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Hi Rotarians and Friends,

 
Our guest speaker this week was the DG Niranjan Deodhar. A great presentation followed with his vision of where Rotary is and where it should be going. It is a pity he has only one year as DG, but one can only hope that the DG’s following continue what he has begun. I will send his power point presentation to you all via club runner. 
 
I found it most refreshing that we finally have someone wanting to try different ideas and not just keep repeating what was done in the past.
Eight of us attended the Chinese New Year dinner with North Sydney Sunrise Club at Lee’s Fortuna Restaurant. Great food and fellowship. We will definitely be using this venue for some future night functions.
Again a reminder of our upcoming conference in March. A number of us are going but the more members going the more fun it is. One of the Keynote speakers is Eddie Pinto, my right hand man in Timor. Eddie oversees RYLA and RYPEN in TL. Also we are looking at having a joint meeting with Mosman, Northbridge and Lane Cove Clubs the week after the conference where Eddie will give a different presentation.
Last Saturday was our monthly BBQ, though it was fairly quiet, with the sponsorship organised by Mark we still made a good profit.
Tom is organising our Pride of Workmanship dinner at a great restaurant in April. Please start looking for suitable candidates for this award.
Ryde Club is holding a Trivia night on the 22nd February. Tables of eight. If anyone is interested in forming a team please let me know.
Chatswood Roseville a holding a wine tasting and dinner on the 14th March to raise money to apply for a global grant for a water project in Sri Lanka. Guest entertainer is Kamahl.
Our next meeting is a night meeting on the 17th with special guest speaker our RYLA candidate Lucy Cadwallader. Not to be missed.
A reminder we have a board meeting via Zoom on Thursday 13th at 5pm. All members are welcome to join in.
 
Yours in Rotary, 
 
Angelo 
 
 
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Our next BBQs are Saturday 1st March, 5th April, 3rd May, 7th June.   
 
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Our next meeting is Monday, 17th February - Dinner  at Crows Nest Hotel - RYLA.     
 
 
In January the club sponsored Lucy Cadwallader to attend RYLA. 
Lucy will speak about her experience and the impact on her. 
 
Schedule for  2025. 
 
Date Location
Monday 17th February  Dinner  - Crows Nest Hotel 
Monday 3rd March  Lunch - Crows Nest Hotel 
Monday 17th March  Dinner  - Crows Nest Hotel 
Monday 7th April
  Lunch - Crows Nest Hotel
Tuesday 22nd April  Dinner - Infusions, Cammeray
 
Lunch meetings: 12.30pm for 12.50pm 
Dinner meetings 6.30pm for 7pm 
Zoom Meetings 12.30pm.  Link:   Click here at 12.30pm to join us!
 
 
Last Meeting  - Monday 3rd February DG visit
 
Toast:  Kate toasted the Bel Air Rotary Club
 
Guest Speaker Update: 
District Governor, Niranjan Deodhar, addressed the meeting. 
Niranjan walked us thru his key areas of focus, with assigned leaders,  those being 
  People - Interclub collaboration 
  Partnerships - Schools & councils, etc 
  Public Image - Storybank of achievements 
 
Then trends he has seen in clubs 
 - Balance of local / global 
 - Investment in youth 
 - engagement with district news 
 - addressing inequality 
 - partnerships with other clubs 
 - hoisting Major events 
 - extending list of friends/volunteers 
 - succession plans 
 
He closed by extending an invite to the district conference, including "Pitch for Purpose" - a school environment challenge.   
 
We thanks him for renewed approach to addressing these ongoing issues.  
 
 
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Announcements and Reminders

  1. District Conference in March 21/22nd. 

    • Location: Penrith
    • Events: Friday night dinner followed by the conference on Saturday night.
    • The President encourages more members to participate—there’s even talk of potential Bollywood dancers!

  2.  BBQ – Saturday, 1st February

    • Over $1800 profit. 
    • Mark's poker-playing mate has continued with his challenge of 12 BBQ sponsors for the year. So far, 7 business have contributed $400 each for the purchase of sausages each month.

  3. Pride of Workmanship - Tuesday 22nd April  

    • Confirmed date, with Lane Cove likely to join us 
    • Nominations to Tom please. 

  4.  District Assembly - April 4th

    • All 2025/6 board members should attend. 

  5.  Other events (details with Angelo / Mark) 

    • ​​​​​​​RLI - Level 21/22 Feb (leadership course) 

    • Ryde Rotary Police Awards March 4th @ Ryde RSL 

    • Ryde club Trivial fundraiser  22nd Feb 

    • Roseville Wine Tasing with Kamal on 14th March  

    • Rotary turns 120 yrs old this month 

 

Reminders: 

 
 13th February - Board meeting 
 21-22 March 2025 - District Conference 
 4th April - District Assembly 
 7th April - DG elect Michelle Ellery visits
 22nd April - Pride of workmanship dinner @ Infusions, Cammeray   
 
 
 
 
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Posted on Feb. 08, 2024

FUTURE SPEAKERS
Feb 17, 2025
Lucy Cadwallader
RYLA
Mar 24, 2025
Eddie Pinto
RYLA - East Timor
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