Angie Mansey, Charity Directyor/Founder of Driven By KM, was our guest speaker this morning. Driven by daunting personal experiences surrounding their son Corbin, the charity Driven By KM is dedicated to developing support services, in response to the needs of Sunshine Coast based families that have a medically complex child with life threatening medical conditions within their family unit. Its fundraising events are sponsored by Kuluin Mufflers - the business that arose from the desperation Ang & Luke and their family faced.
This was one of the most passionate presentations the club has heard in recent times.
If you want to learn more about this worthy cause, go to the Driven By KM website or Facebook Page.
Deb chaired our meeting and welcomed visitors, Brian Wallace (moving from RC Nowra, NSW) and our speaker. Brian has recently purchased a new home in Pelican Waters.
Past Governor, Alan proposed the International Toast to the Rotary Club of Istanbul, Turkey.
President's Announcements
Freshly returned from the UK but not quite running on all fours, Chris said he had visited the RC of Hexham with 42 members and an average age of 74.Kath has moved to rehab and is in good spirits but her return to full energetic health is likely to be protracted.
Our 'full' Calendar of Events and our 'busy-ness' along with the importance of family was the subject of some thought by Chris.
He reminded us that 12 September is R U OK? Day (more information), World Polio Day is 24 October but the planned World Polio Day walk has been postponed probably until 1 March, and that RC Mooloolaba's Walk for Mental Health is on 13 October.
Irish inducted as a Family Member
Mark's partner, Irish is reasonably well known to us and was officially welcomed as a Family Member by Chris on behalf of the club. Irish will be a member of the Community Service Committee and will be mentored by Deb.Family Membership is one of the new categories of membership included in our recently adopted Constitution.
The Regulations include the following provisions:
Section 2c – Family Membership.
(a) Eligibility for Family Membership. Persons possessing the qualifications set out in article 5, section 2 of the RI constitution, being a spouse (including a de facto spouse), child or grandchild of an active member of this club may be elected to family membership.
(b) Number. Each active member shall be eligible to have up to three associated family memberships.
Section 5 – Family Members.
Family members shall be exempt from the payment of RI and District dues, shall pay club dues as determined by the Board, are voting members of this club only, and may stand for election as a Director of this club only if they first convert their family membership to an active membership. A family member may choose to convert their membership to an active membership at any time. Family members of this club are not entitled to any rights and privileges in any other Rotary club, except for the right to visit other clubs without being the guest of a Rotarian.
Welcome Irish!
Other Announcements
- Neville was proud to announce that the Caloundra RYDA program had been Highly Commended in the 2019 Queensland Road Safety Awards for delivering the RYDA program. See the Sunshine Coast Daily piece about the award here. The final few days this year are scheduled for October. The program will have seen 1500 students benefit in 2019.
- Merv said the BBQ on Wednesday went well.
- Mark is still looking for satchel sponsors for the Bohol trip
