Monday will be our last OPEN board meeting. Sue's plan is to have a 6pm Thursday meeting every 2nd month.
Directors will be asked to present their project/activities to the members once a month.
Last Meeting - Monday July 2nd 2018.
Toast ,the International toast was to the Rotary Club of Antananarivo(Madagascar)
Today Howard gave us a brief ‘overview’ of his 2 week trip to Madagascar – a fuller, more former presentation will be given later, along with fellow Rotarian Peter of the North Gosford club.
For those who don’t know Madagascar(ex French colony) is a large island off the east coast of Africa with a population of 25million, of whom 10million live in the city, and 15million are farmers. Howard is working with a local NGO called Thrive, who projects include daily feeding of children in the city, and supplying Ultrasounds to some villages.
The project Howard worked on was upgrading of a water supply to a village which has no power, and when the spring dries out, they have to cart (poor) water in buckets from a river. They identify a new spring requiring a 1 Km of pipe. Designing the route using GPS to ensure the water flow downhill, it then took 12 villagers 2.5days to dig the trench. After tracking & fixing a few leaks in the pipe, it was finished the day Howard left the island. Our $500 voucher was used to purchase two battery powered tools(i.e. angle grinder).
For those who have not gone to an undeveloped country, it was a great insight to their issues. Looking forward to the full presentation.
Well done & thank you Howard.
News
New draft BBQ roster starting in July has been issued, for the second half of the year . Angelo awaiting feedback
Angelo organising a morning tea on the 4th of August, for past member Bill Crow who is turning 93.
North Sydney Community Award coming up shortly , organised by our MP ,Trent Zimmerman.Requests for nomination.
Reminders
Monday July 9th - Board Meeting
Saturday July 7th - District Changeover
Saturday 25th August - Trivia night @ Chatswood Rotary
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