Hello Club Members

 

At our last Board Meeting we discussed the possible merger with the Sunrise Club. The three difficulties that were identified were:

 

1)Concern over taking on the Activities of the Sunrise Club

2)Possible personality conflicts from some of the members

3)The merger only delays the inevitable decline in our Club Membership when we should be looking to getting new Members to join.

 

A paper outlining the Board’s position will be circulated on Thursday lunch time.

 

Our Meeting this week will discuss this approach and get feedback from Members on the cessation of the merger negotiations. No speaker will be available this Thursday but the following Thursday we will have Laura Cox our sponsored student at the RYLA Training. See you at the Royal Canberra Golf Club at 12.15 for 12.30 lunch.

 

Tara Pullen has cast around the District to seek homes to host students in Canberra as part of the Internation Exchange program from 9 to 13 March. This will involve 4 nights of hosting plus the provision of breakfasts and dinners. The students will be visiting Parliament House, Questacon, The Art Gallery and the Museum of Australian Democracy. The travel arrangements I guess will involve delivering students and picking up them up at the end of the day. This is an opportunity to learn about other nations from highly motivated students from overseas.

 

Our Club Members have been invited to hear the Ukrainian Ambassador, HE Mr Vasyl Myroshnychenko, speak at the Murrumbidgee Club Meeting on Wednesday the 12th February. They meet at the Statesman Hotel at 6.00 for a meal and their meeting starts at 6.45. If you wish to come to this meeting please indicate your attendance to myself by email (russelldew1@gmail.com) by Monday the 10^th February.

 

Yours in Rotary

 

We will meet at the normal time of 12:15 for 12.30 pm on Thursday, 6 February, to discuss the possible merger with the Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise.

 

 

To see the program of future meetings, visit: Rotary activities Spreadsheet.