Guten Morgen!A meeting with a few twists and turn today and lots of fun as "Mein Herr Gorby" was given a rousing welcome and made the meeting his own!
Herr Gorby welcomed soon-to-be member Eno Budo and Guest Speaker, Rotarian and District Secretary Dave Taylor
Directors' Reports and Member Announcements
- Veronica: Applications for District Governor 2028-2029 are open now and will close on 10 October. Forms are on the District Website or ask Veronica and she will supply.
- Angus: Fundraising meeting after breakfast; Peggy has a bag of lemons so help yourself.
- Ian K: Offtraq is on again 22-25 October, starting in Parkerville and traveling through Wagin, Narrogin and ending up in Pinjarra. Entertainers are sought as well as participants.
- Owen: Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? 19 September a great way to attend a mystery feast at a mystery house and have heaps of fun. Scroll down to Events for more details.
- Jenny: Sewing sister have had little communications with PNG and so supplying more locally via intermediaries.140kits completed and sent out in 2 weeks, 25 kits in reserve.
- Gorby: Vocational visit being planned for 25 September to the Perkins Institute 10am. More details to follow.
One Fine(s) Day
Wayne the Elder took the podium and proceeded to pinch the pennies of quite a few...
- Michael (aka Gorby) First time in the chair - employment tax.
- All melon eaters
- Gorby (again) neither a past, present or incoming President
- Jenny for having a birthday
- Owen for surviving 50 years of marriage which occured on a wet and windy day (apparently the wettest day in 50 years)
- All those who didn't relish the wonderful afternoon yesterday.
Winner of Heads and Tails
Our lovely pocket rocket Jenny McLean took home a fabulous bottle of Scuttlebutt Cabernet Sauvignon - thanks to Owen Ferguson for his contribution of the wine each week.
Attendance
29 attendees in all, including guest speaker Dave Taylor, and soon-to-be Rotarian Eno Budo.
Guest Speaker : Dave Taylor - Club Runner Essentials
Dave Taylor is the current District Secretary for D9423.
Dave was born in the UK, migrating to Perth with his father in 1958. He studied Medical Science at WAIT and later completed a degree in Computer Science at Curtin University.
Dave worked extensively within the State Pathology Service, serving as Director of Operations for PathCentre and later as General Manager of PathWest before retiring in 2011.
Dave joined Scarborough Rotary in 1987, serving twice as President, then transferred to Nedlands Rotary in 2022 and was President in 2024-2025.
He has served as District Secretary on seven occasions and he and wife Marieke have hosted eighteen (18) Rotary Youth Exchange students.
Dave presented an overview and
demonstration of ClubRunner, the membership and communications platform used widely across Rotary districts and clubs. He covered its origins, licensing, integration with Rotary International (RI), security, privacy controls, access levels, district and club website features, membership management workflows, synchronization with RI, and the ClubRunner mobile App.ClubRunner is the largest provider of software to Rotary worldwide, serving six continents and 5,000 Rotary Clubs. It was the first company to fully integrate with RI, for two-way data exchange and be officially licenced by RI.
Features of ClubRunner:
- enables storage of member profiles, contact details, classifications, and role definitions
- tracking of new members, terminations, role changes, auto-sync to RI;
- supports transferring members into a club with validation against RI database to prevent duplicate active membership;
- allows honorary membership status where applicable;
- terminations via 'change status' are a simple, single-click workflow;
- email sending e.g. newsletters, invitations, reminders) with contact lists automatically updated when members leave or transfer;
- event support including name badge printing;
- online donations capability for public events and donation pages;
- district-level shared directories, newsletters, training materials, conference registration and leadership tracking;
- easy website updates with posts, photo galleries, albums, public events;
- customisable widgets enabling unique site designs per club/district.
Many of these features will be utilised by club executives and transparent to members. The best feature for most members is the free ClubRunner mobile App for IOS/Android users. With this App, members can access details for all clubs and members within their District.
Individuals and clubs control what personal data (date of birth, addresses, phone numbers, etc.,) is shared with RI or displayed. Public-facing pages show names only i.e. no personal contact details without login.
Emailing is possible via the system without exposing addresses.
Unique logins and passwords - the same credentials work for club version, district version and the mobile App, which also supports facial recognition.
The default login is name.surname.clubID - Mill Point ID is 8112 - e.g. joe.bloggs.8112. Users can then choose memorable usernames/passwords e.g. sentence-style works best, provided the username is not already in use globally.
Upcoming features due next month will enable sending SMS via ClubRunner to another club or District member. The message will be delivered to the recipient's ClubRunner App.
The more detailed slides on the ClubRunner App, from Dave's presentation can be viewed directly from the link below (copy and paste into your browser).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZmgiZAOgGLXn1Mw4YdX3X3kVa_OvK388/view?usp=drivesdk
Herr Gorby's facts for today...
- 1935 the Social security act was signed into Law by U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt
- 1945 President Harry Truman announced Japan's surrender, effectively ending WWII
- 1947 Pakistan gained independence from British Rule
- 2003 A massive blackout left 55 million people without power across the northeastern United States and parts of China
- 2010 the inaugural Youth Olympic Games opened in Singapore.
- 2026 some weirdo got to chair the Mill Point Rotary meeting!
In closing the meeting Gorby presented his own version of the Rotary Charter.
"As we leave this meeting, this morning, let us always remember the sacrifices made by generations before us, defending and growing our country, and allowing us to enjoy the way of life that we do.
Let us always remember our pledge to practice the principles of Rotary, for the betterment of the community, the nation and all peoples".

















