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MEETINGS & EVENTS
AUG 2022
Some meetings are in-person, others virtual - some may change at short notice... details below.
Contact Sue Truter for an invitation to the Zoom meetings.
Please confirm attendance of the in-person meetings with Sue.
AUGUST 2022
Fri 12 Aug 2022
ZOOM meeting
Business Meeting
Fri 19 Aug 2022 - in person meeting - Metropolitan Golf Club
DG Tracey Wilson - official Visit.
Fri 26 Aug 2022
ZOOM meeting
Lindo Goge, Director - "Building entrepreneurs: a collaboration between Waterfront Rotary and Start-Up Grind"
SEPTEMBER 2022
Fri 2 Sept 2022
Jo da Silva, Fundraising Manager - Salesians Institute Youth Programmes: "An introduction to our programmes and students - social context" - on zoom
Fri 9 Sept 2022
new members Matthew Booth and Nikki Behr - on zoom
Fri 16 Sept 2022
No Meeting
Sat 17 Sept 2022
30th Anniversary lunch at the Royal Cape Yacht Club
Fri 23 Sept 2022
Rex Omameh: "Encouraging Rotarians to participate in the End Polio Fundraiser taking place in October" - on zoom
Fri 30 September
Business meeting - on zoom.
EVENTS TO DIARISE
16 & 17 Oct 2022
Sanlam Cape Town Marathon
Sat 13 Nov 2022
Waterfront Canal Challenge
at Battery Park, V&A Waterfront.
The SEAL's BARK is WRC's weekly newsletter.
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20 May 2022 - Welcome Robert Magotsi!
We warmly welcomed Robert Magotsi on board as a full crew member on Friday. Robert, our 10th new member this year, is a Mechanical Engineer (studied at UCT) and works at the City of Cape Town as a Project Manager.
We look forward enormously to working with Robert and to meeting his family.
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Highlights from the week - 19 Aug 2022
Some of our members and former members, taken when our Charter President Thomas Graham visited us in 2007 - Spiro was Captain - Shan Biesman-Simons in the front row, was DG at the time.
Read about:
• Projects report-back from our business meeting.
• Capt Johann's update on the annual inter-schools debating competition.
• Upcoming important dates
• In September, WRC will be turning 30! - celebration details here.
• Wonderful work the Inner Wheelers keep doing...
Highlights from the week - 12 Aug 2022
Our speaker - Brandon Beack - gave the kind of super-impressive talk that earned him a standing ovation...
Read about:
• More on Brandon's talk
• A touching tribute to Helen Wrankmore's life of service...
• Upcoming important dates
• In September, WRC will be turning 30! - celebration details here.
• Chapel Street Project Update.
Highlights from the week - 5 Aug 2022
The WRC Entrepreneurship and Innovation Committee held their first workshop with Salesian Institute Youth Projects (SIYP) on August 2nd.
It certainly inspired and positively motivated all the participants!
Read about:
• Our members (they really are such interesting people!) - Mymoena Ismail and Robert Magotsi
• The I&E NEETS programme workshop with Salesians
• In Septembers, WRC will be turning 30!
• Rotaract's 2022 Conference
Highlights from the week - 29 July 2022
Little people enjoy their brand new classroom at Chapel St Primary...
What a pleasure to see the new classroom in use after months and months of fundraising, planning and Piet's outstanding project management, it all came together!
Read about:
• The playground project at Chapel St Primary.
• Leendert Wijnja - climbing Lion's Head after a successful heart transplant.
• Induction of Abraham Chipasha - the new Rotaract President.
• Chev's Kitchen and the heroic work they do in their community.
• See link to 2 Oceans' MPA Treasure Hunt on July 30th.
Highlights from the week - 22 July 2022
It was Mandela Day and the crew excelled!
Mymoena, joined by Piet and Anne Postema, made lots and lots of sandwiches at Selesians...
Read about:
• Maryka Musson's fascinating encounters with the Dutch Yellowtail
• Adventures into Citizenship
• See loads of pics of all the willing hands who did their bit on Mandela Day.
• RC Langebaan's Community Recognition event - this is a real heart-warmer!
• See link to 2 Oceans' MPA Treasure Hunt on July 30th.
2 July 2022 - Induction of Capt Johann Gerber
PDG Carl-Heinz Duisberg, IPP June Webber, Captain Johann, DG Tracey Wilson, DGE Ann Wright and Waterfront AG for the current year - Justin Schonegevel.
Capt Johann Gerber took over at the helm of Waterfront Rotary from IPP June at a festive event where many awards were handed out, the incoming board took over from the outgoing board and many dignataries joined in the celebreations.
Read all about it in the Bark...
Christine Revell Childrens Home says Farewell to Arlene Esau
It was with great sadness that everyone at CRCH said goodbye to Arlene who has been their manager for the last 3 years.
Piet, as chairman of the Management Committee, issues Arlene with a Certificate of Appreciation for her strong will, strength and dedication ensuring the success of the Home
Read the whole story in the Bark...
20 June 2022 - ROBBEN EILAND Beach Cleanup
The super energetic, absolutely amazing, clean-up crew.
Some problems are just a little too wide for a rubbish collection bag!
Many more pics and the whole story in the Bark.
EDITOR'S PICKS
IMAGINE ROTARY ...
DG Tracey Wilson's Message to Rotarians
Be a visionary to others, but also be that dreamer who does the unexpected ...
Together, we can make a significant change in D9350, but change starts from within.
So look within ... Visualise it and move towards it, it has to happen, it always does!
Just imagine the possibilities.
Capt June has had a busy year.
Read about some of the highlights here...
SPEAKER'S CORNER
Fri 24 June 2022
Nikki Busch - The "What If" File.
"What If" - the unthinkable happens and your loved ones have to unexpectedly wind up your affairs?
Love each other enough to get your admin in order before a ‘What If’ moment strikes. You have no idea how much time, energy, anxiety, anger and frustration you will avoid if you do!
Fri 3 June 2022 - Brian Ingpen - CEO of Ocean Hub South Africa - "History of the V&A Basin"
A fascinating insight into a part of Cape Town we seldom stop to consider in a historical context...
Thanks to June for writing up the talk in the Bark - it is so worth the read!
Read the whole story in the Bark.
2022/23 Board of WRC
CAPTAIN (President)
Johann Gerber
IPP, Membership & Public Image
June Webber
TREASURER
Debby Daniel
SECRETARY
Sue Truter
FOUNDATION
Janet Kriseman
MASTER BOSUN
Martin Colman
CLUB ADMIN
Maryka Vermaak
SERVICE PROJECTS
Piet Postema
ENVIRONMENT
Ralph Roseman
FUNDRAISING
Jonathan Yach
YOUTH SERVICE
Jacinta Subjee
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Mymoena Ismail
"Imagine, a world that deserves our best. Where we get up each day, knowing that we can make a difference".
This was the inspiring message that Rotary International President-elect Jennifer Jones shared with incoming Governors when she asked them to imagine the possibilities in the change they can make to transform the world.
Rotary International Statement on the conflict in Ukraine
HIGHLIGHTS PAGES
Highlights from earlier in this Rotary year as well as highlights previous years can be found in the links below: