Friday at Tide Recreation Centre

 
On Friday we met at the Tide recreation centre, and apart from the AGM which lasted all of 5 mins, the main business was to welcome new members, Naomi, Anisha and Mark. The great news is that the clubs membership is growing strongly and particularly pleasing to not only see the average age of membership declining, but also the enthusiasm and experience of the new members who have a strong history of giving back to the community. 
 
 
Anisha and Skye...Skye showing off her jewellery. 
 
Naomi and Mark with their new badges and shirts......Mark being the highly organised person he is, first ever member to be inducted while wearing a club   "work" shirt. Could this be an omen?
 
Finally, thank you Val and John for hosting the meeting, and for the breakfast goodies...
 

New Board

So the new club board positions have been filled and we're all set for the new year, (commencing July) with :
 
President : Peter Deane
President Elect: Geoff East
Treasurer: Wendy Gilson
Secretary: Val Saunders
Director: Tony Freeman
Director: Rae Smart
Director: John Malloy
 
Big thanks Mike Storkey, retiring director who has been valiantly pushing the "Pride of Workmanship" program along, and also to Michelle who is now back in Oz after a very busy time returning to work. Great to see her back on the coast. smiley

Reminder - No club meeting this Friday 9th - See you at dinner at Alex SLSC 

 

Club Donations

The club has added to the presents donated to Care Outreach with a $150 donation, and also donated $500 to Blaze Aid (where Charmaine is going off to help in Tasmania next year) and also the club has a history if volunteering with (see pic from Murgon 2013) , and we've also donated $500 ROMAC to help the great work they do in critical health care in our region.  
 
 
 

The Calendar

Don't forget to check out the Calendar
 
Wed: Morning Tea with Alex Community 
Friday, no meeting , but club dinner
Saturday : Ojinka BBQ at Buhk Park 
Sunday: Xmas at Alex at Buhk Park
Sunday: Have a lie down. 
 

Update on the Namayingo Water Safety Project  

 
Eve is to be congratulated on administering, (and persevering), with the water safety project, which is now complete. Here's a short update and as you can see the team exceeded the planned 50 first responders by a significant margin, 
 
From Moses and Eve, 
 
It is very exciting to finalise this project you kindly supported.  By now you are aware of the impact of the training on the community with newspapers and television broadcasting the training across the district in Uganda.  The response to the training was incredible and as we have seen before not everyone could complete the rigorous program required.  Our goal was to train 50 first responders and a total of 68 graduated.  There were several communities involved in the training as per the report attached.  These trained personel will now train others in their local area to provide a more efficient response to an aquatic emergency.
 
Good work!!
 

Roster for December

Chair person is Wendy 
Set up is Ray Burton
Rotary minute is Craig
Sergeant is Bob
Maitre D  is  Anisha
Standby is Val