Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
Club of Kalgoorlie
Issue 2: August 2015
Contents: • President Gloria’s Piece
• Club News
• Avenues of Service
• District News
• International News
• General Information
• Important Dates
• Board and Committees
• Member Contact List
• Find Us Online …
• Club Roll of Honour
• Acronyms in Rotary
• … and finally …
Serving the community since 4 July 1947
2015/16 President:
Gloria Moyle
President Gloria’s Piece …
AUGUST 2015 MEMBERSHIP AND
NEW CLUB DEVELOPMENT
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Wow, I have survived my first month as President! It’s all about celebrating the positives no matter how small and what a fantastic month it has been, as a club we have been so busy. DG Melodie and PDG John’s visit on 13 July was a wonderful way for me to jump in the deep end, so to speak and chair my first meeting. More importantly, we were able to experience first-hand DG Melodie’s objectives for our district and as a club we were able to share some of our local ideas and projects for the coming year. I personally was thrilled to say that my bell ringing skills had definitely improved by the end of the meeting. Thank you to Esther for chairing the meetings while I have been away; I am looking forward to a speedy recovery and getting back to the meetings soon. Well done to all of the members that attended the Bunnings’ Sausage Sizzle on 19 July, it looks like approximately $800 was raised, what a phenomenal effort! I would like to give a special mention to Debra who has hit the ground running in the Community Service Directorship, not only did she stay all day at the sausage sizzle but organised a great turnout of the club for Tree Planting for Kalgoorlie–Boulder Land Care Group (KBULG) community tree planting day on 26 July where the community planted approximately 2500 plants in South Kalgoorlie. KBULG CEO, Kim, was extremely happy with the turnout and in record time too. It was great to see AG Geraldine and her grand-daughter Mia and our own club mascot Sophie who was keeping Grandad Ross on track with the shovel. I know that all of the Directors are working on their plans and projects for the coming year as we redevelop our Club plan for 2015-2016. Kelsey and Esther have completed the interviews for the candidates for the Leeuwin Experience in December; a huge job as there was a fantastic response.
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
President Gloria’s Piece (cont)
Club News – DG Melodie’s Visit
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club he has joined once he’s settled in. Enjoy the month ahead and remember you are all “A Gift to the WORLD “.
Gloria Moyle 2015-16 President
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Well come back to Angelo and Ross from your holidays, I am sure you both had a lovely time away and had a few adventures which I am sure we are all looking forward to hearing about at fellowship. Finally, we sadly said goodbye to member, Stephen Harper, who is leaving Kalgoorlie for Bathurst, NSW with his job with Sita. Stephen has been a fabulous member and both Rotary and the community will miss him very much. We wish him all the best with his move and new job and look forward to hearing which
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
Club News – Bunnings BBQ & Mr Harper
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
Club News – Tree Planting Day
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
13 years in the making, and lived up to the hype! Supporters from around the world flew to Arusha in June to celebrate The School of St Jude’s first ever Form 6 graduation. The milestone event saw the 61 students, proudly draped in gowns of navy blue and canary yellow and wearing matching mortarboard hats, complete their secondary schooling. More than 500 local family and community members, special guests, fellow students and school staff attended the event at the school’s Smith campus at Usa River. “I am so proud of these students and what they have accomplished,” school founder Gemma Sisia said. “This is a very special time for both them and the whole St Jude’s community.” Special guest, Deputy Education Minister, Anne Kilango Malecela expressed her high expectations for the students, and wished them well in their future pursuits. The ceremony featured cultural songs and dances, as well as special “gifts” of chickens and a goat to various honourees. The School of St Jude’s opened 13 years ago with just three students, and now almost 2000 of Arusha’s most promising and underprivileged pupils receive a free education there. Each year the school accepts 150 new pupils, who are tested and screened to see if they pass St Jude’s education and poverty tests before receiving a free education. The school will continue to support the students in the coming year as they embark on community service, with the majority volunteering to teach at government schools around Arusha.
http://in2eastafrica.net/
St Jude’s School Update
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Avenues of Service Membership
Like all of our new board members, I am keen to get involved and help ensure our Club continues to make a difference in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Of course to keep our club going, and to make sure we are relevant, we need new members BUT that will not be the only focus this year. We have a wealth of knowledge and skills in our club and we can all learn from each other, so I am proposing that the focus for membership will be GROWTH – growth of our club and the personal growth of our members. There are a number of ways we can expand our membership, but focusing on the following might serve us better in these tough times in our region. With this in mind I would like to form a membership advisory group so that we can look at:
• making sure we a relevant to our region
• suggestions on special interest groups we can support
• working with related groups
• joint membership drives with the other clubs – perhaps a joint dinner
• appropriate advertising – contact with local radio and of course promoting our web and Facebook pages
• perhaps a hiatus or abolishment of joining fees? I am looking for folks to volunteer and meeting 30 minutes before our meeting for the next few weeks with a view to developing a plan. Finally it would really help us focus if you could answer the following three questions:
1. What did you think Rotary was about before you joined? 2. Is it still the same? What has changed (if it has)? 3. What would you say if someone said “Why should I become a Rotarian?”
Please email me your responses – [email protected]
Lin MacQueen-Henderson
Director
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District News A message from 2015-16 DG Melodie Kevan Rotary is about connecting with people in Australia, and all around the world while enjoying what we do best, and that is developing good programs in support of vital projects, and volunteering our expertise to achieve amazing outcomes. We run our Rotary District 9465, based in southern Western Australia, along similar principles to the way we run our businesses by providing the best possible management support to our Clubs, and this enables us to grow a stronger Rotary network and achieve greater good in the world. Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. We are neighbours, community leaders, and global citizens uniting for the common good. With you, we can accomplish even more. We welcome expressions of interest from members of the community who would like to join us in these endeavours.
rotary9465.org.au
District 9465 Governor: Melodie Kevan
Club rakes in cash for mental illness bid A group of men are riding a lawnmower across the country to raise awareness of mental illness. Since 2012 the Rotary Club of Armadale have driven a souped-up Hustler mower around the country each year taking on a new challenge. The trip began last month in Junee NSW, with the team travelling 5100km to Darwin, stopping in towns along the way. It was a slow-moving journey for the Ride to the Other Side crew with the lawnmower averaging 26km/h and travelling about 230km a day. Ride leader, Craig Alford, said the Ride to the Other Side challenge was to raise funds for the Australian Rotary Health Mental Illness Research project and the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.
The Ride to the Other Side movement began four years ago and the team have raised almost $240,000 for various charities. http://goo.gl/rmS5aB
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
International News
RI President: K R “Ravi” Ravindran
Dear Fellow Rotarians
We’re delighted to report that [today] Nigeria has passed one year with no new cases of the wild poliovirus.
This is the longest the country has ever gone without a case of polio and a critical step on the path toward a polio-free Africa. We’ve come a long way since the bleak years when the virus reached its peak. It was only a decade ago that polio struck 12,631 people in Africa- three quarters of all cases in the world.
We congratulate Rotarians who have donated $688.5 million to fight polio throughout Africa, including more than $200 million to Nigeria. We congratulate Rotarians from Africa and around the world who have also devoted countless hours to immunize the children who now have the opportunity for healthier, happier lives.
With the ambitious scope of Rotary’s PolioPlus program, our efforts are having a far-reaching, transformative impact beyond the eradication of polio. With the infrastructure put in place by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), Nigeria not only reduced its polio caseload by 90% in 2014, but it also successfully thwarted the world’s most lethal Ebola outbreak to date, in only 90 days, a response faster than even the U.S., and rightly praised by the World Health Organization as ‘world-class’.
In Nigeria and elsewhere, the Initiative provides a blueprint to reach all children with a package of lifesaving vaccines and health interventions. This is a vital step on the path to human development, as we know that with improved public health, more resources can be channeled towards education and economic growth.
If the stringent World Health Organization testing criteria are met, then Nigeria could be removed from the list of polio-endemic countries in September of this year. However, our work is not done. We know that polio can easily return, with devastating consequences, if we don’t stamp it out now.
We must act, as Rotarians do, to build on the progress made and stop polio once and for all. We have a narrow window of opportunity to achieve this, and if we fail, we could witness up to 200,000 cases a year in the near future. So how can we finally make history and end polio now?
Today, we must protect the progress made in Nigeria, and support Pakistan and Afghanistan, the other two remaining polio-endemic countries.
Protecting progress means enhancing surveillance, routine immunization, and community engagement in Nigeria and other countries where transmission has been stopped.
Supporting Pakistan and Afghanistan means full political and financial commitment to eradicating polio; vaccination of all children in these countries; high quality surveillance, and the accomplishment of all the expert recommendations as part of the GPEI’s Polio Eradication and Endgame Strategic Plan.
Visit endpolio.org to download a toolkit of materials to help you share this progress – and the need for continued commitment in the coming years – with your Rotary club, your communities and your elected officials. This all requires time, energy and investment. Pakistan’s budget requirements for polio eradication activities from 2016-2018 amounts to $305.7 million, and if we can raise this sum now, a polio-free world will reap financial savings of US$50 billion over the next 20 years and prove what’s possible when the global community comes together to improve children’s lives.
Your donation to PolioPlus will be matched 2 to 1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, tripling your contribution. Thirty years ago we told the world what Rotary believes: that we can achieve the eradication of only the second human disease in history. Our belief is becoming reality. For every child, let’s make sure that reality is a bright one.
Rotary International President K.R. "Ravi" Ravindran and Rotary Foundation Chair Ray Klinginsmith
www.rotary.org
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General Information
Makeup Opportunities Want 100% attendance but can’t make the weekly meeting? Rotary Club of Boulder meets on Tuesday at 6.30pm for 7.00pm at the Tower Hotel Rotary Club of Hannans meets on Friday at 6.30am for 7.00am at the Kalgoorlie Overland Motel Away from the Goldfields? Go to www.rotary.org/clublocator to find a meeting close to you. Or, can’t physically get to a meeting? The Club Locator will also help you find an e-club to attend online!
Meeting Attendance Please provide your intention regarding meeting attendance as below:
Ross Collins – 0409 688 055
by 12.00pm Monday
if you are going to be an apology or if you are bringing a guest. If you are having a meal, please order and pay in the Restaurant by no later than 6.25pm. Late orders will not be taken for meals. First time guests, who are potential members, will have their meal paid for by the club.
Meeting Setup Roster 3 Aug Gavin Gilmore 10 Aug Lin MacQueen-Henderson 17 Aug Angelo Sbizzirri 24 Aug Charmaine Maisey Please be at the Tower Hotel by 5.45pm at the latest to set up the meeting to be ready for members and guests arriving at 6.00pm. There is a guide on the cupboard door to assist you with setup. If you can’t attend on your rostered evening, please make arrangements to swap with another member.
Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do
Is it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?
Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Without community service, we would not have
a strong quality of life. It’s important to the person
who serves as well as the recipient. It’s the way in which we
ourselves grow and develop. Dorothy Height
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
Important Dates AUGUST 2015
MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN
31 Meeting
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3 Meeting
4 5 6 7 8 Cannington RC Ladies Seminar
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10 Meeting
11 12 13 14 15
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17 Meeting
18 19 20 21 Boulder RC
Radio Auction Cocktail Party
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24 Meeting
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Looking forward … 3 Aug Club Meeting 8 Aug Rotary Club of Cannington Ladies
Seminar 10 Aug Club Meeting 17 Aug Club Meeting 21 Aug Rotary Club of Boulder
Radio Auction Cocktail Party $25 per head
24 Aug Club Meeting 31 Aug Club Meeting
This Month’s Celebrations … Birthdays
6 Aug Greg Sbizzirri (Angelo) 10 Aug Josh Bratt (Lin) Anniversaries
No anniversaries this month
Rotary Anniversaries 5 Aug Billy Cumming (1996)
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
Board and Committees President Gloria Moyle
Secretary/Vice President Esther Roadnight
Treasurer/President Elect Ken Maisey
Portfolios Director Committee
Club Service Narelle Hodges Gavin Gilmore Cherie Wallace
Community Service Debra Hodges Charmaine Maisey
International Service Sue Morley Anne Skinner
Vocational Service Esther Roadnight Ken Maisey
Youth Service Kelsey Moore Billy Cumming Angelo Sbizzirri
Membership Lin MacQueen-Henderson
Foundation Gavin Gilmore
Attendance Officer Ross Collins
Sergeant Charmaine Maisey
Bulletin Editor Cherie Wallace
Webmaster Lin MacQueen-Henderson
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
Member Contact List (alphabetical by surname)
Name Partner Mobile Email
Ross Collins (PHF) Yvonne 0409 688 055 [email protected]
Billy Cumming (PHF) Carol 0417 747 027 [email protected]
Gavin Gilmore (PHF) Colleen 0418 934 696 [email protected]
Debra Hodges 0417 921 554 [email protected]
Narelle Hodges 0408 615 025 [email protected]
Lin MacQueen-Henderson Shane 0419 586 951 [email protected]
Charmaine Maisey Ken [email protected]
Ken Maisey Charmaine 0408 625 865 [email protected]
Kelsey Moore Alex 0475 813 315 [email protected]
Sue Morley (PHF) 0407 437 077 [email protected]
Gloria Moyle (President) Dean 0458 748 888 [email protected]
Esther Roadnight (PHF+) George (PHF) 0407 218 700 [email protected]
Angelo Sbizzirri (PHF) Marie 0418 934 267 [email protected]
Anne Skinner 0417 611 274 [email protected]
Cherie Wallace Darren (Wally) 0409 807 517 [email protected]
Friends of Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
Kim Eckert Mac [email protected]
Sarah Lim Andrew [email protected]
Find Us Online …
www.facebook.com/RotaryClubofKalgoorlie
www.issuu.com/rotarykalgoorlie
http://www.kalgoorlierotary.org (under construction)
@kalgrotary
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
Club Roll of Honour
Year Name Year Name Year Name 1947-48 C Adams 1977-78 D Wyatt 2007-08 L Morley
1948-49 J Cranston 1978-79 S Winchcombe (PHF) 2008-09 A Dungey
1949-50 P Johnson 1979-80 D Reed (PHF) 2009-10 S Morley *
1950-51 P Shanahan 1980-81 D Horsley (PHF) 2010-11 S Morley
1951-52 E Smith 1981-82 F Watts 2011-12 G Gilmore (PHF)
1952-53 E Geere (PHF) 1982-83 A Holtmeulen 2012-13 R Collins (PHF)
1953-54 P Bartle 1983-84 P Ghirardi 2013-14 E Roadnight OAM (PHF+)
1954-55 J Jamieson 1984-85 F Bray 2014-15 E Roadnight OAM (PHF+)
1955-56 N Johns 1985-86 C Morton 2015-16 G Moyle
1956-57 A Dunstan 1986-87 J Martin
1957-58 R Hobson 1987-88 P Schmitt
1958-59 E Derrington 1988-89 D Johns (PHF)
1959-60 H Newman 1989-90 J Sendzuik
1960-61 A Steinhauser 1990-91 G Brown
1961-62 C Baker 1991-92 R Boord (PHF)
1962-63 R Reed 1992-93 A Sbizzirri (PHF)
1963-64 C Eaton 1993-94 G Gilmore (PHF)
1964-65 D Green 1994-95 J Laing
1965-66 S Willams 1995-96 G James
1966-67 R Pascoe 1996-97 P Pelham
1967-68 C Brown 1997-98 S Balaam (PHF)
1968-69 H Hammond 1998-99 G H Brown (PHF)
1969-70 R Smales 1999-00 E Marr (PHF)
1970-71 H Skipworth 2000-01 B Cumming (PHF)
1971-72 F Fletcher 2001-02 B Cumming (PHF)
1972-73 H Nicholson (PHF) 2002-03 J Howes
1973-74 T Annear 2003-04 G Watson (PHF)
1974-75 C Symes 2004-05 P Lomax
1975-76 R Sommer 2005-06 S Mulvaney
1976-77 M Byrne 2006-07 J Little
PHF = Paul Harris Fellow PHF+ = Paul Harris Fellow Multiple Recognition * = First female Club President
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
Acronyms in Rotary AG Assistant Governor PP Past President
APF Annual Programs Fund PRI Past Rotary International
ARH Australian Rotary Health PRID Past Rotary International Director
CLP Club Leadership Plan (of RI) PRIE President Rotary International Elect
CMS Citation for Meritorious Service PRIP Past Rotary International President
COG Council of Governors RAG Rotary Action Group
COL Council on Legislation RAM Rotarians Against Malaria
DDF District Designation Funds RAOAF Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund
DG District Governor RAWCS Rotary Aust. World Comm. Services
DGE District Governor Elect RCC Rotary Community Corps
DGN District Governor Nominee RCIS Rotary Centres for Int. Studies
DIK Donations in Kind RDU Rotary Down Under
DLP District Leadership Plan RFE Rotary Friendship Exchange
DLT District Leadership Team RFSM Rotary Found. Sustaining Member
DOTS District Officers Training Seminar RGHF Rotary Global History Fellowship
DSA Distinguished Service Award RI Rotary International
EREY Every Rotarian, Every Year RISPPO Rotary Int. Sth Pac. & Phillipp. Office
FRP Foundation Recognition Points RID Rotary International Director
GETS Governors-Elect Training Seminar RIP Rotary International President
GSE Group Study Exchange RIPE Rotary International President Elect
IFCR Int. Fellowship of Cricketing Rotarians ROAR Rotary Org. of Amateur Radio
IFFR Int. Fellowship of Flyng Rotarians ROMAC Rotary Oceanic Med. Aid for Children
IFYR Int. Fellowship of Golfing Rotarians ROTEX Org. of ex-Rotary Exchange Students
IPAC Int. Projects Advisory Committee ROTI Rotarians on the Internet
IPDG Immediate Past District Governor ROVE Rotary Overseas Voc. Exchange
IPP Immediate Past President RVIA Rotary Volunteers in Action
MG Matching Grants RWPF Rotary World Peace Fellow
MOP Manual of Procedure RYDA Roadsafe Youth Driver Awareness
MUNA Model United Nations Assembly RYE Rotary Youth Exchange
NID Nat. Immunisation Days (Polioplus) RYLA Rotary Youth Leadership Award
NYSF National Youth Science Forum RYPEN Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment
PDG Past District Governor TRF The Rotary Foundation
PE President-Elect VE Vocational Exchange
PEPS Presidents-Elect Prep. Seminar VTT Vocational Training Team
PETS Presidents-Elect Training Seminar WCS World Community Service
PHF Paul Harris Fellow WFA World Fellowship Activities
PHF+ Paul Harris Fellow Mult. Recognition YEP Youth Exchange Program
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie meets on Monday at 6.00pm for 6.30pm at the Tower Hotel
… and finally …