Photo: Cherrybrook ​metro station by John Cowper 

Inside This Issue

President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

(NB: Due to the evolving and unpredictable situation with COVID and the extension of lockdowns announced 14/07/2021, a decision has been made by Board to take September (and possibly beyond) meetings to Zoom format. We will review this should lockdowns ease. This decision has helped to provide some certainty for meetings as we move forward).
Ros Hogan is the Attendance Officer for face-to-face meetings at Springfield.  If bringing a partner or not able to attend, please notify Ros via email Ros Hogan hoganros@gmail.com by 12noon on the Thursday prior to a face-to-face meeting. Charges for non-attendance will be incurred unless previously advised.

Club Zoom Meetings
Alternate week
Springfield House
Suspended until further notice

7:15pm for 7:30pm 

6:30pm for 7:00 pm

Mon 20 September 2021
​Guest Speaker: Maggie Hamilton
Writer and Social Researcher
​"What Men Don't Talk About"

Mon 27 September 2021
​Guest Speaker: Greg Ross PDG District 9800
Lift The Lid - Rotary Supporting Mental Health

​Mon 04 October 2021
Public Holiday - Social Meeting

​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 Janelle, so she can amend her records. Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Janelle of any upcoming known absences
​(e.g . holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

Do Browse Through This Website

This website is not just the bulletin. There are many useful information within. Please use the heading buttons at the top to the right of the Club's Rotary Logo and dropdown menus to navigate to other areas of interests. Just be aware that some information may not be up-to-date but come back often. It is a dynamic site and will be updated periodically.

Petition for Guest Speaker recommendations
Please contact John Caruana if you know of any prospective guest speakers of interest to the club
johncaruana500@gmail.com       Mob: 0417 394 854

​Social Calendar 2021

Friendship Lunches/Dinners -- The next round of Friendship Lunches/Dinners is postponed until Covid-19 Rules permit.
Exploring  alternatives such as outdoor gathering for BBQ or picnics when permissible.
Please notify Tony Coote if you would like to be a host or a guest.

Per NSW Government Guide Lines
"If you are fully vaccinated, from Monday 13 September 2021, you can attend an outdoor gathering in a public space of up to 5 people for exercise or outdoor recreation so long as all those at the gathering aged 16 years or over are fully vaccinated." Full conditions are here.

So contact members near you and have a coffee or picnic in an outdoor area.

​Pizza Night at a local restaurant​ -- Friday 22nd October
Day Trip by Car -- Sunday 21st November

​Tony Coote

​President Keith's Report 13 September 2021

 

​Tonight some 30 people listened to PDG Tim Moore wax lyrical about the
RI Convention in Melbourne 2023.

Cawas has accelerated planning for Tree of Joy and is having a committee meeting on Thursday.

Bev Davison is raising monies by selling books online.

Barry Philps has delivered some District Directories.

​And finally:
What do men and boys long for, agonise over, aspire to? Why are men often silent in dark and difficult situations? Why do so many find it hard to express how much they care? ……
You will have to wait till next week when our Guest Speaker discusses these D&M items.

Stay Safe
Keith

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Learning And Development Officer

​2020-21 A Year To Remember
Contributed by President Keith

 Night Report - 13 September 2021

 

Opening remarks from President Keith Ball.
Welcome to RC PDG Tim Moore, our Guest Speaker.  I look forward to news of the 2023 Melbourne International Conference.
The Cheese and Crackers meeting again took place on Friday night.  Some 13 people attended. 

Directors reports:-

Foundation -- David, no updates.

Membership / Public Image -- Carol, some delay with a proposal to introduce the board members via an article in the Dooral Roundup. Too large to publish.Will present a series of smaller articles with fewer board members.

Fundraising -- Max, major fundraising events are on hold.

Community -- Cawas, has conferred with the new management at Cherrybrook and a Community Services Committee Meeting is scheduled for Thursday re Tree of Joy.

Vocational -- Edwina, no Update.

Youth -- Rosemary, identified potential applicants for RYLA. Selection after interviews.

Treasurer -- Tony C, accounts are in order

Social -- Tony C, Friday Night Zoom drinks and a chat are continuing. Good to catch with members.

International -- Peter S, unsold re-washable cloth masks have been donated and shipped to NTA in West Timor. These will be valuable for the local efforts to combat Covid infections.
 
Tonight, we listened to PDG Tim Moore discussing the planning for the 2023 Rotary International Convention in Melbourne. We were impressed with the level of preparation that is going on behind the scenes. Tim opened up the prospect of volunteering to support the conference. More details to follow later in the year. A very impressive speaker.
 
Thanks to Tim Moore for speaking tonight.
Next week our Guest Speaker is Maggie Hamilton discussing “What Men Don’t Talk About”
 
Night Reporter
Peter

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Pop-Up Book Sale
No dates until further notice

ONLINE BOOK SALES

We cannot hold a book sale at the moment but we are selling books online.
Currently I am advertising the books below.  These are all 2020 titles @ $10.00 each.
If you wish to buy one, please let me know.
Bev Davison
0410 022 474
beverleydav@gmail.com
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​Read your digital edition online
​Here

Westmead Institute of Medical Research
“COVID -19 Variants and Vaccines, the Lockdown update”
COVID-19: Variants & Vaccines, the Lockdown Update - YouTube      

The presentation was accurate as of 9th July 2021. Some widening of the age group acceptability for the AstraZeneca vaccine have been made since that presentation date.
The 2 main speakers were Internationally renowned experts in immunology and vaccine development, Professor Tony Cunningham and Professor Sarah Palmer.
I have attached a link to that presentation. It is well worth watching.
I also took some Notes and attach for those who only wish to get a quick grab - but the notes don’t do the presentation justice.

Kind Regards
Colin McGowan

Welfare Report

Howard and Megan in exile

​​Hi All Members.
This is day 30 we have been camped in the RV Motorhome area behind the local football club. Here we have access to fresh water, a dump point and can go to the club for dinner which we do every Wednesday night. The site is gravel but level and flat and there is space for up to 24 RVs. We haven’t moved on yet towards home, Sydney, because we are not sure if the borders Victoria and NSW are friendly open. We are waiting until this weekend to see if it’s worth while moving on east. Our current plan is to drive not to Broken Hill but to Renmark over the Vic border to Mildura then over the NSW border. Then along the Hay Plains to Wagga and onto Sydney. This depends if we are allowed to stop a few days in each NSW town. We are enjoying our stay in Port Augusta as we can move around sightseeing and going to the shops. This helps fill in the days. Plus I’ve had a couple of medical check ups at the hospital and phone consultations with my specialist. Looking forward to returning to Sydney. Howard and Megan. 

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Humour of the week

 

There is no doubt that teachers have had a very difficult 2020, here is some humour especially for them…

"Hello! You have reached the automated answering service of your
school. In order to assist you in connecting the right staff member,
please listen to all your options before making a selection:-

To lie about why your child is absent - Press 1

To make excuses for why your child did not do his work - Press 2

To complain about what we do - Press 3

To swear at staff members - Press 4

To ask why you didn't get information that was already enclosed in your
newsletter and several flyers mailed to you - Press 5

If you want us to raise your child - Press 6

To request another teacher for the third time this year - Press 7

To complain about bus transportation - Press 8

To complain about school lunches - Press 9

If you realise this is the real world and your child must be accountable
and responsible for his/her own behaviour, class work, homework, and that
it's not the teachers' fault for your children's lack of effort ... hang
up and have a nice day!"

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Covid Safe food handling

Training is on-line and takes about 20 minutes – so a few could do it
https://www.foodauthority.nsw.gov.au/covid-19-awareness-food-service-training
 
The training has been developed for anyone working in NSW food retail and food service businesses and covers key measures recommended for COVID-19 control. Key topics addressed:

• COVID-19 Introduction and background
• Infection, signs and symptoms
• Self-protective measures
• Protective measures for premises and personal hygiene
• Cleaning and sanitation practices
• Social distancing measures
• Record keeping.

The course is self-guided and will take participants approximately 20 minutes to complete.
There is a 20 question multiple-choice quiz at the end.
A ‘COVID-19 awareness for food service’ acknowledgement certificate will be emailed to all participants who complete the quiz.

... and We Should be Covid Safe at Our Activities

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.

Club Calendar

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

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Bulletin Editor - Douglas

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 Ros. Email: hoganros@gmail.com before 1pm on the Thursday before the meeting.

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

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year
TO BE UPDATED POST COVID LOCK DOWN

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:-
Carol Russell (0418 431 157) or President Keith (0478 599 155)

Club Details:
Rotary Club of West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook meets every other Monday for Dinner at Springfield House (Suspended until further notice due to Covid)
Arrive 6:30pm  Start  7:00pm  End  9:00pm
245 New Line Rd
Dural NSW 2128 Australia

Welcome to call Carol or Keith to get log on details and join us on Zoom instead

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