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Meeting held August 3, 2021   Once again, the meeting was held via ZOOM due to Covid19 lockdown. ZOOM meeting August 3, 2021   New member induction:   Yvonne Howie Yvonne Howie was inducted into Balgowlah Rotary on Tuesday August 3, 2021 after expressing interest in joining late last year, having deferred because of pending travel which is was subsequently placed on hold. She however is intending to leave for overseas in the near future in order to visit family.   Yvonne is a former Rotarian and is now semi-retired. Her impressive career encompasses being an experienced Chairman, non-executive director, CEO and adviser. For 15 years she has worked with CEOs and leaders, assisting well over a thousand leaders to grow their business leadership skills. Her roles have involved creating numerous thought leadership elite events for CEOs, assisting them keep up to date with current business thinking and trends.    Yvonne is a Bachelor of Arts, Diploma of Education (Univers

Great Year: Exceptional circumstances. Despite the on-and-off situation caused by that well-known virus in our lives that has restricted movement and limited our interactions with one another; especially during the lockdown periods; our club as still achieved an amazing number of the last year. With a lockdown still in operation (week 5 at present), we are unable to celebrate at the dinner planned late last month, however let’s still enjoy the moment and recount our club’s moments during our last Rotary year, S O HERE ARE A FEW HIGHLIGHTS (many are linked to the original post) Changover 2020   Speakers on a wide variety of subjects - Live speakers where possible School of St Judes', Tanzania   Northern Beaches Tunnel - Balgowlah Golf course to go An important subject to all residents on the Northern Beaches - the Beaches Link and Gore Hill Freeway Connection was presented by representatives of Transport for NSW; Madelin McIvor, Steven Andrew and Jack McGovern. Stev