Markets this Sunday 28 March
This Week’s meeting – 25 MARCH
This Thursday, our guest speaker Dr Andrew Elek will talk about what Australia needs to do to recover from the recession caused by Covid 19, drawing on ideas advanced by his friend Ross Garnaut.
It promises to be an interesting night so please invite partners and friends. If you haven’t already done so, please let Secretary Rod (naroomarotary@bigpond.com) know by Tuesday PM if you are attending and, if so, how many guests.
Andrew is ‘a largely retired economist’ who has worked extensively in development economics in South Asia and the South Pacific, and as a Senior Economist with the World Bank. During his time with the Australian Government, he played a central role in establishing the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 1989.
Since 1994, Andrew has been a self-employed economic policy researcher and part-time consultant to governments of the Asia Pacific region. He is also a member of the Boards of Muddy Puddles (which provides services to children with disabilities) and of Rotary Moruya, and a tutor at Batemans Bay U3A.
Out and About
Can you help at Easter Saturday Races?
As has reported previously in The Beacon, our combined Rotary Race Day has been moved from Christmas to Easter Saturday, 3 April. Coordinator David Ashford and President Ange ask if any Narooma Rotarians can please help collect money in the bucket as patrons arrive to park, say between 11am and 1.30pm. Please contact Ange if you can help.
Proceeds from the day (a six-race programme) will go to community projects for the three Clubs.
Our three Clubs celebrate Centenary
Narooma, Batemans Bay and Moruya Clubs will hold a special dinner to celebrate 100 years of Rotary in Australia and New Zealand on Saturday 22 May at Moruya Golf Club, 6 for a 6.30 start.
Organisers promise a fun night with music, dancing and speeches kept to a minimum. Music will be by the fabulous Stitch who won one of the major prizes at our last Busking Festival. Cost will be $35 head (two courses, no wine on the table). More details to come. Hopefully we will have a good showing from Narooma.
RYDA 2021 possibly in Bega
Batemans Bay Rotary has reluctantly decided not to run RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness) in Moruya for all Year 11 Eurobodalla students this year. However there is a Bega option. Our Club usually funds the bus for Narooma High students for RYDA.
Eurobodalla Coordinator Neil Simpson said the reasons for not running RYDA in Moruya include needing to conduct a COVID safe excursion while also increasing the exposure of our volunteers to COVID risks. He said some local high schools are also adopting a ‘minimise risk’ approach by cutting out all but essential school activities. While this may change in the coming few months , it will not be possible to get Year 11 students to attend RYDA later in the year because they will be preparing for their annual exams and starting Year 12 HSC studies.
Neil has spoken with Bega Rotary. They will extend their three day event to four days if there is interest from two or three Eurobodalla schools. Neil has informed all Eurobodalla schools that they can attend the Bega RYDA course at Frog’s Hollow Kart Track south of Bega on Friday 7 May, if they wish. At this stage it is not known if there is any interest.
Meanwhile Neil has already started planning for Eurobodalla’ RYDA in 2022 to be held early in April 2022 at Moruya Jockey Club.
On a lighter note
Don’t bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be too boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That’ll freak you right out.
NEXT WEEK: We meet on Zoom
ESC Sustainability Education Officer Gilly Kearney will talk about ‘Waste not; Want not’. That is, how can we be less wasteful and more mindful?
Gilly looks after waste education across the Eurobodalla Shire including home composting and worm farming, tips for recycling and how to avoid, reduce, reuse, upcycle and recycle rather that dispose. She has also helped set up Tak3 for the Sea at Narooma SLSC, the water refill stations and school waste warriors.