16th December, 2015
Meeting opened at 7.00pm ESTby Chairman, Lorelle St. Clairwho called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone. She then introduced President, Greg Fallon who welcomed all members to the last meeting for 2015.
Present
Camilla Barker, John Clements,Greg Fallon, Meg Fallon, Pam Fallon, Barbara Gard, Colin Gard,Peta Higginbotham, Phil Hughes,Allen Hunter, Mary Hunter,
Wayne Kemmis,Gary Latcham, Louise Lemon,Neil Matthews,Kathlyn Rowlands,Geoff St. Clair, Lorelle St. Clair, Barry Tait, Lee Tait, Wendy Thomas.
Apologies
Peter Fitz (on leave till end of year),
Louise Watson and RobWatson(on leave till end of year)
Club visits
Nil
Service
Nil
Member Updates
Lee Tait – Left her daughter’s last week and visited her sister at Sussex Inlet. She assisted atthe Red Cross stall at the Milton Showground last weekend and caught up with her bridesmaid.
John Clements– As Louise’s mum had passed away they are now both orphans living at Normanville. They are going for long walks and catching up with housekeeping. Their son, Tristan is coming from Rockhampton to Adelaide and they are looking forward to his visit. Last Thursday he assisted the school rowing club by towing boats from Berri to Adelaide. All together he travelled over 700 km.
Gary Latcham– He had been on to Telstra to sort out his connection problems. He had five weks with his “darling” who had now returned to Denmark. He is counting down the 92 sleeps until he sees her again. While she was in Australia they had renovated a house at Curtis Island.
Open Forum
Service and Project Ideas
John Clements spoke about the spreadsheets he had prepared, including an archives page and a page listing future projects for the club to undertake. He asked for all members to assist with input to develop this further. He asked members to send an email to him identifying “signature events” which theclub could participated in on an annual basis, such as the Henley on Todd Regatta in Alice Springs, the Fun Run with Thomas at Gembrook and assisting the Rotary Club of Chinchilla.
Greg Fallon reminded the members that the Rotary Nomads are unique and that the members need to work together to make these service projects successful. He asked members to notify him or Geoff St. Clair of potential opportunities for community service.
Phil Hughes advised that he would be at Mt. Isa for the Rodeo next year. He requested information about organising BBQs at Bunnings and Masters in South Australia.
Kathlyn Rowlands talked about Rotary Club BBQ trailers and suggested it could be considered for the Nomads.
Lorelle St. Clair explained that as the Nomads are located in different states this could be challenging.
Colin Gard advised that he had arranged for IVECO Coffs Harbour to provide corporate sponsorship for the Nomads at the Relay for Life next May. He suggested that members could seek similar support for other Nomads community service projects.
John Clements reminded everyone that even two or three membersworking together could achieve positive outcomes with a community project.
Christmas Theme
Lorelle St. Clair invited each member to share their Christmas theme apparel. She also advised that she would email the answers to the Christmas quizzes and post them on Facebook.
General Business
Raffle Tickets - Meg Fallonadvised that the raffletickets had been sold.
Meetings – Greg Fallon advised that the first weekly meeting for 2016 will be held on 13th January.
Jokers Wild–Mary Hunterand Lorelle St. Clairwere selected but unfortunately did not find the Joker. The jackpot will increase for the first meeting in 2016.
Upcoming Events
Relay for Life – Coffs Harbour: 14th May, 2016
Changeover – Nambucca Heads: 17th May, 2016
Close
Chairman, Lorelle St. Clair thanked everyone for their attendance and wished everyone a Merry Christmas.
Geoff St. Clair led the members in singing “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” and John Clements presented a slide show with the “Aussie Jingle Bells”.
The meeting closed at 8.00pm EST with all members conveying Christmas greetings.