Phillip McMillian

Hi everyone, this being my first President’s Report it’s appropriate to reflect on the changeover last night and then outline some visions (and plans) for the coming Rotary year: What a pleasing night for our changeover. A BIG thank you to DG Bill Degnan and wife Judy and AG Colin Byron for coming to our club and helping the night become a real success. Thank you to Phillip and 2021 – 2022 Board and Members for your confidence in me and ongoing support.  Thank you Phillip also for your work especially through the extremely challenging COVID period and beyond for always bringing new ideas and dedication to the role of Rotarian and the various portfolios held by you over the years and well done on the Paul Harris Fellowship.  From my perspective, it is a privilege to be inducted as the President of this Club – Represented by an amazing group of people and their partners. MY GOALS: My goals for this year are summarised below. Interestingly they have some similarity to those I set in my first stint as President back in 2009-2010.  That was also on 22 June exactly 13 years ago! Thirteen (13) is one of my favourite numbers so that is a good sign. Play a big part in Community Service in our local and wider community.  This is the very purpose of our existence as a Community Service Club and so it is my principal focus for this year. Place a very high focus on new members and increase membership by at least 3 and reduce average age of the club membership – otherwise Goal No 1 is very difficult to achieve. Maintain key projects and funding streams Increase public awareness of RCNW & Rotary Increase fellowship activities and place a greater focus on these Continue Reading

Wow, this lockdown has been really hard and just when we started to get going on our new format and new projects we were all shut down. But thanks to vaccinations were should be able to open again, have real meetings, start new projects, have dinner with our friends and get back to living as life. See you soon.    Soon!!!!!

Its good to finally get back to a Rotary Project, This one has been an ongoing project for us for many years, The Harkaway Cemetray is a big part of our heritage and is the third oldest cemetery in Victoria, where many of the early settlers to the area are buried.  We clean up around the graves to help keep them in order, Agapanthus is a problem but us and the trust are getting on top of things. If you want to get back into the community send us a message. 

Welcome to a new Rotary year at Rotary Narre Warren with Bruce Armstrong as our Present this year and “Rotary Opens Opportunities” as our theme. We thank outgoing President Keith Roberts for his service last year. With COVID restrictions still in place and expected to be in place for some time we are having weekly meetings via Zoom and hope to have some physical dinner meetings and some small group meetings in place as we move forward. We are still here and still doing all the great things that Rotary does, so please contact us if you are interested in seeing what Rotary is all about.

Applications are now open for the National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) 2021 Year 12 program Year 11 students interested in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) are now invited to apply for the upcoming Year 12 Program. Students must apply through the NYSF website www.nysf.edu.au by 14th Jun. In 2021 the program will run at the following locations and dates: Session A; Mon 4th – Wed 13th Jan 2021; ANU Canberra Session B; Mon 11th – Wed  20th Jan 2021; University of Queensland, Brisbane Session C; Mon 18th – Wed 27th Jan 2021; ANU Canberra  The Rotary Club of Narre Warren will support families with 50% of the fee if you are selected as a successful student by the club. For more information, please contact the Generation Director of the Rotary Club of Narre Warren, Dr Mohamad Hassan Amin, known as “Mamad” via email: doctoramin@gmail.com  

Due to the COVID 19 social distancing restrictions Rotary Club of Narre Warren are holding weekly online meetings each Wednesday night. This is working well and a good opportunity for a social get together, chat and discussion each week. 

City Of Casey  We are very pleased to announce that the City of Casey is locked in as our proud sponsor for our Annual Golf Day for the next 3 years. City of Casey will join Hallam Trucks and R& C Asphalt as major sponsors for this business networking and fundraising event which will be held this year at Berwick Montuna Golf Club on Friday  November 22nd 2019.  Visit the golf day page on this site and email us to make a booking for this event.  https://www.rotarynarrewarren.org.au/golfday/

After a few years at different locations we are really pleased to be back at the Fountain Gate Hotel for our regular meetings. The room allows us to more professionally manage guest speakers and larger groups when members from other Rotary Clubs join us for a joint meeting. Come join us for a meeting and dinner !!!

For our first meeting back at the Fountain Gate Hotel and our first meeting for the new Rotary Year President Keith had the pleasure of inducting two new members into Rotary Narre Warren