Rod McDougall
President 2006-7
Rotary Club of Strathfield
The President's View
Wednesday 11 October2006
This week we welcome Chinese Consul-General Qiu Shaofang as our guest speaker. We are very appreciative of the time made available by him to join us for the evening.
Thanks to Eve Dutton for an interesting and humorous "This is My Life" talk last week. We will need to ask her back to recount the earlier parts of the story.
Congratulations to Keith Byrn who has obtained approval from the Sydney Olympic Park Authority for use of The Armory to run our youth driver training program, RYDA.
Our Pride of Workmanship awards will be held on 18 October. Kevin Beltrame has the arrangements well in hand and nominations are now closed. This will be a partners night, an evening that typifies the ideals of Rotary and a great function to which members may wish to invite friends and colleagues.
After many years of discussion Rotary wheels are to be constructed in the district promoting the existence of our club. Eve Dutton has obtained the necessary approvals and George Hallworth is in the process of ordering the signs. One sign will be positioned near the approach to the golf club.
Thank you to the many members who have provided names of individuals to be invited to our Rotary information night on 8 November. Ray Wilson and Niall King will soon issue the final invitations - but there is still time for last minute suggestions.
Ray has organised a meeting for those speaking on the evening immediately after this week's club meeting.
Anyone talking with Euan Watson this week would have found a man facing life with renewed enthusiasm – and with the greater part of his therapy now behind him. At the time of writing Euan was planing to be at this week's club meeting!
The last page of this week's bulletin again contains the current director portfolios and committees. Please send questions or corrections to me.
Enjoy Rotary … by getting involved!
President Rod