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Meeting at the Golf Club: 15th August 2022
President Rod  opened the meeting at the Golf Club at 7:00PM sharp and welcomed all Rotarians and guests Paul McCallum & Michael Mackie.
Graham Mackenzie was called upon to complete the invocation.
Raffle Winner:
Paul McCallum won the raffle.
Presidents Report
Rod Taylor
member photo
Pancho has accepted the offer of an honorary membership. This will be presented at a shed BBQ function in the near future.
Graham & Rod met with Matthew & Claire from the Pier to finalise the meal details for the Blue Sky visit on the 22nd of October. Our meal cost will be $55 per person for 2 courses.
Rod has made enquiries about the certification requirements for the Merry Go Round, and is just waiting on James, the engineer, to reply for more details.
Sites have been booked for the Show, including the drinks van, which will be used by the drinks van.
Secretary’s Report:
Correspondence received from Ashley Reid CEO of Cancer Council WA, thanking the Club for the donation of wheel chairs for Crawford Lodge.  
Treasurers Report:
A term deposit is due to be lodged this week. Another term deposit will be lodged next month.
Club Administration:
N/A
Youth:
N/A
Community
N/A
Vocational:
The band has been booked for Australia Day. Steve is also going to approach Port for additional funding for this purpose.
Re the Governor’s visit; Ric will only be in town on the 6th of September, and we will seek to have a joint meeting with the Bay Club on that evening.
International
N/A
Foundation:
N/A
Membership:
Wes reminded members of a past member involved with Crawford Lodge (regarding the correspondence inwards) and the clubs past involvement with this organisation.
Wes also addressed the holiday home discrepancy from last week.  
Fireworks Committee
A meeting was held last week with the Bay Club, where roles and responsibilities were re-aligned.
Governance Procedures
Brett Guthrie bought us up to date with the policy requirements on child protection.
Forms had been issued to members; we need to get this back to Brett ASAP.
Brett also had some WWCC forms on hand and encouraged members to get these lodged via Rod.
From the Floor:
The 60th anniversary dinner is tracking along well. Catering is all sorted now.
The bus company has donated 2x buses for the Sky Blue project.
Norseman want more bikes! A team will be heading up on Friday.
Corrina had a family announcement! We may need to assist her with Media Relations in her absence next year.
Sergeants Session:
An open fines session was held.
The Spin the Wheel occurred with JB, Chris Roberts and Jeff Curry all taking home $20. They then took home a few dollars less after a fine.
Raffle winner Paul McCallum was fined, his father Neil was also fined.
Football winners were all fined.
Graham bought the box to fine Brad regarding some plumbing that went awry at his place.
Rod fined Tom for the condition of his boots.
Steve S was fined by Jeff Curry for having a new jacket.
 Corrina fined Scott for texting to ask if the meeting was at the Golf Club.
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Guest Speaker:
Chris Roberts introduced club member John Parsons to address the club.
John gave a fantastic address regarding his varied life, careers and hobbies.
Brett Guthrie thanked John for his address.
Attendance Report
Members – 33 members
Present 20                                             
  • Leave of Absence 5                  
  • Apologies 8                              
  • Silent    0         
  • Club guests 2   
  • Percentage 76%
 
The Attendance Officer requests that callers identify themselves clearly when making an apology on the Rotary phone.
Attendance will also be recorded via ClubRunner.
President Rod thanked members and guest for their attendance and closed the meeting at 8:30PM
 
The meeting concluding with the National Anthem.
Meeting Responsibilities
Seargent Assist
Roberts, Chris
 
Invocation
MacKenzie, Hugh
 
Standby
Honey, John
 
Guest Introduction
Rollond, Barry
 
Guest Thanks
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Barry Rollond
August 5
 
Scott Mackie
August 8
 
Ken Jenkyn
August 20
 
Spouse Birthdays
Lesley Mather
August 8
 
Jean McCallum
August 17
 
Fiona Baird
August 20
 
Marie Slater
August 22
 
Kylene Tredinnick
August 27
 
Anniversaries
Peter Tredinnick
Kylene Tredinnick
August 21
 
Join Date
Macka MacKenzie
August 19, 1996
26 years
 
Matthew Lewis
August 25, 2014
8 years
 
Peter Tredinnick
August 25, 2014
8 years
 
Bulletin Editor
Corrina Rawlinson
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