"We are proud members of Rotary International where we can serve our community and those needing help across the world. We enjoy meeting together for meals and mutual service in the convivial company of other Rotarians and guests."
Apologies:
Guests:
Toast to Australia:
International toast:
Heads & Tails
1830 Welcome
1840 reports
1900 dinner
1920guest speaker
District Governor Rajeev Kamineni
1950 Wrap
2000 CLOSE
SECRETARY REPORT - tbc
Received email from RC Regency Park looking for donations to go towards their Hope for Homes project in Cambodia – it costs $16,000 to build a home, and they are one third towards that goal – a group of members will travel to Cambodia to undertake the build – Club to consider.
Refer to Story below.
No mail in letterbox
2nd reminder:
“Rotary D9510 Notice of AGM 2025”
– the District AGM is set for 16 November, at 10am, in person or by Zoom. Any resolutions to be submitted to the District Secretary (Pam Vaughton) by 18th October, direct to: secretary25-26@rotary9510.org
Please contact Steve Hay if you require any further info, or want to register to attend, either in person or receive a Zoom link
Membership Summit – see Steve Hay who can provide a registration link
register 1–2 delegates from your club for the South Australian Membership Summit, delivered in partnership between Rotary South Pacific and Rotary District 9510.
📅 When: Saturday 15 November 2025, 9:30am – 3:30pm
📍 Where: Walkers Arms Hotel, Walkerville (online option available for regional clubs)
👥 Who: Rotarians and Rotaractors (max 80 in-person)
This is a practical, interactive day focused on attraction, engagement, retention, and pathways — with tools you can implement back in your club right away (including the Induction & 90-Day Toolkit).
TREASURER REPORT- Steve
Done
End Polio Bunnings BBQ event
Gross sales of $3,035 and
Net profit of $2,414
plus $44 in donation bucket
Have received $3,900 from Sponsor donations to date
Budget to be approved at next Board meeting
Coming up
ntr
Ongoing
ntr
COMMUNITY & FUNDRAISING- Ros
Done
ntr!
Coming up
End Polio BBQ @ Bunnings, many thanks to those who assisted. Importantly we had a number of external Friends:
3 from Mosaic
Jodi from RC Largs Bay
ex Member PP Rosie
Leanne & Jeff
Christmas Fun for Kids advertising will be commencing at end of October need help with letterboxing please - see Alison
Feedback on international charities to support
Would you like to see our support for international charities change?
Are you happy with our current batch and utilising the guidelines of keeping things Rotary and "Local" (Southeast Asia and Oceania regions).
Let your International Committee know!
Playground relocation project
Container in Philippines!
VOCATION & ENVIRONMENT- Jean
Done
ntr
Coming up
thought?
Suggest a change to how we chose a Chairperson for each meeting . Instead of going by “Committee”, create a list and assign each member for either a 3 month or 6 month period thus sharing the role around .
Happy to take feedback and or other suggestions.
To do
Anyone interested for a Club visit to Renmark including a trip out to Calperum? May 2026. Please let Jean know if you are interested.
YOUTH REPORT - Andrew
Done
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Coming up
Xmas break-up BBQ for West Lakes Shore School has been confirmed for Tue 2 December
We MAY share the Bunnings BBQ on the Monday (1 December).
West Lakes Shore School yr 6 Graduation on second week of December @ Christian Family Centre, Seaton.
Westport Primary School yr 6 Graduation - tbc
To do
RYPEN feedback night
GUEST SPEAKERS - tbc
Club fellowship evening
president's report
Container has arrived in Manila.
- Waiting for the brokers update and the arrival of their district governor who has warehouse access.
Planned timetable as follows:
Nov 3 - Distribution (School supplies, educational toys, reading materials, musical equipment)
-Lalangan Day Care Center
-Rocka Village Phase 7 Day Care center
Nov 4/5
- Plaridel Elementary School (Playground)
*Special Education - wheelchair and 1 hospital bed
-San Felipe High Schook
(Tables and Chairs)
Louie and I have arrived in Manila, checking in with family and will then continue on to Bulacan.
Stay tuned for next instalment.
Still looking for office holders.
Remember our AGM is 18 November.
OTHER BUSINESS:
50 year Celebration project
Commemoration afternoon tea/drinks, proposed for Sunday 8 March, 2026, 1700-1900 please save the date
Club visits or notices from visiting Rotarians
Andrew & Ros away at:
RC Salisbury on Monday.
Andrew talking on End Polio
on End Polio, many thanks to Ros for organising Bunnings for Saturday's BBQ and anchoring all shifts!
Following on from the Survey and various discussions, Ros and Andrew met with the City of Charles Sturt - Open Area team to talk about our 50 yr project.
It was a good conversation, and they are keen to work with us on a couple of options for Midcourse Reserve.
They will estimate cost of a shade cover/seating for the existing BBQ, and also a water/drinking fountain.
Given that our Club can provide $, they think they will be able to get into the November Budget Committee meeting. Their plan would be to match $ for $, and hope to get it into this current Budget year. Failing that, it might have to be in next year’s Budget, commencing July 2026.
They don’t often get offers for $ from Community Groups, so there is an incentive here.
They also mentioned that we might be able to apply for a Grant for the History book/coffee table momento through the CoCS! They will send through details of that as well.
Decision required
Do we provide funding to enable:
1. gazebo/shade/seating
and/or
2. water fountain.
Andrew will provide information on cost estimates for both at the meeting.
Last week, our team purchased another 200 Tonne of Hay from a Local S.A. farmer ‘Mitolo Family Farms’ … renowned for their potato crops.
We believe this to be the first significant Hay harvest for 2025 in S.A. This particular farm, by some fluke earlier in the year, just managed to get a batch of rain to enable them to get a crop in the ground and growing.
Mitolo’s team were actually surprised. They thought they’d get only 200 Tonne – but ended up with 500 Tonne!
On top of the 200 Tonne we’ve purchased (so far), they’ve also DONATED a full truck load to us. Lovely community / corporate spirit.
OF NOTE – Our partners at Farmers Relief Agency are still talking to farmers in the Riverland, Murraylands and Murray Mallee in particular, who have had less than one inch of rain. Horrific conditions, with ongoing desperate need to keep their animals alive.
Rotary’s drought relief work is NOT finished.
So our Fodder to Farms project continues with MUCH need. Certainly, some areas are starting to become self sufficient again, which is great news. But we can’t take the foot of the Tractor’s Gas Pedal!
Our RAWCS Donation form continues to collect donations which is great ( https://donations.rawcs.com.au/42-2024-25 ) – but we are trying to get the wider public to understand that the green fields surrounding Adelaide do not extend into many regions of the state and to encourage them to continue to donate to support us. We’d love to secure that extra 300 Tonne.
GOOD NEWS STORY 2
I recently received a phone call from a lady at Kilikanoon winery in the Clare Valley.
Kilikanoon and 6 other wineries recently bumped into our Rotary Drought Relief project and were so inspired, they banded together to coordinate a Raffle to raise some funds for us … of which, 100% of proceeds will come to Rotary and our SA Fodder for Farms project. It’s a quick reaction raffle – drawn on 1st November.
This has been a lovely, building relationship, that has actually gone beyond just this raffle … more about that later … But today – PLEASE – click on this link and have a look at the raffle they’ve put together for us.
I would LOVE it if you could share this with all of your members and encourage them to buy at least ONE ticket in their raffle ( https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1479546 ) to demonstrate our gratitude for the immense effort they’ve put in so far. One ticket is only $2. More of course would be wonderful.
But beyond their purchase – how can your members quickly share this far and wide with their friends, family, colleagues, neighbours …. ? Please ask them to get creative. Email. Facebook. Insta … etc.
I’m sure you’ll agree – there are some DELICIOUS FLAVOURS being offered!
Cheers and thank you for your ongoing support 🥂
============= Bill Marles Project Manager – S.A. Drought Relief project
In late September I wrote to you requesting support for a house building project initiated by our member Mark Carter and supported by the Rotary Club of Regency Park.
In late January 2026 the team from several Rotary Clubs and friends will travel to Siem Reap, Cambodia to assist with the construction of a house for a poor local family.
This project has been running through a local NGO in Siem Reap for several years and has built approximately 50 homes so far.
I am writing to confirm that this is an official project of the Rotary Club of Regency Park and that its Board has agreed that the Club will help fund the project.
The cost of the building is $16,000 of which we have fundraised about one third so far.
This amount has to be paid for the purchase of materials and pre-arrival work by the middle of December at the latest.
If your club can help financially, we would very much appreciate your support.
If you would like Mark to visit your club to give an overview of the project, please let us know.
The speaker system operates on both battery or power.
Prior to meeting, plug in the charger with the connection point being in front of the speaker box. Once fully charged (blue light), the charger can be removed (or left in place).
NOTE: Ensure that Power is plugged in to the actual Power inlet on the speaker and not the Microphone inlet
Three microphones are all battery operated. There are ‘some’ spare batteries in our lectern. Microphones operate on a simple On/Off and are already paired to the system.
The speaker box has a Master Volume knob as well as a Microphone Volume knob. These should not need adjustment unless circumstances have changed. Test inside meeting room.
At end of meeting please carefully check all items, and put safely back in lectern.
Liaise with the Guest Speaker Coordinator to meet and greet Guest Speaker, arrange for introduction, introduce to other members
- Arrange meal for Guest speaker, cost to the RCWL account (so that Steve can pay later on)
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