Club Bulletin 23Sep2019

Photo: Cherrybrook metro station by John Cowper

Inside This Issue

President's Report

Night Report

Humour

Club Calendar

Upcoming Events

Next Meetings

Lyndal Carter
- National Acoustics Laboratories

Monday 23rd September

Tom Sweeney
- Willoughby Theatre Company

Monday 30th September

Labour Day Holiday
- no meeting

Monday 7th October

Upcoming Events

Train Ride to End Polio

Thursday 24th October

Recent Club Activities:

Rotary Leadership Institute

18 August

John and Janelle just completed the two day Rotary leadership institute course

An International article on:
PEACEBUILDING THROUGH CROSS-BORDER LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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 Douglas, so he can amend his records.
Also, to avoid being rostered on, please notify Douglas of any upcoming known absences (eg holidays) from meetings in the next twelve months.

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

Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Membership donation form.

Significant Club Fundraising Events during the year

The Book Sale March 2019

As the result of a lot of hard work the MarchBook Sale was a great success, especially from the organisers Andrew Little, Max Henderson, Neville Hansen and Rosemary Clarke. Funds raised exceeded $19,000. Well done.

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.

The Garage Sale 2018

We have just had our best and most successful Garage Sale on the weekend of 13 & 14 October raising a record 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.

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..

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 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.

President's Report 16 September 2019

Tonight we held a Club Assembly.
Tony M discussed aspects of WWC (Working with Children) and the fact that Rotary Clubs are being audited on WWC. To date we have received enquiries on which WWC related programs we are involved.
John T has relayed the frustration that Julie endures every week, with the cavalier approach of members, to deciding whether to notify of an absence, and a propensity to notify of such absence after Julie has informed Springfield that said member is attending.
I covered the outcomes of COL19 (Council on Legislation 2019). Every three years elected members gather in Chicago to ruminate on changes in how the various levels of Rotary operate. During this discussion I noted that a key clause seemed to be missing from the new modern language constitution. I am happy to say after further investigation that there are several subclauses that deal with my concerns.
I thank Edwina Ruff for attending and checking us out. It appears that the “inward looking” meeting did not deter Edwina’s interest.
Vale to Margaret Evans. I arrived home from the meeting to read an email detailing the departure of Margaret. Condolences to Graham and family. Members will be notified on funeral details when they are released.

Rotary Rocks

Keith

Night Report 16th September

We haven't received a report as yet.
But apart from Bernard winning the raffle, and I'm not sure who won the heads and tails, it's pretty well covered in the President's report.

Previous Night Report 9th September:

Opening: Sgt John T fully dressed (thankfully) as a Roman Centurion opened the meeting, welcomed our guest speaker, Rob Byrne, Rotary Foundation and visitors, 2020 outgoing exchange student Katherine Louey and her mother Fay.

President Keith’s Report
Also refer President’s report in bulletin.
The movie “Ride like a girl” night for next Tuesday (10/09) event sponsored by RC Beecroft, RC Pennant Hills and RC WPH&C was cancelled due to lack of support.
He could not attend the soil turning for the “Grace’s Place” development at Doonside due to ill health, however Adrian attended and will report latter.

Director’s Reports (as applicable)
Adrian: attended the “soil turning” launch for “Grace’s Place” (Anita Coby’s mother) at Doonside on Saturday morning that was extremely well attended. Blacktown council has donated the site with proposed Federal and State government funding of $6.0m and $3.30m respectively for the development. It will cater for children affected by homicide.
https://gracesplace.org.au/
Janelle: a) also welcomed our 2020 outgoing exchange student Katherine Louey who is bound for Austria and her mother Fay, and b) sought preferences as to our new club polo shirts with three material options plus colour options to consider, samples were available at the meeting.
David: something different Garage Sale update, now only five weeks out (12 & 13/10) with plenty to do, including:

Complete and return the spreadsheet that David emailed to everyone on Sunday, as to your availability from Saturday 21/09 to Monday 14/10.
Require volunteers to install our banners asap.
Numerous roles and support required including awning installation, collections, sorting, cleaning, electrical checks, cooking eg cakes, etc. There is something for everyone.

Outgoing Exchange Student
Katherine provided a thoughtful snapshot of her life and ambitions, which in summary, is in Year 10 at Hornsby Girls High, lives a Cherrybrook with parents and two siblings, selected Austria as she loves music (eg, Strass and Mozart), the natural beauty of the alps and lakes plus skiing.
Looking forward to the opportunity of both independence and to make some new lifelong friends eg host families.
Thanked the club for giving her this opportunity along with her parents and Janelle for their support.

Guest Speaker: Rob Byrne, Rotary Foundation

Provided us with a very informative insight to the Rotary Foundation which commenced in 1917 with a contribution of US$26.50 and for FY 2019 had US$321.9m and with pledges US$390m+. Their mission is “to do good in the world”.
Their causes have six areas of focus, being: preventing disease, providing clean water, supporting education, growing local economies, saving mothers & children plus promoting peace.
He provided a number of examples as to their projects including Rotary grants and how these are awarded.
https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/rotary-foundation
Sergeant at Arm’s
John provided a well-researched fine session and extracted many a dollar from those present. He also thanked those few that supported the toga theme for the night.