Rod McDougall
President 2006-7
Rotary Club of Strathfield
The President's View
Wednesday 1 November 2006
A sincere Strathfield Rotary welcome to all our guests this week, including those from Burwood Rotary, we hope you enjoy your visit to our club. Last week's meeting saw excellent presentations from two of our own members, Euan Watson and Peter Harries. Welcome back Euan and my thanks to Peter for standing at short notice in lieu of the scheduled guest speaker. It was a good night although we did miss the ladies, who were busy at a district conference meeting.
Arrangements for next week's Rotary Information Night are now virtually complete. Over twenty guests are expected and we hope to induct a new member on the night. A reminder that we are expecting maximum member attendance on the night (at 6:30 for 7:00 pm) to give our guests a warm welcome and an early introduction to Strathfield Rotary fellowship.
November is Rotary Foundation Month and a time for us all to reflect on the enormous contribution that Rotary, and therefore we as members, make through the Foundation. Please see below for Bob Templeman's excellent description of the history and operation of the organisation.
I attended a district PR seminar this week and picked up some good ideas on how to go about promoting Rotary and our club. Members interested in assisting with PR should see Roger Vince or me.
Burwood Rotary's annual Melbourne Cup night will be held next Monday. This will be a great night – and not just for the punters amongst us! See Coming Events below for details.
The district golf day was a success with Strathfield securing third
position. This is a wonderful day – even if you do not play golf! The
celebrations at the club afterwards were most enjoyable. But, our
team needs your encouragement for next year – although we came in third, there being only three teams this year, we were also the wooden-spooners!
Enjoy Rotary … by getting involved!
President Rod