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Guest Speaker:
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David Pollock, Author
and ex NT Police officer
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Topic:
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Outback
in uniform
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Speakers Aide:
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TBA
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Desk Duties:
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Ralston Wood, Andrew Forgas, Ken Clark
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Roving Reporter:
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Brian
Martin
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President Greg’s
Report: The Week (May 27th) in Review
It was timely
having three guests along to the Club last meeting, given that the guest
speaker was Naanki. Whilst technically an employee of Operation Cleft, Naanki
has quickly come to be viewed as one of our own. Having now worked herself
out of her job, she has been, and is, a magnificent ambassador for this
project.
With
the proposed induction of Ross Mitchell this week, and a return visit planned
by Leigh Dixon, a large, welcoming crowd of members would be ideal. Now would
also be the ideal time to invite that friend or associate you’ve had in mind
for a while. Let them see a very positive meeting.
President
Greg
Report from Last Week
(May 27th) by Roving Reporter Kath Ronan
President Greg presented a cheque to NADRASCA for $7,900
dollars (proceeds from the Golf Day)
Our guest speaker Naanki Pasricha, the former Project
Manager for the Operation Cleft project presented on her personal journey in
developing the speech therapy program in Bangladesh in the 18 months she was
with the project. She spoke about the challenges and the achievements of the
project and the key people along the way that supported her in the
development of this unique project. The first speech therapy outreach
program was held in October 2008 where 17 children received therapy and 12
community health workers received training. In addition, four final speech
and language therapy students received specialist cleft speech therapy skill
training during this program. Since then, the in-country team have now
conducted a camp independently.
Naanki highlighted that we should all be very proud of
the achievements of the project and how far it has come in a relatively
short period of time. The program is moving rapidly to becoming
self-sustaining which is the ultimate goal of any development project. The
project has partnered with a local NGO, CDD and has an office and a local
project manager and speech therapy program coordinator. In addition, the
project now has a local patron, Asif Moyeen and the project is now supported
by local Corporate Donors and Rotary Clubs in Bangladesh.
Naanki has left Operation Cleft in good hands and will now
be continuing her care by taking up a position as Lecturer, Latrobe University.
President Greg and Brian Martin thanked her for the time
she had put into the project and wished her well with her future career.
Pictured
above Naanki (left) and Dalia Das, the new In Country Project Manager.
Naanki has been a
wonderful ambassador for the Club while successfully implementing the Speech
Therapy program in Bangladesh
with Operation Cleft.
Rtn Faiyaz Ahmed Khan, CFO Far East Knitting, Dalia Das, Operation Cleft
In-country Manager and Asif Moyeen, CEO Far East Knitting and Patron of
Operation Cleft in Bangladesh
The Operation Cleft Team
Attendance Report for
Last Week’s Meeting (May 27th) by Geoff Limmer:
Listed below are Apologies for and Make-ups advised for the
September 3rd meeting. Remember that to be counted towards attendance,
Make-ups may be made 14 days prior to, or following, a missed meeting date.
Notice of Apology prior to a meeting should be
made to Geoff Limmer,
email rotary@airportbus.com.au or Tel:
0419 329 218.
Likewise if you are bringing a guest, similar notice would be
appreciated beforehand if at all possible.
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Apologies: (9)
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Kerry Barrett,
Maurice Benington, Rob Collier, Tony De Fazio, Ken Clark, Michelle Hart, Owen
Jenkin, Lin Martin, Brian McPhail
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Leave of Absence:
(7)
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Murray Baird,
Trevor Dalziel, Peter Enlund,
Paul Evans, Alison Gregory, John Maddock, Don Sweeney
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Absence: (0)
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Nil,
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Present: 18/34
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Visiting
Rotarians:
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Stuart
Williams
Rotary Club of Forest Hills
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Visitors: (4)
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Naanki
Pasricha Guest
Speaker
Ross
Mitchell Guest
of Greg Cooper
Peter
Ray NADRASCA
Leigh
Dixon Guest
of Greg Cooper
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Make-ups (2)
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Malcolm Chiverton 26/5/09: District 9810 Rotaract
Michael
Kirk 24/5/09: Operation
Cleft
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Date
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Speaker
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Subject
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Speakers Aide
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3
June
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David
Pollock, Author and ex NT Police officer
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Outback in uniform
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Bernie
Millane
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10
June
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Ray McKenna, Box Hill Institute
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Making a film about Eastern Emergency Relief
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Keith Rooney
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17
June
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David
Percival. CFO University of Melbourne
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Developing
and managing a billion dollar budget at a University
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Lin Martin
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24
June
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Ian Black, Swinburne University
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Restoring Puffing Billy
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Rob Collier
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Sat/Sun
13/14 June
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DISTRICT BUSH FIRE RELIEF WORKING
BEE AT MARYSVILLE TEMPORARY VILLAGE
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Contact Club Secretary, Brian
Dillon on 03 5772 2973 if you are able to assist.
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Sat
20 June
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RYLA CLOSING DATE FOR NOMINATIONS – MORE
CANDIDATES PLEASE!
(YMCA
Lake Dewar Lodge,
Myrniong
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Go to http://www.rotary9810.org/content/90/RYLA.html
for more information and Application Forms.
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SAT
27 June
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District 9810 Governor’s Change Over Dinner
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Freccias Azzurra Club
784-796 Springvale Road,
Keysborough
6:30pm, Brian Tyedin – 9848 9422 or email btyedin@bigpond.net.au
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Birthdays:
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3 June
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Brian McPhail
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5 June
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Jim Killeen
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13 June
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Karen Chiverton
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14 June
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Mitzi Forgas
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17 June
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Sam Pho
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18 June
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Alison Gregory
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Rotary
Inductions:
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1 June 1995
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Trevor Dalziel
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Members Input
Corner: From President Greg
Marysville Temporary
Village Paving Project
Working Bee at Marysville Temporary Village
on June 13th and or 14th, starting at 10am.
Kim Wilke is overseeing the building of
the Marysville
Temporary Village
and has asked Rotary to help. Two
weeks ago a team of Rotarians joined many other community groups to prepare
the village for its official opening.
Residents are beginning to move into the
village while tradesmen are still hard at work completing more homes each
week.
This time Kim needs our help to lay paths
to the new houses before the wet weather sets in and the ground becomes
sticky red clay mud. He has three
hundred square metres of donated pavers, so there will be about three
hundred metres of paving to lay.
Kim would like as many workers as possible – “One hundred would be nice!”
It is intended to have the foundations
for the paths prepared before Saturday, 13th, [the weekend after
the long weekend], ready for a team of Rotarians to lay the pavers.
It would be really helpful if Rotarians
can come equipped with as many of these items as possible:
Work boots, gloves, kneepads,
wheelbarrows, shovels, rubber mallets, trowels, rakes, heavy brooms – or
any other items you know would be helpful.
Rotarians, or others experienced in
laying pavers, would be invaluable to lead work teams over the weekend.
If your club would like to be part of
this project, please contact Rotary Club of Alexandra secretary Brian
Dillon, phone 03 5772 2973, and let him know which day or days you plan to
participate.
If you know of anyone who lays paving for
a living and has the expertise and time to donate, and who would be willing
to come to Marysville after the long weekend to help ensure that the
foundations are right, please let Brian know.
Anita & Don
Sweeney arrive in the US of A
Goodbye Victoria
- Hello New Jersey, New York and more
Don
& Anita Sweeney have just arrived in New England
on a Rotary Friendship Exchange along with four other Rotarians and their
partners from Monbulk and Healesville Clubs. See Picture below L-R: Dennis & Diana
Stanton, Greg & Jeanette Suhr, Doug & Faye Symons, Jim & Thirza
McPhee, Don & Anita Sweeney.
They will visit New Jersey, USA in June
for a 14 day homestay with local Rotarians.
The exchange is organised in New
Jersey by Lois Horowitz from the Paramus RC.
Visits to Washington DC,
Atlantic City, Philadelphia
and New York
are also planned as well as lots of social time with the local
Rotarians! We continue to wish them
good luck and no swine flu!
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Your editor is away in New Zealand from June 3rd
for two weeks, thanks to Geoff Limmer
for his assistance in preparing the bulletin over the next two weeks.
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Desk Duties/Greeting
Roster 2009:
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Jun
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Ralston
Wood, Andrew Forgas, Ken Clark
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Jul
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Malcolm
Chiverton, Michelle Hart, Kath Ronan
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Aug
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Brian Martin,
Bruce McEwen, Ian
Port
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10 June
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Bernie Millane
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17 June
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Bruce McEwen
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24 June
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Geoff
Limmer
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1 July
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Tony
Stokes
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8 July
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Ken Clark
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15 July
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Bruce McEwen
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22 July
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Kath Ronan
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29 July
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Owen Jenkin
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Whitehorse Farmers Market Roster:
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14 June
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Shift 1. 7.30am – 10.00am
Shift 2: 10.00am –
12.30pm
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John
Maddock, Ian Port
Peter Enlund, Greg
Cooper
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12 Jul
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Shift 1. 7.30am – 10.00am
Shift 2: 10.00am –
12.30pm
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Craig
Hoath, Ken Clark
Michelle
Hart, Paul Evans
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Eastern Emergency Relief
Roster:
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20 June
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Peter Enlund, Garry Randall, Vici Funnell, John
Maddock, Rotaractor
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18 July
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Kath Ronan, Michael Kirk, Owen Jenkin,
Michelle Hart
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15 Aug
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Tony De Fazio,
Maurice Benington, Garry Randall, Rob Collier,
Rotaractor
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Thought for the Week:
District
9810 website
- for all the news in our Rotary district
Rotary eClub one - Rotary eClub One
Calendar of Events - check it out
regularly as it is UPDATED on a regular basis
Board of Directors - President Greg Cooper, Club Directors 2008/09 and their
Committees
Club Service List - All the other
Club duties
For contributions
and improvement ideas please email the editor, bmcewen@optusnet.com.au
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