Rotary Club of Canberra Newsletter

Our Club President 2008/09

This week in Rotary!

The Rotary year has now come to a close with only one more task before our new President Barbara Griffiths takes on the reigns of our club on Friday night at the Changeover.

It is an exciting time for the club to be able to grow and develop new ideas and strategies for the future.

I have had a very enjoyable year as President for the 2008/09 year. The most important thing to do is thank my board and committee chairs for all of their efforts this year. The club and I depended on them and they delivered.

Secretary - Barbara Griffiths PHF , Treasurer -Eugene Kalenjuk, Foundation Director - Michael Moore PP, Club Service - Phil Byrne, Sergeant - Natalie Vandenpeer, International Service - Neil Renfree PP, PHF, Community Service - Mary Gays, Youth Service - Atholl Reid, Vocational Service - Alison Russell-French, Club PR & Web Site - Zel Bodulovic, Membership Committee Chair - Howard Kemp, Fundraising Committee Chair - Bruce Mackay PP, PHF.

There is also so many other people that I need to say “Thank you” to and you know who you are, there just wouldn’t be enough space here to list everyone. Just know that my thanks are heartfelt.

I would also like to thank the staffs at the Commonwealth Club who have worked with us in providing a great venue and meals all year for our club’s regular meetings as well as special events.

I don’t think that members of our club truly understand how much work gets done behind the scenes at committee meetings and board meetings throughout the year unless they have done it themselves.

With this work also comes allot of rewards, and I would encourage any member that would like to make a difference to the world to get involved and have some fun with their Rotary Club.

My aim for the year was to see more people involved in projects with the club this year, and I think I have seen that and heard the banter increasing at our club meetings each week, which is great. Rotary should be enjoyable, and if it isn’t than we need to find out why, and change it for the better.

Thank you all again for your support this Rotary year!

Tony Pemmer

President Rotary Club of Canberra 2008/09

"Beginning the Rotary Year: Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."

Seneca

Notices

Extraordinary General Meeting Announcement... Monday 20th July 2009 This meeting is called to ratify the incoming board for 2009/10 due to unforseen changes.

Special Days

Sat, 11 Jul - Mary Gays' Birthday

Sat, 11 Jul - Merv Johnston's Birthday

Sat, 11 Jul - Philip Byrne's Birthday

Thu, 2 Jul - Richard Wilson will have served our Rotary club for 4 years

Thu, 2 Jul - Ted and Noreen Watch will be celebrating 63 years of Marriage

Fri, 10 Jul - Donald McFeat will have served our Rotary club for 3 years

Fri, 10 Jul - Gillian McFeat Lin will have served our Rotary club for 3 years

Thu, 16 Jul - Alan Scandrett will have served our Rotary club for 8 years

Thu, 16 Jul - Pamela Scarr will have served our Rotary club for 8 years

Meeting Rosters
Date	Front Desk	Front Desk	Hospitality	Raffle Prize
06 Jul, 09	Rod Sutherland	Paul Street	Ted Watch	Brian Mann
13 Jul, 09	Mandy Yap	Paul Tys	Richard Wilson	Andrew McColl
20 Jul, 09	Eric Wigley	Michele Whitters	Bernard Borg-Caruana	Shirley Meldrum
27 Jul, 09	Mandy Yap	Daniel Woker	Jeff Bradley	Margaret Moore
03 Aug, 09	Trevor Boucher	Bernard Borg-Caruana	Paul Coleman	John O'Neill
10 Aug, 09	Hugh Dakin	Raymond Cook	David Cossart	Anton (Tony) Pemmer
17 Aug, 09	Raymond Cook	Hugh Dakin	Peter Dawson	Atholl Reid
24 Aug, 09	Annebelle Davis	Jim Dickson	Andrew Fleming	Alison Russell-French
31 Aug, 09	Michael Eland	Rick Forster	Neil Gray	Pamela Scarr
07 Sep, 09	Mary Gays	Tony Hayward	Jeremy Hearder	Paul Street
14 Sep, 09	Richard Griffiths	Roslyn Hughes	Peter Hughes	Paul Tys
21 Sep, 09	Jeremy Hearder	Tim Johnstone	Merv Johnston	Michele Whitters

Upcoming Events
Organiser	Event Name	Venue	Date	Time	Reg. By
Youth	Rotary Adventure in Citizenship	Canberra	Sat, 5 Sep, 09
Youth	RAIC		Sun, 6 Sep, 09	8:30 am
Youth	RAIC		Mon, 7 Sep, 09	8:30 am
Youth	RAIC		Tue, 8 Sep, 09	8:30 am
Youth	RAIC		Wed, 9 Sep, 09	8:30 am
Youth	RAIC		Thu, 10 Sep, 09	8:30 am
Youth	RAIC		Fri, 11 Sep, 09	8:30 am
Youth	RAIC		Sat, 12 Sep, 09	8:30 am

Newsletter for the Rotary Club of Canberra - Issue No.: 140 Issue Date: 2 Jul, 2009

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