danger at which it was estimated over 14,000 people attended. The Torquay Dawn Service is considered to be the largest outside Melbourne. Approximately $2,300.00 was collected from donations and the Club added another $700.00 for a total of $3,000.00.
When Darryl moved to Torquay in 2015, he almost immediately accepted the position of Secretary. A current project for the local RSL is to find out all local current serving members and veterans in order to establish a support group particularly when the current serving member is deployed. The model will be based on the Warrnambool RSL that started with a single member and now has over 100.
Darryl enlisted in the Air Force in 1975 and has served on every RAAF base in Australia as well as many overseas postings including the Middle East and Malaysia. He was promoted to Flight Sergeant and was Director of Personnel after 25 years. He was then encouraged to seek a commission and in October 2000 attended the 17 week Officer training course at Point Cook after which he went back as an instructor. He achieved his current rank in 2013 after a move to Canberra and is now responsible for the redevelopment of Laverton. During his service career, Darryl had over 19 moves much to the chagrin of his wife and family who are all now comfortably settled in Torquay following a promise not to shift house again.
Mother Superior was taking a bath. There's a knock on the door. She says, "Who is it?" A male voice responds, "The blind man." After a few moments of deliberation the nun says, "Come in." The man enters and says, "Nice tits, Mrs Nun. Where do you want me to hang the blind?" _________________
2019-2020 Rotary International President to Visit District 9780.
That's correct, RI President for 2019/2020, Mark Daniel Maloney, of the Rotary Club of Decatur, Alabama, USA, will be visiting Ballarat.
As part of his visit there will be a Dinner to be held at the Mercure Ballarat Hotel & Convention Centre on Tuesday the 24th September 2019. More details and information are to follow.
We are thrilled to be launching the NEW 2019 | 2020 Entertainment Memberships! Entertainment is turning 25 this year and Entertainment Publications have been working hard to make this the best edition yet.
Please order now so you can take advantage of bonus Early Bird Offers, while they last. Not only will you get to enjoy valuable bonus Early Bird vouchers but also you will receive a $20* Woolworths online offer and $50^ Cellarmasters online offer! (*$20 off your total shop when you spend $220 or more at Woolworth online. ^$50 off your total shop when you spend $120 or more at Cellarmasters online. *^Terms & conditions apply)
Please click this Order Now link to order your membership.
Please be sure to use this link to ensure our Club receives the Club fundraiser donation.
If you opt for the book rather than a digital membership and wish to collect the book from me, specify 'Pick Up' as the Delivery Option for your order.
Should you need any help or further information, please contact me by phone (0408-331-661) or e-mail (vernon.dsouza@hotmail.com).
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 .
Date
Speaker
Duty Team
Program
Chair
GREETING
INVOCATION
Event details
Sun 23rd June
Changeover Luncheon
MC Maggie Isom
Jan Emmett
DGE Phil Beasley
Changeover
The Sands Resort
12 for 12.30 start
Mon 24 June
NO MEETING
due to
Changeover
Mon 1st July
Club Assembly
President
Kelly Binyon
Greg Birchall
Alan Anderson
Plannning Meeting for the New Rotary Year
Mon 8 July
Peter Bollen
President
Kelly Binyon
Brian Mynott
Greg Birchall
Peter speaks on his Eygpt trip
Mon 15
Rotarian story
President Kelly
Gerard McNamara
Brian Mynott
Rotarian behind the Badge
Mon 22
Nicky Angus
President Kelly
Peter Bollen
Gerard McNamara
Surf Coast Shire Community Project Development Officer
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.