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Posted by Yvette Reade
on Jul 02, 2015
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The end of the financial year had many of our members scrambling for extra time so our penultimate meeting had a reduced number of members to listen to Richard's excellent talk on the extraordinary tidal movements around the world. We all knew that our country's northern shores often experienced a tidal range of around 12 metres but to hear about even higher tidal movements was excellent. Read the Guest Speaker paragraphs for more information. The talk gave President Yvette the opportunity to quote Chaucer with "time and tide wait for no man". Thanks Richard.
I wish to thank the Executive, the Board, members and their partners, and the members of the Rotaract Club of Adelaide City for their support during my Presidential year. Our annual report, presented at our Changeover on 6 July, will detail our Club's achievements.
I know President Elect Miriam Silva will be fully supported by the Incoming Board and our Club members, and wish them all the best for 2015-16.
Other
* Vocation & Youth Director John Wotherspoon has confirmed that our Club will sponsor Ryan Champion to attend the Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) course from 11-17 July at Nunyara, Belair. Our Club and the Rotary Club of Adelaide will again co-host the RYLA Dinner. Please let John know if you are able to attend the RYLA Dinner. * Lovely to hear that Rotaractor Elizabeth Beltrame was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship from her Club. Congratulations Lizzie.
* The D9500 Management Committee has approved the D9500 Protection Policy - and this will be forwarded to each Club member for their information. It details that when we work with youth, aged or vulnerably people that we need to have in place our individual Police checks and a higher level of checking if we are hosting young people in our homes (ie Exchange Students). Please read this document - which is designed to protect Rotarians and Rotaractors as much as the vulnerable people that we work with in Rotary.
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Posted by Richard Jarrett
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This is a brief summary of the talk I gave to the Club last week.
Amid quotations of "Time and tide wait for no man", and "There is a tide in the affairs of men that taken at the flood...", we got underway. Di and I have now visited the three places in the world that have the highest tides, but it all happened rather serendipitously. A friend gave us a copy of the book 'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society', about the lives of people in German-occupied Guernsey in WW2. Within the next few months, we decided that our trip to the UK would include a couple of weeks in the Channel Islands. It is a magical place - rolling countryside with narrow hedged roads, and the sea always close by. On the first day we stopped at a viewing point where we could see an island about a km off with quite a strong current in between. A cobbled road disappeared under the waves!! The sign indicated that, for just 2 hours on 2 days each fortnight - once at full moon and once at new moon - you could walk across to the island. On our last day, we came back and did indeed walk across and back. We became hooked on tides!
Tides come from the combined effects of the moon and the sun. Water, being moveable, is gravitationally pulled towards the moon and the sun. When sun and moon are in the same or opposite direction, the force is greatest. At the quarter moons, the tide heights are much less. We just think of the tides as going up and down, but in reality it is the horizontal flows that are the most dramatic. The flow of tides is made much more complex by land masses, continental shelves and the Coriolis effect.
 Tides rotate around a central point, anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the south, the amplitude increasing as you get further from the centre. In this picture, amplitude is indicated by color, and the white lines are represent how far the tides move in an hour, 12 hours for a complete circuit. Tide heights get more extreme in a few places, so the south of England and the Channel Islands are the second biggest, up to about 14m, Broome and Derby are third biggest, up to about 12m, but the granddaddy of them all is the Bay of Fundy, up to 16-17m. Last September we went to eastern Canada - Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy. This is a beautiful part of the world and the coast of the Bay of Fundy has orchards, market gardens, crops - very rich productive soil. Here we are in Wolfville at the highest of high tides - full moon and the equinox. On the right is a levee bank and the ground level in Wolfville is probably about 3m below this high water. The tide got to within about 30cm of the top of the levee bank! As evening approached the tide went out and here it is 6 hours later! (img2122b, 2122c)
The French (the Acadians) settled this part of the world quite early and in 1680 a group came to Grand Pre, just north of Wolfville. They built dykes and reclaimed the land that was exposed at low tide. It was good farming land. But as the British strengthened their hold on the colonies (remember Wolfe and the fall of Quebec?), they didn't like this group of French speaking people who wouldn't sign an oath of allegiance to the king. Eventually around 1750, the British rounded up 12,000 Acadians, confiscated all their land and property and transported them south to the US. Many went down to Louisiana. Gradually, over the next 100 years, a few of them drifted back to their "homeland" and the Grand Pre site is now a UNESCO World Heritage. A church has been built as has a statue of Evangeline, a fictional Acadian character from a poem by Longfellow, that exposed the appalling treatment of these people.
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Posted by Yvette Reade
on Jul 02, 2015
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Important dates coming up:
- Monday 6 July - Changeover at Parwana Afghan Kitchen, 124B Henley Beach Road Torrensville start time and cost tbc)
- Wednesday 15 July - RYLA Celebration Dinner, 6.30 for 6.45pm start, Belair Park Country Club, Upper Sturt Road (entrance opposite Californian Crescent, Glenalta), $45pp (complimentary soft drink, mains, dessert, tea/coffee), RYLA entertainment
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Posted by Yvette Reade
on Jul 02, 2015
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Important Announcement – Change of Email Address for Articles
From 1 July, Martin Cini, the incoming District Secretary, will be responsible for the District Dispatches. All items are to be sent to Martin before 4.00 pm on Fridays instead of to John Pohl. The new email for items is secretary2015@rotary9500.org
Thank you to everyone for your support with the provision of material for and distribution of the District Dispatches over the past year. This is my last Dispatch (and also DG John Campbell’s).
Regards
John Pohl
1. Centurion Application Form – change of address
As from 1 July, Ken Dorrington is the new Centurion Coordinator and all forms are to be sent to Ken and not John Pohl. The new form is attached and clubs are requested to download it and keep it on file. Some clubs still have very old forms on their websites and this has caused long delays in processing as the forms have had to be re-directed to the correct person.
2. The VTT team to Vanuatu is in action
For those who are interested in following the progress of the VTT Dental team that is in Vanuatu, they have set up a blog at http://vttvanuatu2015.blogspot.com.au/ . The attachment is a summary of the first blog which outlines their departure. Watch for further instalments.
3. RI and District Dues for 2015-16
Attached is a summary of the RI and District Dues for the next Rotary year.
4. Makin Edge TTG Presidential Changeover
The club Presidential Changeover will be held on Monday 6 July. See the attachment for details.
5. A ROMAC Patient is coming
I wish to advise you that the patient coming to SA in July to be treated at the Memorial Hospital. After recent advertising in both District weekly district bulletins I am pleased to advise a host family and club have been agreed. The Rotary Club of Kidman Park and Rotarian PP Grant Price and his wife will host the patient and parent for the duration of their stay in July.The other clubs in both districts that have shown interest or have been approached are still very welcome to contact me in regard to hosting as we have patients coming in on a relatively regular basis and are happy to keep your club on record as a future host club. If you want to know more about the program and the people behind it, please contact me direct to arrange a speaker to attend your club meeting and share information about this great program. The attachment gives further details.
PDG Alun W Hughes JP
Chair Central Region Committee Tel. 0438 228 654
Email alunhughes@bigpond.com
6. District Grants 2014/15
Reimbursement cheques were dispatched last Monday via Australia Post. I would like to congratulate clubs for their diligence in providing all required information to enable satisfactory conclusion of the 2014/15 program. Please file your financial documents and report in case of a TRF audit if requested for five years.
7. District Grants 2015/16
Please forward applications to jrowe6@bigpond.com for distribution to members of the District Grants Committee.
8. RYLA Celebration Dinner (1 Attachment)
The RYLA Celebration Dinner will be held on Wednesday 15 July at the Belair Country Club. See the attached flyer for more details.
9. 4 Daffodils and a Leek!—GSE 2009 Revisited
Stephen Best was leader of the South Wales District 1150 GSE team in 2009.
My wife Janet and I recently returned from a ripper of a 6 week trip to East and Central Australia. We travelled 7,500 miles in the country by air, rail and road, visiting all the big cities, wonderful Tasmania, the great outback (via the Ghan), the tropical north, and the glorious barrier reef coast and islands. However in the planning there was always going to be a slot for South Australia to renew friendships made on the Group Study Exchange trip I was privileged to lead in 2009.
See the attachment for a fascinating account of this GSE trip
10. Voice of Rotary Program for July
Broadcast on 1197AM RPH Adelaide each Tuesday 7.30-8.00 pm. From each Wednesday the broadcast program can be heard on-line at www.rphadelaide.org.au
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Posted by Di Lane
on Jul 02, 2015
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For the benefit of members, we will aim to give the Duty Roster a few weeks ahead - see below.
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| Responsibility |
2 July 2015 |
9 July 2015 |
16 July 2015 |
| Chairperson |
John Wotherspoon |
NO MEETING DUE TO CHANGEOVER |
Angus Tuck
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| Attendance |
John Wotherspoon |
ON MONDAY 6 JULY |
Phil Harding |
| Attendance |
Carolyn Wigg |
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Di Lane |
| Hosting |
Graham Smith |
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Don Tindale |
| Furniture |
Dean Sullivan |
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David Rowe |
| Furniture |
Terry Rodoni |
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Colin Davies |
| Invocation |
Angus Tuck |
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Bob Buckerfield |
| Bottles/cans |
Rob McLennan |
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Dean Sullivan |
| Rotaract roster |
David Riggall |
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TBA |
| Church roster |
5/7/15 Bruce McDonald |
12/7 Not required |
19/7 Not required |
| Bread Roster |
5/7/15 Carolyn Wigg & Rohan Richards |
12/7/15 Terry Rodoni/David Riggall |
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Chairman: meets/ greets speaker for the meeting; introduces and thanks speaker preparation:- find details about the speaker prior to the meeting.
Attendance: set up reception table (attendance sheet; members list – re -payments; guest welcome sheet; money; wine raffle sheet; ticket books); register member payments/ apologies/ guests.
Hosting: set up name badges display; welcome all at the door; ensure speaker and guests are introduced to appropriate persons.
Furniture: flags; banner display; raffle balls; collection boxes; Rotary theme banner; S-A gong and hammer; lectern position before and returned after the meeting. Toshiba laptop set up – Connect to projector. Switch on. Hold function key & press F5 twice.
Invocation: reciting Rotary or other invocation relating to Rotary and fellowship.
Bottles/cans: collect bags of bottles/cans at meeting and take to recycle centre for refund, pass refund and empty bags to David Rowe at next meeting
Members’ Corner: write for the Newsletter on a topic of your choice, particularly during the 3 weeks you appear here on the roster, but also anytime you have something to say.
Rotaract, Church, Bread roster: Roster is for the Sunday/Monday after the meeting date.
Rotaract: Meets alternate Mondays at 6pm (for a 630pm start) at the General Havelock Hotel in Hutt Street.
Church: Sundays, 5.30pm at Pilgrim Uniting Church, 12 Flinders St (Park via boom gate in Flinders St. from 5pm).
Members rostered for Thursday morning duty are asked to be in attendance by 6.45am
If you cannot attend, please arrange a substitute
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Posted by Bob Buckerfield
on Jun 29, 2015
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| Meeting Number |
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1471 |
25th June 2015 |
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| Membership |
37 |
Visiting Rotarians |
Apologies |
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1 |
None |
Angus Tuck |
| Present |
14 + 1 |
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Andrew Black |
| Attendance |
41.18% |
Club Guests |
Don Tindale sick |
| Apologies |
8 |
None |
John Campbell sick |
| Leave of Absence |
2 |
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Deb Wotherspoon |
| Make-ups |
14 |
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Graham Smith |
| Absent |
13 |
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Geoff Bell |
| Wine Raffle |
$14.00 |
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Terry Rodoni |
| Fines |
$27.65
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Makeups |
Leave of Absence
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| Cans & Bottles this week |
$0 |
John Karran Rotaract changeover |
Kym Pedler |
| Cans & Bottles YTD |
$1184.40 |
Miriam Silva at Tea Tree Gully |
Rohan Richards |
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Clare, Salisbury, Adelaide, T/T Gully |
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For apologies, please phone Fred Field, Club Secretary 8339 2065, or Bob Buckerfield on 8278 7615. Makeups count 13 days either side of each meeting.
Club Bank Account details: BSB 085-458, Account Number 20-505-9719
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Posted by Richard Jarrett
on Jan 22, 2015
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The Four Way Test
Of the things we think, say or do:
- Is it the Truth?
- Is it Fair to all concerned?
- Will it build Goodwill and better Friendships?
- Will it be Beneficial to all concerned?
Invocation
For good food, for good fellowship and the opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks
Rotary Club of Adelaide Light Mission Statement
To be recognised as the Service Club of Choice in the Eastern Precinct of Adelaide because we are a Friendly Breakfast Club that appeals to a broad range of busy people who want to make a difference to local and international communities.
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Posted by Di Lane
on Jun 25, 2015
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A guy is driving around the backwoods of Montana and he sees a sign in front of a broken down shanty-style house: 'Talking Dog For Sale'. He rings the bell and the owner appears and tells him the dog is in the backyard.
The guy goes into the backyard and sees a nice looking Golden Labrador retriever sitting there.
'You talk?' he asks.
'Yep,' the Lab replies.
After the guy recovers from the shock of hearing a dog talk, he says 'So, what's your story?'
The Lab looks up and says, 'Well, I discovered that I could talk when I was pretty young. I wanted to help the government, so... I told the CIA.
'In no time at all they had me jetting from country to country, sitting in rooms with spies and world leaders, because no one figured a dog would be eavesdropping.'
'I was one of their most valuable spies for eight years running...
'But the jetting around really tired me out, and I knew I wasn't getting any younger so I decided to settle down. I signed up for a job at the airport to do some undercover security, wandering near suspicious characters and listening in. I uncovered some incredible dealings and was awarded a batch of medals.'
'I got married, had a mess of puppies, and now I'm just retired.'
The guy is amazed. He goes back in and asks the owner what he wants for the dog.
'Ten dollars,' the guy says.
'Ten dollars? This dog is amazing! Why on earth are you selling him so cheap?'
'Because he's a liar. He's never been out of the yard'.
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