Greg Rappo, our Community Services Director, has been appointed to be one of the three Judges for the District 9685 2022 Rotary Emergency Services Community Awards (RESCA) - other Judges are PDG Kalma McLelland and District Vocational Service Chair Ken Broadhead.

 

RESCA recognises Emergency Service Agency personnel from the following organisations:

· Fire and Rescue NSW

· Marine Rescue NSW

· Surf Life Saving NSW

· VRA Rescue NSW

· NSW Ambulance

· NSW Rural Fire Service

· NSW State Emergency Service

The Awards Presentation is scheduled to be held on Saturday 13 August 2022 at the Bankstown Sports Club.   Well done Greg and thank you for your service to Rotary.

 

Martina Linnenluecke   

Martina spoke about how universities have held importance throughout history as enduring institutions of intellectual development.   She explained that over the last four decades significant changes have happened in the values and principles of Australian universities.

At the end of 2019 Australian Universities already faced a triple threat

Then came COVID which could not have come at a worse time. It created many personal dramas for students, international students and academics. Only 3% of international students managed to enrol at the universities during the Covid lockdowns.  NTEU estimates about 40% of university jobs were lost (1in 5)

Martina explained that this has put enormous and unsustainable pressure on the academics who are already stretched in their workload. Martina reminded us about the importance of research and practical applied work that universities are working on.

Meet our NYSF 2022 National Youth Science Forum student Jennifer Riley & Joshua Ross Co-founder of Humanitix Matt Cross has organised our annual youth science and innovation night - Wednesday 18 May 2022 from 6:30pm for 7pm at Avondale Golf Club.  We will hear from our 2022 National Youth Science Forum student, Jennifer Riley who will give a presentation on her experience.  Joshua Ross, founder of Humanitix, will speak on Humanitix which is a not-for-profit organisation notable for operating an event ticketing platform to raise funds for education projects.

25^th May     Dr Toni Pearson Zoom meeting at 6.30 Update on Rotary of St Ives’ contribution to Northern Beaches Cancer Care Charity - making a difference to lives of people living with cancer.  NBCCC is one of the charities we support.  Dr Toni Pearson is Head of Oncology Dept Northern  Beaches Hospital.  Zoom details:    Meeting ID: 746 533 0852    Passcode: Rotary2022Time details: 6.30 to 7.30 pm

28^th May       Bunnings BBQ  Roster to be sent out

1^st June        Breakfast at JJs at 8 am 

1^st June        Board meeting via zoom at 6.30 pm  

12^th June      Sunday ‘Clean up Australia’ followed by activity based meeting and afterwards a

picnic meeting at St Ives Showground  

15^th June      KNC guest speaker Michelle Bell Zoom meeting  

Update on Ku ring gai Neighbourhood Centre (KNC) and their defined needs. KNC is one of the charities we support. Zoom details:    Meeting ID: 746 533 0852    Passcode: Rotary2022 Time details: 6.30 to 7.30 pm

22^nd June     Social dinner TBA

29^th June      Changeover dinner Dr Bruce Farnsworth starts his Rotary year as Club President for 2022-2023 – let’s celebrate!

 

 

Now confirmed for 25^th September.  The planning is well underway and many thanks to Harold Morgan for leading this committee which now includes Di Barnes, Milton Drever, Pip Heath, Christiane Berlioz, Russell Crofts and John Steel. 

 

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Cheers

President Lyndall