Rotary District 9640 RI International President: Ian H.S. Riseley District Governor: Darrell Brown

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1 Burleigh Breaker Breakfast Meetings 6.45am for 7am until 8.00am At the Surf Club, Burleigh Heads Cnr Gold Coast Hwy & Goodwin Tce, Burleigh Heads Breakfast Meeting: Thursday 28th September 2017 RI Formalities Rotary District 9640 RI International President: Ian H.S. Riseley District Governor: Darrell Brown Guests, Makeups and Apologies We warmly welcome visiting Rotarians and guests to our weekly breakfast meetings. Please contact: Allan: Board meetings 6-8pm, first Tuesday of month, at 15 Christine Av, Burleigh Heads. Club Discussion Meetings: first meeting after Board meeting Club Officers : President: Richard Spencer Immediate Past President: Catherine Pevy-Trewartha Vice President & President Elect: Allan Barnett Committee Chair Officers etc Scooter Projects : David Ungar International : Bren Milsom & Trevor Taylor Guest Speaker Coordinator: Shobha Srinivasan Apologies: NA Guests: Board : Secretary: Charles Kilby Treasurer: Teresa Seeney Club Service: Allan Barnett Club Admin: Jacqueline Plaice Public Relations: Ross Smith Youth : Anthony Zirilli Rotary Foundation: Andy Rajapakse Membership: Colleen Gauder Rotaract meetings: Mondays: 2 nd & 4 th Monday of each The Surf Club. Contact us burleighheadsrotary@gmail.com Aleem Ali- Guest speaker Rotarian David Lee from Stanthorpe Club ( PDG) Our Rotaract Members: Vice President- Steven Coffey Paul Burkhardt Harrison Howick Alexia Todd

2 Social media BurleighHeadsRotary Also: Greg Tompkins was welcomed back again! Pearl Hoile NYSF participant and her father Mike Hoile Chair for this Meeting: Johnny Buetti Presidents Welcome: Richard welcomed our enthusiastic Rotaract members once again and spoke about membership retention and how we may address that, also getting a list together of our members interests, so that we may look at socialising more often. Board Directors Reports: Club Service: Allan Barnett: Melbourne Cup Trifecta time- all members asked to sell 48 tickets each this year and we can raise around $2700! See for more details. No Skype this morning from PNG Kimbe project, but the latest report is that the main plumbing and tanks are all installed but just having some issues with the electrical side to get the pump working. Youth Director Anthony: Introduced Pearl, our NYSF nominee for this years NYSF in Canberra, and her father Mike, and spoke about NYSF. Guest Speaker This Week : Aleem Ali from Welcome to Australia Aleem was born in Australia and brought up in Redcliffe, of a Fiji father and Australian mother but obviously passionate about the positive aspects of immigration and multicultural Australia. Gold Coast Ramble Great slide show of the facts and figures of immigration to Australia over the years. Generally immigration has a net social and economic benefit to Australia and our economy, in fact contributing 1.6trillion to Australia s GDP. However while Australia is a multicultural success story, in recent years, the Social Cohesion Index is in decline due to deteriorating views and perspectives on immigration. Put down to a narrative of fear by some of the media and politicians. Hat Day The response is migrants become more insular as communities are less welcoming.

3 Once again another speaker was impressed with Rotaries four way test. Aleem works for a not for profit organisation Welcome to Australia which encompasses many aspects to improve the lives and assimilation of immigrants to Australia. Black Tie Team They have organised an event on Saturday 21 st October- Walk Together for Freedom at Broadwater Parklands, 10.00am to 1.00pm More information: aleem@welcomingcities.org.au Paul thanked our guest speaker Colleen and Teresa BTD Other News: Pearl spoke about her interest in Science and what she hoped to get out of her attendance at NYSF Around the District & Beyond: Nick and Jac BTD New Rotary Public Image Workshop, 1 st October, 9.30am to 12.30pm at Quality Inn, Cnr. Markeri St and Bermuda Sts. Cost $25 each. REGISTRATION: Heads & Tails: Tossed by Shaun and won by Pearl! Happy Fines: Lovely Ladies BTD Collected by Colleen Next Week s Guest speaker: Club Business and update/report on the PNG Kimbe project. Membership: Active: 43 members End Polio Now Honorary: 7 members Next Week s Meeting Duties: Not much point really- no one checks or turns up. Random selection next week.

4 Club Progress for the Year: No. of Volunteer Hours by our Club Members, year to date: It has jumped again this week with a few updates and our members volunteer hours in PNG! Disability Awards Dinner 702 hours as per our new Volunteer Hour Spreadsheet ( that only I can see) Total amount of fundraising by our Club, year to date: Fundraising: $1614 Donations to our Club: $635 (to Scooter Project) $7000 towards PNG Kimbe project Disability Awards Dinner Donations by our Club: $500 to Bryce and the Super Turtle! $US2500 for Every Rotarian Every Year, to TRF. Financials Annual Changeover Direct debit details to pay into the Club s Bank Accounts: BOQ: Rotary Club of Burleigh Heads, Club Account: BSB Account No Service Account: BSB Account No Please put the reason for your payment in the reference section when making the transaction Breakfast Cards: Annual Changeover Instead of bringing cash every week, why not buy a breakfast card. 10 weeks of breakfasts for $ you can direct deposit the money into our CLUB ACCOUNT or pay at the door by cash or we now have a Card Reader so you can pay by credit card. Club Website: portal.clubrunner.ca/9793 (just search on Rotary Club of Burleigh Heads and choose the club runner site) David, Victoria and Shobha at Annual Changeover Burleigh Breaker Minutes Secretary - this week: Jack of all Trades, Allan Barnett

5 PNG Kimbe Project Photos to date! : Our new Club memberswelcome! Todays Guest Speaker Aleem Ali Certificate presentation by Paul Ross and Trevor were very happy that this lady was not waiting for water when the pump did not work! Todays sunset by Charles

6 Remember this when it all becomes too hard. This is the sort of WH & S I like! Solar panels going on.

7 Priming the pump It s all coming together.