Club Bulletin 5 Dec 16

The meeting started with Howard Fleming leading the Rotary Grace and Tony Coote proposing the toast to Australia, Rotary, Switzerland and Japan.
President Rosemary Clarke welcomed members and partners present for this Youth Night meeting. She made special mention to Judy and Graham Cuthbertson and echoed members sentiment that it is lovely to have Graham back with us. She welcomed the following guests:
Pride of Workmanship Award: Ross Penman, Director of Medical and Surgical Nursing at Sydney Adventists Hospital;
RYPEN: Ashley Eaton (CTHS) and his mum Jane; Rebecca Lawson (PHPS) and her parents Ann and Angus and brother Nick;
RYLA: Julian Swann;
2017 Outbound Exchange Student: Anna Laroumaine and her dad Paul.

Rosemary thanked Teresa and Marc Janowski for hosting a fabulous Foundation Dinner last Monday night and she reminded members it wasn’t too late to donate $26.50 to the foundation if they hadn’t already done so. She also acknowledged Douglas and his team who will be cooking sausages at Carols in the Valley on 17 December. This is a great promotional opportunity for the club, as well as being a wonderful way to help Operation Hope, who operate camps and provide support for teenagers doing it tough. Rosemary also thanked the Public Relations team for tonight’s beautiful table decorations.

Rosemary concluded her remarks with the Rotary Fact for the night, which appropriately enough relates to RYPEN.
The Rotary Program for Enrichment, aka RYPEN, runs as an intensive residential weekend for youths aged 15-16 years, the aim of which is for them to develop leadership and teamwork skills in a non-threatening environment, increased motivation, improved life skills, better self image, pride in themselves, and an understanding of setting and achieving goals. All of this takes place while they are interacting with peers from different backgrounds and from different areas within the district, and having fun at the same time. So a great program, and one our club is proud to be associated with.

Director’s Reports:
Brain Furrer reported that the Tree of Joy is up and running at Cherrybrook Village shops. He reminded members to keep the dates, 14-16 December, free as assistance is required to help process the presents during this time (ie main sorting-14/12/16; catch-up sorting 15/12/16; distribution – 16/12/16). He also noted and explained why presents are not to be wrapped this year, and instead asked members to bring Christmas gift bags with them instead.
Colin Sharpe reported on behalf of the Social Committee. He advised that Christmas lunch was being held at Springfield on Sunday 11 December, and he asked members to reply and pay if they hadn’t already done so. There will be a Kris Kringle (gift to the value of $10). With his hat on as President Elect, Colin also reminded members, in anticipation of the AGM on Monday 5 December 2016, that it is not too late to consider nominating for a position on the 2017-18 Board, as vacancies still exist for the positions of: Community Services, Club Services and Fundraising Coordinators.
Ian Roberts confirmed the next Bunnings BBQ scheduled for Saturday 3 December at Bunnings Dural, the roster being: Morning shift – Tony Coote, Teresa Janowski, Max Henderson and Andrew Little. Swing shift – Ross Ballinger. Afternoon shift – Keith Ball, Janelle Craig, Rosemary Clarke and Sarah Zehnder; Reserve – Neville Hansen.
Tony Makin reported on Donations in Kind which will take place on Saturday 10 December, starting at 8.30am at the Salvation Army warehouse at Minchinbury (behind McDonalds). Already helping out are: Teresa, Peter Stanton, Bob and Bev, Douglas, Colin Sharpe, me and Pamela. Tony asked for more volunteers to help, to which Nick Chuah and Sarah Zehnder responded.

Tony Coote reminded those members participating in the Major Sponsorship Project, that the first meeting of the group will be held tomorrow night, 29 November 2016 at 7.30pm at his place.
Graham Cuthbertson initiated a Pride of Workmanship Award to Sydney Adventist Hospital, based on his recent and continuing use of their services. Graham described his condition and current health status. He thanked members for their visits whilst he was an inpatient at SAH and for their support for Judy and his family. Graham acknowledged the tremendous services offered and provided by SAH, and in particular the nursing staff who he sought to congratulate and commend for their care, compassion and dedication.
Ross Penman, the Director of Medical and Nursing Services, accepted the award and thanked Graham for the nomination and the club for recognising the hard work of his staff, and contribution the hospital makes to the local and wider community.

At this point Rosemary handed over to Bob Davidson who chaired the Youth Night session.
He started by explaining the Rotary Youth Program and then asked the club’s current inbound student Sarah to provide an update on her activities.

Inbound Exchange Student:
Sarah reported on her activities over the past two weeks. She had recently performed with her dance class at the CTHS MADD concert, and attended the Beauty and the Beast musical with fellow Rotarians. A neon themed birthday party was also on the agenda, as too was shopping at Macquarie Centre, baking red velvet cupcakes and watching movies with friends.
Sarah used tonight’s Youth Night to give members and guests a greater insight into the similarities and differences between schooling in Switzerland and Australia. The first big difference Sarah mentioned related to school uniforms. In Australia she now wears the girls junior summer uniform for CTHS and next year will move on to wear the girls senior skirt and shirt. In contrast there are no standardised uniforms in Switzerland – so more choice, but also more decisions, expense and competition!!
The duration of the school day is also longer in Switzerland, with the average school day running from 7.30-4.30, whereas at CTHS Sarah’s day is more like 8.30-3.00. Sarah felt that subject selection here in Australia is much more liberal than in Switzerland which is more prescriptive and limited. This freedom of choice has allowed her to pick up subjects she may not have had the opportunity to normally do, such as dance, visual arts and food technology.

Sarah also discussed the differences in the structure/levels of schooling in Switzerland. In Switzerland there is a compulsory nine years of schooling, after which students may leave and take up technical/vocationally orientated courses, or alternatively sit an exam and be accepted into a high school/senior school that may have a specialisation in IT, business, social/media, or education, or be more generalist in orientation. From here these students may head to university.

RYPEN:
From here Bob introduced the three students the club is sponsoring to attend the Summer RYPEN Camp at Narrabeen in February 2017. Each student in turn addressed the meeting.
Rebecca Lawson – is a 15 year old, year 9 student from Pennant Hills High School. Rebecca like agriculture and science, and is very active at school, participating in the choir and band, and a member of the School Leadership council. She plays hockey, has recently undertaken a stage in the Duke of Edinburgh scheme. Rebecca is looking forward to RYPEN to gain leadership skills and team work abilities.

Ashley Eden – is 15, and in year 9 at Cherrybrook Technology High School, where his favourite subject is woodwork. Ashley plays representative baseball and feels this has helped to develop his teamwork and communication skills. He is hoping that RYPEN will further enhance his communication, teamwork and leadership skills, and that he can put these into action both at school and on the baseball field.

Laura Commens – is a year 9 student also from Cherrybrook Technology High School. Unfortunately Laura could not attend tonight’s meeting due to a dance concert rehearsal, but she did write to the club and Tony Coote read her letter to the meeting. Laura likes reading, doing puzzles and learning Chinese. She is keen to attend the RYPEN program and thanked the club for sponsoring her and providing her with this exciting opportunity.

Rotary Youth Leadership Award RYLA:
Bob discussed RYLA, which is a 7 day residential leadership seminar for aspiring leaders aged 18 to 25 years. Young adults keen to exercise their leadership potential participate in a range of formal and informal activities, which promote leadership skills as desirable qualities.
Julian Swann is the club’s representative to the upcoming RYLA program. Julian is Gino’s son and is no stranger to the club, having been in attendance at previous meetings, as well as being an active participant (and much appreciated helper) at events such as the bookfair and garage sale.
Julian updated members about his current role in the army, his training, as well as his recent operation on his wrist and the impact it’s had on his work/duties. Julian has leadership and management responsibilities in this role, and he is hoping that RYLA will further develop and enhance his current leadership abilities, and allow him to use these skills in his work in the defence force.

Outbound Exchange Student:
Anna Laroumaine, the club’s 2017-18 outbound student did a short presentation on her upcoming exchange to Japan. Anna has now found out she will be based in Eniwa in Hokkaaido, Japan. According to Anna, this is one of the coldest places in Japan, and will take some adjusting to, as Anna does not like the cold! Anna has managed to make contact with some of her potential host parents (albeit in a slightly confusing combination of English/Japanese), and has looked up the location of her first host home – right opposite a shrine. Anna is extremely excited about her exchange, which commences when she departs Australia on 20 January 2017.

At this point Anna was presented with her green Rotary exchange blazer, by Charlie McCartney who will be her Club Counsellor for the duration of her exchange. Anna was also presented with WPH/Cherrybrook Rotary Club banners to pass onto her host Rotary club.

Barry Freeman, in taking back proceedings, commented on the energy, enthusiasm and initiative of our youth representatives in attendance tonight and on behalf of the club, wished them well in their endeavours. He then proceeded with the final business for the evening – fines!! Tony Coote was the winner of the raffle, and Colin Baxter, took out heads and tails.
In closing, Rosemary thanked Bob Davidson for chairing the youth session. She again thanked Judy and Graham Cuthbertson for attending, and wished Graham continued good health. On behalf of the club, she hopes Anna enjoys Japan, that Julian has fun at RYLA, and that Rebecca, Ashley and Laura make the most of RYPEN. And the very last word – she looks forward to seeing all members at the AGM next Monday night.

Night Reporter: Janelle

Duty	Monday 5th December	Sunday 11th December	-
Speaker Host	-	-	-
Night Reporter	Colin Sharpe	-	-
Front Desk	Bob Davison	-	-
Front Desk	Colin Baxter	-	-
Steward	Max Henderson	-	-
Steward	David Turnbull	-	-
IT Person	Neville Hansen	-	-
Photographer	Peter Stanton	Ross Ballinger	-
Member Talk	Bob Davison	-	-

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More Rotary Graphics

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Meetings

Apologies

President's Report 28th November 2016

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Night Photos 28th November 2016 - Colin Sharpe

Birthdays

Anniversaries

This Week's Humour - Some Engineering Jokes For The Engineers Amongst Us! From Max

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