Guest Speakers
One of the unique features of Rotary clubs is that we regularly have speakers attend our meetings to talk to us about a wide variety of local issues, such as new developments, charitable activities, and business issues. This is a great way to combine professional networking and learning more about the things that go on in our community.
Breakfast meetings with speakers are usually on the last Thursday of the month, and tend to be more busy, so please ensure that you have confirmed your place with our Attendance Secretary, and that you arrive by 7:15am to enable us to give plenty of time to our visiting speaker.
We currently have only one speaker booked in for the next few weeks, but if you would be interested in talking to the club one morning, or know of someone else who might, please contact our Speakers Secretary.
Thursday 27 May 2010
Sheréll Cunningham
Our Guest Speaker on 25 May 2010 is Sheréll Cunningham, a high flier in more ways than one. After qualifying as a pilot at Elstree Flying School, she returned to her native South Africa and embarked on a full time career in aviation. She became owner of her own flying school and established a charter airline flying passengers and freight all over Africa, where her adventures read like a script from a Hollywood blockbuster!Sheréll was a nominee for the South African "Women on the Move" and "Businesswoman of the Year" Awards, and has truly lived a life where determination knows no boundaries. In her talk she will tell how aviation became a part of her life, from the influence of her relative Beryl Markham, the first woman to fly solo from East to West across the Atlantic against the prevailing winds, to tales of her own adventures, including the role played by the "Dowager Duchess" in her own remarkable success story.