NORMAL MORNING MEETING THIS WEEK
Meeting This Week - we are at Cilantro 7am for 7.10am start
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The meeting will also be available on Zoom - details here
Edition 260
Monday, 27th April 2026
Last Wednesday we had a second installment about the Boyd family, these were an eminent family of artists in SE suburbs of Melbourne at the turn of the Twentieth Century. The presentation was by Colin Smith, who gave the first presentation in October last year. This time Colin mostly spoke about the parents and Penleigh Boyd, as well as covering the Boyd’s during the First World War during their time in the army in France.
On Wednesday afternoon I attended the memorial service for John Mason. There were many, many people present, so many that the church could not accommodate all who attended and an overflow room was set up, as well people could view the service on-line. The numbers of attendees was an indication of the esteem to which John was held by members of the various organisations in which he was involved. Amongst the attendees were many past members of the club, partners and members of the the wider Rotary family.
The service covered John’s life, as told by family and friends. I knew John as a Rotarian, but he was much more than that, a sailor of small craft, from the time when he was small. John was heavily involved in education, the building industry and the church where the service was held, not just as a member, but as an active participant. It was very evident from all who spoke that John contributed much more to the community than he took out. Story HERE.
During this Rotary year it had been a wish of our club to present John with another Paul Harris Fellow (PHF), however his declining health made meeting attendance pretty much impossible. This was was addressed at the service by a posthumous award bestowed by PDG Ian Ballantine on behalf of the club and Rotary International.
This week our speaker is Rotarian Murray Wilson who is a Victorian Bail Justice. Murray is a member of the Rotary Club of Rowville-Lysterfield and is currently District Governor Nominee for District 9815, that is he will be our District Governor for the year 2027-28. Murray will be talking about the new bail laws.
Club President, 2025-26,
Grant Perry
BOARD MINUTES
A reminder to members that Board Minutes are available for viewing from the Club's website. Note that you must be logged in as a Member in order to gain access.
Access to all documents including Board Minutes can gained here.
The last published Board Minutes were the meeting of Tuesday 10th March 2026 - HERE.
Ian Ballantine
Roster for the next 2 weeks
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