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Guest Speaker:
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Professor Brendan
Crotty, Head of Medical
School
Deakin University
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Topic:
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Educating
a new breed of doctors – the new Medical School approach at Deakin University
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Speakers Aide:
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Kath
Ronan
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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 13th) in Review
Thank
you to all participants in what was a particularly constructive and
worthwhile meeting on membership. The Membership Committee will be pursuing
some of the strategies and suggestions including an extended separate meeting
in order to fully flesh out some of ideas. Stay tuned.
Among
the matters to be addressed by the Board over recent months, quite some time
has been committed to exploring the merits of opening our own Opportunity
Shop. Consideration has progressed to the point of establishing a committee
to quietly track opportunities as they present themselves. Options have now
started to present themselves and Club members will be kept informed.
Lesley
is continuing to present options for social occasions for which we are all
grateful. The latest, being for the play Fiddler on the Roof, should be
excellent if the last play by the same group is anything to go by.
Malcolm
has coordinated the distribution of bowel scan packs at most local
Pharmacies. Whilst this is a project for the benefit of the community at
large, I would encourage all members to collect a pack themselves. This must
be done in the next week or so if you would like to have this “safety check”
for the modest cost of $6.00.
President
Greg
Report from Last Week
(May 13th) by Roving Reporter Tony De Fazio
The
Session commenced with incoming President Geoff
Limmer alerting us to the fact that we need to consider a
range of initiatives and efforts in not only maintaining but increasing club
membership.
He
outlined that on the charter night of the club there were 34 members and over
the last 19 years it has been variable with the maximum club members reaching
48. Currently we are down to 32. All clubs are struggling with membership;
however it is the responsibility of every Rotary club of Box Hill Central
member to increase membership. The target set for next year is 40 members.
Lesley
asked for support from every member to take a form and complete the details
of possible future members, so that the club could officially approach them.
She outlined the ‘selling’ points for club membership being the list of
achievements and activities, operation cleft and fundraising equalling $1.3
over the last 3 years and 4,200 people’s lives changed for the better.
There
were varying views put forward and discussed including the following:
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Arranging interest breakfasts
and inviting people along
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Develop a marketing plan with
clear messages and activities
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Subscriptions, level of
fundraising and other associated costs may be a deterrent
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What are the points of difference
making the club attractive to join
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Lets learn from other volunteer
organisations
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Be more strategic and look at
other options including organisational membership rather than just individual
membership
AGREED ACTION:
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A separate night meeting to be
arranged , for club members to brainstorm and develop a wide range of ideas
and initiatives which will lead to increased membership and the retention of
present club members.
President Elect Geoff Limmer
leads the Club in pursuing new approaches to building club membership.
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Lesley Bell talked about practical ways to bring new
members on board
Attendance Report for
Last Week’s Meeting (May 13th) 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: (8)
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Maurice Benington, Ken Clark, Rob
Collier, Andrew Forgas, Owen Jenkin, Lin Martin, Brian
McPhail, Ken Rice
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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: 20/34
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Visiting
Rotarians:
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Nil
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Visitors:
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Nil
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Make-ups (28)
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Farmers Market
10/5/09: Malcolm Chiverton, Rob
Collier, Greg Cooper, Vici Funnell, Michelle Hart,
Michael Kirk, Geoff Limmer, Lin Martin, Bruce McEwen, Ken Rice, Kath Ronan,
Don Sweeney, Tony Stokes, Ralston Wood,
Board Meeting
11/5/09: Lesley Bell,
Maurice Benington, Greg Cooper, Michelle Hart, Geoff
Limmer, Lindsay
Mackay, Ian Port, Kath Ronan, Tony Stokes
RC Highton 7/5/09: Vici Funnell
Operation Cleft 11/5/09: Brian Martin, Craig Hoath
Shine on Awards 10/5/09: Greg Cooper, Andrew Forgas
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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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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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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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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
Lesley Bell
Hi
Members
Please
find below notification of the next show from the local theatrical group,
the Babirra Players
Given
the wide range of performance dates, may I suggest that interested Club
members & their friends make their bookings to see ‘Fiddler on the Roof’
directly through Geoff Swain of the Rotary Club of Box Hill. Apart
being a great show, there is always the added benefit of a bag of Cadbury
chocolates with each ticket purchased! Cheers,
A Joint "Whitehorse Rotary
Clubs" Fund Raiser
Following
the success of the "Calamity Jane" joint activity:-
The
Rotary Club of Box Hill has been able to arrange for an allocation of seats
at "Fiddler On The Roof"
by The Babirra Music Theatre at
The Whitehorse Centre "The Babirra Music Theatre' is a quality
local musical company that presents two productions a year. This will be
the fourth production that The Rotary Club of Box Hill has supported. All
of the four have been quality Productions & have been a great nights.
Entertainment
in a good venue with easy FREE car parking, this is the first time that we
have been able to include matinees in the booking schedule
Contact
Letters to the Editor:
I liked this, it is particularly dedicated to
the many not so happy Hawk supporters:
Ed
The Hawthorn
bandwagon after the 2008 Grand Final
The Hawthorn bandwagon after last weeks
Essendon defeat by 44 points
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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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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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