As previously mentioned, I always enjoy hearing member vocational talks and member topic talks of interest. This past Wednesday we had the pleasure of hearing from Nermine Toma and her son Mark Toma; the two talks complimented each other. Nermine spoke about her profession as a pharmacist and the reason for migrating to Australia; Mark spoke about the benefits of living in Australia, which he referred to as the lucky country. Click - here - for a copy of Mark's presentation.
At the recent District Assembly I picked up an interesting flyer Rotarians for Bees; a copy of the flyer is attached. Note in the heading on the flyer, “To Be a Keeper of Bees…You Don’t Need to be a Beekeeper”. With our interest in the environment, and recent talk on sustainability, this might be of interest to members. There’s also a suggestion to join ESRAG (Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group).
On Wednesday afternoon demolition work started on an existing dwelling (photo) on my land adjacent to the house to make way for a new two-bedroom granny flat. This has been in the planning for over 12 months. My daughter and her family moved out of the dwelling a couple of months ago pending demolition which was delayed due to the excessive rainfall. This will be a 5-6 month build then Gabrielle and I will move into the granny flat; my daughter and her family will move into the house after some remodeling/improvements.
This has been an interesting week for Rotary visits. On Monday I gave a didgeridoo talk to the Rotary Club of Penrith. This is a small dinner club with around 12 members present. On Tuesday I attended the Rotary Club of Sydney via Zoom. This is a large lunchtime club and during the meeting they inducted the new Police Commissioner Karen Webb APM and PCYC CEO Dominic Teakle. Both were inducted as Honorary Members. Due to the historical connection between RC Sydney and the police, it is tradition for the Police Commissioner to be inducted as an Honorary Member. Even though there’s an historical connection between RC Sydney and PCYC, this is the first time the PCYC CEO has been inducted as an Honorary Member. Dominic Teakle gave a short address and Karen Webb gave a keynote address. A video recording was made of the meeting, and I’ll share the link when available.
In the meanwhile, here’s a link to a video of the Formal Appointment Ceremony of Commissioner Karen Webb APM streamed live from Boorowa on 1stFebruary 2022.
Peter Smith advised last weeks meeting of the expected profitability from
the Gala Dinner would be of the order of $125,000 to recipients
Streetworks, be Centre, Stepping Stone House
and
Wahroonga Rotary Youth projects.
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POSTCRIPT from AFAR!
Gordon Fuller ( Uralla NSW) - What wonderful coverage of the Latino event. I looked at all the photos but only managed to recognise about 8 from our Rotary Club - been gone 6 years!
Ken Greatbach (UK) - Great pictures……you lot scrub up well!!!
Graeme Goodsir (Mineapolis USA) - Thanks Ian for sharing information about this incredible Novus community event that your Rotary Club supported - an incredible collection of photos.
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The Rotary Foundation outlines the procedure
to make a bequest to underpin future of the Foundation
Have you started ticking off the 5 challenges in the
Environment Action Countdown Calendar?
In celebration of the UN’s World Environment Day and Rotary’s End Plastic Soup Day, District 9685 has launched the Environment Action Weekend, 4th & 5th June 2022. You are encouraged to undertake the challenges individually, with your family or Rotary mates.
On completion, register your activities here to receive the Certificate of Recognition from the District, and win your chance to enter an exciting raffle
Click on the image to the left for a larger version.
Rotary recognises women who have gone over and above the call, earning themselves a Rotary Inspirational Women's Award. We meet Lindt Cafe survivor Louisa Hope and Olivia Hunter-Young leading a team specialising in paediatric and adolescent eating disorders. Rae-Anne Medforth, Chair of RIWA sets the scene.
ednesday afternoon demolition work started on an existing dwelling (photo) on my land adjacent to the house to make way for a new two-bedroom granny flat. This has been in the planning for over 12 months. My daughter and her family moved out of the dwelling a couple of months ago pending demolition which was delayed due to the excessive rainfall. This will be a 5-6 month build then Gabrielle and I will move into the granny flat; my daughter and her family will move into the house after some remodeling/improvements.
