During Rotary Membership and Extension Month, I will:
MONDAY MEETING 19th AUGUST 2013
Another excellent meeting with good fellowship and new guests. Present were Danny Henman Principal of the Coolamon Central School, Daryl Breust our guest speaker, Thomas Graham Honeywell Prize recipient, Digby Graham, Leanne Corbett, Alan White and partners Christine Lorraine and Helen Lewis. Twelve members were also present.
Tonight we had a meeting in two parts but both engineering related. Neil Munro presented the cheque to Danny Henman for the fees required for Thomas Graham to attend the Honeywell Engineering Summer School in December.
The Engineering Summer School is an initiative supported by Honeywell, Engineers Australia, Sydney Division and Rotary clubs around NSW and ACT.
It brings together students entering their final year of secondary school who have expressed a sincere interest and application for studies and/or a career in one of the many branches of engineering.
Applications forms are forwarded to year 11 students via schools and Rotary clubs. Students may apply either direct to Engineers Australia or through their local Rotary club. Students are offered places on a first come first served basis.
Successful students gain the opportunity of experiencing day-to-day life as an engineer through access to universities and contact with Australia’s leading engineering organisations.
Opportunities exist to talk with and observe engineers employed in government, private and research facilities covering a broad range of discipline categories. Such opportunities might encompass biomedical, chemical, civil, environmental, electrical, computer or mechanical engineering.
It is hoped that through such experiences, student decisions about future career paths will be made using informed judgments.
Attendance at and transport to HESS involves a personal cost to the student. However, sponsoring Rotary clubs may wish to assist with the payment according to circumstances. Sponsoring clubs are also encouraged to invite students to their weekly meeting both before and after the Summer School as well as endeavouring to keep in contact during subsequent university attendance and after graduation.
Thomas Graham, Neil Munro and Danny Henman
The second part was a talk on engineering and how our guest speaker Daryl Breust started life as an Architectural Draftsman and is now running his own engineering company with his son in Wagga Wagga. Daryl specialises in steel and commercial buildings. From pencils, T squares and set squares to fully blown computer assisted drawings or CAD as we know it. A most interesting talk and one that would have inspired Thomas as he embarks on a career in engineering.
Daryl Breust Engineer
Diary Reminders
*Monday 26th August John Franklin Guest Speaker . Times and life living in the Northern Territory.
Friday August 30th Steam Train in Coolamon Morning Tea TBA. Volunteers required.
*Monday 2nd September Guest Speaker Colleen Wilson Lord OAM.
Tuesday 3rd September Memory, Movement and Motivation Information Day Coolamon by Colleen Lord OAM Health and Wellness Day at the Allawah Community Centre. Contact Clare Munro: 6927 3548.
Monday 9th September Regular Meeting followed by a Board Meeting, all members are invited to attend.
Thursday 12th September BINGO: Christine Atkinson, Mark Reardon, Dick Jennings, Neil Munro
*Monday 30th September DG Geoff Tancred’s Visit.
Sunday 6th October Coolamon Scarecrow Festival.
Monday 7th October NO Meeting Labour Day Weekend.
Thursday 10th October BINGO: Ian Jennings, John Glassford, Grahame Miles, Ted Hutcheon
Saturday 12th October Coolamon and Ganmain Hospital Fete IN Ganmain.
Saturday 26th October Street Raffle in Coolamon.
Sunday December 1st Early Pre-Christmas Rotary Community Market Day in Coolamon.
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young
Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.
Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.
Sunday 18th May D9700 Assembly in Grenfell
Saturday 24th May Red Shield Appeal Street Stall.
Sunday June 1st-Wednesday June 4th. SYDNEY 2014 RI Convention See promotion at the end of this bulletin.
*Partners and Guests Night.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:
With his congenial manner and his inclination to keep things simple, Ron Burton has a natural ability to put people at ease. But don’t let the easygoing demeanor of Rotary International’s new president lull you into thinking that he doesn’t get serious when it’s time for business.
“If you ask my opinion, you’re going to get it,” Burton says, his neighborly look morphing into a solemn gaze. “When I feel strongly about something, I will argue like crazy for my position. I suppose that’s sort of an ego thing, but if I discern that someone has a vested interest or may be looking at a personal economic benefit, I have a simple suggestion: Apply The Four-Way Test.”
An uncompromising sense of ethics may be the only personal quality that the former president of the University of Oklahoma Foundation Inc. is willing to wear on his sleeve. “Like most people, I don’t like to be told I’m wrong,” he says. “But I can be convinced that there’s another way to look at something, and sometimes I’ll change my mind. If it’s an ethical issue, though, you’re not going to tell me I’m wrong. It’s not going to happen. I’ve dealt with too many people over the years who wanted to misuse funds. I’ve looked them in the eye and said, ‘I’m not going to jail for you or anyone else.’”
John invited his mother over for dinner one evening. During the meal, she couldn’t help but notice how attractive his roommate Judy was.
She had been suspicious of a relationship between her son and his roommate for quite some time, but this only made her more curious.
She watched the two of them interact over the course of the evening and began to wonder whether there was more between John and Judy than met the eye.
Realizing only too well what his mother was thinking, John said, “I can see your wheels turning Mum and I know what you’re thinking. Rest assured Judy and I are strictly roommates.”
A few days later, Judy went to John and said, “You know the beautiful silver gravy ladle? Well, ever since your mother came to dinner I can’t seem to find it. You don’t think she would have taken it, do you?”
“I doubt it, but I’ll write her a letter just to be sure,” replied John.
John then sat down and wrote his mother the following letter: “Dear Mum, While I’m not saying you ‘did’ take a gravy ladle from my house, and I’m not saying you ‘didn’t’ take a gravy ladle, the fact remains that ever since you were here for dinner one has been missing. Love, Your son.”
Several days later, John received a reply from his mother which read: “Dear John, While I am not saying you ‘do’ sleep with Judy, and I’m not saying you ‘don’t’ sleep with her, the fact remains that she would have found the gravy ladle by now if she were sleeping in her own bed. Love, Mum.”
ERIC VAN SOEST
ROTARY INFORMATION
Rotary Coordinator Mary Berge of Pennsylvania, USA, finds her happiness in serving others, which is why she has remained in Rotary. Read her blog post for more inspiration on engaging your members.
I wonder what Rotary will look like in 2050. I wonder about how our journey, together as Rotarians, will take shape. I imagine the powerful and meaningful projects that will happen along the way. I imagine the positive impact we will have on human lives, all over the world. I imagine the lifelong friendships and bonds that will spontaneously occur as a result. It makes me smile to think about it all.
Have you noticed the common theme in my words above? It’s happiness. I believe that Rotary makes people happy. The givers and receivers of our Rotary service are happy people! And when we are happy, we work, play, and love harder and better. Our performance, energy and creativity increases. In Rotary, the happier we are, the harder and better we serve others!
Success doesn’t lead to happiness; happiness leads to success. Our goal in Rotary is to serve others and to do good in the world and by working toward and achieving these goals, alongside my fellow Rotarians, I am a happy person!
Editor’s note: Share your passion and commitment to Rotary during Membership and Extension Month! Here’s how:
On Saturday night over 300 people including a large number of Rotarians and their partners supported Dr. Alok Sharma and his team in raising funds for the Darkness to Light projects for India and the Riverina. The Chief Guest was Mr. Tarun Kumar from the High Commission of India to Australia. The dinner was catered for by Ajoy Joshi from Nilgiri’s Indian Restaurant in Sydney. Ajoy donated all the food and his time and the dinner was plentiful and delicious. Thank you Ajoy and all the members of Wagga Wagga Rotary who worked hard to put this night together.
Two from Coolamon Rotary club that is PP Marg (now retired) and PP Garth Perkin will be joining Dr Sharma in India in November as volunteers for Dr Sharma’s next eye camp where Alok will be operating for cataracts and providing glasses and eye check ups for many Indians.
CONTACT THE ROTARY CLUB OF WAGGA WAGGA TO DONATE TO DARKNESS TO LIGHT. WEB SITE: WAGGA WAGGA ROTARY CLUB
In 2007 Ajoy was awarded Rotary’s highest honour by the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga– the Paul Harris Fellowship – for his ongoing support for the ‘From Darkness to Light 2007’ project for vision-impaired people in India.
Rotary International President Ron Burton
Governor of District 9700 Geoff Tancred
Coolamon Club President Dick Jennings
Coolamon Club Secretary Paul Weston
Club Treasurer Henk Hulsman
Coolamon Rotary Club Inc. P.O. Box 23 COOLAMON N.S.W. 2701
Register early for the 2014 Rotary International Convention in Sydney, Australia, 1-4 June, and pay US$100 less than the on-site registration fee. Rotary’s annual convention is a wonderful way to experience the true internationality of Rotary, as you connect with leaders, exchange ideas, and get inspired to take action to benefit communities worldwide.
AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (AFL) MATCH
Where: Sydney Cricket Ground – Moore Park (to be confirmed)
When: 2014 Schedule to be released late October 2014
Price: $TBA
One of the best ways to get beneath the skin of a country is through sport, and when you’re talking Australia, that sport would have to be Australian Rules Football (AFL). Often called “Aussie Rules” by locals, this particular game of football pits two teams of 18 players against each other on an oval nearly three times the size of a soccer pitch. Their sole aim is to get possession of an oval-shaped football and kick it through one of three sets of goal posts at each end. This rough and ready contact sport sees players hand-balling, bouncing, catching and doing anything in their power to possess the ball. The game is fast and furious, with brutal contests and collisions whipping crowds in to an excitable frenzy.
Join the HOC at a big weekend match in Sydney to experience this uniquely Aussie sporting event first hand.
Details
The match draw for the 2014 AFL Season will not be published until October 2013. The HOC are working to have an “Aussie Rules” football game scheduled for the evening of Friday 30 May or Saturday 31 May (afternoon or evening) however the draw is a random selection as to teams and venue. Further details will be provided later in October 2013. If the draw provides a game in Sydney, this is a not to be missed opportunity to see the big men fly in this enthralling game of physical skill and strength. The Sydney Swans are the 2012 premiers and on course (most Sydney-siders have fingers crossed) to regain the flag in 2013.
Inclusions: One ticket to an AFL match in Sydney. Free transport provided using free public transport pass provided courtesy of NSW Government.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
Beatrice Cervi of the Rotary Club of Perth, WA, recently posed this question on the Official Rotary International Group site on LinkedIn: “My club is currently working on a strategy to renew and revitalise the club due to declining membership in recent years. Have you been through this process and what KPI’s have you implemented?” Click here to go to the website.Within a few hours and over the following days she received lots of good advice from Rotarians all around the world. Some of the edited responses are shown below:
Georgene Hildebrand, Michigan USA: What wonderful ideas and comments on this very important question. The question to explore might be “why” do people stay in Rotary? What is the compelling reason why we think Rotary is so important in our lives? Most Rotarians on this conversation “have Rotary in them”. So we might think about how we can share why it’s so important to us.
Ron O’Connor, Florida USA: My club was facing this issue about 3 years ago and we discovered a treasure trove of young professionals looking to become involved in their community. The group is an offshoot of our chamber of commerce. In the past three years this group alone has yielded some young attorneys, CPA’s, an architect, environmental professionals, and others who have become productive involved Rotarians in short order.One of these young guns is our incoming President, and another is President-Elect. If you bring in younger members be aware they want to rise up the ladder quickly and as previously mentioned, may not subscribe to the rituals older Rotarians have become accustomed to.
The Splendid Men of the Wagga Wagga Rugby Choir (and 2 women).
TUESDAY AUGUST 13th MEETING
This week we had a joint club meeting with the Junee Rotary Club in Junee. No ordinary meeting as we had the Wagga Wagga Rugby Men’s Choir entertain us. Around 100 guests were present and a great night was had by one and all who attended. Among the men singing was our own Garth Perkin. Thank you Junee!
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Diary Reminders
*Saturday 17th August Darkness to Light Dinner RC of Wagga Wagga. Indian night great food.
*Monday 19th August Honeywell Science Presentation and Guest Speaker Darrell Breust from Coolamon.
*Monday 26th August John Franklin Guest Speaker . Times and life living in the Northern Territory.
Friday August 30th Steam Train in Coolamon Morning Tea. Volunteers required.
*Monday 2nd September Guest Speaker Colleen Wilson Lord OAM.
Tuesday 3rd September Memory, Movement and Motivation Information Day Coolamon by Colleen Lord OAM Health and Wellness Day at the Allawah Community Centre. Contact Clare Munro: 6927 3548.
Thursday 12th September BINGO: Christine Atkinson, Mark Reardon, Dick Jennings, Neil Munro
*Monday 30th September DG Geoff Tancred’s Visit.
Sunday 6th October Coolamon Scarecrow Festival.
Monday 7th October NO Meeting Labour Day Weekend.
Thursday 10th October BINGO: Ian Jennings, John Glassford, Grahame Miles, Ted Hutcheon
Saturday 12th October Coolamon and Ganmain Hospital Fete IN Ganmain.
Saturday 26th October Street Raffle in Coolamon.
Late November early December date TBA: Early Pre-Christmas Rotary Community Market Day in Coolamon.
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young
Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.
Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.
Sunday 18th May D9700 Assembly in Grenfell
Saturday 24th May Red Shield Appeal Street Stall.
Sunday June 1st-Wednesday June 4th. SYDNEY 2014 RI Convention See promotion at the end of this bulletin.
*Partners and Guests Night.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:
Rotarians can take action and help more communities worldwide when their #Rotary clubs are thriving.
Rotarians, share our infographic about how regional membership plans can take advantage unique membership needs. Read more at http://ow.ly/nIscR
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ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
Best Divorce letter
Dear Wife,
I’m writing you this letter to tell you that I’m leaving you forever. I’ve been a good man to you for 7 years & I have nothing to show for it. These last 2 weeks have been hell. … Your boss called to tell me that you quit your job today & that was the last straw. Last week, you came home & didn’t even notice I had a new haircut, had cooked your favorite meal & even wore a brand new pair of silk boxers. You ate in 2 minutes, & went straight to sleep after watching all of your soaps. You don’t tell me you love me anymore; you don’t want sex or anything that connects us as husband & wife. Either you’re cheating on me or you don’t love me anymore; whatever the case, I’m gone.
Your EX-Husband
P.S. don’t try to find me. Your SISTER & I are moving away to West Virginia together! Have a great life!
Dear Ex-Husband,
Nothing has made my day more than receiving your letter. It’s true you & I have been married for 7 years, although a good man is a far cry from what you’ve been. I watch my soaps so much because they drown out your constant whining & griping Too bad that doesn’t work. I DID notice when you got a hair cut last week, but the 1st thing that came to mind was ‘You look just like a girl!’ Since my mother raised me not to say anything if you can’t say something nice, I didn’t comment. And when you cooked my favorite meal, you must have gotten me confused with MY SISTER, because I stopped eating pork 7 years ago. About those new silk boxers: I turned away from you because the $49.99 price tag was still on them, & I prayed it was a coincidence that my sister had just borrowed $50 from me that morning. After all of this, I still loved you & felt we could work it out. So when I hit the lotto for 10 million dollars, I quit my job & bought us 2 tickets to Jamaica But when I got home you were gone.. Everything happens for a reason, I guess. I hope you have the fulfilling life you always wanted. My lawyer said that the letter you wrote ensures you won’t get a dime from me. So take care.
Signed, Your Ex-Wife, Rich As Hell & Free!
P.S. I don’t know if I ever told you this, but my sister Carla was born Carl. I hope that’s not a problem.
ROTARY INFORMATION
POLIO OUTBREAK IN SOMALIA
In May, a two-year-old girl from Mogadishu became the first confirmed case of polio in Somalia in more than six years. The country had been polio-free since March 2007.
As of July, the virus has paralyzed 95 Somali children: 94 confirmed cases in South Central Zone, which includes Mogadishu, and a case in Somaliland. Another nine cases have also been reported in the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
“Lack of access to routine immunization in Somalia has created the largest known reservoir of unvaccinated children in a single geographic area in the world. The total number of Somali children who had never been vaccinated between 2008 and 2012 was estimated to reach a million,” says Sikander Khan, UNICEF Somalia Representative.
“The poliovirus in such a large reservoir has the potential to result in a catastrophic outbreak, the likes of which are beginning to be seen and as such constitutes an international emergency.”
Britain will help to vaccinate more than 6 million people against an outbreak of polio in Somalia and Kenya, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced. The UK will provide £10 million to allow the UN’sWorld Health Organisation to continue a vital vaccination campaign to tackle the first outbreak in Somalia since 2007. The UN has warned that without further support the disease could quickly develop into an epidemic across East Africa and put countless lives and livelihoods at risk.
Thanks to the British government, more than 6 million people will be vaccinated against an outbreak of #polio in Somalia and Kenya, announced International Development Secretary Justine Greening.
This week saw a visit of 21 Kenyans to Ganmain friends of Rotarian Ndungi Mungai of the Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga Sunrise. Ndungi lectures at Charles Sturt University Wagga and the Kenyans brought along goat, ugali, maragwe and Tusker beer to enjoy the afternoon. Rotary membership leads to life long friendships and wonderful fellowship with friends and family.
CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING
ROTARY FOUNDATION POLIO PLUS
After 25 years of hard work, Rotary and its partners are on the brink of eradicating this tenacious disease, but a strong push is needed now to root it out once and for all. It is a window of opportunity of historic proportions.
Reaching the ultimate goal of a polio-free world presents ongoing challenges, not the least of which is a hundreds of million dollar funding gap. Of course, Rotary alone can’t fill this gap, but continued Rotarian advocacy for government support can help enormously.
As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high. As can be seen by the outbreak in Somalia this month.
Register early for the 2014 Rotary International Convention in Sydney, Australia, 1-4 June, and pay US$100 less than the on-site registration fee. Rotary’s annual convention is a wonderful way to experience the true internationality of Rotary, as you connect with leaders, exchange ideas, and get inspired to take action to benefit communities worldwide.
The traditional House of Friendship has been renamed as The Billabong for Sydney 2014. A Billabong is an aboriginal name for a waterhole around which meetings would often be held. The 2014 Billabong will be located in the grounds of the Sydney Showground, part of Sydney Olympic Park. Located in The Dome (a spectacular timber structure and the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere) and Exhibition Halls 2,3 and 4. The Billabong will have over 14,000 square meters of display space, and will be the place to meet old and new acquaintances. See exhibits or displays of Rotary work from all over the world, discuss projects and learn of the many opportunities provided to Rotarians.
Approximately one half of the Billabong will be dedicated to the work of Rotary International and Rotary clubs where you can pick up great ideas for new projects for your club and learn of the assistance, which Rotary International can provide to assist in this work. The other half of the Billabong will illustrate more great Rotary work and show many aspects of Australia and its Rotary clubs.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
“Just like any other product you have to market your club in the local community, there is nothing like a highly visible hands-on project to get you noticed. Get the newer member to organise it. Ditch as many of the “formal” elements from most meetings, just keep them for special occasions. Don’t just nod to equality, diversity and minority inclusion, you are supposed to be representative of your area. Get involved with schools, they are a font of new members, teachers, parents, local authorities etc. don’t be afraid to work with other societies, cross fertilisation is healthy!” John Mackail, D1040, Wakefield, UK.
“Rotary started changing for me after that. I found that the more engaged I became in Rotary and the work of The Rotary Foundation, the more I saw the magic of Rotary and how it changed lives. Each of us has our own reason for joining Rotary — but I believe we all want to make a difference. We all want to be doing something meaningful. That is absolutely essential for us to remember when we talk about membership,” said RI President Ron Burton for Membership Month, which is in August. RI President Ron Burton.
MONDAY AUGUST 5th MEETING
Leslie Weston Introducing the Speakers
Monday night was one of Coolamon Rotary’s initiatives our Shop Locally Campaign. Leslie Weston and Ian Jennings are working hard with other members to conduct business meetings in Coolamon for the business people of the Shire of Coolamon. This meeting attracted many of the leaders in business from Coolamon, Ganmain and Marrar. In all 21 people attended plus our members which included several members who have a business in the Shire.
The guest speakers were Michael Reid from the State Government Employees Credit Union in Wagga Wagga and Julian McLaren from the Wagga Wagga Business Chamber and it’s current president,Julian is also a Councillor in the Wagga Wagga City Council. Michael spoke first on how his Credit Union was now in Small Business Loans secured by residential mortgages. Michael told us that we need money to make money and that to speculate is to accumulate. The SGECU has a range of products now at very low interest rates for local business houses to take advantage of.
Julian spoke on the bigger picture and talked about the Australian economy and how we are going. Julian was not afraid to broach all manner of subjects including global warming, interest rates, coal seam gas, the need for a recession to clean up the economy. There was not enough time to ask both speakers a series of questions however they answered many from those present. All in all a thought provoking evening and well done Ian Jennings and of course Marilyn as well as Leslie Weston.
President Dick Jennings closed the meeting and reminded all members that next Tuesday we will be going to Junee instead of meeting on Monday.
Paul Weston thanks Michael Reid and Grahame Miles thanks Julian McLaren
Diary Reminders
Thursday 8th August BINGO: Garth Perkin, Grahame Miles, Don Dyce, Rodney Jarrett.
Monday 12th August NO MEETING
*Tuesday 13th August Joint Meeting with Junee in Junee Featuring the Wagga Wagga Male Rugby Choir. Numbers to Christine Atkinson 0427 880 158.
*Saturday 17th August Darkness to Light Dinner RC of Wagga Wagga BOOK NOW!
*Monday 19th August Honeywell Science Presentation and Guest Speaker Darrell Breust from Coolamon.
*Monday 26th August John Franklin Guest Speaker . Times and life living in the Northern Territory.
Friday August 30th Steam Train in Coolamon Morning Tea. Volunteers required.
*Monday 2nd September Guest Speaker Colleen Wilson Lord OAM.
Tuesday 3rd September Memory, Movement and Motivation Information Day Coolamon by Colleen Lord OAM Health and Wellness Day at the Allawah Community Centre. Contact Clare Munro: 6927 3548.
Thursday 12th September BINGO: Christine Atkinson, Mark Reardon, Dick Jennings, Neil Munro
*Monday 30th September DG Geoff Tancred’s Visit.
Sunday 6th October Coolamon Scarecrow Festival.
Monday 7th October NO Meeting Labour Day Weekend.
Thursday 10th October BINGO: Ian Jennings, John Glassford, Grahame Miles, Ted Hutcheon
Saturday 12th October Coolamon and Ganmain Hospital Fete IN Ganmain.
Saturday 26th October Street Raffle in Coolamon.
Late November early December date TBA: Early Pre-Christmas Rotary Community Market Day in Coolamon.
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young
Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.
Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.
Sunday 18th May D9700 Assembly in Grenfell
Saturday 24th May Red Shield Appeal Street Stall.
Sunday June 1st-Wednesday June 4th. SYDNEY 2014 RI Convention See promotion at the end of this bulletin.
*Partners and Guests Night.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:
The private sector plays a central role in creating solutions for the world’s most pressing needs, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said before the closing bell on Wall Street to welcome NYSE Euronext to the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative. #Rotary was also there!In the photo (from the left) are Rotary District 7230 Governor Matts Ingemanson, UN Secretary-General Ban, and RI President Ron Burton.
President Ron’s August Message:
We’re going to make sure that the work we do in Rotary is solid, effective, and sustainable. And we’re going to make sure that Rotary itself will last – by committing to our goal of 1.3 million Rotarians in our clubs by the year 2015.
That goal is a little different from membership goals we’ve had in the past. The goal isn’t just bringing in new members. The goal is growing Rotary. The goal is making Rotary bigger, not just with more members, but with more involved, engaged, motivated members who will be the ones to lead us into our future.
Each of us has our own reason for joining Rotary – but I believe we all want to make a difference. We all want to be doing something meaningful. That is absolutely essential for us to remember when we talk about membership.
We’re not asking just anyone to join Rotary. We’re looking to attract busy, successful, motivated people who care. We’re asking them to take their valuable time and give it to Rotary. So if they say yes, and they come and join our club, then we’d better be showing them that their time in Rotary is well spent.
K.R. (Ravi) Ravindran, of the Rotary Club of Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in 2015-16. Ravindran will become the president-nominee on 1 October if there are no challenging candidates.
Ravindran’s top priority for Rotary will be to increase membership. Also, it’s important for Rotarians to speak with a consistent voice and share their stories, especially through social media, so others can see the impact Rotary has had in their lives, he said.
By the time the sailor pulled into a little town every hotel room was taken.
“You’ve got to have a room somewhere,” he pleaded. “Or just a bed, I don’t care where.”
“Well, I do have a double room with one occupant — an Air Force guy,” admitted the manager, “and he might be glad to split the cost. But to tell you the truth, he snores so loudly that people in adjoining rooms have complained in the past. I’m not sure it’d be worth it to you.”
“No problem,” the tired Navy man assured him. “I’ll take it.”
The next morning, the sailor came down to breakfast bright-eyed and bushy tailed.
“How’d you sleep?” asked the manager. “Never better.” The manager was impressed.
“No problem with the other guy snoring?” “Nope. I shut him up in no time,” said the Navy guy. “How’d you manage that?” asked the manager.
“He was already in bed, snoring away, when I came in the room,” the sailor explained. “I went over, gave him a kiss on the cheek, and said, ‘Goodnight beautiful,’
…And he sat up all night watching me.”
The Bull
Two sisters, one blonde and one brunette, inherit the family ranch.
Unfortunately, after just a few years, they are in financial trouble.
In order to keep the bank from re-possessing the ranch, they need to purchase a bull from the stockyard in a town far away so that they can breed their own stock. They only have $600 left.
Upon leaving, the brunette tells her sister: “When I get there, if I decide to buy the bull, I’ll contact you to drive out after me and haul it home.”
The brunette arrives at the stockyard, inspects the bull and decides she wants to buy it. The man tells her that he will sell it for $599, no less. After paying him, she drives to the nearest town to send her sister a telegram to tell her the news.
She walks into the telegraph office and says: “I want to send a telegram to my sister telling her that I’ve bought a bull for our ranch. I need her to hitch the trailer to our pickup truck and drive out here so we can haul it home.”
The telegraph operator explains that he’ll be glad to help her, then adds: “It’s just 99 cents a word.”
Well, after paying for the bull, the brunette only has $1 left. She realizes that she’ll only be able to send her sister one word. After a few minutes of thinking, she nods and says: “I want you to send her the word “comfortable.”
The operator shakes his head. “How is she ever going to know that you want her to hitch the trailer to your pick up truck and drive out here to haul that bull back to your ranch, if you send her just the word – “comfortable?”
The brunette explains: “My sister’s blonde. The word’s big. She’ll read it very slowly . . .
com-for-da-bull.
ERIC VAN SOEST
There is one in every club!
ROTARY INFORMATION
THE NEW ROTARY
Dear Rotarians,
As you may know, we will soon be launching a whole new rotary.org. My Rotary will feature a number of social tools designed to build and deepen relationships between Rotarians and Rotaractors and seek resources for service projects. We would like to take this opportunity to ask you to serve as one of our early adopters for the newly created My Rotary.
Because Rotary Fellowships and Rotarian Action Groups work in an assortment of project areas, you are in an excellent position to be among the first to populate these new tools when they launch with projects and discussions, as well as provide us with valuable feedback on the user experience so we can ensure that the global community of Rotary experiences the best possible product.
Be on the lookout for #RISocial updates, and join the conversation online by using #RISocial in your tweets and Facebook posts to help us spread the word about how these new tools will make it easier for Rotarians to better serve our global community. These new tools will make it easier than ever to raise funds for service projects, find partners, recruit volunteers, connect to others in the Rotary world and start important conversations.
If you are interested in being an early adopter, please sign up here, and be sure to encourage those in your Fellowship or Action Group to do the same. Early adopters will help to populate these new tools with content after launch. If you have an idea to help us spread the word about #RISocial do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] and let us know!
When we engage Rotary, we change lives.
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Some of the things you do not see anywhere else:
CAUSES WORTH SUPPORTING
PROPOSED ROTARIAN ACTION GROUP FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES or RAGES
This week I am inviting you to join RAGES the proposed Rotarian Action Group for the Rhino, Elephant, Orangutan and other endangered species.
We now have 51 members from 11 different countries and we apply to Rotary International for approval this week. The application will be considered at the Rotary Board meeting in Evanston in October.
Membership is FREE! What we are looking for is for membership and for those joining us to create awareness and to take action in supporting one of the RAGES endorsed projects we have and will list on our web site.
Where: The Sydney Opera House
When: 8pm, 2 June 2014
Price: $70
Experience an extraordinary performance at the famous Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. With its grand setting, gorgeous wooden panelling and cathedral‐like ambience, the world‐renowned Concert Hall is Sydney Opera House’s most prestigious and majestic space. Immerse yourself here, in a Classical‐Romantic Symphonic performance by this acclaimed 65‐piece orchestra. You will enjoy a performance to remember.
Details
Further details to be provided in the coming months
Inclusions
One ticket to the concert at the Sydney Opera House. Free transport provided using free public transport pass provided courtesy of NSW Government.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
President Dick Jennings would like to continue Coolamon Rotary’s support of local businesses.
With this in mind we are inviting you to a dinner meeting on Monday evening, August 5th 2013, with two guest speakers.
Michael Reid is a banker with much experience in business banking. His presentation will concentrate on finance in the business sector.
Julian McLaren is a Wagga City Councillor, President of Wagga Business Chamber and an investment consultant. Julian’s presentation will focus on “where to now” in relation to present day factors such as low consumer confidence, meeting the competition from Internet retailers and the drop in the Australian dollar.
Both speakers will be given time to answer questions from the floor.
Congratulations Patrick! – Rotary Coolamon awards a Paul Harris Sapphire
President John Routley Hout Bay RC pins the PHF Sapphire on Patrick McLaughlin.
Last Tuesday’s main event (Hout Bay Rotary Weekly Meeting) was kept a close secret from all but the very select. Patrick’s sapphire to his Paul Harris. So very well deserved and awarded by Rotary Coolamon in honour of Patrick’s unstinting work within the Health Forum and the Clinic. Particularly his heroic efforts in organising and running the Rotary Family Health Day held recently in Hout Bay. John Glassford and his crew let me in on this intended award a while back and after physically sending the award to our current President John, this was presented last Tuesday. T he photographs show the huge surprise and pleasure on Patrick’s face. John Routley played out a video recorded by RC Coolamon to one surprised Patrick and the assembled membership.
Patrick’s response in part-via email:
“In my 31 years of Rotary, and probably in my life as a whole, no such a great thing happened to me in Rotary. I shall treasure that surprise until the going down of the sun.
This must have cost your club a bloody fortune. I am embarrassed. We, the team in Hout Bay, Butch, Allan, Don, everybody, just did “our thing” but I thank you from my heart. This award came at a good time in my life and I feel so proud.”
Patrick.
REPORT MEETING MONDAY 29th. JULY
We had 15 members attend tonight’s club assembly and board meeting.
Major decisions included getting the Rotary Telephone Book published in 2014. Committee: Ian Durham Chair, Neil Munro, Christine Atkinson, Miffy Collette, Bernadette Milne, Paul Weston, Ted Hutcheon and Dick Jennings.
Catering for the Trike Convention in Wagga Wagga in March 2014 with the proceeds going to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga. Between 150-200 Trikers will be attending the Friday night dinner. Committee includes John Glassford, Wayne Lewis, Bernadette Milne, Miffy Collette, Craig Corrigan and Susan Glassford.
Part of the proceeds from Bingo will go to buy a special bed for the Allawah Lodge to accommodate special patients at a cost of $2,800.
We will cater for the steam train arriving at the Coolamon Railway Station on Friday August 30th for morning tea.
We will support the Coolamon and Ganmain Hospital fete with a bed race in Ganmain. Details to be confirmed.
All in all an excellent meeting and below is the latest diary.
Diary Reminders
*Monday 5th August Shop Locally Campaign Business Houses Meeting. Two excellent guest speakers will be attending in Julian McLaren and Michael Reid.
Thursday 8th August BINGO: Garth Perkin, Grahame Miles, Don Dyce, Rodney Jarrett.
Monday 12th August NO MEETING
*Tuesday 13th August Joint Meeting with Junee in Junee Featuring the Wagga Wagga Male Rugby Choir. Numbers to Christine Atkinson 0427 880 158.
*Saturday 17th August Darkness to Light Dinner RC of Wagga Wagga BOOK NOW!
*Monday 19th August Honeywell Science Presentation and Guest Speaker TBA.
*Monday 26th August John Franklin Guest Speaker . Times and life living in the Northern Territory.
Friday August 30th Steam Train in Coolamon Morning Tea. Volunteers required.
*Monday 2nd September Guest Speaker Colleen Wilson Lord OAM.
Tuesday 3rd September Memory, Movement and Motivation Information Day Coolamon by Colleen Lord OAM Health and Wellness Day at the Allawah Community Centre. Contact Clare Munro: 6927 3548.
Thursday 12th September BINGO: Christine Atkinson, Mark Reardon, Dick Jennings, Neil Munro
*Monday 30th September DG Geoff Tancred’s Visit.
Sunday 6th October Coolamon Scarecrow Festival.
Monday 7th October NO Meeting Labour Day Weekend.
Thursday 10th October BINGO: Ian Jennings, John Glassford, Grahame Miles, Ted Hutcheon
Saturday 12th October Coolamon and Ganmain Hospital Fete IN Ganmain.
Saturday 26th October Street Raffle in Coolamon.
Late November early December date TBA: Early Pre-Christmas Rotary Community Market Day in Coolamon.
Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd February PETS in Young
Friday 14th March Trike Convention Catering in Wagga Wagga proceeds to Ronald McDonald House in Wagga Wagga.
Friday March 21st-Sunday March 23rd D9700 Conference in Orange.
Sunday 18th May D9700 Assembly in Grenfell
Saturday 24th May Red Shield Appeal Street Stall.
Sunday June 1st-Wednesday June 4th. SYDNEY 2014 RI Convention See promotion at the end of this bulletin.
*Partners and Guests Night.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT RON BURTON:
RI President Ron Burton visited the New York Stock Exchange with Rotarians to commemorate that NYSE Euronext joined the United Nations’ Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative. This will explore how exchanges can work together with investors, regulators, and companies to enhance corporate transparency on Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) issues and encourage responsible long-term approaches to investment.
Photo from left: Christian Rietzke, president of the Rotary Club of Metro New York City; President Burton; Matts Ingemanson, district governor of District 7230; and Stefan Jekel, past president of Rotary Club of Metro New York City.
Photo courtesy of NYSE/Ben Hider
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
The Pool.
Once there was a millionaire, who collected live crocs. He kept them in the pool in back of his mansion.
The millionaire also had a beautiful daughter who was single.
One day, the millionaire decides to throw a huge party, and during the party he announces:
“My dear guests, I have a proposition to every man here. I will give one million dollars, or my daughter, to the man who can swim across this pool full of crocs and emerge unharmed!”
As soon as he finished his last word, there was the sound of a large splash in the pool. The guy in the pool was swimming with all his might, and the crowd began to cheer him on. Finally, he made it to the other side of the pool unharmed.
The millionaire was impressed. He said, “That was incredible! Fantastic! I didn’t think it could be done! Well, I must keep my end of the bargain. Do you want my daughter or the one million dollars?” The guy catches his breath, then says:
“Listen, I don’t want your money! And I don’t want your daughter! I want the mongrel who pushed me in the pool!”
The Bridge:
A man was walking along a California beach and stumbled across an old lamp. He picked it up and rubbed it and out popped a genie!
The genie said, “OK. You released me from the lamp, blah, blah blah. This is the fourth time this month and I’m getting a little sick of these wishes. So you can forget about getting three wishes. You only get one wish.
The man sat down on the beach and thought about it for awhile. Then he said, “I’ve always wanted to go to Hawaii; but I’m scared to fly and I get very seasick. Could you build me a bridge to Hawaii so that I can drive over there to visit?”
The genie laughed and said, “That’s impossible! Think of the logistics of that! How would the supports ever reach the bottom of the Pacific? Think of how much concrete… how much steel…! No. Think of another wish.”
The man tried to think of another wish. Finally, he said, “I’ve been married and divorced several times. My wives always said that I don’t care and that I’m insensitive.
So I wish that I could understand women… know how they feel inside and what they’re thinking when they give me the silent treatment know why they’re crying…know what they really want when they
say, ‘Nothing’…know how to make them truly happy….”
The genie said, “You want that bridge two lanes or four?”
– ERIC VAN SOEST.
ROTARY INFORMATION
Children with congenital heart defects, such as this young patient, receive treatment from doctors at the Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center in Kyiv. The facility was founded by Dr. Illya Yemets, a charter member of the Rotary Club of Kyiv. It was the first project the club undertook, in 1992.
The way Olena Ichnatenko tells it, her daughter has two fathers – her birth father and the doctor who gave her a second chance at life at the Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center.
She was 10 days old when doctors operated to correct a congenital defect. Ichnatenko remembers the early days after her daughter was born in a different hospital: “We were told there that our child was dying and that is it.” Only after she took Yaroslava to the cardiac center did she feel a bit of hope for her daughter’s life. Yaroslava, who celebrated her ninth birthday this year, is one of the facility’s many success stories.
Dr. Illya Yemets, a charter member of the Rotary Club of Kyiv, founded the center in 2003, but its beginnings trace back to the 1990s, starting with a visit from Australian Rotarians led by Past District Governor Jack Olsson. They had stopped in Kyiv on a trip to develop exchanges in non-Rotary countries and learned of the need to train surgeons specializing in pediatric heart conditions. In 1991, Olsson arranged for Yemets to train at a children’s hospital in Sydney.
The Butterfly Tree Charity supports rural communities in Zambia decimated by the HIV and AIDS pandemic-providing safe water, safe feeding programmes, improved health and education facilities and an ORPHAN SPONSORSHIP programme- all funds go directly to the cause and all of the members are volunteers.
A donation will make a huge difference to those who only need the essentials in life…
Where: The Sydney Opera House
When: 8pm, 2 June 2014
Price: $70
Experience an extraordinary performance at the famous Sydney Opera House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. With its grand setting, gorgeous wooden panelling and cathedral‐like ambience, the world‐renowned Concert Hall is Sydney Opera House’s most prestigious and majestic space. Immerse yourself here, in a Classical‐Romantic Symphonic performance by this acclaimed 65‐piece orchestra. You will enjoy a performance to remember.
Details
Further details to be provided in the coming months
Inclusions
One ticket to the concert at the Sydney Opera House. Free transport provided using free public transport pass provided courtesy of NSW Government.
Bulletin Editor and Web Site: John Glassford
Don’t forget to regularly check our club web site for current information such as bingo rosters and various newsletters from the District Governor, the School of St. Jude’s, the monthly membership on the move newsletter as well as several other club bulletins.
On Monday night our club presented a PHF Sapphire pin to PP Patrick McLaughlin via video and with the help of the members of our centennial twin club Hout Bay. President John Routley form Hout Bay organised the presentation and from all accounts it went down very well. Here in Patrick’s words are his feelings on receiving this award form Coolamon:
“In my 31 years of Rotary, and probably in my life as a whole, no such a
great thing happened to me in Rotary. I shall treasure that surprise until
the going down of the sun.
This must have cost your club a bloody fortune. I am embarrassed. We, the
team in Hout Bay, Butch, Allan, Don, everybody, just did “our thing” but I
thank you from my heart. This award came at a good time in my life and I
feel so proud.”