Welcomed visiting Rotarian Stuart Coward, partners John Deakin and May Gowlett as well as visitors Paul Mortaud and Ruby (Barb’s granddaughter).

Guest speaker is Graeme Smith.

 

 

District AGM is on 7 November.

There will be a social night at Mercedes Benz at Maroochydore on 2 December. Robyn Hill will have her book launch there.

Greig asked us all to make sure we are getting out of Rotary all that we want, if not please talk to Greig or any of the members of the board.

 

Graeme B proposed the toast to the Rotary Club of Abergele, Wales. They were chartered in 1972 and their current President is Peter Hughes. One of their major projects is Chernobyl Children Lifeline – where they bring children from Chernobyl to Wales for a holiday. They also made a generous donation in support of the victims of the 2011 floods.

 

Matt Lyn conducted the induction ceremony. Sebastien was proposed by Will and was accepted by the board. His classification will be Marketeer and will be in the Community Service Committee.

 

 

 

Frank Lunt gave an entertaining talk on his career selection process – selecting the education stream that had the best female to male ratio!

His career started out in a one teacher school and finally ending when he was in charge of an adult education school. He found teaching adults to be particularly rewarding. Computer skills was not one of Frank’s fortes.

 

Graeme Smith from the Pumicestone Catchment Management Body gave an impassioned talk on the future of the Pumicestone Passage.

Some highlights:-