President's Report
Hi all,
This was our first meeting for two weeks due to the Book Sale and The District Conference. We had our Youth Night which was organised by Cawas and what a great night is was. We had approximately 40 people attend.
We had our current Incoming Exchange student, Iisa talk about her trips to NZ, her Safari to Adelaide/Kangaroo Island and the red centre of Australia. We had two Students report on their experience at RYPEN in January. We also had a student who attended the Engineering Summer
School which was very interesting. It was also great to hear from a young adult who we sponsored to attend RYLA and he found it very inspirational. Our Outgoing Exchange Student, Georgia
who is in Chile provided us an update via video of her experiences to date. All in all, a great night
and the Youth made us proud. Thank you also to all the parents and carers who escorted the
youth to the event and thanks to Cawas for organising the night.
Updates from past week:
The Club was founded on 20 March 1987, happy 37 years young to our Rotary Club.
Last week there was 16 members of the Club who attended the District Conference in Terrigal. It
was a very enjoyable Conference and a few highlights are:
o Friday afternoon was the walk for Domestic and Family Violence.
o Friday Night was the Dinner and we won the Best Dressed competition and the
theme was “Beach Party – Good Vibrations”. Thank you to Pamela and Jill for their
vision and inspiration.
o Saturday was Plenary Sessions, and the Showcase and Janelle was the MC for the
day. Janelle did a fantastic job and there were lots of very good quality speakers.
o A very good conference overall.
Looking forward:
Please remember District Assembly for all incoming Board members is on 4 May 2024, and the
Venue TBC.
Friendship Dinners – Anne has asked for people who would like to attend. These are fun
nights and a very good way to get to know other members and partners. We normally
have 3 to 4 hosts and then participants are allocated to these hosts and dinner is arranged.
I encourage everyone to get involved. Thanks Anne for organising this.
Board Meeting-
o Board approved a Youth Exchange Student for next year on the condition we
can get enough Host families. Please consider being a Host family and contact Cawas for further information.
o The Board has approved Honorary Membership for Jim Simpson and Max Henderson.
These will be presented on Monday 15 April.
Relocation of shipping containers from Galston. A disappointing response from Hornsby Council.
We had a meeting with Sallianne McClelland and Warren Waddell on Tuesday 5th March and are
now waiting on a response.
International Student Commitment. Please remember this is a commitment by the Club.
We all need to get involved and help the Host families. If you are going somewhere pls ask
the Host Family if you can take Iisa. For example, the Footy on Friday night or something
you like to do i.e. go out for dinner. Involvement in Iisa has multiple benefits, Good for you,
good for Iisa, respite for the Host family
Rotary Leadership Institute Courses (RLI) - RLI is a training course offered to Rotarians to
develop their skills in leadership and management within Clubs to improve performance,
knowledge and enjoyment in leading or helping to lead Clubs in the District. Carol attended
the course on 23-24-25 Feb 2024, and the next course after this is on 17-18-19
May 2024. Run via Zoom and starts on Friday night. Full details in the District Newsletter.
Regionalisation - District 9685 was allocated 5 (five) Regional Community Groups
(RCGs) that in general fitted quite well with our existing clusters. The first RCG meeting
was held on Thursday 7th March and Colin Sharpe and I attended. The first meeting
was a meet and greet and discussing a leader for the Group. They are now looking for
nominations for the Regional Community Leader and nominations close at the end of the
month. If you are interested, can you please contact me.
Hands and Feet – are still looking for Volunteer drivers if you are interested, please contact
me.
Centurions - For the benefit of our club, I encourage all members to become Centurions. This is achieved by
donating $100 to the Foundation. We currently have approx. ¼ of the Club as Centurions and
we have three months to go. Please talk to David and thank you in advance.
This was our first meeting for two weeks due to the Book Sale and The District Conference. We had our Youth Night which was organised by Cawas and what a great night is was. We had approximately 40 people attend.
We had our current Incoming Exchange student, Iisa talk about her trips to NZ, her Safari to Adelaide/Kangaroo Island and the red centre of Australia. We had two Students report on their experience at RYPEN in January. We also had a student who attended the Engineering Summer
School which was very interesting. It was also great to hear from a young adult who we sponsored to attend RYLA and he found it very inspirational. Our Outgoing Exchange Student, Georgia
who is in Chile provided us an update via video of her experiences to date. All in all, a great night
and the Youth made us proud. Thank you also to all the parents and carers who escorted the
youth to the event and thanks to Cawas for organising the night.
Updates from past week:
The Club was founded on 20 March 1987, happy 37 years young to our Rotary Club.
Last week there was 16 members of the Club who attended the District Conference in Terrigal. It
was a very enjoyable Conference and a few highlights are:
o Friday afternoon was the walk for Domestic and Family Violence.
o Friday Night was the Dinner and we won the Best Dressed competition and the
theme was “Beach Party – Good Vibrations”. Thank you to Pamela and Jill for their
vision and inspiration.
o Saturday was Plenary Sessions, and the Showcase and Janelle was the MC for the
day. Janelle did a fantastic job and there were lots of very good quality speakers.
o A very good conference overall.
Looking forward:
Please remember District Assembly for all incoming Board members is on 4 May 2024, and the
Venue TBC.
Friendship Dinners – Anne has asked for people who would like to attend. These are fun
nights and a very good way to get to know other members and partners. We normally
have 3 to 4 hosts and then participants are allocated to these hosts and dinner is arranged.
I encourage everyone to get involved. Thanks Anne for organising this.
Board Meeting-
o Board approved a Youth Exchange Student for next year on the condition we
can get enough Host families. Please consider being a Host family and contact Cawas for further information.
o The Board has approved Honorary Membership for Jim Simpson and Max Henderson.
These will be presented on Monday 15 April.
Relocation of shipping containers from Galston. A disappointing response from Hornsby Council.
We had a meeting with Sallianne McClelland and Warren Waddell on Tuesday 5th March and are
now waiting on a response.
International Student Commitment. Please remember this is a commitment by the Club.
We all need to get involved and help the Host families. If you are going somewhere pls ask
the Host Family if you can take Iisa. For example, the Footy on Friday night or something
you like to do i.e. go out for dinner. Involvement in Iisa has multiple benefits, Good for you,
good for Iisa, respite for the Host family
Rotary Leadership Institute Courses (RLI) - RLI is a training course offered to Rotarians to
develop their skills in leadership and management within Clubs to improve performance,
knowledge and enjoyment in leading or helping to lead Clubs in the District. Carol attended
the course on 23-24-25 Feb 2024, and the next course after this is on 17-18-19
May 2024. Run via Zoom and starts on Friday night. Full details in the District Newsletter.
Regionalisation - District 9685 was allocated 5 (five) Regional Community Groups
(RCGs) that in general fitted quite well with our existing clusters. The first RCG meeting
was held on Thursday 7th March and Colin Sharpe and I attended. The first meeting
was a meet and greet and discussing a leader for the Group. They are now looking for
nominations for the Regional Community Leader and nominations close at the end of the
month. If you are interested, can you please contact me.
Hands and Feet – are still looking for Volunteer drivers if you are interested, please contact
me.
Centurions - For the benefit of our club, I encourage all members to become Centurions. This is achieved by
donating $100 to the Foundation. We currently have approx. ¼ of the Club as Centurions and
we have three months to go. Please talk to David and thank you in advance.
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That’s it for the week so let’s look after each other, stay safe and let’s do it.
Remember to check “What’s On” for what’s on. Yours in Rotary, Neville Hansen |
Night Report |
25 March 2024 |
Thank you, Robyn Hain and Carol Russell, for your contribution to the Night Report.
Youth Night
Visitors for Youth Exchange welcomed to the meeting.
MC for the evening – Bob Davison
President’s Report – Neville Hansen
West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Rotary Club was founded on 20th March 1987 and has been running for 37 years. Congratulations to us!
President Neville presented his report and updated us on what’s going on… see his report.
Directors’ Reports
Community – Colin Sharpe
Foundation – David Turnbull
Encouraging everyone to donate $100.00 to become a Centurian by 30th June.
Funds go to very worthwhile causes.
Fundraising – Janelle Craig
Biggest event of the year: Review of the Annual Book Sale over 3 days – 8-10 March 2024 at the Uniting Church Cherrybrook
Records & CDs did very well
Domestic & Family Violence - Janelle Craig
International – Peter Stanton
Donor Evening – Donor’s trip to Indonesia 20-26 October is being organised and we need to firm up numbers.
Peter Stanton will host an information evening the first week of April. Contact Peter if you are interested in attending.
Transit via Bali and personal time in Bali is optional.
Global Grant update - Hygiene training has commenced in Ian Tenner village for Primary school students. The monsoon rains are late this year, and this has delayed construction of the the water tanks and toilets.
Teacher In a Box update - Andrew continues to source Indonesian language story books and school material as we increase the content library for the laptops going to Flores and West Timor.
Membership + Social – Carol Russell
No potential new members on the horizon. There is an appeal to everyone to consider “Who do you know” or “who did you come in contact with this week”? Ask yourself, would their life be enriched by being part of a Community Club like ours?
Social Carol with Social committee hat on - upcoming events:
Play at the Pavilion Theatre at Castle Hill called ‘Caravan’ on Wednesday, 3rd April 2024 at 7.30pm in conjunction with Carlingford Rotary Club. We have eleven people attending and encourage more to attend. For those interested, prior to the show a meal can be enjoyed at the Castle Hill RSL.
Anne Sharpe is organizing friendship Dinners. Emails have been sent out. Hosts are encouraged to contact their attendees to make final arrangements.
Wine & Cheese Night on Friday, 12th April at Coote’s place. Let Glenda know if you are going and please bring a plate of food and something to drink.
Castle Hill RSL: Night with David Hobson & Colin Lane on Saturday, 11th May. Please book tickets yourself and we will have a meal all together downstairs in the bistro before the event.
Club Services – Kerrie Mann
Vocational Visit: Grace’s Place on Monday, 29th April. Dinner afterwards TBA.
Pride of Workmanship Awards on Monday, 13th May. David Firth is presenting.
Castle Hill Bunnings BBQ Fundraising:
Social Media – Keith Ball
Keith is on annual leave for the next 2 weeks so Nicole Ryman will be publishing The Bulletin. We wish Keith a fantastic holiday and thank you for providing training and support for The Bulletin.
Youth Director – Cawas Suhaka
Cawas presented the youth candidates to us who had attended various events throughout the year.
Iisa our Inbound Student presented ‘My Travel Diaries’
Iisa presented us on her wonderful trips to many destinations including her trip to North and South Island in New Zealand with the Sharpe family. Iisa had one night at home before heading off to Adelaide for the start of her Rotary Youth Exchange Safari which included youth from four districts.
Iisa said that her safari was one of the most important trips of her life and she made lifelong friends that she will stay connected with. Some places Iisa visited were Kangaroo Island (off the South Australian coast), the Red Centre and Uluru, Kata Tjuta, King’s Canyon, and Alice Springs.
Important Reminder: Request for host families for inbound exchange students for next year. The Club Board has agreed to take on a student for the coming year but only if a group of families commit to housing them for a period prior to their arriving here.
Visiting Students at the various Rotary events we had sponsored then spoke to us about their experience.
Maddie Phegan presented ‘RYPEN Summer Camp’ (Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment – Maddie’s father Jon was in attendance also.
She presented on her stay at the RYPEN Summer Camp, which encouraged her to bring her own ideas to the table, problem solve and hold her own values to heart.
Christoper Morad accompanied by his sister, presented ‘ESS Summer School 2023’ (Engineering Summer School) – 3rd Dec 2023
The Summer School was held at many educational institutions such as Santa Sophia College, UNSW, Sydney University, University of Wollongong, UTS, Macquarie University, ANSTO & Bluescope, Westconnex and Cochlear.
It gave Chris a great insight into many different engineering applications and introduced him to people from many diverse backgrounds to give him the knowledge to decide about moving forward with his own career. He mentioned that civil engineering would be his degree of choice.
Kem Pea - RYLA – ‘Rotary Youth Leadership Award’
This program had an enormous impact on his life with 168 hours of challenging you to grow as a person and to ‘expect the unexpected’.
Talia Sinani presented ‘2024 RYPEN (Rotary Youth Enrichment Program) Summer Camp’ Presented via Zoom as she was unable to be there. However, her mother Helen Sinani was in attendance.
It challenged her view on leadership on what it is to be a leader, which had three main components:
Georgia Ryman, outbound exchange student, presented via Zoom, her year so far in Chile, where language was a barrier at first but as the weeks go by, Georgia is learning the language, communicating with other students, and participating in Rotary and school events. A positive experience so far. Proud parents Nicole and Todd Ryman were at the meeting and enjoyed seeing their daughter speaking, even if it was on Zoom.
The Raffle was drawn and won by Anne and Colin Sharpe
Meeting closed at 9.15 pm.
Youth Night
Visitors for Youth Exchange welcomed to the meeting.
MC for the evening – Bob Davison
President’s Report – Neville Hansen
West Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Rotary Club was founded on 20th March 1987 and has been running for 37 years. Congratulations to us!
President Neville presented his report and updated us on what’s going on… see his report.
Directors’ Reports
Community – Colin Sharpe
- Galston Storage Containers removed. A big thanks to George, Neville & David.
- Mowing lawns for Kenthurst Rotary Club for their Transition Houses. Two houses need lawns maintained once per month for about 2 hours. Four people are required for this task.
- We must have a volunteer for the President Elect and Fundraising Director for 2025-26 by the end of April.
- Robyn has decided to step down from the role of Youth Director Elect due to family reasons and we will need someone to replace her.
- Regionalisation is enabling us to share projects and share resources.
- We will also send out this year’s plan for the new Directors Elect to edit.
- Reminder: We need speakers for July onwards. Anyone who knows anyone of interest please put their names forward so we can arrange for them to be on our Roster.
Foundation – David Turnbull
Encouraging everyone to donate $100.00 to become a Centurian by 30th June.
Funds go to very worthwhile causes.
Fundraising – Janelle Craig
Biggest event of the year: Review of the Annual Book Sale over 3 days – 8-10 March 2024 at the Uniting Church Cherrybrook
Records & CDs did very well
- Made $14,981 in total after expenses.
- 925 people through the door
- Money to array of charities including Domestic & Family Violence
Domestic & Family Violence - Janelle Craig
- Domestic & Family Violence at District Conference raised $9,700 for developing educational scholarships for the Domestic & Family Violence sector.
International – Peter Stanton
Donor Evening – Donor’s trip to Indonesia 20-26 October is being organised and we need to firm up numbers.
Peter Stanton will host an information evening the first week of April. Contact Peter if you are interested in attending.
Transit via Bali and personal time in Bali is optional.
Global Grant update - Hygiene training has commenced in Ian Tenner village for Primary school students. The monsoon rains are late this year, and this has delayed construction of the the water tanks and toilets.
Teacher In a Box update - Andrew continues to source Indonesian language story books and school material as we increase the content library for the laptops going to Flores and West Timor.
Membership + Social – Carol Russell
No potential new members on the horizon. There is an appeal to everyone to consider “Who do you know” or “who did you come in contact with this week”? Ask yourself, would their life be enriched by being part of a Community Club like ours?
Social Carol with Social committee hat on - upcoming events:
Play at the Pavilion Theatre at Castle Hill called ‘Caravan’ on Wednesday, 3rd April 2024 at 7.30pm in conjunction with Carlingford Rotary Club. We have eleven people attending and encourage more to attend. For those interested, prior to the show a meal can be enjoyed at the Castle Hill RSL.
Anne Sharpe is organizing friendship Dinners. Emails have been sent out. Hosts are encouraged to contact their attendees to make final arrangements.
Wine & Cheese Night on Friday, 12th April at Coote’s place. Let Glenda know if you are going and please bring a plate of food and something to drink.
Castle Hill RSL: Night with David Hobson & Colin Lane on Saturday, 11th May. Please book tickets yourself and we will have a meal all together downstairs in the bistro before the event.
Club Services – Kerrie Mann
Vocational Visit: Grace’s Place on Monday, 29th April. Dinner afterwards TBA.
Pride of Workmanship Awards on Monday, 13th May. David Firth is presenting.
Castle Hill Bunnings BBQ Fundraising:
- Saturday, 18th May
- Sunday, 9th June
- Saturday, 6th July
Social Media – Keith Ball
Keith is on annual leave for the next 2 weeks so Nicole Ryman will be publishing The Bulletin. We wish Keith a fantastic holiday and thank you for providing training and support for The Bulletin.
Youth Director – Cawas Suhaka
Cawas presented the youth candidates to us who had attended various events throughout the year.
Iisa our Inbound Student presented ‘My Travel Diaries’
Iisa presented us on her wonderful trips to many destinations including her trip to North and South Island in New Zealand with the Sharpe family. Iisa had one night at home before heading off to Adelaide for the start of her Rotary Youth Exchange Safari which included youth from four districts.
Iisa said that her safari was one of the most important trips of her life and she made lifelong friends that she will stay connected with. Some places Iisa visited were Kangaroo Island (off the South Australian coast), the Red Centre and Uluru, Kata Tjuta, King’s Canyon, and Alice Springs.
Important Reminder: Request for host families for inbound exchange students for next year. The Club Board has agreed to take on a student for the coming year but only if a group of families commit to housing them for a period prior to their arriving here.
Visiting Students at the various Rotary events we had sponsored then spoke to us about their experience.
Maddie Phegan presented ‘RYPEN Summer Camp’ (Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment – Maddie’s father Jon was in attendance also.
She presented on her stay at the RYPEN Summer Camp, which encouraged her to bring her own ideas to the table, problem solve and hold her own values to heart.
Christoper Morad accompanied by his sister, presented ‘ESS Summer School 2023’ (Engineering Summer School) – 3rd Dec 2023
The Summer School was held at many educational institutions such as Santa Sophia College, UNSW, Sydney University, University of Wollongong, UTS, Macquarie University, ANSTO & Bluescope, Westconnex and Cochlear.
It gave Chris a great insight into many different engineering applications and introduced him to people from many diverse backgrounds to give him the knowledge to decide about moving forward with his own career. He mentioned that civil engineering would be his degree of choice.
Kem Pea - RYLA – ‘Rotary Youth Leadership Award’
This program had an enormous impact on his life with 168 hours of challenging you to grow as a person and to ‘expect the unexpected’.
Talia Sinani presented ‘2024 RYPEN (Rotary Youth Enrichment Program) Summer Camp’ Presented via Zoom as she was unable to be there. However, her mother Helen Sinani was in attendance.
It challenged her view on leadership on what it is to be a leader, which had three main components:
- Communication and teamwork
- How does leadership work?
- Changing your perspective on being a leader
Georgia Ryman, outbound exchange student, presented via Zoom, her year so far in Chile, where language was a barrier at first but as the weeks go by, Georgia is learning the language, communicating with other students, and participating in Rotary and school events. A positive experience so far. Proud parents Nicole and Todd Ryman were at the meeting and enjoyed seeing their daughter speaking, even if it was on Zoom.
The Raffle was drawn and won by Anne and Colin Sharpe
Meeting closed at 9.15 pm.
