Dear members and friends of the Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour,
In a sign of our times, I have a few updates regarding our upcoming meetings. Firstly, this week’s evening meeting will be held digitally. After discussing with interested members, most members are still working from home, making an after-hours meeting in the city difficult to attend. Due to the more relaxed and social nature of these meetings, they’re a poor candidate for the hybrid style we’ve been using for our morning meetings. I’m very keen to have these in-person, and this will happen once businesses begin to enact their Return to Office plans.
At our next morning meeting, we have Jess Hodge from Resourceful Living, an organisation dedicating to finding a sustainable solution to managing plastic. To make her presentation easier and to allow us to invite more of our friends from outside of the Club, the meeting of February 9 will be held online. This will not be an in-person event.
Finally, given the above, the meeting of the 23rd of February will be taking place in person. This is currently scheduled to be a Club Forum, so I hope to see you there. I appreciate everybody’s flexibility during these times and, as always, our calendar and Facebook have been updated with these changes. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
Upcoming Events
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Digital Evening Meeting – 3/2/2022 February 3, 2022 at 6:30 pm Online Event |
Last year, our evening meetings were used to plan and execute our hugely successfully Online Comedy Night, raising over 4000 dollars for Youth Homelessness causes. At the first evening meeting for 2022, we’ll be discussing potential new projects for the year ahead. If you are passionate about improving your world and local community, making new friends and developing new skills and are excited to attack new challenges, then this is the meeting for you.
For more information, or to get involved, visit https://rotarydarlingharbour.org.au/events/evening-meeting-3-2-2022/
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Digital Club Meeting – 9/2/2022: Jess Hodge February 9, 2022 at 7:30 am Online Event |
This week we’ll be joined by Jess Hodge from Resourceful Living. With a passion to change the way we treat single-use plastic, Jess and her husband Geoff set out to find a sustainable solution to environmental plastic burden. They wanted an approach which provided plastic a second, third, even up to a tenth life, as an alternate product to waste. Not just containers and small items, but big home or office features, such as tables, chairs, cupboards, wardrobes or even kitchen benchtops; which can employ lots of waste plastic perfectly! Jess will be talking about her experiences in this area, and how we can all be better stewards of the environment. If you are looking to give something back to the community, to develop professionally, to help steer exciting projects, or are just interested in making new friends, you are very welcome to attend our meeting.
For more information, or to get involved, visit https://rotarydarlingharbour.org.au/events/club-meeting-9-2-2022/
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Board Meeting – 16/02/2022 February 16, 2022 at 6:30 pm Online Event |
The Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour is engaged in several different projects. Whether it’s working within our local community, advancing international understanding and providing humanitarian aid, providing for the development and advancement of our members or fostering new friendships, our Club strives to always put its hands to something useful. Board meetings allow for […]
For more information, or to get involved, visit https://rotarydarlingharbour.org.au/events/board-meeting-16-02-2022/
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Club Meeting – 23/2/2022 February 23, 2022 at 7:30 am The Grace Hotel |
Our regular club meetings are used to discuss our upcoming events, ongoing projects and recent news. If you are looking to give something back to the community, to develop professionally, to help steer exciting projects, or are just interested in making new friends, you are very welcome to attend our meeting.
For more information, or to get involved, visit https://rotarydarlingharbour.org.au/events/digital-club-meeting-23-2-2022/
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Final Thoughts
A Smoot is a non-standard unit of length named Oliver R. Smoot, who in Oct 1958 lay down repeatedly on the Harvard Bridge so that his fraternity brothers at MIT could use his height to measure the length of the bridge. Decades later, he led the American National Standards Institute and the ISO.
Well, that’s it from me. Don’t forget that our next meeting is scheduled for 6.30pm on the 3rd of February, taking place online. For more information, please visit rotarydarlingharbour.org.au/events/evening-meeting-3-2-2022/
Until next week,
Drew Sturgiss
President
Rotary Club of Sydney Darling Harbour