Regrettably our scheduled Guest Speaker couldn’t make it due to ill health, so Pres. Frank arranged for a few of our own to update us on various matters. Firstly, Graham McHarrie gave a summary of the Surabaya Project which started in 1996 following collaboration between our Rotary Club, the Mt Lawley Club and the Surabaya Club. This led to the further development of the Karya Mulia School for Deaf Children in East Java (which had been established many decades before), and the aim was to provide equipment through a Rotary Foundation Grant. In 2017 a Teacher Exchange Project was established under which two teachers from Surabaya have visited Perth and two Perth teachers have travelled to Surabaya each year. Needless to say, Covid disrupted the programme significantly, however slowly but surely things are getting back to where they should be. Our Club will provide further funds in the future to support appropriate collaboration. Jeremy Wood was next, and gave a run-down on the Peace Poles Project. Although the concept dates back to 1956 in Japan, the Australian version started in 2021 to celebrate 100 years since Rotary was started here. Our Club has installed Poles at 12 Schools and 1 Church, each proclaiming ‘May Peace Prevail on Earth’. Our last speaker for the day was Max Puddey who outlined the present status of the Community Shed at Lake Monger. Membership is thriving having reached the 200 mark, and the age range is now from under 30 to 92 years! This has put a strain on the facilities due to resultant physical limitations, and so solutions are being considered such as moving all storage into 2 containers to free up floor space in the shed itself. Wow!