At our Club meeting on Wednesday night, I had the immense honour and privilege to induct

four new members to Rotary.

Some sixty members and guests were in attendance for this very special occasion.

 

Our new Rotarians Gary Castricum, David Cutler, Gaetano Fina and Cheryl Zuhlsdorff are well versed in the principles of goodwill and service having already practiced these in their business, professional or personal lives. They will no doubt be added sources of strength to our Club and Rotary in general. I wish them all many happy and useful years in Rotary.

 

I would like to pass on my congratulations to our four inductees on Wednesday, 1 November, 2017.  Each of them are equally fabulous additional assets to the Rotary Club of Berwick and really look forward to sharing our Club with them.

 

The impressive architecture and the name, Bunjil Place, were inspired by stories of Bunjil (also referred to as ‘Bundjil’) by our First Nation’s people. These are extremely special, parable-like stories about Bunjil, the ‘creator’.

 

Membership Satisfaction Survey – Wednesday 8^th November: As part of our preparation for the membership plan development night on the 15th November – just 2 weeks away – members have been sent a membership satisfaction survey.

Please complete and return the survey by the 8^th of November or as soon as you are done.

 

Annual General Meeting (AGM) and Club Service – Wednesday 15^th November: The Club’s AGM will be held at our meeting on Wednesday 15^th November. Following the AGM members will have the opportunity to review and discuss the findings from the survey and help shape a membership plan.

 

Happy Birthday to PP Rob Taylor (6^th November), Jane Moore (7^th November) and Dan Kraan (8^th November).

 

Congratulations to PP Laury Gordyn who was inducted into Rotary on 3^rd November 1994.

 

While some clubs raise funds at meetings from selling raffle tickets, the Rotary Club of Berwick holds what is known as a Joker’s Wild session. All Rotarians in attendance are invited to participate, for a small fee, in the Joker's Wild session at each meeting for a chance to win a cash jackpot by drawing the "Joker" from a deck of cards. Each week the member with the winning ticket has the opportunity to draw one card from the deck. The jackpot increases if the Joker is not drawn and the number of cards in the deck reduces after each draw, thus increasing the chance of winning the jackpot at the next draw.  

 

 

At the back of the Rotary Club Handbook there is a heading Acronyms.  If you don’t have one of these handbooks or are new to reading about Rotary, these acronyms can perhaps cause confusion.