PRESIDENT Anne Forster welcomed guests Alan and Nicole Falconer and Tom Gunn from the Rotary Club of Buckie to the recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Oldmeldrum.
She announced that District 1010 had embraced "Social Networking" and now had a presence on Facebook. It was mentioned that in response to the Italian earthquake Rotary had sent 200 shelterboxes to the affected area.
Anne then proceeded to commen
t that the Haddo Egg Hunt had been a fantastic day, both weather wise and with the number of people who attended. Willie Sinclair, the lead person for Haddo, echoed her sentiments and thanked all those Rotarians who assisted with the event, especially the hard-pressed car marshals.
Martin Belshaw commented that there had been a record seven egg rolling competitions down the Deer Hill, which indicated how many people had actively participated in the events.
David McLelland informed members that sadly the Gavel team had lost their quarter final match against Dyce, but reminded members that as Oldmeldrum were last years winning team, the Club would host the finals.
Norman Brammer reminded members that it was only six weeks to the Ythan Cycle Run and wanted members to encourage as many friends and family to participate as possible. He advised members to go to www.ythancyclerun.co.uk where they could see details and download registration and sponsorship forms. He was pleased to announce that Robin falconer had agreed to provide sponsorship.
Anne then introduced fellow member Ray Walker who congratulated the Club on its excellent media coverage, but asked members to consider the PR of the Club within the community.
She showed how, on her travels around the world, Rotary Clubs promoted the Rotary Wheel as well as the name of their Club by advertising their projects.
In Sydney, the Bondi Junction Club had sponsored a jet-ski for life saving, the Lisbon North Club had displayed a model of the Belem Tower, In American Samoa the Pago Pago Club had renovated a tennis club for their community and in the Virgin Islands all the street signs were sponsored by a joint venture of Rotary Clubs there.
Ray suggested that members considered ideas to advertise the projects supported by the Oldmeldrum Club and an interesting discussion ensued.
Nicola Harvey thanked Ray for her thought-provoking presentation and hoped that the ideas expressed would lead to the Club being seen around the town.
