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Guest Speaker:
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Naanki
Pasricha, Operation Cleft
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Topic:
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Update on the
speech pathology program
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Speakers Aide:
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Brian Martin
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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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Kath Ronan
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President Greg’s Report: The Week (May 20th) in Review
As
flagged at last week’s meeting, the shop identified as a good location
for the Club to set up an Op Shop had already received an offer to lease.
Unfortunately, the application was accepted and leases have now been signed.
As such, some of the urgency has come out of the matter and a proposal will
no longer be put to the Club for approval this week. Nevertheless, we
don’t want to miss out again, so approval in principal will still be
sought once the Committee formed to address this matter agree on the
parameters.
In
addition to the current distribution of Golf proceeds (a very satisfying
time), we will also this week be allocating approximately $6,000 from the
Clubs efforts over the last year from the Whitehorse Farmers Market proceeds.
Our Club
was represented by a table of 10 at the “Indulge to Make a
Difference” dinner for the District Bushfire Appeal. The evening raised a net $15,000 and a
large mock cheque was handed over by Cathy Freeman. It was a delightful evening
with excellent food (and wine) provided by the four guest chefs, including
Rotary’s Jeffrey Chan. Definitely one of my more pleasant “duties”
for the year.
President
Greg
Report from Last Week (May 20th) by
Roving Reporter Brian Martin
President
Greg presented two cheques from the proceeds of Club fundraising events to:
- Stuart Williams (RC Forest
Hill) representing the Louise Multi Cultural Centre - $4,500 (proceeds
from the Annual Golf Day)
- Keith Rooney representing Eastern
Emergency Relief Network - $3,570.97
(proceeds from the Annual Police Band concert)
Tony
Stokes also presented a $3,000 cheque (proceeds from the Annual Golf Day) to
the Blackburn English Language
School at a ceremony at
the school on May 20.
Our guest
speaker was Professor Brendan Crotty, Deakin
Medical School,
Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences
Deakin University.
Brendan
gave a very informative overview of the brand new Deakin Medical
School which has been
developed to meet the needs of regional medicine by providing long term
placement of medical students in regional areas as part of the course. Deakin Medical School
was established as part of an Australian wide initiative to increase medical
graduates by an average of around 75%. This initiative was a response to shortage
of doctors as a result of:
- Medical school places being capped
to control healthcare costs in the early 1990’s
- Population growth.
- Ageing: diabetes, stroke, dementia, cancer.
- Increased disease prevalence
- hepatitis C, HIV, obesity.
- More effective interventions:
cardiac risk factor control, transplantation, osteoporosis and chemotherapy.
- Changing medical graduate
demographic: feminisation, graduate entry, ‘generation Y’
The
course commenced on February 7 2008 taking in just over 100 students at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong)
campus. Emphasis is on team-based flexible learning that utilises problem
based teaching methods by introducing the students to a full range of
curriculum content in a realistic and interesting format.
Deakin is
Victoria’s third medical school and is
a four year graduate-entry program and the Clinical School
based program to commence in 2010. The school utilises online curriculum
delivery extensively and each students has a wireless laptop computer that is
used in tutorials, workshops and lectures. There is also a great use of
modern teaching technology with multiple plasma screens in each lecture room.
Disciplines
covered included general practice, aged care, rehabilitation, psychiatry,
general medicine, academic medicine and pathology.
Deakin Medical
School has been designed to address
rural / regional medical workforce shortages with the aim to produce
‘work ready’ doctors for GP and specialist training with an
emphasis on procedural skills, chronic disease prevention and management and interdisciplinary
learning.
Professor Brendan Crotty gave
a very informative overview of the brand new Deakin Medical
School which has been
developed to meet the needs of regional medicine.
Attendance Report for Last Week’s
Meeting (May 20th) 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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Kerry Barrett, Maurice Benington,
Ken Clark, Craig Hoath, Brian McPhail,
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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Stuart Williams
Rotary Club of Forest Hills
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Visitors:
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Nil
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Make-ups (17)
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Eastern
Emergency Relief 16/5: Bernie Millane, Andy (Rotaract),
Rob Collier, Bruce McEwen
District Assembly 17/5: Greg
Cooper, Lesley Bell, Malcolm Chiverton, Geoff Limmer, Kath Ronan, Tony Stokes, Don Sweeney
Opp Shop Cttee 19/5: Michelle Hart, Greg Cooper, Don Sweeney, Geoff Limmer
Dist 9571 Conference 15/5: Brian Martin
Dist Rural Support 14/5: Tony
Stokes
Whitehorse Rotaract 13/5: Malcolm
Chiverton
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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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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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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 the Lindsay
Mackay
Learning more about RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service)
and how can we help!
CAN’T TRAVEL—CAN HELP !
So
travelling overseas to join a Volunteers Project is not possible at the
moment so what can our club do to be a part of the RAWCS
program ?
With so
many challenging programs open to Rotarians it is not always possible to
enthuse members about undertaking an overseas Volunteers project. Well not
at the present time. Yet the club
wants to support an interesting international program where members can see
benefits flowing from their efforts.
RAWCS offers a whole raft of fascinating avenues to explore
from hands on involvement to cheque book solutions. With the end of the
Rotary year bearing down on us, boards may wish to consider supporting
their International commitments through contributions to an approved
Project Funding venture. These are programs that have been granted official
status for financial support and are listed as worthy of additional funding
from interested clubs.
An
example of such a project comes from Sandra Meihubers
from the Dee Why Warringah Club where, along with other agencies, funding for
a sanitation project in Nepal
has been initiated. Bhattedande village is a rural community of some 400
people in the mountains of Nepal. Underway already is the construction of
toilets into 70 homes, the improvement of quality drinking water and an
education program on sanitation and hygiene. Work started in 2007 with an anticipated
completion date of 2011. This month it is expected that 32 toilets will
have been been completed using local expertise
and labour. Donors to the Nepal
project are “matched” to a recipient family and will receive
project reports and newsletters. The
estimated overall cost for the project is AUD
150,000. Clubs or individuals
interested in supporting this or other similar projects on the approved
listing can forward donations to The Treasurer, RAWCS
Eastern Region Overseas Aid Fund noting their preferred project. All
donations are tax deductible.
With
only Eastern and Western Regions maintaining their own websites, it has
been long over due that the peak body be represented across the nation. News of the reappearance of the site
suggests that it will be up and running by July 2009 at a cost of $8000 plus
a monthly fee of $95.00. It will be
accessed through “rotary.org.au” with
clicks through the multidistrict activities onto the National RAWCS page.
The
newly formed National Promotional and Development Committee will be
responsible for the content to be presented with each Region updating their
appropriate sections. Our current site will remain accessible through the
same site as well as that of the national body.
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:
A lovely letter of greeting from Lawrence Gerry of Goroke PNG, received
by Ralston Wood, Lawrence sends his
warmest greetings to all the friends and members of the club. see Ralston
for full text.
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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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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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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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