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Guest
Speaker:
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Mr Gus Koedyk, NADRASCA
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Topic:
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Activities of NADRASCA
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Chairman:
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Ken Clark
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Desk
Duties:
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Ian Port,
Tony Stokes, Lin
Martin
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Roving
Reporter:
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Ian Port
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President Greg’s Report: The Week in Review
The first
stage of the Club Procedures Review was completed last week and presented to
the Board for discussion and approval. Following is the introduction from the
Chairman of the Review Committee, Geoff Limmer:
Introduction:
The Club Procedures
Working Party was established at the request of the Board, following
representations by President Greg Cooper on the need to review a number of
Club Procedures.
The Review is timely
especially since the outcomes of the Presidential Membership Conference held
in Canberra in July found that in order to grow Club Membership, Rotary Clubs
needed to make their Clubs more inviting, thus less confusing to visitors and
to attract in particular younger Members, females and people of varying
ethnicities into their Membership.
Outcomes from the Canberra Conference were
very clear. Rotary Clubs need to attract membership from the X and Y
Generation, which basically means that they need reduce the average age of
Club Membership from around 60 back to around 50, perhaps as low as 40.
Clubs can only achieve
this goal if they are able to communicate effectively with younger Members,
and that means that some of the old traditions, practices and terminology
need to be reassessed.
The challenge is, and
has been, to come up with solutions to introduce changes sensitively with all existing club members. We have been at
pains to understand and respect the views of the older and more long-standing
members, and not ram through changes without the proper level of
consultation.
We have held 2 Meetings
plus an extensive exchange of Emails between all members of the Working Party
to come to the stage where we are able to make a series of recommendations to
the Board. Also Club Members have been invited to provide input to the
process, and members of the Working Party have been in dialogue with some
Club Members on a variety of issues.
The Board
determined to introduce some of the recommendations on a trial basis,
including ceasing the singing of the national anthem for normal weekly
meetings. The anthem will still be sung at suitable significant meetings at
the discretion of the President.
The
toasting and invocation/grace is still under review, with a view to using
alternative wording that is less formal and more relevant to new, younger
members. Further options will be considered at the next Board meeting. Input
to the Committee, comprising Geoff Limmer, Tony Stokes, Alison Gregory and
myself, would be welcomed.
Further changes
include a substantial modification to the traditional role of the Sergeant,
with the primary change being that this position will now be known as the
Meeting Chairman. The MC will continue to be responsible for the smooth and
orderly conduct of the meeting. The current rotating Chairman will be known
as the Speakers Aide, and will continue to welcome and introduce the guest
speaker.
The
traditional Sergeants Session will be transformed gradually to permit other
forms of fundraising. The session will evolve into a session which
facilitates more understanding by, and a welcoming environment for visitors.
The
changes relating to the Sergeant and Chair are intended to demystify and
simplify the meeting and also to allow for more free social time together
prior to the guest speaker’s session. Being a breakfast Club, this
aspect has by and large been squeezed out of the program.
A
Frequently Asked Questions Sheet is to be prepared to permit new members to
understand the Club’s modus operandi. A mentor will also be assigned to
each new member.
The
objective will be to provide at least four weeks notice of speakers to permit
guests to be invited in a timely manner to the meetings that may be more
relevant to them.
New
members will be consulted prior to their allocation to a Club Committee.
Regular
updates on Club projects will be brought to the attention of the Club via the
President’s announcements section. This may involve the Committee Chair
doing a short presentation.
The
importance of introducing new members will be recognised by the presentation
of an award to the member(s) responsible. This award will be given prominence
in the order of Club awards.
A process
will be formalised to follow up guest speakers to invite them back to the
Club as prospective members (where appropriate).
Whilst
this list comprises a significant number of changes and items to implement,
the process of review is an ongoing one. The general support indicated by
members for this process is most appreciated.
President
Greg
President Greg presents a cheque,
proceeds from the Whitehorse Charity Golf Day to
Principal Roberto Colla of the Blackburn
English Language
School at last weeks
meeting.
Report
from Last week’s meeting (Aug 13th) by Roving Reporter Brian Martin:
Well known Scout Badges and Icons
Guest speaker
Bill Henley, District Scout Commissioner, City of Whitehorse started his scouting career in
1962 and was a RYLA attendee in 1976 sponsored by
the Rotary Club of Glen Waverley.
Bill told
us that the scouting movement was started by Lord Baden–Powell (BP) of Gilwell in England in 1907. Scouting
commenced in Australia
in 1908. Baden-Powell was a hero of the Boer war “where he tried out his ideas of training soldiers in
"Scouting" and taught them how to develop experience in stalking
and fending for themselves; and to be observant of all signs that would give
them an advantage as soldiers.”
“BP was encouraged to set
down his views on how he would apply Scouting to the training of boys. So he
first conducted an experimental camp in 1907 on Brownsea Island
off the Dorset coast of the UK.
With some 20 boys from all walks of life and suitable adult leaders,
Baden–Powell taught the boys what he meant by Scouting. They lived in
tents, cooked their own food and learnt many valuable skills through
games.”
The camp was a great success and
proved Baden-Powell's ideas, so he tackled the task of writing down his
experience in a book. Scouting for Boys was first published in fortnightly
parts, beginning 15 January 1908. Every issue sold out as soon as it hit the
news stands, despite the cover price of 4d which was expensive at the time.
In fact, Scouting for Boys ranks third in the world's best sellers after the
Bible and Shakespeare
(taken
from the Scouts Australian website)
There are
28 million people throughout the world involved in scouting in 216 countries
(which is more than participated in the Olympic Games). It is described as
‘the largest peace movement in the world”
The
participants are organised in the following age groups:
Joey
Scouts (ages 6–7.5)
Cub
Scouts (ages 7.5-10.5)
Scouts
(ages 10.5-14.5)
Venturer
Scouts (ages 14.5-17.5)
Rovers
(ages 17.5-26)
There is
a great emphasis on training in Scouting and the training programs are now
TAFE accredited to Certificate III and Certificate IV level. Comprehensive
First Aid courses are also available.
Scouting
numbers have not reduced in the City of Whitehorse
in the past two years and 20% of participants are girls. The Whitehorse
District shares the association with Matsudo through the City of
Whitehorse Sister City program which gives scouts and their families to
opportunity to host overseas scouts and learn about their culture.
Famous
people who have been scouts are Paul Macarthy,
James Strong, Brendon Nelson and Dick Smith. 24 of
the 27 astronauts who went to the moon where scouts and 11 of the 24 walked
on the moon.
Baden-Powell
was voted the 13th most influential person of the 20th century.
The
environment is an important part of scouting and tree planting is a major
project of the movement. More then 50% of Scout halls throughout Australia
have been connected to water tanks as part of a federal government
initiative.
Bill said
that the challenges facing the scouting movement are protecting young people
through the use of police checks and working with children cards, the
maintenance and upkeep of scout halls and scout camps and the ongoing battle
to get the “good news stories” about scouting into the media.
Bill Henley reminded us that Scouting continues to make a significant
impact on our youth and our world for good.
Attendance Report for Last Week’s
Meeting (13th August) by Geoff Limmer:
Listed
below are Apologies for and Make-ups advised for the August 13th
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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Rob Collier, Tony De Fazio, Paul Evans, Andrew Forgas, Craig
Hoath, Lindsay Mackay, Garry
Randall, Michelle Hart
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Leave of Absence: (7)
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Murray
Baird, Trevor Dalziel, Peter Enlund, Vici Funnell, Jim Killeen, Colin
Macfarlane, John Maddock.
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Absence: (2)
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Sam Pho, Kerry Barrett
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Present: 19/36
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Visiting Rotarians:
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Nil
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Visitors:
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Guest
Speaker – Bill Henley
Robert Colla – Blackburn English Learning
School
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Make-ups
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Mens Shed
7/8/08:
Don Sweeney, Tony Stokes
Operation
Cleft
11/8/08:
Ken Clark, Tony Stokes,
Board
Meeting
11/8/08:
Greg C, Ken C, Lesley B, Michelle H, Don S, Geoff L, Tony S
Rural
Relief
12/8/08:
Ralston W, Malcolm C, Tony S
ROMAC Dist.
9810: Geoff
L
Whitehorse Farmers
Market: Michelle H, Peter Enlund, Malcolm Chiverton, Michael
Kirk
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Date
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Speaker
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Subject
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Chairperson
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27
August
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District
Governor’s Visit
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Rotary
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Greg Cooper
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3
September
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Club
Assembly
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Greg
Cooper
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10
September
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Ms Ann Buik, Consultant in Executive and Workplace Coaching
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Managing
generational differences in the workplace
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Michelle
Hart
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August Theme
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Membership and Extension
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Wednesday 27/8
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Visit
by DG John Barnes
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7.15
for 7.30am
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Box
Hill Golf Club
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September Theme
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New
Generations
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Wednesday 3/9
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Club
Assembly
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7:15
for 7:30am
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Box
Hill Golf Club
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Monday 8/9
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Board Meeting
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6:30pm
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253c Burwood Hwy
Burwood
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Sunday 14/9
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Farmers Market
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7.30am
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Behind
Whitehorse Council Buildings
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Friday 19/9
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District
Conference Launch
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Saturday 20/9
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Eastern
Emergency Relief Roster
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9.00am
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1/10 Thornton Crescent Mitcham
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Birthdays:
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19 August
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Anita Sweeney
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29 August
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Stephen Funnell
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Anniversaries:
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19 August
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Lindsay and Barbara Mackay
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21 August
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Michelle and David Hart
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27 August
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Lesley and John Bell
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Rotary Inductions:
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17 August 2005
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Jim Killeen
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30 August 2006
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Tony De Fazio
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Members Input Corner:
From Jim Killen via Tony Stokes:
Invitation for all Club members to attend the Men’s Shed 2nd Birthday Celebrations:
Whitehorse
Community Health Service welcomes the opportunity for your attendance at
the 2nd birthday celebrations of the Whitehorse Men’s Shed
on 21 August
2008.
There
will be an official cake cutting celebration at 12.00pm,
with the shed being open for general viewing from 11.00am
to 2.00pm.
The
Rotary Club of Box Hill Central has offered their support to coordinate a
BBQ on the day.
Please
feel free to attend this exciting day at the Box Hill Community Arts Centre
and see how the shed has developed over the past couple of years.
In
order to help with catering could you please RSVP to Stephanie
Chia on 9890 2220.
Jim Killeen
Chief
Executive Officer
Whitehorse Community Health Service
From Lesley Bell: Family Fun Director:
Dear
Friends,
Fancy a
night out enjoying Calamitty Jane, that well-known musical of
days gone by!!
A
theatre night is being organised by Geoff Swain (RC Box Hill) for
members of the Whitehorse Cluster Clubs to enjoy a live production of Calamitty Jane, brought to us by the Babirra Players, at the Whitehorse Centre, Nunawading.
Dates:
Wed 15 October or Thurs 16 October; Cost:
$30 per head
I
believe the RC Box Hill will also provide theatre-goers with small paper
bags of Cadbury's Roses chocolates as a special treat!!
Organisers
are hoping that 15 / 20 people from each Rotary Club will be able to
attend.
I
need to receive your emailed
commitments (number attending + preferred date) urgently! Money
will be collected later in September. Bring your friends and make a night
of it - I am sure you will enjoy yourself!!
Kind
regards, Lesley
From Torunn (Past Rotary Exchange
Student, and long standing friend of the Club) via Ken Clark:
Here in Bhutan,
I am loving my life at the moment. As this is the so
called monsoon season, we do not have many guests for the time being,
however the weather is great most days with a few showers and we are making
the best out of every hour. I have spent a lot of time lately developing
the guest activities at the Lodge and we are just about to finalize a
number of hikes and bike rides and the Top Ten Activities for the Lodge. It
has been a lot of fun trying the various experiences such as bar rounds in
town, farm house visits for milking, butter churning and cheese making,
farm house lunches and of course lots of hikes and bike rides to various
beautiful temples etc. In two days I leave from Bumthang
and travel to Punakha and Gangtey
where we also have lodges and I will be stationed there for about three
weeks to do all the possible activities and excursions in the areas and
make a write up the same way I have done here. I absolutely love my job!
Ingrid is coming to visit in the end of the month and then we travel
together to Bali on September 8th.
I am very excited about getting a week to do some shopping and experience
three other Amanresorts! I need to build up my
product knowledge!
I am falling more and more in love with this charming place every
single day and I feel very lucky to be here. So different from my life in Dubai and both are
great in very different ways! So all good from here! All the best. See you
in 15 months!
Torunn
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Desk Duties/Greeting Roster 2008:
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August
|
Ian Port, Tony Stokes, Lin Martin
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September
|
Ralston Wood, Andrew Forgas, Kerry Barrett
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October
|
Maurice
Benington, Trevor Dalziel, Jim Killeen
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November
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Michelle Hart, Vici
Funnell, Lesley Bell
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December
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Geoff Limmer, Alison Gregory, Andrew Forgas
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27 August
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Ken Clark
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3 September
|
Ken Clark
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10 September
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Bruce
McEwen
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17 September
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Don
Sweeney
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24 September
|
Tony Stokes
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30 September
|
Bernie Millane
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Whitehorse Farmers Market Roster:
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14 September
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Shift 1 (7.30-10.00am)
Shift 2 (10.00am-2.00pm)
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Alison Gregory, Owen Jenkin
Malcolm Chiverton, Murray Baird
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12 October
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Shift 1 (7.30-10.00am)
Shift 2 (10.00am-2.00pm)
Eggs & Bacon (7.30-10.00am)
Eggs & Bacon (10.00am-2.00pm)
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Peter Enlund, Jim Killeen
Andrew Forgas, Tony De Fazio
Lin Martin,
Tony Stokes, Sam Pho
Lesley Bell, Maurice Benington, Bernie Millane
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9 November
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Shift 1 (7.30-10.00am)
Shift 2 (10.00am-2.00pm)
|
Ken Clark, Brian Martin
Don Sweeney, Michael Kirk
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14 December
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Shift 1 (7.30-10.00am)
Shift 2 (10.00am-2.00pm)
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Ralston Wood, Murray
Baird
Michelle Hart, Alison Gregory
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Eastern Emergency Relief Roster:
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16 August
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Tony Stokes, Michelle Hart, Bernie
Millane, Bruce McEwen, Rotaractor
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20 September
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Michael Kirk, Ian Port,
Garry Randall, Lindsay Mackay,
Rotaractor
|
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18 October
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Brian Martin, Don
Sweeney, Rob Collier, Lesley
Bell, Rotaractor
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|
Name / Alias
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
Total Tips
|
|
Jeff Enlund
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
5
|
2
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
117
|
|
Ralston Wood
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
6
|
3
|
115
|
|
Tony Enlund
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
7
|
115
|
|
Lynette Milton
|
7
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
1
|
8
|
7
|
5
|
113
|
|
keith rooney
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
113
|
|
Lesley Bell
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
112
|
|
Brian McPhail
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
112
|
|
sticky
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
2
|
7
|
5
|
3
|
112
|
|
Tony Stokes
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
8
|
6
|
4
|
110
|
|
Michael Dean
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
109
|
|
Phillip Enlund
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
109
|
|
craig hoah
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
109
|
|
Michael Kirk
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
109
|
|
Greg Cooper
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
3
|
7
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
2
|
109
|
|
Ken Clark
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
107
|
|
Peter Enlund
|
7
|
3
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
105
|
|
Bruce McEwen
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
105
|
|
Cat 09
|
7
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
1
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
5
|
103
|
|
Ian Milton
|
7
|
4
|
5
|
4
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
102
|
|
Steve Rice
|
7
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
100
|
|
Malcolm Chiverton
|
5
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
5
|
3
|
2
|
94
|
|
Sue McPhail
|
4
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
6
|
5
|
92
|
|
Sue Korevaar
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
4
|
5
|
5
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
86
|
|
Vishwa Prakash Chandrasekharan
|
5
|
2
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
1
|
1
|
5
|
70
|
From the Editor:
The final photo in this series, hope you
liked them. Ed
Rotary Grace:
Rotary Grace:
For good food
Good
fellowship
And the
opportunity to serve through Rotary
We give
thanks.
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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