Our Meeting

Posted by Andy Irvine 
on Jan 12, 2016
 

PHF - Phil Hoey.

​​President Geoff opened the meeting welcoming Tayla, her Mum Erica, Kat and then guest speaker Phil Hoey.
 
At the end of his presentation, President Geoff thanked him for his talk, asked for a show of hands by those interested in doing a 2 hour CPR course with Phil in the coming weeks, and then went on to give him a PHF citation.
 
A photo of Geoff and Phil appeared in the Wednesday edition of the DA as well.
 
Phil is very generous with his time and money.  He is the club's First Aid man at the Food and Wine Festival, and the Gears and Beers.  He likes this club too.
Phil Hoey  – PHF
Phil Hoey has worked for more than 40 years with the Ambulance Service of NSW.  He started volunteering at Cootamundra at 19 (back in 1975) and has served the community Wagga for most of the time since (also having stints at Cowra and Singleton).
He has been teaching first aid for most of his career and also volunteers with the National Stoke Foundation and Kidney Health Australia.
As Wollundry Rotary members would know Phil volunteers with out major Festivals including driving the Gears & Beers trail to help out the many wounded and sore riders of our great Event.
We certainly appreciate your contribution to our community and with that in mind we have chosen to formally recognise your great work.
Rotarians often designate a Paul Harris Fellow as a tribute to a person whose life demonstrates a shared purpose with the objectives of the Rotary Foundation. Today we have the honour and pleasure of recogising Phil Hoey as he becomes a Paul Harris Fellow.
 
The presentation of Paul Harris Fellow recognition is The Rotary Foundation’s way of expressing its appreciation for a substantial contribution to its humanitarian and educational programs. It is named for our founder, Paul Harris, a Chicago lawyer who started Rotary International with three business associates in 1905.
 
A world of peace and goodwill comes closer to realty today as Phil becomes a Paul Harris Fellow. It is because of gifts like one made in Phil’s honour that The Rotary Foundation is able to carry out an array of programs that achieve beneficial changes in our world: improved living conditions, increased food production, better education, wider availability of treatment and rehabilitation for sick and disabled, new channels for the flow of international understanding and brighter hopes for peace.
 
It gives me great pleasure, Phil to present to you the three emblems of appreciation given to a Paul Harris Fellow – certificate, medallion and pin. Please accept our congratulations and sincere thanks, for your commitment to our common goals of world understanding and peace.
 
Congratulations Phil!
 
Kat let us know that she has been playing golf - 4 times this week, and has an official handicap at the Country Club.  Thanks to Cathy Pyke and Pykie for arranging this for her.  Kat is 18 on the 18th, so, a very Happy Birthday for Monday Kat.
 
Rotary Information - Ken Cook.
    HISTORY OF DISTRICT 9700
 
In 1930 the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga received their charter and became the first local club in District 76, which included clubs from Sydney, Newcastle, Canberra and Albury
 
From 1948 to 1951 we became District 29 and from 1951 District 30
 
With membership growing and the number of clubs increasing, in 1957 we became District 270
 
In 1977 we became District 970 and it was in 1991 that District 9700 was formed
 
Steve O’Halloran from the Wagga Wagga club became district governor in 1956 and subsequently served as the first vice president of Rotary International in 1967 – 68
 
Sgt Session - Peter Clucas.
​​​Peter was chasing members to be responsible for a table of 10 at the up coming Cambodia Ball, of which our club is supporting this year.
Messrs Clucas, Sutton, Barter and Bruest all took up the challenge.
 
​He went on to ask the president to carry the collection tin, as he beat Peter by 4 shots at golf the other day - in the Twomeys.
​Mark Hillis invited Peter to become a member a few years ago, so as to bring the average age of Rotary down a few years.  Since then, he thinks that the age of members is getting older again - and reminded members to bring someone along to a meeting some day.  If not, he suggests the rule of 84 will become the rule of 100 and that makeups will be claimed at funerals.
​He fined the board members for the high definition mug shots on screen at the entrance to the Commercial Club and made reference to Crows Feet.
Past Member George Thomas sent this info in before Christmas to share.
Rotary Club of Wollundry Wagga Wagga provided funding to Everyman’s Welfare Service during 2015 to purchase boxes suitable for shipping parcels to troops serving in Afghanistan.  These have been received by the troops and they have expressed appreciation for the consideration and the contents.  Everyman’s Welfare Service appreciates Rotary’s assistance in making this project possible. The photo of recipients in field kit with their Bushmaster PMVs includes a pack of Tim Tams being held above the National Flag !  (Photo 1)
 
Photo 2  Troops enjoying the luxury of the comfort parcels.
Photo 3 Everyman Representative Ben Ridley packing the parcels for shipment to Afghanistan.
 
 
 
 
 

Guest Speaker - Phil Hoey, PHF
 

CPR is one of the most difficult decisions you will ever make, and will be easeir with some training.

Remember, you do not save everybody.

Compressions to the chest are the #1 action to take, with 30 of them to 2 breaths.

Breaths can be difficult in themselves, in that they present a risk of disease, like hepatitis etc.

You need to perform 100 compressions per minute, so you need to be quite fit.

Things to consider before CPR are;

Danger about – traffic, dogs, people and your own fitness level

Response from the patient

Send for help – dial 000

Call the Ambos

Check airways are clear

Locate ideal place to place hands

Begin CPR – 100 compressions per minute

Push in 1/3rd the distance of the torso thickness

Crack crack, keep going, bones will heal.

Keep it up for 8 minutes at least.

Remember these points – only 7 – 10% will be saved,

two hands for an adult, one for a child and a couple of fingers for a baby,  and you need to get a drowning victim out of the water in under 3 minutes before the larynx fails and allows water to enter the lungs.

 
 
 
 

Sprout and About Market January.

CEO Andy Irvine OIC Frank Fuller.

Team Benn, Bromley, Byfield, Greg Conkey, Crozier, Georgiou, Gerlach, Green, Hamilton, Hawkins, MacGillicuddy, Rossiter and Willis.  Also valued assistance from Ken Taylor.

24 Stalls on 26 sites.  A good mix and number of stalls for January.  Not an overly large public attendance but the stallholders appeared upbeat about the day.  The Apex BBQ team sold out of their 8 dozen rolls for the morning.  I congratulate Andy, Ken and committee for their efforts to regrow the market.

Top effort by the team itself.  Everyone went straight into action, erected shelters, prepared the site an assisted stall holders where necessary.

Weather.  A fine day, warm early and quite warm for the pack-up.

The Money - $45 per stall this month.  Paid $10170, Advance for Feb $135 and donations of $152.55.

Less entertainment of $150 for a bank of $1207

 

Makeups
Michael Georgiou
Gerry Gerlach
​Andy Irvine
Craig Bromley
Greg Conkey
Bob Willis
David Byfield
Tim McGillicuddy
Richard Rossiter - all at Sprout and About January Market.
Neil Pinto - Mumbai
Neil Pinto - Dubai
 
Apologies
 
Graeme Burmeister, Travis Downey, David Benn, Michael Eldridge, John Ferguson, Pat Ingram, Peter MacKinnon, Stephen McCoy, Ric Priest, Rob Pearson, Rob Fuller, Jonty Schuter, Bruce Spinks, Ken Taylor, Phuil McIntosh and Jeremey Riethmuller.
 
Visitors today were Tayla and Erica Crevatin, shown here with David and President Geoff.
Tayla is off to Copenhagen this weekend for a year, as our exchange student.
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