Minutes - Thursday 4th August 2016

 

Song: Pub With No Beer

 

Members with Guests: Renae Poot with Ulf Bamberg and Marilyn Phillips

  plus Dong Hua

 

Club Guest: Rob and Val Griffiths from Hope FM

 

 

Induction of Ulf Bamberg to the RCEB.

Renae Poot brought Ulf and his partner Marilyn Phillips forward and Kerr did the honours.

Ulf’s vocation is “Truck & Parts Service”.

He will join the Vocational committee and his mentor is Peter Fox.

Club members welcomed Ulf and Marilyn to the Club.

 

 

- 4 Way Test Speech Contest slowly gathering momentum.

- Katie Williams is organising a visit to the new IVO Nova mine at Fraser Range

   – to be a weekend away - tentatively 13/14 May 2017.

– Esperance Community Arts (ECA) has been asked to submit a proposal to organise the entertainment.

- A Roadwise grant application has been submitted.

- 25 Aug will be an away meeting at the St John Ambulance Hall 6pm start for 1-1½ hour’s First Aid and Defibrillator training. To be followed by Pizza and/or Subway dinner for normal $30 – any profit to St John’s.

- 1 Sep meeting Dick Thorp will give a 5 min talk about Vocational Service.

 

4 Way Test Speech Contest – both high schools have been contacted - waiting for replies.

 

Via Bob Jones and Tom Murray

– thanked Dick Thorp and Dong Hua for helping move the ewes and lambs still on Prickle Farm.

- Agistment for the rest of the ewes and lambs on Inkster’s property has been extended. Unfortunately Johnes Disease has been detected in Inkster’s sheep so PF sheep need to be vaccinated.

- If Inkster’s agistment runs out Greg Hard has offered his place but will need assistance in putting up two short fences – probably on the weekend of 13/14 August.

 

 

Dick Thorp – had a call from Valuer-Generals’ Department asking for a valuation on Prickle Farm. Dick told them he had a conflict of interest and referred them elsewhere.

Dick Thorp passed on greetings from Rick Cowan, a charter member of RCEB who now lives elsewhere.

Charlotte Davidson – ESHS Study Club going well. Need one more volunteer – [Someone did volunteer but I didn’t write it down – sorry! A/Ed.]

Shane Rothnie is organising a presentation about his loooooong mower ride!

 

 

 

Members: 34             Apologies: ?

Present: 17               Make-ups: 2

Visiting Rotarians: 0   Silent: 1

Visitors: 3                 LoA: 3

Club Guests: 2           Honorary Members: 0

                       59.4%

 

 

Tom M fined Kerr for his Bo[b]Tom joke.

Greg h fined Peter F re email with adult wife.

Shane R fined Katie W for not taking up on his offer of a lift – she doesn’t like his driving?

Kerr fined Ulf for the wine he didn’t get.

Charlotte fined Kerr – then apologised for Scotland deporting an Australian family.

Tom M fined Bob J for finding the missing kettle money from a few weeks back.

 

 

 

Kerr F-P introduced Rob Griffith from 103.9 Hopefm Radio station.

(Bringing Hope. Sharing Joy. Building Community.).

 

Rob spoke about the station which is a not for profit community radio station run by volunteers for the Sunshine Broadcasters Board. It is run entirely by volunteers and broadcasts 40-42 hours live per week. As a community radio station it is limited to 5 minutes of advertising per hour so anyone advertising knows their ads get listened to! Hopefm is Christian based and has been broadcasting for 20 years. It can be received within a 60-70km radius. They have three studios – one for live broadcasts; one for recording and one which is an outside studio in boxes. They have been given a caravan to convert into an outside broadcasting unit – still need $3000 to complete its fitout. Rob invited Rotary to partner Hopefm and extended an invitation for members to visit.

 

Rob was thanked by Katie Williams.

 

 

 

      Song                  Eldrian Basson

      Invocation           Bruce Jones

      Intro                   Heather James

      Thanks               Rick Martin

      Sgt Assist           Shane Rothnie

      Stand By            Ian McCallum

      Guest Speaker    Glen Simmons, Clontarf Academy

 

 

 

Directors’ Meeting Tuesday 16 August. Venue TBA.

Welcome to new member Ulf Bamberg

Fencing at Greg Hard’s 13/14 August.