RI International President 24/25 – Stephanie Urchick
District Governor 9815 – Colin Byron
Regional Community Group Four Leader – Gus Rozycki
President
Paul Martin
President Elect & Club Service
Peter Johnson
Vice President
Alan Henderson
Secretary
Ben Vallence
Treasurer
Ray Barrett
Attendance
Ray Barrett
Membership
Paul Martin, Peter Johnson
Program
Brian Hodgson
On to Conference
Alan Henderson
Youth Protection
Ben Vallence
Club Bulletin
Tim Manders
Photography
Garry Byrne
Fellowship
Cliff Riseborough Max McWilliam
Board Members
Youth: Peter Johnson (Chair)
Vocation Anita Wood (Chair)
International Gavan McIntyre (Chair)
Community Heinz Budweg (Chair)
Car Show Brian Hodgson (Chair) Cliff Riseborough, Ray Barrett, Peter Johnson, Garry Byrne, Alan Henderson, Paul Martin, John Hasan
Appointed as Life Members: Alan Sharp, Peter Manders
Notices:
Wednesday 18th September:
Fellowship evening at Coldstream Brewery 6pm for 6:30pm. Confirm apologies or additional guests with Ray. Menu selections a la carte.
Wednesday 25 September:
Leah Thompson speaking about recent experiences with the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA)
Alsothe Winner of Wandin Rotary’s 2nd Annual Primary Schools Speech Competition, Molly Benson from Woori Yallock Primary School, will present her winning speech.
Sweet Charity
Brian has booked 20 seats for a performance of Sweet Charity at the Karalyka on Friday 25 October for the Club, price $50. This will replace a fellowship night and he suggests we can arrange a pre-dinner meal. Bookings are needed by the end of this month confirmed by payment to Ray. The performance is by the Mountain District Musical Society who had an excellent run with Phantom a month ago.
Payments to Ray.
President's Message
PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Last Wed night we had a Board Meeting at the Bendigo Bank board room. Many thanks to Ray Barrett who allows us to use this room whenever the need arises. We all enjoyed Pizza as a starter! I was surpirised by a visit from Honorary Rotarian Les Sharp who arrived to advise how he wanted last years Sgt money allocated, and would be pleased to see it go towards providing a bag of Apples for the primary school children at our nearby schools as we have done previously. This is planned for early December, as a great combined community/youth project. The Board ratified the election of membership of Tim Manders, and we welcome Tim to the RC Wandin. A great report was provided by Brian who indicated all things are in progress for our Car Shows commencing in Nov. Heinz stated that planning is under way for Remembrance Day. Gavan (in absentee) provided a report for International and the Board agreed with the proposal to participate with the R C of Upper Yarra and the other clubs in our Zone in a Safe Water For Every Child in Timor Leste program.
On Thurs night I joined the other Presidents of District 9815 where there were a number of different speakers covering various topics of importance to our district. DG Colin Byron spoke about the need to do things differently if Rotary is to prosper and survive. Whilst there has been a growth in membership in our district 9815, when overall numbers are looked at in Zone 8, that being the South Pacific, NZ, Solomons, PNG and Aust there has been a continual decline. Colin spoke about the formation of satellite clubs....we only need 8 new members to start a satellite club and this venture is something we all need to seriously consider . More of this later. The RC Wandin received a Level 1 Foundation award and certificate for its donation of more than $100US per member. It must be the week for thank you certificates because on Saturday night I attended the CFA Seville Awards Night and received a Certificate of Appreciation for our involvement and donation with the CFA.
This week we have a night of fellowship and banter at the Coldstream Brewery on cnr Killara road and Maroondah Hwy Coldstream commencing at 6.00pm
Well thats it from me,Yours in Rotary and thanks for reading
Paul Martin
President 2024/25
We can always use an extra pair of hands. Just a few hours, four times a year. If you can give a little of your time please contact Brian on brianhodgson47@gmail.com
