This Week - 12.05.2020
This weeks guest speaker at our Zoom meeting was District 9800 District Governor Grant Hocking, who gave us a review of the year.
- Currently all bar 3-4 clubs in D9800 are holding regular Zoom meetings.
- The RI world conference has been cancelled, and will be held as an online (Zoom) conference from 20 to 26 June 2020. Rotary members will be able to dial in and listen to discussions and speakers online for free. More details will follow in the bulletin.
- The District Changeover will not be held, and will be an online function on 27.06.2020 from 1.00 till 3.00. Members will be able to dial into the changeover for free. Details will follow in the bulletin.
- District 9800 raised $700,000 from its Bushfire Appeal. A committee has been formed, and the money is being allocated. About half has been spent to date.
- The District Assembly has been cancelled this year, and will be held as an online event, on Sunday 24 May from 10.00 till 1.00. PE Michael Redding will provide details to his board members, so they can dial in to the sessions that apply to them.
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Next week - 12.05.2020
The guest speaker at next weeks zoom meeting is Ken Maxfield, who will be talking about Camp Getaway, at Axedale near Bendigo.
Werribee Rotary have been huge supporters of Camp Getaway with many working bees at the camp. For some reason we havent had any involvement for 4-5 years.
Ken will update us on this wonderful facility, that caters for people with disabilities.
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Zoom Meetings
There is still a lot of members who haven't joined us in one of our Zoom meetings.
Give Ian Hovey a call any time (business hours) before next weeks meeting, and he will do a test run with you to make sure you you have no problems getting in.
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WERN (Western Emergency Relief Network)
WERN has been closed for 2 months due to Covid. A lot of work is taking place to reopen the business in the next few weeks. Werribee Rotary is a member of WERN.
One of the major donors to WERN is the Koala Mattress business. They sell their mattresses with a 90 day return, and as they are second hand they obviously cant be resold.
Koala has just relocated to Dandenong, so there will be a requirement on most Mondays to travel to Dandenong in the WERN truck and pick up 6-10 mattresses.
Werribee Rotary have put their hand up to do the pickup each Monday. We will need 2 people for about 4-5 hours. If you can assist once a month or something like that, can you register your interest with Ross Smith.
