20120716 weekly bulletin

Last Meeting:

09 July 2012 Program:

State Member for the Hills

Apologies:

Alan Jones

Ian Pearce

Rod Tilden

Bob Low

Greg Rieper

Next Meeting:

Monday, 23 July 2012

Program

Members Night

WHAT AM I UP TO NOW

PP Alex Traill

Duty Roster

Door PP Alex Traill

Minutes PP Gordon Scoble

Rotary Grace PP Allan Walker

Rotary Grace:

“O Lord our giver

of all good

We thank You for

our daily food,

May Rotary friends

and Rotary ways,

Help us to serve

you all our days”.

Rotary Four-

Way Test:

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all

concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Mon 16 July 2012

Issue 4. No. 03 The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville

Weekly Bulletin

Program: Meeting Community needs in NW Sydney Duty Roster tonight: Door PP Wilf Van Emmerik Minutes PP Graeme Rohan Rotary Grace PP Alex Traill Birthdays: 18-Jul Kelly Cann

Anniversaries: Toasts: Loyal Rtn. Bob Low Overseas Club Rtn. Michael Gristci What Am I Up To Now PP Allan Walker

Rotary Grace: “O Lord our giver of all good

We thank You for our daily food, May Rotary friends and Rotary ways,

Help us to serve you all our days”.

Monday, 16 July 2012

In this Issue Presidents Message Page 2 Summary of Last Meeting Page 2 International Toast Page 4 Vocational Service Corner Page 5 Foundation Thought Page 6

Rotary Four-Way Test: Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Looking into the future On 1 July 2013, all districts will begin using The Rotary Foundation’s new grant model. How much do you know about the purpose and benefits of Future Vision?

LifeStraw®

One effective way to help water-stressed communities is to donate and distribute LifeStraw® Personal

water purifiers. These unique handheld devices are produced by

the Swiss-based company Vestergaard Frandsen.

A new Rotary year

Rotary club, district, and Rotary International officers began their

terms 1 July. Welcome the 2012-13 leaders as they pursue Peace

Through Service.

The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start. Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE

Summary of Last Meeting – PP Graeme Rohan

PRESIDENTS REPORT Happenings during the week just pasted. Ray, Penny,Wilf and Myself attended Bunning’s opening on July4. Very impressed with store and presentation. Surprised at extent of community involvement already achieved. Penny and I attended the “Inner Wheel” changeover on Sunday July 8. Many members of our club were also in attendance as partners of the Inner Wheel members. A gala will be held at Oakhill College on Saturday July 21 and our club and others in the area will be staffing a tent to highlight the Rotary involvement in community. Volunteers are sought to firstly assist in setting up the facilities and in donating their time to attend on the Saturday On Saturday July 14 we have put together a party to contest the Rouse Hill Rotary Trivia night and hope to have a great night.

Hello Everyone, It was a good turnout at last Monday’s Club’s meet ing, to hear our guest speaker Dominic Perrotte t, State MP for Castle Hill, give his presentation. It was very encouraging to hear that Dominic is conscious of and a strong supporter of all the community service volunteers in the Castle Hill area. It was also good to hear him speak to Keith Stapley’s concerns about the changes in strategies for employment of educators in areas with high levels of indigenous pupils, given the strong connection we have with Kylie Pennell, Principal, of Bourke Public School, and her fear that her posit ion may be at risk. On Monday we have Warren Weir speaking about meeting community needs in the Hills . Warren established North West Community Care (later to become Connections Community Development) with his wife, Cheryle, in 2000, implementing community strategies in new developments across Australia. In addition, Warren runs the charity North West Helping Hand that provides assistance to people throughout the Sydney region, and engages with Parklea prison on rehabilitation programm es. I am very much looking forward to what Warren has to say to us. Hope to see you all there. Warm regards, President Bobby Redman


The young lass presently undergoing treatment at Westmead by ROMAC is recovering well and offers of temporary residential assistance are still sought. We have become aware of a couple of Commonwealth Grants which may be available to assist our club in conducting meetings and community help and have circulated to members , suggestions as to what use these funds should be applied if we are successful. The results of our survey have chosen a “Defibulater” as the most needed. SECRETARY Wilf attended the Funeral of Robyn Gregory today and met up with a number of past and present Rotarians from the former Baulkham Hills Club. TREASURER Keith again reminded members of their need to promptly pay the first half of their 2012-2013 Subs A heads up regarding the “Open Gardens” . A new garden has been secured opposite Oakhill College but one of last years is not available. A date change may be necessary. More to come. YOUTH Final entries have been received, only four schools participating this year, and being evaluated by Gordon. INTERNATIONAL Due to our involvement in the malarial eradication project, we have “Adopted” two villages in Papua New Guinea. Not sure what this means other than an appreciation of our involvement. Watch this space. GUEST SPEAKER- Mr Dominic Francis PERROTTET, LLB, BCOM MP

Dominic spoke in general terms about his impressions as a member for the hills and the politics which have kept the district from getting its share of resources in the past. He is proud to represent this area which he believes represents the best community spirit of all the districts in NSW and possibly Australia. Hills residents are by far the most involved with activities involving their district. Issues involving such things as “N W Rail”, “Showground Road upgrade” “Traffic congestion” are the ones “bugging” our area and at least progress has been made in the first two after years of inaction.


The State has a major lack of funds for infrastructure due to the ignorance of the growth potential of the Hills however the current Government has taken a number of positive steps to cut waste, reduce bad policy and generally change thinking from short to long term focus. The club should be justly proud of it’s successful “Bourke School Project” and he would seek further information with a view to assist in any changes which may be contemplated by officialdom to restructure the great working arrangement which we have achieved with Bourke school personal

Weekly Toast - Overseas Club

This week we would like to toast the The Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale – Distr ict 6990.

We congratulate them for their work for clean water projects and on celebrat ing 90 years of service above self .

A Proven Track Record The Rotary Club of Fort Lauderdale, in cooperation with the children of various schools such as the W.H. Smith School (a Syracuse NY Rota kids chapter grades 1 to 7,), Rotary International and Angel Mission, have already donated more than 20,000 LifeStraw®

units to needy people in Tanzania and Uganda. The partners are committed to reaching the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of reducing by half the

number of people (nearly 1 bi l l ion people, or 1/5 of the world’s population) without access to safe drinking water by 2015. Rotary International is a natural partner in providing clean water to prevent diarrhea and related life-threatening diseases; the organization has been instrumental in the eradication of polio around the world and has a clean water init iat ive recognized by

the United Nations.


Vocational Service Corner

The View from Japan - Vocational Service Through a Peace Fellow's Lens

Rotary Peace Fellow and photographer Allison Kwesell has traveled around the world covering areas devastated by conflict and natural disaster. She hopes that through photos, she can shine a light on the suffering of war and the importance of achieving peace. Kwesell, a student at International Christian University in Tokyo, is currently working with an organization to create photo albums for those who lost everything in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. If you had minutes to flee a disaster and could take only one item, what would you choose? Most people name a possession that is often impossible to replace: their photos. In Ishinomaki, Japan, which was obliterated by an earthquake and 20-foot tsunami last March, survivors escaped with their lives and nothing else. Photojournalist Allison Kwesell traveled by bus in November to Ishinomaki from Tokyo, where she is a Rotary Peace Fellow, armed with two cameras, photo albums, and donated Fuji instant film. She joined two photographers who had formed Photohoku, named for the Tohoku region, where the disaster struck. The nonprofit aims to help survivors build new albums – and new memories. “As a journalist, I often feel that I am taking stories from the victims of disasters, war, and poverty,” Kwesell says. “I believe such stories have the power to effect change, but my photos and words might never directly help the people who let me into their lives.” This trip was different. The team asked survivors if they’d like to pose for photos, then gave them the instant prints. The photographers started albums for them and listened to their experiences. Kwesell recalls photographing a woman with her grandchildren in front of their temporary home: “She told me she was happy I chose to photograph her there, because it gave her the courage to move forward. She said she believes that one day, she and her family will look back on the photo and remember what they overcame.”

Invitation to Attend National Skills Week 2012

Don’t miss out on one of the most spectacular events of 2012! You have been invited to the launch of National Skills Week, we look forward to seeing you there on the 13th August at NIDA, from 5:30pm – 8pm Please RSVP by July 25, 2012 to [email protected].

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Rotary Foundation Thought for the Week

Future Vision

You can view the glass as half full or half empty on the topic of Future Vision. However, as we have worked through the steps needed to qualify our clubs and district, smaller clubs have begun to embrace the process and actively seek ways to work with

other clubs, both within and outside our district, to create larger, more sustainable projects. Thousands upon thousands of people can be positively impacted by such projects and then we can truly claim that we are living up to our mission of Doing Good in the World. I challenge Rotarians to think big about the Future Vision Plan.‖ — Rotarian Cecelia Babkirk

Vocational training team shares expertise with Aga Khan University faculty in Uganda

Members of a vocational training team shared their expertise in nursing education with faculty at Aga Khan University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery recently. The training team, the first funded by a Rotary Foundation packaged grant, visited the campus in Kampala, Uganda, 27 February-12 March. Led by physician and Past District Governor Matthias Oladeinde Shoga, the three nurse educators from Nigeria trained their counterparts in teaching practices that promote student learning and improve effectiveness in education. The training covered research techniques, the use of anatomical models, simulated classroom situations, and how to assess students’ attitudes through body language. “To demonstrate their acquired experience, the faculty conducted classes for students with the team in attendance as observers,” says Shoga. “The [VTT] experience was enriching for both the team and the university, as we had things to learn from each other.”

Maternal and child health The Foundation entered a strategic partnership with Aga Khan University last year, creating new opportunities for Rotarians to serve in the maternal and child health area of focus. Packaged grants are available under the Foundation’s Future Vision grant model.

Dr. Yasmin Amarsi, dean of Aga Khan University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, welcomes VTT leader Matthias Oladeinde Shoga to the university’s campus in Kampala, Uganda. Photo by Jan Damery


The team also met Dr. Yasmin Amarsi, dean of the school, who describes the launch of the partnership between the university and The Rotary Foundation through the VTT as a “history-making opportunity” to help improve maternal and child health in East Africa. She notes that it was particularly significant that the first VTT came to the university from another African country to forge stronger continental links and to learn from each other’s experiences. Team members also participated in a community service project sponsored by the Rotary Club of Muyenga, assisting the treatment of patients at a health clinic in Kassamu Kyali. The clinic is part of a large, sustainable Foundation grant project active in three areas of focus. It has established a clean water system, a bakery, a goat-breeding program, a vocational center where women sew dresses and uniforms for orphans and free mosquito bed nets for the community, and a solar-powered cold-chain facility that stores vaccines. The effort is sponsored by the Muyenga club and the Rotary Club of Genk-Noord, Belgium. “This was a revelation -- to see a single project touching so many areas of the lives of the inhabitants,” says Shoga. In addition, team members conducted a prenatal and health education clinic at the Mpigi Health Center, which serves about 120,000 people in an area near Kampala.

Understanding Rotary As a result of the VTT, team members say they have gained a better understanding of Rotary and have since become involved in service projects with their sponsor clubs. “One of the team members has shown interest in joining her sponsor club,” says Shoga. “All have been invited to join the Rotary Foundation alumni association [and] are enthusiastic about joining.” As for future contacts between the VTT and Aga Khan University, Shoga says the university’s faculty are committed to continuing to improve their skills as educators and excited to be part of opportunities that offer outside assistance. “Our findings of a survey made of students and faculty, as well as recommendations of the team, have been [provided] for future use by the faculty,” says Shoga. “The VTT plans to remain connected to the nursing education faculty at Aga Khan University.”

The team meets staff from the Mpigi Health Center near Kampala.

Photo courtesy of Matthias Oladeinde Shoga


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Club Members

Name

Classification

Ray Campbell PP,PHF Education - Secondary

Thomas Cann PHF Landscape Supplies

Col Davis Accounting Taxation

Russ Evans PP,PHF Finance

Henry Grech PP Legal Practice

Michael Griscti PHF Lighting Technician

Penny Hill PP, PHF Customer Service Manager

Alan Jones PP,PHF Marketing Consultancy

Bob Low PHF Electrical Distribution

Robert Mackey PP,PHF Construction Services

Ian Pearce PP,PHF Industrial Consultancy

Bruce Pike Nursery Retail

Suresh Prasad PP Sugar Research

Haran Ramachandran PP,PHF Computer Support

Bobby Redman Psychology

Michael Richardson Honorary Member

Greg Rieper PP,PHF Consultancy

Graeme Rohan PP,PHF Petroleum Distribution

Gordon Scoble PP,PHF Education Primary

Jim Sifonios PP,PHF Product Development

Keith Stapley PP,PHF Photogrammetry

Rod Tilden PP,PHF Window Furnishing Sales

Alex Traill PP,PHF Building & Maintenance

Wilf Van Emmerik PP,PHF Specialised Transport

Allan Walker PP Funeral Direction

Glenn Willcox PP Project Estimating

P – President PP - Past President PHF - Paul Harris Fellow

Note: Apologies must be in to PP Graeme Rohan by 12pm on Mondays so numbers

can be confirmed for dinner.

Club Calendar

Waiting Room

There were three fathers to be in a hospital waiting room, waiting for their babies to be born. The first nurse comes out and tells the first father, "Congratulations you're the father of twins!" He says, “Great! I am the manager for the Minnesota Twins.” The second nurse comes out and tells the second father, "Congratulations you're the father of triplets”! He says, "That's cool! I work for 3M." The third father opens the window and jumps out. The third nurse comes out, and asks, “Where's the third father?" One of the other fathers said, "Oh he jumped out the window.” The nurse asks, "Why?" He replied, "He works for Seven Up!"

Dan Murphy Roster

Saturday 21 July 12 PP Greg Rieper PP Wilf Van Emmerik

Saturday 28 July 12 PP Graeme Rohan PP Penny Hill PP Haran Ramachandran

WHAT AM I UP TO NOW July 23rd Alex Traill 30th Alan Jones

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