Date	1/03/2016	8/03/2016	15/03/2016	22/03/2016
Meeting Number	2273	2274	2275	2276
	Fighting Fires & Breaking Drought with Weather Management David Miles	Committee	The progression and application of sport science in professional sport. Australia leading the way Jamie Hepner	District Conference Or Makeup at another Rotary Club No meeting at Buckleys
Chair	Warren N	Janine K	Jonathan H
Sergeant	David S	Colin M	Sue H
Cashier	Bill B	John B	Terry T
Attendance	Sue H	Satbir C	David B
Room and Hosting	Simon C	Harrie F	Colin M
Room and Hosting	Harrie F	Andrew T	Warren N
Room and Hosting	Angela H
Report	Foundation	Membership	International
Meeting			Board

Date	8/03/2016	15/03/2016	22/03/2016	29/03/2016
Meeting Number	2274	2275	2276	2277
	Committee	The progression and application of sport science in professional sport. Australia leading the way Jamie Hepner	District Conference Or Makeup at another Rotary Club No meeting at Buckleys	Camp Quality Jo McKeown and Lee Emberton
Chair	Janine K	Jonathan H		Chris A
Sergeant	Colin M	Sue H		Sue H
Cashier	John B	Terry T		Terry T
Attendance	Satbir C	David B		George J
Room and Hosting	Harrie F	Colin M		Sam R
Room and Hosting	Andrew T	Warren N		Graham T
Room and Hosting
Report	Membership	International		Public Relations
Meeting		Board

 

 

 

 

 

Our chair for the evening was PE Janine Koch and our Sergeant was Colin McElhinney. Janine reminded as that it was International Women's Day, a good day to remember all those women that have impacted and influenced our lives.

President Andrew Rofe congratulated us on the successful weekend at the Showgrounds.

 

The Evenings Program - Committee Meetings

Members met in their service committees and judging by the volume of the discussions it would appear we had a very productive evening,

 

Rotaract

Andrew also reported that Rotaract Club of Barwon inducted 5 new members, this week and Pres Liz Fagan has been appointed District Representative for Rotaract. Congratulations to a very successful achievement and we hope that their success continues.

 

Meeting April 12

Chris Adam advised that the meeting on April 12 will be held at the Barwon Heads Hotel and will comprise a 2 course dinner for $25.00. This will be a partners and friends night as a thank you night for the contribution the Hotel gives to our Pancake night. Please come along and support the Barwon Heads Hotel.

nominations of beneficiaries, so please pass on any suggestions to David Sykes as soon as possible.

Ride the Bellarine

Bruce King advised that currently only14 members have nominated as volunteers for this event. We urgently need more help on April 3. Put you hand up and get behind this worthy cause if you can.

　

All Holden Day

John Birrell reported on a very successful day. We sold approximately $5000 with an expected profit $3500. That is definitely a flipping good result.

Special Guest

Tony Alsop's grand-daughter Isobel visited our club and gave us aVery professional short question and answer presentation on the Promise Challenge Award　for Joey scout for 6-8 year olds. The Joey motto is HOP Help Other People. This award teaches respect and life skills.

Membership Report

David Sykes presented his report on Membership and reminded us of sponsors’ responsibility to keep in touch with our Friends of Rotary and ask them to help. He asked when we last canvassed for new members and the response was favourable.

Our 15 March Guest Speaker

Next week our guest speaker will be Jamie Hepner on the topic of the progression and application of sports science in professional sport and how Australia is leading the way. This will be a partner's night so remember to book in your guests.

Meeting March 22

There will be no meeting on 22nd March due to conference on weekend prior.

Dinner Auction

David Sykes reminded members of the upcoming dinner auction. The auction committee is still looking for nominations of beneficiaries, so please pass on any suggestions to David Sykes as soon as possible.

 

 

 

In light of the events at the Christmas function at the Showgrounds, there is a need to identify those members with current first aid certification.

So if you can tell a splint from a splinter and a sprain from a spleen and you have the proof, the Club Secretary would like to record your details.

 

 

 

Rotarian Don Shields has a son who attends Barwon Valley School and Don is co-ordinating a fundraising and "hands on" project to upgrade the play facilities for these students who have special needs.

Our Club will consider how it can be involved and if any member or their family would like to make some personal contribution, Don (who is the volunteer co-ordinator for the School) would be delighted to receive a call on 0419 390 303.

 

 

District conference

Don’t forget to ‘Set Sail For Geelong In 2016’. The Rotary 9780 District Conference will be held in Geelong from 18-20 March 2016, and for the 2016 event, all the details are at www.SetSailForGeelong.com.au