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Our Club Assembly

• FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;
• SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;
• THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;
• FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

• Our meeting format and frequency of meetings - the consensus was clearly not to change, but to schedule a report from the Board immediately after each Board meeting
• Attendance requirements - it appears that it is not well known that:
  • members do not need to attend every meeting
    • the club's Rules state that a member should attend, or make up, ten regular meetings and participate in one service activity each half year but should not miss six regular meetings
  • members are however asked to demonstrate their engagement in the club's activities by attending two regular meetings a month, by participating at Board level and in standing committees, contributing knowledge, skills and time to servicing the needs of the club and the community; and by participating in at least one service activity/event each quarter.
  • members may apply for leave of absence
• The size of the Board - referred back to the Board to bring a recommendation back to members
• New Projects - the need for an iconic 'hands on' community project 

Visitors

Simon Jago was welcomed back along with prospective members Rachael (Rae) Ellerman, Derek Norquay (a past Rotarian) and another past Rotarian, Ellie (?) from Cotton Tree

President's  Announcements

Chris highlighted:

• the Rotary bushfire appeals : details here
• a movie night to raise funds for the bushfire appeal is being planned
• Rotary District 9600 has waived club dues for the current half-year expecting that clubs might sponsor one or more members to the District Conference, put the funds to a service project, or to donate to The Rotary Foundation : see the details on page 2 here
• The Sunshine Coast Council has drawn up a document to be used to obtain quotes for our Sensory Play Area project at Grahame Stewart Park and has agreed that some of the grant funds may be used for that purpose.  We expect the total project cost to be around $80,000 but are $23,000 or so short of that at the moment.  See details of the project here
• In conjunction with the Variety Bash Qld, the Caboolture Rotary Club is creating a vehicle (provided by a Caboolture Rotarian), that will be a mobile billboard, to Celebrate and Promote 100 Years of Rotary in Australia. The Car has been registered as #1921, to recognise the commencement of Rotary in Australia.  All Rotary clubs are being asked to sponsor a Rotary Wheel on the car - details here
• The 2020 Sunshine Coast Rotary Children's Photo Competition is being finalised : see the draft (subject to change) details here
• The ROMAC Trivia Night is being held on Thursday 12 March - can we get two or more tables this year?  Details here which we expect to update shortly

Other Announcements

The announcements included:

• Cancellation of the National Youth Science Forum due to the bush fires
• RYDA
• Fees - Mark will be invoicing us
• Cancellation of the Aura BBQ last Sunday
• This week's BBQ at Bunnings is under control

See the photos here

 

Our Annual Charity Golf Day at Pelican Waters Golf Club on 20 March is the club's flagship fundraiser.  

Funds raised at the 2020 St Paddy's themed event will benefit the Dicky Beach Surf Life Saving Club, especially its Little Nipper program, as well as other causes supported by Caloundra Rotary.

 

Register your team TODAY and enjoy your $1,000 sponsorship package.

Download the flyer, entry form and sponsorship package details from our Golf Day page.