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This week’s meeting Wednesday 30 July 2008 http://www.rotaryboxhillcentral.org.au
President Greg’s
Report: The Week in Review Firstly, it is a great pleasure to
welcome our newest member, Paul Evans to the Club, who will be reading this
bulletin from Dubai. The last time we inducted a member this early in the
year was Don Sweeney. We will be delighted if Paul makes a mark in the way
Don has. On
the topic of membership, our current Club procedures review being undertaken
appears to be perfectly synchronised with the thrust of suggestions from the
National Membership conference. Our review committee is continuing to refine
ideas and suggestions, including comments gleaned from the Club survey
undertaken three years ago. I truly believe that this year can be an exciting
one, where we spend a little time looking at ourselves as we are now, then
considering what we want to be for the future. Among
the items addressed at this week’s Cluster President’s Meeting, it was agreed
that we would endeavour to coordinate approaches to local schools to avoid
duplication and confusion with Rotary projects. A few of the ideas for
coordinated fundraising projects, which will be fleshed out over coming
weeks, involve a School magazine (written by secondary students) for
distribution in all Whitehorse schools, an Estate Planning dinner, and a
“Stamp Out Childhood Diseases” project involving Primary School children. Marketing
Rotary will become a prominent theme as the year progresses. This will be
part of our recruitment strategy. The ongoing issue of membership may cause
some members to be tempted to roll their eyes as I keep revisiting it, but I
bring to your attention a quote from the National Conference that jumped out
at me when reading the minutes: “Membership is Rotary’s Climate Change – if
we don’t do something now, we’re dead”. Very
strong words, but hopefully they will provoke action (in time). Who are you
inviting to the Club this week? Yours in Rotary, Greg
Paul Evans
receiving his Rotary Pin from President Greg on being inducted as a new
member Report from Last week’s meeting (July 23) by Roving Reporter
Bernie Millane: The
opening and introductory remarks both set the scene for the meeting. At this early stage of the new ROTARY year,
it was with great pleasure we witnessed the induction of a new member, Paul
Evans. This event is all the more important for our Club because of the
President's stated desire to have our membership numbers grow. A
quick count of the attendance numbers today confirmed a bigger number than
last week - I counted 24. Operation-Cleft: Brian Martin provided an update report and
again emphasised the need for a member to nominate for the Ass't. Treasurer
role. Although the recently adopted operational arrangements are settling in
and working well, it is evident the Committee urgently needs some additional
support. Brian Martin and Don Sweeney are happy to explain this request in
more detail. Family
and Fellowship: Lesley Bell spoke about the
Christmas Picnic/Train Ride and provided advance notice of
this important fellowship event -- the date is 30 NOVEMBER 2008. The
Committee needs attendance numbers ASAP so as to confirm the booking
arrangements. Timor-Leste
Visit by Guest
Speaker: Ms.Helen Killmier, Manager Business Development, Interact Topic:
Community Engagement - Local and International Perspectives Helen is known to many
residents and community-connected people in Box Hill and A little over 8 months ago,
Helen took a giant step - she left the local government sector to
join yet another 'community' type organisation -- Interact Australia . This new work
environment sees Helen travel across Helen went on to explain that
sometimes it takes a bit of leadership to create an
empowered community. Such an outcome actually helps individuals become
aware of this 'can do' quality within their group and hence, identifies the
capacity, the power within a community. As a qualified psychologist, Helen
uses her skills to help individuals understand their inbuilt capacities
and to determine action strategies that produce an empowered community.
As she said "some people are waiting for a solution (to fix their
problem) to land on the doorstep or to arrive! What they often fail to 'see' is they and
their group have inbuilt skills - skills that can produce decisions and
action. To quote her "It is important to use these skills". Of particular interest was the Action Model we had explained i.e. Inform >>>>
Consult >>>> Involve >>>> Collaborate
>>>> Empower In closing an information
packed session, Helen referred to a number of new projects, for both local
and international use, that are aimed to rebuilding
damaged individuals; these include ECLIPSE, Stepping Up - Stepping
Out to name two. Her final comments remind me of some Rotary language -
she mentioned 'community clusters' as being very good - why? Because they
connect important, talented people and community leaders are net workers --
this says to me Rotarians make good use of networking in the community - here
and elsewhere. A "full on"
presentation by Helen Killmier.
Helen Killmier explaining the complex issue of
understanding and building “community” . Sergeant Session: The Sergeant was at his fearsome worst, all succumbing
to his powers of extraction. His joke wasn’t his best – but not bad. A WOMAN goes to a psychiatrist
in great distress over her husband. "He thinks he's a horse," she
says. "He sleeps standing up and he neighs instead of speaking. "He even insists on being fed oats in a bag." "That's terrible ... how long has that been going on?" asks the
doctor. "Six, maybe eight months." she says. "You have let things go too far," says the doctor. "Your husband will require a great deal of treatment and it will
be very expensive." "I don't care about the expense," says the wife. "I will pay
you anything to make my husband stop thinking he's a horse." "But
it will cost many thousands of dollars, can you afford that amount of
money?" asks the doctor. "Why of course we can," says the
woman. "He's already won three races this year."
This
is the Sergeant dressed in all of his regalia, how could one refuse to
cooperate! Future Meetings:
Attendance Report for
Last Week’s Meeting (23rd July) by Geoff Limmer: Listed below are Apologies for and Make-ups advised for July 16
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.
Important Dates:
Desk Duties/Greeting
Roster 2008:
Roving Reporter Roster:
Footy Tipping:
Eastern Emergency Relief
Roster:
Celebrations:
Letters to the Editor: Sadly nil correspondence (letters or emails)
received. Ed Members Input Corner: From Geoff Limmer Club
Procedures Review Working Group: The
Club’s Working Group comprising, President Greg, Alison Gregory, Geoff Limmer
(Chairman), Tony Stokes, and Ken Rice has met during the week and is busy
discussing and reviewing a range of Club Procedures. The
Working Group invites comments and suggestions from all members on any item
or procedure that a member considers to be in need of review. The
aim of the exercise is to bring our club into the 21st Century and
ensure that it is inviting and relevant to new members who might be in the
age range of 25 -50 years of age. The
Group’s recommendations will be forwarded to the Board for consideration on
an ongoing basis over the coming 3 or 4 months. Any
Comments / suggestions should be forward to the Working Group Chairman Geoff
Limmer email: rotary@airportbus.com.au Geoff Limmer Chairman Club Procedures Review Working Group
Information on the up-coming Excellent Leadership Seminar, Sunday
August 10. From The Editor: They say we can learn a lot from a dog
Rotary Grace: Rotary Grace: 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 For contributions
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