Bally Barker Blog

Club Business Meeting With no guest speaker, our meeting held on Tuesday 21 st focused on Club Business. We were joined by Area Governor Beaches, Johanna Johns.   The Return & Earn project was further discussed:   1.         Promotion & Logistics: The project to be called  Recycle for Rotary A small project team will coordinate the activities under Bev’s leadership. Northern Beaches Council (Michael Regan) has donated 10 large wheelie bins for use as collection points. Clarification of new or used being sort. Selection of possible bin locations and suitable supporting businesses/collection points by club members who reside in that suburb. Bev has designed some relatable advertising posters, promotional and similar materials, and starter kits to help spread the word. A consolidation point at Terrey Hills is confirmed for collection by a contractor. A special project account has been set up to capture the project r

Tuesday September 7, 2021 Our last meeting via ZOOM had a most interesting talk by Michael Regan, Mayor of Northern Beaches Council who discussed the challenges and accomplishments of the Council, especially with overcoming the difficulties created by Covid 19 restrictions, together with some aspects of his passionate following of the great rock band from Dublin, U2 and his huge love of cricket. Mayor Michael in fine form at our club ZOOM meeting Keynote address at our Awards night November 2020   Michael and the council support many volunteer community organisations in the Northern Beaches and applauds Rotary and its efforts. In addition to being a keen advocate of our club and our projects, he is a Paul Harris fellow, awarded by Rotary Frenchs Forest.   The Covid Challenge: Michael told the meeting that formulating the council’s Covid response is challenging since whilst vaccination is fully encouraged - it is not mandatory. This creates uncertainty with