Weekly Meeting 21 July 2014

Twenty Three members attended the monthly business meeting held in the restaurant of our new president, Ian Dunkerley, where PP David Hannent reported upon the presentation of certificates to the primary school children that completed the annual cycle ride in June. Deal Town Mayor Cllr Deryck Murray was pleased to carry out this task on the club's behalf which was preceded by a showing of the video filmed during the ride at Fowlmead.

The schools taking part will receive a CDROM with the video plus photographs of children on the ride plus those receiving certificates. Any parents wanting one can either ask the school to copy the disc or contact the person named at the bottom of this page who would be happy to send one free of charge. The video can be viewed on the home page of this web site.

These are the grandchildren of PP John Utting who could look a bit happier about receiving an award!

PP John Utting showed the newly purchased defibrillator that he has purchased from the money collected for his charity fund.

The Zoll AED defibrillator

The picture shows John handing over the machine to president Ian Dunkerley in whose restaurant it will be housed and available 24/7. Ian is highlighting the signs that have been erected showing the public of its whereabouts.

The club will now undertake extensive publicity to make the public aware of its existence. Please take a few moments to view the video below that demonstrates the method of use of the machine which actually talks the user through the process. This is the actual machine that we have.

There is a full DVD in Dunkerley's Restaurant and others in the possession of John Utting and from the link below if anyone wants to borrow it to acquaint them with the machine.

PP Pat Heath gave a final appeal for tombola prizes for the hospital fete stating that we now have 100 of the 250 necessary; next week being the last chance for them being collected. One suggestion is that a trip to the drinks section of the local off licence or supermarket could result in the purchase of 24 cans of beer/cider. Bottles seem to go down well on the tombola stall and there should be quite a few that have been donated from the club's weekly wine draw, which this week was won by PP David Hannent.

The tombola stall from the 2013 hospital fete.

The Club Council made a unanimous decision to award honorary membership to PP Lew Harris who now finds himself in a position of not being able to attend weekly meetings as often as he would like. Lew joined Rotary in 1986 and has given excellent service throughout his twenty eight years as a Rotarian.

PP Mike Baxter reminded members of the Bat and Trap competition between our club and the RC of Sandwich that will take place at Baypoint (the former Pfizer Social Club) on Thursday 14th August. There are still places available for those wishing to take part.

Subsequent to a decision of the Club Council, a new banner is being purchased. This will be 2 metres wide by one meter deep in PVC and should be a more convenient size for most of the publicity orientated times we wish to use it.

On the 23rd August the annual Picnic on the [Walmer] Green will take place and the club has booked a place. Hopefully this will become a recruiting drive.

Rtn David Harding was scheduled to give a brief talk about the working of the local Magazine for the Blind but time was against him this week so it has been carried over to next week.

There was no 200 Clubs again, the club secretary being on holiday.

In two week's time, 4th August, the new District Governor, Martin Williams will be attending, therefore a good attendance would be excellent.