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.
18.30 WELCOME
Apologies:
Guests:
Toast to Australia:Chair
International Toast: Peter
Heads & Tails: Brian W
Thought for the Week:
"Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
– Albert Einstein
Members' News this week:
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18.35 REPORTS
19.00 dinner
19.20 ken parcell - panama canal
19.55 wrap
20.00 close
president's report
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District Changeover Luncheon - District Governor Rajeev Kamineni will hand over the role of District Governor to Tim Mee for Rotary District 9510 for 2026-2027. You are invited.
Date: Wednesday 08 July 2026
Time: 11.45am for 12.10pm to 2pm
Venue: MTX John Halbert Room, Adelaide Oval
Cost: $50 per person
SECRETARY REPORT - Steve
Annual Report will be ready to go to print this week – thanks to directors and especially to Tracey for final formatting
TREASURER REPORT- Steve
Thanks to those who have paid their Change Over dinner cost
Club Changeover Dinner - Pres Robin will handover to PE Jean for year 2026-2027. Date: Tuesday 30 June 2026 Time: 1800 for 1830-2030 Venue: Mezzanine, Bartley Tavern Cost: $35 per member/partner $45per non-member/partner payments to Club Admin account BSB 105142, a/c 532 006 340
Thanks to all who have paid their membership fees so far – for those that haven’t paid yet, please ensure you pay by end July ($120 if paying for 6 months, or $230 for 12 months)
Awaiting Director approval for the 2026/27 budget, for sharing with members
COMMUNITY & FUNDRAISING- Ros
Bunnings BBQ - Monday 6 July
NRM family Fun Fair 16-19 July
Planning meetings starting for Christmas Fun for Kids
Met with City of Charles Sturt Council Fri 19 June to discuss funding
INTERNATIONAL REPORT - Scott
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VOCATION & ENVIRONMENT- Jean
Environment
Tennyson Dunes Open Day will be Sunday 11 October this year. Will need some discussion - clashes with a NRM date.
Are members interested in helping the Tennyson Dunes group with some repairs needed on the lookout at the Dunes?
YOUTH REPORT - Andrew
No success in contacting RYPEN applicant.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Alison and Steve are the interim guest speaker organisers.
Ideas from Club members welcomed.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Membership
Please make yourself known to Jo Sculli, a prospective member who has visited us twice already!
Please make yourselves known to Paul Bird & Lynda Barclay who visited us last week.
50-year Celebration project
Coffee table book is nearing completion. Please indicate your interest in purchase (see Events Folder).
Midcourse Reserve project - Council Budget hopefully to be approved on 22 June. After which we be notified on potential timing. Stay tuned.
Fed Govt Grant
Stage 2 - waiting on feedback from MP's office.
International Toast
RC Vancouver, D 5040, British Columbia, Canada
Chartered: 1913, has 92 members
Meets Wednesdays at 12:00pm at Terminal City Club
President: Joan Posivy
Club visits or notices from visiting Rotarians
'tis the season of Club Changeovers, lots of opportunities
- Henley Beach @ 24 June (RSVP 19 June)
- Somerton Park @ 28 June (RSVP 19 June)
- Largs Bay @ 2 July
- Seaford @ 6 July
- District @ 8 July Please check the Events Folder
Max Dalrymple (Somerton Park) is having a few issues with an ankle transplant, hopefully seeing light at the end of the tunnel.
Our Club was privileged to hear from Jane Dinnison, who works alongside Andrew Costello in the inspiring Cows for Cambodia program. We were even treated to a personalised video message from Cosi himself, who shared a simple but powerful message for our Club: ‘Don’t just donate, participate.’
The charity’s innovative cow-loan program provides pregnant cows to carefully selected families, often mothers with children, who have the capacity to care for them. Once the calf is weaned, the family keeps the calf, helping to build their future, while the cow returns to support another family in need.
But Cows for Cambodia is about much more than cows.
The organisation builds homes, provides food relief through Rice Runs, supports education, promotes sustainable farming practices and works alongside rural communities to create lasting change.
We learned about the Agricultural Learning Centre, whose 35 enrolled kindergarten students demonstrate the parental commitment to education. A bicycle program has provided 57 bikes to help children get to the school and access education. In communities still feeling the effects of the Cambodian genocide, education is helping to rebuild opportunity, hope and a brighter future.
Thank you, Jane, for sharing the remarkable work being done to empower families, strengthen communities and create sustainable change throughout Cambodia.
First, I want to extend a massive thank you to the one-third of our members who attended last weekend’s Club Leaders Learning Seminar (District Assembly). Our excellent attendance record is something to be proud of. I know we all learned something new, and I certainly came away inspired by the collective energy and positive attitude in the room.
Speaking of positivity, I have been reflecting a lot lately on the Rotary Four-Way Test, particularly around how we interact with one another. Lately, there has been a growing undercurrent of negativity regarding the timeline of our international container project to the Philippines. Let me be perfectly clear: nobody sets out to fail, and nobody actively tries to do a poor job. The project management team has gone above and beyond to navigate incredibly complex hurdles, including notoriously slow communication channels and astronomical Manila customs demurrage charges.
The practical solution to "abandon" the delivery (based upon very good advice) so that the local Philippine club can bid for it at auction was a strategic pivot, not a failure.
The project is around six months behind schedule, but it is not dead. If anyone were to suggest it wasn't fully thought through is simply erroneous and deeply unfair to the members who have poured their time into it.
Delays are a reality of ambitious service work, both abroad and at home. In fact, as we approach our 50th Changeover, we have three major initiatives taking longer than expected—the international container and two of our specific local anniversary projects that we had all hoped would be finalised by June 30th. It is counterproductive to disparage future opportunities simply based on perceived delays of current ones.
To that end, we should be proud that our club's reputation extends far beyond our borders. I recently received a wonderful invitation from Incoming President TJ Meneses of the Rotary Club of Makati Northin the Philippines, inviting us to consider a service partnership for the upcoming 2026-2027 Rotary Year. They are an award-winning, 54-year-old club offering us "partnership-ready" joint ventures in health and education. They have even invited any of our members attending the upcoming Rotary International Convention in Taipei this June 13–17 to visit them at Booth #206 in the House of Friendship.
Opportunities like this prove that our international avenue of service is vibrant and highly regarded. We must do the best we can with available resources, support our fellow members, and remain constructive.
As the old saying goes: Everything will be all right in the end... if it's not all right, then it's not yet the end.Let’s keep our positivity high as we celebrate our 50th year.
We no longer have access to our old website. We have a new domain name that will be managed through ClubRunner. This new domain name is slightly different to the old one. The new website address is:
www.rotarywestlakes.com
We have a new QR code, differentiated by circles on the corner
Members to arrange their own replacement if they cannot front for their meeting night.
DATE
NAME
OTHER INFORMATION
JUNE
23
Steve
30
MC
Changeover
JULY
7
Robin
14
Tracey
21
Len
28
Scott
AUGUST
4
Brian W
Responsibilities
Manage
- banners (pre & post meeting)
- name tags as appropriate
- Microphone is now in the 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)
