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Events Programme

Date

Event

Details

Venue
Tue Nov 29th
District Meeting

Lichfield St. Chad are the host - full support needed from 1800 to 2130

Note: this replaces the meeting at the George Hotel which has been cancelled

Arden School, Knowle
Tue Dec 6th
Special General Meeting To elect Club Officers for the 2012/13 Rotary Year, approve accounts for 2010/2011 Rotary Year and to recieve half year reports from Committee Chairs George Hotel
Tue Dec 13thChristmas Party
See John Cox for details
George Hotel
Tue Dec 20thFriendship
 George Hotel
Mon Jan 2nd
New Year Walk Starting and finishing at the George and Dragon, Alrewas. 0900 for 0930 start with food afterwards. Contact Paul Shepherd for more details
Staffordshire!
Tue Jan 3rd
No meeting --
Tue Jan10thBusiness meeting
 George Hotel
Tue Jan 17th
Youth Exchange Andrew Page is our District Youth Exchange Officer, which some club members have been involved with in the past. Andrew will be providing an update on the Youth Exchange programme George Hotel
Tue Jan 24th
The Honours System Barry Picken is a District Governor nominee for the District around Wolverhampton and recently gave this talk to the Cannock Club and was recommended to us George Hotel
Tue 31st Jan
My Job - Julian Schwarzenbach
Find out what Julian does in London each day!
George Hotel
Tue Feb 7th
District Governor - Brian KimberleyA good opportunity to meet/catch up with Brian and find out more about various District activities. This will also be a good opportunity to explain some of the changes and plans we have been making as part of the 'Flexibility and Innovation' pilot, so a good turn out would be great
George Hotel
Tue Feb 14th
Valentines Night Old Time Musical
John Cox
George Hotel
Sat Feb 18th
Rugby Trip
John Rootham
Northampton
Tue Feb 21st
Severn Valley Railway

The Severn Valley Railway runs from Bewdley to Bridgnorth.  Rescued from the Beeching Axe by a team of enthusiasts who continue to run it with steam engines, it has become a major tourist attraction. Clive Smith will explain the current activities and future plans for the railway

George Hotel 
Tue Feb 28th
Shelter Box - Keith McDavidShelter Box is a very succesful and worthwhile charity started by Rotarians. We have been regular supporters for a number of years George Hotel 
Tue Mar 6th
Business Meeting
 George Hotel 
Tue Mar 13th
Talking Newspapers - John May Talking Newspapers is a local charity for the blind run by John May (one of our Club Members, Peter Fox, is also a key player). John will be explaining about the sophisticated new production equipment that they have recently acquired George Hotel 
Tue Mar 20th
Pilot Scheme Discsussion
Robin Jones
George Hotel 
Tue Mar 27th
The National Forest
The National Forest was established around 25 years ago and is becoming more established year by year. We had a talk about the forest at its inception, this talk will give an update on the progress and future plans for the Forest
George Hotel 
Tue Apr 3rd
DG year ahead
Steve Cartwright explains his plans for the next Rotary Year
George Hotel 
Tue Apr 10th 
No meeting George Hotel
Tue Apr 17th St.George's Night
John Cox
George Hotel
Tue Apr 24th
Annual General Meeting
 George Hotel
30th June - 1st July
Cars in the Park
Our main annual fundraising event which has been running for a number of years. The 2011 event saw over 1,000 cars exhibiting at the event. This year the Olympic Torch will be passing through Beacon Park on the 30th whilst Cars in the Park is under way Beacon Park

 


Club Duties

 Sergeant at Arms and Grace
Visitors' and Speaker's Host
November 29th
District Meeting
Arden School, Knowle
December 6th
Kevin LoughlinDavid Larkin
December 13th
Alan RogersMichael Mullarkey 
December 20th
Ken SharmanAlan Rogers 


If there are problems fulfilling the duties it is the responsibility of the member to arrange a swop and to inform the Hon Secretary, David Ratcliffe

Widows' Transport

To Christchurch Hall for 7pm and returning at 9.15pm

November 10thKevin Loughlin
Alan Rogers
John Rootham
Ken Sharman
December 8th
Paul Shepherd
Tim Wadsworth Ron Brown
Steve Cartwright

If there are problems fulfilling the duties it is the responsibility of the member to arrange a swop and to inform David Jeacock