Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin 2018 #1
New Year Edition
Happy new year to all!
MEETING January 15th 2018
A great turnout of over 40 people to our first dinner meeting for 2018. Part of President Paul Weston was still in Hawaii, when he welcomed all and asked for all our guests to be introduced.
Guests included members from Kooringal, Junee & Leeton Rotary Clubs, together with
Tim, Peta, Charlie & Jackson Wykes, our outgoing Exchange Student off to Finland later this week & exchange students Alen Chuang (Taiwan), Mads Hindsgavi (Denmark) & our Exchange student from Germany, Lucia B
Also visiting were Digby, Jodie & Abigail Graham (next hosts for Lucy after Bruests), potential members Lyn Schadell & Anne Rzeskowski & partners Helen L, Shaz, Maureen H, Lorraine H, Claire M & Heather McK. Apologies if I missed anyone, as there was quite a crowd
The exchange students spoke briefly on their experiences in Australia thus far & Jackson gave a brief talk on some of the places in Europe he will be visiting in the next year. He again thanked out Club for hosting him as did his mum Peta.
REMINDERS
We still need a president elect for 2019; please give some thought to either nominating yourself or nominating another.
Thank you to our new bulletin team
For the foreseeable future the bulletin, which in the past has been in the capable hands of John Glassford, will be now passing into the hands of Grahame Miles, Sarah Collins and Paul Weston while John takes on other commitments. Grahame will be our journalist, composing and writing an article from each meeting and event. Sarah will be acting as editor and publisher by uploading the content to the website, while Paul will be distributing the weblink to all members.
If you have any suggestions or polite criticisms of the weekly bulletin, the team will welcome your input.
Beware the fines!
Ted has nominated Will, the youngest member of the Coolamon Rotary club, to do the fine sessions of our weekly meetings. At our first meeting of the year Will’s sharp eyes and ears didn’t miss a thing and the fines came thick and fast. Congratulations to Will on a job well done, but I think this is a warning to all that we need to be guarding our wallets a little more closely.
‘Be the Inspiration’ Rotary International Assembly in San Diego
If you want to know more about what John is up to you can catch him on his Facebook page
January is VOCATIONAL SERVICE month
DIARY
Sunday, 14th January to Saturday, 20th January. Rotary International Assembly in San Diego. DGE John Glassford will represent District 9700 and the Coolamon Rotary Club.
*Monday, 22nd January – Regular meeting. Guest speaker: Bridget Pritchett (Bernie’s daughter). Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Friday, 26th January – Festival of Small Halls. Australia Day Festival at Ganmain Hall. $15 adult, $10 children starts at 6:00 pm. Bar and food on the night (No BYOD).
Monday, 29th January – Regular meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.
Thursday, 8th February. BINGO. Henk (Capt.), Rod, Dick, Alex.
Friday, 2nd February – Business House Bowls. Numbers needed for Rotary team(s).
Thursday, 15th February – Board Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7:30 pm.
Friday and Saturday, 23rd-24th February – Wagga Wagga Peace Celebration. Details forthcoming.
Saturday, 3rd March – PETS (President Elect Training Seminar). Coolamon will be represented by PE Daryl Breust. Hilltops Council Hall (Formerly Young Town Hall), Young, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm.
Sunday, 4th March – D9700 Assembly. ALL 2018-2019 Coolamon Club Board Members to attend. Hilltops Council Hall (Formerly Young Town Hall), Young, 09:30 am -3:30 pm.
Thursday, 18th March – BINGO. Neil Munro Capt, Dave McKinley, Don Dyce, Leslie Weston.
*Monday, 19th March – Foundation Night. Saint Micheal’s Convent with guest speaker District Foundation Chair David Kennedy.
Saturday & Sunday, 5th-6th May – District 9700 CONFERENCE. Roxy Theatre, Leeton. Book accommodation early!
Saturday, 23rd June to Wednesday, 27th June – Rotary International Convention. Toronto, Canada.
*Saturday, 30th June – Coolamon Rotary Changeover and District 9700 Changeover. Ganmain Hall.
* = Partner and guest night
Click on the thumbnails for an idea of what you get at a RI Convention.
As above: Chicago 2005, Los Angeles 2008, Montreal 2010, Bangkok 2012, Sydney 2014, Seoul 2016, Atlanta 2017.
Above May 2014 African Night at the Ganmain Hall with 280 seated to dinner, great night!
District 9700 Board 2018-2019
The 2018-2019 D9700 Board is coming together nicely and the restructure is going to work and work well. DGN John McKenzie and DG George Weston are committed to making it work, as are the others on this much smaller Board:
District Governor John Glassford {Membership & Public Image} Coolamon
District Governor Elect John McKenzie {Service} Orange North
District Governor Nominee {New District} To be appointed
Immediate Past District Governor George Weston {Youth} Leeton
Foundation Director DRFC PDG David Kennedy {Foundation} Blayney
Secretary PP David Benn {Administration} Wollundry Wagga Wagga
Treasurer Finance & Audit PP Doug Conkey {Budget} Wollundry Wagga Wagga
Other District Appointments
Executive Secretary and Web Master PP Paul Murray Wollundry Wagga Wagga
District Trainer PP Geraldine Rurenga Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee
PETS Facilitator PDG Tony Monley D9810
Public Officer PDG Ian Tooke Blayney
2019 Griffith D9700 Conference Chair PP Ross Grillo Griffith
DIO Insurance/Risk Management PP Sam Catanzariti Griffith
COL 2019 Representative PDG Gary Roberts
We are still looking at appointing two more Assistant Governors.
We are also looking at the structure of all the Standing Committees and the Special Committees.
We will post all further news on D9700 2018-2019 on my DGJG Blog:
DG JG 9700 2018-2019
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2017-2018
Chartered March 3rd 1971 Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club President: Paul Weston 6927 2972 President Elect & Service Projects : Daryl Breust 0409 551 140 Secretary: John Bond 0427 273 226 Treasurer: Henk Hulsman 6927 3486 Rotary Foundation Director: Neil Munro 6927 3156 Club Admin Director: Don Dyce 6929 1215 Youth Director: Dave McKinley 6927 8553 Service Projects {Vocational} Director: Ian Jennings 6927 3390 Membership Director: Wayne Lewis 6927 3501 Public Image Director: Myffy Collette 6927 6313 Immediate Past President: Don Dyce 6929 1215 Sergeant @ Arms: Ted Hutcheon 6927 3349 Bulletin Editor: Sarah Collins 0448118003 and Grahame MilesROTARY INTERNATIONAL 2017-2018
President Ian Riseley RC of Sandringham Melbourne
President Elect Barry Rassin RC of East Nassau The Bahamas
District 9700 Governor George Weston RC of Leeton
District 9700 Governor Elect John Glassford RC of Coolamon
District 9700 Governor Nominee John McKenzie RC of Orange North
