Last Saturday night we conducted the Club's major PolioPlus fund raiser for this year. The evening was a fantastic success and has provisionally achieved a profit of approximately $16,000. This contribution to the PolioPlus Program is additional to the $4000 previously contributed by our Club. The highlights of the evening included the goods auctions. Jan Tsoutouras reported that 52 items were auctioned with the most impressive being the auctioning of a pair of cauliflowers for $600!. The first guest speaker was Amanda Blair from SAFM's Breakfast Show who spoke delightfully on fund raising

Dr. Rod Givney, Director of the Communicable Disease Control Branch in the SA Human Services Department, explained the value of Rotary's PolioPlus Eradication Program and how Rotary's follow-up time and effort over the next few years are essential if polio is to be completely eradicated from the world.

Jan thanked the many helpers who actively contributed to making the evening such a tremendous success. These included more than twenty members of our Club plus many spouses and other supporters.

Duty Roster Rostered members are asked to arrive early. If unable, please arrange a substitute

Rotary Meeting	23/6/2003	Friday: 27/6/2003	7/7/2003	14/7/2003
Program Topic	Club Assembly	Changeover dinner	Mental Health Employment Programs	The "CREATE" program
Speaker	Directors' Reports	various speakers	Dean Klaebe	Tasmin Dancer
Chair	President Tony	President Tony President Bob	Rick Weber	Narelle Rawnsley
Vote of Thanks	Nil		Silvana Visconti	Jan Tsoutouras
Door	Jim Silvestri	Fellowship	Joe Hudspith	Fred Cetta
Plaques	Jeff Blanco	Committee	Vic Agostinelli	Peter Allen
Cashiers	Michael Dilena Chris Gascoigne		Peter Rumbelow Reg Bennett	Kerrin March Peter DePalma
Fellowship	Jane Gascoigne		Al Shepherd	Jennifer Drewett
Stewards	Ian Reddy Pat Ruotolo Fee Chin		Don Marcoionni John Bennett Tony Uren	Haran Howard Kevin Parken
Special Events		Partners' Night	Committee Meetings
Time	6.00 for 6.30 pm	6.30 for 7.00 pm	6.00 for 6.30 pm	6.00 for 6.30 pm

Previous Meeting		Birthdays		Inductions
Foundation Pot	$30.85	Silvana Visconti	3rd June	Bob Northcote	3/6/1996
Raffle	$44.00	Kevin Parkinson	3rd June	Ken Wright	5/6/2000
Attendance	65%	Jenny March	5th June	Kevin Parkinson	8/6/1970
		Marlene Richards	10th June	Des Bowen	16/6/1986
		Pina Silvestri	15th June	Kevin Hales	16/6/1986

Lag along with Lago (From the President)
	"Success --- seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit." Our large contingent at the Brisbane Rotary International Convention send their greetings and the news that Rotary has raised US$88 million so far this year towards the Polio Eradication Campaign. Australia's contribution has been US$2.6 million up to 15th May. A truly great achievement.
Club News
	.Welcome back to our 1993 exchange student, Ben Boase and his Netherlands exchange parents, Theo and Thea Alberts who are in Australia representing the Netherlands in the Rotary Short Term Exchange Program (STEP).

Ben spoke about how his Rotary Exchange Program had been a most memorable and life changing experience. President Tony and Theo exchanged Rotary club bannerettes and gifts

Stewards: Would all stewards please ensure that the store room door is kept locked whenever it is unattended.

Special thanks to Babu and Sue Kanagasabai for their efforts and support during the hosting of our visitors from Ipoh. Their knowledge of Malaysia was especially useful.

Cancelled: Our Club Concert featuring the Lobethal Harmony Choir scheduled for Sat. 14th June has been cancelled due to insufficient ticket sales. The organisers are disappointed and apologise for any inconvenience. Tickets refunds will be made at the next meeting. Contact Geoff Brett for more details.

Our Changeover Dinner: The Fellowship Committee will collect dinner money on Monday 16th June.

Shed Sales: Last Saturday's Shed sales raised $2676 clear profit. Over the four sales, since the opening of the new shed, we have made more than $10,000 profit. Geoff Brett thanked Graham Wallis and Eric Webb and all the other Rotarians and partners who contributed to this great success.

Plastic Shopping Bags are Needed: The Shed sales are short of plastic bags for sold items. Would all members and partners please place all their spare bags in the box to be provided just inside the Shed entrance, or give them to Graham Wallis or Eric Webb at our next meetings.

Work on the Shed: Haran Howard thanked all the Rotarians who helped move the ten tons of soil into the Shed gardens last Saturday. He especially thanked the newer Rotarians, Scott and Rick. This coming Saturday, from 7.30 am, we need as many volunteers as possible to assist in commencing the paving of the western veranda.

Welcome to Joe Visconti, who was presented with his club spouse name badge. Joe is the husband of our new Rotarian, Silvana.

Diary of Coming Events
Mon. 23rd June: Regular meeting, then Club Assembly.

Fri. 27th June: Changeover dinner, 6.30 for 7.00 pm at John DiFede Reception Centre, Windsor Gardens.

Sat. 28th June: Shed Sale.

Mon. 7th July: Meeting, speaker is Dean Klaebe "Mental Health Employment Programs" then committee meetings.

Mon 14th July: Regular meeting, speaker is Tasmin Dancer on "CREATE" Programs for younger people.

Mon 21st July: Meeting, then July Board meeting.

Sat 26th July: Shed Sale.

Mon 28th July: Meeting, then Club Assembly.

Mon 4th Aug: Regular meeting, speaker is David Holmes "Adolescent Health Programs" then committee meetings.

Mon 11th Aug: Partners' Night, speaker is our own Rick Weber "The Person behind the Badge".

All about Kenya, from a Local (continued)

John told us about Kenya's history, starting from more than four million years ago when the proto-humans first walked upright across Kenya's Rift Valley, through the last thousand years of waves of tribal immigration, to the British colonial era. That era, with its double standards of taxation, enforced labour conscription and inequitable land seizures lead to the struggle for independence by the Mau Mau freedom fighters and then into the current era of Kenya as a fully independent republic.

John and his family come from the Kikuyu tribal group. While their traditional skills have been based on farming and cattle raising, they have developed skills in western style politics and are now the largest group in the country. The other 70 ethnic groups include the Masai who still retain their traditional cattle based life style. While there are 60 indigenous languages, the official languages are Kiswahili and English.

The country has an area of about 600,000 sq. km which makes it about half the size of our State, but there are 31 million people living in Kenya. This gives it a population density of 53 people per sq. km compared to South Australia's density of 1.2 people per sq. km. 67% of the population live in rural areas. Population growth was 3.5% per year in the early 1980s, but has now slowed to a little over 1% per annum. The capital city, Nairobi has a population of more than 2 million and the main port is Mombasa. While Kenya is on the equator, the climate ranges from dense tropical jungle, through coastal plains to the 5200 metre high Mt. Kenya and the hot arid Great Rift Valley. Only 11% of the land is suitable for crop growing and 33% is suitable for grazing. Natural resources include marathon runners, big game reserves, Lake Victoria and agricultural products. Environmental issues include water pollution from urban and industrial wastes; especially from excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers. There are, as yet, few mining developments.

Following question time, Babu Kanagasabai thanked John for a most informative talk, and to applause from all present, presented John with a memento of the evening.