President's Report
President’s update:
Looking forward:
Closing Remarks
From the 1894 Australian Household and General Information Handbook. Axle grease in the 1890s. - Axle Grease: For axle grease any household fat will do so long as all salt is washed out of it. Mutton tallow with a proportion of black lead worked into it makes a very good lubricant especially for heavy vehicles.
- Welcome members, partners and guests.
- Harold Sharp is unable to join us tonight for health reasons. We will run 1-2 Ted talks about how green electric vehicles are.
- West Pennant Hills Public School Fun Day. Thank you to David for organising it and to all who helped, especially those how helps on Saturday with preparation, and those who turned up at 7 am and those who stayed to clean-up. Lots of people present who were undeterred by a few light rain showers. The usual middle of the day queues occurred; the team kept up with demand. Elise had her first BBQ training session and is now a competent onion chef – still learning sausages and eggs.
- We tried a new initiative by advertising our BBQ and tool sale on social media.
- Just over $4000 for the school P&C is a fabulous result..
- We were offered another Castle Hill Bunnings BBQ for Sept 1. Unfortunately, Tony C was unable to raise sufficient volunteers, so we had to decline. It would have been a great opportunity to raise an easy $1500 or more.
Looking forward:
- Next Thursday night at 7.30 pm is a fundraising committee meeting at the Sharpe’s.
- Saturday Aug 24 Bunnings Castle Hill BBQ. Tony will speak to this later.
- The BBQ will be advertised on social media – Facebook may not let us as they object to us using the Rotary Wheel.
- Saturday Aug 24 is the first meeting of our Community Group. Neville and I will be attending as two representatives from the club are required.
- Trivia night is on September 21 Please start to put your tables together. The cost remains the same as last year at $25 per person. Full details are in the Bulletin and Keith is doing social medial promotion.
- The club has been invited to assist the Carlingford Club to run a Food, Wine & Music Festival on Oct 19th to raise funds for Domestic Violence initiatives. Carol has volunteered to be the club delegate for Rotary membership activities.
Closing Remarks
- Thank you to Neville for the Ted Talks. Thank you, members, partners and John for attending tonight.
- Directors – please arrange a meeting of your committee as soon as possible.
- District Conference – Penrith 21-22 March. Early bird Registrations ($230 until Aug 31– full early bird = $250 until 31 Dec after than $280 - now open open ourbetterworld2025.wordpress.com Accommodation packages for Friday night open at Pullman and nearby.
- Don’t forget you can see the Club Directory, “What’s On” and “Calendar” on your phone. If it is not working for you, let me know and it will be fixed for you.
- Don’t forget to let Sandra and Anne Sharpe (until end of August) know if you are travelling or are not attending meetings so you do not get rostered on for meeting duties. All members are eligible for the duty roster and are assigned a role by Sandra. Your role is posted in the Bulletin and the Bulletin email 6 weeks in advance.
- Next week is a Vicar meeting Our speakers are Tara Palffy and David Wagner – RuffTRACK. Their mission is to keep kids alive, out of prison and skilled for a secure future. Co-founded by David Graham “Farmer Dave”’ RuffTRACK supports young people from 12 – 17who have disengaged with school and the community.
From the 1894 Australian Household and General Information Handbook. Axle grease in the 1890s. - Axle Grease: For axle grease any household fat will do so long as all salt is washed out of it. Mutton tallow with a proportion of black lead worked into it makes a very good lubricant especially for heavy vehicles.
Some nostalgic advertising from the 1930’s:
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So, Let’s stay safe look after each other and create magic.
Night Report
Sergeant at Arm’s
Colin Sharpe welcomed guests, partners and guest John Dale. Colin indicated Harold Sharp is unable to attend for health reasons and that Neville had arranged a couple of TED talks.
Director’s Reports:
Community Service:
Member’s Talk
Lisa, our new exchange student gave a talk on Metz, where she comes from in France and suggested noted sites and foods that support the city's fame.
Guest Speaker:
Note: My internet has been playing up all day and evening. It kept dropping in and out of the meeting and so I wasn’t able to hear everything that was discussed.
- Tony invited a toast from Keith
- Keith proposed a toast to Harold Sharp, wishing he will get better, and also to ROMAC.
- Tony Coote commented on the opening of the Metro extension from Tullawong to the City
Colin Sharpe welcomed guests, partners and guest John Dale. Colin indicated Harold Sharp is unable to attend for health reasons and that Neville had arranged a couple of TED talks.
Director’s Reports:
Community Service:
- Anne still requires volunteers for 29 August 24 for mowing.
- Also will organise another round of Friendship dinners
- Alex provided a financial report on the Spring Fair at Pennant Hills High School
- Andrew Little gave an update on storing the computers.
- 1 new member to attend next meeting
- Keith advised we have a facebook problem. Colin S has provided a possible cause for this problem.
- Keith thanked Andrew for inserting the link from the Trivia Night poster to our website.
- He also stated that Robyn Hain has been accepted by Weebly as an editor of our website.
- Colin advised we should all be thinking about booking our tables for Trivia Night.
Member’s Talk
Lisa, our new exchange student gave a talk on Metz, where she comes from in France and suggested noted sites and foods that support the city's fame.
Guest Speaker:
- A short TED talk comparing the carbon costs of electric and internal combustion vehicles was presented.
Note: My internet has been playing up all day and evening. It kept dropping in and out of the meeting and so I wasn’t able to hear everything that was discussed.
