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This week’s meeting Wednesday 17th June 2009 http://www.rotaryboxhillcentral.org.au
President Greg’s
Report: The Week (June 10) in Review The Week in Review by
President Greg It is always a pleasure presenting money to those that our Club selects
as worthy recipients and this week, of course, saw Patricia Car receive $2000
as the Monash Medical Student Travelling Bursary awardee. She will be using
this funding to work in
Pictured
above Ken Clark, Patricia Car, Lesley Bell and President Greg Cooper An invitation was received
this week from Anna Burke MP inviting nominations for the annual Caroline
Chisolm Awards. This is for people who reside or do their voluntary work in
the seat of Chisolm, which includes all of Box Hill and Tony Stokes, Ken Rice and
Ross Mitchell were all set to assist with the Marysville Paving Project on
Saturday but the working bee was deferred due to inclement weather delaying
the site preparation. If any additional members would have liked to
participate but couldn’t due to the date, please see Tony for updates. Did you realise that you
only have two meetings left for this Rotary year to invite along a guest? My
how the year has flown, but it’s not too late! Greg
Report from Last Week (June 10) by Roving Reporter Bernie Millane: It was a great display of the fabulous work
undertaken by a widely recognized and capable team of volunteers and their
donors. Gary was very pleased to tell us the cost to produce the video was
NIL, ie. EERN didn’t have to pay a cent for this quality promotional and
publicity piece. In other words, Box Hill TAFE donated its staff time, the
use of high-tech equipment and the finished product to EERN. Needless to say
– Gary and Keith Rooney were and are elated !! Add to this the fact that BHCR continues to
be a regular provider of volunteer support on weekends and a highly valued
source of monetary donations. All in all – a wonderful community-based
partnership. Some of the interesting information we heard
included ::--
EERN has a large number of supporters – this
includes the volunteer workers as well as financial sources; the latter
include Private Companies, Local Governments, Charitable Trusts and the
people who donate used goods, such as furniture. Of particular note – every
recipient of assistance must have completed an official referral pro-forma,
available from recognized organizations eg. St. Vincent de Paul, DONCARE and
similar organizations. This process ensures that help goes to genuine
requests. Gary was also proud to restate a former
announcement – the Rotary Club of Balwyn provided the money for the purchase
of new Transport Van for EERN. In telling us this good news story, he
explained that EERN reveals many and varied stories of our community. Without
mentioning names or places, he outlined a few very distressing stories about
individuals who faced and are facing distressing living conditions and
treatment. Members will know that EERN relies on an
annual Concert, held in the Whitehorse Civic Centre Theatre, for another
stream of financial support. Gary went to some length to explain that the
present national financial crisis is proving to be an offset for EERN. Why?
the amount of dollars people have to spend on events such as the Concert
has dwindled. He and Keith asked members to note this and do more in
the way of maintaining and growing this support cash flow. Before the end of Gary’s presentation, we
listened to Ray McKenna, from Box Hill TAFE CCTV Team, explain the Video
production project and processes followed, to produce the 7-minute video. As
Ray said, “the team was very impressed at the level of activity by the
volunteer staff in the Warehouse and the open, honest evidence of genuine
community need”. He went on. “ TAFE was delighted to be involved in the
production of a video that provides very important publicity and a
promotional package for presentation to Community Groups and other interested
organizations”. At the conclusion, Keith Rooney was invited
to accept a Video disc. He advised it would be used very effectively within
days !!
Pictured above
Keith Rooney, Ray McKenna, President Greg Cooper Attendance Report for
Last Week’s Meeting (10 June) by Geoff Limmer: Dear Members Listed below are Apologies for and Make-ups advised at the above
meeting. Remember that to be counted towards attendance, Makeups may be
made 14 days prior to, or following, a missed meeting date. Please
advise me if I have missed a makeup for you 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. APOLOGIES (9): Kerry Barrett, Maurice Benington, Tony De Fazio, Michael Kirk,
Vici Funnell, Owen Jenkin, Lin Martin, Brian McPhail, Bruce McEwen, LEAVE OF ABSENCE (7): Murray Baird, Trevor Dalziel, Peter Enlund, Paul Evans, Alison
Gregory, John Maddock, Don Sweeney ABSENT ( 0)
:
Nil PRESENT: 19 / 34 VISITING
ROTARIANS:
Nil
VISITORS:
Pat
Car
TAFE David
Herbert
TAFE Hans
Dekiok
TAFE
MAKEUPS (1): RC Carlton
9/6/09
Ken Rice Famous Pizza Oven Put to
the Test: Seven of the Club’s best, along with their
partners travelled to Mandurang South to “Road Test” the “Bell’s Famous Pizza
Oven on Sunday 14 June last. In usual and expected form, Lesley and John
excelled in Hospitality and organised great Sunny Weather for us to bask and
dine in their magnificent rural setting on a delightful Entrée of Lesley’s
Home made Vegie Soup, followed by a selection of self made pizza, cooked to
perfection by “Big Boy Pizza Entrepreneur John Bell.
John
Bell QA Testing.
Brian & Sue Building their Pizza
John
& Ken. Perhaps Ken might be thinking of Cooking Haggis!
Official
Pizza Adjudicator (Ken),Assessing John’s Pizza.
No
Pizza without a good Pizza Base by Lesley!
All
Fed and Happy! Those
that didn’t go have another chance in a couple of weeks to enjoy this wonderful
day of good food, good fun and lots of fresh country air. Many
thanks to Lesley & John for a great day. Much appreciated! Future Meetings:
Celebrations:
Desk Duties/Greeting Roster 2009:
Roving Reporter Roster:
Whitehorse Farmers Market Roster:
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