This Week: The Club Annual General Meeting

 We have to have the AGM before the end of the calendar year and we will get the President's Report and the Financial Report for the last Rotary Year ending in June...half way through the year.  Possibly something might be said about our current president's plans for the second half of the year as well.

What we do have to do is officially elect the President and the Secretary for the 2024/25 Rotary Year though the other positions can be filled later depending on who the incoming President wants on his Board and he may even want to change the Board's composition.  We will see during the next six months.

Last Week

We had a very interesting talk by Jeremy Walker of Grangehurst Winery.  He spoke of his development as a winemaker and business man and how Grangehurst had grown over the years.  It's very difficult to maintain production of top quality red wines if you are a small producer and he has managed that which shows considerable skill both as a winemaker but even more so as a business man and it's seldom that the two go together.

He kindly agreed to let us have his wines at a cellar price discount which is very generous and Jim Rankin has already circulated members.

Many thanks Jeremy.

Visit to Little Eden Farm

Unfortunately I was unable to go at the last minute but I gather everyone who did go was very impressed with the facilities and the outing as a whole.  I was hoping that we might have a picture of the tractor we assisted with.  If any pictures are available I will put them on here next week.

Next Week

It's the last Business Meeting of the year.  I am sure we will discuss what to do for the following week for our year end social event.

International:  Germany

After July 2021 floods that killed hundreds of people, leveled homes, and inundated centuries-old buildings in northern Europe, Rotarians committed millions of euros to help rebuild devastated communities. Nearly two years later, Rotary members along the Ahr River, a Rhine tributary, did not forget the river itself or its fish. Over one week in March, the Rotary clubs of Remagen-Sinzig, Adenau-Nürburgring, and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler (all in District 1810) released thousands of salmon smolt in a roughly $16,200 restocking. In Schuld, the Adenau-Nürburgring club offered fish-shaped baked treats to children, and a fisheries expert explained the day’s task. “It is crucial to involve children directly in these activities,” says Alex Schoep, a co-president of the Adenau-Nürburgring club. “They have experienced the horrors of the flood catastrophe firsthand, and it is very important that they re-establish a more positive relationship with the Ahr, a river that characterizes and dominates the region.”