Club Assembly and Handover
Thu, Jun 28th 2018 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Formal meeting of Club when the former Club officers hand over to the new
Last week's meeting of the Rotary Club saw
retiring President Scott Elliot handing over the Chain of Office to Mairhi
Trickett. This was Scott's third term and the start of Mairhi's third term
as she was previously President of Orkney Rotary Club and more recently
Hawick. Scott thanked the members for the tremendous support he had
received and had no doubt Mairhi would receive the same. She made a short
acknowledgement and said how much she was looking forward to another term of
office.
The Club Assembly then took place when
committee convenors detailed their plans for the year coming. Foundation
under Gus Neilson would be supporting the End Polio Now Project and thanks to
the efforts of Rotary and their supporting friends polio is now restricted to
three countries Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. This year they would
also be supporting the Freedom from Fistula Foundation. International, Ron
Sutherland reported, would concentrate of the 500 Miles charity under Olivia
Giles to provide prosthetic limbs in Africa and also finance the micro-finance
scheme in Third-World countries. All the usual local charities would
receive Rotary support through arranging quiz nights, sheets and a film
night. President Mairhi thanked the convenors for their work and reports
and said they were looking forward to another successful year.