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Week
21-Feb
28-Feb
7-Mar
14-Mar
Location
Bridge Hotel
Bridge Hotel
Bridge Hotel
Bridge Hotel
 
07:00 for 07:30
07:00 for 07:30
07:00 for 07:30
07:00 for 07:30
Chair
Graeme Lynas
Stan Hendy
Gerard House
Doug Lougoon
Welcome
John Harkin
Paul Kirkpatrick
Jim Rolfe
Mark Weragoda
Set up
Paul Henderson
Geoff Michell
Martin Ruffell
John Cannon
Set up
Brian Hinneberg
Cathie Miller
Adrian Schoo
Liz Commadeur
President's Message
                    
Meeting Valentines Day 14th Feb
There’s a silver lining to Queen’s Baton Relay traffic gridlock:
I noticed folk parking their cars, off street, on the periphery of the CBD and walking into work.
A precedent?
It was heaven on the bike … Just me and the breeze.
 
RDU magazines have arrived in our letter boxes:
Proudly we’re on pages 49 & 50.
 
Our champion member of Patti’s Team, Ray Carrington acknowledged the generous expert contribution from Wayne Gregson, getting the article to publication.
 
And Patti reports to me that the Project grows and grows, way beyond her control.
 
Graeme Lynas, just home from Maubisse having consulted with Señor Luis, is advising us further on optimal bale-packing practices for the future.
 
Thanks to “Doakey” and Gary Jones for coming along to present the cheque as our slice of the Swap Meet Catering pie.
The figures, especially the cumulative totals of monies passed on to our communities is overwhelming.
 
Doug in the Chair introduced another “Good Bloke”, Darren Trewick, a long-time member of the Elmore Field Days Committee and a past President.
 
Jack Trewik, en route to the local “We remove the braces off your teeth” dentist was there to support Dad.  Jack is an up and coming modern, young, efficient Australian farmer, and member of EFD committee.
 
Would you believe Elmore Field Days [EFD] is more than fifty years of age?
 
Started down by the river by a few restless young farmers, trying to set up comparative displays of like equipment.
 
Now:
 
Committee of twenty seven
Executive of nine
Mature innovative succession practices within the committee
 
154 hectares [380 acres in the old language]
Seven plus three kilometres of underground utilities
Eleven kilometres of paved roads
Dams, dams and dams originally for irrigation pump exhibitors and latterly aesthetics and water supply.
 
Three full time in the office and a groundsman with a special good-news story.
 
Venue for
        Scouts Jamboree
        Major Equestrian Events
        Seventh Day Adventists Conferences
        MotorHome “Jamborees”
        And, more.
 
Elmore and friends muster almost five hundred volunteers to run the EFD
 
So, October 2,3 & 4 2018
Be there.
 
 
And, Doug has inspiring news from Bendigo Chinese Association:
Not only was Dragon Loong’s spectacular welcome to Museum Victoria for his official visit a television spectacle success, but also, plans are well under way for Loong’s successor.
 
Loong patiently awaits his attendants
Hot off the press
Missive from Barb this morning:
 
Hello Dear Friends,
Just a quick call for assistance to help raise some funds for the Leukaemia Foundation.
 
Some of you may know that I lost my husband Dowell to this dreadful disease August last year. 
 
My daughter Georgia will be shaving her head on the 21st of March to raise funds via with the World’s Greatest Shave.
(This is Dowell's birthday)
 
She has a pretty ambitious target, and of course, she’s shaving her head! She’s half way to her target of $20k so any assistance you can offer would be awesome.
 
If you are keen to come down on the night, she’s also running a raffle with some pretty great prizes. She’ll be hosting the event at the Yarraville Club on the 21st of March at 6.30pm.
You can follow her progress on Instagram @g1ge
 
Please pass on to family and friends who may want to donate as well. Thanks everyone for any donation large or small, it all may help find a cure.
 
grateful hugs
 
Barb Mitchell
A60 Council Member
Cord Blood Coordinator 
Inner Wheel Australia
0416184096
 
 
BOARD  Minutes Minutes Minutes Minutes Minutes
Rotary Club Of Bendigo Sandhurst
Notes for Bulletin
Relevant to Board Meeting of: February 15, 2018
 
Snippets from the Board Meeting:
Six thirty kick off, forty seven pages of documents and final siren before eight thirty.
 
Catherine Holmes spoke to the Board Paper by Adrian Schoo,
 re The Gianna Centre Bendigo.
          Decision
                   Seek more information
                   Review March 14, 2018.
 
Business arising from Minutes of the last meeting:
1]       Cycling Classic re-visited
          Decision
                   $1,000.00 donation to Cycling Classic
                    [BBQ netted approximately $800 on the day]
 
2]       Letter of gratitude to Rochelle Fischer coordinator volunteers Community Service Girton Grammar School
 
Reports
 
Treasurer’s Report and Finance C’ttee minutes:
          Bottom Lines
                   Club solvent
                   GST decision 30 June 2018
                   Any committee entertaining decisions involving finance, for example PayPal suggestion, refer to Treasurer.
 
 
See Minutes on ClubRunner
 
   
 
President’s Report:
Notes from Clusters’ Meeting:
Youth Director’s Report
Community Support Director’s Report:
 
General Business
 
IT & Media
          Mark Hillson and Chris Rankin have spent hours unravelling history and re-building us.
          Board genuinely grateful and impressed by cost.
 
          Board approved introduction of a RCoBS IT committee headed up by a new Chair Martin Ruffell.
 
Ashley Eadon Support
          Board paper by Adrian Schoo
                   Agreed
                   $2,000 donation to support her studies in Thailand.
 
New Rotary International Membership categories adopted.
          Linda Barrow membership ratified as
                   New Honorary.
          Applications from Neville Sharpe and Chris Rankin accepted.
 
2018/19 Board Positions
          We seek three new members.
          President to call meeting of Horizons Committee
 
Meetings schedule:
          Wednesday April 25th:     ANZAC DAY
                   Gunfire Breakfast in the Mall
          Wednesday March 28th
                   Meeting as usual
                             Last minute arrangements for Easter
 
Social
          Four members attending Vice Regal occasion
          Car Rally
          Members favour combination of a celebration of our thirtieth anniversary and changeover June 2018.
 
LOA Application approved
          President George
                   18/4/18 – 6/5/18
                   BMFC Timor-Leste Team 54 Team Leader.[Dental Project]
 
Next meetings
          1]       Review two agenda items only
                   Wednesday March 14th
08:30 AM
          2]       Board Meeting
Monday April 9th
                             Pat’s Pub
                             6:30 PM
Upcoming Events
4 F's evening
Feb 22, 2018
 
Car rally
Feb 25, 2018
 
Speakers
Feb 21, 2018
Peter Kennedy
Managing Editor-Bendigo Weekly
Feb 28, 2018
Mal Kersting and Brian Westley
Vicroads
Mar 07, 2018
Alan Stevens
Vintage Caravan Enthusiast-Restored works were used in "The Dressmaker".
Mar 14, 2018
Peter Richardson
Executive Director-CatholicCare
Mar 21, 2018
Jacob Kiel
Manager Information Security- Bendigo Bank
Mar 28, 2018
Greg Ross
Australian Rotary Health
View entire list
ClubRunner
Stories
Club Activities
 
 
 
 
 
D9800 conference March 16-18, 2018
 
The conference is in Warrnambool, a beautiful coastal town situated on the Prince’s Highway  south east of Melbourne and dating from the gold rush days of the 1850’s. It is a fabulous location and we hope you’ve had a look at the website to gain some idea of what’s in store;
 
We look forward to keeping you informed and to seeing you there.
 
 
 

Kevin Reade has organized this year’s

Rotary Weekend Away

at Barham Caravan Park.

12 booked so far 

Friday 27th Saturday 28th

Sunday 29th April 2018.

Caravan sites and

onsite cabins available.

Bookings 54532553 and say

you are with RCOBS for the booking.

This is always a great weekend.

From Cathie Miller.....
 
 
Keep Feb 25th free for a fun and frolicking car rally
Family and friends all welcome
It will commence at 9.30 am and finish at 1 pm for BYO lunch.
More details to come
Jokes

LEXOPHILIA - WHO ON EARTH DREAMS THESE UP?

• I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.

• I did a theatrical performance about puns. It was a play on words.

• I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.

 

LIFE IN THE COMPUTER AGE

 

 

 

 

 
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BENDIGO 
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EAGLEHAWK
K/FLAT
Tues 12.45
for 1 pm
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Thurs 6 for 6.30 pm
Stirling Room, Foundry
Tues 6.15 for
6.45 pm
Latrobe Uni 
Nancy Long Dining Hall
Wed 
6.30 pm
The Shamrock Hotel
Wed 6.15 for
6.30 pm
Cal Gully 
Mechanics 
Institute