Rod McDougall
President 2006-7
Rotary Club of Strathfield
The President's View
Wednesday 26July 2006
It was a pleasure to see such an excellent roll-up of members last week. I hope we can maintain the level of enthusiasm, the club meeting has quite a different feel when well attended.
Our speaker Chris Fitzgerald from TransGrid was excellent and impressed us all with the quality of the engineering and project management which underpins the extensive NSW high voltage transmission network. All performed for approximately 8% of the amount we pay for electricity as consumers.
As Paolo Giammarco announced, we have been asked to consider a youth exchange arrangement which does not require the hosting of the inbound student. Our club would provide financial support only. The arrangement presents some problems, which would be avoided if we were are able to host. Interested members should contact Paolo.
Planning for our community services project involving a special afternoon out for senior citizens is well underway. Thanks to Connie Galletta for her personal efforts in defining the objectives and for getting the project started.
Thanks also to Connie for arranging the prizes kindly donated by BMW Sylvania and to Richard Horwood for conducting an auction at such short notice.
We have some interesting meetings coming up. Ian Robertson the CEO of the Rotary Youth Driver Awareness Program (RYDA) joins us next week. The following week we will host a literature night for Strathfield Girls High, arranged by Bradley Ayres. This is an optional partners night. And this will be followed by our annual Police Officer of the Year Awards, arranged by Kevin Beltrame, with special guest Commissioner Ken Moroney
But this week is club assembly – an important event for all of us on your board. I trust the meeting will be productive and we will receive many constructive suggestions for improvement in the operation of the club.
Enjoy Rotary … by getting involved!
President Rod