MEETING February 19th 2018
President Paul welcomed members and guests to the meeting at 7:10 pm. Guests included partners Jan N, Helen L, Marilyn J, Lorraine H, Maree J & Heather M & our special guest speakers Jan Nulty, assisted by Sandra West & Faye Jose.
Neil reminded us of the Peace dinner next weekend & mentioned & thanked those who are helping with the catering.
Ian asked if any new members would like to replace him at the District Assembly on Sunday, March 4th at Young as he will be unable to attend; new members would find it most informative & rewarding.
Next Monday’s guest speaker is Patrick Leary at the usual time and place. Pat will be speaking about his re-enactment of the charge of the 4th Light Horse Brigade at Beersheeba, and will be presenting descendants of local residents who fought in that war with military mementos. It should be a very interesting presentation, so members are encouraged to bring partners and other guests along.
This weekend is the Peace celebrations in Wagga; come along and support a worthy cause!
Monday, March 5th is a club assembly.
Don’t forget to read the Diary & quote of the week below.
Guest Speaker – Jan Nulty and the Local Health Advisory Comittee
Jan Nulty gave a talk on the role of the Local Health Advisory Committee (LHAC), assisted by Sandra West and Faye Jose. Jan, Sandra and Faye are members of the group & spoke on the projects they are involved with.
The committee consists of 7 members at this time and are looking for new members, especially males, to fill a few positions.
All members are volunteers & meet monthly (1st Monday of each month at Community Centre) with Pam Bates, the facility manager & together work at identifying local service needs, improving access to services & assist in planning & development.
At the first orientation meeting they identified some key issues brought to their attention by community members, which consisted of the following:
- Visibility & promotion of the LHAC so community are aware of the services they provide;
- accidental trips & falls, especially those of the aged;
- mental health;
- drugs and alcohol problems;
- Alzheimers awareness through the Memory Van facility;
- men’s health, etc.
Sandra is the publicity officer & spoke on the Memory Van & all the various aspects of dementia. Sandra appreciates being able to use the Coolamon Community Chronicle (a Coolamon Rotary initiative) to spread the word about their programs.
Faye is a ‘Jack of all trades’ (her words) on the committee. Her roles include Mental Health First aid course and working with Music 4 Mates. The mental health initiative focuses on anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, etc. & how to support people with symptoms.
The committee also promotes bowel cancer awareness and ways to get more people to participate in bowel cancer screening programs.
25 Years of Peace Communities
For more information about peace program click on the link below.
Flyer 25 PCP email
Quote of the Week
Who said this ?
“You start out playing rock ‘n’ roll so you can have sex and do drugs, but you end up doing drugs so you can play rock ‘n’ roll and have sex.”
Last week’s Quote of the Week is attributed to Paul Hogan.
Diary
Monday 26th February – Guest Speaker. Patrick Leary speaking on the re-enactment of the charge of the Light Horse Brigade at Beesheba. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7:00 pm.
Friday and Saturday, 23rd-24th February – Wagga Wagga Peace Celebration.
Monday 5th March – Club Assembly. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7:00 pm.
Saturday & Sunday, March 3rd & 4th – PETS (President Elect Training Seminar). Coolamon will be represented by PE Daryl Breust.
Sunday, March 4th – D9700 Assembly – ALL 2018-2019 Coolamon Club Board Members to attend. Young, 09:00-16:00
Thursday March 8th – BINGO. Neil M (Captain), Dave McK, Leslie W & Bruce H.
Saturday, 17th March – Street Raffle outside Newsagent
Monday, 19th March – Foundation Dinner Evening. Saint Michael’s Convent with guest speaker District Foundation Chair David Kennedy.
Saturday, 31st March – Easter Markets & U2D Art Battle. UTDS, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm.
Thursday, 12th April – BINGO. Daryl B (Captain), Don D, Ian J & Alex T (note change from roster sent out)
Monday 23rd April – Guest Speaker. Denise Winkler on ‘Education’ at Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7:00 pm.
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.
* denotes partner & guest night
Community Events
Saturday March 17th 2018 – The long Table Charity Event at Kindra Park Oval
Reminders
We still need a president elect for 2019-2020; please give some thought to either nominating yourself or nominating another.
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 Miles
February is WORLD UNDERSTANDING month
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 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
