A Return to Virtual Meetings, PE Costa's Induction, DG Stella's Vision for the year ahead and "Joysterbay" wins the 50th Quiz Challenge

 From the Pen of our President.....

 

Dear fellow Rotarians and friends,

 Locked down again!! I hope you are all well, keeping warm and keeping safe.

Saturday’s DG handover meeting was a joyous occasion with a number of people in our club being given a mention.

Our now famous Rosebank Ramble – started in this format by Peter James Smith and done so well now by Sybille is the best in the District!!

We have not one, but two AGs mentioned for their exemplary leadership – Jean and Peter, and Kevin was recognized for his service to District and his unwavering support.

The year ahead is going to be fun and there is lots to look forward to. Incoming Rotary International President Shekhar Mehta has announced the 2021-22 presidential theme – Serve to Change Lives. He has urged members to become more involved in-service projects, saying that caring for and serving others is the best way to live because it changes not only other people’s lives, but also our own.

Service is what we are all about but in these times, I think nothing truer can be said – now more than ever.

I hope to see you all on Zoom on Friday night with your glasses charged, ready to drink to the new Rotary year as I pass the baton to Costa.

Thank you all for a great year.

Ann Hope-Bailie

President - Rotary Club of Rosebank

Last Friday.....

With the Covid cases ever rising, it would have been foolish to meet at Wanderers and so we conducted our monthly social meeting from the safety and comfort of our own homes.

We were delighted to see some faces that have been absent for a while like Howard Johnston and Kevin Wolhuter, but there was also a touch of sadness, as this was Peter James-Smith's last meeting and in true form he left us with a hilarious anecdote:

When fiction becomes fact!

When I wrote my GCE O Levels in 1961 the one subject I hated was geography, partly because I couldn't draw maps.  Our special subject was "Africa South of the Sahara" about which my knowledge was sketchy. During the mock exams I made up a place in the Congo called Hwangu Hari and waxed lyrical on the cobalt mines there on the assumption that the master who marked the paper would probably have heard of neither. I got good marks for it. When the actual exam came round I obviously repeated my fiction.

Last week, in the Business Maverick, I read that Glencor is about to re-open one of the world's biggest cobalt mines in the Congo.

 60 years later I'm right!

Our Queen of Fundraising, Sonja Hood, has managed a spectacular coup; she has approached futurist and scenario planner Clem Sunter, who needs no introduction, and asked him whether he would consider repeating his very successful presentation: Beyond 2021 - The World and South Africa - Latest Flags, Scenarios & Probabilities to our audience, and he has agreed!! A final date needs to still be confirmed, but it will more than likely be at the end of July.

An event not to be missed.

And another bit of good news: Mark Franklin acted as company secretary for  Millstream and they have very kindly agreed to donate R5 000 in his memory, as they knew how close Rotary was to Mark's heart. 

You are invited.....

Ann Hope-Bailie is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

 

Topic: Rotary Club of Rosebank - President's Induction ceremony

Time: Jul 2, 2021 07:00 PM Harare, Pretoria

 

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Could we respectfully ask that all attendees "buy" a blanket for R80  in lieu of the induction dinner.

AG Stella's Induction.....

DG Stella Anyangwe's induction was indeed a joyous occasion with many accolades and awards going to dedicated  and worthy Rotarians and Ann's and never a truer phrase was spoken when Stella said to PDG Annemarie "my success is your success".

Stella's message to us: We need to make Rotary fun! We need to sing, we need to dance!

The Rotary Club of Dar-es-Saalam clear winners of our 50th Quiz Challenge....

What a fun evening was had at our 50th quiz challenge, fought valiantly against opponents who were too clever for us. David is already organizing the rematch.

I'll leave you with three questions that our demanding quizmaster posed:

• What is the collective noun for ravens?
• What is the nickname for Dar-es-Salaam?
• What is Copraphobia?

You may google the answers!