Pres Fred opened the meeting at 6.42 with the Rotary Affirmation
Thanked pp Walter for organising this meeting. Four new members.
Introduced PDG Stephen Humphreys the guest speaker. Also welcomed Renga Rajan and visitor Sathish Kumar Nair from the RC Coimbatore Spectrum District 3201 from India, Many guests and partners including John Gosser. Sydney Street Aid project. Now in Burwood and Strathfield.
There was a minutes silence to acknowledge the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Apologies: pp Tim O'Connor, PDG Lloyd Roever
Sick and Absent: pp Keith Weeding and Lourice Jaafar .
President’s report
Attended Presidents meeting at Bankstown Sports Club. Young Speakers with interesting information on marketing Rotary.
Train Ride for Rotary
Joint meeting with DG Janice Hall
Good news Congratulations to Theo and Katerina first grandchild. Rosa and Peter fourth Grandchild.
Fellowship Committee: Sam Helou trying to organise a news spot at the Burwood festival. Negotiating with Burwood Council. Date is 9th October. Need lots of volunteers. Already have donations of money and will circulate a round robin to fill the times to help on the day. Accepting donations for the food.
Pres Fred thanked Pres Elect Hugo for filling in and running the meetings whicle he was away. He did a great job. Fred welcomed guest of Hugo tonight, Laura.
Marilee reminded us that we have Marie is Miss Universe Australia and Jono is Mr Glam Australia
Raffle Tonight announced by PP John Mansour. Prizes: A Fascinator and bottles of wine; Voucher Chocolate Day Spa to value 100.00
Hugo. Went to Canberra last week attending the Job Summit, He was there for the Tourism summit. Job summit problems was that many large employers were not invited, Taft and immigration increase, draw back was SA rubber stamping exercise rather than discussion with those attending, need more discussion with the private sector.
PP Sana. Attended a Fund raiser for Strathfield Committee Gala Dinner for children at Aqua Lunar. PP Tim O'Connor won the main raffle which was accommodation in the Hunter Valley.
Marilee fashion parade now in December> Fashion and dancing Jojo hosting - singing and modelling. At least twenty guests modelling, They are looking to use Woodstock.
Anne Marie Eurella Trivia Night, now on 19th November at Concord Bowling Club book through Try booking, looking for donations.
Induction ceremony:
Walter introduced New Members.
Dennise Herrick. Transfer from the RC Ryde. Active in many projects there. Very much looking forward to serving Burwood. She has a passion for over seas projects. Was involved with district. Was involved with sustainable projects in Cambodia which were run by Rotarians. One of the of the poorest countries in the world. Also Days for Girls.
Angelica ( Angel) Monterona who is an avid photographer.
Jojo. Originally from Hawaii he is a Nurse. He was in the US army and served in Iraq and Afghanistan, His passion is helping victims of child abuse and helping in aged care
Churlya Wurfel Involved in helping people after the bush fires, Honour to join Burwood. Travel around Asia to help after any natural disasters, also charity programs.
Pres Fred read the formal part of the ceremony for new members and presented Rotary Pins and information of Rotary World Wide.
Fred presented badges. Allocated to Portfolios .
Jojo Almazora . Special projects with pp Sana
Churlya Special Projects with pp Sana
Angel: New Communications Committee with pp Peter Moore
Dennise International with John Mansour.
Pres Fred welcome new members.
Pp John Mansour introduced the Guest speaker PDG Stephen Humphreys. He was DG in 2016/2017
Thank you. Acknowledged Renga for his help in the District Committees.
Congratulations to new members just joining, esp Dennise as he worked with her in the early days of COVID organising combined District Conference but eventually it was cancelled one week out from the Schedules date due to COVIOD protocols.
Membership is an honour and it comes with obligations. Rotary is what you put into it and there are many areas to participate. eg youth projects, international projects,
Money for projects comes from The Rotary Foundation. It is able to fund the international projects be it water, sanitation, education, polio. Rotary started the polio eradication projects which was an Australian project, and eventually world wide. Now very few cases after 35 years. Confident there will be no cases in the future.
Happy to answer questions, New Member Jojo remembers he may have received the polio vaccine 35 years ago as a child in the Philippines.
Jojo Medical missions, can we participate, many available with funding through The Rotary Foundation. Any club can put together a project. Dennise has been to Cambodia with distributions through Days for Girls. She is going again in January.
PDG Stephen has been to Nepal re education in third world countries as women can pass their education on to there children which is an effective means of raising education standards quickly.
Understand that all Rotary Clubs are autonomous. We are part of Districts and Zones and they support us but don't te;ll us what to do.
Walter offers vote of thanks to Stephen Humphreys.
Sathish presented a flag from his Rotary Club of to Pres Fred.
Raffle won by Dennise, Angel, Fuad, Peter Moore, Anne Marie,
Raised $235.00
Thank Assistant DG Renga, Sathish Fifi, Hubert, Laura
Closed at 820
Report on Cebu City & Marinduque Philippines where we are looking to raise funds in February 2023 for repairs for the Liloan National High School (Secondary Public School) Cebu City & Bacong-bacong Elementary school (Marinduque) that suffered from the recent Typhoon Odette. Miriam & Marilie to present to the club
Report:
Rotarian Miriam Scott turned over PHP 40,000 pesos or equivalent of A$1,161.38 to Bacong-bacong Elementary School, Marinduque via Bacong-bacong Elementary School Head Teacher Junjun Sapungan which was raised by the Mrs Universe Official and the Filipino-Australian community (Charity Part 1) witnessed by the
Rotary Club of Marinduque North Philippines’ Genuine Service president John Pelaez IPP and Secretary Mary Rose Sotta PP, International Service Director Nilda Jamilla PP, Comunity Service Director Arlene Espino PN and Salvador Montalban also co-witnessed by Bacong-bacong fellow advisers/teachers this week held in Marinduque Philippines.
Report by Marilie Bomediano
DG Joint Transfer Meeting
Eurella after a hiatus of 2 years is hosting a fun filled Trivia Night on Saturday 19th November at Concord Bowling Club. I have attached a Flyer for more information.
The Trivia Night is a great opportunity for the Community to come together and enjoy a social night whilst raising funds to support our Eurella Cooking Collective Fundraising Appeal.
Eurella Cooking Collective is our newest initiative seeking to expand our cooking, hospitality, and social enterprise programs. These programs are designed to enhance interest and a love for cooking and to equip people with disability with employable skills across the hospitality and foodservice industries.
Once established, The Eurella Cooking Collective aims to continue Eurella’s commitment to bridging employment gaps for people with disability, foster accessible workplaces and forge social connections with other local organisations and businesses support and community.
To support the Eurella Cooking Collective initiative in the coming months, we aim to raise $50, 000 that will be used towards renovating and updating the Eurella Links to create a commercial grade kitchen that is purpose designed and fully equipped to deliver inspirational and high-quality hospitality, cooking, catering, and social enterprise programs.
There are many ways that you can support us to achieve our goal. Any support is greatly appreciated. Support could be through a financial donation towards our appeal or as a sponsor for our Trivia Night. Other ways include donation of an item, service, or gift voucher that we could use as part of the raffle and silent auction during the evening.
Would love you to support the evening, bring a group or join a group? Please feel free to forward this email.
Warm Regards,
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Anna-Marie Sanni
Community Relationships Senior Manager
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