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Saturday 4 February
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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 by 12noon on the Thursday prior to a face-to-face meeting. Charges for non-attendance will be incurred unless previously advised.
Note: Meeting Times
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Springfield House 6:30 for 7:00pm
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Zoom Meeting 7:15 for 7:30pm
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Duty Roster
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President Report
Welcome to 2023 and to the second half of the Rotary year. |
Night Report
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Photos and more ...
An abundance of fantastic pics. |
Humour
Have used contributions from Cawas and Neville. Many Thanks Humour Bank balance is High. I have not collated the numbers. |
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A Tribute to Colin Barlow - Founder NTA
Dear Club Members.
Sometimes we have the opportunity to interact with someone that makes a substantive difference.
Colin Barlow was an extraordinary man who among his many achievements, founded Nusa Tenggara Association (NTA).
I encourage you to read the attachments….
I have taken a small segment, written by one of Colin’s Indonesian friends, reflecting on his passing.
Tribute to Colin Barlow- founder of NTA (our chosen international charity) and a great humanitarian.
“Colin wanted to meet people in their real conditions.
Colin did not feel satisfied by only hearing stories or reports.
Colin visited these people twice each year for 33 years.
Colin enjoyed this way. This was his way. He became poor with poor people.
He was hungry with people who did not have enough to eat.
He got burnt with people who worked every day under the burning sun.
He was in darkness with people who had no electricity.
He involved himself totally in the whole life of people.
By that way, Colin found the proper way to lift people up from the darkness of poverty to the light of proper life.
This was the main reason NTA was established. Colin invited me to come to Australia to accompany him and to make sure of NTA’s existence.
For many people associations or NGOs, with partnerships or MOUs, last for five or ten years –
but for Colin, helping poor people never had a limit of time.
Colin committed his life to the poor. He dedicated his life to the welfare of people”.
Peter Stanton
International Director.
Sometimes we have the opportunity to interact with someone that makes a substantive difference.
Colin Barlow was an extraordinary man who among his many achievements, founded Nusa Tenggara Association (NTA).
I encourage you to read the attachments….
I have taken a small segment, written by one of Colin’s Indonesian friends, reflecting on his passing.
Tribute to Colin Barlow- founder of NTA (our chosen international charity) and a great humanitarian.
“Colin wanted to meet people in their real conditions.
Colin did not feel satisfied by only hearing stories or reports.
Colin visited these people twice each year for 33 years.
Colin enjoyed this way. This was his way. He became poor with poor people.
He was hungry with people who did not have enough to eat.
He got burnt with people who worked every day under the burning sun.
He was in darkness with people who had no electricity.
He involved himself totally in the whole life of people.
By that way, Colin found the proper way to lift people up from the darkness of poverty to the light of proper life.
This was the main reason NTA was established. Colin invited me to come to Australia to accompany him and to make sure of NTA’s existence.
For many people associations or NGOs, with partnerships or MOUs, last for five or ten years –
but for Colin, helping poor people never had a limit of time.
Colin committed his life to the poor. He dedicated his life to the welfare of people”.
Peter Stanton
International Director.
Introducing our RYLA Candidate - Matilda Bowman
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
After much searching, we found Matilda Bowman – an amazing young woman from…… Alice Springs!
Matilda is a nurse working in the emergency ward of Alice Springs Hospital, she also accompanies doctors on visits to Indigenous communities. Matilda is a humble, quietly spoken young woman who is strong in her conviction for helping others. Matilda heard about RYLA through a fellow worker and applied to attend. As we couldn’t find a local candidate, the organiser Liz North was approached to see if there were any applicants without a club and hence Matilda was found. Matilda was born in Northern Territory and attended school in Tasmania after her family moved there. As Matilda likes the hot weather, she completed her nursing studies at James Cook University in Cairns. The environment is Matilda’s outlet, last season she was a guide on the Larapinta Trail west of Alice Springs. Just prior to the RYLA week, Matilda was hiking for a week in southwest Tasmania with her dad. Janelle and I attended the evening meeting during RYLA where we chatted to Matilda to get to know her better. She is very appreciative of our sponsorship. We will see a video soon of her expectations and experiences at RYLA. RYLA is a live-in weeklong leadership course held this year at Knox School in January for young people aged 18-30. The course promotes young leaders in the community or those who aspire to leadership position, young adults seriously committed to development of their interpersonal skills and young leaders in the workforce with an interest in stewardship and management. |
Japanese Gardens, Cowra courtesy Dave MAY 2021
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.
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.