RCMM Donates $220 to the Leukaemia Foundation

Thanks to Rotarians who donated $220 to Andrew (Tex) Blunden for the World's Greatest Shave.

He arrived at the Melbourne State Library on Thursday 13 March, registered and promptly sat down in the chair to have his hair shaved.

Earlier that morning, he had shaved off his facial hair as a response to a dare by some Rotarians (note: Graeme, Bill and Yvonne!)

Andrew wishes to thank everyone for their kind support to this worthy cause.

See his comments and more photos on his website: http://www.worldsgreatestshave.com/profile.php?id=388806

Rotary District Conference 8-10 March 2008

Albury didn't know what hit them.

Over 600 Rotarians across District 9810 gathered in the hot, dusty town to listen to guest speakers talk about "Pushing Boundaries", network and socialise with their fellow Rotarians and of course, play a little golf.

The Program commenced with a barbeque lunch on the lawns of the Albury Convention Centre and the Parade of Flags, the District Governor's Welcome and Theme Address and a wonderful introduction of our RI President Representative, Monty Audenart from Canada.

Guest presenters spoke about how they pushed their own boundaries in life such as Nic Feteris, a BASE jumper and whose passionate presentation made us all want to jump over hoops in our lives...but not necessarily large cliffs or buildings. Khoa Do also told us his heart wrenching personal story about how he beat the odds to become a successful film maker and mentor to some disadvantaged people. Professor Hugh Bradlow of Telstra stunned Rotarians into truly being scared of the future by the amount of technology that will be prevalent in our lives in just a few years time. Rod Quantock held a comical hypothetical with a panel of Rotarians looking at how to increase membership.

Socially, Rotarians pushed the boundaries on Sunday night at the "Camelot" Dinner. Dressed in the Camelot theme, they dined on good food and wine and watched the knights fight for a ladies honour.