Rotary Club of Salisbury 4th November 2025 (Nov. 04, 2025)

Message from Secretary Myles

CREATE HOPE IN THE WORLD

At a meeting of the Club Board of the Rotary Club of Salisbury Inc on Wednesday 1 May 2024 that Club Board resolved to approve stress leave for President Ali Burton (PHF) effective immediately until further notice.

IPP T Warren (PHF) will be Acting President.

We think of Ali at this time and give her our support.

We acknowledge her service, commitment and leadership to our Club and to Rotary in the past year.

We hope she will be back soon.

The Board further decided that Warren Craze will remain as Club Treasurer in the interim without a temporary treasurer.

If you need to contact the Club President please send your correspondence to go to SalisburyRotaryQLD@Gmail.com

Myles

Allison Burton

President

Rotary Club of Salisbury

Next Meeting: Tuesday 14 May 2024

6:30pm

Social Night: Cancelled (very disappointing)

Location:

Duty Officers

Chair: N/A

Sergeant: N/A

Fellowship: N/A

Door: N/A

Three Minute Person: N/A

Friends of Rotary, non-members & Partners are welcome to attend.

If you cannot fulfil a designated duty officer role please make arrangements for another member to take over your role.

Please contact Myles confirming your attendance by Monday 9:00am.

All partners and friends of Rotary are invited to join our meeting on the first Tuesday of each month.

Only payment via EFT or bank transfer is accepted.

Meeting Last Week: Zoom Meeting - joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Archerfield

Myles welcomed Eric, President Elect of the Rotary Club of Archerfield whom he met at President Elect Training. Myles said the highlight of the training was the group sessions and meeting Eric and Arch, President Elect of the Rotary Club of Carindale. Eric said it was a great learning opportunity. His club has 18 members and Eric has only been in Rotary for 2 years. The Cluster has set up a What's Up Group and will work and help each other and plan combined events.

Warren advised that with the $2,000 Federal Government Volunteers Grant we will be able to purchase a new laptop and licence.

Our Club News

Members of the Rotary Club of Sunnybank helped our members cook at the St David's Autumn Fest on Saturday 11 May. It turned out to be a beautiful day.

Myles with members of the Rotary Club of Sunnybank with Ron cooking in the background.

Members of the Rotary Club of Sunnybank with Ron still cooking in the background.

Rotary International

Rotary projects around the globe

Mexico

A community kitchen built by the Rotary Club of Nuevo Santander at a local school is ensuring hundreds of children have meals in low-income neighborhoods of Nuevo Laredo, a city on the U.S. border. “Most of the houses in this area do not have running water or electricity,” says Club President Jorge Tello. The club launched the $150,000 project in 2018, and the kitchen at the Comedor Santa María school began operating in August 2020; meals were first served to-go due to the COVID-19 pandemic before the dining room opened in May 2021. “Operation costs for providing breakfast and lunch for 230 children every day is $9,300 a month,” Tello says. The funds are donated by businesses and individuals. Club members supervise the operation, and Rotarians are providing solar panels to the facility.

Community Kitchen

Rotary International District 9620

Youth Service Month

May is designated as Rotary’s Youth Service month and gives us an opportunity to take a look at what we are doing in this area of service. We all recognise that today’s youth are tomorrow’s future, and we believe in developing our next generation of leaders as a contribution to our future. We have a myriad of programs that help younger leaders build leadership skills, expand education, and learn the value of service. May provides an opportunity for our incoming club Youth Directors to review their club’s plans to be involved in this important area of service.

DG News, April 2024.

Up-Coming Events

Date	Event
Tuesday 21 May 2024	Club Meeting
Tuesday 28 May 2024	Joint meeting with Rotary Club of Sunnybank at Runcorn Tavern, 124 Gowan Rd, Sunnybank Hills.
Tuesday 4 June 2024	Club Meeting: Strategic Development
Tuesday 11 June 2024	Club Meeting
Tuesday 18 June 2024	Club Meeting: Hygiene packs
Tuesday 25 June 2024	Club Meeting
Tuesday 2 July 2024	Changeover

Upcoming Meeting Duty Roster

	14 May	21 May	28 May	4 June
Chair	N/A	Aafje Staal	N/A	Darren Ball
Sergeant	N/A	Paul Straka	N/A	Col Acton
Fellowship	N/A	Lynne Smith	N/A	Johnno Chen
Door	N/A	Allan James	N/A	Alan Charles
Door	N/A	Col Acton	N/A	Ron Hunt
Three Minute Person	N/A	Dudley Schmidtchen	N/A	Warren Craze

Past Events & Efforts

Thursday 6th July	Cleaning up Rotary Rotunda at QE2 Hospital
Wednesday 12th July	Chairing Sunnybank Red Cross AGM
Friday 28 July 2023	St David Neighbourhood Centre’s Monthly Men’s Lunch
Saturday 29 July 2023	Sausage Sizzle at Rocklea Bunnings

Duty Officers:

The Chairman speaks to the Guest Speaker prior to the start of the meeting to obtain introductory information. The Chairman must also check with the President for any special duties during the meeting.

Directors and Members are to advise the Chairman prior to the start of the meeting if they which to give a report or speak during the meeting.

The Fellowship Officer is to meet each Visitor individually and escort them to the Registration table and introduce them to the Duty Officers. The Fellowship Officer is to assist with the issue of the Visitor’s card and to introduce the visitor to the club members.

The Duty Officers are to set up the regalia, the speaker system and registration table well before the scheduled meeting start time. Dinner fees are collected, balanced and given to the Treasurer. The completed attendance sheet is given to the President who passes it onto the Attendance Officer.

At the close of the meeting Duty Officers are to store all regalia and speaker system away ensuring the battery is removed from the wireless microphone.

Apologies should be emailed to the Club Admin no later than Monday morning.

We acknowledge the First Nations people as the original inhabitants of Australia. We recognise, respect and celebrate the cultural distinctions of First Nations people and value their rich and positive contribution to not only Queensland but also to the broader Australian society.