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Birthday |
| 1 October |
Jennifer Konigson |
| 7 October |
Richard Hawker |
| 18 October |
Lila Bishop |
| 19 October |
Eric Williams |
| 20 October |
Bunny Hinchcliff |
| 24 October |
Ian Cairns |
| 25 October |
Kathleen O'Sullivan |
| 26 October |
Judy Ross |
| 26 October |
Sharon Stark |
| 31 October |
Jane Chislett |
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Induction |
| 16 Oct 1956 |
John Reid |
| 20 Oct 2009 |
Ravi Ganeshalingam |
| 25 Oct 1995 |
Trevor Williams |
| 26 Oct 1999 |
Malcom Price |
| 26 Oct 1976 |
Jim Dwyer |
| 30 Oct 2004 |
John O'Sullivan |
| 31 Oct 1989 |
John Beks |
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Wedding Anniversary |
| 26 October |
Richard & Dianne Hawker |
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 In the absence of President John Hunt, PP Alan Bowes chaired the meeting and welcomed Rotarians and visitor James Mepham. Special mention was made that Rotarian Eric Williams will be celebrating his 93rd birthday on Saturday. Happy Birthday Eric.
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Guy Fawkes Night
A bonfire will be held at Robert Cuzens' property on Saturday, November 2nd. There will be a band and BBQ. Members were encouraged to bring along family members, especially children. There will be a bus leaving at 6:00 pm and function starts at 6:30 pm. For the purposes of booking the right sized bus, please let Anne Adams know if you will be attending.
Rotaract Trivia Night
 The Rotaract Trivia Event held last Friday raised $2,007.00. Sergeant Andrea Sampson thanked Rotarians for attending and especially Gordon Curran and David Brown for their generous contributions.
Rotary International Convention 2014
PP Brian Trenery encouraged Rotarians to attend this event which will be held in Sydney from the 1st to the 4th June 2014, and offered to assist Rotarians in filling out their applications. For more information, see the detailed article later in the Bulletin.
Show Gates
Rotarian Doug Maclean is still making subtle changes to the roster. Please check the latest roster and make sure your hours tally.
Meeting on 4th November - 6:30 pm for a 7:00 pm start
This "Melbourne Cup" Club meeting will be held at the Wangoom Store. Rotarians Trevor and Terry are organising the racing and Svet is organising a meal with a German/Russian flavour. Mark your calendars for both you and your partner and Svet will provide more information at next week's meeting.
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Rotarian John Harris reported that last Sunday's weather was cold, wet and windy but the fellowship and sausages were second-to-none. Thanks to Rotarians Tony Austin, Phillip and Judy Ross, Alan Bowes, Duncan Stalker, Trevor Williams, Sharon Stark, Anne Adams, Robert Cuzens and Michael Boyd for their help. Special mention was made of Michael Boyd's contribution which was to sit on the esky and hold the tent down. The net takings for the day were $711.30 - a great result.
Alan Bowes and the First Shift hard at work.
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Tony and Trevor still hard at work!
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Sharon, John and Ann.
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And Trevor. The tongue needs to be held just right to cook the perfect snagger!
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 Over time the Rotary aprons have dwindled down to only 3. If you know where they might be, or think you may have one of these aprons at home, Judy Ross will be pleased to take it off your hands.
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 Bernie Roache picked out the ace and won the jackpot, but just how much that is, Trevor still has to work out. Congratulations Bernie!
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Chairman Doug Maclean introduced Rotarians Gordon Curran and Anne Adams to speak on October: Vocational Services Month.
Gordon described Vocational Service as one of Rotary’s five Avenues of Service, the others being Club Service, Community Service, International Service and Youth Service. Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to engage in high ethical practices with a focus on fair dealing, valuing all useful occupations and using work skills to assist others, and especially young people.
He listed the club’s vocational service projects as member job talks, Pride of Workmanship Awards, Deakin & TAFE awards, Rural-urban nights, and the Great South Coast Science, Engineering and Technology Challenge to encourage an interest in science based careers.
Altruism is at the heart of vocational Service: assisting others without any expectation of personal gain, other than the satisfaction of making a difference, always putting service above self.
He pointed to the great value of the club being able to call on the work skills of its members when undertaking projects like building a new holiday cabin for Camp Quality.
He then focused on the Four-Way Test and new Rotary Code of Conduct which underpin Vocational Service, and identified the values of integrity, service, respect, trust, youth support and never taking advantage of Rotary contacts for personal gain.
Members present then completed a questionnaire aimed at enhancing and understanding of ethical behaviour, distinguishing ethics from religious belief, gut feelings, lawfulness, and shared understandings of right and wrong. He pointed out that if anything, matters of ethics tend to divide communities sharply, as shown by the examples of refugee policy, live animal export trade, and mass vaccination. This is not necessarily a bad thing. Two people may hold profoundly differing views on these matters, yet still be acting ethically.
He concluded by saying that ethics is rarely a matter of right or wrong answers. Rather it is the process by which we draw on deeply held values to help resolve the many moral dilemmas we face on a daily basis. It is in this sense that Rotarians are asked to be ethical people.
Rotarian Anne Adams then spoke on how she has gained certain values from the examples set by parents and grandparents and how they valued the small things in life, which if looked after left the big issues in good hands. Our values are like finger prints, unique and left all over everything we do. Wise management of our basic resources and the avoidance of waste were key values handed down. It is good to reflect from time to time on how much we really need in a resource hungry world, as distinct from what we might want.
While many Rotarians are now retired from their life’s work roles, we are still all vocationally active as consumers, and the vocational service principles still apply to each and every one of us.
Gordon and Anne presented each member with a certificate style version of the Rotary Code of Conduct and the new poster Values For Australian Schooling: prepared by the Values Education National Framework, which stresses freedom with responsibility, integrity, honesty and trustworthiness, respect for others, tolerance and inclusion, a fair go for all, care and compassion, and doing your best at striving to accomplish something worthwhile, to make a difference.
Maybe Rotary values are making inroads into our wider society after all!
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This Rotarian was seen out and about at a Rotary sponsored function last Friday night. If you think you know who it is, place your answer/comments on Facebook!
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 WANTED: A role for an apprentice publisher is available for anyone wishing to have a dabble in Clubrunner. No experience necessary, just a willingness to learn something new. Please don't all rush the Editor at once!!
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Posted by Eric Williams
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In a nutshell, Interplast is a not-for-profit organisation working to improve the quality of life for people with disability who are disabled as a result of congenital or acquired medical conditions such as cleft lip and palate or burn scar contractures. This is done by sending fully qualified Australian and New Zealand volunteer plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses and allied health professionals to the Asia Pacific region to provide free surgical treatment for patients who would otherwise not be able to afford access to such services. Interplast prides itself on leaving a legacy and focuses heavily on facilitating medical training and mentoring for in-country medical personnel by supporting and building the capacity of local health services. Quite simply, their purpose is to provide life-changing surgery today and sustainable health systems tomorrow. For more information on Interplast go to this link: http://www.interplast.org.au/
Rotarians were there in the beginning. They’ve been a constant throughout the decades and they’re very much a part of Interplast’s bright future.
Integrally involved in the establishment of Interplast in 1983 with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Interplast is supported by Rotarians in clubs and districts throughout Australia and New Zealand. A central thread throughout the organisation, Rotarians are equal members of the Company, have equal representation on the Board of Directors and form the Rotarian Committee, which advises the Executive and Board on Rotary matters.
Since 1983, Rotarians have raised significant funds to support Interplast in repairing bodies and rebuilding lives. Over 70 Rotarians have accompanied teams as observers and have returned to act as ambassadors of Interplast by spreading our word, voicing their experiences and sharing our secret. For more information go to this link: http://www.interplast.org.au/who-we-are/rotary-clubs-districts/
Interplast volunteers continue to treat significant numbers of burns patients. Burns are a global public health crisis. With half the world's population relying on using open flames to cook, heat and light their homes, its no surpirse accidents are concerningly common. An estimated 195,000 deaths are caused by burns annually, with the vast majority occurring in low to middle income countries. In South-East Asia alone, three times more children and young people die from burns than malaria. Exceptionally confronting, this is only one part of the problem.
Fast Facts Vientiane, Laos, 25 February 2012 - 10 March 2012
7 Interplast volunteers
1 staff member and 1 Rotary observer
21 flights
4 days journey from the Chinese border - the distance travelled by a father to have his son's burnt hands operated on
117 consultations
86 life-changing operations
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The Rotary International 2014 Convention is being held in Sydney from 1st to 4th June 2014 and the venue for this event is the Sydney Olympic Centre (the convention centre is being demolished).
Early bird registrations close on 15th December 2013, after this date, registration fees increase the closer to the event.
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This is a great opportunity to witness the true internationality of Rotary and to see what Rotary is doing all over the world.
The last time the Convention was in Australia, it was held in Melbourne back in the 1990’s and 15,000 people attended from all over the world, it was held at Rod Laver Area and PP Eric Williams was able to secure for us, accommodation in Swanston Street, within walking distance of the venue.
Sydney is a city known all over the world and is expected to draw as many as the Melbourne held convention. Registrations are beginning to flood in and the demand for accommodation is increasing.
For those who haven’t been to a Rotary International Convention before, it offers an insight into the real world of Rotary and its work all over the world. It will provide the opportunity to meet and mix with people from all over the world as well as key people within the Rotary circles, including RI Directors, past RI Presidents, the General Secretary and Trustees of The Rotary Foundation.
Could I recommend this convention to those who have not attended a convention before, it is a way of learning about the international organisation to which you belong, its work and its many many humanitarian and educational programs as well as enjoying the friendship of Rotarians and spouses of the world?
It is in Sydney and it is on our back door step. You may never have a better opportunity to attend a convention without the expense and trauma of overseas travel.
For those who would like some help with registering, see me at Rotary or call me and I will assist you where I can.
You may never have a better opportunity to attend a truly international event like this again so register early and see Rotary at work.
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22nd October |
29 October |
| Invocation |
John Nisbet |
Svet Lineham |
| Loyal Toast |
Sandra Miller |
Andrea Sampson |
| Fellowship |
Roy Slater |
Sandra Miller |
| Attendance |
Ian Sharman |
Ian Sadler |
| Attendance |
Rachel Furnell |
Keith McLeod |
| Properties |
John Beks |
Ron Bishop |
| Properties |
Bunny Hinchcliff |
Malcom Price |
| Fines |
John Hunt |
Ian Cairns |
| Chair |
Brian Trenery |
Judy Ross |
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| Gordon Curran |
1st Tuesday |
| Svet Lineham |
2nd Tuesday |
| Jim Hanrahan |
3rd Tuesday |
| Mary Fitzgerald |
4th Tuesday |
| Gordon Curran |
5th Tuesday |
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Posted by Doug Maclean
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THE BEST MARRIAGE
The old man placed order for one hamburger, French fries and a drink.
He unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half, placing one half in front of his wife.
He then carefully counted out the French fries, dividing them into two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife.
He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them. As he began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the people around them were looking over and whispering.
Obviously they were thinking, 'That poor old couple - all they can afford is one meal for the two of them.'
As the man began to eat his fries a young man came to the table and politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple. The old man said, they were just fine - they were used to sharing everything.
People closer to the table noticed the little old lady hadn't eaten a bite. She sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping the drink.
Again, the young man came over and begged them to let him buy another meal for them. This time the old woman said 'No, thank you, we are used to sharing everything.'
Finally, as the old man finished and was wiping his face neatly with the napkin, the young man again came over to the little old lady who had yet to eat a single bite of food and asked 'What is it you are waiting for?'
She answered:
"THE TEETH"
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