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Calendar
Mon 7 July
Partners Night - Lily Betts to speak on her
Youth Exchange to Switzerland
Mon 14 July
Planning Meeting
Mon 21 July
Child Protection Procedures at High school
Mon 28 July
ANZ Exchange presentation with Leisl and
Joel
Mon 4 August
Partners Night - Induction of new members
- Ron & Judy Caine & Maree Knight
Mon 11 August
Steven Hadfield - Preparing for the Day
Mon 18 August
VTT - Michelle Webb & Lindsay
Mon 8 September
Partners Night - DG Visit
Sat 13-Sun 14 September
Weekend at Lightning Ridge
Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Coonabarabran Inc 30 June 2014
Notes from last Meeting
Welcome to our guests Jesse Doolan, Stephen Sanders, Mr James Mof-
fat, as well as Judy Caine and Sue Brookhouse, as always.
Aileen reported on the decisions of the Board meeting last week. Minutes
are on the website.
Request from Binnaway Central school for assistance with constructing a
sandpit for students. Moved John, sec Jo that we recommend to the
board that we support this request with $1,000.
Aileen recommended to members the magazine ‘Rotary on the Move’
which can be found on the club’s website www.clubrunner.ca/
coonabarabran/.
Webinar on Flexible & Innovative Clubs will be available on 26 August at
6pm and 27 August at 8am. If interested, let Aileen know, This can be
accessed individually at home, or a ‘group watching’ could be an idea.
RI semi annual report is due US$1335.00 - this year this will include
payment for RDU (Rotary Down Under).
Received from Baradine school - $60 for RYDA
Received from District - Receipt for $500 for RYLA.
Jesse Doolan, Mr James Moffat & Stephen Sanders,
reporting back after their MUNA experiences (Model
United Nations Assembly) in Inverell in May
Lightning Ridge Weekend - Information from PP Ian
12 months ago Coonabarabran Rotary Club decided to have a social weekend away and to invite our friends
to join us. We would like you and your friends to come.
The weekend is the 13th/14th September 2014. It will be at Lightning Ridge. The LR Rotary Club have
agreed to cater for our group at the Opal Caravan Park for dinner on the Saturday night. The OCP is a
new caravan park out near the Lightning Ridge bore baths.
On the Sunday Lightning Ridge has its market day and the LR Rotary Club will be cooking breakfast
there. The Ridge also has many tourist attractions including bus tours, walking tours, mine tours, opal
shops, and art gallery. I believe that nearer the time that we will be able to organise discounts for numbers
at some of the operators. Check out their website.
I hope to be able to get some locals to participate in the entertainment on Saturday night. Please bring your
bush yarn (‘true” of course).
At this time the Opal Caravan Park has 13 cabins available which will sleep about 40 people. $110 per
night per couple plus $15 per night /per additional adult where the cabin will sleep more than two. They
have agreed to hold them for two weeks (phone 0268294884). Please make your individual arrangements.
They also have tent sites and caravan sites. Let them know that you are with rotary.
Other accommodation is available at:
Wallangulla motel 0268290542
Lightning Ridge outback resort 0268290304
Chassin Opal holiday cabins 0268290448
Lightning Ridge Tourist park 0268290532
Crocodile caravan park 0268290437
Bluey Motel 0268290380
Black Opal motel 0268290518
Fossickers Cottages 0268290066
Black Opal holiday units 0268290222
Sonjas bed and breakfast 0268292010
Lorne station (5k’s out, 10,000 acres) 0268290253
Please let me know if you are coming for the purposes of catering. 0268422418
My wife and I hope to go out a day earlier, we hope
that you can join us for the weekend.
Kindest Regards Ian Klein
Bore baths above,
Opal Caravan Park below
Opal Caravan
Park cabins
Please Note that in order to fulfil the require-
ments of Fair Trading and the rules of incorpo-ration, we should have a full board. This in-cludes, according to our constitution, a Presi-dent Elect (to be President in 2015-16). Hence we are looking immediately for a nomination for this position. And while we are about it, why not a President Nominee ie for 2016-17?
K Barrington P R Cox P M Humphrey I McLean H Raadgever P C Welsh P
A Bell P R Dean G Jewiss A McWilliams P J Sawyer P J Wilkin P
I Bell P M Deep B Kelly P Morris P R Soussa L Wilkin P
P Brookhouse P B Guichelaar M Johnston P J Pearson P C Taylor D Winter
S Caine P D Hammond P I Klein S Perram M Unicomb P Young
Attendance 30 June: 16/30
Guest Speakers - Jesse Doolan, Stephen Sanders & James Moffat
Special guests at this week’s Rotary club meeting were Coonabarabran High school teacher James Moffat
and students Jesse Doolan and Stephen Sanders. James accompanied the two boys to Inverell in May to
participate in the Model United Nations Assembly, and Jesse and Stephen gave a report on their experi-
ences, accompanied by a presentation of photographs taken at the event.
Representing North Korea, the boys certainly made an impact on the Assembly, lauding at every opportunity
their ‘Great and Glorious leader Kim Jong Il’, and threatening everyone with nuclear action if their ideas were
not accepted! They certainly had a clear concept of North Korea’s world position, and the boys were re-
warded with the ‘Most Humorous Team’ award.
Also in attendance from Coonabarabran were Sarah Hincks and Jenna Cormie who, accompanied by
teacher Jenny Sullivan, represented the Ukraine. They went to a great deal of effort with their costume and
looked quite beautiful. In May, there was a lot of action in the Ukraine, so it was a perfect time in history for
the girls to be representing their political position in a world assembly. Unfortunately, Sarah and Jenna were
unable to attend our meeting.
The Model United Nations Assembly, known in Rotary by its acronym MUNA, is designed to give young peo-
ple an understanding of how the world organisation
works, an opportunity to research many of the cru-
cial issues of the time, and to speak persuasively,
taking the political position expected of their nation.
It is also a great opportunity to meet with students
from across the district, and to share a great deal of
fun as well. Our club thanks James and Jenny for
being prepared to transport the students to Inverell
and providing care and supervision over the week-
end.
Happy
Birthday
John!
The Weekly Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Coonabarabran Inc. Club No 17922 President: Aileen Bell Secretary: Lindsay Wilkin Treasurer: John Sawyer. Charter 13 May 1949
Enjoying the boys’ presentation