The meeting was opened with all welcomed including Grace Barilla, guest of President Steve; Sara DiLauro , Exchange Student; and Keith Weiner, Friends of Rotary.
President Steve outlined the process for voting on the subject of a venue change. Some members have already cast their vote via Survey Monkey or email. A handful of members collected voting slips at the meeting.
PP Kim Potger reported his attendance at the recent Lego exposition at Oakbank. He thought it was an amazing display and urged the club to make an effort to attend next year. He suggested it had more to offer adults than children.
Guest speaker for the evening was to be PP Marie-Louise Lees with an address on the Rotary Foundation. Unfortunately she was called away to an urgent meeting at the District level and was unable to attend our meeting. Her talk will be scheduled for another time.
President Steve spoke to the club regarding the COVID 19 pandemic and displayed information regarding the outbreak in SA and the recommendations from all levels related to protection and contact avoidance. At this time it was not considered necessary to suspend our Rotary meetings but the situation was changing by the hour and the members will be kept informed of any developments.
The facts and figures presented suggest the situation will worsen with time and members were urged to pay heed to official information and continue to follow health recommendations.
Venue vote: the members elected to pursue a venue change with 34 votes cast and a clear majority of members voting to move to the Nixons venue.
President Steve passed on the following information for the members :
The Whyalla conference has been cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic
The Youth Exchange Rock and Reef tour may be cancelled – more information as it comes to us
Volunteers are not needed for the Relay for Life event (event cancelled)
Gawler and Barossa Jockey Club meetings coming up – will probably not need gatekeepers as they will be spectator free.
