Rotary Club of Nunawading (Feb 09, 2015)

Stories

Meeting

Posted by Judith Eadon

Rotary Club of Nunawading meets every Wednesday 6:00 for 6:30 pm

at Bucatini Restaurant and Bar

454 Whitehorse Road, Mitcham (Mel 48 J9)

Apologies and guest numbers should go to Suzanne Murphy 9878 8886 (W) dreamworld@netspace.net.au

WEDNESDAY’S ROSTER
Chair	Janette Etherington
Host	Hank Gibcus
Cashier	David Hatcher
Recorder	Bob Hoskins
	Roger Wilson
	Max Wittick

Last Meeting

Last week Eyn Gai ( centre) explained a bit of the history of Sudan and the South Sudan conflict.

He left South Sudan when he was 16 years old and arrived in Canberra in 1998. He has studied law and is presently studying for his Masters.

South Sudan is not a peaceful country. There are two big tribes Dinka and Nuer who are warring. People disappear in the middle of the night. Eyn’s father was a civil engineer who was a peaceful man but he was taken and killed.

Eyn is a Liaison Officer in Geneva Switzerland working for the United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. There are 1.5 million people displaced and 4.1 million people in need of basic food, health and education.

The aim of the Humanitarian in Geneva is to advocate for ACCESS to humanitarian assistance and protection whilst raising the issue of atrocities committed by the Government of South Sudan and possibilities of prosecution those suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Some people are hell bent on destroying the country. Eyn is determined they won’t!!

He was well supported by a few of his fellow countrymen who are doing amazing work in the Sudanese Community in Victoria.

It was very emotional listening to him and afterwards asking questions of his friends.

Education is the key once again! We truly do live in a great country!

Meeting February 18th at Brear's

Rotary Club of Nunawading

Notice of Club Meeting on Wednesday, 18th February 2015 at Len and Jill Brear’s home and instead of meeting at Buccatinis.

Address (If you don’t know it please ring Sue Warmington or Len

Time 6pm for 6.30 till 9.30pm

Cost $25 per head

Purpose To have a brief Club Meeting, with Peter Koens bringing us up to date on the Cath Lab Projectr, but an enjoyable casual and fun social evening for members, partners, guests and in particular, non- members who went on the Sri Lanka trip.

And also, to raise funds for the Club and its support for this program. Twenty dollars or more of the $25 ‘cost’ will go to the Club. (The balance of the cost of the food and the raffle prizes will be Len and Jill’s donation ).

Objective To raise at least $1000 for the Cath Lab Project

Menu Entrée and Feasting Platters

Consisting of most appetising bits and pieces, Quiches, Prawn Gyozas in lettuce cups, Pakora, and so on

Main Course

Vietnamese Chicken Salad (worthy of a cooking class in itself); curries, side dishes and yes some plain food for the plain foodies.

And or Alternatively, If you would like to bring your own meat etc a barbecue will be available together with a garden salad.

Dessert Buffet

Home made- Strawberry Pavlova, and freshly cut up Fruit Salad; Cake

Tea Coffee and Caramel Slice

BYO drinks .Ice provided

Raffle Donations gratefully received.

We Need to Know Are you coming? Who are you bringing?

Dress Females only. Attire - Bogan if you wish but definitely casual

Please ring Len Brear 0455 0 22229 or email lhbrear@bigpond.com

Culinary Capers

WFM

Posted by Judith Eadon

Whitehorse Farmers’ Market Gate Roster
	March 08	April 12 (50th anniversary celebration day)
7:30am -9 am	Len Brear	John Dear
9am -11 am	Bob Davis	Hank Gibcus
11am -1 pm	Gabby Knaepple	Gabby Knaepple
Office 6am -1pm	Judith Eadon Brian Dunkley	Judith Eadon Brian Dunkley

February Market Results

Stalls 4,555.00

Barbeque 551.85

Donations 1,600.00

Total $6,706.85.

bits and pieces

Posted by Judith Eadon

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!
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 2^nd and 4^th Wednesday - 7:15 for 7:30 pm - at Melbourne Baseball Club Surrey Drive, Box Hill. Opposite Aqualink Box Hill.
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...

Our club meeting on February 25^th will be a chance for us to organise our photos and other memorabilia. Your contributions are sought before this but this will be a chance to sort and organise them.
This is our club, and our history come along prepared to be amused, immersed in nostalgia and most of all to help .
You could start 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.
We wish Joe and Jill safe travel to Montana with the Rotary Ski Fellowship!
February Board Meeting will be on Wednesday 25th February due to our dinner at Brear's.

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

International Women's Day Breakfast

Royal Australian Navy Band Concert

How to Introduce and Thank a Guest Speaker

Introducing a guest speaker

Know the speaker's name and how to pronounce it.
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.

Out and About

Continuing the bird theme......

The chooks next door to me escaped and were scratching in my garden.

My neighbour Sam came out with the chip packet and they came running......

Barbecue action!

District Conference

Posted by Harvey Lane

The 2015 Conference will run from lunch time on Friday 13 March until lunchtime on Sunday 15 March 2015. The Gala Dinner on Saturday 14 March 2015 will be held at the Ballarat Lodge and Convention Centre and the theme for the dinner will be "Beneath the Southern Cross".

VENUE: Caro Convention Centre

FEDERATION UNIVERSITY, Mt Helen. Vic. 3350

(Bush land Setting, 10 minutes south of Ballarat)

ACCOMMODATION: As advised previously, I have booked 10 rooms for accommodation at the following:

The Ballarat Mid City Motel, Doveton Street North, Ballarat North
Room rate is $125 / night. (No Breakfast Included- own arrangements)

We currently have 20 confirmed starters plus 4 potential and require a possible 13 rooms to accommodate all attendees.

The Conference Program

Accommodation will be for Friday 15 and Sat 16 March 2015
One keynote speaker is Ken Lay, Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police
A Club member dinner will be organised for the Friday night.
The Gala Dinner for the Conference will be on the Saturday night at the Ballarat Lodge.
The theme for the Evening is “Beneath the Southern Cross”
We have to find some idea to fit the dress theme.
The Conference will finish with a boxed lunch on Sunday.

Conference Registration
Each member must book their own registration. $325 / person, the full Conference fee. Youth Exc $160
This can be done on-line with a credit card at http//2015conference.9810rotary.org.au/
I am available to assist, if required
Manual booking by forms are available from myself or the above website.
These must be return to Steve Fisher with Credit card details or Cheque c/- P. O Box 823 Templestowe 3106.
Please advise me by email or phone, when you have booked
I will be visiting Ballarat Friday 12/12 to finalise the accommodation and a Club dinner venue.

Harvey

something to think about

The Magic Bank Account

Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules:

The set of rules:

1. Everything that you didn't spend during each day would be taken away from you.

2. You may not simply transfer money into some other account.

3. You may only spend it.

4. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400 for that day.

5. The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say,“Game Over!". It can close the account and you will not receive a new one.

What would you personally do?

You would buy anything and everything you wanted right? Not only for yourself, but for all the people you love and care for. Even for people you don't know, because you couldn't possibly spend it all on yourself, right?

You would try to spend every penny, and use it all, because you knew it would be replenished in the morning, right?

ACTUALLY, This GAME is REAL ...

Shocked ??? YES!

Each of us is already a winner of this *PRIZE*. We just can't seem to see it.

The PRIZE is *TIME*

1. Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds

As a gift of life.

2. And when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is Not credited to us.

3. What we haven't used up that day is forever lost.

4. Yesterday is forever gone.

5. Each morning the account is refilled, but the bank can dissolve your account at any time WITHOUT WARNING...

SO, what will YOU do with your 86,400 seconds?

Those seconds are worth so much more than the same amount in dollars. Think about it and remember to enjoy every second of your life, because time races by so much quicker than you think.

So take care of yourself, be happy, love deeply and enjoy life!

Here's wishing you a wonderful and beautiful day. Start “spending”....

"DON’T COMPLAIN ABOUT GROWING OLD…!"

SOME PEOPLE DON'T GET THE PRIVILEGE!

joke of the week

Posted by Judith Eadon

Rosters

Posted by Judith Eadon

	Feb 11	Feb 18	Feb 25	March 04	March 11	March 18	March 25
Chair	Janette Etherington
Host	Hank Gibcus	Neil Ibbott	Harvey Lane	Rob McQuade	Wendy Oliver	Colin Read	Bruce Simcox
Cashier	David Hatcher	Gabby Knaeppple	John Lynch	Graeme Moorfoot	Silvio Parisi	James Robson	Pat Solibakke
Recorder	Bob Hoskins	Peter Koens	Phil Maxwell	Suzanne Murphy	Mike Prior	Peter Schoner	Sylvia Soul;iotis
Rotaract	Max Wittick		Wayne Willoughby		Sue Warmington		Colin Taylor
Rotaract	Roger Wilson		Russell Warmington		Richard Tregear		Kevin Thomas

If you're not feeling well.........

To our members that are not well at present we hope you are up and about and back with us very soon!

CELEBRATIONS

Posted by Judith Eadon

February Members’ Birthdays

Bruce Fullard

03 Feb

Russell Warmington

03 Feb

Gabby Knaepple

23 Feb

Spouse Birthdays
Bev Hoskins	02 Feb	Lyndy Davis	08 Feb
Linda Parisi	22 Feb	Sandra Symons	22 Feb

Wedding Anniversaries

John and Ann Lynch

09 Feb 30 years

Roger and Roslyn Wilson

12 Feb 43 years

Rotary Anniversaries
Graeme Moorfoot 27 years 10 Feb	Bruce Fullard 15 years 16 Feb
Bob Davis 17 years 25 Feb	Sue Warmington 14 years 28 Feb

Quote of the week

Posted by Judith Eadon

Deadline

Posted by Judith Eadon

Thanks Rotarians! We really appreciate all your contributions!

Deadline for articles is Sunday at 6:00pm.

Email: Judith judith.eadon@bigpond.com or Sue W aalfordc@bigpond.net.au

Let's know if we can add you to the travellers or the sick list so we can keep track of you!!

The Four Way Test

Posted by Lesley Arnolda