PRESIDENT GARY PHILLIPS welcomed members and guest to Zoom meeting.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Election of office-bearers: Section 8 – "If the number of nominations received is equal to the number of vacancies to be filled, the persons nominated shall be deemed to be elected." As nominations did not exceed vacancies, office-bearers declared elected.
16th August meeting with Moira Shire CEO as guest speaker will have in attendance members from Nathalia and Cobram Rotary Clubs.
Open Garden Weekend planning progressing.
CHAIR: REX SHIELDS:
Spoke on Judy's journey through breast cancer, and now cancer free. Excellent medical care and treatment received.
During lockdown doing all those odd jobs.
GUEST SPEAKER: CARL WALTERS.
Carl Walters from Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority was guest speaker.
The Catchment Authority guides efforts to ensure land and water resources are protected and enhanced as well as improving the region’s social wellbeing, environmental quality and productive capacity in a sustainable manner.
The Broken Creek has had issues.
Catchment Authority responsible for delivery of irrigation water and quality of water in the Broken Creek water supply.
Broken Creek fed from channel system from Murray River with a flow rate of 400-500 ML/d daily.
Environmental water added from Goulburn and Murray Rivers. Water quality improving in Broken Creek with creek kept fresher with flows.
During winter reverts to natural state with low levels exposing mud flats, flows restored with irrigation.
Ongoing removal of barriers to fish passage. Mechanical clearing not allowed, by keeping water flow and quality improving, weeds kept under better control.
REPORTS
SECRETARY JENNIFER RODGER:
Mark McNamara has made contact with Newport Railway Museum re replacement of head-light on steam train.
Drought Relief Committee will meet via Zoom next week.
ATTENDANCE:
1 apology, 16/29 giving 55.17%
Ivan then gave us a history lesson on the SA and NSW border.
NEXT MEETING
DATE: MONDAY 2nd AUGUST 2021
VENUE: NUMURKAH GOLF & BOWLS CLUB
CHAIR: CHRIS HARDHAM
APOLOGIES:
Ivan Routley
Phone: 0428 646 228
TO END WITH A SMILE
In San Diego to work with military linguists, my colleague and I checked into a hotel and ordered a 5 a.m. wake-up call. The next morning, the phone didn’t ring until 5:30. “You were supposed to call us at 5 a.m.!” I admonished the desk clerk on the other end of the line. “What if I had to close a million-dollar contract this morning? Your oversight would have cost me the deal!” “Sir,” he said calmly, “if you had to close that type of deal, I doubt you’d be staying in this type of hotel.”
