From the President's Pen...
Sadly, due to disruptive load shedding Costa was not able to produce his usual weekly message.
Hopefully we will be back on track by next week.
Your editor would just like to add an appeal that is close to David Bradshaw's heart:
Carol Lawrence, who is a resident of Ekklesia Old Age Home in Blairgowrie mentioned to him that their Charity Shop is in desperate need of re-stocking. They are looking for second-hand clothes, crockery and cutlery. If anyone has items to donate, please bring them along to Friday's meeting, alternatively contact David, who would happily collect.
Last Wednesday....
Little did we know in March, when we set the annual quiz fundraiser date for October the 20th, that for the second year running we were uncertain whether we would in fact be able to hold what has become the highlight of our social calendar.
We persevered, we advertised and thank goodness Cyril put us back into level 1 lockdown just in time for us to once again have a most successful and enjoyable evening.
Quizmaster Larry wanted us to restrict the numbers to 80 people, but the bookings just kept coming in, and in the end 97 participants arrived on the night.
With World Polio Day being celebrated on the 24th of October we went all out to showcase Rotary's commitment to eradicating Polio.
Our fundraising queen Sonja Hood did a sterling job obtaining fabulous raffle prizes and a large portion of the night's takings can be contributed to participants digging deep into their wallets.
Every one will agree that the quiz questions were challenging, and that the ultimate winners certainly deserved their prize hampers.
Ultimately Rotary was the winner.
Last Friday...
... We were treated to some delicious armchair travel by Manan Mahajan, who is the managing director of the Orange Destination Management Company, a tour company in New Delhi, India, specializing in extraordinary trips throughout this vast, vibrant, colourful and fascinating country.
Manan chose to take us on a visual tour de force through the province of Kerala, which is an hour's flight south of Mumbai.
It is not difficult to see why Kerala is one of the most popular tourist destinations in India, with its temperate climate and 600 km of unspoilt coastline, tranquil backwaters, wild life sanctuaries, hill stations and heritage sites. It is famous for its charming houseboats, sprawling tea plantations, unique eco-tourism, Ayuvedic treatments and unforgettable culinary experiences.
It is considered one of the most progressive states in India, with 100% literacy and interestingly is led by the Communist Party of India.
Manan certainly inspired the travellers amongst us to put Kerala onto their list of travel destinations.
Some interesting Rotary numbers revealed....
After a Zoom/phone meeting with Annemarie re Membership Pioneers, David received a lot of stats including:-
Membership figures of every club in the World !!!!!!!!!!
Members might like to know that the PEOPLE’s REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAS 29 CLUBS & 535 MEMBERS.
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION has 79 Clubs and 1050 Members,
ISRAEL has 59 Clubs and 1312 Members.
AFGHANISTAN has 3 Clubs and 35 Members.
IRAQ has 2 Clubs and 50 Members.
EGYPT has 124 Clubs 3033 Members.
TOTAL WORLD FIGURES. 36.921 CLUBS with 1.195.325 MEMBERS
In District 9400
Rosebank is in the top 10 membership wise. The e-Club has 87 members. Johannesburg New Dawn 54, we are 6th.
These figures are as at 14 October 2021.
This Friday.....
If you are able, please join us at Wanderers to induct Debi Lieberthal as a member and to listen to Roger Wedlake share what promises to be some interesting insights.
Please let Costa know whether you will be attending, so that he can pre-order our pizzas.
We are getting better at conducting hybrid meetings, so for those that cannot attend, please show your faces on Zoom.
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