The Priors are grandparents! Zoe and Glen and the family welcomed Xavier Lucas on Friday 27th February at 5:31 pm. 4.80 kg, 53cm. Everyone rapt!!
Jill and I would like to thank those members and partners and friends who attended the Fund Raiser, in support of the Catheter Laboratory Project, and the very happy social gathering at the Brear’s on Wednesday 25th.
Special thanks to those who contributed food items and raffle items and those who helped out in the kitchen serving and cleaning up.
Cheers
Len
Dress for the gala dinner at District Conference. We will go as Chinese. This is relatively simple. Black pants, black top and slippers topped with a coolie hat.
Save Sunday 12th April 2015 for our Golden Anniversary! Yes, Rotary Club of Nunawading is turning 50! Lunch at the Karralyka Centre in Ringwood. More details later...
You should continue bringing in your photos. Email or place in a zip lock bag with your name on it.
Don't forget your social group activity!
The Rotary Club of Nunawading has a Face Book page. Look for Rotary Club of Nunawading
Start looking for local businesses who will nominate employees for Pride of Workmanship. See Peter Schoner.
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. Thanks to the members who have already given me some. RC Monash was delighted on Wednesday morning!
Also save used stamps with a good deal of the envelope! They pay by weight!
Foreign coins are being collected in a container at the desk
RC Nunawading members are rostered on to attend the Whitehorse Rotaract Club on 2nd and 4th Wednesday - 7:15 for 7:30 pm - at Melbourne Baseball Club Surrey Drive, Box Hill. Opposite Aqualink Box Hill.
Sorry for this being a little late but I was not with my computer for a while as I celebrated Karnival with the other inbound exchange students from my district. We all went and stayed in Dusseldorf and spent the days in costume watching the parade and the nights together dancing to many different cultured music (the Brazil exchange students never stop dancing).
On my report you will see a N/A for my councillor, I am in constant contact with my YEO and he covers most of the responsibilities, as for my councillor I have heard it will be a female nurse who is the wife of a Rotarian but I am yet to get details (other than her name Ana) or met her.
You will also see that I have been sick, my host sisters and I have caught a bug going around but we are getting better.
Thank you for this wonderful opportunity, I absolutely love being here in Germany
Carina will be participating in the "Ride for Research" an Australian Rotary Health fundraising event that starts straight after the Ballarat Conference. She is looking for sponsorship.
The ride goes from Ballarat to Ballarat via Colac, Great Ocean Road, Port Fairy Fairy and Horsham. The riders will ride between 75kms and 125kms a day depending on their group.
I can tell you from personal experience that it is not easy to get on your bike and ride in all sorts of weather up and down hills for 6 days. By day 3 or 4 the bum really starts to hurt and the legs get tired.
Please let me know if you wish to contribute. I will co-ordinate the collection of payments and the issuance of receipts.
THE GATE ROSTER FOR THE March 8th 2015 MARKET IS SET OUT BELOW . WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR ASSISTANCE ON THE DAY . PLEASE NOTE FOR EASE OF RECOGNITION WE HAVE RENAMED THE GATES . Please note start for the gates is now 7.30am - was 7am .
Would you kindly remind those members rostered on to be on time as it does cause some inconvenience if they arrive late. Punctuality does help to ensure the market runs smoothly
GATE 1 MITCHAM AND FOREST HILL . This is the gate nearest the Whitehorse Centre
GATE 2 BOX HILL CENTRAL AND MASH . This is the gate nearest Whitehorse Road
GATE 3 BOX HILL AND NUNAWADING . This is the rear gate
Rotaract WILL BE STAFFING THE EGG AND BACON STALL Next market FOREST HILL
WE NEED 2 ROTARIANS AT EACH GATE BETWEEN 7.30AM AND 1PM . EACH OF THE NOMINATED CLUBS IS EXPECTED TO PROVIDE ONE MEMBER FOR THEIR GATE
IT IS UP TO THE CLUB WHETHER THAT IS ONE PERSON OR THE SHIFT IS SPLIT BETWEEN SEVERAL .
COULD CLUB MEMBERS ROSTERED ON THE LAST SHIFT PLEASE ASSIST WITH THE PACKING UP /PUTTING AWAY OF EQUIPMENT TUBS , CHAIRS , ELECTRICAL BOX ETC
AND ALSO CHECK IF THE ROTARY DESK VOLUNTEERS NEED ANY HELP TO CLOSE DOWN .
PLEASE REMIND YOUR MEMBERS THAT THEY NEED TO SIGN THE ROSTER AT RECEPTION BEFORE PROCEEDING TO THEIR GATE OR THE EGG AND BACON STALL
Know the speaker's title or position. Do not turn and ask the speaker "Is it Associate or Assistant Professor?"
Be brief. Aim for between 45 seconds and two minutes. Five minutes is too long.
Smile and be enthusiastic in tone, gesture and choice of words.
Know enough about the subject to sound knowledgeable. Do not turn to the speaker and ask if the topic is epidemiology, epistemology or episiotomy.
Announce the speech title as given to you by the speaker. If you have any questions about it, ask the speaker before the introduction. Many speakers select specific titles for a reason or for a pun. If the speaker is not using a title, make sure that your description matches the speaker’s.
Introductions are no place to use slides, overheads or presentation software.
< > are good but should pertain to the subject and be in harmony with the mood of the presentation. Avoid using canned jokes.
If the credentials of the speaker are so outstanding that they must be shared with the audience or if there are publications the audience will want to know about, insert them in the program or prepare a separate commemorative handout.
Never use the old cliché that the speaker needs no introduction. If the introduction ties the speaker to the audience and the topic then each introduction is unique, plus there is always something new about every speaker. There may be audience members who don’t know the guest.
You are the catalyst, not the performer. Do not try to upstage the speaker with your knowledge of the subject. Do not dwell on your relationship with the speaker, even though he or she is your boss, relative or significant other.
Thanking a guest speaker
Be brief.Do not repeat the speech.
Again, you are the catalyst, not the performer. Do not try to upstage the speaker with your knowledge of the subject.
If there is a presentation do not say this is a ‘small token of our appreciation’.
Rather ‘We would like you to accept this gift in appreciation of your time spent with us this evening.’
Ask the audience to thank the speaker with acclamation.
MEMBERS' ACCOMMODATION (Nights of Friday 13 and Saturday 14 March)
As advised previously, I have now booked 11 rooms for accommodation at the following:
The Ballarat Mid City Motel
Doveton Street Ballarat North
Room rate is $125 / night. (No Breakfast Included- own arrangements).
We currently have 21 confirmed starters and require a possible 11 rooms to accommodate all attendees.
This includes Judith Hoffman / Youth Exchange Student RC Healesville who is sharing with Carina.
$25 per room has been paid by the Club as a room deposit. I will need to collect this from members attending prior to the Conference. Attendees as follows:
Russell and Sue Warmington
Hank & Maria Gibcus
Maria and Ian Armstrong
Len and Jill Brear
Bob & Beverley Hoskins
Lesley Arnolda & Peter Koens
Judith Eadon & Gabby Knaepple
Carina Blank and Judith Hoffman ( Youth Exchange/ R C Healesville)
Ben Stennett
Peterand Karen Schoner
Marg Hodge & Harvey Lane
The Conference Program
The Conference will run from lunchtime Friday March 13 until Sunday 15 March 2015
A conference Agenda will available at registration.
Opening speaker for the Eureka Conference 2015 will be Steve Moneghetti AM
Other keynote speakers in Rotary’s six areas of focus are:
Peter Leahy AC- Peace and Conflict Prevention
Barb West – Culture – Water & Santitation
Ken Lay – former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police – Domestic Violence - Maternal & Child Health
Mary-Ruth Mendell – Basic Education and Literacy
Professor Paddy Dewan – Disease Prevention and Treatment
Anthony Schinck – Economic and Community Development
A Club dinner has been organised for the Friday night at the Boatshed Restaurant on Lake Wendouree - 27A Lake Wendouree Foreshore Ballarat
The Gala Dinner for the Conference will be on the Saturday night at the Ballarat Lodge and Convention Centre, 613 Main Road Golden Point. Pre Dinner drinks will be organised at our Motel, prior to departure.
The theme for the Evening is “Beneath the Southern Cross”
Dress for the gala dinner. We will go as Chinese. This is relatively simple. Black pants, black top and slippers topped with a coolie hat.
The Conference will finish lunch time on the Sunday. A boxed lunch will be provided.
Conference Registration
Each member attending should have booked their Conference registration.
If this is not the case, booking details are as follows:
*Registration costs - $325 / person, the full Conference fee. Youth Exc $160
*This can be done on-line with a credit card @ http//2015conference.9810rotary.org.au/
I am available to assist, if required
Manual booking forms are available from myself or the above website. You will need to be quick with this option now.
These must be return to Steve Fisher with Credit card details or Cheque c/- P. O Box 823 Templestowe 3106
My wife hosted a dinner party for all our friends, some of whom we hadn't seen for ages. Everyone was encouraged to bring their children.
All through the meal my wife's best friend's four year old daughter stared at me as I sat opposite her. The girl could hardly eat her food; just kept staring
I checked my shirt for spots, felt my face for food and patted my hair in place but nothing stopped her from staring at me. I tried my best to ignore her,
but finally it was too much for me.
I asked her, "Why are you staring at me?" Everyone at the table had noticed her behavior and the table went quiet for her response.
The little girl said, "I'm just waiting to see how you drink like a fish?"
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Whitehorse Farmers’ Market Gate Roster
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Introducing a guest speaker
