The board agreed that I continue as President for 2026/27 year, starting July 1st. Despite no new President there will be a Changeover Dinner on Tuesday July 7th, to acknowledge our achievements, so please diarize it.
I will go through the new roles at our Club discussion meeting on April 7th where I will also summarise what was a productive “President’s Training session” last week. Whilst I discussed the March board meeting at the last meeting, I encourage you to read the minutes (Link is on right hand side of this eBulletin).
On Tuesday March 16 we had visitors from Florida and Sweden who were vey engaged in the club meeting. Their feedback was very positive. Our guest speaker gave an enlightening and engaging presentation on using AI.
As mentioned at the March 17 club meeting, we do have some funding available through district grants to support community activities. If you have any ideas or know of any community programs that need support please bring them to the next club meeting for discussion
My highlight of the month was visiting Cammeray Public School assembly, with Louise, where Tom presented a Cheque for $1380, and then with great enthusiasm joined the children in the National anthem. Thanks to Louise was organised everything, and Angelo & helpers for running the BBQ which raised the money. (see story below)
The monthly BBQ was again a success with $1960 profit. My thanks to all those involved.
Please have an enjoyable Easter with family & friends and hope to see you on Tuesday 7th.
Angelo Raveane is a retired Pharmacist, with a career spanning more than 40 years in retail pharmacy. Having grown up in rural NSW, Angelo moved to Sydney to study his Bachelor of Pharmacy at Sydney University, completing the degree in 1973 and graduating in 1974. Angelo is married to Susan (Medical Technologist) with 2 children & 6 grandchildren.
Angelo has owned and operated multiple businesses in his professional career, including several successful pharmacies across Sydney’s Northern Suburbs, North Shore and Inner West. Angelo is a long standing member of both the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. Angelo is a serving member of the Northern Sydney Local Health District HREC committee (Human Research Ethics Committee) since 2014.
Angelo has been an active Rotarian, with over 42 years of continuous service joining in 1983. He has been team leader for four Rotary fellowship tours to SE Asia and three to China. He was active for 15 years in the Crows Nest projects in China where they have built 23 schools and managed 15 water projects for the Rotary Club of Burwood. In that period he visited China many times.
Since retiring in 2013, Angelo continued his Community Engagement Initiatives as Club President, District Conference Chairman twice, as well as a key member of the Host Organising Committee for the World Rotary Convention in Sydney in 2014 as Chairman of the House of Friendship for which he received the Premiers Award. Angelo is a multiple Paul Harris Medal recipient, including 8 sapphires and two Rubies.
In 2022 Angelo received the RI Service Above Service Award. Angelo has held a passion in Youth Leadership Development after being Chairman of RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) for District 9685. Over the last 15 years, Angelo has been a key member of the team taking RYLA to East Timor, both as Chairman and Mentor seeing over 1200 East Timorese aged 18 – 28 complete the program.
Angelo’s favourite song is Imagine- "One can dream of what if".
MEETINGS
LAST MEETING SPEAKER March 16, 2026
Our guest speaker was Nick Pape who gave an interesting presentation on using AI including talking to AI. It was very interesting and we all obtained an understanding how to use AI.
NEXT MEETING: April 7, club discussion.
NEXT GUEST SPEAKER April 21, 2026
HOW FOREIGN INFLUENCE IMPACTS COMMUNITIES.
Our guest speaker will be Joseph Kupceric, Assistant Director, Counter Foreign Interference, Department of Home Affairs. He will provide insights into how foreign influence is impacting our communities and everyday life.
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND REMINDERS
PRIDE OF WORKMANSHIP May 19, 2026
Jointly with Lane Cove Rotary, this will be held at the Chatswood Golf Club on May 19. Nominations are open. More to come on registering.
NEXT CLUB MEETING: April 7, 2026. Dinner at 6pm and 6:50pm start.
CHANGEOVER DINNER. This will be held on Tuesday July 7th.
YEAR OF THE HORSE
"Dreams gallop fastest when you feed them daily with intent and action"
On February 24 North Sydney Sunrise hosted a Chinese new year dinner which many of the RCN members attended. This was an enjoyable evening with a great speech by Iain Clark on "China in Transition" based on his many trips to China.
At the end of the meal when the fortune cookies were handed out, Sue suggested we keep the quotes and put one in each future ebulletin. So, every ebulletin during the Year of the Horse, we will have a word of wisdom from a fortune cookie.
Donation to Cammeray Public School: On a bright beautiful Monday morning , Mark ,Tom and Louise attended the morning assembly at Cammeray Public School. We were greeted by a lot of eager faces and beautiful music from the school band and Welcome to Country. After listening to the school notices Tom made a short speech to the students of “the best school on the North Shore” and presented a cheque to the principal for $1380 for the Visual Arts Program This money was raised at the welcome back to school night were we sold 450 sausages in an hour and half. A new record for Rotary.
A great outcome with collaboration one sausage at a time.
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