Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for September 11th 2023

Meeting of Monday 11th September 2023

President John Bond welcomed 21 members to the meeting another good roll up of members. Keep coming to our meetings and enjoy our fun and friendship.

Some of the items discussed included:

• Paul gave notice to the members of the board that the next BoD meeting will be at 5.15pm at the Sports Club.
• Paul gave a run down on the Coolamon Community Chronicle:
  • We need to purchase paper from another supplier at double the cost of the previous supplier.
  • Deadlines fast approaching for the next issue.
• Brian said the he had a good contact for paper.
• Adrian and Brian spoke on the upcoming Marrar Madness weekend.  Adrian read out the roster.
• Albert advised the members that he has booked the Foodworks store for the street raffle on the 14th October.
• Daryl would like to donate a 3 burner BBQ and hot plate to the club and it comes with it’s own 9kg gas bottle.
• John Bond reminded us that October has 5 Mondays and called for ideas for a social night on the 5th Monday on October the 30th.
• Albert reminded us all to start looking for 4 gardens for an Open Garden Day in October 2024.
• Henk wants all the telephone numbers back on next Monday night with any changes that you have found that need updating.  If you have not been able to call all the numbers that you were given please let us know, thanks.
• Adrian reported on the Coolamon Landcare tree planting project Trees for Bees or was that a working Bee for Trees?

Marrar Madness report from Adrian a full report will be given by Bear on Monday night.:

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday 18th September – Board Meeting:  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 5.00pm for 5.15pm.

Monday 18th September – Normal Meeting:   Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Saturday 23rd September – Rotaract Wagga Wagga Trivia Night.  North Wagga Community Hall 6.00 for 6.30pm $25 per head.  Contact Grahame Miles or Garth Perkin for details.

Monday 25th September – Normal Meeting:   Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Saturday September 30th and Sunday October 1st. Gears & Beers Wollundry RC Weekend.

Monday 2nd October – NO Meeting:   October Labour Day weekend public holiday.

Saturday 7th October and Sunday 8th October – Volunteers needed see Mary Potts for the

THE HUME & HOVELL ULTRA 2023

Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd October – Rotary District 9705 Annual Conference. Queanbeyan.

* Partner’s night

Saturday 11th November – Wagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC cater lunch and dinner for cycling
event at Pomegolarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

WORLD POLIO DAY 2023 OCTOBER 24th.

WORLD POLIO DAY

What is polio?

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system.

P.S. TEMORA RC RAFFLE

it’s that time of year again! Keep your eyes open for our ticket sellers. Who wouldn’t want to win a brand new registered trailer filled with gardening goodies.  Outside Woolworths this Friday, and at the Temora Show on Saturday. Check it out!!

September is Rotary’s Basic Education & Literacy Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for September 11th 2023

Meeting of Monday 4th September 2023

President John Bond welcomed 22 members to the meeting another good roll up of members.

Some of the items discussed included:

• John Bond said that Paul, Anne and himself had produced and printed the latest edition of the Coolamon Community Chronicle with thanks to Sharon Miles for her input.  The CCC is now out and being distributed.
• Paul said that the CCC needs more stories to take up the extra 4 pages for the next edition.  The stories would help balance the content, as there are many adverts.  The next edition will have 24 pages instead of 20.
• Mary advised the meeting that the audits have been completed for our accounts for 2022-2023 with no problems encountered.
• Henk reported that the Coolamon Rotary Telephone Book 2023 edition needs more work from our members.  Last week John G distributed 4 pages to each member for members to check one any entries from the 2018 book that were no longer in the area.
• Ian said that he had called 20 entries and found that 7 of the 20 were no longer connected.  Henk suggested that we can start calling the numbers from the 2018 book as provided.  The CRCTB 2023 committee will then collate all the results to be uploaded and or deleted from the current CRCTB 2023 Excel file.
• Albert spoke on the upcoming Wollundry RC’s Gears and Beers Bike and Beer festival on Sunday October 1st.  Albert is looking for volunteers to measure the ingredients for the ANZAC biscuits on Saturday 23rd September.  The cooking of the biscuits will be held on Saturday 30th September.  Please contact Albert as to your availability.
• Albert also spoke about the potato growing competition and handed out more seed potatoes at $5.00 each for those who want to grow spuds!  The prize for the best/largest spud will win the pool of  cash.  No cheating will be allowed!
• John Bond asked the members present to consider volunteering for the Red Faces committee.  So far John B is the Chair and Mary, Anne and Paul are on the committee.  John B would like us to consider the following:
  • The committee will work out the feasibility of Red Faces and some items to be considered include:
    • A panel of judges
    • Who would be invited to participate
    • Advertising for the event.
    • Raffles, venue and entry fees.
    • Ideas are needed from all of our members.
• Albert suggested that we have a street raffle and will help to organise a suitable day.  Albert suggested a $100 fuel voucher as the prize on the day.  Venue to be outside Foodworks.  Thank you Albert.
• Albert also suggested that if we are going to hold an Open Garden day in 2024, that we should be planning for that event 12 months ahead of time i.e. now.  The Open Garden Committee has the following members alongside Albert:  Brian (Bear), John B, Anne, Lexi and Barry.
• Grahame reminded members of the upcoming Rotaract Wagga Wagga Trivia Night.  It is on Saturday 23rd September at the North Wagga Community Hall 6.00 for 6.30pm $25 per head.  Contact Grahame Miles or Garth Perkin for details.  We need a table of 8 to make it worthwhile at $175 per table.
• Ian called for volunteers for this Saturday 9th July to help Coolamon Landcare with tree planting to be held at 9.30am in the Wetlands.

We had a good meeting of friendship and the evening ended with a spirited fines session by Cpl Garth with some help from our S@A Dick who was on crutches following his recent knee surgery.  Welcome back Dick!

The raffle was won by Mary.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday 11th September – Normal Meeting:   Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Saturday 16th September – Marrar Madness  Car Parking RC Coolamon volunteers.  10.00am-6.00pm

Monday 18th September – Board Meeting:  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 5.00pm for 5.15pm.

Monday 18th September – Normal Meeting:   Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Saturday 23rd September – Rotaract Wagga Wagga Trivia Night.  North Wagga Community Hall 6.00 for 6.30pm $25 per head.  Contact Grahame Miles or Garth Perkin for details.

Monday 25th September – Normal Meeting:   Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Saturday September 30th and Sunday October 1st. Gears & Beers Wollundry RC Weekend.

Monday 2nd October – NO Meeting:   October Labour Day weekend public holiday.

Saturday 7th October and Sunday 8th October – Volunteers needed see Mary Potts for the

THE HUME & HOVELL ULTRA 2023

Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd October – Rotary District 9705 Annual Conference. Queanbeyan.

* Partner’s night

Saturday 11th November – Wagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC cater lunch and dinner for cycling
event at Pomegolarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

Rotary District 9705 Conference

September is Rotary’s Basic Education & Literacy Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletins for August 2023

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for 7th August 2023

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for 14th August 2023

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for 21st August 2023

NB Click on the above links to read the bulletin for that week.

Meeting of Monday 28th August

President John Bond welcomed 18 members to the meeting which was fun,  we have so many members with a great sense of humour.  We had a good meeting which included teh following:

• Pau Weston will have the Board minutes out as soon as possible.
• John Bond reported that 4 members attended the Junee RC Ken Hutt talk on paragliding off Mount Everest.
• Albert Suidgeest issued a potato growing challenge and “sold” one Pink Eye potato and the winner who grows the largest Pink Eye spud takes all.   The “Biggest Spud” will be judged at our last regular meeting in 2023.
• Adrian Lindner has enough volunteers for the Marrar Madness carp parking duties and teh roster will be sent out to all.
• Howard Atkinson recounted a story where he was bitten by a Kangaroo or Wallaroo to be accurate.  Poo Wallaroo was caught in a fence and Howard was unable to free it.
• Grahame Miles promoted teh upcoming Rotaract Trivia night in wagga at the North Wagga Footy Club Rooms at McPherson Oval:  6.00pm for 6.30pm @ $25 per head.  Proceeds will go towards Rotaract Wagga sponsoring a student to attend the National Youth Science Forum in January.
• John Bond asked those interested in supporting his idea of a Red Faces night to come to the Sports Club next Monday at 6.00pm to look at teh feasibility of holding a Red Faces night.
• John Glassford then handed out 4 pages with 20 names on each page to the 18 members in attendance for the CRC Telephone Book 2023.  Members present were asked to check the 80 names for accuracy i.e. if there were any glaring errors.  John would like the results back by next Monday.  From here we will then call all the names on the list prior to looking for advertisers.

The evening concluded with a very spirited fines session by Cpl. Garth and teh raffles were won by John Bond and Paul Weston.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday 28th August – Normal Meting:   Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Saturday 16th September – Marrar Madness  Car Parking RC Coolamon Car Parking.  10.00am-6.00pm

Monday 18th September – Board Meeting:  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 5.00pm for 5.15pm.

Saturday 23rd September – Rotaract Wagga Wagga Trivia Night.  North Wagga Community Hall 6.00 for 6.30pm $25 per head.  Contact Graham Miles or Garth Perkin for details.

Saturday September 30th and Sunday October 1st. Gears & Beers Wollundry RC Weekend.

Saturday 7th October and Sunday 8th October – Volunteers needed see Mary Potts for the

THE HUME & HOVELL ULTRA 2023

Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd October – Rotary District 9705 Annual Conference. Queanbeyan.

* Partner’s night

Saturday 11th November – Wagga Cycle Club Event:  CRC cater lunch and dinner for cycling
event at Pomegolarna Reserve Wagga Wagga. Volunteers needed.

THE PUZZLER

Answer to the last puzzler

A) India, B) Germany, C) Mexico, D) Vietnam, E) China, F) New Zealand, G) Somalia, H) UK, I) Taiwan, J) Italy

This month’s puzzlers

Riddle: What tastes better than it smells?

Math puzzle: Dick has three bags, each containing two marbles. Bag A contains two white marbles, Bag B contains two black marbles, and Bag C contains one white marble and one black marble. You pick a bag at random and take out one marble, which is white. What is the probability that the remaining marble from the same bag is also white?

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

1. THE ROTARY FOUNDATION AREAS OF FOCUS

7 AREAS OF FOCUS

The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation have identified seven areas of focus for Global Grants. These areas reflect critical humanitarian issues and needs that Rotarians are addressing worldwide. They will align Rotary with other international development efforts and will strategically further the mission of The Rotary Foundation.

STATEMENTS OF PURPOSE AND GOALS

Each of the seven areas of focus begins with a statement of purpose, followed by a list of specific goals. The Rotary Foundation will use the goals to establish:

• Projects and activities for global grants
• Possible strategic partners for global grants
• Evaluation criteria for club- and district-developed global grants
• A system for measuring outcome for all global grants

AREAS OF FOCUS

1. Peacebuilding and Conflict Prevention
2. Disease Prevention and Treatment
3. Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
4. Maternal and Child Health
5. Basic Education and Literacy
6. Community Economic Development
7. Protecting Our Environment

ROTARY’S 7 AREAS OF FOCUS

2. DISTRICT 9705 NEWSLETTER AUGUST.

In this edition of this month’s District 9705 there is a story on out star pupil Tracy Ochieng.  There are also many other excellent stories from around our District.

D9705 August Newsletter

Click on the image above to read the article.

Tracy’s speech that Tracy gave the 2011 Mountains of the Moon team is here in a pdf file so that you can read it.

Tracy Monica Speech p1

3. REGIONALSATION PILOT ZONE 8

Our current governance structure is 70 years old. It has not adapted to the needs of today or tomorrow. In 2018, the Rotary Board of Directors tasked the Shaping Rotary’s Future (SRF) Committee with developing an innovative plan to enhance the current membership experience, improve our ability to adapt, and create an organisational structure that attracts and engages new participants for generations to come.

• Identify at the regional and district level the 10-30 clubs that would form a section.

• Establish who will be section leaders.

• Districts continue to exist, but essentially as a shelf entity under the stewardship of the last district governor covering remaining essentials until eventually all district functions are taken over by the region.

• The Regional Council is fully operational.

• To help clubs and members spend more time on meaningful volunteering, the proposed pilot updates district-level positions to offer more skills-focused volunteer leadership roles, as well as governance updates to make those roles more accessible and centralise shared administration responsibilities currently shouldered by each district.

Regional Council Election

Club Presidents will consult with their members, then submit a vote on behalf of their club once voting opens in October 2023. All clubs will be able to cast one vote for each Regional Council position they are eligible to vote for, with each vote being weighted equally regardless of club membership numbers.

Club Presidents and Secretaries will receive emails closer to the date with voting instructions.

Governance across the zone will be overseen by a Regional Council elected by clubs. The Regional Council will be led by a Chair who will be supported by a Chair-Elect, with each serving two-year terms.

As Rotarians and Rotaractors of Rotary Districts participating in the Regionalisation Pilot, you will soon be able to apply for the Regional Council positions of Chair, Chair-Elect and Portfolio Leads. Only Rotaractors can apply to be the Rotaract Nominee. The role descriptions for these positions are now available on the Creating Tomorrow website.

Rotary and Rotaract clubs and members are at the heart of the Regionalisation Pilot. You are the ones who make a difference in your communities everyday and attract people to Rotary and Rotaract. The Pilot’s main goal is to find ways to more effectively and efficiently support you and your club to increase impact, grow membership, and adapt to changing volunteer needs and expectations.

We encourage you to actively discuss this opportunity in your club.

Regionalisation Website Information

September is Rotary’s Basis Education & Literacy Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Credit: Alamy Images

Simply AMAZING 75,000+ watching the Spain v England Final for the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

IN AUSTRALIA!!!!

FELICIDAES VAMOS ESPANA!

Congratulations to the Aussie Matildas on making the semi-final the first Australian football team male or female to have achieved this level in the world game.

Credit: Getty Images

NEIL MUNRO UPDATE

Clare Munro sent us this update on our good mate Neil:

“Dear John,

MEETING of MONDAY 21st. AUGUST

President John Bond welcomed 23 members tonight an excellent turn out.

We started with any news on our members who are not so well at the moment.  Grahame Miles spoke about Neil Munro and said that Neil is likely to remain in Sydney for the next two months.  Clare’s news on Neil is above.

Albert Suidgeest had news on Dick Jennings and his two knees.  Dick is up and about and is going swimming and Dick would welcome visitors after 11.00am.

President John gave a brief summary of the board meeting held before the regular meeting.  This included news on the Red Faces committee meeting next Monday at 6.00pm.

Howard Atkinson advised the meeting that our Coolamon and Ganmain towns have received a lot of publicity recently especially on the Ganmain Show.

Anne Rzeszkowski advised the meeting that we have been invited to support a bike event on the 11th November, more details will follow.

Leslie Weston had a few words to say about membership and recruiting and retaining new members.

Adrian Lindner thanked the 10 volunteers who helped with the car parking at the Ganmain Show on Saturday. Adrian also said that he now has enough volunteers for the Marrar Madness event.

Daryl Breust advised us that he had purchased three gazebo tents and that they are in his garage ready for the October long weekend for Gears & Beers.

Paul Weston said that the winner of the monthly puzzler was Scott Mudd.

An excellent meeting concluded with a heads and tails conducted by stand in S@A Garth Perkin which Barry Langtry won.  The raffle was won by Gary Truscott.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

*Saturday 26th August – Junee Rotary Club evening with Rtn Ken Hutt RC of Berry. Ken will talk on “The attempt to paraglide off Mt. Everest.”   Junee Ex Services Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm. Cost is $30.00 per head to benefit Polio Plus .

Fly off Everest for Polio

Details in the attached pdf file below:

Ken Hutt night 2

Monday 28th August – Normal Meting:   Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Saturday 16th September – Marrar Madness  Car Parking volunteers needed.  10.00am-6.00pm

Saturday September 30th and Sunday October 1st. Gears & Beers Wollundry RC Weekend.

Saturday 7th October and Sunday 8th October – Volunteers needed see Mary Potts for the

THE HUME & HOVELL ULTRA 2023

Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd October – Rotary District 9705 Annual Conference. Queanbeyan.

* Partner’s night

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

MEMBERSHIP AND RETENTION SOME IDEAS

ROTARY D5580 10 tips TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN MEMBERS.

Membership our lifeblood and our future.  We need to attract new members and at teh same time retain our current members.  This is a story form D5580 with 10 useful tips on how to attract and retain members.

Submitted by: Donald R. Cavalier, PDG, District Membership Chairperson

Give your potential members a meaningful Rotary experience by offering the opportunities to make a positive difference and connect with others in our communities and throughout the world.  They’ll make valuable friendships and feel good about Rotary and the work we’re doing to make the world a better place.  Remember, you have to “ASK”! and Follow-Up.

Read the full story here:

August is Rotary’s Membership & New Club Development Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Meeting of Monday 14th August

President John Bond welcomed 21 members and our guest speakers from Wollundry Rotary Club:  Phil McIntosh, David Byfield, Peter Crozier and Phil Burgess.

John Bond then spoke about the volunteers required for this Saturday’s Ganmain Show as parking attendants.  Adrian Lindner has it covered with 12 volunteers.

Marrar Madness Bear Brian Pattison spoke on what we will need and again Adrian has a list for volunteers going around for members.

Mary Post advised the meeting that Mary had visited Neil Munro in hospital and Neil sends his regards to all of us.  Neil is undergoing dialysis at the moment prior to treatment for his blood disorder.  Neil loves all the cards and wishes from members.

Ian Jennings reported that Dick was having both knees replaced.

Henk Hulsman requested that all the 2018 telephone books be returned by the 21st August meeting with indications as to who is not around or have moved.

Paul Weston advised all board members of the next Board meeting to be held at 5.15pm on Monday 21st at the Sports Club.

Gears and Beers by Phil McIntosh Wollundry RC.

Phil gave us the details for the upcoming Gears & Beers weekend, Saturday 30th September-Sunday 1st October.

Modern technology let us down tonight so Phil’s talk was verbal and an excellent outline of what we will be doing on Sunday 1st October.  Phil started by thanking Adrian Lindner for the use of his canola paddocks for the 2022 Gears & Beers event.  Phil said it was an outstanding way to introduce city folk to the country life.

Phil went on to say how much the riders appreciated the Coolamon hospitality and especially the legendary ANZAC biscuits.  The contribution from Coolamon is immense and so much appreciated by Phil and his committee.

Phil gave us more information for Albert Suidgeest and Bear Brian Pattison and their committee.  Daryl Breust will be in Europe for this year’s Gears & Beers.  However it is in good hands.

The main event the Dirty 130 leaves Wagga at 7.00am on Sunday 1st October and will be in Coolamon by 9.00am.  This year they will be coming in from a different direction.  The routes are available here on the Gears & Bears website:

Gears & Beers October 1st 2023

Phil went on to say that the Dirty 130 is not a race and that they work on ideas like the canola crop as a way of local community attractions.  This generated a couple of responses from the members including Ian Jennings suggesting that one such attraction would be Barry Langtry’s machinery shed.  Bruce Hamilton offered a mob of sheep to ride through if they went further South next time.

Phil then said that the 115km ride will be going via Marrar and expected in Coolamon at 9.15am.  Phil encouraged us to have plenty of colourful bunting in Lions Park and create a festival like atmosphere.  Phil concluded by saying that the entries are down this year however they hope to reach 2,000 riders.

You can also look up the Gears & Beers Facebook page and they are also on Instagram:

Gears & Beers Facebook

President John Bond thanked Phil and Wollundry Rotary Club and guaranteed that we would be there on Sunday October 1st.

S@A Garth Perkin held a short impromptu fines session and the raffle was won by Craig Lambert.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Saturday 19th August – Ganmain Annual Show.  CRC members will support the Lions Club of Coolamon for car parking duties.  Ganmain Show

Monday  21st August – CRC Board Meeting.   Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 5.00 for 5.15 pm.

Monday  21st August – Normal Meeting.   Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

*Saturday 26th August – Junee Rotary Club evening with Rtn Ken Hutt RC of Berry. Ken will talk on “The attempt to paraglide off Mt. Everest.”   Junee Ex Services Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm. Cost is $30.00 per head to benefit Polio Plus .

Fly off Everest for Polio

Details in the attached pdf file below:

Ken Hutt night 2

Saturday 16th September – Marrar Madness  Car Parking volunteers needed.  10.00am-6.00pm

Saturday September 30th and Sunday October 1st. Gears & Beers Wollundry RC Weekend.

Saturday 7th October and Sunday 8th October – Volunteers needed see Mary Potts for the

THE HUME & HOVELL ULTRA 2023

Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd October – Rotary District 9705 Annual Conference. Queanbeyan.

* Partner’s night

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

Corporate Social Responsibility Grants

This is an exciting new way to get a grant from our Foundation in conjunction with a corporate sponsor.

https://www.rotaryfoundationaustralia.org.au/csrgrants

CSR Grants provide a straightforward way for corporations to engage with Rotary in the delivery of mutually agreed outcomes.

For example, if a corporation has a focus on making a difference in the education of children in indigenous communities, chances are there’s a Rotary club that will have very similar aspirations—along with the ‘feet on the ground’ to bring the project to life.

In other cases, an Australian Rotary club may, as an example, be looking for funding for a project that will deliver outstanding outcomes in the growth of small businesses in a country where the corporation is doing business. Rotary’s network of over 35,000 clubs, in almost every country in the world, can help make this possible.

August is Rotary’s Membership & New Club Development Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Meeting of Monday 7th August

President John Bond welcomed 18 members and our guest speaker Brendan Haldon.  We had an early start to the meeting as the FIFA Women’s World Cup was on the same night and some of us wanted to get home earlier than normal.

Tonight we had as our guest speaker Brendan Haldon who is the President of the Marrar Camp Draft Association.  Brendan advised us that over 2,000 people are expected to attend the weekend.  Brain “Bear” Pattison and Adrian Lindner are organising the volunteers and their time slots.

There will be something for everybody at Marrar Madness:

Xtreme Broncs

Bull riding

Barrel Racing

Camp drafting

Food Stalls

Sideshows and Rides

Clothing and Other Stalls

Live Music Friday and Saturday nights

Marrar Madness Facebook Page

Adrian Lindner spoke on the volunteers that are needed to help the Coolamon Lions at the upcoming Ganmain Show on Saturday 19th August a roster was drawn up for volunteers.

Daryl reminded the members that the next meeting 14th August Wollundry RC will be visiting to outline the upcoming Gears & Beers weekend and what will be required from our club.

Albert Suidgeest asked the Board members in attendance to approve the purchase of three gazebo tents to be used for the Gears & Beers weekend.  Albert can get them from Anaconda or Bunnings at $140.00 each which the Board approved.

The evening finished with a quick fines session by our Cpl. Garth Perkin and the main fine was for the Westons cleaning up at the recent dog show in Wagga Wagga with their dog Frank.  The raffle was won by Howard Atkinson.

DIARY

N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

*Monday  14th – Speaker Meeting.  Reps from Wollundry RC will be on hand to lay out the plans for this year’s instalment of Gears and Beers, scheduled for Sunday of the October long weekend. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Saturday 19th August – Ganmain Annual Show.  Volunteers needed to support the Lions Club of Coolamon for car parking duties.  Ganmain Show

Monday 21st August – Normal Meeting.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

*Saturday 26th August – Junee Rotary Club evening with Rtn Ken Hutt RC of Berry. Ken will talk on “The attempt to paraglide off Mt. Everest.”   Junee Ex Services Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm. Cost is $30.00 per head to benefit Polio Plus .

Fly off Everest for Polio

Details in the attached pdf file below:

Ken Hutt night 2

Saturday 16th September – Marrar Madness  Car Parking volunteers needed.  10.00am-6.00pm

Saturday September 30th and Sunday October 1st. Gears & Beers Wollundry RC Weekend.

Saturday 7th October and Sunday 8th October – Volunteers needed see Mary Potts for the

THE HUME & HOVELL ULTRA 2023

Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd October – Rotary District 9705 Annual Conference. Queanbeyan.

* Partner’s night

JUST FOR LAUGHS

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

ROTARY CLUB OF LAHAINIA MAUI

No words can describe what happened to the beautiful historic Lahaina town in Maui.  I am sure that our club and D9705 will come to their aid.

August is Rotary’s Membership & New Club Development Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for July 2023

Coolamon Rotary Club Changeover Dinner July 2023

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for 10th July 2023

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for 17th July 2023

Coolamon Rotary Bulletin for 24th July 2023

NB Click on the above links to read the bulletin for that week.

Meeting of Monday 31st July

Tonight we had a social evening at the Rustic Pantry in Coolamon, being the 5th Monday of the month.

It was a most enjoyable meal and evening of hospitality. On hand were several guests including past member Bernadette Milne, now a Friend of Rotary, and others including Maureen Hulsman, Lorraine Hamilton, Marilyn Jennings, Ivan Furner, Jan Nulty, Susan Glassford, Ruth Morgan and Mick O’Brien and his wife Gayle.  Also in attendance were 18 members for a total of 28.

Mary Potts asked members to look at volunteering for the Hume and Hovell Ultra Marathon weekend. The organising committee is seeking volunteers for this event, in return for a donation to the club. They need an indication of volunteer numbers before next Monday’s meeting to determine if they can proceed with the event.

The meal was excellent and the atmosphere very pleasant indeed.   Here are some photos from the evening:

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N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday  7th August – Speaker Meeting. Brendan Haldon will describe the new plans for this year’s Marrar Madness and how Rotarians can help at the event, to be held on 16th September. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm (our guest speaker will lead off the evening before dinner as he needs to leave by 7.30).

*Monday  14th – Speaker Meeting.  Reps from Wolundry RC will be on hand to lay out the plans for this year’s instalment of Gears and Beers, scheduled for Sunday of the October long weekend. Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

*Saturday 26th August – Junee Rotary Club evening with Rtn Ken Hutt RC of Berry. Ken will talk on “The attempt to paraglide off Mt. Everest.”   Junee Ex Services Club, 6.30 for 7.00 pm. Cost is $30.00 per head to benefit Polio Plus .

Fly off Everest for Polio

Details in the attached pdf file below:

Ken Hutt night 2

Saturday September 30th and Sunday October 1st. Gears & Beers Wollundry RC Weekend.

Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd October – Rotary District 9705 Annual Conference. Queanbeyan.

* Partner’s night

THIS MONTH’S PUZZLERS

Answers to the last puzzlers:

• Wordy one:The word that’s always spelled incorrectly in the dictionary is ‘incorrectly’!Mathy one: To make 100 percent certain that he has at least one pair of black socks, he must take out at least 42 socks.

This week’s puzzle is a geography quiz. Can you identify the countries below based solely on their shape? The winner is the one with the greatest number correct!

JUST FOR LAUGHS

Famous musicians in their younger years:

N.B.  ALL of the above images were obtained from Facebook

ROTARY NEWS

Adrian Lindner our Club Representative for the D9705 Environment Committee is looking for support to hold a Living Sustainable expo in Wagga Wagga.  The idea is well worth supporting and the Rotary Club of Orange have held very successful and informative living sustainable week  and expo in the past.

Here are some stories and links to the Rotary Club of Orange’s Expo:

ORANGE SUSTAINABILITY LIVING WEEK AND EXPO

Read More here

RC of Orange Sustainable Living Week

August is Rotary’s Membership & New Club Development Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Meeting of Monday 24th July

Tonight we had 18 members and no guests who attended tonight’s meeting following a board meeting at 5.15 pm.  Included in our 18 members was Myffy Collette who has returned following a brief hiatus. Welcome back, Myffy! President John Bond welcomed everyone and we had a great dinner as usual.

President John spoke about the upcoming 5th Monday (31st July).  We all discussed options for a social night instead of our usual Monday meeting.  We ended up choosing the Rustic Pantry, which will be confirmed by club admin director Henk.

Items that were discussed included:

• Mary Potts reminded members that the 6 month Rotary fees are well and truly due.
• Lions Coolamon have asked for help with the Ganmain Show on August 18th in Ganmain.  Dave McCann will need an answer as to how many members will be available to help.
• We also discussed New Year’s Eve and to what extent we will participate.
• Mary reported that the Hey Twins are now $500 better off following our donation to their appeal for help.

We ended the evening with a fines session by our S@A Dick Jennings.

All in all another great night of fun and friendship.

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N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

*Monday  July 31st – Social Meeting.  The Rustic Pantry, 6.30 for 7 pm.

*Monday  TBA – Upcoming Speaker Meeting.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd October – Rotary District 9705 Annual Conference. Queanbeyan.

* Partner’s night

JUST FOR LAUGHS

ALL cartoons and jokes were sourced from Facebook.

ROTARY NEWS

ROTARIANS FOR FIGHTING AIDS:

The Rotary Action Group for Family Health and AIDS Prevention

Congratulations to Bola Oyebade, our Nigeria RFHD Country Coordinator, on receiving the prestigious Jerry’s Hero Award recently! Presented by RFHA CEO Sue Paget.

His unwavering commitment to Rotary Family Health Days and his exceptional organization of the program have made an incredible impact on communities across Nigeria

Learn more about our program and get involved by visiting our website:www.rfha.org

RFHA works across Africa and India to provide free quality health resources to people who would otherwise fall between the cracks to critical care. Over the past 11 years, RFHA has used initiatives such as the Rotary Family Health Days program to bridge the gap and so far more than 2.67 million people have already received health services.

The startling reality is that half the world’s population can’t access affordable healthcare.

Footnote:  John Glassford was a member of the RFFA Board 2009-2012, which became RFHA.  

July is Rotary’s Maternal & Child Health Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford

Meeting of Monday 17th July

Tonight we had 18 members and no guests who attended tonight’s meeting following a board meeting at 5.15 pm.

President John Bond welcomed all and reported briefly on the board meeting held prior to our dinner meeting. Issues discussed included:

• New Year’s Eve
• Lions/Rotary joint meeting
• Ganmain Show car parking
• Planned Red Faces event

There was some general business discussed and our Service Projects Director PE Adrian Lindner spoke on some ideas for supporting environmental projects.

S@A Dick Jennings and Cpl Garth Perkin conducted a heads and tails competition instead of a fines session.

DISTRICT 9705 AREA 3 GOVERNOR PP GARTH PERKIN

AG Garth Perkin spoke to members at tonight’s meeting.

Garth looks after 13 clubs in Area 3 as a representative of District Governor Andrea Grosvenor.  Garth’s area includes Batlow, Tumut, Tumbarumba, all 5 Wagga Wagga Clubs, Junee, Temora, Coolamon, Wagga Wagga Rotaract club and the e-Club of Wagga.  Garth aims to attend each club on three occasions over the next 12 months.

Garth is organising joint meetings with presidents of nearby clubs such as Temora, Junee and Coolamon.

Garth spoke with passion about his volunteering work overseas and in particular the Darkness to Light project of the RC of Wagga Wagga led by Dr. Alok Sharma from that club.   Some photos below:

Darkness to Light is a joint effort between the RC of  Yamunanagar Riviera in Northern India and the RC of Wagga Wagga.   Darkness to light has an excellent website below:

Darkness to Light

Here are some photos of Garth over the past few years:

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N.B. You are always welcome to bring guests to most of our meetings, just advise Ian Jennings if you want to bring a guest along when you respond to the weekly dinner roll call!

Monday  January 24th – Regular Meeting.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

*Monday  TBA – Upcoming Speaker Meeting.  Coolamon Sport & Rec Club, 6.30 for 7 pm.

Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd October – Rotary District 9705 Annual Conference. Queanbeyan.

* Partner’s night

JUST FOR LAUGHS

ALL cartoons and jokes were sourced from Facebook.

ROTARY NEWS

Rotary magazine’s 2023 Photo Awards

See the world courtesy of this year’s award-winning photographers

Writing in this magazine in 1946, Paul Harris remarked that “travel is a good corrective for … mental near-sightedness.” The same holds true for photography, especially if, like Rotary itself, the photographer takes a global perspective.

To verify that observation you need look no further than this issue of Rotary magazine…….

FULL STORY HERE.

Winner

Photographer: Edward Uhalla
Rotaract Club of Ikate, Nigeria

July is Rotary’s Maternal & Child Health Month

Graphics by Debbie Vance from Canada

ROTARY CLUB OF COOLAMON Inc. 2023-24

Chartered March 3rd, 1971; Sponsoring Club Narrandera Rotary Club

• President: John Bond
• President-Elect 2024-2025: Adrian Lindner
• Secretary: Paul Weston
• Treasurer: Mary Potts
• Membership Director: Leslie Weston
• Service Projects Director:  Adrian Lindner
• Youth Services Director: Scott Mudd
• Club Admin Director:  Henk Hulsman
• Public Image Director: Grahame Miles
• Sergeant @ Arms: Dick Jennings
• Immediate Past President and Vice-President: Paul Weston
• Bulletin Editors: Paul Weston and John Glassford
• Webmaster: John Glassford