"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."
Member fees for those that selected the option of 2 instalments, are due by end Jan 2026
Half year results circulated – open for any questions
Reminder: information is sensitive to Club Members only.
Starting to pay some CFFK expenses – need to complete this so the necessary report to Council can be completed
As the existing arrangement with the Council has completed, what is the process to start negotiations for the next grant support period?
Coming up
Will be sending out invitations for the 50Year 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 over the "break" - you volunteered over 130 hours!
- EXTRA Bunnings BBQ on Saturday 20 December
- Semaphore Carousel on 27 & 28 December
- Bunnings BBQ on Monday 5 January!
Coming up
We also have an EXTRA Bunnings BBQ on Sunday 18 January
(replacement for cancelled one early December).
Next Monthly is Monday 2 February @ Bunnings please update Events Folder
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
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Coming up
We still have some bags of blankets to sort.
Looking at either 20Januaryor if that is not suitable the next date would be the 17 February.
Please let Jean know what suits best.
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
Thanks to all for your support of Youth programs during the year.
Coming up
Students Abby & Ronan will be tonight on their RYPEN experiences
To do
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GUEST SPEAKERS
Abby & Ronan to talk about RYPEN.
president's report
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OTHER BUSINESS:
Club Storage
Samoa Reserve shed operational.
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
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..
From: Rtn Suren Poruri <rotarysw7@gmail.com> Date: 12 January 2026 at 15:17:05 ACDT To:robinweissel@gmail.com Subject:Wish you a happy charter day celebrations - Rtn Suren Poruri , Volunteer Global Grants - RI District 3020, India Reply-To:rotarysw7@gmail.com
Dear President Robin Weissel ,
This is Suren Poruri, Volunteer - Global Grants, RI District 3020, from India.
Your rotary club of West Lakes was chartered on 12/01/1976. Your club completed 50 years service in RI District 9423 in serving the communities across the world .
I would like to extend my warm wishes to you and to all your club members on this joyous moment.
Rotary is the only organization which has global foot print and is working towards happy communities across the world with it's noble initiatives.
Thanks to our rotary club founder Rtn Paul Harris, we are able to make a difference in the communities where we live.
Rotary clubs across the world executes service projects worth 2 billion dollars every year in their communities. Rotarians gives 25 million volunteer hours to their communities across the world every year.
Thanks and regards
Suren Poruri
Volunteer - Global Grants(Successfully executed 1 million dollar worth of global grants)
RI District 3150 Best Club President for year 2017-18
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 Ralph
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)
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