2025-12-16 Newsletter CR (Dec. 15, 2025)

AGENDA - 16 December

MEETING #2512

RCWL Invocation

"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 christmas dinner

1950 close

SECRETARY REPORT - tbc

Received email from SSLSC asking if the Club would sponsor an individual to attend the Swimming Nationals in Queensland

TREASURER REPORT - Steve

Done

Coming up

RCWL XMAS end of year dinner @ Mezzanine, Bartley Hotel
Tuesday 16 December 1800 for 1830
$40 for Members and partners
$46 for non-members
payment to Admin account BSB 105 142, Account 532 006 340
or see Treasurer Steve

Ongoing

COMMUNITY & FUNDRAISING - Ros

Done

ntr!

Coming up

please update Events Folder for the following:
Next EXTRA Bunnings BBQ is Saturday 20 December
Semaphore Carousel is 27 & 28 December
4 x 3 hr shifts, from 1100 to 2200
next monthly Bunnings BBQ is Monday 5 January.

To do

Please review your Food Handling certification
I'm Alert or Do Food Safely

INTERNATIONAL REPORT - Scott

District Grants

International

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

Coming up

Floating the idea of doing the next lot of blanket rolling in February 2026 or maybe into March.
Please let me know your thoughts.

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 to recycle as much as you can over the Christmas period.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

YOUTH REPORT - Andrew

Done

Coming up

Students Abby & Ronan will be addressing the Club at our first meeting in the New Year on their RYPEN experiences

To do

GUEST SPEAKERS

Community Outreach

president's report

OTHER BUSINESS:

Club Storage

Thanks to those who participated in the working bee on Sunday to move stuff from WesleyCare to cleanup the new shed (Samoa Reserve).
see FaceBook post from Tracey

50 year Celebration project

Next meeting:
Sunday 4 January at Jean's place @ 1400-1600
Commemoration afternoon tea/drinks, set for
Sunday 8 March, 2026, @1500-1730
please save the date
we need to design a polo short or similar - any ideas???

Club visits or notices from visiting Rotarians

SERGEANT'S SESSION

$2 ea if 15 or more members
otherwise $3 ea

the four way test

RI Theme:

UNITE FOR GOOD

Monthly Focus

international &
foundation

Chair

2 December - nil, WLSS BBQ

9 December - Jean

16 December - Scott

23 December - no meeting

6 January - no meeting

13 January - Scott

20 January - Tracey

27 January - Charles

3 February - Bob

10 February - Andrew

17 February - Ros

24 February - Barry

Upcoming Speakers

Dec 16, 2025

nil

nil due to Xmas dinner

Jan 13, 2026

Ronan/Abbey

RYPEN experience

Jan 20, 2026

tbc

Jan 27, 2026

tbc

Feb 03, 2026

nil

due to Combined Board meeting

Feb 10, 2026

tbc

Past Speakers

Dec 09, 2025

Pam Aulich and Sharon Metcalfe

Community Outreach

View entire list

Club Xmas Dinner

Dec 16, 2025

EXTRA Bunnings BBQ Dec
Bunnings Woodville
Dec 20, 2025 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Xmas break

Dec 23, 2025

Semaphore Carousel
Semaphore Foreshore
Dec 27, 2025 11:00 am – Dec 28, 2025 10:00 pm

Xmas break

Dec 30, 2025

Bunnings BBQ Jan
Bunnings Woodville
Jan 05, 2026 8:00 am – 6:00 pm

Xmas break

Jan 06, 2026

RCWL weekly meeting
Bartley Hotel
Jan 13, 2026 6:30 pm

EXTRA Bunnings BBQ Jan
Bunnings
Jan 18, 2026 8:00 am – 5:30 pm

View entire list

Member Birthdays

Ken Parcell

December 31

Join Date

Ken Parcell

December 14, 2004

21 years

Christmas Fun for Kids - DONE

Weather: glorious, sunny, slightly windy to start. Temperature around 20C

Crowd: from our number counters at each gate, in excess of 1,200!

Santa: who was he, the voice sounded familiar

Raffle: great prizes, but poor ticket sales

Extra support from:

SLSC very good for set up and break down. Also they provided support in case we needed first aid treatment.

Thorne they have provided monetary support in the past, but this year they excelled with the backdrop and reindeer displays

Committee, thanks and well done

- Sue

- Yvonne

- Alison

- Jean

- Tony (Honorary)

To the Club thanks for assisting in the BBQ, drinks, ice creams.

to other Friends

- past President Rosie Erasmus

- past member Ian Miller

- photographer Jacinta Johns

- RYES Abby

RCWL 50 yr Celebration - Council project update

UPDATE

A report presented to Council’s Strategic and Engagement Committee on Monday 17 November was APPROVED!

Decision

RCWL provide funding to enable:

1. gazebo/shade/seating

to review

2. water fountain.

Meals on Wheels 2025

Port Adelaide Kitchen Roster

(Member to confirm attendance by 9.00 am on the day of their roster by calling 08 8447 5171)

WEST LAKES ROTARY CLUB INC

	Meals on Wheels Roster			2025	Mondays	Round 4
		99 Baynes Place, cnr Langham Place, adj Rail Station				Glen
Please phone 8447 5171 by 9-00am on the day to confirm attendance
Contact Katrina		0419 284 525	katrina@mealsonwheelssa.org.au
Otherwise use cab and charge to West Lakes Rotary Club Inc
		PO Box 7287
		WEST LAKES 5021

2025		ROSTER

DECEMBER
	22	Ken
JANUARY	5	Len
	19	Ken
FEBRUARY	2	Steve
	16	Ted

RESERVES		Ted Manka	0414 978 454
		Len Loechel	0423 981 474
		Andrew De Garis	0408 803 421

Members on leave

Please update at front of Events Folder

December

- Ken (part)

January

- ???

February

- ???

Meeting Chair - Committees

December: International & Foundation

2026: rotational, alphabetically
refer to bulletin list

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)

Chair meeting

- manage timeliness

- organise meal delivery

Arrange Sergeant At Arms (as appropriate)

Liaise with President to close meeting.

ClubRunner - how to use the mobile App

ClubRunner is a program used by Rotary worldwide to manage stories, minutes, documents, photos and membership information.

You can access via the web from a computer, but there is also an Application (App) that can be loaded onto a mobile device (phone, tablet etc).

Accessing the App provides a wealth of information at your fingertips.

the following link takes you to a presentation which is a step-by-step process to load and use the App

https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3457/Documents/en-au/f66a1d4a-59ac-4056-b2f7-d9c74306f830/1/

If you do not know your Username, please have a look at the front page inside the Events Folder - there is a list of all RCWL usernames

RCWL QR codes

The QR code will take you to our website! You will see latest stories and photos from member activities.

Can't access ClubRunner? Andrew sent you an email with brief instructions of how to log-in. See him if you're having problems, he can reset your password.