Happy New Year to one and all, and welcome back to our Rotary Year for 2019 - it is bound to be one full of energy, innovation and successful projects!
We start the year at Natalie and Jeff's who have generously offered their home as the venue for our first social/fellowship event. We hope that you and your families can come along at 6.30 on 14 January for a BBQ. We already have 25 registrants, so it is bound to be a night of fun and laughter as we catch up after the festive season break.
Address 18 Shenton Crescent Stirling (remember to use your own mapping reference-the map included in this email is not correct.)
Time 6.30 pm
All you need to do is to bring some meat for the BBQ, something to share and your preference for drink. If it is still sunny, dont forget your sun hat.
As we have done in years past, we plan to have a BBQ in Nara Park as a fellowship event. Last year Howard and Carol organised the venue for us, ensuring we had a decorated table and shade.. both essentials for a comfortable event. They have offered to do the same again this year. Thank you.
This follows our very successful evening at Natalie and Jeff's earlier this week, where we were treated to wonderful food, a delightful venue and great company. We couldn't have asked for a better introduction to the continuation of our Rotary year 2018-2019.
For the BBQ, you will need to bring friends and family and more practically, BBQ food or cold food - depending on whether there are any restrictions due to the weather, chairs, hats, sun screen, drink and good cheer!
Peter Hughes represents the Rotary Club of Canberra on the ’Our Place – live, learn, achieve’ program Governance Committee. Our Club was involved at inception and continues to support the program.
Our Place is an award winning ACT community-supported youth program, focused on breaking the cycle of no home, no education and no job for 24 young people between the ages of 16 to 23 who are at risk of homelessness.
The young people actively engage in the Our Place Foyer-like program which integrates, accommodation, full-time education and or training and employment support, and personal development for up to 2 years.
Peter will provide an update including presenting 2 case studies which highlight the events which led to each being at risk of homelessness, the progress they made at Our Place and their present situations.
Peter also represented our Club on the national board of the Foyer Foundation from 2011 to 2018.
- Dear Members, please note and come along with guests (especialy potential new members) every second Thursday of the month, to the National Press Club for an evening of fellowship and enjoyment. No need to register... simply come along when you can.
Below is a note from George with the details
I want to confirm that I am restarting the membership and fellowship Happy Hour at the National Press Club on the second Thursday of the month.
Come along for a drink and or dinner. This event is to encourage fellowship for those members who cannot make the lunch meeting and also to have a good time.
Also, and a most important objective is to invite friends and develop a potential new members list.
Please mention my name reception as the coordination member if required to gain entry.
HAPPY HOUR is 5 pm – 6.30pm.
Entertainment from 7.00pm
Thu, 14 Feb | Louis King's Royal Blue Trio
Rockin’ Blues & Rockabilly (VIC)
His live sets are legendary feats of showmanship of shakin’ blues originals.
This event is an informal and invitees may come at short notice for a drink only, a snack at the lounge or dinner. It would be great to get an indication of those who register to attend for dinner booking purposes.
Vocational Visit - Canberra Museum and Gallery 18 March 2019
Our Vocational Director Alison Russell-French has organised with Shane Breynard, Director, CMAG a vocational visit which will provide an Introduction to CMAG, and then there will be a guided tour of the Nolan paintings and the ACT Flag and its background. This would take about one hour and would give us a good idea about CMAG and its important role in the ACT, then we could have a light lunch in the Boardroom catered for by the Café on the Ground Floor. This would be tea, coffee and toasties. We will need to have a clear idea of numbers by Thursday 14 March for catering purposes.
We do not have a price for the lunch but it would be in the vacinity of $20 per person
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Greg Wilcock leads the US and Canada team in DFAT. His overseas postings have included East Timor, Indonesia and the US, most recently as High Commissioner to Bangladesh. In Canberra his assignments have included being an adviser to former Foreign Minister and Defence Minister Stephen Smith. In breaks from public service he has worked as a policy consultant.
Hi All, Ian will forward information when he can re the topic and focus of his talk, but as I am sure you are all well aware, he has so many aspects of his career and interests that he may draw on for this talk, that it is not for me to try to guess where he will take us in his presentation. Wait and See
According to the Canberra Times, 3 October 2018, the wonderful Music at Midday was started in 1993 by Major Ian McLean, who at that time was the band's then officer commanding /music director, as a way for it to move beyond its military and ceremonial functions in order to heighten engagement with the people of Canberra. Ian may speak about this period of his life or focus more on current live music activites... or his life in the Military. It will be a great session!
Please register by Friday 12 pm if you wish to attend this vocational visit.
Alison Russell French, Director, Vocational, has organisated with Shane Breynard a visit to the Canberra Museum and Gallery on 18 March
Shane has suggested that he do an Introduction to CMAG, and then there will be a guided tour of the Nolan paintings and the ACT Flag and its background. This would take about one hour and would give us a good idea about CMAG and its important role in the ACT, then we could have a light lunch in the Boardroom catered for by the Café on the Ground Floor. This would be tea, coffee and toasties that they do and which are really lovely.
Please register by the 14 Maaarch to enable catering to be managed
Following an early career serving as an Officer in the UK Armed Forces, Jon has spent over 20 years working in Corrections.
Having commenced as a prison officer, Jon progressed through the ranks in Her Majesty’s Prison Service to become a Governing Governor before emigrating to Western Australia as the inaugural Director for Security Services for the Department of Corrective Services in 2008. Promoted shortly after to the position of Assistant Commissioner Custodial Operations managing all 18 adult prisons in Western Australia and a range of ancillaries functions
In 2014 Jon took a promotional opportunity to diversify his knowledge across the Public Sector and moved to head up the delivery of all state delivered services to People with Disability for the Disability Services Commission In WA.
In 2017 he took up the role as the Head of Corrections for the ACT. With a strong background in safety and security Jon is passionate about the role of Corrections in rehabilitating and reintegrating offenders and the ability of Corrections to make a positive difference not just for those in his care but also for the wider ACT community.
Jon holds a BA(hons) in Social Sciences with Social Policy, a Master of Arts in Social Policy and Criminology and an Executive Masters in Public Administration for the Australian and New Zealand School of Government.
Jon is also a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Catherine Ordway – University of Canberra Profile: March 2019
Catherine is Assistant Professor and Course Convenor in Sports Management at the University of Canberra. Catherine lectures in Sports & the Law (UG) and Performance Integrity and Athlete Management (PG). She has also recently submitted her PhD by Publication at the University of Canberra on anti-corruption strategies in sport. Catherine is also Senior Consultant in sports law at Snedden, Hall & Gallop lawyers (SHG Sport). Catherine has developed and taught a number of sports management and sports law subjects and continues to lecture in ‘Sports Integrity & Investigations’ in the University of Melbourne Masters of Law program and is a Senior Fellow. Catherine is an international expert in the field of integrity in sport, and has specialised in anti-doping policy for twenty years. Catherine has published on sports integrity, governance and gender equality issues and is a sought-after media commentator and conference presenter. Catherine was an Australian squad member in the Olympic sport of handball, competed for the Australian Capital Territory in rugby union, and fenced at intervarsity. Catherine is a sports lawyer and has a Graduate Diploma in Investigations Management (Policing). Catherine acted for the Australian Olympic Committee in a legal capacity in the lead up to the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Catherine has extensive experience in international antidoping administration and has consulted on projects including the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Bid, the Budapest 2024 Olympic Games Bid, and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. Catherine is also been a member of the UN Office on Drugs & Crime (UNODC) AntiCorruption Academics Initiative, and the Education for Justice expert group, developing the Gender Ethics Module. Catherine has been selected as one of 16 inaugural Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Executive Talent program members. Catherine is also one of mentors in the Global Mentorship Programme for Aspiring Female Leaders for the Sports Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA). Catherine has served on numerous ethics and anti-doping committees in Australia and internationally, and currently supports the: International Cricket Council, the World Baseball-Softball Confederation, World Curling, World Taekwondo Federation and the West Indies Cricket Board. Catherine sits on the International Sports Law Journal editorial board and is an expert contributor to the Australian Sports Commission Clearinghouse. Catherine received an Edna Ryan Award in 2016 for her long-term commitment to promoting women in sport. Catherine was a Visiting Scholar at Washington & Lee University, USA.
“The next Vocati0onal Visit by the Club will be on Wednesday 1 May 2019 to the Canberra Glassworks, 11 Wentworth Avenue, Kingston, replacing the usual Monday meeting on 29 April.The visit will include a one-hour tour and information about the Glassworks and then lunch at a nearby restaurant that will be booked for us. The cost of lunch has been suggested to be around $25 and will be booked by Melissa from the Glassworks at a nearby restaurant on our behalf. Could you please register for this event by 29 April at the very latest and also indicate if you would like to attend the lunch. Late registrations after this date will unfortunately not be accepted. This should be a fascinating visit and members will recall that we had an excellent presentation last year from the Glassworks. “
Amanda Heal and Guide Dog Sadie - Sadie will be in attendance
Location:
Macquarie (ACT)
Bio:
Born at 26 weeks and weighing just 1 pound 9 ounces (less than 1kg), abnormal blood vessels grew on Amanda Heal’s retinas as a result of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP), a disease that occurs in premature babies, which resulted in her becoming blind. Her twin sister did not survive.
Growing up in Canberra, Amanda was one of the first vision impaired students to be fully integrated into a mainstream school, where she excelled at her studies before going on to attend university to complete a law and commerce degree.
Working for 17 years as a lawyer most recently as a legislative drafter, Amanda, who has received services from Guide Dogs since 1978, bravely changed her career path and is now a certified speaker, teacher, trainer and life coach, specialising in assisting those who are working in jobs they don’t like or facing redundancy.
In 1989 at the end of her first year of university studies, Amanda received her first Guide Dog, Gypsy. “I felt like I had been set free when I began walking with a Guide Dog,” she said. “I was able to walk like every other person at the same pace and feel uninhibited.”
As with Gypsy, Amanda’s subsequent Guide Dogs gave her the freedom of mobility to maintain her independence with confidence. Sadie, Amanda’s current Guide Dog is also a perfect match for her personality and her active and busy lifestyle.
A public relations and motivational Speaker for Guide Dogs NSW/ACT, Amanda takes part in training seminars for trains, buses and taxi drivers, trainee nurses and other service sectors as well as various campaigns and media events.
Along with industry talks, Amanda and Sadie frequently visit schools, clubs, seniors and other community groups to talk about Amanda’s experience with vision issues, how she manages her life, living with a Guide Dog and the many different ways anyone with impaired vision can be assisted by the organisation to live an active and independent life.
This is our chance to hear of all the knowledge, experiences and growth of Valentin during his Student Exchange time in Australia. This is a presentation that no one should miss.