Jane Lynch was inducted into the club during the morning having been introduced to the club by Rob MacDougall. Jane is proprietor of Giraffe Marketing in Ballarat. She was warmly welcomed into the club by President Kath.
President Kath gave a condensed version of her annual report followed by presenting her board with a thank you gift for their service during the year. All members were sincerely thanked for their work that led to a successful year of service to the local and world wide community.
Kath then introduced Jane Auchettl and installed her as president for the 2010-2011 Rotary year. Jane received her presidents badge and chain of office. Jane introduced her board and outlined her priorities for the coming year; including cooperation, fun, fellowship and an aim to achievement in each Rotary avenue of service.
Being relatively new to rotary, and with the support of past presidents and the club, the focus for Jane this year will be very much on working together as a team to serve the local and international community.
Growing up in Griffith NSW, Jane attended RYLA and joined the local Rotaract club. She trained as a teacher at Aquinas in Ballarat, left for a few years and returned in 1998 where she has since lived. Working for TAFE, disability services, CFA and now in the health sector Jane has a great understanding and commitment to a wide variety of sectors within the Ballarat community.
Wendouree Breakfast is one of many active service clubs in Ballarat. Three unique features of this very vibrant club are:
1. Its vibrant membership who enjoy service, fellowship and fun. A strong membership is made up of members who enjoy participating and is crucial to any club. This rotary year there is a special emphasis on youth and our club will be making an effort to increase it’s actively support of youth and related local services.
2. Involvement in international and Rotary foundation projects through polio plus and the shelterbox program. This year a couple of new opportunities to work with district on larger projects have already presented themselves.
3. High level of commitment to supporting the local community through projects fundraising and participating with other clubs for the benefit of all. These are all highlighted on the club website which has attracted new members and has become crucial to both internal and community communication.
The 2010-2011 Board who with the support of the club, will make all this happen:
Secretary and Past President - Kath Venters
Treasurer - Mark Bennett
President Elect - Kay Macauley
Director of Public Relations and Youth Services - Andrew Rowan
Director of Foundation and International - Jennifer Hudson
Director of Service Projects and Community Service - Trevor Lea
Director of Membership and Vocational Service - Ross Keating
Director of Fundraising and Fellowship - Vicki Fawcus
Supporting the Board are a variety of other roles including:
Trevor Ryan - Programs
Alan Murphy - Programs & Fines Master
Raymond Reeves Almoner
Jim Nugent - Public Officer
Michael Scarlett - Outgoing Youth Exchange Counsellor
Phillip Lee - Website Team Leader
Stephen Britton - Attendance officer
Jane thanked all for attending and closed the meeting.
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