If you are unable to attend a meeting please let Suzanne M know. She will let Ivan know approximate numbers attending so he knows for catering purposes.
Suzanne's email is dreamworld@netspace.net.au or you can contact by phone.
In July, Nigeria marked two years since its last case of wild poliovirus, a major milestone for the polio eradication programme. This highlighted the need for continued efforts across the continent to protect this progress.
At the same time, efforts to end polio transmission are ongoing in the world’s two remaining endemic countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, which both recently underwent progress reviews by Technical Advisory Groups. Ending polio in these areas will require sustained political and financial commitments from all stakeholders, as well as continued dedication from thousands of health workers, who are playing a critical role in getting the right vaccines to every last child.
As of 24 July 2016, two years have passed since the last child was paralysed by wild polio in Nigeria. This is the longest the country has ever gone without the disease.
This incredible progress is due to the commitment of tens of thousands of people, including the government, traditional and community leaders, health workers, donors and other partners. If the rest of Africa can also maintain strong surveillance and vaccination coverage, the region could be certified polio-free as early as next year.
In addition to sustained political and financial commitments at all levels of government, Nigeria and other African countries will need to improve routine immunisation, strengthen surveillance systems, and enhance the quality of polio vaccination campaigns in order to reach every last child.
The Rotary Council on Legislation meets every three years to consider changes in the Rotary Legislation that govern the way clubs are run.
Each district appoints a representative for a three year term and they vote on the proposed changes.
The changes made in 2016 are far reaching and will result in broader based, more inclusive clubs if implemented correctly.
However they could destroy clubs if changes are poorly made.
As President Elect I will form a small group to look at the changes and to flesh out what options they open up for our club. This review is planned to be complete by February 2017.
Once this information is presented to the members we will have a club forum to openly discuss what (if anything) we will do. Any changes should be trialled no later than early in the 2017/18 Rotary year.
The agreed changes will be written into the club Bylaws with due regard for Victorian and Australian law.
Phil Maxwell - President Elect RC of Nunawading 2017/2018
A slide show highlighting some key changes was shown at the meeting on Wednesday - this will be emailed to all members separately.
The Rotary Club of Canberra Sunrise hosted this years national Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) event at the old Parliament House in Canberra. The event was held from Friday 19 August to Sunday 21 August 2016.
28 teams entered representing all districts across Australia. The District 9810 entry was from Blackburn High School. RC of Nunawading sponsored this team in the district MUNA event held in May 2016. The girls represented Brazil in the national event.
The awards from the weekends event:
1st Prize: Indonesia. St Andrews Cathedral School, sponsored by Rotary District D9675.
2nd Prize: France. Merewether High School, sponsored by Rotary District D9670.
3rd Prize: United States of America. Sydney Boys High, sponsored by Rotary District D9675.
Highly Commended: India. Shore School, sponsored by Rotary District D9685....
Totenhofer Peace Prize: Greece, Mac. Robertson Girls High School, sponsored by Rotary District D9800.
Prizes for best costumes were also awarded to:
Best Costume: New Zealand. Boorowa Central School, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Burley Griffin (with wonderful support from the New Zealand Embassy).
Equal 2nd/3rd best costumes: Mexico - St Peters Anglican College, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Batemans Bay and Nigeria, Oxley College, sponsored by Rotary Clubs of the Southern Highlands.
Another great event, with all teams putting in a great deal of effort, providing tremendous enthusiasm and yielding a very good quality debate on real-world issues. Well done everyone involved.
A couple of photos below from the MUNA Facebook page:
Blackburn High girls representing Brazil all the representatives
The Portsea Camp Working Bee is on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th 2016. Those who have been before can attest to what a great weekend it is for not only fellowship but for helping out a very valuable cause that assists Victorian children.
Please let Wayne know if you would like to attend. As usual, all meals are provided along with accommodation should you chose to stay overnight on Friday and/or Saturday nights.
Please see a copy of the CEOs letter below - this outlines a few of the main tasks available. They include painting, gardening and fence building.
Portsea Camp Working Bee October 7-9, 2016
Dear friends of Portsea,
I am writing regarding the camp’s 2016 working bee.
Unfortunately our email database has been corrupted. If you are no longer involved with Rotary I’d greatly appreciate if you could forward this to the club’s secretary.
After needing to cancel the event in 2015 we are back on track for a weekend event again this year. In years past we have focused on quite large-scale construction works.
This year there will be a stronger focus on general grounds maintenance (lots of gardening and pruning – please let me know if anyone skilled with chainsaws intends to come), cleaning / cobwebbing etc, and painting the exterior of the boy’s dorms.
Of course, if anyone wants to put their hands up to tackle some paling fence replacement along Franklin Rd that would be great. It’s a task that can be done in stages so there won’t be the pressure that came with the front fence and put Morwell Rotarians under the pump. The front fence is 92m long. The section to be replaced along Franklin Rd on our eastern flank is 65m long, but as I said, it can be done in stages.
If you can get back to me as soon as you can to advise if members are keen and able to assist. Please complete the attached registration form and email back to me – stephene@theportseacamp.com.au
Looking forward to catching up with the regulars and meeting new volunteers.
Stephen Eastop
CEO
Main Tasks
Painting – the Boon Wurrung Wing. The task is quite big so we will only focus on the exterior walls and walkways.
Fencing – 65m in all, but it can be done in stages over this and future working bees. (Level access on the street side)
Gardening – there are many trees and bushes with dead limbs that can be removed and things will look a lot tidier. Also some boxthorn, ivy, pine saplings and polygala (myrtle leaf milkwort) to be removed. A task as big as we have time to make it!
If you have spectacles, clear orsunglasses you don't want and/or if you have family members , friends and others who have unwanted spectacles please collect them and give to Len or Alex.
As part of my role as Executive Officer at the Deafness Foundation, we are starting a "Micro Bookshop" selling Used and/or new books.
If you have books at home that you would love to find a new home, we would be delighted to relieve you of them, so we can begin this new and exciting part of our raising funds for our Research, Grants and Educational Awards program of the Foundation.
Deafness Foundation has a rich history in successful programs having provided the majority of funding for the Cochlear research undertaken by Professor Graeme Clark and has been instrumental in the Rubella education program with no cases of children being born with rubella in Victoria in the past three years. With 1 in 6 in our community suffering from hearing loss, this escalates to 70% between the ages of 70 and 80 and 80% over 80.
Our Office is located at Suite 3, 653 Mountain Highway, Bayswater if you would like to drop them in or I can arrange to collect them or they can be dropped at home at 109 Jolimont Road, Vermont. Please call before dropping off books.
If you are interested in helping out with our book sorting, please let me know - we will be thrilled to have your assistance.
Your contributions will help us to make such a positive difference in the lives of many like myself with hearing loss.
Please save the motel soaps or similar size for the 'Days for Girls' program which is a program for sending sanitation products in a wash bag for teenage girls overseas. Give them to Judith who will pass them onto RC of Monash.
Save used stamps with a good deal of the envelope! They pay by weight! - proceeds go to ROMAC
DISTRICT STAMP FUND
Why not visit your City Council/Hospital/ School or big business and request their envelopes?
$100k is our aim and with $94,000.00 already achieved we haven't far to go.
UNICEF NEEDS YOUR FOREIGN COINS
More and more of us are heading overseas and we always seem to return with useless foreign coins!
Ron Brooks, RC of Forest Hill, coordinates this successful D9810 project. Ron will coordinate at District level but needs help from all clubs. In the last 18 months 120kgs of coins and notes sent to UNICEF were valued by them at $4,700.64
Eammon Bryant, UNICEF Partnerships Manager emailed “We see Rotary and UNICEF as a perfect match. Our history working with, and converting foreign coin to help children in need matched with your unparalleled reach across Australian communities, we think, makes it a dream fit”. UNICEF works in over 190 countries to support children’s health needs, clean water and sanitation, quality basic education, and protection from violence, exploitation, and HIV.
So, far more than 15 clubs in the district have joined enthusiastically into this initiative. We are 12.1kgs into the next collection.
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• $2 will provide a severely malnourished child enough therapeutic super food for one day
• $6 will provide 20 doses of potentially life-saving measles vaccine
UNICEF will also take old European coins that are no longer in circulation.
Please leave your foreign coins and notes in the jar on the desk
John Lynch *
Sue Warmington *
Russell Warmington *
Michael Sukkar *
Jim Robson *
11.00am -1:00pm
Coordinator - John Dear *
Bruce Simcox*
Gabby Knaepple *
Janette Etherington
Pat Dear *
Office
6:00 am - 1:00 pm
Judith Eadon/John Vickers collecting
Brian Dunkley - office
August results
Stalls: $3965.00
Gate takings: $1467.00
BBQ: $ 423.00
Total: $5855.00
Please Note:
>All volunteers must register at the Market Administration Office before proceeding to the Stall.
>The stall must be erected with barbeque and signage by 7.30 am.
>The Stall must be operating and serving stall holders by 7.45 am at the latest.
>10 kgs of bacon has been ordered from Little Creek Cattle Co for our use or secured from Woolworths.
>Eggs and Bread are available from Green Eggs and the Baker (Mr Ponti)
>Take down will be conducted by the last group. BBQ cleaned well & loaded into the van.
>Signage removed, rolled and place in bag provided.
>Our Club Barbeque kit, aprons and accessories will be returned to the plastic crate for cleaning and
future Club use.
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In July, Nigeria marked two years since its last case of wild poliovirus, a major milestone for the polio eradication programme. This highlighted the need for continued efforts across the continent to protect this progress.
As of 24 July 2016, two years have passed since the last child was paralysed by wild polio in Nigeria. This is the longest the country has ever gone without the disease.
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