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8th May 2017
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2nd Major Book Sorting for Book Sale
3rd Major Sorting and Set up Tables
Book Sale WHP&C Rotary 30th Birthday
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Ronald McDonald House Westmead Fund Raising Event
Please support and Laugh For The House!! Tickets $50 from riversideparramatta.com.au 
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2017 Book Sale
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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 during the lead up to the actual book sale itself. This includes Andrew & Desley (13 Feb to 20 Mar), Bob & Bev (16 Mar to 14 Apr) and Colin & Anne (start Apr to end May). Whilst we now have some great additional people on our committee (Neville & Heather Hansen & Charlie), we will need all the help we can get from club members & partners to make this year’s book sale a success. This is especially true for the book sort days Saturday 11th, 25th March and Tuesday 4th April) where we really need people to help us for the whole day up to around 3 or 4pm. One of the most onerous jobs is packing the sorted boxes of books away on the book stands at the end of the sort day. Many times this is left to a small number of very dedicated people. Likewise we need assistance with the set up days Wednesday 5th & Thursday 6th April. 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: |
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| 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 |
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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..
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 Jilda.
Phone 8484 7106 or email [email protected] before 11am on the day of the meeting.
Phone 8484 7106 or email [email protected] before 11am on the day of the meeting.
If you are expected and do not show you will be required to pay for the meal.
President's Report 27th February 2017
It has been an extremely busy week with so much happening. Rotary 101, Sarah moving, visiting mayors, Pride of Workmanship, friendship dinners, plans for 2017/18 and the list goes on.
As I said on Monday, our club is coming up to a very busy time. Please get involved, please check in with each other, please think of each other and don’t rely on someone else to do the work. Our Rotary club is special and just like any relationship we need to work at it to achieve success. Let’s all be positive and make the lead up to the book sale the very best we can make it.
Have a great week and keep serving humanity.
Rosemary
As I said on Monday, our club is coming up to a very busy time. Please get involved, please check in with each other, please think of each other and don’t rely on someone else to do the work. Our Rotary club is special and just like any relationship we need to work at it to achieve success. Let’s all be positive and make the lead up to the book sale the very best we can make it.
Have a great week and keep serving humanity.
Rosemary
Night Report 27th February 2017
Sergeant Barry brought the meeting to order.
Grace was led by Keith Ball and the Rotary Toast given by Colin McGowan – To Australia and Switzerland.
President Rosemary welcomed the following people:
President Rosemary gave thanks to the following people:
He is back in hospital and would love some visitors!
Update on Teresa and Sarah
Teresa has had to fly to China to assist her son, so Sarah is now staying with Tony and Glenda Coote. This is Sarah’s fifth Host Family. President Rosemary will be Sarah’s Counsellor for the remainder of her stay in Australia. President Rosemary and Robert will be taking Sarah to see an AFL match – Swans vs Pies, on 7th April. There have been occasions when they have taken other Exchange students to a match, only to see the Swans lose. Hopefully Sarah’s attendance will bring much luck to the Swans!
President Rosemary gave thanks to Teresa and Marc for hosting Sarah and for being her Counsellor and also gave thanks to Tony and Glenda for hosting Sarah at such short notice.
Rotary Fact – The Centurion Plan
This is a simple way of getting into the habit of making personal contributions to The Rotary Foundation which was selected as the top Charity Organisation this year. The commitment you are asked to make is to contribute $100 per annum. The towers on the table are used to collect money. The other option is to donate online and to use this method, you will need your Rotary International ID number. President Rosemary is seeking someone who would like to be the Centurion Champion for the club, who can manage it. It is not an onerous task but a necessary one.
Directors’ Reports
Book Sale – Andrew Little
Andrew says that donations and interest is down on last year. Perhaps we should hold off on discarding too many books when we do the sort. The second major sort is this Saturday and much help is required.
Vocational – John Tchetchenian
The Big Project – Tony Coote
Tony Coote and Peter Stanton had a 45 minute meeting with Yvonne Keane, the Mayor of Hills Shire, The meeting went very well. She has given them an introduction to the Mayor of Hornsby. Barry Freeman and Colin Baxter will set up a meeting. Tony has also been attending other Rotary Club meetings to learn more about what they are doing. It is all a work in progress.
Social – Colin Sharpe
Facebook Advertising – Charlotte McCartney
Our Facebook Advertising is getting good engagement and we have already received many enquiries about where to drop off books. The post has been shared many times and it certainly appears to be gaining the interest that we hoped for.
Sarah’s Update
Sarah was sad to leave the home of Teresa and Marc, but is excited about staying with Tony and Glenda and is settling in well. She has had a quiet week with much of her focus being on moving house.
Member Talk – Max Henderson
Max was born in Camperdown in 1953 and grew up in Gunning. He loved living in the bush. His dad was a Math teacher and Principal. Max was very smart and completed High School in four years. He completed carpentry apprenticeship but had the intention to be a builder. He completed his studies and was a qualified builder and inspector. He was a member of Rotaract for 19 years, three of which, he was club president. He met his wife, Lynne, at Rotaract. She became president the year after they met. They have been married for 35.5 years and have three children, each of whom have very successful careers. Max is now retired. For 38 years of his working life, he worked for two banks, one of which was CBA. If I have captured any of these details incorrectly, I do apologise, Max!
Guest Speaker – Dr. Michael Bendon (speaker host – Tony Coote)
Dr Michael James Bendon holds post-graduate qualifications in Archaeology, History, Maritime Archaeology, Education and Cultural Heritage. He has worked for a great number of years as an archaeologist on numerous sites around the Mediterranean and Europe including Israel, Portugal, Germany and Greece with extended survey in Turkey, Syria and Jordan. Michael first started as a field archaeologist in Israel before moving briefly onto Portugal and then on to directing a Medieval church and cemetery excavation in Northern Germany for a number of years.
His most recent research has revolved around two British WWII wrecks located off shore from the ancient Phalasarna site.
The chance discovery of a wrecked WWII vessel off the coast of Western Crete, was the starting point for an amazing research journey. A vessel listed as ‘lost, location unknown’ for over seventy years, prompted an investigation that was to finally involve twenty similar craft and lead through five countries. Michael spoke about the story of the British Tank Landing Craft MK1 and their heroic crews in the Mediterranean campaigns of 1941.
If you would like to order a copy of his book, The Forgotten Flotilla, visit the website www.forgottenflotilla.com.
Sergeant Session
Closing Remarks by President Rosemary
A final message from President Rosemary
‘Our club is coming up to a very busy time. Please get involved, please check in with each other and don’t rely on someone else to do all the work. Our Rotary club is special and just like any relationship, we need to work at it to achieve success. Let’s be positive and make the lead up to the book sale the very best we can make it’.
Have a great week and keep serving humanity.
-- Charlotte McCartney
Grace was led by Keith Ball and the Rotary Toast given by Colin McGowan – To Australia and Switzerland.
President Rosemary welcomed the following people:
- Guest Speaker – Dr. Michael Bendon
- Guests – Paul Laroumanie, Tina Su
- Partners – Jill, Roma and Gwen
President Rosemary gave thanks to the following people:
- Ross & Helen Ballinger for hosting Rotary 101. It was a great success. Attendees were Ricardo, Angelo, Paul and Charlie. Also attended by some long-term members – Keith, Colin, Neville and President Rosemary.
- Tony Coote and Peter Cleary for a meeting with The Hills Mayor re The Big Project. It was a very productive meeting.
- Colin Sharpe and the incoming Board for organising the plans for 2017/18. Colin is leaving on his 2 month overseas trip soon, so has been working very hard to arrange all of this prior to his departure.
He is back in hospital and would love some visitors!
Update on Teresa and Sarah
Teresa has had to fly to China to assist her son, so Sarah is now staying with Tony and Glenda Coote. This is Sarah’s fifth Host Family. President Rosemary will be Sarah’s Counsellor for the remainder of her stay in Australia. President Rosemary and Robert will be taking Sarah to see an AFL match – Swans vs Pies, on 7th April. There have been occasions when they have taken other Exchange students to a match, only to see the Swans lose. Hopefully Sarah’s attendance will bring much luck to the Swans!
President Rosemary gave thanks to Teresa and Marc for hosting Sarah and for being her Counsellor and also gave thanks to Tony and Glenda for hosting Sarah at such short notice.
Rotary Fact – The Centurion Plan
This is a simple way of getting into the habit of making personal contributions to The Rotary Foundation which was selected as the top Charity Organisation this year. The commitment you are asked to make is to contribute $100 per annum. The towers on the table are used to collect money. The other option is to donate online and to use this method, you will need your Rotary International ID number. President Rosemary is seeking someone who would like to be the Centurion Champion for the club, who can manage it. It is not an onerous task but a necessary one.
Directors’ Reports
Book Sale – Andrew Little
Andrew says that donations and interest is down on last year. Perhaps we should hold off on discarding too many books when we do the sort. The second major sort is this Saturday and much help is required.
Vocational – John Tchetchenian
- Vocational visit is booked in for Monday 5th June and the visit is to the Care Flight base in Westmead. More info will follow in the coming weeks.
- PoW table/booth has been booked in at Cherrybrook Shopping Village for the 29th April and 6th May. Both days are booked from 9am – 3pm. John will be asking for volunteers to man the stalls in the next few weeks.
The Big Project – Tony Coote
Tony Coote and Peter Stanton had a 45 minute meeting with Yvonne Keane, the Mayor of Hills Shire, The meeting went very well. She has given them an introduction to the Mayor of Hornsby. Barry Freeman and Colin Baxter will set up a meeting. Tony has also been attending other Rotary Club meetings to learn more about what they are doing. It is all a work in progress.
Social – Colin Sharpe
- Vivid – The Vivid tour is planned for the 4th June. Colin is able to make the booking as in excess of the minimum 30 people have confirmed attendance. Please remember that the coach can only accommodate 52 passengers, so get your RSVPs in fast!
- Friendship Meals – The last one was a year ago. Ross will be managing this whilst Colin is away and hope to arrange the first one by the end of May
- Christmas Lunch – This has been booked in at Springfield House, on 10th December.
Facebook Advertising – Charlotte McCartney
Our Facebook Advertising is getting good engagement and we have already received many enquiries about where to drop off books. The post has been shared many times and it certainly appears to be gaining the interest that we hoped for.
Sarah’s Update
Sarah was sad to leave the home of Teresa and Marc, but is excited about staying with Tony and Glenda and is settling in well. She has had a quiet week with much of her focus being on moving house.
Member Talk – Max Henderson
Max was born in Camperdown in 1953 and grew up in Gunning. He loved living in the bush. His dad was a Math teacher and Principal. Max was very smart and completed High School in four years. He completed carpentry apprenticeship but had the intention to be a builder. He completed his studies and was a qualified builder and inspector. He was a member of Rotaract for 19 years, three of which, he was club president. He met his wife, Lynne, at Rotaract. She became president the year after they met. They have been married for 35.5 years and have three children, each of whom have very successful careers. Max is now retired. For 38 years of his working life, he worked for two banks, one of which was CBA. If I have captured any of these details incorrectly, I do apologise, Max!
Guest Speaker – Dr. Michael Bendon (speaker host – Tony Coote)
Dr Michael James Bendon holds post-graduate qualifications in Archaeology, History, Maritime Archaeology, Education and Cultural Heritage. He has worked for a great number of years as an archaeologist on numerous sites around the Mediterranean and Europe including Israel, Portugal, Germany and Greece with extended survey in Turkey, Syria and Jordan. Michael first started as a field archaeologist in Israel before moving briefly onto Portugal and then on to directing a Medieval church and cemetery excavation in Northern Germany for a number of years.
His most recent research has revolved around two British WWII wrecks located off shore from the ancient Phalasarna site.
The chance discovery of a wrecked WWII vessel off the coast of Western Crete, was the starting point for an amazing research journey. A vessel listed as ‘lost, location unknown’ for over seventy years, prompted an investigation that was to finally involve twenty similar craft and lead through five countries. Michael spoke about the story of the British Tank Landing Craft MK1 and their heroic crews in the Mediterranean campaigns of 1941.
If you would like to order a copy of his book, The Forgotten Flotilla, visit the website www.forgottenflotilla.com.
Sergeant Session
- Fines – Various fines but no Cross Fines. We need to work on this!
- Raffle winner – Howard Flemming
- Heads & Tails – House wins!!
Closing Remarks by President Rosemary
- Reminder about the New Board Meeting at Colin Sharpe’s house on Wednesday 22nd March.
- Help needed for Saturday book sort for the Book Sale.
- The Sanctuary First Birthday Celebration – Friday 21st April. We support them through Tree of Joy.
- It will be lovely if some members/partners could attend. Please see email from President Rosemary.
A final message from President Rosemary
‘Our club is coming up to a very busy time. Please get involved, please check in with each other and don’t rely on someone else to do all the work. Our Rotary club is special and just like any relationship, we need to work at it to achieve success. Let’s be positive and make the lead up to the book sale the very best we can make it’.
Have a great week and keep serving humanity.
-- Charlotte McCartney
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