Wow, what a great night last night and I hope we have many more meetings like this one. It was rowdy, it was fun and everyone had a good time. This is what Rotary is about!
Our guest speaker Hamish Curry from the State Library gave us a wonderful presentation that re-inspired the need to visit the library once again. Many years ago, when I had lots of time, I used to spend hours in the library just perusing books and sitting in a quiet corner reading and flicking through the books. Nowadays, this seems like a luxury for me when there's so many things that fill up my day such as long hours at work, chores at home and committments with my family. But I promise myself that when I have a lazy day of nothing to do soon, you will find me at the State Library.
Thanks also to Yvonne who gave out Certificate of Appreciation to our club members who helped out with the Spellathon. Her initiative is receiving much attention in the local primary and secondary schools and we look forward to reading about it in the local newspaper. Our visitors Intha, Nola, Jason and Anne from the Bentleigh Secondary College also have been instrumental in making these spellathons at the school a success to raise money for Operation Cleft. This fundraising initiative promotes literacy but is a fabulous way to connect with the schools in our local area.
We welcomed Andrew from Lewis Engineering too. He is applying for the GSE 2012 to Fort Worth Dallas Texas and our club will give him all the support that he needs to be selected for this opportunity. In that short time Andrew had with us last night, he presented well and spoke passionately about his job and how the GSE would help him vocationally. We will see Andrew again soon at the club where he will give us a 5 minute presentation as a practice run before the selection interviews.
One of the things I forgot to mention last night is that I attended the Naturalisation Ceremony at City of Kingston with Laurie and Sven. I was surprised to learn that Laurie has been doing this role of supplying the trees for over 40 years and only missing out on two ceremonies. When he calculated how many trees he has given out over the years, it was 48 000. It's an amazing feat and value Laurie's contribution to this community service role.
Next week we will have a Club Forum and Discussion Night. During this time, I will ask for your help to create a quick working bee to make up Membership Folders for our Business Month in November.
In October I will ask all Rotarians to actively promote these events and to get as many people to attend. All your friends who are in business, your tradespeople, your colleagues, your family and friends. Anyone who is in business for themselves, or who have an active interest in the small to medium business enterprise and how to network and socialise with like-minded people should come along.
I've seen that the City of Kingston has already advertised these events on the Calendar of Events on their website and soon to be in their Business Newsletter as well as having the flyers distributed in their Business Packs that they give out to all attendees during their seminars. Closer to the date, I will write up a press release and get it to the local Leader newspaper for further promotion as well as hit the pavement Saturday morning door knocking the factories along Chesterville Road. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Have a great week.
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