President's Report April 2024
District Conference
Catherine and I along with Emmanuel and Melissa attended Conference in Bendigo on April 13 and 14. There were about 400 attendees .
Copies of the programme were available at our last meeting.
I was able to bring home our new feather banner bearing the club name and Rotary Logo.
On behalf of the Club I gave a pledge to Grant Hocking [District Foundation Chair] of $3000 to Rotary Foundation for the current year 23-24.
We do of course also make a separate donation of about $1000 to the Polio Plus campaign .
District Assembly
This will be held on Sunday May 19th at St Francis Catholic College in West Melton and incoming DG Michael Lapina invites all to attend.
The event will give an opportunity for those with special projects to promote their activities and achievments .
Awards Month
May is awards month for our club. On Thursday May 2 at our regular meeting we will present the Evan Phillips Apprenticeship Award .
The recipient has been chosen and I trust will attend the meeting along with representatives from WPC Group who have helped Emanuel in selecting suitable candidates .
At our second meeting in May on 16th presentation of the Mambourian Awards will take place again this award has been coordinated by Emmanuel our Vocational Service chair.
Golf Day
A successful day as held at Royal Eynesbury last Friday 19th with about 56 players enjoying mainly fine conditions and a course in excellent shape. With support from our sponsors and raffle we expect a good financial return. Many thanks are due to Rodney and Elia and Ron [in absentia] for their great efforts .They were supported on the day by Elwyn ,John Granger ,Fred and Rob Tripp.
Regards
Bob Newman -President