Chair for the day was Dymphna Muir who opened the meeting with toasts and grace before inviting President Chris Muir to address the meeting. The content of Chris's address can be found in the President's Message section above. Chris welcomed guests, including Katrina Roettler who has been to several of our meetings by now, Raymond White our Guest speaker, Manager of the MacArthur Centre which has helped us in the past with fundraising activities, Colleen Middlemass and Matthew Christopher, guest of Pres. Nominee Dan Adler.
After the President's address, Chair Dymphna called for spots:
- Denise Schellbach thanked all the Rotarians who had helped her with running Eddie's Van through January until the 3rd of February.
- PP Keith Watts asked all members to do their best to attend the district conference on 22-24 March, noting that the club will reimburse members up to $100 for their cost of attendance. He also reported that the membership application from Mark Scanlan had been approved by the board and that it would be circulated to members shortly.
- Pres. Nominee Dan Adler reported that he had spoken to DGE Darryl Iseppi about the Rotaryship scheme (we also had discussions with DG Wendy Protheroe late last year).
- Meeting Guest Matt Christopher also spoke generally around the concept of Rotaryship and gave us some valuable insights as an outsider on how we might adapt the legacy of 100 years of Rotary to attract people for the next 100 years.
- PP Daniel Vankov reported on progress on the Women's Day breakfast, saying that we already had 57 seats out of 80 booked and suggesting that members should register quickly before they miss out.
Prospective Member Matt Christopher talks about marketing aspects of Rotary Membership
After a short time for fellowship, Chair Dymphna invited guest speaker Raymond White from the Department of Justice to address the club on the topic of cooperatives, which is of special interest to the club because a subcommittee including Rtns Phil Little, Peter Ryan and PP Keith Watts is investigating the establishment of a new-age housing cooperative to provide affordable housing in the Marburg area.
Guest speaker Raymond White
Next up was the sergeant's session where Sgt Pilko was in fine and expensive form. James Delahunty had the raffle ticket drawn from the bowl, but it did him no good.
President Chris closed the meeting with the singing of the national anthem.
