Mantra, a Business Meeting, The District Seminar & Our Lecture!

About 24 of us descended on Mantra for dinner on the 5th Wednesday in August.  Unfortunately my camera batteries were flat so you will probably be relieved to know that you won't see yourselves all over again!

Instead a couple of ancient Rotary Cartoons that are still relevant!

Many thanks to Allan Beuthin for organising the whole thing.

This week is a Business Meeting so the second cartoon is particularly apt!  I am sure that the title "In the Club" is not intended as a double entendre!

District Seminar (Central) Saturday 17th September @ Leriba Lodge, Centurion


Mike Vink will obviously be collecting names for this and it is important that the Club is well represented.

The Club pays the fees for members to attend as we really want to encourage as many members as possible to go.  Here is the official invitation from PDG Shirley Downie:

 Good day everyone

On behalf of DG Anton Meerkotter, we extend an invitation for you and your fellow club members to attend the first of four Foundation, PR/Comms, New Generations and Membership Seminars which will be held on 17 September in Centurion at the Leriba Lodge - an exceptional venue and there is plenty of parking.

All Rotarians and Rotary Anns/Members of Inner Wheel can attend the seminar. However, it is advisable that Rotarians who chair your various club committee should attend. We also suggest that your incoming President, Secretary and Treasurer also attend.

Attached is the registration form and the map to the venue. (Mike has these.)

Please ensure that you fax the deposit slip to PP Peter Soester with all your club details and your contact name as it is often difficult for him to reconcile due to lack of information in respect of the payments.

In the instance of the Leriba Lodge, we need to pay upfront so please ensure that you pay the fee in advance. We would prefer not to have to collect cash on the day. We will however make the odd exception.

We look forward to hearing from you.

See you at Leriba Lodge. 

Best wishes

Shirley

Don't forget the Rotary Lecture on Wednesday!  

The Rotary Club of Johannesburg New Dawn Lecture in association with the University of the Witwatersrand Department of Sociology.

When: Wednesday 7th September

The Lecture will be on

"The role of Civil Society in a Constitutional Democracy - a Judge's view."

The Lecture will be delivered by Judge Zac Yacoob of the Constitutional Court of South Africa.

Wits University, Southwest Engineering Building, Ground Floor, Room 10.

Safe Parking at Yale Road, Wits

5:30pm for 6:00pm

Enter Wits Main Campus via the Yale Road entrance (off Empire Road). Drive up Yale Road and you will come to a robot. The venue is the old building with columns that is in to the left at these robots (South West Engineering building). You cannot drive directly in but you should have no trouble finding parking on the road. If by any chance there is no parking here, drive further up Yale Road and you will find a car park on your right, just outside the Origins centre.

New Generations programmes (September is New Generations Month)

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Learn about Rotary's programs for New Generations, and find out how your club can benefit from involving youth and young adults in Rotary.

Every year, thousands of talented and dedicated young people, ages 12-30, have an incredible experience in a New Generations program.

As Rotaractors and Interactors, they serve in communities at home and abroad. Through Rotary Youth Exchange, they explore new cultures. And as Rotary Youth Leadership Awards participants, they learn skills that will help them succeed as future community leaders.

New Generations is Rotary’s fifth Avenue of Service. Learn how your club can get involved in An Introduction to New Generations Service (735).