Guest Speaker Dominic Elfick
Spoke on effective public speaking.
Held every one spell bound for 18 minutes.
* Most people say that they would rather be dead than speak in public……
Dominic's response to this is ….. Would you rather be in the box or delivering the eulogy ?
Kerry Champness responded and thanked Dominic.
Our Guest last night was - Brian Hodgson AG .. wanted to sing but thought better of it.
Russell Marnock is organising a film night at Gemco in aid of End Trachoma .. 1st May.
Brian Hodgson AG - Wandin RC are holding a pre-release film night on 7th April - Info to come out shortly.
Well the 27th Annual All American Car Display is now behind us.
And, despite the seriously bad weather leading up to, and following the event - on the day it was dry.
However, that bad weather leading up to the event, and competition on the day from other car shows did impact on both the number of display cars and spectators that attended.
But despite that we made a healthy profit of $14,292 + $459 from the Fundraising Committee’s raffle.
That was up $2608 on last years figures.
The increase in profit is attributed to a couple of things:
- We increased the entry fee from $5 to $10/head – it had been $5 since 1993.
- Compared to the last couple of years, the infrastructure at the Toomuc Reserve venue allowed us to run the event without hiring:
- Traffic Control people – using the areas that we did, allowed us to manage the traffic our selves.
- Portable Toilets – The existing Reserve facilities meet our needs.
- Additional rubbish bins and skip. – again existing facilities met our needs.
Because of the problems that we had on the day with the Pakenham Football Club Market, the football club has undertaken, (if we return to Toomuc next year), to move their market to the week before our event.
A big thank you to the Committee
Peter Brock – initial chair of the committee & continuing Facebook facilitator.
Richard Gaunt – Committee chair after Peter moved to Singapore.
Russ Nielsen – adviser / assistant
Andrew McCallister – Operations
Roy Bowyer – Market Stall
Ian Wakefield – Manpower
And to our Event Partner – Pedders Suspension
And Event Sponsors – Gem Signs, Emcar Automotive, Shannons Insurance.
To Gayle, Emma and Tina for the fundraising committee raffle – and prize contributors Mitre 10 and D’angelo Estate.
And to all of the club members who gave of their time on the day.
The All American is the major contributor to the funds raised for the club’s Community, International, Youth and Vocational projects.
If you are interested in joining the committee to organise the 21st Feb 2021 All American, please talk to Catherine.
Images below of Rotarians at work!!
