Hello everyone
Well this will be my last blog post as President of the club and thanks to everyone for a lovely meeting last night where we had a chance to update everyone on what is happening and enjoy a bit of fellowship.
I haven't much to say here and I will say my closing speech at the Changeover but I do wish Andrew all the best in his year and hope he has a wonderful experience.
Thanks everyone for your support in helping me out in my year and I wish the club and its members all the best in health and happiness for you and your families and look forward to our continuing association with the club.
Hope everyone has a wonderful week and see you all next week at the Changeover!
Regards
Helen
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Helen's Headlines - Wednesday 13 June 2012
Hello everyone
I hope you all had a lovely long weekend spent with friends and family or doing what you love. I used the opportunity to ride my bike around the city and attend the new Napoleon Exhibition at the Art Gallery which was well worth the money.
The only thing happening for me within Rotary this last week is that there has been a change of plans in the GSE front. Due to lack of applicants, they have reduced the selection interview days from 2 to 1 which will be on Saturday 23 June. This now enables Jayde to submit her application and be available for this selection process (as she was going to be away before then). Therefore, in the background, I have been working with Jayde to ensure that her application is completed and providing any support she needs to make the best effort in the selection process for the Malaysian GSE tour later this year. I will be bringing along her application for Andrew's signature and RCMM sponsorship on Monday night.
Next Monday night will be a joint Board meeting and a club forum. Although we don't have anything planned, my intention is to have all Director and Member announcements and then some fellowship over dinner before going into the Board Meeting. It will be an opportunity to finalise things required for Andrew's year and the changeover so it will be a relaxing night. I will also bring along various equipment that I had bought for the club to hand over to Andrew and others (the mobile office).
Other than that, Andrew B who visited Texas on the GSE sent a lovely email with the photos of which I had emailed out all club members. Please feel free to read these and enjoy his adventures. If you didn't receive it, please let me know and I'll resend the email. He certainly had a great time and learned a lot through his vocational contacts and networks and likely that he will never forget this once in a lifetime opportunity.
I will be at the Rotary Leadership Institute Training (last day) on Sunday 17 June and have organised a swap with Bill C (I'll do his on the June 24th). I would encourage anyone in a leadership position in the club to attend RLI training in the near future as it gives you the information and knowledge about Rotary and its programs. It is a highly commended course - and the registration fee is waived for President Elects. Please don't think it is not valuable - if anything, it was one of the most valuable courses for idea exchange, information gathering and knowledge sharing that I have come across.
Have a good week and see you all on Monday 18 June!
I hope you all had a lovely long weekend spent with friends and family or doing what you love. I used the opportunity to ride my bike around the city and attend the new Napoleon Exhibition at the Art Gallery which was well worth the money.
The only thing happening for me within Rotary this last week is that there has been a change of plans in the GSE front. Due to lack of applicants, they have reduced the selection interview days from 2 to 1 which will be on Saturday 23 June. This now enables Jayde to submit her application and be available for this selection process (as she was going to be away before then). Therefore, in the background, I have been working with Jayde to ensure that her application is completed and providing any support she needs to make the best effort in the selection process for the Malaysian GSE tour later this year. I will be bringing along her application for Andrew's signature and RCMM sponsorship on Monday night.
Next Monday night will be a joint Board meeting and a club forum. Although we don't have anything planned, my intention is to have all Director and Member announcements and then some fellowship over dinner before going into the Board Meeting. It will be an opportunity to finalise things required for Andrew's year and the changeover so it will be a relaxing night. I will also bring along various equipment that I had bought for the club to hand over to Andrew and others (the mobile office).
Other than that, Andrew B who visited Texas on the GSE sent a lovely email with the photos of which I had emailed out all club members. Please feel free to read these and enjoy his adventures. If you didn't receive it, please let me know and I'll resend the email. He certainly had a great time and learned a lot through his vocational contacts and networks and likely that he will never forget this once in a lifetime opportunity.
I will be at the Rotary Leadership Institute Training (last day) on Sunday 17 June and have organised a swap with Bill C (I'll do his on the June 24th). I would encourage anyone in a leadership position in the club to attend RLI training in the near future as it gives you the information and knowledge about Rotary and its programs. It is a highly commended course - and the registration fee is waived for President Elects. Please don't think it is not valuable - if anything, it was one of the most valuable courses for idea exchange, information gathering and knowledge sharing that I have come across.
Have a good week and see you all on Monday 18 June!
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Helen's Headlines - Monday 4th June 2012
Hello everyone
Last night we had an interesting and engaging talk by Richard who talked about solar energy and how he built his energy efficient home. It was quite timely as we're putting in solar panels this Wednesday out of sheer frustration of having to pay utility bills that are increasing all the time. However, with these dark, cold miserable days, looks like we will still be paying the bills until the sun peeks out from behind the clouds.
There's a few things going on in the background now as our club readies itself for Andrew's year and already progress is being made for the changeover night with people pitching in the background to make the next year a success. I'm so happy that things are moving along for this club and there's a renewed vigor for the upcoming year.
There were a few announcements last night but I'd just like to reiterate the following.
(a) If you have any old coats or work wear that you don't wear anymore, please pass them onto Sheila so that they can be given to charity.
(b) John Hunt has asked for assistance to find guest speakers as the program will need to be filled in the coming months. Any ideas, any contacts, anyone you believe would be a good speaker, please let him know asap.
(c) Thanks to Greg for helping out on the Bowelscan program and dropping the kits off to 3 pharmacies as well as highlighting and dispelling a rumour about the kits.
(d) Thanks to Graeme for giving us the board report and highlighting all the donations made by our club to the various local charity groups.
There is no meeting next week but I hope that you stay happy, healthy and well and see you all back on Monday 18 June for the club forum and a joint board meeting which will be the last board meeting for this Rotary year.
Have a great week!
Last night we had an interesting and engaging talk by Richard who talked about solar energy and how he built his energy efficient home. It was quite timely as we're putting in solar panels this Wednesday out of sheer frustration of having to pay utility bills that are increasing all the time. However, with these dark, cold miserable days, looks like we will still be paying the bills until the sun peeks out from behind the clouds.
There's a few things going on in the background now as our club readies itself for Andrew's year and already progress is being made for the changeover night with people pitching in the background to make the next year a success. I'm so happy that things are moving along for this club and there's a renewed vigor for the upcoming year.
There were a few announcements last night but I'd just like to reiterate the following.
(a) If you have any old coats or work wear that you don't wear anymore, please pass them onto Sheila so that they can be given to charity.
(b) John Hunt has asked for assistance to find guest speakers as the program will need to be filled in the coming months. Any ideas, any contacts, anyone you believe would be a good speaker, please let him know asap.
(c) Thanks to Greg for helping out on the Bowelscan program and dropping the kits off to 3 pharmacies as well as highlighting and dispelling a rumour about the kits.
(d) Thanks to Graeme for giving us the board report and highlighting all the donations made by our club to the various local charity groups.
There is no meeting next week but I hope that you stay happy, healthy and well and see you all back on Monday 18 June for the club forum and a joint board meeting which will be the last board meeting for this Rotary year.
Have a great week!
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