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President: Julia Hassall
Vice President: Julie Beddow
Secretary: Kim Thorburn
Treasurer: John Vichie
IPP: Fran Hodgson
Acting Satellite Chair: Jo Bell
President Julia's Message.
I do hope you are having a great week. Monday is our AGM and we will be electing officers for 21-22 year. Please make every effort to attend. Secretary Kim has sent out the previous minutes and the Agenda. They can also be found in this Bulletin.
I missed the Zoom meeting this week as I was adjudicating for the Yr 6 Lecturette competitions Rotary sponsors cost and trophies. I am pleased to hear Mel is keen on a Global Grant. Looking forward to hearing her proposal in the New Year. (Bulletin Editor Note: Mel doesn't actually have an idea for a Global Grant but wants to run through an activity with the Club to brainstorm possible ideas that are then followed up. I have heard some interesting ideas mentioned during meetings and maybe a Global Grant is the way to get them up and going. More to come next year...)
Thank you to all members who have been attending meetings and activities in our community. Rotary does make a difference.
Julie Beddow needs help with Meals on Wheels again this coming week. Let her know if you can help and thanks to those who are already on the roster.
Since last Bulletin, what’s been happening. It was wonderful to have Margot Tesch telling us about the Emu Swamp Irrigation Project. Peter Watters gave the vote of thanks.
Thank you to every body who attended the presentation, it is encouraging to see our members bringing guests to our meetings.
I went along to the Satellite Business Meeting at the Granite Belt Brewery. What a wonderful group of Satellite Club members.
Our fun segment was labelling the produce the group had made on the previous Monday.
Karl drove his Ute up next to Ann’s car boot and used the tray as our table. Made the job much easier.
Lots of fun.
Fran was presented with the Certificate we received from PDG Harry Bolton at the Cluster Meeting for our contribution to Rotary Foundation Funds during IPP Fran Hodgson’s year.
If you are on the BBQ roster or would like to be please contact Geoff.
Christmas is coming up, please let Julie Beddow know if you will be attending or an apology, we need numbers as we will have a caterer to pay.
See you Monday
Cheers
Julia
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Monday Meetings Roster
DATE
MEETING VENUE
GUEST SPEAKER
WELCOME GREETER
INTRODUCER
PROGRAMME
ORGANISER
4 WAY TEST
VOTE OF THANKS
HAPPY COINS
JOKE
TOAST
23/11/20
INTER CLUB
AGM
PETER WATTERS
JULIA HASSALL
JIM BARNES
N/A
JULIE BEDDOW
DAVE HAMBLY
JIM BAXTER
30/11/20
SUMMIT COFFEE
JIM BAXTER
JIM BAXTER
N/A
FRAN HOSGSON
N/A
N/A
N/A
7/12/20
JUST RED
BOARD MEETING
JULIA
HASSALL
12/12/20
P &H
WATTERS GARDEN
CHRISTMAS PARTY
JO
BELL
JULIA & JULIE
JULIE
BEDDOW
JULIA HASSALL
ANN
RICHARDSON
??
BRING ONE
FRAN
HODGSON
14/12/20
INTER CLUB
DG ANDY VISIT
JULIA HASSALL
JULIA
JIM BARNES
PETER WATTERS
JIM BAXTER
JOHN VICHIE
DAVID HAMBLY
21/12/20
HOLIDAY BREAK - 3 WEEKS.
Monday Meetings Rotation
Each Month
1st Monday - Board Meeting
2nd Monday - Guest speaker, bring a guest along
3rd Monday - Zoom Meeting
4th Monday - activity, information or guest speaker, bring a guest along
5th Monday (if there is one) - social event organised
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Good afternoon fellow Club Members,
This is to advise that the Annual General Meeting of the Rotary Club of Stanthorpe Inc., will be held as follows;
Date: 23 November 2020
Location: International Club, Club Rd., Stanthorpe Qld 4380
Commencing: 7:00pm
Attached please find the Agenda, Minutes of the previous AGM and Nomination forms for the Club’s Executive for year 2021 – 22. All Nomination forms are to be returned to the Secretary 7 days prior to the AGM. As the Financial Statements are still with the auditor, these will be sent through to all members as soon as they are to hand.
Also, should any member wish to raise any matter(s) in General Business, this/these must be advised to the Secretary, in writing, 7 days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
Thank you for being a part of Rotary! We hope you enjoy connecting with other leaders, exchanging ideas, and taking action with us.
As part of our commitment to providing you with the best Rotary experience possible, we invite you to participate in the 2020 Rotary Member Census. Your responses will help Rotary make important decisions about our organization and the Rotary club experience. The survey should take less than 15 minutes to complete and will be open until 18 December 2020.
To begin the survey, click the link below. You can use the link to return to the survey if you need to leave at any point. Only one survey can be submitted using the link, so please don’t forward or share this email. By clicking the link, you consent to participating in the 2020 Rotary Member Census.
“In final closing remarks, DG Andy indicated that our District is now the fastest growing District within Australia/New Zealand, with our membership now around 1,276. 30% of our members are now female, which puts the District in 60th place in the world for female membership.”
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As we enter Foundation Month, we would like to personally thank each and every one of you who did so much to make World Polio Day such an enormous success.
We broadcast our Global Update on 24 October in multiple time zones around the world, reaching more people, and raising more awareness than ever before. Rotary members in 146 countries registered more than 6,500 World Polio Day events and activities, from Brazil to Japan, Nigeria to India. More than $900,000 was contributed online to the PolioPlus Fund which moves us closer to this year’s $50 million fundraising goal to take full advantage of the Bill & Melinda Gates match.
Inspired by this show of support across the globe, our work to eradicate polio continues. On 25 August, Nigeria marked four years without a case of wild poliovirus, and the World Health Organization African region is now officially certified wild poliovirus-free. Rotary has contributed nearly US$890 million—and countless volunteer hours—to eliminate polio in the African region. In the face of an ongoing global pandemic, this is one of the few good news stories for public health, and we should recognize this great achievement. It took tremendous effort and partnership over many years. Special mention should be made for the dedicated health workers—mainly women—who traveled by every form of transportation imaginable to reach children with the polio vaccine. We are particularly grateful for the Rotary members throughout Africa and around the world who have dedicated themselves to making polio a disease of the past. In fact, Rotary member Dr. Tunji Funsho was named as one of TIME's Most Influential People in the world for his role in leading Rotary towards this historic achievement.
The type of partnership we have formed to make such progress against polio provides a blueprint for future Rotary projects. In fact, such partnerships have already been formed. Next month, the Trustees hope to select the first ever Programs of Scale grant award. This is a grant of up to $ 2 million for a three to five-year project that aligns with one of our causes. It really invites Rotary members to think big about high-impact service projects, and find partners to who are willing to invest money and resources to implement measurable and sustainable solutions.
To support all this transformative work, you can end Foundation Month on a charitable note by participating in Giving Tuesday on 3 December. Rotary will be joining thousands of other organizations worldwide for a global day of giving, and it is a prime opportunity to advance our mission by making a contribution to the Annual Fund. It is now easier than ever to give to the Foundation online.
Remember to use your District Designated Funds for a cause you are passionate about, whether that is PolioPlus, the Disaster Response Fund, the Rotary Peace Centers, or something in your community that could benefit from the support of a district or global grant.
So as we enter the second half of the Rotary year, please keep up your efforts to eradicate polio, tell our story, and increase our impact. With your actions, Rotary Opens Opportunities.
Yours in Rotary,
Holger Knaack
President, Rotary International 2020-21
KR Ravindran
Trustee Chair, The Rotary Foundation 2020-21