"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: Chair
International toast: Peter
Heads & Tails: Brian W
1830 WELCOME
1940 reports
1900 dinner
1920 Guest Speaker:
tim jones - the camino
1955 wrap
2000 close
SECRETARY REPORT - tbc
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TREASURER REPORT- Steve
Done
Bunnings EXTRA BBQ 18 Jan – gross sales $2,513 (net profit $1,862)
Member fees for those that selected the option of 2 instalments, are due by end Jan 2026
Received invoice from RI for 2nd half year fees $1,821 - paid
Coming up
Will be sending out invitations for the 50 Year celebration shortly
– can we develop a list of guests outside of the Club as soon as possible
Ongoing
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COMMUNITY & FUNDRAISING- Ros
Done
Thanks to all who helped for EXTRA Bunnings BBQ on Sunday 18 January
Coming up
Next Monthly BBQ is Monday 2 February @ Bunnings please update Events Folder
Next Carousel is Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 February
Advised dates for National Railway Museum as follows
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!
VOCATION & ENVIRONMENT- Jean
Done
Thank you to the members who continue to pass along their empty milk cartons.
Coming up
Blanket Revolution
Will be sorting the last 4 bags of blankets before our meeting tonight at 1730.
Look forward to see whomever can make it tonight
- the more the merrier.
To do
Please consider the Club visit:
Calperum visit planned for 14-17 May 2026 (3 nights). Please update Events Folder if you are interested.
Remember it's not too late to recycle from Christmas and the New Year.
YOUTH REPORT - Andrew
Done
RYPEN feedback to Club
Engaged with LeFevre High to chase interested applicants for next RYPEN event
(3-5 July, applications close 1 June)
Coming up
Request from West Lakes Shore School for BBQ on Monday 9 February 1800-2000 do we have the resources to undertake?
To do
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GUEST SPEAKERS
Tim Jones - walking the Camino Frances trail (~800 km) to Santiago de Compostela
president's report
Container project
Some good news, Customs duties have been significantly reduced to an acceptable level.
Container shipping fees are under negotiation. The Philippine club has received an offer from RARE of $2,500 towards the cost.
Once negotiations are finalised, we expect the container to be retrieved and goods distributed. Stay tuned…
Club historical records – 3 Large white folders of historical records have been scanned and saved to the cloud.
All members are encouraged to bring in any historical items that can be scanned and saved for posterity.
OTHER BUSINESS:
50 year Celebration project
Meeting held on Sunday 4 January at Jean's place
Tracey has drafted an Invitation
Council will provide a mock-up of Midcourse Reserve design
Commemoration afternoon tea/drinks, set for Sunday 8 March, 2026, @1500-1730 please save the date
We need to design a polo short
- thoughts are a plain blue polo with RCWL logo, feedback to Committee
Newsletter distribution
To continue to engage with past and possible Members, it is easy to include them on our weekly Newsletter distribution. It would be good to ensure that our Guest Speakers are kept in the loop.
Please send email addresses to Andrew and he will do the rest.
In August last year our Club sponsored two students to attend the Rotary Youth Program of ENrichment (RYPEN).
This is a program designed for 14-17 year olds - see below.
Our two applicants were:
- Abby O'Brien from St Mary's College, and
- Ronan Cros from LeFevre High School.
On Tuesday night both students addressed the Club on their experiences. Rather than a shared presentation, each spoke individually.
Ronan gave a detailed account of the 3 day program, backing up with his insight. Although his French accent was at times difficult to follow, he did have copies of his talk on each slide. He was particularly thankful of the discussions and skills relating to leadership, and would recommend to any student who has aspirations in that area.
Abby's presentation was less "engineering" based like Ronan's, and more people focused. She had just a couple of slides and talked to the photos. She enjoyed meeting/working with new people and developing new skills.
Both were thankful of the support from our Club and would definitely recommend to other students.
The Rotary Club of West Lakes is particularly proud to have been able to sponsor Abby, and Ronan to attend RYPEN. The program will be available again in 2026 (see below), and we would again be pleased to entertain applications from interested students.
This year's RYPEN Seminar (Adelaide Metro) will be: Friday 3 – Sunday 5 July 2026
RYPEN accepts registrations from participants, if you will have had your 14th birthday and have not yet had your 18th birthday at the commencement of the Seminar on Friday 3 July 2026.
over $4,000 funds raised plus dividend from the Carousel
thanks to all of those Members who gave a hand, we couldn't have done it without you!
Details
After recovering from the Christmas breakup on Tuesday 16 December, we fronted to Bunnings for a Saturday BBQ.
"Wow, what a perfect day – we didn’t have to set up or take down the BBQ (this is now a Bunnings role), all we had to do is cook, serve, and clean up at the end !!
I say 'all we had to…', but, we were busy most of the day, and had a fantastic result.
Gross sales $3,431, net profit $2.657….."
~840 snags sold
~44 hours & prep
Sat 27 & Sun 28 December - Semaphore Carousel
Where else would you want to be?
Plan was to work from 11am through to 10pm (1100-2200).
The Saturday afternoon sessions were helped somewhat by Latter Day Saints volunteers, although Ros had to go down and train/put them through the fast pace of Carousel life.
And a mixup that evening when the Operator after the greasing (we didn't know about that either) didn't turn up. Unfortunately Scott and Brian J had a bit of a wait.
Sunday looked to be busy, and went according to plan. Sort of, until 9pm when the Operator closed up shop (that's what his roster said). Frank turned up and questioned why the shut down. By then it was too late, but Ros and Andrew got an early "minute".
So about 40 hours of volunteering for the weekend!
Starting the New Year with our normal monthly Monday BBQ @ Bunnings Woodville.
from our hard working Treasure r
"A good steady day today – Gross sales $2,169, net profit after expenses $1,490.
4 packs of snags left over for the next BBQ on Sunday 18th Jan.
All in all, another great fundraising event, Bunnings gave us a few free coffee vouchers to get us going in the morning..
members to arrange their own replacement if they cannot front for their meeting night.
DATE
NAME
OTHER INFORMATION
January 13th
Jean
20th
Tracey
27th
Len
February 3rd
Scott
10th
Brian White
17th
Charles
24th
Ken
March 3rd
Ros
10th
Andrew
17th
Ted
24th
Barry
31st
Gary
April 7th
Sue
14th
Alison
21st
Bill
28th
Denis
Presentation Gerry Ancone award
May 5th
Jamie
12th
Bob
19th
Brian McDonald
26th
Brian Jones
June 2nd
Yvonne
9th
Stephanie
16th
Peter
23rd
Steve
30th
???
Changeover
Responsibilities
Manage
- banners (pre & post meeting)
- name tags as appropriate
- microphone, is now in our lectern!
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)
The QR code will take you to our website! You will see latest stories and photos from member activities.
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