Month: January 2018

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin 2018 #3

MEETING January 29th 2018

President Paul welcomed all 19 members and 9 guests at 7.11 pm.  Guests included partners Helen, Susan, Maureen & Marilyn & potential members Anne Rzeskowski & Lyn Schadell. Also attending were guests of Glassfords, Marcell from Germany, Quin & Brandon from Utah.

Our exchange student Lucia has departed host parents Bruests and is now staying out at Digby & Jodie Graham’s at Methul. Youth Director Dave reiterated the need for members to make an effort to take Lucy on outings at weekends or at other times when you might be doing something of interest to Lucia, which can also allow the host family to have some time to themselves.

Business House Bowls starts this Friday, Feb 2 – contact Henk Hulsman if you’re interested.

John spoke on their recent trip to San Diego, California, for the Rotary International Assembly at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego.. It is Rotary’s annual training meeting which gives incoming district governors the chance to share ideas for strengthening clubs, etc. Well done John for such dedication & effort to the cause.

‘Be The Inspiration’ is the theme for John’s year as DG.

John met the incoming International President, Barry Rassin, from the Bahamas.

John then went on & presented the Diary for incoming directors; see our Diary below.

• District Changeover is at the Ganmain Hall on Saturday June 30th & Dick presented a list of possible menu for the members to tick their preference. Caterer will be Michelle Seymour
• Centenary of Armistice Day on 11/11/2019 – Time Capsule & promote Legacy
• End Polio Now project – Bike Torch relay.  John has a District goal of $500,000
• Motto of  -> We ride so that they may Walk
• 2019 District Conference at Griffith hosted by RC of Griffith – Friday March 29 to Sunday, March 31, 2019.   Saturday Night Dinner dance featuring the Charlston.

Henk won the meat tray raffle

25 Years of Peace Communities

For more information about peace program click on the link below.

Flyer 25 PCP email

Quote of the Week

Who made this quote last century?

“Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision”

Diary

*Monday, 5th February – Paul Weston to talk on trip to Hawaii.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Thursday February 8th – . BINGO  – Henk (Capt.),  Rod,  Dick,  Will & trainee Captain Wayne

Thursday, 15th February – Board Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7:30 pm.

Friday and Saturday, 23rd & 24th February – Wagga Wagga Peace Celebration. Details forthcoming.

Saturday & Sunday, 3rd & 4th March  – PETS (President Elect Training Seminar). Coolamon will be represented by PE Daryl Breust.  Hilltops Council Hall (Formerly Young Town Hall), Young, 9:30 am – 4:00 pm.

Sunday, March 4th – D9700 Assembly  – ALL 2018-2019 Coolamon Club Board Members to attend.   Hilltops Council Hall (Formerly Young Town Hall), Young, 09:30 am – 4:00 pm.

Thursday March  8th 2018 – BINGO.  Neil M (Captain),  Dave McK, Leslie W & Bruce H

*Monday, 19th March – Foundation Dinner Evening. Saint Michael’s Convent with guest speaker District Foundation Chair David Kennedy.

Saturday, 31st March – Easter Markets & U2D  Art Battle. UTDS, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm.

Thursday, 12th April – BINGO.  Daryl B (Captain),  Don D,  Ian J  & Alex T (note change)

Saturday & Sunday, 5th-6th May – District 9700 CONFERENCE. Roxy Theatre, Leeton.  

Book accommodation early! Register below

Saturday, 23rd June to Wednesday, 27th June – Rotary International Convention. Toronto, Canada.

*Saturday, 30th June – Coolamon Rotary Changeover and District 9700 Changeover.  Ganmain Hall.

* denotes partner & guest night

Register Here Today:

Community Events

Friday, 2nd February – Business House Bowls.

Saturday March  17th 2018 –  The long Table Charity Event at Kindra Park Oval

Reminders

We still need a president elect for 2019-2020; please give some thought to either nominating yourself or nominating another.

Honored Rotarian

District 9700’s very own Mary Brell, from Orange, has been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day awards for her work in supporting the citizens of Nepal. Over the past eight years Ms Brell has made about 15 trips to the Asian nation taking local teachers, doctors, builders and now senior school students from Orange. They have helped, educated and treated the people and rebuilt structures destroyed in a major earthquake in 2015. To find out more on her efforts you can find more information here.

January is VOCATIONAL  SERVICE month

District 9700 Board 2018-2019

The 2018-2019 D9700 Board is coming together nicely and the restructure is going to work and work well.  DGN John McKenzie and DG George Weston are committed to making it work, as are the others on this much smaller Board:

District Governor John Glassford {Membership & Public Image} Coolamon

District Governor Elect John McKenzie {Service} Orange North

District Governor Nominee {New District} To be appointed

Immediate Past District Governor George Weston {Youth} Leeton

Foundation Director DRFC PDG David Kennedy {Foundation} Blayney

Secretary PP David Benn {Administration} Wollundry Wagga Wagga

Treasurer Finance & Audit PP Doug Conkey {Budget} Wollundry Wagga Wagga

Other District Appointments

Executive Secretary and Web Master PP Paul Murray Wollundry Wagga Wagga

District Trainer PP Geraldine Rurenga Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee

PETS Facilitator PDG Tony Monley D9810

Public Officer PDG Ian Tooke Blayney

2019 Griffith D9700 Conference Chair PP Ross Grillo Griffith

DIO Insurance/Risk Management PP Sam Catanzariti Griffith

COL 2019 Representative PDG Gary Roberts

We are still looking at appointing two more Assistant Governors.

We are also looking at the structure of all the Standing Committees and the Special Committees.

We will post all further news on D9700 2018-2019 on my DGJG Blog:

DG JG 9700 2018-2019

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 2017-2018

President Ian Riseley RC of Sandringham Melbourne

President Elect Barry Rassin RC of East Nassau The Bahamas

District 9700 Governor George Weston RC of Leeton

District 9700 Governor Elect John Glassford RC of Coolamon

District 9700 Governor Nominee John McKenzie RC of Orange North

Flyer 25 PCP email

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin 2018 #2

MEETING January 22nd 2018

President Paul welcomed all 16 members and guests at 7.06pm.  Guests included partners Helen & Sally & potential members Anne Rzeskowski & Lyn Schadell, together with guest speaker Bridget Pritchet, daughter of Bern Milne

Our club have put together 2 Business House Bowls teams, which commence on Friday Feb 2. If you’d like to join them please contact Henk

Daryl spoke on the need to encourage all members to give the host families a break whenever possible by taking Lucy on outings at weekends or when ever, so the family can have some time to themselves.  As yet she has spent no time on an Australian farm, so it would be great if that could happen in the near future.

A new Bingo roster has been drawn up for 2018, which includes 2 new captains; thanks Daryl & Wayne for volunteering that responsibility. All signed up members of our Club have been included on the roster at least once during the year, so please don’t let the side down.  The roster will be sent out to all members in the next week, so please print it out for your reference.

We also remind members that if you can’t make your rostered slot to arrange a swap with someone rostered the following month; it is not the responsibility of the Captain to do that.

Foundation dinner is on Monday, March 19, hosted by Howard & Anne at the Old Convent

And an upcoming charity event announced by Dick is on Saturday, March 17 on the Kindra Park Oval. There will be live music & a 3-course dinner under the stars. It is being conducted by the Kindra Park trustees it’s title  –  the long table charity event.

Contact Rhonda Robinson on 0427 273009 for more info.

Newly appointed Sargeant Will C did a most entertaining fine session, even though some claims were a little dodgy.  And guess who won the raffle??

Guest Speaker Bridget Pritchet

Guest Speaker Bridget Pritchet spoke on her work in the Salvation Army, sponsored by the Gloria McKerrow Foundation, on her work in the Salvation Army, working in Rural Community school programs at no cost to the school. It involves building relationships within the community, early intervention anger management program, called Red Cap, developing team work, social skills & self esteem, especially anti-bullying strategies. Photo shows Henk thanking and presenting Bridget with our exclusive kangaroo money pouch.

REMINDERS

We still need a president elect for 2019-2020; please give some thought to either nominating yourself or nominating another.

John and Susan at the ‘Be the Inspiration’ Rotary International Assembly in San Diego

The International Assembly has now concluded and we are looking forward to John giving us a full update at next weeks meeting.

Winning the War on Polio

Time magazine recently posted an article on the War against polio stating; As recently as 1988, there were 350,000 cases of polio each year, and the disease was endemic in 125 countries. In 2017 there have been only 16 cases, in just two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. With a case count so low, the question now is a straightforward one: Will 2018 be the year we get to zero?

We certainly hope so and Rotary has been a big part of making it happen. If you want to read the full article you can find it here.

January is VOCATIONAL  SERVICE month

DIARY

Friday, 26th January – Festival of Small Halls. Australia Day Festival at Ganmain Hall. $15 adult,  $10 children starts at 6:00 pm. Bar and food on the night (No BYOD).

*Monday, 29th January – Regular meeting, with DGE John Glassford speaking on his recent trip to San Diego.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Thursday, 8th February. BINGO. Henk (Capt.), Rod, Dick, Will, and trainee captain Wayne.

Friday, 2nd February – Business House Bowls.

*Monday, 5th February – Speaker meeting (speaker TBA).  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Thursday, 15th February – Board Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7:30 pm.

Friday and Saturday, 23rd-24th February – Wagga Wagga Peace Celebration. Details forthcoming.

Saturday, 3rd March  – PETS (President Elect Training Seminar). Coolamon will be represented by PE Daryl Breust. Hilltops Council Hall (Formerly Young Town Hall), Young, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm.

Sunday, 4th March – D9700 Assembly. ALL 2018-2019 Coolamon Club Board Members to attend.  Hilltops Council Hall (Formerly Young Town Hall), Young, 09:30 am -3:30 pm.

Thursday, 8th March – BINGO.  Neil M (Captain),  Dave McK, Leslie W & Bruce H

Saturday, 17th March –  The Long Table Charity Event at Kindra Park Oval

*Monday, 19th March – Foundation Night. Saint Micheal’s Convent with guest speaker District Foundation Chair David Kennedy.

Saturday, 31st March – Easter Markets & U2D Art Battle. UTDS, 9:00 am – 1:30 pm.

Thursday, 12th April – BINGO.  Daryl B (Captain),  Don D,  Howard A  & Alex T

Saturday & Sunday, 5th-6th May – District 9700 CONFERENCE. Roxy Theatre, Leeton.  Book accommodation early!

Saturday, 23rd June to Wednesday, 27th June – Rotary International Convention. Toronto, Canada.

*Saturday, 30th June – Coolamon Rotary Changeover and District 9700 Changeover.  Ganmain Hall.

* denotes partner & guest night

Register Here Today:

Click on the thumbnails for an idea of what you get at a RI Convention.

As above: Chicago 2005, Los Angeles 2008, Montreal 2010, Bangkok 2012, Sydney 2014, Seoul 2016, Atlanta 2017.

Above May 2014 African Night at the Ganmain Hall with 280 seated to dinner, great night!

District 9700 Board 2018-2019

The 2018-2019 D9700 Board is coming together nicely and the restructure is going to work and work well.  DGN John McKenzie and DG George Weston are committed to making it work, as are the others on this much smaller Board:

District Governor John Glassford {Membership & Public Image} Coolamon

District Governor Elect John McKenzie {Service} Orange North

District Governor Nominee {New District} To be appointed

Immediate Past District Governor George Weston {Youth} Leeton

Foundation Director DRFC PDG David Kennedy {Foundation} Blayney

Secretary PP David Benn {Administration} Wollundry Wagga Wagga

Treasurer Finance & Audit PP Doug Conkey {Budget} Wollundry Wagga Wagga

Other District Appointments

Executive Secretary and Web Master PP Paul Murray Wollundry Wagga Wagga

District Trainer PP Geraldine Rurenga Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee

PETS Facilitator PDG Tony Monley D9810

Public Officer PDG Ian Tooke Blayney

2019 Griffith D9700 Conference Chair PP Ross Grillo Griffith

DIO Insurance/Risk Management PP Sam Catanzariti Griffith

COL 2019 Representative PDG Gary Roberts

We are still looking at appointing two more Assistant Governors.

We are also looking at the structure of all the Standing Committees and the Special Committees.

We will post all further news on D9700 2018-2019 on my DGJG Blog:

DG JG 9700 2018-2019

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2017-2018

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 2017-2018

President Ian Riseley RC of Sandringham Melbourne

President Elect Barry Rassin RC of East Nassau The Bahamas

District 9700 Governor George Weston RC of Leeton

District 9700 Governor Elect John Glassford RC of Coolamon

District 9700 Governor Nominee John McKenzie RC of Orange North

Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin 2018 #1

New Year Edition

Happy new year to all!

MEETING January 15th 2018

A great turnout of over 40 people to our first dinner meeting for 2018.  Part of President Paul Weston was still in Hawaii, when he welcomed all and asked for all our guests to be introduced.

Guests included members from Kooringal, Junee & Leeton Rotary Clubs, together with

Tim, Peta, Charlie & Jackson Wykes, our outgoing Exchange Student off to Finland later this week & exchange students Alen Chuang (Taiwan), Mads Hindsgavi (Denmark) & our Exchange student from Germany, Lucia B

Also visiting were Digby, Jodie & Abigail Graham (next hosts for Lucy after Bruests),  potential members Lyn Schadell & Anne Rzeskowski & partners Helen L, Shaz, Maureen H, Lorraine H,  Claire M & Heather McK. Apologies if I missed anyone, as there was quite a crowd

The exchange students spoke briefly on their experiences in Australia thus far & Jackson gave a brief talk on some of the places in Europe he will be visiting in the next year. He again thanked out Club for hosting him as did his mum Peta.

REMINDERS

We still need a president elect for 2019; please give some thought to either nominating yourself or nominating another.

Thank you to our new bulletin team

For the foreseeable future the bulletin, which in the past has been in the capable hands of John Glassford, will be now passing into the hands of Grahame Miles, Sarah Collins and Paul Weston while John takes on other commitments. Grahame will be our journalist, composing and writing an article from each meeting and event. Sarah will be acting as editor and publisher by uploading the content to the website, while Paul will be distributing the weblink to all members.

If you have any suggestions or polite criticisms of the weekly bulletin, the team will welcome your input.

Beware the fines!

Ted has nominated Will, the youngest member of the Coolamon Rotary club, to do the fine sessions of our weekly meetings. At our first meeting of the year Will’s sharp eyes and ears didn’t miss a thing and the fines came thick and fast. Congratulations to Will on a job well done, but I think this is a warning to all that we need to be guarding our wallets a little more closely.

‘Be the Inspiration’ Rotary International Assembly in San Diego

If you want to know more about what John is up to you can catch him on his Facebook page 

January is VOCATIONAL  SERVICE month

DIARY

Sunday, 14th January to Saturday, 20th January. Rotary International Assembly in San Diego.  DGE John Glassford will represent District 9700 and the Coolamon Rotary Club.

*Monday, 22nd January – Regular meeting.  Guest speaker: Bridget Pritchett (Bernie’s daughter).  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Friday, 26th January – Festival of Small Halls. Australia Day Festival at Ganmain Hall. $15 adult,  $10 children starts at 6:00 pm. Bar and food on the night (No BYOD).

Monday, 29th January – Regular meeting.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6:30 for 7 pm.

Thursday, 8th February. BINGO. Henk (Capt.), Rod, Dick, Alex.

Friday, 2nd February – Business House Bowls. Numbers needed for Rotary team(s).

Thursday, 15th February – Board Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7:30 pm.

Friday and Saturday, 23rd-24th February – Wagga Wagga Peace Celebration. Details forthcoming.

Saturday, 3rd March  – PETS (President Elect Training Seminar). Coolamon will be represented by PE Daryl Breust. Hilltops Council Hall (Formerly Young Town Hall), Young, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm.

Sunday, 4th March – D9700 Assembly. ALL 2018-2019 Coolamon Club Board Members to attend.  Hilltops Council Hall (Formerly Young Town Hall), Young, 09:30 am -3:30 pm.

Thursday, 18th March – BINGO. Neil Munro Capt, Dave McKinley, Don Dyce, Leslie Weston.

*Monday, 19th March – Foundation Night. Saint Micheal’s Convent with guest speaker District Foundation Chair David Kennedy.

Saturday & Sunday, 5th-6th May – District 9700 CONFERENCE. Roxy Theatre, Leeton.  Book accommodation early!

Saturday, 23rd June to Wednesday, 27th June – Rotary International Convention. Toronto, Canada.

*Saturday, 30th June – Coolamon Rotary Changeover and District 9700 Changeover.  Ganmain Hall.

* = Partner and guest night

Register Here Today:

Click on the thumbnails for an idea of what you get at a RI Convention.

As above: Chicago 2005, Los Angeles 2008, Montreal 2010, Bangkok 2012, Sydney 2014, Seoul 2016, Atlanta 2017.

Above May 2014 African Night at the Ganmain Hall with 280 seated to dinner, great night!

District 9700 Board 2018-2019

The 2018-2019 D9700 Board is coming together nicely and the restructure is going to work and work well.  DGN John McKenzie and DG George Weston are committed to making it work, as are the others on this much smaller Board:

District Governor John Glassford {Membership & Public Image} Coolamon

District Governor Elect John McKenzie {Service} Orange North

District Governor Nominee {New District} To be appointed

Immediate Past District Governor George Weston {Youth} Leeton

Foundation Director DRFC PDG David Kennedy {Foundation} Blayney

Secretary PP David Benn {Administration} Wollundry Wagga Wagga

Treasurer Finance & Audit PP Doug Conkey {Budget} Wollundry Wagga Wagga

Other District Appointments

Executive Secretary and Web Master PP Paul Murray Wollundry Wagga Wagga

District Trainer PP Geraldine Rurenga Wagga Wagga Murrumbidgee

PETS Facilitator PDG Tony Monley D9810

Public Officer PDG Ian Tooke Blayney

2019 Griffith D9700 Conference Chair PP Ross Grillo Griffith

DIO Insurance/Risk Management PP Sam Catanzariti Griffith

COL 2019 Representative PDG Gary Roberts

We are still looking at appointing two more Assistant Governors.

We are also looking at the structure of all the Standing Committees and the Special Committees.

We will post all further news on D9700 2018-2019 on my DGJG Blog:

DG JG 9700 2018-2019

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2017-2018

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL 2017-2018

President Ian Riseley RC of Sandringham Melbourne

President Elect Barry Rassin RC of East Nassau The Bahamas

District 9700 Governor George Weston RC of Leeton

District 9700 Governor Elect John Glassford RC of Coolamon

District 9700 Governor Nominee John McKenzie RC of Orange North

2018 is Here!

Our club worked last night in Coolamon and here are some pics: