Sparkle 45 #37 8 April 2025 (Apr. 08, 2025)

**Workshop Feedback and Next Steps**

I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude to each of you for taking the time to attend our recent workshop. Your enthusiasm and engagement were truly inspiring, and I'm so grateful for the positive feedback and thoughtful contributions you all shared.

A huge thank you to our table marshals, who worked tirelessly to capture and record the many great ideas and insights that emerged during the workshop. Your support and dedication to the concept are greatly appreciated.

As a next step, we'll be asking each table marshal to type up their findings, which will provide us with a valuable record of the feedback and serve as a template for informing our future decisions.

I'm also thrilled that we've reached a consensus on some key takeaways, including our decision not to move away from the existing venue and focus on improving the current space. This is an exciting development, and I'm looking forward to sharing our feedback with the pub today.

Once again, thank you all for your participation, energy, and commitment. Your collective efforts have been instrumental in driving this process forward, and I'm honoured to be working alongside such a talented and dedicated group of individuals.

You all rock xx

When you have a choice to be right, or to be kind, choose to be kind.”

—Wayne W. Dyer

Agenda This Week

In order to confirm numbers for meetings at the pub, please ensure that you communicate the following to PP PHF Lorna:

notify if NOT attending by 12 noon on the MONDAY before the meeting
and notify if bringing guests or visitor
notify at any time about future absences and holidays.

Thank You!

Last Week's Meeting

Club Assembly with Survey Questions

Feedback to come.

Rotary @ Pave

Rotary In the News

Good job Shalini and Kelly!!

Don't forget to register for the Trivia fundraising night.

Other News

OMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children) is seeking passionate Rotary people of action to help transform the lives of children who need help to access life-saving medical care. Volunteering with ROMAC is an incredibly rewarding experience—you'll experience first hand the joy of seeing a child return home healthy and full of hope. Want to get involved? You can also volunteer at the Regional ROMAC-Committee level in fundraising, media, hospital liaison, patient care and more. For more information go to: https://romac.org.au/about-romac/team-positions-available/

To apply or learn more, contact Maggie Alexander at hr@romac.org.au

Read more in the latest ROMAC News!

ROMAC E-NEWS MARCH 2025

Kind regards,

Gavan McIntyre

District ROMAC Chair

President Elect Peter Brock provides Rotary insights on a monthly basis.

Full Details on all the articles below can be found at https://emeraldrotary.org.au/page/rotary-matters/

Club Notices

Major Event Diary Dates:

Save the date - Conference 2026 is in Hobart!!! March 13th - 15th 2026. Nautical Theme

Other Items of Interest:

The new Emerald Village Association Newsletter is out with an article, as usual penned by PP PHF Shalini Penny - click HERE t o view.

Trivia Night

May 03, 2025

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Vision Statement

Thriving and resilient local

and global communities

Mission Statement

Working together to create positive change

in the well-being of our community and beyond

Rotary Invocation

For good food, good fellowship and the opportunity for service through Rotary we give thanks

Rotary Toast

To Australia and the people of Australia (toast) To Rotary International (toast)

4 Way Test

Of the things we think say and do

Is it the truth?

Is it fair to all concerned?

Will it build goodwill and better friendships?

Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

CHOCLOTTO JACKPOT $272

Duty Roster April 15

Chairperson

Van Den Bergen, Vicki

Fellowship

Hargreaves, Gloria

Response

Marnock, Russell

Speaker Minder

Henderson, John

Furnishings

Wilson, Susi

Duty Roster April 22, 2025

Acting President

Brock, Peter

Chairperson

Ash, Ian

Speaker Minder

Griffin, Toni-Anne

Response

Shaw, John

Furnishings

Shaw, Lorna

Fellowship

Adams, Marcus

Duty Roster 06 May

Chairperson

Bajaj, Sangeeta

Response

Ash, Kristine

Guest Minder

McLeod, Christine

Fellowship

Cain, Carol

Furnishings

Wakefield, Ian

Member Birthdays

Ken Miller

April 1

Roy Bowyer

April 20

Rowan French

April 21

Spouse Birthdays

Rowan French

April 21

Anniversaries

Sangeeta Bajaj

Aneesh Bajaj

April 3

Greg Adams

Irene

April 4

Join Date

Toni-Anne Griffin

April 4, 2023

2 years

Hita Mistry

April 10, 2022

3 years

Community Notices

Events

We are regularly asked to share information on other Rotary Club or community group events. Rather than list all of them in Sparkle, please check out them out HERE