The Swan Rotary Grapevine

About us

Swan Rotary meets on Mondays at 7th Avenue Bar & Restaurant, 75 Helena Street, Midland.
Please be there by 6:15PM, the meeting starts at 6:45PM.

Club President                              Allan Ramsay           

Club Secretary                              Maureen Houlihan

General Enquiries                         info@swanrotary.org.au

Future Club Nights

 
Monday, 26 May     - Michelle Toye - Angkor Project
Monday, 2 June      - Public Holiday - No Meeting
Monday, 9 June      - John and Kathy Brown - 'Who am I?'
 

Swan Rotary Meeting - 12 May 2025,

7th Avenue Bar and Restaurant 

 
Sergeant Graham opened the meeting with a moment of quite reflection, thinking of the Selwood Family and their recent loss, and a toast to Australia. 
 
 
President Allan welcomed Swan Rotary members, and guests John and Kathy Brown. 
 
Apologies;              Rachel, Cheriley, Aubrey, Manny and Angela
 
Secretary Report - Maureen 
Nothing to report.  
 
Treasurer Report - Betty 
Nothing to report. 
 
Tonight's topic will be Projects and Budget, as we get close to finalising ahead of the new Rotary Year. 
 
Hay Bale Supply - David Uhe
 
In a recent meeting it was proposed that we donate funds to the 2025 South Australian Drought Relief Project, which would be supplying Hay Bales which are needed to feed starving livestock in SA. Happy to report that the funds have been transferred for this project.
Also, at a recent Swan Valley Inner Wheel meeting there was interest in this project, generated from the bulletin a few weeks ago, David was able to provide some more information to the club, who were also interested in supporting this cause.
 
Markets - Bill
Markets are on this weekend! Sunday, 25 May - it is the first of the winter markets, and will run from 9 am to 1:30 pm. 
We are all good for Marshalls, but may require assistance on the BBQ.
Fellowship Weekend - David Uhe 
The destination will be Beverly, Running from the 6 to 9 November. it is about an hour and 20 mins away. David will send out some more information in the week.
 
Projects - Fred
 
 
Bassendean Markets
Even if you aren't working, please pop down, check it out and say 'hello'! 
 
 
Fundraising Research
Thanks to John for his initiative, he has printed out some ways that other Rotary clubs raise funds and offer fellowship to their community. An idea that stemmed from this research was, instead of a gold tournament, perhaps we could look at running a mini-gold tournament. We will discuss this further at an upcoming meeting. 
 
Community Garden - 
Slabs - We are on the look out for a few larger style paving blocks or slabs, so that we can pave a pathway at our community garden site, and not have to walk through the sand as much. 
The garden is coming along nicely, with the seeds that have been planted recently sprouting, the peas and carrots are also looking healthy. 
 
Liebherr - Betty
10 Lunches done to date, it is a a huge money raiser, over $9,000.
There are a few people in the club to be inducted into working at the Liebherr BBQ, which will hopefully allow for some flexibility in the rostering. 
The board has agreed to continue for a further 3 months.
 
Budget - Fred 
Betty will be sending out the  draft budget for the upcoming rotary year, this week. Please review and make suggestions ASAP so that we can adjust. 
 
Allan - Jade Lewis  
Jade has put a request to the club for financial assistance with her upcoming trip to the World Congress on Justice with Children. The club has agreed to support her, donating $500 to help with travel costs.
 
 
Sergeants Session - Graham
 
Chase the Joker 
John selected Naru's ticket with about 40 Cards remaining, unfortunately it was the 10 of Heart.  
 
Happy fines only this week! 
Betty - continuing to do a fantastic job managing our Liebherr contract
Fred - Beautiful weathr on his trip to Donnybrook
Sue - Carlton
Footy Fines - the teams that won! 
Graham - Dad celebrated his 90th birthday
David U - Good to see you back 
Kathy & JOhn - Birth of a granddaughter
Maureen and Sue - Having a lovely chat while the president was trying to run the meeting
Bill - No name badge
Ian - Clare is very happy that Ian is looking after her.

Closure 

Graham thanked all those members who attended tonight, next week we will be Michelle Toye talking about the Angkor Project night - this is a partners night. 
The following week is a public holiday, so no meeting
 
Maureen closed the meeting with the Rotary Charge. 
If you want something submitted in the Newsletter, you can Email David at davidcharlescumming@gmail.com 
 

Containers for Change

Swan Rotary is registered for the Containers for Change Scheme. 
Our organisation ID is: C10379051.