Presidents Report
Hi all, tonight we had some 37 members and partners attend our meeting at The Vicar. It was a good meeting with lots of fun and laughter and a good chance to test out all of the Vicar’s facilities. It was good to see Pat Baseley and Karen Lambert visited us to understand what Rotary is all about.
We played a video of Dr. Shahzad Asif Baig who is leading the “End Polio Now“ program in Pakistan and] talked at the 2023 Melbourne Convention. A very emotional talk as Dr. Baid also talked about the people who have died in achieving this goal.
Updates from past week:
Regards Neville Hansen
We played a video of Dr. Shahzad Asif Baig who is leading the “End Polio Now“ program in Pakistan and] talked at the 2023 Melbourne Convention. A very emotional talk as Dr. Baid also talked about the people who have died in achieving this goal.
Updates from past week:
- Just a quick reminder why we are here. Due to the restraints put on us by Springfield we are looking at alternate venues approved by the Board.
- A committee has narrowed it down to the Pennant Hills Hotel and the Vicar. The Committee has had dinner at both these venues. Both have Functions rooms with Screens and Mics
- So we are going to use the opportunity of our Zoom nights in July and try these two venues.
- On the 10th July we were at Pennant Hills Hotel and tonight at the Vicar.
- We can then talk about it at the Club Forum on Mon 7 Aug.
- Meeting with Iisa on Zoom on Sunday night. Iisa and her family, Janelle, Peter & Julianne and myself, just to cover off a couple of topics before Iisa arrives on Friday.
- International Student Commitment. Everything is coming together but 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. Multiple benefits, Good for you, good for Iisa, rest for the Host family
- Friendship dinner was held at Rashna & Cawas’s house on Friday night. A good night was had by all. Thanks to Rashna & Cawas.
- Sponsorship Officer – Sandra White our new Sponsorship Officer is up and running. Sandra visited a number of potential sponsors last week and has signed up a couple already. Well done Sandra.
- Janelle & Cawas had a meeting on Tuesday night with Coonabarabran re The Science Experience which is usually held at Macquarie Uni. Coonabarabran already has three students ready to go.
- Janelle had a District Domestic Violence Committee meeting on Friday afternoon and Janelle has reported on this in the Bulletin. Janelle and I also had a meeting with Sallianne McClelland on Monday morning to get some ideas on how best to support the fight against Domestic Violence.
- We had our First Presidents meetings with DG Christine Owen on Saturday 22 July.
- 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. The next course, currently open for registrations is 11-13th. Run via Zoom and starts on Friday night.
- National Skills Week – 21st -27th August. More to come on this.
- We have Iisa arriving on Friday morning, 6;25am. Janelle, Julianne & Peter & myself are going to meet Iisa at the airport.
- We have a Trivia night meeting on Tuesday night.
- There is Christmas in July at Pennant Hills Golf Club on Friday night.
- There are the Zoom sessions in the DGs Newsletter for Regionalisation. I encourage you to register to keep up to date as to what is happening.
Regards Neville Hansen
Night Report
NIGHT REPORT.
Sergeant Jim called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone to first meeting at The Vicar and asked Tony Makin to propose a toast.Tony toasted Rotary International and Australia and new exchange student.
President Neville welcomed members and partners to the meeting at new venue.
Updates from past week:
(1) Just a quick reminder why we are here (Vicar).Due to the restraints put on us by Springfield we are looking at alternate venues approved by the Board.
(2) Our committee has narrowed it down to the Pennant Hills Hotel and the Vicar. The committee has had dinner at both these venues. Both have Function rooms with Screen and Mics.
(3) We can talk about it at the Club Forum on Monday 7 August.
(4) Lisa (Exchange Student) arrives on Friday .
(5) International Student Commitment. We all need to get involved and help the Host families. If you are going somewhere please ask the Host Family if you can Lisa.Multiple benefits . Good for you, good for Lisa, rest for Host family.
(6) Thanks to Cawas & Rashna for friendship dinner on Friday night.
(7) Sponsorship Officer - Sandra White is our new Sponsorship Officer.
(8) Janelle & Cawas had a meeting last Tuesday night with Coonabarabran re The Science Experience which is usually at Macquarie University.
Coming events:
* We have Lisa arriving on Friday morning 6.25am. Neville,Janelle,Julianne and Peter are going to Airport to meet Lisa.
* There is Christmas in July at Pennant Hills Golf Club on Friday night 28th.
* National Skills Week- 21st to 27th August.
* There are the zoom sessions in the DGs Newsletter for Rationalisation.
DIRECTORS REPORT.
Foundation:- David encouraged members to donate $100 to Centurion Foundation .
Fundraising- Janelle said there has been an overwhelming response to the Bunnings BBQ on 12th August. We need to get tables booked for Trivia Night on 26 August at Cherrybrook Community Centre.
International: Peter advised there is a donors trip to Flores, Indonesia on 26th October,leaving Bali for 5 days.
Vocational: - Neville advised vocational visit to 3D Printing on Monday 14 August.
Youth:- Cawas advised that 3 students are arriving between 3 to 6th October and need host families.
END POLIO NOW video of Dr. Shahzad Aif Baig was played regarding success of Polio Campaign in Pakistan.
UPDATE ON DISTRICT'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMITTEE by Janelle.
Janelle reported on the District 9685 committee she's been asked to join which met for the first time on Friday 21 July 2023.
This committee is working to the District's 2023-24 approach to the Zone 8 wide "Say No to Domestic and Family Violence and Yes to Respectful Relationships Campaign". All 19 districts in Zone 8 (Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands) have agreed to take part. Together we hope to make a significant difference during this Rotary year.
This committee hopes to enact DG Christine Owen's vision to:
Janelle will keep us updated on the work of this Committee, as well as how our Club will be joining in and actioning these initiatives.
SERGEANT'S SESSION
Jim did a session on " true" or " false" in American history which was won by Julianne. Raffle was won by David.
Sergeant Jim called the meeting to order and welcomed everyone to first meeting at The Vicar and asked Tony Makin to propose a toast.Tony toasted Rotary International and Australia and new exchange student.
President Neville welcomed members and partners to the meeting at new venue.
Updates from past week:
(1) Just a quick reminder why we are here (Vicar).Due to the restraints put on us by Springfield we are looking at alternate venues approved by the Board.
(2) Our committee has narrowed it down to the Pennant Hills Hotel and the Vicar. The committee has had dinner at both these venues. Both have Function rooms with Screen and Mics.
(3) We can talk about it at the Club Forum on Monday 7 August.
(4) Lisa (Exchange Student) arrives on Friday .
(5) International Student Commitment. We all need to get involved and help the Host families. If you are going somewhere please ask the Host Family if you can Lisa.Multiple benefits . Good for you, good for Lisa, rest for Host family.
(6) Thanks to Cawas & Rashna for friendship dinner on Friday night.
(7) Sponsorship Officer - Sandra White is our new Sponsorship Officer.
(8) Janelle & Cawas had a meeting last Tuesday night with Coonabarabran re The Science Experience which is usually at Macquarie University.
Coming events:
* We have Lisa arriving on Friday morning 6.25am. Neville,Janelle,Julianne and Peter are going to Airport to meet Lisa.
* There is Christmas in July at Pennant Hills Golf Club on Friday night 28th.
* National Skills Week- 21st to 27th August.
* There are the zoom sessions in the DGs Newsletter for Rationalisation.
DIRECTORS REPORT.
Foundation:- David encouraged members to donate $100 to Centurion Foundation .
Fundraising- Janelle said there has been an overwhelming response to the Bunnings BBQ on 12th August. We need to get tables booked for Trivia Night on 26 August at Cherrybrook Community Centre.
International: Peter advised there is a donors trip to Flores, Indonesia on 26th October,leaving Bali for 5 days.
Vocational: - Neville advised vocational visit to 3D Printing on Monday 14 August.
Youth:- Cawas advised that 3 students are arriving between 3 to 6th October and need host families.
END POLIO NOW video of Dr. Shahzad Aif Baig was played regarding success of Polio Campaign in Pakistan.
UPDATE ON DISTRICT'S DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COMMITTEE by Janelle.
Janelle reported on the District 9685 committee she's been asked to join which met for the first time on Friday 21 July 2023.
This committee is working to the District's 2023-24 approach to the Zone 8 wide "Say No to Domestic and Family Violence and Yes to Respectful Relationships Campaign". All 19 districts in Zone 8 (Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands) have agreed to take part. Together we hope to make a significant difference during this Rotary year.
This committee hopes to enact DG Christine Owen's vision to:
- Have all 5 clusters of clubs across the District participate in a walk in their patch raising awareness about Domestic and Family Violence. We need to work hand in hand with other organisations, NSW Police and Councils to stand up and being counted. It is likely that the walks will be held during the United Nations 16 Days of Activism Nov 25th -Dec 10th 2023. The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai patch have set their date for Dec 6 in association with the Hornsby Council.
- Have every one of our 66 clubs involved in a DV project of some sort. Many already have projects on the go. Those clubs unable to start or continue a project will be encouraged to hold a fund raiser (eg a raffle or BBQ) to raise funds to hand over to a club for use in their project. A great opportunity for collaboration between clubs.
- Hold an event (½ day seminar as a fund raiser) with some speakers/experts in the field of Domestic Violence. If you know of some great speakers please let me know. Date and venue yet to be determined.
- Work with training programs eg Love Bites (NSW Government program) in high schools specifically to raise the bar with our young people about respectful relationships.
- There will be T-shirts to order and purchase.
Janelle will keep us updated on the work of this Committee, as well as how our Club will be joining in and actioning these initiatives.
SERGEANT'S SESSION
Jim did a session on " true" or " false" in American history which was won by Julianne. Raffle was won by David.
Photos
Kaye visits Byron Bay
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Here are some of the members on Tuesday night from left: Dave, Jo, Ian, myself and Colin (president). Vanessa, Svens, Jeff and Linda were also at the meeting. For a small club, they are involved in many current projects such as youth mental health at the high school, men's health, building bee hotels as a community project and hosting a barbecue this Saturday at a community sport event. They also collect donations at the Farmers Market every Thursday morning. Wow!!
Friendship Dinner at Sahukar's
Night Photos
Humour
Its Just A Mushroom ... contributed by Cawas
Brilliant ... contributed by Cawas
Twins ... contributed by Cawas
The other day my neighbor, who is blonde, came running up to me in the driveway just jumping for joy! I didn’t know why she was jumping for joy but I thought, what the heck, and I started jumping up and down along with her.
She said, “I have some really great news!”
I said, “Great. Tell me why you’re so happy.”
She stopped jumping and, breathing heavily from all the jumping up and down, told me that she was pregnant! I knew she had been trying for a while so I told her, “That’s great! I couldn’t be happier for you!”
Then she said, “There’s more…”
So I asked, “What do you mean ‘more’?”
She said, “Well, we are not having just one baby. We are going to have TWINS!”
Amazed at how she could know so soon after getting pregnant, I asked her how she knew. She said…
“Well, that was the easy part. I went to Wal-Mart and they actually had a home pregnancy kit in a twin-pack. Both tests came out positive!”
She said, “I have some really great news!”
I said, “Great. Tell me why you’re so happy.”
She stopped jumping and, breathing heavily from all the jumping up and down, told me that she was pregnant! I knew she had been trying for a while so I told her, “That’s great! I couldn’t be happier for you!”
Then she said, “There’s more…”
So I asked, “What do you mean ‘more’?”
She said, “Well, we are not having just one baby. We are going to have TWINS!”
Amazed at how she could know so soon after getting pregnant, I asked her how she knew. She said…
“Well, that was the easy part. I went to Wal-Mart and they actually had a home pregnancy kit in a twin-pack. Both tests came out positive!”
May be Dick ... contributed by Cawas
Heaven... contributed by Cawas
Scottish Doctors ... contributed by Cawas
Early Acupuncture ... contributed by Cawas
