Rotary Club of Esperance
Meeting: Esperance Golf Club 9/05/22
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No Report.
Treasurer: Brian Colliver
No Report .
Club Admin: Scott Mackie
No Report.
Youth: Scott Mackie
RYPEN camp from 20-22 May, we are sponsoring Chelsea Galloway at $330.
Community: Barry Rollond
We have decided not to do the Fish Van for the Golfclub request on the 12/06.
International: Rob Gurney
No Report.
Membership: Wes Graham
Thanked Steve and Don for inviting guests to recent meetings in our continued membership drive.
Vocational: Hugh McKenzie
No Report.
From the Floor:
Kaj – Phone Book - A sample of the new phone book was presented to the members tonight and Kaj noted that it looks great , the content is as up to date as it has ever been and thanked the members for their contribution in that regard also thanked the Board for giving him the go
ahead to tackle this project when many had questioned the relevance of a local phone book in this age.
It will be available in 1-2 weeks with it being advertised in the Paper and on Radio and available from Woolies, Dome and the 2 newsagents in town.
He thanked his team of JB, Steve, Rob and Graham and also noted we had great support from local business with some 100 advertisers buying spots in the book.
Graham Mackenzie – B4H- Advised that Neil, Rod and himself took a trailor load of bikes to the Norseman High School last Friday to continue their programme to engage students in the repair and ownership of these bikes. They where very appreciative of our contribution and Rod expanded on the character that is the Norseman Principal and their tour of the school.
Media – Corrina Rawlinson
No Report.
Sergeant’s Session - Sergeant – Don Patterson
Sergeant’s Assistant – Barry Rollond
Don started with raffle winner Hugh who was also last at the bar, some no badges and the money wheel winners Rod , Brett and John Gray .
The president was fined for a late start to the meeting and John Gray again for trying the old washer in the kettle donation trick.
He finished with happily fining Dockers supporters for another win.
Guest Speaker – David McGrinder Sothern Ports.
Intro – Ewin Stewart
David had a late call up to present to the meeting but gave a good run down on how the Port is going touching on how they are handling Covid
issues, some of the completed projects they have handled including major sealing of the Road infrastructure and upcoming projects in the pipeline. Some of these include Shed recladding, Berth 2 re-piling and updating their Digital systems.
He noted they turned over 14 million tonnes this year against a forecast of 15 million but said that grain tonnage was up and they expect that again next year.
David finished up by commenting on their community sponsorships and the processes for this have been updated as it is an important part of community involvement for the Port.
Guest Speaker thanks – Tom Cambell
Attendance Report – Ken Jenkyn
- • Members 35
- • Present 19
- • Honorary Members
- • Leave of Absence 4
- • Apologies 6
- • Silent 3
- • Club guests 1
- • Members’ guests
- • Member’s wives
- • Visiting Rotarians
- • Exchange
- • Percentage 70% Ken requests that callers identify themselves clearly when making an apology on the Rotary phone via text only at the moment please.
Next meeting’s program: Rob Lieper
At The Esperance Golf Club 16/05/22
Guest Speaker – Neil Brindley
- • Sergeant assist: Tom Campbell
- • Standby: Steve Schmedje
- • Student host:
- • Guest speaker intro Ken Warne
- • Guest speaker thanks JB
President Rod closed the meeting thanking Members and Guests for their attendance.
Calendar of UPCOMING EVENTS.
The Club has a dedicated phone for apologies via SMS text only as there is a problem with the voice to text conversion at the moment. Please notify by 10am on the day of the meeting. The phone number is 0474 165 997.
Please identify yourself when making an apology by phone.
Club Website details: www.rotaryclubofesperance.org.au
