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Club Bulletin

Volume 30, Issue No. 26-30th January 2017

The Next Meetings

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Monday 30 January
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The speaker will be Paula Hammond who will be speaking about Foster Care Angels. Foster Care Angels is a 100% volunteer run, Sydney based charity, supporting children in Foster Care. See below for more detail.

Monday 6 February


Club Assembly


Monday 13 February
TBA

​Duty Roster

Duty   Monday 30 January 2017 Monday 6 February 2017 Monday 13 February 2017
Speaker Host Colin Sharpe - Stan Baseley
Night Reporter Teresa Janowski Colin McGowan Cawas Suhkar
Front Desk Tony Coote Bob Davison Bob Davison
Front Desk Ros Savio Bernard Chandra David Turnbull
Steward Peter Cleary Nick Chuah Gino Savio
Steward Tom Westcott Brian Furrer Carol Russell
​IT Person Andrew Little Andrew Little Neville Hansen
​Photographer​ Peter Stanton Ross Ballinger Peter Stanton
​Member Talk Nick Chuah Tom Westcott Howard Fleming

Inside This Issue

Upcoming Events

President's Report
Night Report
Birthdays and Anniversaries
Humour
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Sunday 29 January


Tuesday 31 January
Bunnings BBQ at Thornleigh


Major Projects Committee meeting at Barry Freeman's residence


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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Anna Laroumanie, our outbound student for 2017/18, leaves for Hokkaido, Japan.

A group of us joined the Laroumanie Family on Friday January 20th to say farewell to Anna.  Colin and Anne Sharpe, Charlie, Declan and Megan McCartney and and I went along.
 
Anna joined a group of 3 other students from NSW going to Japan. Anna flew on from Tokyo to Sapporo on the northern most island of Hokkaido. She will be living in a town called Eniwa (25km SE of Sapporo). As you can see from the photo below it's a very different climate!
 
Charlie will keep the club updated with reports from Anna.

Tony Coote

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Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands, is known for its volcanoes, natural hot springs (onsen) and ski areas. Rugged Daisetsuzan National Park is home to steaming, volcanic Mount Asahi. Shikotsu-Tōya National Park contains caldera lakes, geothermal springs and a Mount Fuji look-alike, Mount Yōtei. Popular ski resorts include Rusutsu, Furano and Niseko.

Area: 83,454 km²
Weather: -4°C, Wind S at 14 km/h, 79% Humidity (current as at Thursday 25 Jan 12 noon!)
Population: 5.474 million (31 Mar. 2012)
Capital: Sapporo
Peak: Asahi-dake
Colleges and Universities: Hokkaido University, more

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Foster Care Angels

Foster Care Angels is a 100% volunteer run, Sydney based charity, supporting children in Foster Care.  Below is a short video showing what they do.

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.

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 25 February
Saturday 18 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 Wed 1 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 18 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

Peter Stanton's Rwanda Presentation

Peter's presentation at the last meeting on his trip to Rwanda can viewed here

Jazz at the Pines

Jim received this email from Alan Jones on behalf of The Rotary Club of The Hills-Kellyville
Hi,
 The next Jazz at the Pines is on Sunday 19th February and features the
popular 'Greg Poppleton and the Bakelite Broadcasters'.  
 
 A flyer is shown below with the complete list of dates through to May 2017,
a copy of the flyer is also attached should you wish distribute or print it.
 
Tables can be booked for groups and individuals or simply turn up un the day
with your chair, picnic rug and eskie, there is plenty of room for everyone.
All payments are made at the gate, $20 Adults and $15 Concessions.
 
Tea, coffee and fresh baked cakes available.
 For more information and to book online visit www.jazzatthepines.org.au
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Club's Child Protection Manual
Fellows
Attached to this email is the Club's Child Protection Manual, agreed to by the Board, that we are required to have by law. You are encouraged to become familiar with the requirements as stated in the manual.
As you would know by now this is a serious matter for all clubs and associations that work with children as part of their regular operations. This club has a big focus on youth with a significant amount put aside each year for our youth activities so it is an important issue for us. All members should by now have their working with children clearance, or be in the process of obtaining same. If any member is having problems with their applications please let me know.
The manual will be uploaded to our website (click here) and any future changes will be made to the website version. You will be advised when these occur.
Jim Simpson
Secretary


More Rotary Graphics

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Significant Club fundraising events during the year 

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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.. 


Meetings

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

Apologies

If you are unable to attend or are bringing a guest (even if they are your partner) you must notify Jilda.  Phone 9439 1422 or email accounts@lhogroup.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 23rd January 2017

From President Elect Colin Sharpe standing in for President Rosemary Clarke. 

It was great to see another good attendance and Clive back with our guest speakers David and Dianne in tow. 
David Waterhouse is a member of Clive’s new Rotary club (The Entrance). 

Anna Laromanie was farewelled to Japan by her family, Sarah, Tony Coote, Sharpe’s, & McCartney’s (minus Rob).

2017-18 presidential theme was announced last week.  RI President-elect Ian H.S. Riseley urged incoming district leaders to seek gender and age parity and protect the environment in announcing the 2017-18 presidential theme Rotary: Making a Difference at the International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA.  Riseley is a member of the Rotary Club of Sandringham, Victoria, Australia,
 
Rotary Fact for this week:  There are 85 Rotary Clubs in Nepal, with some 2700 members – there are around 1100 clubs and 30,000 members in Australia.   Nepal is a very poor nation (~2400 USD GDP per person – Australia is ~ $55,000 USD) that has about the same population as Australia and is about twice the land area of Tasmania.
 
January is Rotary Awareness Month
Rotary is seen by the community through our good works and contribution to society. Even then much of what we do is invisible to the wider community or not necessarily attributed to Rotary.

RI President Sakuji Tanaka (2012-13) had the following to say on the subject: “I am asking all of you to wear your Rotary pin and to raise awareness of what the pin means. I believe having that pin changes you. It makes you think more before you speak and before you act. It makes you remember, all the time, that you are a Rotarian – and that as Rotarians, we are here to help.
All of us should be ready to talk about Rotary. When someone asks you about that pin, you should be ready to answer them. What is Rotary? What does Rotary do? These are questions that each of us should always be prepared to answer”.

We don’t always have to do big things to do worthwhile things. So a simple but effective outcome from Rotary Awareness month might be for us all to work on how you will answer the questions posed by RI President Sakuji. In any sales pitch you  only have few words in which to make or break a sale.

Rotary International “Core Essence of Rotary” statement, which defines Rotary as “A worldwide network of inspired individuals who translate their passions into relevant social causes to change lives in communities”.
Or you may prefer, the more traditional Rotary Mission Statement.  “We provide services to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through our fellowship of business, professional and community leaders”.

Have a great week and do not forget to remind your partners to let Jeanette Roberts know if attending, or not, the Partners Wine Tasting being held at the Coote’s Residence 6pm February 6th.


Regards
Colin


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Night Report 23rd January 2017

The evening commenced at 7p.m.with the customary reciting of grace and loyal toast after which Sargent Barry introduced Acting President Colin Sharpe.

Colin   - welcomed everyone to the meeting including the guest speakers David and Diane Waterhouse representing RAWCS (both Paul Harris Fellows)
             -advised of the exchange student Anna’s Sydney Airport departure to Japan
              -reminded all partners of the arrangements for a wine tasting evening at Tony and Glenda’s home on 6th February
               -repeated this year’s Rotary theme ‘MAKING A DIFFERENCE.’ and that January is  Rotary Awareness Month.

Directors’Reports.
Tony Coote  - Big Thing meeting, 31st January; 10th February. Muirfield Golf Club returning exchange students’ Celebratory Year event; looking for next year’s exchange students host parents volunteers  over the next couple of weeks (subject to Board approval.)
Keith Ball - looking for suggestions for new recruits. No current prospects in the pipeline.

Colin Sharpe  - Social/Vocational Committee meeting 25th January Carol’s office’; request that Directors look for their support teams.
John Tchetchenian - Hills Rotaract A.G.M. 11TH February 12 noon at Lemoncello Restaurant.

Barry Freeman - Any more starters for 9685 Conference 11th March?

Peter Stanton then gave an excellent talk with photos, of his visit to Rawanda. His wife is a member of a teachers’ group from Kings School  whose purpose in visiting Rawnda was to provide (a) teacher training (b)health and hygiene training. Peter provided background information about the country and its recent political history and the role he undertook as part of the group teaching  individual and business communication skills. The trip was assessed as highly successful.

Our guests speakers then spoke of their roles in the work that RAWCS  is undertaking in Nepal. Their activities are focussed around the Kathmandu area and more particularly Benepa and its surrounds about 30 km away from Kathmandu. Their activities came to an abrupt halt as a result of an earthquake on 20th April 2015.Focus immediately changed to humanitarian help. Over $100,000dollars were raised in Australia to assist in replacing necessities e.g 1st aid kits, school bags, sewing machines. A local Rotarian Mr Ashoks known locally as Mr Rotary, greatly assisted and continues  to assist in  these activities. Attention then shifted to the restoration and building of new infrastructure. Much has been or is about to  reach completion. At Chaupbesi a Rotary Model Village has been erected providing houses for locals,4 rooms per house with a water point for every 5 houses. A recent activity involves the installation of biogas toilets to provide heat and light to each house. All of these are self help programmes. Over 100,000 Australians a year take part in providing help in Nepal.

After the customary “heads and tails,” and fine sessions, the Acting President closed the meeting after thanking the speakers and reminding us that chairman Rosemary will be back next week.
 
Colin Baxter- Night Reporter


Night Photos - Ross Ballinger

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Birthdays

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Peter Stanton 25 January
Jean Baker 27 January
Teresa Janowski 28 January
Roma Chandra 30 January
Angela Tan 7 February

Anniversaries

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Rosemary & Rob Clarke 29 January
Graham & Judy Cuthbertson 30 January
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This Week's Humour

ABSTINENCE (from Barry)
 
A priest and a rabbi were sitting in adjacent seats on an airplane. After a while, the priest turned to the rabbi and asked, "Is it still a requirement of your faith that you not eat pork?"

The rabbi responded, "Yes, that is still one of our laws."
The priest then asked, "But have you ever eaten pork?"

"Yes, on one occasion I did succumb to temptation and ate a bacon sandwich."

The priest nodded in understanding and went on with his reading. A while later, the rabbi spoke up and asked, "Father, is it still a requirement of your church that you remain celibate?"
 
 The priest replied, "Yes, that is still very much a part of our faith."

The rabbi then asked him, "And Father, have you ever fallen to the temptations of the flesh?"

The priest replied, "Yes, Rabbi, on one occasion I was weak and broke the pledge of my faith."

The rabbi nodded understandingly and remained silent for several minutes.

Finally the rabbi quietly observed, "Beats the heck out of a bacon sandwich, doesn't it?"
A darn good Golfing Story (from Jim)

John, who lived in the north of England, decided to go golfing in Scotland with his buddy, Shawn.

So they loaded up John's minivan and headed north.

 After driving for a few hours, they got caught in a terrible blizzard. So they pulled into a nearby farm and asked the attractive lady who answered the door if they could spend the night.

‘I realise it's terrible weather out there and I have this huge house all to myself, but I'm recently widowed,' she explained, 'and I'm afraid the neighbours will talk if I let you stay in my house.'

'Don't worry,' John said. 'We'll be happy to sleep in the barn. And if the weather breaks, we'll be gone at first light.'

The lady agreed, and the two men found their way to the barn and settled in for the night.

 Come morning, the weather had cleared, and they got on their way.
They enjoyed a great weekend of golf. 

But about nine months later, John got an unexpected letter from an attorney. It took him a few minutes to figure it out, but he finally determined that it was from the attorney of that attractive widow he had met on the golf weekend.

He dropped in on his friend Shawn and asked, "Shawn, do you remember that good-looking widow from the farm we stayed at on our golf holiday in Scotland about 9 months ago?'

‘Yes, I do,' said Shawn

'Did you, er, happen to get up in the middle of the night, go up to the house and pay her a visit?'

'Well, um, yes!,' Shawn said, a little embarrassed about being found out, 'I have to admit that I did.'
'And did you happen to give her my name instead of telling her your name?' 

Shawn's face turned beet red and he said, 'Yeah, look, I'm sorry, buddy. I'm afraid I did.  Why do you ask?'

‘She just died and left me everything.'
 
(And you thought the ending would be different, didn't you?... )


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