Our annual golf day was our main discussion for Feb. 2nd meeting.
A refocus and refresh look at current sponsors, old and new. Fine tuning the full program and looking at ways to get the running of our main raffle just right.
All relevant documents passed on to all members, so team, lets all do our best.
Golf day to be held at Yallourn Golf Club on March 30th 2026. Shotgun start at 11.30 am.
The Botanic Gardens project is ongoing and Friday 6th Feb. at 10.0 am we did rotary hoeing the round garden bed, so pop in and give us your view points.
For those interested, Linda Rowley, will be holding a course on 'Cyber Security For Seniors Training. to be held at Latrobe Village, Newborough at 1.00 pm till 2.15 pm. Date is 17th and 24th of February 2026.
Pop along you lovely seniors.
The next Rotary meeting will have Gippsland Community Radio announcer, Greg King as our guest speaker, also P.D.G. Alma Reynolds and Tony Flyn Gipp. FM Presenter.
Bring your partner along for the evening and enjoy the chat and question time .
Alan B
President
GUEST SPEAKER: Greg King Monday 9 February.
Greg will be speaking about Community Radio.
He will be accompanied by fellow Warragul Rotarian PDG 9810 Alma Reynolds.
Alma is currently District 9815 Foundation Chair and both Greg and Alma attended our most recent tribute show.
PERSONAL BIO - Greg King
Greg King is a Rotary Foundation Fellow having been granted a Technical Award to
study business management in the printing industry in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the
1976-77 academic year. This scholarship is now known as an Ambassadorial Award.
Greg has worked in the publishing industry since before the introduction of decimal
currency in a variety of management and consultative roles. He commenced his own
business in December 1979 and has been self-employed ever since.
He co-founded the trade magazine TimberTrader News in 1985 acquiring the total
shareholding of the publication in 1992. TimberTrader News is a national, subscription
only, full colour monthly magazine targeting timber merchants and building materials
centres, allied sectors, and their relevant suppliers. He sold the magazine in 2015 and
it has been continuously published under the new ownership.
His business life is intertwined with his private life and he has a passionate interest in
all sports, music, travel, food & wine, reading and communicating with friends and
business associates. He’s a lifelong, third generation Carlton supporter. In fact, Greg
believes The Blues are in his DNA and Patrick Cripps is the next premiership captain
of Carlton.
Greg is also an involved supporter of the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association of Victoria
and views his time spent with children and young adults with the incredibly difficult
PWS condition to be a special and absorbing privilege.
For the last 10 years Greg has been connected with community radio in Heidelberg
broadcasting more than 630 programs over that time. He has recently commenced a
regular program on local station 3BBR 103.1FM presenting “The Millennium Drive”
every Monday afternoon between 3 o’clock and 6 o’clock.
Greg is married to Alma Reynolds, also a dedicated Rotarian, and is looking forward to
continuing his Rotary life by becoming an active member of Rotary Warragul.
Dear Rotary Club of Moe,
We are incredibly excited to announce RYLA 2026 will be on 6 to 11 July 2026!
The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a 6-day leadership conference for 18 to 30 year-olds to discover their potential, build connections and gain practical skills.
Now is the time to start identifying potential participants that your club could sponsor.
Applications are open now! The participant application form and more information about RYLA can be accessed here:
https://linktr.ee/ryla9815
Attached is a RYLA 2026 Flyer, as well as an Impact Report for RYLA 2025 to let you know about last year’s program. The RYLA team is also keen to help your club find participants, so if you would like any specialised promotional material or other resources to target certain participants, please let us know.
Sponsoring a participant or leader for RYLA 2026 will be $1,650 (inc. GST), the same as last year.
You may have also heard that RYPEN is coming back! The Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) is a 3-day enrichment program for 14 to 17 year-olds, and it will be returning in September 2026! The RYPEN team will be in touch soon to introduce themselves and let you know more about RYPEN.
The RYLA and RYPEN teams are also happy to visit your club as a guest speaker to discuss the programs in person. If you would like us to come and present at your club, please let us know.
We really enjoyed our club visits throughout 2025, especially seeing RYLA participants give presentations to their sponsor clubs. I was inspiring to see them share their experiences, reflect on their personal growth, and talk about what they gained from the RYLA conference. It’s amazing to see the real-world benefit that RYLA has had on so many people.
We look forward to discussing RYLA 2026 with you! In the meantime, feel free to email with any questions that you may have.
Kind regards,
The RYLA 9815 Team
