Welcome to the Thursday Lunch Club.
The Rotary Club of Canberra Burley Griffin.
THE CLUB MEETS AT THE ROYAL CANBERRA GOLF CLUB AT 12.30 ON THURSDAYS.
Please contact the Club Treasurer (treasurer@rccbg.org) to confirm your attendance.
Club activities:
COME VOLUNTEER WITH US ON COMMUNITY PROJECTS
Contact Bill Andrews on Telephone 0416 785 133, for further details and dates of activities.
Previous activities included:
- Barbeques
- Gardening assistance
- Peace bell ceremonies and tours
- Parking area supervision at Canberra show
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR CLUB?
Contact Russell Dew on Telephone number 0400 622 112 or e mail russelldew1@gmail.com
WELCOME TO THE NEW ROTARY YEAR
The incoming president, Warrick, said on Thursday, "We do have work to do, yes, we cannot hide from that fact"
We do need to have new people to strengthen what we all want to achieve. But before we invite people round to "our house", we need to do a little dusting and polishing
There are a few things I would like to try to start doing.
- Having a service activity on the horizon that we can invite prospective members to. So rather than saying, come to a meeting, we can say hey! come along and help out with...
- Having consistent messaging. Branding for a better word. A lot of clubs have a very consistent way of announcing things online, I'd like to try this. There will be a little more work but I think it will help,
- Keeping meetings to time, great for people to hang out afterwards and chat but I would like the actual meetings to run from 12:30 to 1:30.
It was a great night last Thursday, good to see so many smiling faces and happy energy. It's always good to see that kind of energy and I want to see what we can do to replicate it
Thank you to Russell for steering us through the last year, I hope that you have learnt and grown from the experience, there is always something that this will teach us.
This week we have a presentation by the outgoing District Governor, Rob Uhl, very interesting to have her speak at this time!
We are looking at moving the tour of the National Gallery to Friday rather than Thursday. I hope this will work.
As always feel free to bring up any issues with me and we will see what we can do to get on top of them
My next run is the City2Surf in August too!
Warrick
PEACE FELLOWS VISIT TO CANBERRA
On Saturday, 21 June, the Peace Fellows had a tour of the Peace Bell and surrounding gardens (see last week's Bulletin for a report on this). Here are two photos received from Christy Kaehne of the Rotary Club of Bungendore.
On Saturday afternoon Michael, myself, Ross, and Bill with his granddaughter Camilla took the ten visiting Peace Fellows around the Nara Peace Park for one and half hours to show how the Park can be a focal point for peace activities in the region. We went to the Southern Cross Club for an informal meal that evening and we will meet them again to hear their stories on Monday night. All these Peace Fellows competed for a place at the University of Queensland in Peace Studies. Around 600 applications were received for the ten places. They all have undergraduate degrees and experience with peace projects around the world, and come from Canada, USA, Malaysia, the Philippines, Columbia and Brazil.
We welcome them for their efforts to return to their home countries to promote peace in the world.
ROSTER FOR FUTURE MEETINGS
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Member to Toast RI
Thank speaker and report to Bulletin
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3rd July PDG Rob Uhl
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Warrick Howieson
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Monica
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10th Serina Mace – Probus Travel
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Warrick
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Juris
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17th Bill Donovan – Beyond Aging
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Warrick
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John
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24th Jenny Horsfield- The story of Rania MacPhillamy
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Warrick
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Liz
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31st Visit to National Gallery of Australia - Russell
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Warrick
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We wish to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we are meeting on, the Ngunnawal people.
We acknowledge and respect their continuing culture and the contribution they make
to the life of this city and this region.
There are at least 14 Rotary clubs and some Rotaract clubs just in the ACT.
Aurora Gungahlin; Belconnen; Brindabella e-club; Brindabella ROTARACT; Canberra; Canberra Burley Griffin; Canberra East; Canberra Rotaract: Canberra Sundowners; Canberra Sunrise; Canberra Weston Creek; Ginninderra; Gungahlin; Hall; Jerrabomberra (NSW); Tuggeranong; Murrumbidgee Canberra; the University Of Canberra Rotaract; Woden Daybreak.
We are part of District 9705, where up to 82 Rotary and Rotaract clubs.
