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 Meetings:

7:15pm for 7:30pm 

​Mon 28 September 2020

            District 9685 Governor David Clark
            (our private Zoom meeting - because we are special!)

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​Mon 5 October 2020

            Public Holiday
         Informal Zoom meeting for those interested - BYO

​Mon 12 October 2020

         Speaker TBA

​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.

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Pres. Rosemary's Report - 21 September 2020

A few technical issues did not stop an interesting meeting.

It was lovely to welcome Ros Hogan to our meeting. Ros has attended and attempted to attend a couple of meetings, so welcome.

It was a shame that Mother Nature decided we couldn’t do the car run but I’m sure it will happen sometime soon. With Covid numbers maybe we divide into 2 lunch locations. Thanks Alan, for all your organisation.

We heard from 2 members- Angelo talking about Pompei and Colin Sharpe talking about our link with Coonabarabran Rotary Club with the Drought Relief and Lamb Jumpers. Thank you both for an interesting session.

It was wonderful to find out that our District Grant for Feeding Phuket was successful. Congratulations to Keith, Peter and David for putting it together. We are not often in such a situation so well done.

The mask project continues, and I would like to thank and acknowledge Anne Sharpe and Bev Davison who are leading it. Please give them all your support.

Next meeting, we have our District Governor David Clarke as our guest. It is a sort of more formal Zoom meeting where the directors will inform David of our activities this year so far especially with Covid. Please invite your partner to join in with the meeting. David will have a question and answer session after he speaks, I believe.

Stay well, stay safe and enjoy the spring weather.


​Rosemary

Night Report -  21 September 2020 

The meeting was opened at 7.30PM sharp by Sergeant John Tchetchenian. Carol Russell raised a toast to Rotary, Australia and a swift end to Covid 19.

President Rosemary Clarke welcomed Ros Hogan, a guest of Kerry Mann. Rosemary thanked Alan Paynter for all his efforts to set up the Car Run last Sunday. Unfortunately the weather put a damper on the event, but a number of members met for a coffee at Glenorie. We hope to be able to try again in a couple of weeks.

Rosemary spoke about the District Governor’s virtual visit to our club next week via Zoom. Also explained his role in some detail. Rosemary would like each of the Directors to cover their respective areas to highlight what the club has been able to achieve during lockdown.

Colin Sharpe is looking for volunteers to begin moving stock for sale from Cherrybrook containers to Galston Containers. Working on the assumption that Tree of Joy will go ahead this year. Looking for more volunteers. Colin also advised that a request for a government grant for $2,500 for a generator for club use has been submitted.
Tony Coote – Social – need to decide if we will run Melbourne Cup and Christmas functions this year. At a venue or on Zoom.
David Turnbull – Foundation – can make $100 donations directly to district at any time or via club account.
Neville Hansen advised that Zoom access now requires a password.  Our pass-code is the usual 4 digit code we use and it will be embedded into the link sent to members.
Rosemary advised that the Foundation Grant of $2,000 for Phuket Rotary support for people in need due to Covid 19 has been approved.

Member Talks-
Angelo Casamento spoke about the destruction of the city of Pompeii by Mt Vesuvius eruption in 79AD. Pompeii is 120Km south of Rome. Angelo visited Pompeii in 1974 with a church tour group travelling through Italy, France and Spain. The top of Vesuvius was blown off in the 79AD eruption. Pompeii lay buried and forgotten for many centuries. It was re-discovered in 1748 and a large amount of excavation has been carried out since then. Some notable features are the discovery of voids in the magma where bodies lay. They were plaster cast to show what the bodies would have looked like. Paintings and murals were well preserved by ash.

Colin Sharpe spoke about the 2 year history of our Club’s association with the Rotary Club of Coonabarabran and our support for the Coonabarabran community and farmers through the drought period. Our club has raised a total of about $32,000 to support Coonabarabran through Garage Sales, Tree of Joy and Trivia Nights and a grant from Sanofi. Strong bonds have been formed, and a number of our members have visited the Coonabarabran club and have been very welcome by the local community.

Sergeant John ran a trivia session with some very interesting questions. Cawas Sahukar was the eventual winner.

President Rosemary wrapped up the meeting with a reminder for members and partners to attend the Zoom meeting with the District Governor next Monday.
The meeting closed at 8.48PM. There were 33 members, partners and guests in attendance.

Night Reporter
Tony Coote

Photos from the Meeting

Howard and Megan's Travel Blog.

This is the first  blog of Howard and Megan's travels around NSW. Hopefully we will see more.

Hi Rosemary and Members. This is Howard and Megan from the Atherton Tablelands North Queensland. We have read your emails and Facebook comments with interest telling us what is happening in Sydney Town. We arrived here yesterday and are camped on a Farm Stay beside the Barron River. For those that haven’t been to this part of Australia it is unique to other areas. The Tablelands are close to the coast but high enough to escape the heat and humidity of Cairns. Being in the tropics the land has rain forests, rolling hills with green pastures suitable for dairy and beef cattle and many water falls. 

There are many varieties of produce and food grown such as Sugar cane, coffee, tea, potato’s, strawberries and other tropical fruits. 

Sightseeing allows us to see some of our native animals such as Paddy Mellons (small rat like kangaroos),  possums, bandicoots, bush turkey’s, cassowary’s and not to forget the platypus. We are up here until the end of the month then we will head south as it begins to warm up. Safe traveling to all. 

​Howard. 

Etiquette for zoom meetings

Best Practice Suggestions:

​Invest in a high-quality headset and webcam. Most laptops now include these, but for those with dated equipment, this purchase is a must.
Internet - minimum suggested speeds are 20 mbs/download, and 10 mbs/upload.
Present yourself positioned in front of a professional environment, free of distractions, with adequate foreground lighting and minimum background lighting to ensure a visible face to the camera.

Webcam zoom. Ideally, project your face and upper body; no more and no less.
“Can you hear me?” Members are encouraged to avoid the temptation to begin their speaking portion with a question, such as “Can you hear me?” – assume you can be heard.
Sit still when your camera is on…. People moving around consistently is distracting to others especially when someone is speaking.

Have audio on only during speaking portions. In order to minimise distractions, please mute yourself during your non-speaking portions. Your mic should be activated (located in the bottom part of your screen when in the meeting) as soon as your turn begins.
o   Pro-tip. Using the space bar acts as a mic-open button. Start with your mic muted, pressing and holding the space bar opens your mic. Releasing the space bar closes your mic.

Cheers.   Carol.

Rotaract - Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook Provisional Club
​Newsletter 30th August 2020 

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As requested by Peter for International: "There are important initiatives that continue in Flores and West Timor, in spite of the difficulties of managing Covid 19"  click the following link:

NTA September 2020 Newsletter.

​What’s in this issue
1. Empowering women women in Flores, Ikat weaving. P 1.
2. New Target Area of NTA in 2020. P2.
​3. Update on NTA's COVID-19 Response in Schools of Rural Eastern Indonesia. P5.

Covid-19 and the Club

​Our Club Needs Training - Please Volunteer

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.

This Week's Humour

A Message for the Manager
Loved this one from Ross..  Hang out for the end.
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A woman went up to the bar in a quiet rural pub.... She gestured alluringly to the bartender who approached her immediately. She seductively signalled that he should bring his face closer to hers. As he did, she gently caressed his full beard. 
"Are you the manager?" she asked, softly stroking his face with both hands.
"Actually, no," he replied. 
"Can you get him for me? I need to speak to him," she said, running her hands beyond his beard and into his hair.
"I'm afraid I can't," breathed the bartender.. "Is there anything I can do?"
"Yes.. I need for you to give him a message," she continued, running her forefinger across the bartender's lip and slyly popping a couple of her fingers into his mouth and allowing him to suck them gently.
"What should I tell him?" the bartender managed to say.
"Tell him," she whispered, "There's no toilet paper, hand soap, or paper towels in the ladies room." 

Peanuts

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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