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Guest Speaker:
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Diane Clark, McKillop Family Services
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Topic:
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Fundraising
in a not for profit organisation
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Speakers Aide:
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Michael
Kirk
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Desk Duties:
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Maurice Benington, Bernie Millane, Malcolm Chiverton
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Roving Reporter:
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Ken
Clark
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President Greg’s
Report: The Week (Oct 22nd) in Review
We
had the pleasure this week of having three guests of the Club as well as the
return of the first of our world travellers (and a surprise impromptu visit
from Murray).
The new faces, and the accompanying stories provided
a bright and buoyant meeting. It was a pleasant opportunity to meet our
successful Group Study Exchange nominee, Carolyn Ford, along with Yusi and Kath (for the second time). All three were with
us because of a timely suggestion from a Rotarian in the past. Please keep
this in mind over the coming week as you meet new friends or old
acquaintances.
Our
Board recently approved the allocation of a portion of the funds raised from
the Farmers Market to fund a joint project in combination with our Cluster
Group (who run the Market with us). The Club Presidents will determine a
suitable project once each Club’s Board has given approval to proceed.
Michael
represented the Club at the Whitehorse Spring Festival last Sunday. Thank you
Michael..
President
Greg
Report from Last Week’s Meeting (Oct 22nd) by Roving Reporter
Ian Port
Introduced by Tony Stokes, our guest speaker was 23
year old Yusi Liu, a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar
from Beijing, China.
Yusi was sponsored last year by the Rotary Club of
Bangor, Wales, which is in
D1180 comprising 62 clubs. Her host club in D9810 is Bentleigh
Moorabbin Central.
Yusi is fluent in English and Chinese and is basic in
French and Japanese.
Before coming to Australia, Yusi
lived in the UK for more than four years, studied English language and
completed an Honours Degree in Psychology at the
University of Wales. In 2007, she won the title of Wales International
Student of the Year.
Yusi was encouraged by her parents and grandparents to
take on a Degree course in an English speaking country because ‘English is such an important language’.
They also offered to cover her costs which would have been substantial. On
checking the Internet Yusi chose Wales to do her
study because it ‘seemed a lovely
country’ and Bangor was on record of having the second lowest crime rate
in the country although she couldn’t quite explain why this was so.
Yusi is now in Australia studying for a Masters (Honours) degree at the Cultural Heritage Centre for Asia
and the Pacific conducted at Deakin University Burwood Campus. She is also participating in the Young
Achievement Australia Business Program.
Apart from her commitment to study, Yusi enjoys sport, travel, play acting (which included a
key role in a show at La Mama Theatre in Melbourne – Murray Baird can bear
witness to that), experiencing different cultures (heaps of evidence of
that), as well as communicating and working with people.
Yusi said the acronym MAD describes what she is about – Mission, Ambition, Degree.
Yusi is clearly a shining example of what the Rotary
Ambassadorial Scholarship program is all about. She was congratulated on her
outstanding achievements and thanked for a wonderful address that was full of
youthful exuberance.
Attendance Report for
Last Week’s Meeting (22nd October) 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: (7)
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Kerry Barrett,
Andrew Forgas, Paul Evans, Alison Gregory, Michelle
Hart, Bruce McEwen, Garry Randall,
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Leave of Absence:
(7)
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Ken Clark (10/9/08 – 22/10/08), Trevor Dalziel, Peter Enlund, Vici Funnell, Jim Killeen, John
Maddock, Ken Rice
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Absence: (1)
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Brian McPhail
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Present:
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19 /34
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Visiting
Rotarians:
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(nil)
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Visitors:
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Yusi
Liu:
Guest Speaker
Kath
Ronan
Guest of the Club
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Make-ups
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Farmers Market 11 October: Andrew Forgas
D9520 Conference 17/10/08 Lesley Bell
Whitehorse Spring Festival 19/10/08 Michael Kirk
District Rural Relief 15/10/08 Tony Stokes
Dist Marketing & Membership 19/10/08 Malcolm
Chiverton
Rotaract club of Rowville Interest M 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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5 November
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Major Deane Limmer, Australian Army
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World War I
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Malcolm
Chiverton (tbc)
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12
November
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Elena Jenkin, Rotary
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Helping with disabilities in developing
countries
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Michelle
Hart
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19
November
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Lucia Strati, Outbound Cultural Ambassadorial
Scholar
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Spanish in Spain!
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November,
Rotary Foundation Month
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Friday 7/11
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Rotary
Youth Exchange Information Night
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7.15
pm for 7.30 pm
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Mitcham
Salvation Army, 325 Mitcham Rd,
Mitcham
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Sunday 9/11
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Nunawading
Farmers Market
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7.30
to 12.30pm
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Behind
City of Whitehorse,
Nunawading Offices
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Monday 10/11
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Board
Meeting
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6.30pm
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253c
Burwood Hwy,
Burwood
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Saturday 15/11
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Eastern
Emergency Relief Roster
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9.00am
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1/10 Thornton
Cres Mitcham
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Sunday 30/11
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Club
Family Social day at Puffing Billy
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Puffing
Billy Station, Belgrave
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Sunday 14/12
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Nunawading
Farmers Market
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7.30
to 12.30pm
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Behind
City of Whitehorse,
Nunawading Offices
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Monday 8/12
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Board
Meeting
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6.30pm
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253c
Burwood Hwy,
Burwood
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Saturday 20/12
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Eastern
Emergency Relief Roster
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9.00am
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1/10 Thornton
Cres Mitcham
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Wednesday 24/12
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Club
Christmas Meeting
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7.15
am for 7.30 am start
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Birthdays:
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8 October
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Michael Kirk
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12 October
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Pili Jenkin
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19 October
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John Maddock
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20 October
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Geoff Limmer
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27 October
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Maurice Benington
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29 October
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Judy Port
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31 October
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Lindsay Mackay
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Anniversaries:
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6 October
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Garry and Margaret Randall
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31 October
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Maurice and Gillian Benington
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Rotary
Inductions:
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23 October 1991
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Lesley Bell
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29 October 1997
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Owen Jenkin
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29 October 2003
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Bernie Millane
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Members Input
Corner:
From Geoff Limmer
Romac District Member
Romac
Fund raiser organised by
The Rotary Club of Nunawading
Reserved
A Reserve Seats available for Billy
Elliot
Where: Her Majesty’s
When: Thursday 7th
May 2009 at 7.30 PM, Tuesday 12th
May 2009 at 7.30 PM
Seats
We have Group Booked and reserved a total of 130 terrific seats in Rows
O, P, Q,R and S in the Stalls.
The Cost: $90 per ticket by cheque made payable to the Rotary
Club of Nunawading. The normal box office price is $109.90, (plus booking fee of
$7.95) and because this is a
donation raiser please consider a suggested DONATION of: $20 per ticket to ROMAC by a separate cheque.
Note: It is not a condition of sale or service that a donation be
made. Donation receipts will be provided when the tickets are distributed.
VALUE Thus
for a total of $110 a seat, without a $7.95 booking fee, you get good
seats and a happy social event with
likeminded companions who support ROMAC and its wonderful work in Oceania
and Asia facilitating medical services in Australia (not otherwise
available in the home country) for some very sick children.
Please refer to www.romac.org.au)
PAYMENT: By
the 26th February 2009 otherwise
we will lose the reservation. Seats
will be allocated in order of
expressions of interest/ payment.
Payment is required by cheque
only for record purposes. No
cash!
PLEASE HELP - by communicating your interest
and intentions ASAP to Len Brear.
PLEASE CONTACT
Past
President Len Brear 9871 4414 or 0439154226
From Ken Clark, back
this week after leave of absence to visit Europe
with Suzanne.
Whilst
on our 6 week holiday in Europe, we caught
up with two former Rotary exchange students. I have written a brief update
on each of them.
Line von Gersdorff
Line was an exchange
student in 1990-91 sponsored by Rotary Club of Box Hill,
however, most of her home hosting was with members of Rotary Club of Box
Hill Central. Line is from Denmark and visited the club about 4 years
ago, whilst on a return visit to Australia.
In
May, Line married Nicolai and
they live just over the border in Sweden,
but work in Copenhagen.
Line is just starting a new job
which I would describe as a field officer in the Department of Agriculture.
Line remembers her exchange year
very fondly and sends her best wishes to the club and members.
Attached
is a photo showing left to right: Life (father), Suzanne (former host Mum),
Vibeke (mother),
Line with Nicolai, her husband
Stephanie
Baumgartner
Steffi
was an exchange student sponsored by our club in 2000-01. Many members
would remember her bubbly personality and enthusiasm for life in general. I
can tell you that she is still the same beautiful person we came to love
during her exchange. We spent an afternoon in Vienna with her and father, Erwin, who
attended a club meeting during Steffi's exchange.
Steffi
holds a senior marketing position with Proctor and Gamble in Vienna. She still has
a steady relationship with Christoph, who was
with her when she visited the club early last year, during their round the
world travels, although distance keeps them apart a lot as Christoph is working in Munich. Steffi asked me to pass on her
regards and best wishes to everyone in the club.
Steffi
with Erwin, taken during our visit.
From Vici Funnell
The $US, Vici shares the concerns of many!
Rotary Stories from
around the Globe: (From RI Website)
New
Country added to Rotary Map
Members of the first Rotary club in the island nation
of Kiribati
spent a week in August celebrating its charter. On 11 August, RI
General Secretary Ed Futa, on behalf of the RI
Board, approved a charter for the Rotary Club of Kiritimati,
Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati,
adding another nation to the more than 200 countries and geographical areas
on the Rotary map. "Rotary will have an important and positive impact
on improving the lives of people in Kiritimati
(formerly Christmas Island)," says
club president Ruta Uatioa.
"Rotary represents leadership, something we are excited to adopt
here."
The 35-member club, along with guest Rotarians from
District 9920 and the United
States, held its first official club
meeting on 23 August, the kickoff to the weeklong festivities. As part of
the week's programming, Kiritimati club members
visited schools and hospitals to assess potential projects. Participating in the activities were
members of the Rotary Club of Commerce City, Colorado, USA, who led
multiple World Community Service (WCS) projects on Kiritimati
and were instrumental in introducing Rotary to the islands. George Maybee, a member of the Commerce City club, has vacationed with
his wife, Sharon, on the island for years. During a trip in 2006, Maybee became convinced his club should get involved
with helping people there. A year
later, the club launched a multiphase WCS project consisting of improved
medical care, water quality, and educational opportunities. The club then joined efforts with Past
District 9220 Governor Warwick Pleass, who was
already working with RI to get a club chartered in Kiribati. Maybee and members from the Rotary Club of Suva East, Fiji, made
several trips to Kiritimati to help a provisional
club.
Island
nation
Kiribati consists of 33 islands scattered across 2,400
miles of the Pacific Ocean, with a
population of more than 105,000. The three main groupings are the Gilbert
Islands, Phoenix Islands, and Line
Islands. In 1995, Kiribati drew international
attention when it petitioned to change the International Date Line, which divided the nation into
two time zones. The entire nation now lies west of the date line, which
zigzags around the easternmost islands.
Kiribati
gets a large portion of its income from overseas, including fishing
licenses, development assistance, and tourism.
"Our people are used to being on the receiving
end of help," says Uatioa. "With the
first Rotary club here, our members can now be on the giving end."
Projects in the works for the Kiritimati club
include completion of upgrades to the Banana Village Medical Clinic;
construction of working toilets for all six schools on the island;
distribution of dictionaries provided by the Rotary Club of Brighton Early,
Colorado;
and distribution of toothbrushes and toothpaste. "The future is
bright; Rotary can surely look forward to a glowing success with the Kiritimati club, as well as an additional club in Kiribati,"
says Maybee. "I'm very much looking forward
to seeing the Kiribati
flag at the RI Convention in Birmingham."
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Desk Duties/Greeting
Roster 2008:
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November
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Michelle
Hart, Ken Rice, Lesley Bell
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December
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Geoff
Limmer, Alison Gregory,
Andrew Forgas
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5 November
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Michael Kirk
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12 November
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Tony Stokes
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19 November
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Geoff Limmer
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26 November
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Alison Gregory
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3 December
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Ian Port
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10 December
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Ken Clark
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Whitehorse Farmers Market Roster:
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9 November
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Shift 1 (7.30-10.00am)
Shift 2 (10.00am-2.00pm)
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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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Lesley Bell, Murray Baird
Michelle Hart, Alison Gregory
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Eastern Emergency Relief
Roster:
In the event that
you are unable to make the allocated date, please let Geoff Limmer know.
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15 November:
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Maurice
Benington, Tony De Fazio, Owen
Jenkin, Kerry Barrett,
(Rotaractor)
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20 December:
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Peter
Enlund, Craig Hoath, Tony Stokes, Bruce McEwen,
(Rotaractor)
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17 January:
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Ken Clark, Michelle Hart, Paul Evans, Lindsay Mackay, (Rotaractor)
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16
February:
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Don Sweeney,
Michael Kirk, Lin
Martin, 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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