Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

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President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

Club Zoom Meeting

7:15pm for 7:30pm Mon 13 July 2020

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Guest Speaker - Nadia Messiah - Lawyer
​Member talk: Alan Paynter

​Duty Roster

If you are unable to be at the meeting please contact the person doing your role the following week/s, arrange a swap and advise Keith, so he can amend his records.
​Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Keith of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Provisional Club (Rotaract) Newsletter

Click this link to open the Newsletter (2 pages)

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Outgoing President Keith

Incoming President Rosemary

Welcome to the new Rotary year. Our Changeover was quite different, but I hope you all enjoyed being Zoomed!

What a year we are facing with such a big unknown called Covid 19.
But what I do know is that this club is resilient and will rise to the challenge for whatever lies ahead.

Committees will continue to work either face to face or on Zoom, and eventually we will meet at Springfield.

So onwards and upwards as we are PEOPLE of ACTION!
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Cheers,
Rosemary

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Night Report - 6 July 2020 - Changeover

MC Janelle brought the meeting to order at 7.30 PM sharp. She welcomed everybody and got the program rolling straight away.
Then President Keith welcomed all the visitors and introduced guests. Apologies were registered from Tony Coote and Neville Hansen.
The toast to Rotary International & Australia was given by John Tchetchenian and a reply to the RI toast was given by DG David Clark.
This was followed by a toast to the partners by Peter Stanton which was replied to by Bev Davison, emphasising that all projects were completed in the Rotary Year.

President Keith gave the President's Report. In spite of Covid 19,  which restricted some of our activities, we managed for raise some $48,000. He thanked Ross Ballinger and Tom Westcott who have both resigned but are now our Honorary Members.
Treasurer Paul Laroumanie announced donations to  various charities including Drought Relief $11,000, Nusa Tenggara Association $5,000, Rotary Foundation $2000, and Tree Of Joy $30,000 (from our community in the form of gifts).
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Presidential Awards for 2019-2020 were bestowed as follows:
        Allyn Day Award:             Janelle Craig
        Trevor Turner Award:     Adrian Sonego
        Olive Turnbull Award:     Dolores McIntyre
        Paul Harris Fellow Recognition:    Neville Hansen and Colin Sharpe

After recognition of 2019-2020 Board, President Keith proceeded to induct Rosemary Clarke as President for 2020-2021.
President Rosemary then gave her President's Address. The Rotary International theme for this year is "ROTARY OPENS OPPORTUNITIES".

President Rosemary introduced the New Board:
        Secretary:        Tony Makin
        Treasurer:        Paul Laroumanie
        Community:     Colin Sharpe
        International:   Peter Stanton
        Vocation:          Edwina Ruff
        Foundation Director:     David Turnbull  
        Membership:    Tony Coote
        Publicity :         Carol Russell
        Youth :              Janelle Craig

​DG Dave Clark gave his address, and the meeting concluded at 8.35 PM.

NIGHT REPORTER: Jaswant Thakorlal

Night Photos:

Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

We are now in a new Rotary Year. Please consider renewing your Centurion membership, or if not already a member, why not make this the year to become a Centurion!!!

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Program Donation Instructions for WPHC Rotary Club - 2020.

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This Week's Humour

Victoria and the Spice Girls

​COVID in Australia is like the Spice Girls.
Everyone is doing their best except for Victoria who is ruining it for everyone.

Thanks Max - probably not fair to Victoria (I'll let you figure which one!!)

The Finger    (Thanks, Cawas)

The Old Doberman

Ed: I didn't know that.
​I didn't find the picture offensive, so it passed my censure!!

AN OLD DOBERMAN starts chasing rabbits and before long, discovers that he's lost.

Wandering about, he notices a lion heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch.

The old Doberman thinks, "Oh, oh! I'm in deep sh*t now!”

Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat.

Just as the lion is about to leap, the old Doberman exclaims loudly,

"Boy, that was one delicious lion! I wonder, if there are any more around here?”

Hearing this, the young lion halts his attack in mid-stride, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees.

"Whew!," says the lion, "That was close! That old Doberman nearly had me!”

Meanwhile, a squirrel who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the lion. So, off he goes.

The squirrel soon catches up with the lion, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the lion.

The young lion is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, squirrel, hop on my back and see what's going to happen to that
conniving canine!”

Now, the old Doberman sees the lion coming with the squirrel on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?," but instead of running, the dog  sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and just when they get close enough to hear, the old Doberman says……..

"Where's that squirrel? I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another lion!”

Moral of this story…

Don't mess with the old dogs... Age and skill will always overcome youth and treachery!

Bull Sh*t and brilliance only come with age and experience.

Thanks Jim... you have more brilliance than anyone I know!!.... Ed

Club Calendar

Editor's Note:  ​If you wish to download and print the Calendar please click here.

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Bulletin Editor - Bob

Meetings

​Monday  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158
and Zoom Monday 7:15 for 7:30pm - on alternate weeks 
​- see Club Program for details.

Apologies

For Springfield meetings, If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Julie.   Email  admin@altitudecapital.com.au before 1pm on the Friday before the meeting.
​Please no communication via phone (either verbal or SMS)

If you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year 

The Book Sale March 2020

As the result of a lot of hard work the March Book Sale was a great success, especially from  the organisers Andrew Little, Max Henderson, Neville Hansen and Rosemary Clarke. Funds raised exceeded $15,000.  Well done.

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2019 Trivia Night

​The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 17 August 2019 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising near $6,600 all of which will go to assist drought relief. Click this link to read more. 


                       

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 The Garage Sale 2019

We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 12 & 13 October raising a gross - north of $35k.

​Excellent Project Management and a large number of dedicated volunteers, some putting in hours of effort, in the weeks before the weekend contributed to this result.​​

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Barbecues
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The club runs fund raising barbecues throughout the year, mainly at Bunnings  (both Dural and Thornleigh)  Here are Barry, Tony, Nick and David hard at work. at Thornleigh.. 

What it takes to be a Rotarian

There are members of the community who may have some misunderstandings about what it takes to be a Rotarian.
We are always looking for new members and, in fact, it is new people joining that keeps us alive as a Service club.  From time to time I hear people say things that make me think they don't consider joining or even visiting Rotary for all the wrong reasons.
​This article is about the things you don't need to join Rotary, and the things you do, just in case you are not sure.  The other thing you should know is that we are a very friendly bunch of men and women and we have a lot of fun, as well as achieving some pretty good things in the community.

Don't need:

• ​to be invited
• to be of a certain age
• to be male
• to be a business person
• to be retired
• to attend meetings every week
• to be available on weekends.

Must have:

• ​a sense of humour
• a willingness to give back to your community
• a willingness to pitch in when required
• some time available to help out on the occasional weekend event
• an interest in the life of the West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook communities
• a desire to contribute in some way to the running of the Club.

​If you would like to come along as a guest to see what it is all about just call either:-
President Keith (0478 599 155) or Tony (Membership) (0412 812 624) 

Club Details:
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook meets every Monday for Dinner at Springfield House
Arrive 6:30pm  Start  7:00pm  End  9:00pm
245 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia

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