Welcome Madeleine Schoo to the meeting today. Hope you enjoyed your first meeting. We also welcomed our guest speaker – Ruth Hosking.
Feedback from the Board meeting:
1. The following donations were approved –
$2000 to Camp Getaway (from the proceeds of MUNA catering)
$1000 to the Calivil Walking Track project
$1200 to Bendigo sustainability Group solar Project for the library solar
panels
2. Organization of the Club Documents folder in Club Runner (CR). Two
applications were received and Geoff Michell’s application was approved.
He will get some minor help from a consultant with a view to have it
completed by the end of Sept
3. LOA was approved for Stan Hendy and Geoff Michell
4. Resignations were accepted from Rob Plowman and Michelle Mortimer
5. The Friends of Rotary proposal has been completed and accepted by the
Board. The document will be emailed to the members and added to the
Club Manual on CR
6. The July 1st meeting has been cancelled in lieu of the changeover.
Paul advised the members of the invitations that have been received for the cluster changeovers and invited members to attend it they were interested. Contact Paul for more details.
Members were also reminded of our own changeover.
Please reply to the invitation - even if you are not attending, as this will generate an apology.
Payment details can be found at the bottom of the invitation and if you don’t do internet banking, just go into the bank with those details and make a direct deposit. Include your name so we can track your payment.
Ruth Hosking spoke to the members about Planning towards Care & Accommodation Costs in our “Twilight Years”.
Ruth volunteers at StrathHaven and has been providing information to people about the changes and planning required to get the appropriate care – whether staying at home or going into care.
The application process is quite complicated and confusing and can take 8 weeks or more to get the required paperwork organised.
Ruth’s summary of her talk was:
- Know your income/asset profile
- Have conversations with family or trusted friend. Consider Power of Attorney and decide which Funeral Director you wish to have
- Start developing your plan
- Consider engaging “outside” independent help eg; financial planner who specialises in Aged Care funding and expenses
- Enquire about the fee/payment costs of your preferred provider. Fees can be negotiated depending on your circumstances.
Ruth has provided a copy of her power point presentation and some other information that I will ask Bruce to distribute.
Included will be her contact details as she is very happy to be contacted for further information/advice.
Thanks Ruth for an informative and thought provoking talk. Some of us are starting to face this issue with our parents, so it has been rather timely.
Have a great week everyone. Cathie
