Bill would have been pleased with our early finish this week, but we managed to pack a fair bit in beforehand.
Kerri Bolch from Berwick College was invited to our meeting for Ricardo to present her with a donation from our Club being part of the 2017-2018 end of year disbursements.
Unfortunately, Ricardo was unable to attend the meeting, so I did the presentation. I know Ricardo would have been much more eloquent, but the result was the same.
Our speaker this week was Amodha Ratnayeke from Infoxchange. Amodha came to our meeting to explain what the Askizzy website was and how it is used by people in need, to get the services to help them.
The Askizzy website is an anonymous information sharing app that disadvantaged people can use to find services in their immediate vicinity. The whole idea is to use technology to help the community. What a great idea!
Rosemary thanked all those who contributed children’s and teenage books for donation to CNCISS and Edrington Park Child Care and preschool Start up Library. She advised that she would be placing Rotary Club of Berwick stickers on all the books prior to delivery to the two organisations. There will be a photo op at the time of delivery.
We are trialling a new rostering system for meeting duties. If a member is listed for a meeting duty but does not attend the meeting, their name will appear in the roster the following week. With so many members away grey-nomading, we are left with about 15 - 20 members to share the 5 meeting jobs amongst.
That’s it from me for this week.
Over and out.
