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Feb 12, 2019 6:15 PM
Conflict resolution from and Amnesty International perspective.
Feb 19, 2019 6:15 PM
Rotary Peace Scholarship awardee
Feb 26, 2019 6:15 PM
"Still Here: Polio Survivors in Australia"
Mar 05, 2019 6:15 PM
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Mar 12, 2019 6:15 PM
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Mar 26, 2019 6:15 PM
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Apr 02, 2019 6:15 PM
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Update on indigenous affairs in Warrnambool
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Service Above Self
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Warrnambool Football Club
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Warrnambool, Victoria  3280
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MEETING 12 FEBRUARY 2019
Warrnambool Rotary Club
Meeting 12 February 2019, @ WFC
 
Members Present:
 Call to Order by Ian Cairns @ 6:15
 
Invocation and Loyal Toast:  unsure
 
GUESTS:
 
  1. Wilma Gibson, from Rotary Club of Mt Isa.
  2. Colleen Bolte, Guest speaker, with theme Amnesty International
 
Wilma is a member of the Mt Isa Rotary Club, one of 5 service clubs in Mt Isa. RC Mt Isa is famous for its Rodeo, the feeding of stranded truckies, raising funds for Breast Cancer, and producing the Mt Isa version of monopoly.
 
Notes from President Michael Boyd
 
  • Tonight we are fortunate to have Colleen Bolte from Amnesty International touching on a subject that fortunately we in Australia are not confronted with regularly – Conflict Resolution in communities throughout the world
  • Tonight’s special thank you’s to John Beks for his presentation and planning for our meeting at Crossley and to Louise Brennan and Terry O’Neill for leading our Rotary raffle project ($1654 more than our budgeted profit). Rotary Pens each.
  • Thanks from Friends of St Brigids (Read Out)
  • Relay for Life was on last weekend and our Club supported the organising Committee with set up and break down, car parking, presence and walking on Friday night and we will donate $1000 to the campaign. Thanks to all involved.
  • Meeting on 26th February will not be here, another venue is being sorted out – check the Bulletin.
Dinner Auction is on 1st June. First step, as mentioned by Glenn last week, is updating our lists of potential donors. Lists on the table – update tonight or take a copy home to do some homework during the week. The Committee will meet next week to finalise the mail out lists.
 
Information from Members:
 
  1. Tony Austin for Anne Donaldson: The Days for girls sewing is on this Saturday, 16th February.  Anyone wishing to assist can be at Brauer College from 1 – 5pm, entering from same area as the Quilt show. It is not only for ladies, as there will be work for men to do as well.
  2. Cathy Bligh: Gave out some details for the upcoming Fashion Parade.  It will be held in early April.  The fliers are now ready for handing out.  Special thanks to Michael Boyd for getting the major raffle prize.  Also Gazman has given 5 times $20 vouchers.
  3. David Brown: Gave details of the upcoming Port Fairy Folk Festivals, regarding volunteers from Warrnambool Rotary club.  There are still some vancant spots for volunteers.  Please contact David for details.
  4. Ian Cairns: Gave details of a working bee at 10 Beamish St Warrnambool tomorrow morning @ 9:00am.  Brian Trenery, Richard Hawker, Glenn Brotchie, and Ian are in attendance.  Any other volunteers are welcome, please see Ian.
  5. Trevor Williams: Thanked volunteers for assisting at the Homeless Sunday afternoon in association with the Daybreak Club.  Our club is not involved from now on.  The venue shifts back to Surfside Caravan Park from next Sunday.  Thanks also to all the volunteers at the Relay for Life.  This included setting up on Friday, attending Friday night, and cleaning up on Saturday afternoon.
  6. Delia Jenkins: Regarding the trip to the Yarra Valley Garden show, Delia has asked those groups involved to meet and organize a time to go. (The problem was there was little in corresponding days for all participants.)
 
Fines by Trevor Williams
 
Whilst there were many dubious fines handed out there were some of note:
  1. Rotarians were fined for attending the Wangoon Auction last weekend.  Bunny has stated that it was a great day.
  2. John Hunt fined for getting a massage which didn’t happen.
  3. Anne Adams for poor phone etiquette
  4. Mary Fitzgerald for computer issues
  5. Michael Boyd and Sharon Stark for buying a caravan
  6. Trevor Williams fined himself for announcing he will be getting married again
 
Robbie’s Swindle:  Big money now, ($153):  However Terry could only manage a 7, for $7.
 
Our guest speaker for the night was Colleen Bolte from the Warrnambool Amnesty International.
 
Colleen was introduced by Judy Ross. Following is an extract of Juy’s introduction:
 
In Rotary, February is Peace and Conflict Prevention and Resolution month.
 
Through our service projects, peace fellowships and scholarships, our members are taking action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, inequality, ethnic tension, lack of access to education and unequal distribution of resources.
 
Through academic training, study and practice, the Rotary Peace Centres programme develops leaders who become catalysts for peace and conflict prevention and resolution in their communities and around the globe.
 
Colleen Bolte is one of the founding members of the Warrnambool Branch of Amnesty International, a group which has been operating for 33 years.
 
Colleen has been a staunch human rights advocator, and is an active member of the club, holding responsibilities over the time in a wide number of club positions.
 
 
Closing Remarks:
 
Next Week:
Catherine Reid – Rotary Peace Scholarship awardee
 
Thought for the week:
How can you make sure you never miss your target? Shoot first and whatever you hit, call it the target!
 
Postscript:
 
1.  Please note that our Rotary meeting on 26th February will be held downstairs at Images. Normal times (6 for 6.15pm) and dinner charges ($22) will apply.
 
We have a very interesting guest speaker on that night, Stephanie Cantrill with the topic "Still Here: Polio survivors in Australia".
 
Jonathan at Images has been a great supporter of our Club for a number of years, so it is great that we can give something back.
 
Delia, George, Graeme please make the necessary changes to Club Runner so that the Bulletin is correct and alert the guest speaker and those rostered on for properties.
 
2. There will be an Auction Committee next Tuesday, 5:00 pm @ WFC.  Meeting agenda is the sponsorship list to be handed to members that night.  Remember that Friday 22 February will also be a meeting day to finalise the listings.  Venue and time to be announced.
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A MEMBERSHIP MOMENT
A new member celebration is just that - celebrating new Rotarians, making them feel special, welcome, and opening the door to engagement.
“Fireside chats” are a good way to get to know your own club, but if we as Rotarians are to truly be involved, we need to know what other opportunities exist - beyond the club. We must ensure that club experiences are meaningful and a good value of each member’s time and resources.
District membership committees can also help the value proposition (and support club efforts) by supporting newer Rotarians become engaged in Rotary. And if those new members are engaged, won’t that reinforce and maximize our efforts to find new members?
 
“Membership is Everyone’s Responsibility”
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POLIO ERADICATION PROGRESS
It was an Australian Rotarian, Clem Renouf of the Rotary Club of Nambour Queensland, who got Rotary involved in the eradication of Polio.
Following his Presidency, PRIP Clem was talking to a friend regarding disease prevention and contacted a Rotarian bio-chemist in the US and asked “if Rotary was to work at disease prevention, which disease should be look at?
Polio Eradication.
 
So what is this Poliomyelitis?
  • Polio (poliomyelitis) mainly affects children under 5 years of age.
  • 1 in 200 infections can lead to irreversible paralysis. ...
  • Cases due to wild poliovirus have decreased by over 99% since 1988,
 
Past R.I. President Clem took the idea to the RI Board and resolved to work to eradicate Polio. Eventually the recommendation went to the World Health Organisation..
 
In 1988, the Forty-first World Health Assembly adopted a resolution for the worldwide eradication of polio. It marked the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), spearheaded by:
National Governments,
World Health Organisation,
Rotary International
US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
UNICEF, (United National International Children’s Emergency Fund)
and supported by key partners including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
 
In 1988 there were 125 endemic countries.
Presently, Polio is present in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan.
  • In 1988 there were 350.000 reported cases of Polio (960 per day)
  • In 1993 there were 1000.000 reported cases of Polio (reduced to 274 per day)
  • Now in 2018 there were 33 reported cases of Polio as recorded at 19th January 2019)
  • These are broken down into Afghanistan 21 cases, Pakistan 12 cases, (Nigeria still had 34 cases of Polio reported from previous years)
 
  • So, from an estimated 350 000 cases 1988, to 29 reported cases in 2018.
 
More than 16 million people are able to walk today, who would otherwise have been paralysed. An estimated 1.5 million childhood deaths have been prevented, through the systematic administration of vitamin A during polio immunization activities.
We need to remember that polio is only a plane ride away.
Future benefits of polio eradication
Once polio is eradicated, the world can celebrate the delivery of a major global public good that will benefit all people equally, no matter where they live.
Economic modelling has found that the eradication of polio would save at least US$ 40–50 billion, mostly in low-income countries. Most importantly, success will mean that no child will ever again suffer the terrible effects of lifelong polio-paralysis.
And that is why we, as Rotarians must continue to support the fundraising efforts and the Polio Immunisation Days in order to totally eradication Polio from the world because Rotary International promised children that we would eradicate Polio from this world.
 And until we do, R.I. will not commit to another worldwide project like this.
Sir Clem Renouf OA
A Rotarian with the Nambour Club in Queensland.
He was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1979.[2] He was knighted in 1988 "for outstanding service to the community",[3] and awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001.[4
Brian Trenery
February 2019
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DIK GEELONG
Tony went to the Timboon Hospital Wednesday 13 February and collected another load of hospital equipment to go to Donations In Kind (DIK)in Geelong.
The items included hospital beds, patient lifters, cupboards, medical and surgical equipment.
Geelong DIK will sort the items and they will ultimately go by container to help overseas hospitals that struggle to access equipment.
Tony advises that we are already holding considerable items from The Warrnambool Hospital , Brauer College and several private donations.
Storage of the items and transport to Geelong is an ongoing problem.
 
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CLEAN UP WARRNAMBOOL
HELP END POLIO
Please remember to bring unwanted 5c coins to meetings each week. The collection jar is on the attendance table. 
 
Thank you. 
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