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The Rotary Club of Edinburgh
Bulletin 2206 - 24th March 2008
Last Meeting
Thur 17 AprilPresident Robin Wilson welcomed Emma Law from the Inner Wheel and quoted from a poem to mark the French Eurovision song entry being in English ! Non,non,non,non,non,non, I’m looking for a band today I see zee Chivers anyway Through my eyes oh,oh,oh I love zee Chivers anyway. [Shades of de Gaule !]
Secretary’s announcements.
Bill thanked John Havard for standing in for his absence at the RIBI week-end and announced we had 67 Members 2 visitors and 2 guests, a total of 73, a total of 61. Next week we would have a visit from a Barber Shop Choir with the Vote of Thanks by Forbes Ridland. There would be a visit to the Corstorphine Club on Tuesday 22 April at 6.15 in the Murrayfield Hotel. Contact Tim Simpson. District 1020 Council on 27 April at 2.00pm. at Lockerbie. Ask Bill for the many papers. The Kelvingrove Gallery Visit would be on Monday 28 April , meeting at 11.30am at the Gallery. Contact Keith Frost [Keith is away 20 to26 April].Senior Citizens Outings to Peebles.
Malcolm Shamks gave details and appealed for which drivers and escorts for on Tuesdays 13th and 20th May.- Contact Malcolm.RIBI Conference, Blackpool.
VP Sandra Watson spoke of the visit she and Bill Barr had made to the Annual Conference. It had been a well organised conference led by RIBI P Allan Jagger with 2000 delegates and an interesting programme of speakers and events on the theme “Ordinary Rotarians doing extraordinary things.” There had also been an emphasis on Youth with Rotary Young Citizen Awards made to young people aged 10 - 21. There were many ideas coming from Rotarians across Great Britain and Ireland and the fellowship and entertainment surpassed expectations. Sandra reminded our members that the next RIBI Conference would be in Edinburgh on 25th and 26th April 2009. Her experience of the event had been to reinforce that Rotary is indeed an organisation that makes a difference. President Robin thanked Sandra and asked that members support the 2009 Conference and show the flag for Edinburgh on that occasion.Fund-Raising Ceilidh.
President Robin made a further appeal for support of this fund-raising event being run by Fergus Gillies and Rajiv Naik. Tickets again next week at £32.50 and the fun starts at 7.15pm. Robin had heard from President Bars Smitt from Belgium that his party of 49 were enthusiastic about attending the event.Charity Lunch.
President Robin asked Emma Law to draw the Raffle and distributed no less than six prizes, with Eve Crowe winning the Hotel Week-end. Dick Allan won three prizes but gallantly settled for one. The Raffle raised £227.Visiting Rotarians.
Banners were exchanged with Gareth Dailey from California and Mrs Lesley Crawford who received the inevitable CD and Health Water. Robin also welcomed Visitor Bill Munro.Visit of Colombian Rotarians.
President Robin appealed for hospitality for our guests on the forthcoming exchange. Details from Bill Barr.Bangladesh Fund Raising Dinner.
This event would now take place on 27th June with tickets at £60 or £500 for a table of ten. There will be a further write up next week, but do note the date. Wali Uddin practised this one with his Britannia Spice Evening two years ago.Visiting Speaker, Emma Law,
The President of Inner Wheel was making the annual visit and Robin gave her an appropriate welcome. Emma Law’s other claims to fame are that she is a Curler extraordinaire and the wife of our member Hamish. Emma outlined her challenge to say something we did not already know and to be controversial. Inner Wheel exists in 100 countries and has three aims, International Understanding, Fellowship and Friendship and Personal Service. There are 28 Districts and 898 clubs in the Uk for the wives of Rotarians [and for daughters, mothers and sisters and so on]. Inner Wheel works to raise money for Blythswood Shoeboxes and to knit sweaters for Mongolia. Rural Clubs tend to be smaller and city clubs larger and from a wider geographical base. The Edinburgh Club meets monthly, with 71 members but there are sub-groups who meet in each other’s houses. Other groups exist for book reading, hill-walking, gourmet dining and mixed voice choirs. Emma drew attention to the yellows leaflets on the tables. She believed that Inner Wheel can make a difference and quoted the Dalai Lama’s story about midges. She wished to see more formal links with our Rotary Club in the future and trawled the idea of having male members one day. She believed there was a place for a ladies club for those who shared their partner’s enthusiasm for Rotary, bit did not want to be in the same club as their husbands. She challenged her and our successors to talk more about doing things together, as this can only enhance both clubs.Vote of Thanks.
Jeff Gibb then proposed a Vote of thanks, thanking Emma for her polished performance as a public speaker and as a Curler. We as Rotarians have offered support for their fund-raising work and at least at Curling matches we can say, but we have Emma! The members then showed their appreciation in the usual way. Robin then closed the meeting with a Toast to the Rotary Club of Edinburgh and the Edinburgh Inner Wheel.Blazer Button.
One was found on the floor of the Nairn Room, where we were having lunch. Contact Bill.Curling Club AGM .
On Friday 11th April Captain Alistair Beattie referred to all the fine curlers who had offered encouragement over the years to those who had taken up the sport after joining the Rotary Club of Edinburgh. There was no better example than Past- President Hamish Law who had served more than one period of office as Captain and, during his Captaincy, saved the Curling Club from disappearing after the closure of the rink at Gogar. Captain Alistair invited Hamish to accept Honorary Life Membership of the Curling Club in recognition of his considerable contribution over a long period of years.Edinburgh Ambassadorial Scholars invite Rotarians and families from District 1020 to a fundraising picnic and sponsored walk at Loch Katrine at 2.00pm on Saturday 3 May in aid of Rotary Projects at David Gordon Hospital in Livingstonia, Malawi RSVP numbers to [email address removed] [see notice]
Kirkcudbright Rotary Club Charter Dinner.
60th Anniversary Charter Dinner at 7.00 on 30 May 2008 at Threave Gardens . Cost £30. All Rotarians and partners welcome contact - President Ian McGibbon on [Phone number removed][see notice]4-Clubs Meeting in Lyon.
Details have come to hand of this meeting on 26-18 September. If anyone wishes to attend or have further information, then please contact Bill Cantley direct. Caroline Gilbert sends her good wishes via DG Euan Hatchwell of Aberdeen and reports she is doing very well in the North.