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RYE - Greetings from Olivia Sep17

Olivia says "Hi and Thanks"

Olivia, RCHP 2017 Rotary Exchange Student, has now settled into her new family in Switzerland and has sent a video greeting to the Club. Despite feeling a bit homesick she is well settled in school, has embraced the German/Swiss language with confidence and is preparing for a couple of small excursions.

Please take a moment to view her video greeting to the Club and keep her in your thoughts for the final 5 months of her experience of a life time. You may have to turn up the volume.

Finn Peacock on domestic solar

Finn Peacock - Passionate about domestic solar power

Finn Peacock, guest speaker at meeting 1763 (Wednesday 13Sep17) of the Rotary Club of Hyde Park, is a Chartered Engineer with experience in nuclear power, lives in a hay bail house, and is ultra passionate about domestic solar power.

Through his company SolarQuotes, Finn has helped over 300,000 home owners around Australia to get into solar power with "honest, reputable providers".

The difference between Kilowatts (kW) and Kilowatt-Hours (kWh) was explained - kW is power and kWh is the rate of use of that power or energy.

A good solar panel, costing about $150, will capture 20% of the light falling on it and generate about 1kWh per day (equivalent to pedalling a bicycle hard for 8 hours). In current values that equates to about $3000 worth of electricity over 25 years. A typical house consumes about 16kWh/day and is ideally suited to a 5kW solar system (20 panels) but roof size usually governs the number of panels that can be installed.

The cost benefit of storage batteries for domestic application is still not cost effective, never reaching a break-even point in the life cycle cost. 3-5 days storage capacity is required to enable a house to go "off grid".

Bernie Boxer thanked Finn for his obvious dedication to the benefits of solar power and clean energy generally. The questions asked by members illustrated the level of interest in the topic. It was a pity that question time had to be cut short because of time.

ShelterBox Crisis Aid Sep17

Dear Rotary President

More than 1.7 million people have been affected in Nepal and over 8 million in Bangladesh. The monsoon rains in Bangladesh have been some of the worst to hit the country in four decades, with 1/3 of the country experiencing flooding.

Will you help us provide shelter for families whose hopes and homes have been washed away?

ShelterBox currently has teams on the ground in Nepal and Bangladesh working with local organisations and Rotary Clubs to assess how we can support families.

Just $50 could buy a water filter to provide a family with safe drinking water.

$100 could pay for a ShelterKit to repair damaged homes or build an emergency shelter.

Disasters don't stop. Neither do we.

Hurricane Irma is causing chaos in the Caribbean as we standby to help in Haiti, Cuba and other affected islands.

ShelterBox currently has nine active deployments and we need your support.

Category 5 Hurricane Irma is currently barrelling through the Caribbean with sustained wind speeds of 300 km/h. We are sending out a highly-trained ShelterBox Response Team today to understand how we can help families who have lost everything. The Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba and Florida are still in the potential path of this ferocious storm.

But it's not just these countries who have been affected by adverse weather - the last two weeks have brought devastating flooding around the world. More than 1.7 million people have been affected in Nepal, while a third of Bangladesh is under water. Huge areas of India and Myanmar are also in need of support.

Help us build a world where no family goes without shelter. Will you support us today?

VIDEO UPDATE

What does a category 5 hurricane look like? What do the different categories mean? Watch as James Luxton, Special Deployments Lead, talks you through everything you need to know about Hurricane Irma.

BREAKING NEWS: 8.1 EARTHQUAKE HITS MEXICO........

Please donate now to ensure we are able to help families in Nepal, Bangladesh, The Caribbean and Mexico, as well as other locations around the world affected by disasters.

Many thanks for your support.

Regards,

Mike Greenslade

CEO ShelterBox Australia

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RYLA 2017 - Jenny Ngin

An RCHP Project since Charter in 1983

Introducing RYLA 2017 candidate Jenny Ngin

The Rotary Club of Hyde Park is proud sponsore of Jenny Ngin

at the 2017 Rotray Youth Leadership Awards.

Jenny is a student at Thebarton Senior College where he is studying English and has been a member of the College Rotaract Club for the past two years.

In her application Jenny said she wanted to have the opportunity of going to RYLA and getting the experience. She enjoys working with people and is looking forward to the opportunity to develop skills such as communication, problem solving and learning confidence.

New Generation Director, Bernie Boxer, has met with Jenny and she seems to be a very good candidate for RYLA 2017.

Have fun at RYLA Jenny. We look forward you reporting back to the club in October/November after the Seminar.

The 2017 RYLA seminar will be held Saturday 23 September to Friday 29 September 2017.

Cabaret Night

A night of music from the Sixties with The 60 Four

Oh! What A Night!

The 60 Four (Ben, Kyle, Lachlan & Jordan) brought Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons to Adelaide in grand style on Saturday night at a fundraiser for The Rotary Club of Hyde Park.

A full house at the Unley Primary School Hall was treated to 2 hours of music from the 60s that most in attendance cut their Rock’n’Roll teeth on.

The audience sang along with fondly remembered songs like Sing Sing Sing, Shout, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, I Want To Hold Your Hand, Twist and Shout, and many more. The music of Benny Goodman, Neil Sedaka, Johnny O’Keefe, The Beatles, Roy Orbison and several others had us tapping feet, clapping hands, bopping and dancing.

Unley Cycling/Walking Plan 2016-21

Satyen Gandhi - "Unley's Walking & Cycling Plan 2016-17"

Guest Speaker Satyen Gandhi, Transport and Traffic Lead, City of Unley presented a very interesting summary of the planned intentions for improvements to Walking and Cycling movement through the City of Unley area.
A walking and cycling friendly city is one with less noise, cleaner air, healthier citizens and a stronger economy. It’s a city that is a nicer place to be in, where individuals have a higher quality of life, accessibility is high and there is a simple route from thought to action to participate in social, cultural, work/leisure activities or buy locally.

Active transport (any form of transport involving physical activity) is therefore not a singular goal but rather an effective tool to use when creating a vibrant city with space for diversity and development. The 2016-17 Plan aims to be World Class and achieve current Best Practice and build on the World Health Organisations accreditation.

Since becoming the only metropolitan council with a city-wide 40kph speed limit the council area has achieved a 20% reduction in crash numbers despite being a "pass-through" zone for 300,000 cars per day for many outer areas. The number of cyclists passing through the Council area doubled between 2015 and 2017.

The Council is striving to establish a seamless network of cycling/walking ways with a rolling programme of filling the gaps between existing routes.

After fielding several questions from the assembly, Satyen was thanked by Peter Griffiths and presented with a Club coffee mug.

Thank You Satyen for letting us in on the grand cycling & walking future in the friendly city of Unley.

David Roche Museum

World Class Gem on North Terrace - David Roche Museum

Meeting Number 1760 of the Rotary Club of Hyde Park was a Saturday b

"by appointment" visit to the David Roche Museum.

The David Roche Foundation was established in 1999 by the late Mr David J Roche AM (1930-2013) to be the recipient and custodian of the exceptional collection of antiques, paintings and objets d’art accumulated by him over his lifetime and to be preserved for future generations.
A devoted collector of antiques and fine art, David was acknowledged both in Australia and abroad as a renowned collector. He often referred to himself as an ‘enthusiastic buff’. As such, he was made very welcome by antique merchants from emporiums around the world. His entire life was spent acquiring mostly what he thought essential and all items were acquired with a place in mind.

From toys, money boxes and naïve items to the finest of porcelains, paintings and furnishing items such as the table pictured – he loved them all. It is fair to say that David rarely let a day go by without adding another ‘essential’ piece to his collection. It was his heartfelt wish to gift his collection to the people of Australia with a hope that visitors would leave having found a favourite piece to remember.
This unique collection was viewed in a one and a half hour guided tour for 10 members and guests with light refreshment on arrival.

Youth Services Update Aug17

Rotary Youth Services News - August 2017

SALUTATIONS FROM THE DISTRICT 9520 YOUTH SERVICES CO-ORDINATOR

Damian Leach

I spoke to many of you at District Assembly, and I'd initially like to thank your clubs for your continuing support of our youth programs.

As I spoke about at both of those events, I have been in the process of developing a range of promotional materials you can utilise both within, and outside of your clubs. Click on the following documents to our latest information relating to Youth Services:

Shelterbox Aug17 Newsletter

eNewsletter August 2017

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Bob Cooper, DG 9520, Visit

Posted by Geoff Hudson on Aug 14, 2017

Bob Cooper, District Governor, 9520 Visit

District Governor Bob Cooper and DG Nominee Tim Klar visited the RC Hyde Park on Wednesday 9^th August. Following a meeting with President Rob and Committee Chairs, Bob made an inspirational presentation to the membership at large on the activities of Rotary international and the leadership of President for 2017-18, Ian Riseley of the Rotary Club of Sandringham, Victoria.

Bob spoke of the objectives of Rotary some of it’s many achievements. He focussed on the PolioPlus program that commenced in 1979 in the Philippines, and with the financial assistance of groups such as the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation has reduced the global incidence of polio by 99.9%; Rotary’s greatest humanitarian program. He emphasised that it is critical that children in susceptible regions continue to be vaccinated until there is a three-year period with no occurrences, at which time polio will be considered eliminated.

An initiative of the current President is a tree-planting program and he calls upon all clubs to participate with the objective of planting at least one tree for each Rotarian.

The importance of recruiting new members was given considerable emphasis, and Bob drew attention to the District Conference themed “Joining Rotary” to be held in the Barossa Valley 23-25 March 2018, and the Regional Membership Conference to be held at Flinders University August 26 & 27 for which he urged members to attend and to bring along a potential member.

Aug 26, 2017 9:00 AM – Aug 27, 2017 12:00 PM

Science Innovation Learning Centre (SILC), Flinders University
Flinders University
Physical Sciences Road
Bedford Park, South Australia 5042
Australia

A highlight of the evening was the presentation of a crystal recognition piece and a Major Donor lapel pin to Peter and a pendant to Roslyn Griffiths to thank them for their generous donations to the Rotary Foundation.


Major Donor lapel pin and pendant presented to the Peter and Roslyn Griffths - features in DG Newsletter for August 2017	President Rob thanks Bob Cooper for his presentation

Bandung Update - August 2017

Bandung Street Kids Project Update

August 2017

Since Rodger’s recent visit to the Bandung Street Kids Project the following is in progress:

The renovations are well in hand to accommodate doubling the number of children in the shelter by Dec ember 2017.

The RC BBM has started financial aid but obviously want our assistance toward this if possible.

The Banner for RC Hyde Park (once we decide the lettering or format) will be hung in the shelter in recognition for our assistance since the concept of the project.

The procurement of Land for future development will be put on hold at present as the priority is the Girls - the focus being on the girls and their needs.

RC BBM will increase effort on publicity within West Java and RCHP is to do the same with Rotary, Politicians, Industry and Individuals here Australia.

The new Program Manager will submit a report to Rodger in the near future. The report will be in Indonesian as he realised that Rodger can converse with him in Indonesian and he does not speak English.

Prof Vic Gostin & the Acraman Asteroid

Why can volcanic rock debris be found in the Flinders Ranges?

Members of Hyde Park Rotary Club know, thanks to the guest speaker on Wednesday 26th July.

Associate Professor Vic Gostin spoke about the discovery of the link between fragmental volcanic rock found within the sedimentary sequences in Pitchie Richie Pass, Bunyeroo Gorge and Brachina Gorge in the Flinders Ranges and the impact site of what is now known as the Acraman Impact Crater, some 300km away.

Discovery of the volcanic rocks in the Flinders Ranges in the mid 1980s suggested that a reasonable size volcano may have existed in the area to the west of the Ranges, albeit hundreds of millions of years ago. Forensic development of geological theory based on sample evidence and most probable causes for the creation and sedimentation of particular rock types led Professor Gostin's team to prove that the impact of the Acraman Asteriod into the ice covered northern Eyre Peninsular sprayed debris over an area of approximately 300,000 square kilometers centred on Lake Acraman.

Rock taken from the impact site, previously discovered by George Williams, is an exact match with the Flinders Ranges samples and the thickness of the sedimentation increasing toward the point of impact further supports this origin.

Study of the samples has also determined that the asteroid, probably 4-5kms in diameter, smashed into Earth approximately 580 million years ago, showering debris into the sedimentary basin that was later to be folder and uplifted to form the Flinders Ranges. The resultant blast caused extinction of life as it was and the start of new life forms. Analysis of the asteroid fragments shows it contained chromium, which is not found in any asteroids known to science today.

The findings of Victor Gostin's team were verified by Gene Schoemaker (renowned geologist and planetary scientist and discoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet). Asteroid 3640 Gostin was named in recognition of Vic's leadership in this geologically important discovery.

Samples of the rock findings were shown to the meeting. Julian Lugg proposed the thanks.

Thank you Vic for allowing us to share in your enthusiasm for this inspiring discovery.

President Rob Handley - My Vision for 2017-18

President Rob Handley presents his Vision for 2017-18

The last meeting of the Rotary Club of Hyde Park for 2016-17 was the first for new President Rob Handley. Rob addressed the Club about his vision for the next year.

It is an honour to be President again of this great Rotary Club. I joined our club for

- friendship,

- to help other people less fortunate than myself and my family,

- to have an activity in my life that was different to my wife Erica’s activities so that I could bring home interesting ideas to talk to her about and to invite her to join in club activities and

- most importantly to enjoy myself.

In his address last year Past President Mike talked about the need for change to help our Rotary club become easier to access for current and new members. I intend to continue the changes that Mike started by

- changing our meeting schedule so that formal meetings occur on the 2^nd and 4^th (and occasionally the 5^th) Wednesday of the month, social meetings occur on the 3^rd Wednesday and no meetings will be held on the 1^st Wednesday of each month. This idea was passed by our Board last year but for various reasons not implemented. This year we will start the new schedule from the 1^st of July.

- the second significant change which is copied from other clubs is to have 3 Co Presidents (Andrew, Mike and myself with me being the lead President). Most other key leadership positions will also have a Main person with and Assistant. I have not appointed assistant Committee Directors as I believe that they can appoint their own Deputy.

This year my Secretary, Alan Moss, and I have created Committees which will once again serve an important role in directing our club. However once they have decided on a particular pathway and gained Club member approval, I am hoping that Activity groups will take the running of an event (e.g. the 64 night, Xmas raffle).

Membership is an ongoing important mission that will always be important to our club and to that end this item is a standard item on the Board’s agenda and something that each of us must be involved with. I will discuss this further at our first Board meeting.

Our club has a long history of members being involved in a wide range of successful activities. This year I am sure will be no exception. However, we need to be careful of not over working each other. Raising money has always been important to our club so that we can give it away. However we must enjoy doing so otherwise we run the possibility of waring ourselves out, losing interest and leaving rotary. Service to others is our motto but enjoyment and social interaction is equally important.

Welcome to the Presidency Rob. We look forward to another successful year under your interested leadership.

Wed	27Sep17	RYDA at Flinders Uni
Thu	28Sep17	RYDA at Flinders Uni
	Oct TBA	International Dinner at McIntyre Mansion
Wed	13Dec17	RCHP Christmas Function
Wed	07Mar18	Women in Rotary breakfast

Rotary Club of Hyde Park

Service Above Self

The Rotary Club of Hyde Park presented

Olivia says "Hi and Thanks"

Finn Peacock - Passionate about domestic solar power

VIDEO UPDATE

An RCHP Project since Charter in 1983

Introducing RYLA 2017 candidate Jenny Ngin

Satyen Gandhi - "Unley's Walking & Cycling Plan 2016-17"

World Class Gem on North Terrace - David Roche Museum

Rotary Youth Services News - August 2017

Bob Cooper, District Governor, 9520 Visit

Bandung Street Kids Project Update

August 2017

Why can volcanic rock debris be found in the Flinders Ranges?

President Rob Handley presents his Vision for 2017-18