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Again the meeting was held in format reminiscent of a Mazda Car Ad - Zoom Zoom!!!! President David estimated that it could be meeting number 44, but he wasn't sure. Apologies from John Smith and Doug Sutton were acknowledged, and our guest speaker, Paul Rake was introduced and welcomed. Members were briefed on current issues: Cash Provided to Tumbarumba Rotary Club. Rons Removals offer to transport Furniture to Batlow. Call for Furniture donations, from club members or wider community Changeover Dinner - Format review, possibly to physical meeting. Changeover venue. Commercial club availability? This function remains a work in progress. At this stage Sofi had not joined the meeting, so Pykie provided some background on her activities. Last Friday night, the Doug Conkeys had Sofi for a meal, and also hosted the Greg Conkeys and the Pykes. This is a permitted activity now, and we need more nights out for our exchange student. Jonty Shuter has also helped Sofi get out of the house - to the riverbank. Sofi joined our meeting during the guest speakers presentation. After Paul Rake - the guest speaker, there was discussion on our existing involvement in Cambodia, with Col Duff and Pat Ingram reminding our members of the ten year history we have, especially supporting Cathy Wallace and Chris Hillis' projects in Cambodia. Darren Wallace has provided the summary below of our clubs support for Cambodian projects. See list below of district grants. There have also been occasional one off donations from the Club. DCC is the school in Phnom Penh. Registered as a RAWCS project. 120 kids at the school, 80 sponsored $40/wk by people all over Australia, many in Wagga. We also support: BOC - Battambang Opthalmic Clinic Lotus House in Seim Reap - a school in a remoate community set up by an Australian couple And various others 2019/20 - USD5,000 BOC equipment. 50/50 district/Club 2019/20 - USD2,000 DCC sound proofing Admin room. 50/50 2018/19 - A$5,000 for BOC, 20 beds. District $1,250, Wollundry club $1,000, HELP $2,750 2017/18 - A$4,000 DCC 5 uni student fees for 1 year. District $2,000, Wollundry club $2,000 2014/15 - A$9,000 DCC 10 laptops plus internet for a year. District $3,000, Wollundry $3,000, HELP $3,000 Phil Macintosh provided an update on efforts to run the cycle component of Gears and Beers. We put out some online social media news that we were keen, and sold out the Dirty 130 event, capped at 1000 riders in a few days. We will depend on permission from authorities to proceed, and a covid-19 risk management plan will be critical to achieving this. If we are in stage 3 of the relaxation plan, then a staggered start of groups of 100 may satisfy the requirements. A Craft Beer festival later in the day remains at extremely long odds. The proposed Special General Meeting to adopt changes to our club constitution could not proceed due to time constraints. President David expressed regret that, despite all the efforts of James Hamilton, the motion would need too be postponed until next week. Our President Elect, James Ross has suffered the indignity of having his computer and email account hacked. The equipment has gone to a workshop, and James is disconnected from the world until second week in June. All responses to his email enquiries on committee structure and task allocation for next year should be emailed to President David, or communicated to James by phone. An email from James to club members with a virus warning was part of the hacking of his computer, and a digital virus was the greatest risk in this instance. We closed our meeting with a recorded National Anthem, and feedback has been positive. You can access this recording on Youtube, by searching for "Adam Hills National Anthem" and see the performance including the introduction, in higher definition. |
