Attendance report: 4th Feb 83.33%
Door prize Winner: PP Bob Ward

UPCOMING EVENTS
Birthdays: - 11th Joyce Condon
Anniversaries: - 9th Feb Rob & Angela Tolson

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

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

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
.PP Owen Crocker reported on the activity on the club web site for the month of January, the site received 315 unique visitors. Madlen has started her blog on her first week of language school in Finland. There are links so that you can follow the shelter boxes. The site has 70 followers on twitter. It is a very active site that has worldwide use. Picture from the website - check out the site to see the changes, read Madlen's blog etc

REPORTS

Club
Rotating Dinner is planned for 13th February
Protocols of Rotary will be presented at a club meeting soon
Inter City meeting on the 28th March.
PETS training 20th March with the District Assembly on the 21st March

Vocational
PP Bob Ward presented the report on behalf of Rtn Barb Camporeale
Committee is concentrating on the Camp and the Pride of Workmanship Award.
Schools are very interested in the camp and would assist with funding if we ran it again in 2011. Club members indicated support to assist Board in discussing the future of the project.
The Development Board and Chamber of Commerce are supportive of the Pride of Workmanship Award which will be held in May at the Port Clubrooms. Nomination forms will be out soon.

Community Service
There is a trestle table still missing from the shed, can you help locate its whereabouts
The Lions Annual Auction is March the 14th
Bowls night was successful. Letter from the District re Haiti disaster
Recommending that Board match the grant received for the rag cutter for Lifeline
We will be doing the BBQ for the Pirie Markets in March and April.
Suggested that as this year is the 50th year of the pageant the club creates a new float - all ideas welcomed

International
The TV ad for the student exchange program as been reactivated and is now cycling through with the other 2 Rotary ads. Information on Student exchange has been prepared to take to schools.
Committee is suggesting that another Sea Food night be held in August.
A reminder to members, we need a club member to take over the ANZO Directories project from PP Andy Hern.

Membership & Publicity
One new member has been inducted and there are a couple in the pipeline.
PP Dennis Coad is recovering from hip surgery - we wish him all the best.
Committee always is looking for promotional opportunities.
Local articles about Rotary are being kept on file..

Foundation
Receipts from the Centurion club have recently been sent donors.
Thank you to Rtn Craig Rimmer for offering to collect member's contribution on a weekly or monthly basis to assist members to belong to the Centurion Club. The funds from the Centurion Club go to the Rotary Foundation and come back to clubs via the Annual Program Funds.
Please see PP Andy Hearn if you want to put in a District Simplified Grant (DSG)

PRESIDENT
Letter sent to club from Recipient Of Rotary Citizenship Award

My name is James Zubrinich, a student of St Mark's from Reception right through to Year 12.
I write this letter in response to the Citizenship Award I recently received at the Saint Mark's end of year Mass.
I can't express just how much of an honour it is to receive this award. It has not only made me very proud but my family also.
I also give many thanks for the $125 that your organization contributed which has gone towards my savings for university.
Receiving a Citizenship Award now has given me the confidence to become a more visible community leader. This award is a very special one for me because I have ended year 12 on a positive note and also because this Award reflects on me positively for future careers.
I wish to than your organization for promoting youth awards and your ongoing support of young people in the community.
With many thanks

James Zubrinich

RECOGNITION

The Rotary Club of Port Pirie has recently been presented with a commendation from the Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga, Republic of the Philippines in recognition "for the various socio-civic and economic grants, programs and projects undertaken and granted for the people of the the Municipality of Mabalacat, Province of Pampanga"

The commendation outlines how, in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Dau, the Rotary Club of Port Pirie has:
- Since 1993 initiated assistance programs and poverty alleviation projects by way of providing financial donations/grants and conducting various skills training programs
- Initiated infrastructure developmental projects such as classrooms and toilets for schools, deep well pumps, sewing machines and playground equipment
- Sponsored various skills training and developmental programs for youth and the marginalised sectors of the community thereby granting them the opportunity to acquire a job or earn a living for the improvement and upliftment of their lives

The commendation was presented to PP Bob Ward at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Dau on the 15th January. In turn PP Bob Ward presented the commendation to President John Brazel at the Rotary Club of Port Pirie on the 22nd January 2010