A Business Meeting, A Plea to support the Clem Sunter Fundraiser and Rosebank assists in mobilising people....

From the Pen of our President.....

We are thankful that the level of rioting and looting appears to be diminishing, particularly in Gauteng. Let us hope that this is indicative of the state gaining an adequate level of control of the country. The impact of what has taken place will be felt for a long time, particularly with regard to rebuilding the infrastructure, replacing equipment and restocking stores. There are already reports of shortages of food, essential supplies and medication impacting the elderly and vulnerable members of the community.

We can expect an increase in the calls on Rotary for assistance from various institutions and charities.

It is great that Lyn has taken the chair of the environmental committee and has had a number of members volunteering to join the committee. Similarly, several members have volunteered to join the International committee. This will place our club in a good position to identify suitable projects going forward. The possibility of getting overseas Rotary clubs involved in these projects will be explored, and if successful, should enhance the extent to which these can be financed.

A big thank you to all involved!

Costa Qually
President

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Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand

A Plea to support our Fundraiser.....

We are hoping to make the upcoming fundraiser a resounding success, but we need the help of all our members to achieve this. 

Ask your family, your friends, your colleagues and work associates to support our endeavours. And besides, listening to Clem Sunter's view on the World is an opportunity not to be missed.

 

 

 

 

When: 4^th August 2021 at 7 pm.

Where: Relax in the comfort of your home – the link will be sent to you on email when you book your ticket.

Tickets:  R100 per login available on Quicket  

https://www.quicket.co.za/events/145206-thinking-the-future-with-clem-sunter/

 

Funds raised will be donated to the Alexandra Education Committee (AEC).

Alexandra Education Committee – Creating opportunities for children of promise from Alexandra since 1996 (alexeducation.org.za)

The AEC exists to provide bursaries for academically promising learners from low-income families in Alexandra for the full

five years of education at well-resourced high schools. 

Last Friday....

Our business meeting was well attended by our local members as well as those from across the oceans.

Juanette Mc Crindle proudly shared her magnificent gifts she had received from the Rotary Foundation in honour of her becoming a Major Donor.

A truly well deserved accolade.

Report backs in brief:

• President Costa presented the final Club Goals for the 2021/22 Rotary year and you may read them at your leisure on the right hand side of The Ramble
• Club Treasurer John Symons reported back that the annual Rotary subs are now due and the Board had agreed to keep the sum at R2 000 for the year. 
• The Board also agreed to donate R10 000 to Rotary International and a further R5 000 to Polio Plus.
• R5 000 had been donated to the Club by Mark Franklin's previous employer Millstream in his memory.
• Pam Donaldson reported back that our club attendance had dipped to an average of 19 members for the month of June, but had increased somewhat in the last 2 weeks. In future the committee chairs will send through meeting minutes to her, so that she can record committee meeting attendance. She urges everyone to let her know of any other make-ups.
• David Bradshaw lamented the loss of two members at the end of the past Rotary year, but thankfully we had made up the loss by inducting Sheldon Rampanapasi and Roger Wedlake. He is also in discussion with a few potential applicants and is confident that we will meet our target of 5 new members.
• In his role as club almoner he attended the funeral of PDG Peter Margolius last week.

James Byrne and our exchange student Momo, who had both contracted Covid were thankfully on the road to recovery.

• Richard Maloney has taken over the International Chair and is still in the process of establishing his committee, and so far Lorenzo and Mike Lamb have put up their hands to join his team. A suggestion was made for Richard to possibly rekindle our relationship with the the UK based Rotary Club of Hatfield who had been involved in past club projects. With Lorenzo and Mike's extensive network they should make a formidable team.
• Due to the ongoing Covid restrictions the Youth committee is experiencing a bit of a lull, but Jean Bernardo was happy to report that Marianne Soal was very enthusiastic about getting involved with the Highlands North Boys High School Interact Club, and she has some exciting ideas up her sleeve.
• The Senior Youth Leadership course has been put on ice this year, but District RYLA is planning  a three day inter-country conference with Germany in October.
• Les Short was happy to report on behalf of Foundation that the two district grants reports had been submitted and accepted. Jeannette Horner did however make us aware that the sewing project is ongoing and that the ladies are in need of an industrial sewing machine.
• The Community and Vocational Services committee are still accepting nominations for the Vocational Awards until the end of July and are hoping that the lockdown restrictions will have been lifted so that they are able to have a physical award ceremony at the end of September.
• The committee is still trying to establish a sustainable and worthy project to get their teeth into, but they will continue to support the White Cane project, the Norwood Spar Christmas hamper collection, Blanket Drive and Charity Begins With Me.  
•  They have also been approached by various institutions to donate wheelchairs to needy persons. Two wheelchairs went to two worthy recipients as identified by the Refilwe Community Project and 12 year old  cerebral palsy sufferer Tumi Rachuene from Tembisa received Sybille's wheelchair, which she had used when her left leg was encased in an external fixator.                                 
  
  
  

• The seventh area of focus introduced this year, the environment, has got a champion! Lyn Collocott has agreed to chair the committee and Gareth Hood has put up his hand to join forces with her. He thinks we can learn a lot from the Chinese when it comes to environmental issues. China has vowed to be carbon neutral by the year 2050.  Sybille remains passionate about Ecobricks and thus it will make sense for her to be part of Lyn's team as well.

 This Friday.....

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