DG Lynne opened her talk by saying she feels like she has come home. She joined the RC Berwick in 1999 and was President in 2008-9. Other responsibilities include leading a GSE team to Denmark, an Interplast Tour to Fiji, Chair of District Youth Exchange and Chair of RYPEN for 1 year. She is now a member of the Rotary Club of Casey.
Lynne has been married to Trevor for 43 years have 6 children and 9.85 grandchildren. For 23 years Lynne has worked for Tobin Brothers Funeral Directors, who have been very supportive of her Rotary life. She is also a Marriage Celebrant, Justice of the Peace and Bail Justice. Lynne herself joined Rotary for business, stayed for friendships and the opportunity to serve and make a difference.
Rotary was once all about clubs but now it is much wider. There is definitely a buzz around the District with 50 clubs who are doing amazing things in their community. The individuals in the clubs are those who are making the difference, but working together we can do so much more. Dedicated hard working people such as the RC Berwick, get on with the job.
A new E Club has been charted “Latitude 38” with a celebration coming in November. Some clubs are looking to merge. There are 5 members of Berwick that are on District committees. The District committees of ROMAC, Australian Rotary Health and Youth Exchange are looking for members. It is a great way of seeing how District works, please contact Lynne if you are interested. RYPEN has 3 clubs looking to taking it over.
RI President John F Germ has relaxed rules of Rotary. He has given permission to dare to be different. Clubs can change things like meeting times and structure. The attendance rules are less strict. Lynne’s goal is to have each club in the district to increase membership by 1.
In this 100 years of Foundation, Lynne encouraged every member do donate at least $26.50. This was the first donation to a school for crippled children 100 years ago.
Foundation’s goal is still to eradicate polio. Sadly Nigeria has now had 3 new cases diagnosed. Not everyone has completed the immunisation course due to wars and movement of people. We can’t be complacent even though it has taken so long to completely eradicate it.
The Conference to be held in Hobart next year has a great range of speakers who will both inspire and entertain us. The theme is “Children are our Future”. A trip to the Salamanca Market on Saturday morning is planned along with the golf day and tours to MONA and Port Arthur. The Governors Ball will have us dancing to the Blues Brothers. She encouraged us all to attend along with the International Convention next year.
Lynne said that we are kicking goals and we should be proud of our club. She thanked us for our commitment to Rotary. She particularly thanked President Mark and members of the board who kept her up to date of what is happening in our club. Together we achieve more.
Trevor Bailey has brochures are available to put in holders in local businesses. The current ones have nearly run out so new ones are being printed. Please see him if you can help.
Viv and Jim Armstrong handed over information about the Mental Health Forum to the RC Narre Warren. They are running it on the 15th March 2017. The first mental health first aid course is nearly ready to go. Hat day for "Lifting the Lid on Mental Health is coming up soon. Watch this space..jpg)
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President Mark and Isobel went to the thank you evening for The Caroline Chisholm Education Foundation. It is to help students in financial hardship receive a high quality, vocational educational qualification, at Chisholm TAFE. The club has been a sponsor for a number of years. A fantastic night celebrating students who have been sponsored to attend the Chisholm TAFE. The students were very appreciative. Many said that they would not be able to study if they had not been sponsored..jpg)
Gary Cooper doing a great job with the art screens while Laury is away. The latest is at Nossal High School .
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