Coolamon Rotary News Bulletin 2018 #5
MEETING February 12th 2018
President Paul welcomed members and guests to the meeting at 7:10 pm. Guests included 5 friends of Neil & Clare Munro, partners Jan N, Helen L, Margaret P & potential member Anne Rzeszkowski & our special guest speaker Clare Munro
Neil reminded members about the Peace Dinner on Saturday, Feb. 24th in Wagga. He would also like to know if there are any other members willing to help out with the catering of the Towards Peace discussion at Kildare Catholic College on afternoon of Saturday the 24th Feb. If so, Neil and the catering team will be having a meeting at the Sport and Rec on Monday the 19th at 6:00 pm to prepare; please come along or if you cannot make it give Neil a call.
**** Daryl reminded us that a pool party will be on at the Coolamon pool for Lucie’s birthday next Sunday from 2 – 6 pm. It would be great if members could help make this Australian birthday for Lucie a good one.****
Jackson Wykes has also been doing really well in Finland and is enjoying his time in the snow.
Paul Weston has agreed to be DGE John Glassford’s assistant Governor for Group 6 for 2018/19, which consists of Coolamon, Junee, Temora, Cootamundra & Lockhart Clubs.
We need to pick up 5 or 6 boxes of phone books from PO this week.
Bingo results announced by Captain Henk showed a profit of around $190 with 16 players.
Street raffle for Sat. March 17th.
Board meeting this Thursday night.
Next Monday’s, 19th Feb. Guest speaker is Jan Nulty
Guest Speaker is Pat Leary on 26th February
See Diary & quote of the week below
Guest Speaker – Clare Munro on her Humanitarian trip to PNG
Clare spoke on her time in Papua New Guinea last October. She went with her cousin & local Sister Bernadette Pattison.
They visited an area on the north west coast known as Sandaun province, which is the east & west Sepik area and has the most beautiful beaches, but very isolated due to bad roads.
Clare interviewed the 20 plus national sisters about their health & welfare & wrote a report to the leader.
She believed she was able to make an immediate difference to the lives of 3 sisters, plus 2 of their friends the sisters brought in having identified, themselves, that help was required.
She hopes it will help them understand the need to be proactive in a very reactive health environment.
As a whole the sisters were fairly healthy, despite the fact that many had come from very isolated & sometimes violent areas. Their teeth were great, although their eyes gave them trouble and everyone had a tattoo of some description; most of the tattoos were on the face.
Those that can get to the hospital find that the facilities are good, and emergency/acute care is normally available. The problem was it seemed that a 1-2 day walk was needed to get to a road or boat.
A highlight was being present for an anti-violence Train-the-trainer workshop; the Presentation Sisters worked in partnership with the PNG Tribal Foundation to provide the training to the area. Clare was amazed at the number of people at both the training and the closing film and signing of the anti-violence pledge.
Clare spent the $500 donated by the Rotary Club of Coolamon on the nurses she met, some of whom were nuns & others at the local hospital. Clare purchased BP machines and a set of scales, items that the nursing staff had requested.
The next thing the Wagga Sisters would like to get organised & need help with is the maintenance of the buildings in PNG. Many years ago the buildings were built by the original sisters from Australia and New Zealand. The sisters had organised their families and friends to visit PNG & built some very functional and still very comfortable convents. There are some good tradespeople who can do the work, but finding those who knows about termites and how to prevent the infestations and its treatment is problematic. Talking to the sisters, Clare got the feeling they had grown up with the mentality that most buildings only last so long and that you pull them down and start again.
Clare stated she will be eternally grateful to the sisters for allowing her to go.
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 said this ?
“Rich and famous is not bad, but poor and famous sucks.”
Last week’s Quote of the Week is attributed to Duke Kahanamoku.
Diary
Thursday, 15th February – Board Meeting. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7:30 pm.
Sunday, 18th February – Lucia’s birthday pool party at the Coolamon pool, 2 to 6 pm
Monday 19th February – Regular Meeting. Guest Speaker: Jan Nulty speaking on the Coolamon Local Health Advisory Committee (LHAC). Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7:00 pm.
Monday 26th February – Regular Meeting. Guest Speaker: Patrick Leary speaking on the renactment of the charge of the Light Horse Brigade at Beersheba. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 7:00 pm.
Friday and Saturday, 23rd-24th February – Wagga Wagga Peace Celebration. Details forthcoming.
Saturday & Sunday, March 4th & 5th, 2018 – PETS (President Elect Training Seminar). Coolamon will be represented by PE Daryl Breust.
Sunday, March 5th, 2018 – D9700 Assembly – ALL 2018-2019 Coolamon Club Board Members are requested 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.
Saturday, 17th March – Street raffle outside Coolamon Newsagency.
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 from roster sent out)
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
Community Events
Friday, 16th 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.
ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2017-2018
Chartered March 3rd 1971 Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club President: Paul Weston 6927 2972 President Elect & Service Projects : Daryl Breust 0409 551 140 Secretary: John Bond 0427 273 226 Treasurer: Henk Hulsman 6927 3486 Rotary Foundation Director: Neil Munro 6927 3156 Club Admin Director: Don Dyce 6929 1215 Youth Director: Dave McKinley 6927 8553 Service Projects {Vocational} Director: Ian Jennings 6927 3390 Membership Director: Wayne Lewis 6927 3501 Public Image Director: Myffy Collette 6927 6313 Immediate Past President: Don Dyce 6929 1215 Sergeant @ Arms: Ted Hutcheon 6927 3349 Bulletin Editor: Sarah Collins 0448118003 and Grahame Miles
February is WORLD UNDERSTANDING 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
