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Guest Speaker:
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Club Meeting
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Topic:
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The
future membership of the Club
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Speakers Aide:
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Greg
Cooper
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Desk Duties:
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Michael
Kirk, Tony De Fazio, Bernie Millane
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Roving Reporter:
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Tony De Fazio
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President Greg’s
Report: The Week (May 6th) in Review
After
another great turnout this week, I’m not going to encourage members to
bring a friend this week. Instead, we will focus as a Club on membership.
What we can do and how we will develop membership over the coming months. As
flagged at the beginning of this Rotary year, I see this year as a pivotal
one for the Club.
We
have recently gone to some effort to make the Club more attractive to new
members. It is critical that we lose the not uncommon perception of Rotary being
a club for “old men”. There has been something of a clean out of our
membership over the recent six months. In addition, for personal and
individual reasons, we will lose a couple more members at the end of June.
What
we are left with is a fairly vibrant and committed base of members, with
strong prospects. If however, we don’t commit individually and together to
building on this base, our hard work will be wasted and the Club will
gradually wither. Remember that this is our Club. It is YOUR Club. Please come along this week with your thinking cap on
and a resolve to build our membership back up with fresh, invigorated new
members.
Speaking
of a committed base, Sunday saw a very strong turnout for the Farmers Market,
where members manned the BBQ and the entrances. I am pleased to say that we
sold out of all stock prior to the official closing time. There was good
attendance from the public on a warm, sunny Mothers Day. With the tent having
gone missing, the weather was a real bonus.
Finally
and as mentioned briefly last week, both of our nominated candidates, Brenda Gabe and Laura Amadio, received
Certificates of Commendation at the 2009 Shine On Awards last Sunday.
Virtually any of the nominees would have been deserving of taking out an
Award. They should all be very proud of their nomination and Rotary should be
proud of organising these Awards.
For
those that might not be familiar with it, the Shine On Awards are an
Australia wide program designed to celebrate the abilities and achievements
of people with disabilities; people who have contributed outstandingly in a
voluntary capacity to the quality of life in the community. Awardees are
recognised for not letting their disabilities get in the way of reaching
their goal to serve others.
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President
Greg
Report from Last Week (May 6th) by Roving Reporter Owen Jenkin
Two
presentations of cheques were made by President Greg Cooper from proceeds
from the Charity Golf Day.
- A cheque for
$4500 was presented to Judy Fry, representing Karinya Counselling, Middleborough Road.
Judy said the money will pay for clients who are unable to pay fees.
- A cheque for
$750 was presented to Brian Martin on behalf of Operation Cleft. Brian
reported that the District Governor has asked for the organization to
prepare district, national and
international goals so that applications for matching grants can be
made. 4200 operations have now been done.
Tony
Stokes reported
that several members had signed up for the Gourmet Indulgence Dinner in aid
of Bushfire Relief.
Lesley
Ball invited
all members to come to their country retreat for Portraits and Pizzas on 14th
and 28th June (See the Archibald entries in Bendigo on the 14th).
Don
Sweeney reported
that there had been a strong response for the Centurions Club.
Andrew
Forgas attended
the Shine On awards last week. These are awards given to disabled people who
make a significant contribution to the community. Next year, our Rotary
Cluster will organize this function for about 200 people.
Ross
Mitchell reminded
members of the launch of the Red Shield appeal at Fountains Restaurant next
Monday 11th.
Our
guest speaker was Jill Weeks who
runs seminars on retirement planning and has written books with her husband
on the subject, such as “When to retire in Australia”, “Retire Busy” and “21
Ways to Retire”. She is a member of the Rotary Club of Hawthorn.
Here
is her check list if you wish to retire and relocate.
1. Medical care - fantastic to appalling
(where there are lots of golf courses/coffee shops/vineyards - there are lots
of doctors).
2. Security - check with police.
3. Weather - can you cope? Weather
affects health.
4. Cost of living - goes up with
tourists.
5. Real estate - affordable?
6. Recreation and culture.
7. Community issues - read the
local rag.
8. Transport - airport nearby?
9. Part time work - 60% of
retirees want to have some work.
Why
do retirees move?
1.
Escape the big city.
2.
Community has changed.
3.
Kids still home.
4.
Barefoot executive. Technology allows this.
5.
Emi Greys. Australia is popular with Brits,
they don’t want to be old and cold!
Conclusion.
People
who make the best transition, only move two hours away from home. Do your
research, move to a golden pond - not up the creek.
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Jill and Owen Weeks
Guest Speaker Jill
Weeks has led the way in helping people make good decisions following their
retirement.
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Judy Fry accepts a RCBHC
donation of $4500 on behalf of Karinya Counselling Centre
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Attendance Report for
Last Week’s Meeting (May 6th) 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: (6)
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Maurice Benington, Tony De Fazio,
Lin Martin, Brian McPhail, Ian Port,
Garry Randall
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Leave of Absence:
(6)
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Murray Baird,
Trevor Dalziel, Peter Enlund,
Paul Evans, Alison Gregory, John Maddock
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Absence: (0)
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Nil,
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Present: 22/34
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Visiting
Rotarians:
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Jill Weeks
(Guest
Speaker): Rotary
Club of Hawthorn
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Visitors:
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Judy
Fry
Karinya
Greg
Fry
Karinya
Ross
Mitchell
Guest of Greg Cooper
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Make-ups (9)
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Shine
on Awards 3/5/09: Andrew
Forgas
Rotary
Facilitation for Rotaract 30/4/09: Malcolm Chiverton
Farmers
Market Committee 1/5/09: Malcolm
Chiverton
Farmers
Market Committee 1/5/09: Michael
Kirk
Rotaract
Training conference: Malcolm Chiverton
District
ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee: Meeting, 5/5/09
Ralston
Wood
Operation Cleft
4/5: Tony
Stokes
Operation Cleft
4/5: Brian
Martin
Operation Cleft
4/5: Michael
Kirk
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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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20
May
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Professor Brendan Crotty, Head of Medical School
Deakin University
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Educating a new breed of doctors – the new Medical School
approach at Deakin
University
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Kath
Ronan
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27
May
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Naanki Pasricha, Operation Cleft
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Update on the speech pathology program
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Brian
Martin
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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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TBA
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10
June
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TBA
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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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TBA
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Sun 17/5
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District
Assembly
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Deakin
University Burwood Campus
8am registration for 8:45 am start & 1pm finish
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Tue 21/5
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Public Information and Membership Forum:
Jeff Kennett speaking on Beyond Blue
Promotion
of Rotary membership: brief presentations.
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Venue: Mulgrave Country Club
Cnr.
Wellington
and Jells Road
Wheelers
Hill 3150
(Melway
80:H1)
7 pm
for 7.30 start
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FRI-SUN
22-24 May
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RYPEN Camp
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Oasis Camp, Mt Evelyn, Jim Sly 0423 326693
Annette Haworth 0414 914726
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SAT
27 June
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District
9810 Governor’s Change Over
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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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5 May
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Ian Port
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18 May
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Lin Martin
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20 May
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Bernie Millane
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Anniversaries:
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4 May
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Ralston and Lorna Wood
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12 May
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Ian and Judy Port
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27 May
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Owen and Pili Jenkin
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Rotary
Inductions:
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15 May 2002
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Michelle Hart
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16 May 2007
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Maurice Benington
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21 May 1997
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Gary Randall
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25 May 1990
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Ken Clark
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Members Input Corner:
From
Tony Stokes and Lesley Bell
Hi
Rotary Friends, No
doubt most of you, if not all, would have read about the Make Dreams Come True / Yellow Ribbon fundraising dinner being organised by the
RC Manningham to raise further funds for the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. At
first glance the cost may be somewhat high, but where else would you be
able to participate in such a sumptuous dinner (prepared by three of
Melbourne's leading chefs + our own Geoffrey Tan) and have the opportunity
to meet Cathy Freeman, while raising additional $$$ for the bushfire
victims.
Let’s
support this Yellow Ribbon Bushfire Fundraiser Event, Wednesday, May 20th
From Andrew Forgas: The 2009 Shine On Awards Presentation
Event. See comments on this very special event in the President’s report
above.
From
left to right: Andrew Forgas (Chairman, District
9810 Vocational Awards), President Greg Cooper, Brenda
Gabe - nominee, Sue Munro, Deputy Principal, Sion College,
Sue Munro, Mrs Amadio and Laura Amadio - nominee.
The
RCBHC Nominee’s both received Certificates of Commendation at the 2009
Shine On Awards
Letters to the Editor:
None received - Ed
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Desk Duties/Greeting
Roster 2009:
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May
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Michael Kirk, Tony De Fazio, Bernie Millane
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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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13 May
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Tony
De Fazio
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20 May
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Brian Martin
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27 May
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Kath Ronan
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3 June
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Brian Martin
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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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16 May
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Bruce
McEwen, Paul Evans, Rob Collier,
Bernie Millane, Rotaractor
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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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