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Rotary International President: M.A.T. Caparas
District Governor: Bill Mann President: Neil Macleod Theme: Rotary Brings Hope Rotary Board Members 1986/87 President Neil Macleod International Services Club Service President's Report 1986-87 To say, "Thank you" is about all that is needed to complete a most rewarding and enjoyable year in Rotary. As can be seen by the individual directors' reports, the members of Loganholme Rotary have achieved much this year and have taken steps to help bring hope to many other people. Unfortunately our international service director had to seek leave of absence and resign from the directorship about mid-year, but Peter Schell took on the job in fine Rotary style and as can be seen by his report Loganholme Rotary hosted international guests from many corners of the world while also sending ambassadors from our club. We can only hope that we have in some small way contributed towards world peace and understanding. At the commencement of my year as president it was my plan to establish a regular source of income for our club so that incoming presidents and boards could plan ahead for their year. Director Gil has brought this to reality with his willing band of workers by constructing more bus shelters while at the same time other community projects were undertaken such as the donation of a glucometer to a young boy in Woodridge with the follow-up work being done by Stan Bennett. Vocational service under the capable direction of Past President Dave and with the assistance of Vice President Leo has truly seen the involvement of members' vocations in the Rotary programme this year. An Interact Club has been chartered at Shailer Park High School and while attendances appear to show a temporary negative result in this area, we should remember that, although it would have been much easier to have established a club at another school, when we finally get a positive result, we will have given the young people there something they would have otherwise missed. With Leo's attitude as it is, I am certain we will eventually succeed. As we all know, healthy Rotary Clubs operate on a firm base of fellowship and with the support of our Rotaryannes and Director Darryl gave us a busy programme this year with much fellowship, many ladies' functions and much family involvement while a splendid arrangement of guest speakers was provided by Stan and some humour by Sergeant Marek. At the same time Treasurer Barry, Registrar Randal and Secretary Ian have kept their fingers on the buttons to see that all the formalities were attended to. At the beginning of the Rotary year I issued a challenge to members to, "Go forth and multiply" or, "Share Rotary with a friend" and this has had limited success. We have seen many new members join the club. However, because of the economic climate, we have said, "Good-bye" to about as many members, I am sure all will agree that the reputation we have of being the "Friendly Club" is quite something to be proud of. I would like to thank my board, each and every member of our club, our Rotaryannes and District Governor Bill for their support and participation through the year. My special thanks must go, of course to Robin for her help and understanding. It will be with pleasure that I shall shortly hand over to President-elect Ian and his board and I wish them well and offer my support during the year ahead. Neil Macleod
International Service Report 1986-87 During the month of January, 1987 I was asked to take over from Peter Chinnery, who due to work commitments had to resign from the board. I accepted the position of international service director for the remainder of the Rotary year. Craig Munns, our outbound exchange student returned from Sweden. He was still very excited when he showed us an impressive number of slides. Our inbound student, Haruko Ishikawa from Japan went home. She was a most pleasant and well spoken young lady who made a big impression with all of us. In mid-August we expect our new inbound student, Pernilla Wall all the way from beautiful Sweden and we are awaiting further confirmation of her arrival. During April we interviewed four applicants for our 1987 Youth Exchange Programme and our final nominee is Anne McCarthy who is an intelligent delightful young lady with the qualifications we like to see in an exchange student. Anne has attended her first district interview and on her first night with our club she showed her capabilities as a pleasant and humorous speaker. Our 1986 outbound student, Tamar Schell left early January, 1987 for Tokyo, Japan, where she started at the Japanese Language Institute to improve her Japanese. She graduated recently with A+ marks. Tamar is now with her second home-stay family and according to the progress reports she is having a fantastic time. April was a busy month with the visit of a Group Study Exchange Team from District 502, which is centred around the north-west of USA and the south-west of Canada. They were a great bunch of fellows, keen to meet everyone and ready for a heavy scheduled six weeks. I would like to thank President Neil Macleod, Darryl Hood, and Stan Bennett for accommodating our guests for their short stay with us. Our last but not least important exercise is the interviewing of applicants for a Rotary Foundation Scholarship. So fare we have received three applications and we hope to come to our final decision after we have interviewed these candidates on 11th June, 1987. I wish the new board a most successful year.
Peter Schell Club Service Report 1986-87 A great and fruitful term of office in the field of club service was had with the wide variety of members' activities organised during the Rotary year with excellent participation. The guest speakers arranged by Stan during the year produced a range of interesting and educational speeches ranging from District Governor Bill Mann, incoming exchange student Haruko, outgoing students Craig Munns and Tamar Schell, the district governor's representative, District 502 Group Student Exchange Team, local politicians, government authorities, community groups and private individuals. Our thanks this year for the production of our bulletin goes to Chris Monahan, Noel Ambler and Ray Carter. This year members' attendances were published in the bulletin to put an emphasis on good attendance figures and this produced an excellent result with Loganholme actually making No. 1. The total membership did not reach our target level set at the start of the Rotary year, but our membership development produced a club of participating members nearly eliminating the knife and fork membership. Activities engaged in during the Rotary year can be summarized as follows: Meetings held 44 This year produced some enjoyable exchange of Rotary fellowship both on a local and international level, as we saw visiting Rotarians and friends from all parts of the world, which is one of the most rewarding aspects of Rotary. In the following year we can look forward to a change in location for our regular meetings to a larger and more private room in the Loganholme Tavern and to a better liaison with the management of the tavern. I now take this opportunity of wishing the incoming board a very rewarding year. Darryl Hood Community Service Report 1986-87 In 1986/87 the main thrust of our activities was the planning, constructions and erection of bus shelters in our area. The aim of the project was to give the local community a much needed service and to ensure the club's Community Service Service Account had a regular source of income from the sale of advertising space on the shelters. Permission has been sought from Logan City Council for additional sites so that more shelters may be erected in the future, thereby expanding our financial base. Other funds raised this year included those from the two "wheelbarrow" raffles conducted in September, 1986 and at Christmas time. One of the aims of Community Service this year was to seek out and help needy families in our area in whatever way we could. Several avenues were pursued with the most rewarding being the presentation of a glucometer to a young diabetic boy, Troy Brand of Kingston. For the Brand family, it was a case of "ROTARY BRINGS HOPE". The year also saw us involved in the Salvation Army Red Shield appeals (July, 1986 and June, 1987) and in the Blue Nurses appeal (August, 1986) by way of providing cars, drivers and collectors. A fun day was had by all who participated in the observation drive conducted in conjunction with the Shailer Park Scout Venturer Unit on 31 May. The day also provided some necessary funds for the newly formed Venturer unit. Finally, my thanks to my committee and to those members who helped in community service activities with assistance in welding, driving, painting, collecting, selling tickets, concreting, donations for raffles, digging, participation in the observation drive, selling advertising etc. Particular thanks to Ray for the use of his factory for the construction of the shelter frames and to Stan for follow-up action with young Troy Brand. Gil Lunn Rotaryannes' Report 1986-87 To the Annes of the Rotary Club of Loganholme go my thanks for the friendship and support they have shown me. Due to many business commitments demanding my full attention the year seems to have come to a close very quickly. Unfortunately we were unable to pursue some of our ideas discussed at our first get together. However, we did organise our World Vision sponsor child, Kare Martins from Brazil. Also, through the Salvation Army at Logan City we helped make two underprivileged families enjoy a much happier Christmas by donating each a huge food hamper and toys for their young children. The ladies' meetings we had were very enjoyable, especially our last evening. My thanks go to the Annes who made their homes available for these nights. Robin Macleod Vocational Service Report 1986-87 Vocational service is the obligation of each holder of a classification in Rotary to share the ideal of service in all the relationships of his business or profession with others who are not Rotarians. This should occur in employer-employee relationships, through the practice of "The 4-Way Test", through the sharing of occupational information, and in trade and professional relationships. Early in the year a weekly job spot programme was initiated to keep members informed of changing developments in the various career vocations. One of the committee'' objectives was to pursue an overseas vocational club visit. After much in-depth study and many alternate proposals the trip finally came to fruition through a vocational ladies' night river cruise on the Brisbane River which was enjoyed by all. As a special project the committee took up the challenge of sponsoring the formation of an Interact Club at Shailer Park High School. The Interact Club was chartered in December, 1986 with a membership of twenty-one. The club has since experienced difficulties in establishing a stable board of directors. However, with perseverance the club has potential to function. My sincere appreciation is expressed to Past President Leo for his service as Interact chairman and for his attendance at Interact meetings, and also to President Neil, Secretary Ian, Bill and Peter for their support in establishing the club. In April a combined vocational visit and ladies' night was had to Neville and Lorraine Archer's doll factory. The night was made more enjoyable by combing with a welcome to the Group Study Exchange Team. Special appreciation is expressed to Randal for organising a most enjoyable and interesting night. Dave Roseby |
