Rotary Club of the South Cotswolds
Covering the townships of Malmesbury in North Wiltshire  and Tetbury in South Gloucestershire
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SOUTH COTSWOLDS NEWS

From the Rotary Club of  South Cotswolds

(Malmesbury & Tetbury)

July 2008 

The President's Notes
I take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new President of the Rotary Club of the South Cotswolds .  I am very much looking forward to the challenges ahead and I feel privileged to have such a strong team – with Andrew Lloyd as Senior Vice-President, Peter Sheppard as Junior Vice-President, Margaret Sanderson as Club Secretary and Tom Sheppard continuing in office as our Treasurer.  We will be joined on the Club Council by Immediate Past President Nigel Gilhead and Fundraising Chairman Kevin Thirkettle.

I was installed as President at the Club Meeting on 30th June, when the outgoing President Nigel Gilhead placed the chain of office around my neck.  This bears the names of all those who have led the Club since its Charter in 1965 and is a very weighty reminder of the responsibilities I have accepted.  

At the Club Assembly in June I outlined my hopes and plans for the coming year, reminding members that if we are to prosper and grow we must be prepared for change.  We are trialling a new format for monthly Business & Committee meetings, to increase members’ involvement in all our activities.  Club membership is to be a priority and we aim to increase our number, currently 30, this year.  I invite any person, male or female, interested in learning more of our aims and objectives to contact me and to come to one of our weekly meetings.  

 


The main beneficiary of the Club’s ‘Rotary Horseless Team Event’, taking place in Badminton Park for its 25th year on Sunday 5th October 2008, will be ‘Hope for Tomorrow’, the mobile chemotherapy charity founded in Tetbury a year ago.  Its state of the art unit, believed to be the first of its kind in the world, and certainly the first in , brings chemotherapy treatment to cancer patients in the region. Details and entry forms for the Horseless Team Event can be found by clicking the link on this page.  

 July Programme

July 7th     "A General Knowledge Quiz" - Peter Sheppard
July 14th   Committee and Business Meetings
July 21st   "Community Problems in Malmesbury S.A."

                     Marguerite Holtzhausen

July 28th   "Watch This Space" - Nigel Walker

Aug 4th     "A Club Debate" - Surprise subject to be announced

The Rotary Club of the South Cotswolds meets at 7.30 for 8.00pm every Monday (except Bank Holidays) at The Rose & Crown, Brokenborough, Malmesbury.