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THE ROTARY CLUB
OF
MOOLOOLABA INC,
52nd Year - Volume 52
31 Mar 2025
Website www.mooloolabarotary.org
facebook.com/RotaryMooloolaba
President Ian Barnett

Those of you who have attended the last few meetings will have notices that we have been
making a few changes to improve the format of meetings. So far we have tried to improve the
audio, we have reduced the number of people seated at each table and we are working with
the venue to have the tables aligned so that most guests can easily see the speaker and the
screen.

Last week we tried to keep the meeting to the timing shown on the run sheet thus giving
people more time to chat amongst themselves particularly during and after the meal. We will
continue the trial for the next few meetings.

We will continue to review the running of meetings to see what improvements can be made.
If you have any suggestions or comments please let me know.

Next Club Meeting

The next Club meeting 31 Mar 2025
Our next club meeting will be held at the Mooloolaba Bowls Club. The guest speaker will be
Jacque Dean Janelle Logan who will be talking on STEMM.

Jacque and Janelle will give us an update of the STEMM project. a great project that our
Club has supported in the past , both financially and with construction support'

Director's Reports

Mooloolaba Rotary Club
ROTARY Friendship Exchange Visit - Taiwan / Palau

Overview -27 March 2025

Planning is underway for an exchange visit of about 7 to 10 days in late November/early
December 2025 to Taiwan, followed by an optional one-week side-visit to Palau, before
returning to Taiwan and then home.

Contact has been initiated with Rotarians in Taiwan to assist with planning, hosting and
executing the visit. Details are being sought of which Taiwan clubs may host us, what that
would involve and what activities they might plan.

Our group may visit three parts of Taiwan: the capital Taipei in the north, the central area of
Taichung (home to several indigenous tribes of the island) and Chiayi in the South.
Note: Local and international food in Taiwan is generally cheap and delicious; much
entertainment centres around food; weight gain on the trip is very likely.

Updated versions of this plan will follow as information comes to hand.

Sketch of optional activities (all indicative costs are estimated in $ A)