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IT'S HAT DAY

NIGHT

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RI President

Kalyan Benerjee Rotary Club of Vapi

Governor

David Anderson Rotary Club of Yea

AG

Pat Miller Rotary Club of Diamond Creek

Club Officers

President Alan Jones

Vice President PP Rod Mackenzie

President Elect Steve Crosling

Secretary & Attendance Eileen Gatt

Treasurer & Public Officer Greg Adams

Directors and Standing Committees

Club Administration PE Steve Crosling

Membership John Egan

Public Relations PP Bev Baker,

Service Projects PP Alan White

Rotary Foundation PP Linda Gidlund

Who ya gunna call !

President Alan Jones 0414861558

Secretary Eileen Gatt 0427712688

Treasurer Greg Adams 0419355842

Editor: Greg Adams

Art Director: Greg Adams

Advertising : Greg Adams

Bottle washer : Greg as well

Editorial: send to ferrarigreg@gmail.com

Caution: The Bulletin contains no calories, vitamins,

minerals or proteins. In fact, it is devoid of nutritional value.

Nevertheless, it is a supplement much sought after and

regularly devoured by the Rotarians of Diamond Creek.

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Note: The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter

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District 9790

On the Cover

Its’ HAT DAY

night

Wear a hat to the meeting and make a

$5

donation to Rotary Health.

Prizes for: “Most Unique Hat” &

“The Hat that Closely Depicts Your

Personality”

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the program/up and coming calendar and

who’s doin what 22nd May 2012 Tuesday 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Rotarian behind the badge Greg Paull

Attend: Holliday Geoff, Chair: Sparkie Ern Beans: Greg, Door man: White Panda Art Work: Chear Squad Bev

Prize: Me

29th May 2012 Tuesday 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Club Ass

Attend: Senior Brian, Chair: Cpt Alan Beans: Greg, Door man: Xray Steve Art Work: Grandpa Phil Bev Prize:

Sharraine

2nd June 2012 Saturday 7.00 PM - 11.30 PM 20th Birthday bash

life's events

May 25 Ann and Ern—anniversary

May 25 Geoff Swan birthday

May 29 John Gatt joined this Club

Jun 1 Geoff Swan joined Rotary 18 years ago

Jun 2 Ern Wardell joined Rotary 19 years ago

Jun 2 Phil Marendaz birthday

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past presidents

Brian Bowen 1978-1979 Heidelberg North

Bob Eycken 1983-1984 Alperton UK

John McCrohan 1992-1993

Ron Gordon 1993-1994

Chris Doupe 1994-1995

Cliff Wearne 1995-1996

Ern Wardell 1996-1997

Rod Mackenzie 1997-1998

Steve Sampson 1998-1999

Robin Chapple 1999-2000

Peter Marriage 2000-2001

Rob Lloyd 2001-2002

Bev Baker 2002-2003

Joe Di Natale 2003-2004

Geoff Swan 2004-2005

John Gatt 2005-2006

John Arthur 2006-2007

Linda Gidlund 2007-2008

Alan White 2008-2009

Pat Millar

2009-2010

Clyde Hulme

2010-2011

As Rotarians, our foremost thoughts are usually to assist others, and frequently, Public Relations is the last thing on our minds. However, it is true that everything we do and say is showcasing our organisation. Good or bad, it will be remembered! Why is Public Relations so important? Good PR is imperative for our membership growth and the club’s survival. Without new members, we are unable to develop and progress as an organisation. It is also vital in our local community. For our club to advance and to help more people in the area, we need to have a positive image within that community. If we are seeking support from our local Council, then we need to ensure that they, too, view us as a capable and trustworthy organisation. Nillumbik Shire Council frequently requests our club to be involved in Council activities and projects, thus demonstrating their regard for the Rotary Club of Diamond Creek. On Saturday 2nd June, we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the club. What better time than this to embark on a public relations campaign? Throughout the month of June, we will be showcasing our club with a display at the Diamond Valley Library. Libraries are visited by a wide range of people with diverse interests and hopefully our display will generate further interest in us from some of them. We also plan to place an advertorial in the Diamond Valley Leader, again promoting the benefits of our club. We cannot be backward in coming forward to promote the wonderful things that we are doing in our community.

Even the birthday celebration itself is PR for the club as we have invited civic leaders and representatives from other community groups. One of our members even has a table of ten attending on the night as he sees this as a great way to showcase Rotary to them. Our greatest promotional activity in the local community is the Diamond Creek Rotary Town Fair – everyone knows that Rotary runs it and everyone knows what a great success it is. We don’t run the fair for the publicity it gives us, but it is the greatest advertisement that our club could have. Our club undertakes so many worthwhile community projects and it is the subliminal publicity from these that also reaches out to many in the local area. Many people hear about us through our projects such as the purchase of a defibrillator for the Diamond Creek Force Netball Club; assistance given to Diamond Creek Primary School to buy their shade sails; or the construction of the ramp house for the Riding for the Disabled group at Diamond Valley Special Development School. Just by wearing our Rotary shirts or working at a Rotary BBQ, we are noticed in the community. There is much competition out there for the same resources – whether it is manpower or money. We cannot afford to sit back and be the quiet achiever, we have to try to ensure that when anyone in the local area thinks of a good service organisation, the first one that comes to mind is the Rotary Club of Diamond Creek. Alan Jones

from the president

keeping up with the joneses!

“Everything you do or say is public relations.” – Anonymous

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as it happened last week

President Alan opened the meeting and

welcomed Visitors, Rotarians and

partners.

The Annual Greensborough Breakfast

will be held next Tuesday. See Rob Lloyd

if you would like to come.

There will be a Partner's night on June

12th. The ladies will run the meeting.

Kerry Jones saw the idea in the club’s

historical notes.

For the Club’s Twentieth anniversary

Celebrations 90 people have

responded for the 2nd June.

Steve Crosling reported on the incoming

board meeting. It was just a get

together working out meeting dates,

and the incoming Board members will

try to attend the board meeting in May.

The Diamond Valley Library is

showcasing voluntary organizations in

June. The Club needs material for this,

please see Bev Baker or Alan Jones if

you have some contribution for this

event

The Rotarian Behind the Badge speech

will be given next week by Greg Paull.

Next week wear a hat for the Mental

Health Hat day. Alan White has two

spaces a vacant for the Mental Health

Awareness Day.

There will be Defibrillator training on

Wednesday's 23rd May at 6.30pm to

7pm at the Netball stadium

The Club’s Changeover will be held on

the 26th June, and the District

Changeover will be held at the Kilmore

racetrack on the 1st July.

There will be a Volunteer night tomorrow

night run by the Nillumbik Shire and it is

an appreciation night. Those who wish to

attend are Pat Millar, Bev Baker, and

Alan Jones.

Bowel scan starts soon with Alan White

organizing it.

Jacqui Hodge introduced Jon Baly. He is

a science and math teacher at Eltham

High School who facilitates reciprocal

visits with Eltham High students to remote

communities in far northern Arnhem

Land. Students Lucy, Elysia, and Tess

presented. Lucy had been on two trips to

Donydji near Gove, in their school

holidays. Donydji is a disadvantaged

community with few teachers, one class

room, but an attitude of willingness to

learn and an open friendly community.

The visits have forged links between

vastly different people. The Eltham

students still continue to maintain their

friendships with the indigenous students

whom they met. It has been a life

changing experience for the Eltham

students and has changed their

perceived pathways through life.

Sharraine Ballao mentioned that a

Diamond Creek identity, Aninda

Robertson had passed away and that

her funeral would be held later this week.

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Our club ran a Mental Health First Aid workshop on Fri 18 May and

Sat 19 May at the Diamond Valley Baptist Church. Invitations to

participate had been sent to the Diamond Valley Baptist Church,

the Diamond Creek Men’s Shed, the Strathewen Community

Renewal Association, St. John’s Anglican Church, Diamond

Creek and St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, Eltham. There

were only 20 positions available for this course of 12 hours,

run over two consecutive days. There was a booking fee of

$30 per participant and we had to provide morning and

afternoon teas and lunches.

Our final number of 19 came from our own Rotary Club – 6,

Diamond Creek Men’s Shed – 4, Diamond Valley Baptist

Church – 3, Strathewen Community Renewal Association – 3

( we contacted Malcolm Hackett and had been able to move

two more from SCRA to the workshop being held by the

Rotary Club of Kinglake Ranges on 28/29 April to avoid a

waitlist) and St. Margaret’s Anglican Church, Eltham – 3.

The facilitator was Joe Zammit, a Mental Health Practitioner

and Trainer, from Norwood Association Inc. at St. Albans.

The course started at 8.30 am on the Friday

morning, with Joe having arrived half an

hour earlier to set up. Joe started by letting each

person introduce themselves and explaining

what they hoped to get out of the course.

It transpired that every person on the

course knew a relative or friend

with a mental health problem. The

group from Strathewen were aware

of many instances as a result of the 2009 bushfire.

The course covered medical conditions such as depression,

anxiety, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other psychoses

and substance abuse disorders.

The Mental Health First Aid Manual had been written by three

people from the University of Melbourne, Betty Kitchener OAM,

Professor Tony Jorm and Dr. Clare Kelly. It is a world first and this

course has now been taken up in 14 overseas countries, including U.S.A.,

England, Finland, Canada, Hongkong and Singapore.

Joe gave us many handouts as well as the manual, because the course

content was so comprehensive and detailed.

The general consensus was that the course was filling a void, creating an

awareness of signs and symptoms to look for in assessing and recognising

mental illnesses and then knowing where to find further treatment and

diagnoses.

This is a great program of Australian Rotary Health, put together with the

assistance of Mental Health First Aid and funded by the Commonwealth

Department of Health and Ageing. It relies very much on individual Rotary Clubs

organising venues and participation, but is such an important subject that I hope that

Australian Rotary Health is able to continue with it into the future.

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Advance Australia Fair

Australians all let us rejoice,

For we are young and free;

We've golden soil and wealth for toil,

Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in Nature's gifts

Of beauty rich and rare;

In history's page, let every stage

Advance Australia fair!

Rotary Grace

O Lord and 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.

The Diamond Creek Rotary Town fair 2012 starts

in 131 days

Conference 2013 starts in 308 days