Rotary Club of Nunawading 01/03/2017 (Feb 25, 2017)

Gabby Knaepple
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We meet Wednesdays at 6:30 PM
(Fellowship from 6:00 PM)

Bucatini Restaurant

454 Whitehorse Road,
Mitcham, Vic 3132

(03) 9873 0268

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/TcMny1eiyPo

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Meeting Roster - 01 March 2017

Chairperson

Gibcus, Hank

Host

Armstrong, Ian

Cashier

Arnolda, Lesley

Recorder

Leow, Bee

Meeting Roster - 08 March 2017

Chairperson

Etherington, Janette

Host

Symons, Ian

Cashier

Lynch, John

Recorder

Atkinson, Bruce

Last weeks meeting

Posted by Gabby Knaepple

Notes from last weeks meeting:

Peter K and Lesley returned from a visit to East Timor. Peter gave Pres. David banners from RC of Dili and RC of Darwin. Their meeting went well. There is an election in March/April so more will happen after that. They escorted 3 exchange students on their way to Brazil from Dili to Darwin.
Phil M went to RC of Monash meeting - they also have a project in East Timor - need basic medical equipment to assist delivering babies (such as forceps etc.). Bentleigh RC has offered funding for the MIM project and Monash may be interested
There are 19 people attending. Please make sure you register for the Geelong conference ASAP. You need to go to the conference website and find the link to register. "La Vista" has been booked for Friday night dinner.
RC of Box Hill Central is organising a fund raiser for Friday 3 March 2017 at the Whitehorse Centre. It features the Navy Band. Proceeds will go to Eastern Emergency Relief Network and Rotary projects. There are still around 100 tickets left.
Fund raising idea: Olive picking on the 1st weekend of June - in Euroa. From this 150 litres of Olive oil would be produced which we can sell - there was interest from a number of people at the meeting
The Youth Forum being run by RC of Rowville-Lysterfield is next Tuesday night (28/02) at Waverley Golf Club from 6.30pm. Cost is $30.00

This weeks speaker was Graeme Chester - Graeme is Chair of the District 9810 Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) committee

It is an official Rotary program of Australia and New Zealand - there are 6 ROMAC regions
Supporters of ROMAC include Margie Abbott, PDG Bill Boyd, Gavin Fox Smith from Johnson and Johnson
ROMAC covers South East Asia, Timor, Vanuatu and Nauru.
ROMACs mission is to provide specialist treatment for children from developing countries, in the form of life saving surgery that is not available in their home countries.
It is targeted at children 16 and under and has to be dignity restoring and life saving.
Since 1988 more than 400 children have been treated. In 2015/2016 there were 43, 2014/15 - 42, 2013/14 - 39
The challenges include communication issues with remote villages, lack of available hospital beds in Australia and insufficient funds
ROMAC mainly partner with the Royal Children's Hospital and Monash Medical Centre.
The ROMAC waiting list is 30 to 40 children.
Each patient must have a sponsor club (Nunawading RC recently sponsored Bradley Bola from PNG). The Timorese community in particular is very supportive and assists with interpreting and food.
There are many contributors to the success of ROMAC surgeons donate their time as do medical support staff, Rotarians donate time and funding, local communities donate time, food etc, hospitals sometimes don't charge and sometimes free flights are provided.
On average it costs $25,000 per ROMAC patient
The 9810 District goal is to save 2 patients per year - this is an average donation per club of around $1000

We had a brief visit from Rotarian G.D Mallinath who is president of the Rotary Club of Bangalore Nandini, India. He brought along his Son in Law, a friend and his Granddaughter who stayed for the meeting.

Important Club Dates

Posted by Gabby Knaepple

Dates for your diaries

March 2017

Friday 3rd March 2017 - fund raiser for Eastern Emergency Relief and Rotary Projects - Navy Band

Wednesday 8 March 2017 - International Women's Day breakfast - Box Hill Town hall - 7am to 9am

Sunday March 12th 2017 - Whitehorse Farmers Market - Egg and Bacon BBQ

Wednesday 15th March 2017 - Red Cross Fund raiser at Nellie Melbas homestead

Wednesday 23rd March 2017 - Cruden Farm - Fund raiser for Cystic Fibrosis

Friday March 31st 2017 - District 9810 conference Geelong

April 2017

Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April 2017 - District 9810 conference Geelong

Sunday April 9th 2017 - Whitehorse Farmers Market

Friday April 28th 2017 - Mens Health Matters Forum

May 2017

Sunday May 8th 2017 - Whitehorse Farmers Market

June 2017

Sunday June 12th 2017 - Whitehorse Farmers Market

This weeks offering......

Whitehorse Farmers Market

Posted by Judith Eadon

Whitehorse Farmers’ Market Roster
	Sunday 12 March 2017
7:00am - 9.00am	Janette E Suzanne M Peter K Phil M Lesley A
9:00 am -11:00am	Kevin T Ian A Alex I Michael S (Gabby)
11.00am -12:30pm	Glenda P Mike P Vivian I Neil I (Gabby)
Office	Judith Eadon/John Vickers collecting Gabby Knaepple: donation collection Brian Dunkley - office

Please Note:

All volunteers must register at the Market Administration Office before proceeding to the Stall.o

Re tent and BBQ for the day. This is kept in the Farmers Market Van and will be delivered around 7.15 am by David Murray or an offsider.

The stall must be erected with barbeque and signage by 7.30 am.

Key to a good start is going around the stall holders with some brown paper bags taking orders. Bring them back to the stall, filling the order and returning. You need someone who can engage and sell. Phil M ???

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 Safeway.

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 – Held by Janette Etherington.