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DG's
WEEKLY message
Fellow Rotarians,
I trust that you
enjoyed celebrating Australia Day and I am pleased to advise that there
were three Rotarians from our district who received recognition with the
Order of Australia OAM. PDG Vance Hilton RC of Flemington, Ian
Angus RC of Central Melbourne Sunrise and Dr Ronnie Goldberg
from RC Williamstown. Also very popular AG Anne Peace was announced
as Echuca Citizen of the Year and the Shire of Campaspe Citizen of the
Year. Congratulations to you all!
I know that there were many functions that were organised by Rotary clubs
in our District. Fran and I attended the RC St Kilda’s brunch held in
the Sth Melbourne Town Hall and it was pleasing for the organisers to see
Rotarians from at least seven clubs supporting their function and approx
$6500 was raised for the Sacred Heart Mission, ROCAN and Frontier Services
(formerly Flynn of the Inland Mission).
It was good to see PRIP Royce Abbey and the guest speaker, the Hon. Tim
Fischer AC was outstanding as we learned more about our history from him.
What a great asset to our nation is Tim!
In the evening there was an Australia Day concert in Kyneton conducted by
our Rotary club and apart from some songs from the club choir (who you
will hear at the Conference) there were some tall Aussie tales told and
two wonderful Banjo Patterson
Poems recited by Bob Potton whose wife Mary is the Kyneton Rotary choir
musical director. What a pleasant way to end the day!
On Wednesday evening I attended another of the summer meetings this time
at the RC Brimbank Central. Pres Dino Sappupo welcomed approx 155
Rotarians from six clubs. Guest speaker Hazel Edwards entertained us with
her stories of Antarctica.
I would like to advise that there are profiles of the speakers at the
conference on the website www.rotary9800conference.com
and as an attachment to this
e-Zine. There will also be six wide-ranging workshops with guest speakers
to lead the discussion. This Conference will have something for everyone
and I urge you not to miss it.
Enjoy your week in Rotary
DG John Wigley
From
the desk of the District Secretary.
Make Up at Rotary e-clubs. Find
out here.
PHF Recognitions
Keep sending them in. DG John's monthly updates have been circulated to the clubs and
the new members and PHF recognitions
have been noted. If you haven't received a copy through your club
Click July, August,
September, October
and November.
New Members
RC of Melton
Rodney Stafford - Classification Fitting and Turning
RC of Hawthorn
Rohan Brown
Forward a photo of any new member to: secretary@rotaryd9800.org and inform the whole
District via the weekly E-Zine newsletter.
RI Exchange Rate Effective 1 January 2006
USD 1.00 = AUD 1.38
Don't forget - you can always check the back
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