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Monday 20 February

YOUTH NIGHT & Partners night!
Fabienne our ex exchange student coming to speak with 3 RYPEN candidates and Julian Swann.

Also, Amelia Craig will be making a presentation on her stay in Switzerland.

Monday 27 February

Mission NAM possible - one person making a BIG difference

Monday 06 March

Murrin Bridge Farm Project -Steve Mansur

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​Duty Roster

Duty	Monday 20 February 2017	Monday 27 February 2017	Monday 06 March 2017
Speaker Host	Tony Coote	Colin Sharpe	Colin McGowan
Night Reporter	Teresa Janowski	Tony Makin	Charlotte McCartney
Front Desk	Bob Davison	Bob Davison	Bob Davison
Front Desk	Colin Baxter	Stan Baseley	Bernard Chandra
Steward	Tony Makin	Max Henderson	Alan Paynter
Steward	John Tchetchenian	David Turnbull	Tom Westcott
​IT Person	Neville Hansen	Neville Hansen	Neville Hansen
​Photographer​	Peter Stanton	Peter Stanton	Ross Ballinger
​Member Talk	Stan Baseley	Roslyn Savio	Howard Fleming

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11th March

7th - 9th April

8th May 2017

1st Book Sale Major Sort

Book Sale

WHP&C Rotary 30th Birthday

Please join us to celebrate another milestone of our Rotary Club
Mark your diary now
Partners Night Of Course

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District Conference

The District Conference will be held at the Penrith Panthers on Saturday 11th of March 2017.

 Registrations at conferene2017.rotarydistrict9685.org.au

For a video on the District Conference at the Penrith Panthers click the video arrow below

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2017 Book Sale

The 2017 book sale is fast approaching and it is time to start preparing!
This year the book sale has been postponed by a couple of weeks from the usual timing in late March to Friday 7 (9am to 5pm), Saturday 8 (9am to 5pm) and Sunday 11 (11am to 2pm) of April.
This is due to the fact that some of our key players will be overseas in February/March (namely me - Andrew)  and April/May.

In order to make it easier on our backs, knees, hips, etc, we are ditching the conventional fruit boxes (which are also extremely difficult to source) and are moving to the Lifeline size cardboard box which is about 2/3 the size of the fruit box and will hence will limit the total lifting weight to around 10kg.  This is why Lifeline went to this style & size of box in order to comply with OH&S requirements for their ever aging members!

These boxes come flat packed & are taped together as required.  At the end of the book sale the tape will be cut & the box flat packed for storage. (See photo on right showing these boxes - note the 10Kg written on the side of the box in the foreground!).

The Church has agreed to let us run the book sale on the Sunday from 11am to 2pm when we will start the usual pack up routine.
This will provide an extra 3 hours on the Saturday and 3 hours on the Sunday, ie a total of 6 extra selling hours.

The 2016 book sale raised around $14,000 and we are aiming to better this in 2017.

To do this, we need help from ALL club members during the book sort days -

Saturday 11 March
Saturday 25 March
Tuesday 4 April

and during the sale itself from - Wednesday 5 to Sunday 9 April

The milestone dates for this year's book sale are as follows:

2017 Book Sale Committee Meetings
First Book Sale Committee Meeting	Thurs 9 Feb 17
Second Book Sale Committee Meeting	Wed 1 Mar 17
Third Book Sale Committee Meeting	Wed 29 Mar 17
2017 Book Sale Schedule
Banners & Flyers out	Sat 25 Feb 17
First Major Sort	Sat 11 Mar 17
Second Major Sort	Sat 25 Mar 17
Third Major Sort & Set Up Table Layout	Tue 4 Apr 17
Continue to set up tables, boxes and signs	Wed 5 Apr 17
Fine Tune Layout, etc	Thur 6 Apr 17
Book Sale	Fri 7 Apr 17
Book Sale	Sat 8 Apr 17
Book Sale & Clean Up	Sun 9 Apr 17
Book Sale Dinner	Sun 9 Apr 17

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RYLA 2017 - this is an excerpt from the latest DG's E News & shows why we support RYLA

RYLA 2017 was run and won by 84 new RYLArians. The Organising Committee chaired by David Clark, supported the Facilitators lead by Amanda Firkins together with Mum & Dad (David and Dianne Waterhouse) arranged an excellent program that actively engaged and developed the attendees. The outdoor activities were challenging and the indoor speakers were compelling.

Well Done and Thank you to all who made it happen....and I hope that the experience convinces the new RYLArians to join Rotaract so they can continue to enjoy and enhance the Rotary experience.

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Significant Club fundraising events during the year 

The Book Sale March 2016.​  As the result of a lot of hard work the March  book fair which was a great success, especially from  the organisers Max Henderson, Andrew Little and Clive Denmark.  Funds raised were $14,000.  Well done.

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The Trivia Night
The Club held a very successful trivia night on Saturday 27 August 2016 at the Cherrybrook Community Centre, raising just over $5,000 towards the charities we support. 

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The Garage Sale
We have just had a very successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 8/9 October raising a record gross of over $30k. The combination of good planning and benign weather contributed to this result.​

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Barbecues
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.. 

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Meetings

Monday  6:30pm for 7:00pm - Springfield House - 245 New Line Road, Dural 2158

Apologies

If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Jilda. 
Phone 8484 7106 or email  jilda.coles@wge.com.au before 11am on the day of the meeting.

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

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President's Report 13th February 2017

Well, it appears that we are full on again after our Christmas break!!   The board meeting last week showed that we have much to do.                  

It was lovely to hear two stories from our members, Colin and Peter. What we find out! Is it my imagination or are these member talks getting so much more “professional”?

The directors reported on many of our upcoming projects. Please check your diaries so that you can participate to the fullest as many members are travelling in the next couple of months. Especially check the dates for the book sorts and Book Sale.

The Youth night is shaping up to be a great evening when we hear from our recipients of RYLA, RYPEN, Honeywell Summer School of Engineering and Youth Exchange. Amelia will tell of her years’ experience in Switzerland especially mastering the German language. What an achievement!               

Fabienne Meter will also briefly fill you in on her activities for the last 7 years!

Please remember to send in apologies or extra guests to Jilda at Jilda.coles@wge.com.au  We have a big night so let’s try to get the numbers correct.

If you would still like to contribute your $26:50 to the Foundation please do so before next week as Teresa will be drawing the raffle prize.

Have a good week – stay dry and cool whilst serving Humanity!

Rosemary

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Night Report 13th February 2017

Max Henderson opened the Meeting with the loyal toast… “to the Queen, to Rotary and to the Book sale”. The Book sale is obviously weighing heavily on his mind!

Rosemary again called for a volunteer for next year’s Presidential office and outlined the worst case scenario if unsuccessful- which doesn’t bear mentioning here.

She also noted that the number of members not sending in apologies for non attendance at meetings has increased and is causing financial issues with the dinner settlement. As a consequence, in future any non attendance without a prior apology will require the member to pay for that dinner at the next attended meeting.

Rosemary then spoke about the Rotary Code of Conduct which she inadvertently came upon, to wit:

AS A ROTARIAN, I will

• Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life
  
• Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect
  
• Use my professional skills through Rotary to mentor young people, help those with special needs, and improve people’s quality of life in my community and in the world
  
• Avoid behaviour that reflects adversely on Rotary or other Rotarians.
  

 
Director’s reports

Fund Raising. Book Sale. Max is running it. Andrew is away for 5 weeks.
Club is down on numbers this year with people away and really need members to step up.
 viz
1st Book sort: Sat 11th March
2nd Book sort: Sat 25th March
3rd and Final sort and table set up; Tues 4th April
Book sale then Frid 7th 9-5; Sat 8th 9-5 and Sun 9th 11-2
 
Youth. Tony Coote
The BBQ trailer has been relocated to Hills Storage, free of charge in return for some PR. (It was previously at Sandy’s but Sandy has left the Club).
Next week is the Youth Night. We have 17 guests and it is a Partners Night. Make sure your partner is booked in.
No Host families had yet been found for next year.
 
Membership. Keith Ball
The list is empty
 
International. Tony Makin
Sending $1000 to Nepal for “dunnies” (I thought he said “dummies”- that query cost me $1 fine)
Sending $2000 to Shelterbox
Sending $2000 to Wheel Chair Australia (for 3rd World countries)
 
Reflections talk
Colin Sharpe then gave a talk of his life in the country of the long white cloud. A first class photographic slide presentation turned his words into pictures.
He was a hockey player and was a school prefect which gave him the privilege of his own bedroom and kitchen. He moved around New Zealand extensively whilst a youngster and then during part of his 45 years as a technical executive with Dow AgroSciences.
Some of the places he left his DNA were:
New Plymouth… oil capital; Tataramiaka…Patua Milk; Manawapo…Hawera High School year…dairy farming ..1/3 of international dairy trade; Mosheil; Otago/Southland…; Hamilton Waikato…Hobbit fans Matamata; Hastings- Hawkes Bay; Christchurch; Canterbury.
It was a comprehensive and interesting talk. If you weren’t there and missed it …bad luck.
 
Member talk. Pete Cleary
Grew up in Florence St Hornsby
Energy Australia 42.5 yrs
Has owned 15 boats
Has a caravan now and a holiday house at Terrigal
Before retiring from Energy Australia he was the Engineer in Charge of the Northern Region of Sydney (North Sydney up to a bit north of Newcastle).
 
Night Wind Up
President Rosemary and Col Baxter using exceptional skill respectively won the raffle and heads and tails.
 
Colin McGowan. Night Reporter.

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Night Photos - Ross Ballinger

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Birthdays

Alison Chuah 21st February

Anniversaries

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This Week's Humour

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Heaven 

Obama, Hillary and Trump are standing at the throne of heaven. God looks at them and says, "Before granting you a place at my side,
I must ask you what you have learned, what you believe in."

God asks Obama first: “What do you believe?" 

He thinks long and hard, looks God in the eye, and says, "I believe in hard work, and in staying true to family and friends. I believe in giving.
I was lucky, but I always tried to do right by my countrymen".

God can’t help but see the essential goodness of Obama , and offers him a seat to his left. 

Then God turns to Hillary and says, "What do you believe?"

Hillary says, "I believe passion, discipline, courage and honour are the fundamentals of life. Like Obama I believe in hard work. I, too, have been lucky, but win or lose, I've always tried to be a true patriot and a loyal American."

God is greatly moved by Hillary's high-pitched eloquence, and he offers her a seat to his right.

Finally, God turns to Trump and says, "And you, Donald, what do you believe?"

Trump replies,  "I believe you're in my seat."

-- Clive Denmark

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