President George's
Wednesday 17 May 2006
Many thanks to PE Rod McDougall for chairing last weeks meeting, which I hear, went very well. Sincere thanks Rod. I had an unfortunate episode which came quite out of the blue and laid me low for a time – yes I know old age and riotous living.
Catherine and I attended the final Presidents meeting of this Rotary year last Friday at the Panthers. District Chairmen all gave reports to the meeting, Vocational, Youth etc. DG Bill spoke on the Port Macquarie Conference as being an outstanding success – 540 in attendance for the Pirates Night with a net profit of $20,000 for the Conference. On a sad note it was announced that the Guildford Club was handing in its Charter.
I think we would all agree that DG Bill has had a very good year. Incidentally DG Bill has accepted our invitation to attend our meeting on May 31st when we entertain the rebound team to Thailand. This will be a partner’s night 6.30 for 7 and we hope to have a good rollup for this night. Burwood, Concord and Silverwater have been invited though numbers are not yet known.
The GSE Team from Thailand returned home at the end of April. Our Assistant DG, Peter Davidson, received a request from Team Leader Siri just before they left for blankets. The team is from the north of Thailand where apparently it gets a bit cold – better make that very cold. People are very poor and need blankets very badly, not necessarily new blankets. Asst DG Peter felt that his 3 Clubs get together – namely Strathfield, Burwood and Concord, we could over the next 12-18 months make a worth while contribution.
Best wishes go to John Watkins who has managed to catch pneumonia. We hope you are soon well again John.
“True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body, the two are ever united” - Humboldt
Until next week
Enjoy Rotary,
President George
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