Guest speaker:
Our guest speaker this evening showed the possibilities of technology - when it works well on the night!
Special thanks to Megan Jones.
Meg recorded her presentation as the time difference of 15 hours, made the "live" presentation difficult
- Megan was born in 1991 to Lynne and Wayne Jones, both Rotarians in Portland; a participant of RYLA, Meg completed her secondary education at Ballarat and Clarendon college before moving to Melbourne Monash Uni to study Arts/Law. In 2017 Meg moved to Japan under a JET program, teaching English to the Japanese in preparation for an Olympics event, and spent two years to 2019, meeting partner Alex undertaking the same program, from Canada.
- In 2019 Meg moved to Halifax Nova Scotia, where she has lived since, and admitted to the Supreme Court of Victoria as an Australian Lawyer in May 2021.
- Living in Halifax on the east coast of Canada, a city of half a million people. A famous landmark is the Star shaped citadel in the city, a building left over from when the France and England fought over the region.
- Halifax is home to one of the largest man made explosions before the atomic bomb - "the Halifax explosion" on Dec 6th 1917 when an ammunition ship and another collided, blinding sightseers with glass.
- Halifax is the closest port where Titanic sank, with many grave sites from the event in the local cemetery.
- Known for its lobster and light houses
Meg works, in what she describes as being absolutely thrilled with a dream job, as a regulatory analyst with the Nova Scotia government. Completing business impact assessments to assess new government changes, and calculating the cost and impact of change on private business and assessing this against a charter of alignment and a government burden reduction target. Meg gets to see all the new planned proposals before the government and the variety is great.
Members addressing the club:
Community Service activities:
Australia Day breakfast between the library and Civic hall to cook and serve bacon and egg muffins - 6:30am set up and serving to community by 7:30am.
- There is a tidy up of the van on Wednesday 25th after lunch at Yarraman park with goods being collected late afternoon in preparation
Sandwich program - will start again with a session next Tuesday 31st January at the Portland soccor club commencing at 1pm. More hands make light work and this will get the schools up and rearing to go! Contact Peter Taylor on 0419 232 141 - need up to 8 volunteers.
Victorian Junior Motor Cross championships being held in Heywood 18th and 19th February. Need marshallers on corners from 8am to 3pm.'Even one extra person would be helpful' (Michael Golby)
- We are booked to support the "Show and shine" event on 18th February but if anyone is available at all on Sunday, please advise Eldo.
Brian Murphy is looking for golfing volunteers to continue the important work initiated by PP Kym Stock , in the removal of sweet pittosporum weed program at the Portland golf club. The work most likely to take place on Monday mornings at the gold club. Please contact Murph if you would like to be involved.
Take a photo-
When there are spare hands - can someone remember to take some photos of the event involving the Rotarians and community? It is great to capture this to add this to the bulletin and record on our website.
Please note- Our Australia Day breakfast on Thursday 26th January 2023 is a club event and as such there will be no meeting on Monday 30th January.
