June 2020

June Happenings

Another busy ZOOM month starting off with a Board Meeting followed by presentations by Michael Mead and Sue Terry on their adventures in Patagonia (Michael)and Antarctica (Michael and Sue). On the 16^th we had a Change-over meeting from President 2019/20, John O’Brien, to President 2020/21 Lindy Myers. Finally, on the 26^th, Sue Terry, the Minister for Fun, organsised a walk from Clontarf to the Spit and back. 

Coffee break after the walk organised by Sue

Changeover

June 16th 2020

Another first being a ZOOM change-over. Club was addressed by the incoming DG 20/21, David Clark. David expressed his pleasure at attending our ZOOM meeting and noted that we were one of the first to use the medium in the District and that it appeared to be very successful. David’s message to members was that to interest people in Rotary we should engage them in discussing the great moments we as individuals have experienced when out and about doing Rotary work. David reminisced on his time in the Philippines and his experiences and said that often these sorts of stories were those that caused people to engage with Rotary as it sparked an interest that they could also do this sort of work and have similar experiences.

Sapphire PHF

The business part of the evening was then conducted with President John presenting Roger Grey with a Sapphire to add to his PHF. As John stated this award was for Rogers support over the year and his hard work in re-organising how the club would be run 

Roger proudly displays his PHF with Sapphire

President's Annual Award

John then advised that his Presidents Award this year would be to Rick Van Brugge who has shown himself to be a committed Rotarian carrying out outstanding work as Club Secretary and assisting John during the year.

John handing over the award to Rick with an elbow shake

Rick with the President's Award 

John then handed over the mantle of President to Lindy Myers our president for the 20/21 year. Lindy was presented with the Chain of Office as well as her new dinner badge 

John congratulates Lindy

John beaming with relief welcomed Lindy as President and wished her the best for her year as President of this great club. Lindy thanked John and requested that the club support her as they had done with John.

Lindy with Chain of Office

Communications

The club uses ZOOM and the following links can be used to join our club meetings on the first and third Tuesday of the month

To join our Club Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5560632371?pwd=TktBSmpOdkVyRFllSHhkZGwyTHJzZz09

or from Zoom enter
Meeting ID: 556 063 2371
Password: 730450

There have been a number of Committee meetings covering areas such as the Website, Membership, Administration and Fundraising over the month and we should see the fruits of these in the coming months. So, we are a very busy club even though we have to meet remotely

Website 

A major move has been the design and implementation of the club's new website. A lot of time and effort has been devoted to this and the resulting site is excellent;  among the better ones from Rotary clubs.

Members and supporters are encouraged to use the website and please offer comments and suggestion for possible improvements. It link is 

https://rotary-balgowlah.moble.site/

Please address these to Rick by email:
r.c.vanbrugge@bigpond.com

 A Blog?

No one has stepped forward to take over the considerable efforts and excellent work done by Ian on Bally Barker. Copy from Bally Barker from June 2020 has been cut and pasted so that you can view what a Balgowlah Rotary blog could look like (given the constrains imposed by this Google free app)

Blogs can provide efficient and  easier for of communication than many other formats. This one uses Google and whilst it doesn't possess all the capabilities of commercially run blogs with dedicated websites, it works with all devices and available without having to download emails and attachments.

Help please

So this blog could a possible alternative to record some club events and activities and inform members & supporters about the happenings in the club. Currently it is just a pilot and need your feedback & comments to make it work.
To make this work it needs articles and reports from members, your assistance in this can keep this important element of our club going - over to you.