Rod McDougall
President 2006-7
Rotary Club of Strathfield
The President's View
Wednesday 6 September 2006
I am fairly confident that not many members were aware that the Model T Ford contained an automatic gearbox – and that the basic design of the transmission in the modern vehicle is quite similar. Henry Ford was a remarkable man. On behalf of the club, thanks to Tim Wynn Jones for a great talk last week, and for making the effort to bring his restored Model T, plus a cutaway engine (which I know was quite heavy, since I helped him move it!) and many other components.
The bulletin lives – and new editor Bob Templeman is now up and running (with a little help from Angelo Franco). Many thanks Bob for taking on yet another job within Rotary.
This week I attended a further meeting to provide community input to the state government's strategic planning initiative, StatePlan. The meeting was attended by the deputy premier and the government seems very keen to obtain the views of service organisations like Rotary. There was discussion on how government/community groups partnerships might work and how organisations like ours can provide an effective link to the community. The plan is due for completion end October 2006.
The Strathfield Spring Fair will be held this Sunday in Strathfield Park and the club barbecue will be in action. The fair is well promoted and attended and last year we ran out of sausages. Shirley Del Prado has increased the size of the order and with more sausages will need more helpers. Please give her your support.
Ray Wilson has kindly stepped forward to breathe life into our membership development activities. He has some great ideas, which will involve all of us, and planning is proceeding.
The McDonalds customers amongst us would have noticed the tray mats in use in many restaurants over the last few weeks with a special design promoting Rotary. McDonalds are an ARCAP (Australian Rotarians Corporate Alliance Program) partner and this campaign promotes Rotary to nearly 7 million Australians!
Enjoy Rotary … by getting involved!
President Rod