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 Meeting

7:15pm for 7:30pm Mon 6 July 2020

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Club Changeover Meeting
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Bow ties and Fascinators

​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.

Pennant Hills Cherrybrook Provisional Club (Rotaract) Newsletter

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BBQ Trailer

Last Saturday 13 June, we met at Ricardo’s workshop for another working bee to upgrade our BBQ trailer. Thank you, Tony Coote, Peter Stanton, Douglas Lam and Ricardo Raad, for all your work, and especially a big thank you to Ricardo for letting us use his workshop and Neville Hansen for the loan of his trailer. David Turnbull also joined us on an earlier work day we had on Saturday 30 May.

The main task last Saturday was the installation of the new BBQ’s.  This was not a simple task, but Tony C had designed all the steps and had measured and remeasured all the fittings, made templates, and measured everything again, and got Douglas and others to check measurements again and again, and then he didn’t sleep for the last month whilst he worried if the BBQs would fit into the tight space. But in the end the BBQ’s went in perfectly. And during all this, Peter Stanton was coming up with very good alternative fitting options and MasterChef Douglas was constantly consulted to make sure the BBQ’s functionality is optimal. Finally, after a very successful day, Tony C was able to go home happy and ready for a proper sleep.

We have planned the next work day on Saturday 4 July, when we will install the wash station, new door seals and locks etc etc.
I’ll keep everyone updated on progress.

Keep safe.
Adrian Sonego

Excellent Articles in Dooral Roundup
thanks Carol

Emergency Services Community Awards

​The 2020 Rotary Emergency Community Service Awards are designed to recognise our emergency service personnel whom have gone above and beyond their call of duty and reflected the Rotary moto of “Service above Self”.
RESCA is a community nominated Awards, therefore it is based on the reputation of the personnel from their local communities viewpoint.
 
These awards were developed in 2009 by Rotarians in the Illawarra who recognised the value of not only our paid, but also our volunteer Emergency Services Personnel.  The project moved to a State Project in 2015 and national in 2019.  The Project has enjoyed Vice Regal Patronage by the Governor of NSW since their inception.
In keeping with the Rotary’s motto of “Service Above Self”, RESCA acknowledges and celebrates the selfless Community Service of Emergency Services Personnel whilst also supporting and funding two important Rotary initiatives:

• Australian Rotary Health – PhD Research Scholarship investigating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Emergency Services Personnel
• Emergency and Disaster Preparedness training by a competitively selected Vocational Training Team connected with a developing country in the Asia/Pacific Region

RESCA is a community-nominated Awards, therefore, it is based on the reputation of the personnel from their local communities’ viewpoint. Up to four (4) Finalists will be selected from each ESA (can be paid or volunteer). One winner per ESA (i.e. Seven (7) Agencies/Category Awards) a total of 28 Finalists and two (2) overall winners (i.e. one (1) Paid and one (1) Volunteer) who are announced at the Awards Dinner.
This year our Club has participated by encouraging the Cherrybrook RFS to nominate one of its members.  Nominees are selected on three (3) criteria:

• Community Service over and above the normal duties which best exemplifies Rotary’s motto, “Service Above Self’. (i.e.. a community involvement where they are not working in their role)
• Personal attributes
• Contribution to their organisation.

Should our candidate be successful the award will be made at a ticketed dinner on August 1 at the Bankstown Sports Club in The Grand Ballroom.

Rotary Shipping Container at Galston

We now have two 40 ft High Cube containers on Hornsby Council land at Galston.  We thank Councillor Vince Del Gallego for initiating the approval process with Hornsby Council and Perry Spence from the Council for his assistance at the Galston site following approval from his managers.  Thank you to Tom, Gino, David and Keith for getting the containers installed.  Tom also provided the steel tubes for the footings and arranged for their installation by a concrete contractor.  We now just need to install shelving then we can use them to help generate funds.  Based on the cost of renting containers of a similar capacity at the next door Hills Storage we recover our storage costs within 15 months.
Galston Containers Club information 2020 05 18
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Centurion Program and Centurion Membership application

The end of the financial year is approaching, it is time to consider becoming a Centurion!!!

How you can become a Rotary Foundation Centurion?
Centurion Program Donation Instructions for WPHC Rotary Club - 2020.

NTA (Nusa Tenggara Association) Update

NTA Update:
·        NTA’s response to the Challenges of COVID-19.
·        How NTA monitors progress of the projects YOU help to fund in Eastern Indonesia.
·        DATA COLLECTION
NTA is ramping up systems to report on success using electronic data systems
They visit all our participants twice a year to monitor progress and better understand their needs.
During these field visits, data is collected, including information on crops, issues affecting crops,
health information, and income information.
They are now in the process of training our Indonesian counterparts in using the electronic questionnaires
so we can continue to collect similar data on a more regular basis.
This data is uploaded to a Cloud-based system providing live access to information in Australia.
It also allows the uploading of photographs showing progress and completed projects.
Many thanks to the Rotary Club West Pennant Hills and Cherrybrook and Telstra for donating Tablets.

Peter and Paul present our donation of
3 X Tablets to NTA in Flores last Nov 2019.

NTA (Nusa Tenggara Association) June 2020 Newsletter

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President's Report  29 June 2020

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I thoroughly enjoyed the Member Talk from Penciller Jim.  For me, Jim’s presentation was a wonderful reprise of a past life.

Janet Etherington then gave a comprehensive talk about the operations of Interplast.  Medical operations on cysts, cleft lips and cleft palletes ensued.  This is a most noteworthy organisation.

Following last week’s meeting survey Messrs Clarke, Coote and Ball attended Springfield and talked over the results with Frank.  Frank accepted the Members decisions.

Next week is Club Changeover, remember to wear your ties and fascinators.


Rotary Rocks
Keith

Night Report - 29 June 2020

29 attendees via Zoom
Tony Coote – Sergeant
Alan Paynter -  toast to Matilda’s and Health Workers
Keith welcomed everyone and our speaker Janette Etherington from Interplast.
Keith told the meeting  Tony, Rosemary and himself met with Frank at Springfield House and confirmed that we would meeting at Springfield two (2) week each month commencing 10 August 2020. 
 
Tony Coote asked for Directors reports;
Carol Russell – confirmed adverting including Committee member photos in August edition of Dooral Roundup
Rosemary – change-over night 4 July 2020.  Members encouraged to wear bow-ties and fascinators.  Roster is in the bulletin.  Rosemary is working on the 2020/2021 plan which will be sent out by the end of this week.
Colin Sharpe – asked for volunteers to put up shelves in the container.  Colin to confirm date.
Tony Coote confirmed Membership Committee same as last year – next meeting via Zoom – 16 July 2020.  Social Committee led by Tony – meeting via Zoom – 23 July 2020.  Both Membership and Social Committees have common members.
 
Member talk – Jim Simpson.  Jim gave the members an insight into how his interest in horse racing as a younger lad let him to become a Clerk for a Bookmaker whilst working at AMP in Toowoomba.  Jim told us stories of his role as a penciller which included recording bets on paper (no computers then) on local, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne races with only one (1) other penciller which was sometimes mayhem but lots of fun.  He said that mental arithmetic was a much needed skill and he and his wife Diane (who worked at the tab) still enjoy the challenge of mental arithmetic when purchasing goods at checkouts.  Jim was promoted from penciller to bagman which included taking money when the bookies would call out the bets.  Jim recalls many stories of betting plunges, bookies not having enough money to pay out bets and bookmakers betting on protests to try and get monies back.  Jim finished with the story of a jockey who rode in 30 jump races and fell off 40 times!
 
Tony Coote thanked Jim for his talk and said that the Social Committee could look at a day at the races in the future.
 
Alan Paynter introduced Janette Etherington from Interplast.
 
Janette introduced Interplast.  A charitable organisation started by Rotary in 1983 through a partnership with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons repairing bodies and rebuilding lives across the Asia Pacific region.  Plastic and reconstructive surgeons and nurses volunteer and support limited health systems to assist patients with congenital defects, burns, broken shoulders and machete injuries to name a few.  60-70 teams are sent overseas each year and many amazing stories were told of how the teams have changed the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.
Janette’s presentation also included information on how Interplast provide training support to Surgeons, Anaesthetists, Nurses and Allied Health Professionals to build the capacity of local health professionals within the countries where they work ensuring the ongoing sustainability of their work.  Unfortunately COVID-19 has stopped Interplast from travelling to overseas countries however, they are prioritising virtual mentoring and digital training.  In the context of COVID-19, this allows local health professional to access advice and expertise from Australia and New Zealand.  In addition to the digital training and remote case-planning support being offered by Interplast, the organisation is supporting their partners in differing ways depending on local need. Such as providing specialist surgical equipment to hospitals, offering access to medical journals and research materials to build individual practitioner capacity and monthly virtual lectures by Australian/New Zealand medical professionals alongside international partners. Janette concluded her presentation saying that Interplast needs support to continue their work by making financial donations and sharing their stories to ensure more people are aware of the work being done.  Janette told the members that 25% of Interplast’s funding comes from Rotary Clubs in Australia and New Zealand.
 
Alan thanked Janette and reminded members of a young lad that fell into a fire in PNG that Interplast assisted.
 
Tony ran heads and tails saying that all winners have had their prize delivered or were picked up.  The heads and tails segment did not have a winner this week!
 
Keith closed the meeting thanking Jim and Janette and reminded everyone of changeover next week.
 
Bill Mann – Night Reporter 

Night Photos:

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This Week's Humour

I Lied about my Age   (Thanks, Jim)
Bob, a 70-year-old, extremely wealthy widower, shows up at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club with a breathtakingly beautiful and very sexy 25-year-old brunette-haired woman who knocks everyone’s socks off with her youthful sex appeal and charm and who hangs over Bob’s arm and listens intently to his every word. His buddies at the club are all aghast. At their very first chance, they corner him and ask, “Bob, how’d you get the trophy girlfriend?” Bob replied, “Girlfriend? She’s my wife!” They’re knocked over, but continue to ask: “So, how’d you persuade her to marry you?” “I lied about my age,” Bob replied. “What? Did you tell her you were only 50?” Bob smiled and said, “No I told her I was 90 !”

One Liners    (Thanks, Cawas)

If I had a dollar for every girl that found me unattractive, they'd eventually find me attractive.

Today a man knocked on my door and asked for a small donation towards the local swimming pool, so I gave him a glass of water.

I'm great at multi-tasking--I can waste time, be unproductive, and procrastinate all at once.

If you can smile when things go wrong, you have someone in mind to blame.

Doesn't expecting the unexpected mean that the unexpected is actually expected?

Take my advice — I'm not using it.

I hate it when people use big words just to make themselves sound perspicacious.

Hospitality is the art of making guests feel like they're at home when you wish they were.

Television may insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer.

I bought a vacuum cleaner six months ago and so far all it's been doing is gathering dust.

Every time someone comes up with a foolproof solution, along comes a more-talented fool.

Ever stop to think and forget to start again?

My wife got 8 out 10 on her driver's test--the other two guys managed to jump out of her way.

There may be no excuse for laziness, but I'm still looking.

Women spend more time wondering what men are thinking than men spend thinking.

Give me ambiguity or give me something else.

He who laughs last thinks slowest.

Is it wrong that only one company makes the game Monopoly?

Women sometimes make fools of men, but most guys are the do-it-yourself type.

I was going to give him a nasty look, but he already had one.

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

The grass may be greener on the other side but at least you don't have mow it.

I like long walks, especially when they're taken by people who annoy me.

I was going to wear my camouflage shirt today, but I couldn't find it.

Sometimes I wake up grumpy; other times I let her sleep.

If tomatoes are technically a fruit, is ketchup a smoothie?

Money is the root of all wealth.

No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

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

Apologies

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 MarchBook 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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