Attendance report: 28th Jan 82.93%
Door prize Winner: PP Brian Condon

UPCOMING EVENTS
Birthdays: - 6th February Lettie Allen
Anniversaries: -

Soroptimist International of Port Pirie invites members and partners to attend the Handover dinner for the Region President of Soroptimist International South Australia. Mrs Debbie Devlin will be the incoming President. Northern Festival Centre Ballroom on the 27th February. A 3 course meal including all drinks will be served at a cost of $60.00. Please RSVP to Esther Dangerfield on 86334544 or email by 9th February

1st March an Evening with Tom Henderson, founder of Shelter Box Monday, 1 March 2010, 6:30pm for 7:00pm. Central District Football Club Inc., Goodman Road, Elizabeth.
Cost: $40 per person, Includes 3 Course Meal with tea and coffee. Drinks available at bar. Bookings to - District Treasurer,
Theo Nitz, RC Elizabeth,14 Pacific Blvd, Hillbank SA 5112. Phone 8287 6537 or email

13th March Valentine's Rotating Dinner 7 for 7:30pm start

28th March - Inter City meeting at Burra at 12 noon with a tour of the mines to follow

15th to 17th October 2010 District Conference, AAMI Stadium - Adelaide
www.d9500conference.org.au

# 3 Minute Spots
Assistant District Governor (ADG) Grant Rowe indicated that one of his duties is to report on the health of clubs, hence is visit. Grant encouraged members to attend the Inter City meeting at Burra on the 28th March as this is a great time of fellowship.

Grant left us with a proverb "If you know the road, you always get their first".

Rtn Peter Baur promoted the Valentines Rotating Dinner on the 13th February. The list is circulating for names and pre-ordering of meals.

PP Graham Nichols reported back on a club visit to Rotarua West whislt in New Zealand. The club has 48 members and is one of five in Rotatrua. Graham presented President John with a banner from RC of Rotarua.

New Member Induction
President John welcomed Dr Andrew Johnson; CEO of Port Pirie Regional Council to Rotary PP Dino Gadaleta introduced Andrew and will be his Rotary mentor.
Andrew is a former Rotarian and was president of RC of Kingston,SE in 95/96. Andrew along with his wife Anna and two sons Jordan and Ryan we welcomed into the RC of Port Pirie

GUEST SPEAKER
PP Bob Ward provided the club with an informative presentation on his recent trip to Bangladesh.
Bob presented some facts to help inform our understanding:
Bangladesh: population 161 million; size 144,000sq km
Tasmania: population 480,000; size 68,331 sq km
Bangladesh has a single child policy and an infant mortality rate of 59 per 1000. Another policy is that all children will attend primary school for free.

The trip was with Caritas Australia (www.caritas.org.au ) seeing the Caritas projects in operation in Bangladesh. Projects being:
• Person with Disabilities Self-Initiative to Development
• Natural Resource Management and Environmental Protection Program
• Arsenic Mitigation Program
• Anti-Trafficking Program
• Safe Motherhood Program
Photos of the projects were presented via PowerPoint as a powerful illustration of what the group had seen.

The group was often the centre of attraction as in some areas they were the first westerners that had visited.

During the trip Bob noted two Polio Plus stands.

PRESIDENT
President acknowledged ADG Grant Rowe and wife Lesley, and the partners of Rotarians for attending.

Exchange Students briefed
Taken from DG's newsletter
http://www.clubrunner.ca/data/9500/html/79183/DGNL201001.pdf

The program included a talk from a Mum, Di Arnold, from Port Pirie, who has a daughter, Georgia, currently on exchange in Switzerland and who was an exchangee herself to South Africa over 30 years ago, a talk from current exchange students from overseas, Juulia and Pablo, and seminars on luggage, insurance and other necessary survival skills.

Student                  Sponsor Club      Destination
Leah Rasmus      Port Augusta        Denmark
Madlen Stringer    Port Pirie              Finland
Emilie Pearson     Port Lincoln        Sweden
Ryan Heness         Peterborough    Germany
James Ansell        Alice Springs      Brazil
Kimberley McIntosh Port Augusta    France
Jessica Rallis        Gawler Light        Belgium

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