BULLeTIN ROTARY NOMADS FOR 04 APRIL Rotary E-Club of Australia Nomads.

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1 ROTARY NOMADS BULLeTIN FOR 04 APRIL 2018 Rotary E-Club of Australia Nomads Helping Hands Across the Land Daylight Saving has ended. Adjust your diary so you don t miss a meeting In this Issue From Pres Elect Robin + Jokers Wild Invitation from incoming D9630 DG Jitendra Nomads at Work Cup Cakes & Donuts Nomads on Sea and Land Thank You Nomads The BIG Guess Big Buddha. Photo Competition Statue You Can t Ask That For Your Diary + Other Club Statistics Joke + Quote of the Week President John Clements PHF Join our 04 April Online Meeting via ZOOM at pm 7.00pm 6.30pm 7.00pm WA QLD SA, NT NSW, ACT, VIC & TAS Congratulations to Sharon Collins who made 13 dozen beautifully decorated cup cakes, taking orders via her 4WD Facebook site, and raising $395 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. Who else can take a creative approach to our Club Wide Dine Out for RFDS project? Service Hours, Make-ups & Apologies Janelle Books April is Maternal and Child Health Month

2 Meeting Recording The recording for the most recent meeting is available until our next meeting at; Our Resident Joker, Dennis, has returned to keep us all in the money, if we are lucky that is. Our new member, Gaylene Tripp, had her name drawn first but as she was not at the meeting Sharon picked a 6 of Hearts on her behalf. Lucky Tony Powell got another draw this year, but lucked out with a 4 of Hearts. Don t forget, however, if you want that Jokers Jackpot you need to renew your playing fee see below for details on how to do that. JOKERS WILD (Round 9 finishing 28 March 2018) Players payments for the current round of JOKERS WILD run out on Wednesday 21 March. If you would like to continue playing from Wednesday 28 March, (or start to play for new members), please send $30 to the club before then. Here's how to pay: Transfer $30 to the club s General Account BSB ; Account Number In the transfer description please put your surname and JOK. For example "STCLAIR JOK"

3 Hope you are well and I am sure like me you enjoyed the district conference. Congratulations on the wonderful work your club did at the conference, a truly remarkable effort. I am very excited and inspired for the journey ahead and need you and the lovely members of Rotary E-Club of Australia Nomads to support me in participating in the attached district changeover event. It will no doubt be one of my finest moments in my Rotary life as I take the role Of Rotary District Governor. I would love you and the member s to be present this evening and be part of my journey as we continue our quest to make a difference serving humanity. I assure you that the evening will be fun and enjoyable, with a slice of diversity, as we Unleash D9630 to be the inspiration. From a humble little town of Labasa Fiji Islands to Brisbane, my journey has been amazing, blessed by friends and families. Please be part of this beautiful and enjoyable evening and look forward to your esteemed presence. Let me know for further details. Jitendra Prasad District Governor E: jitendra@vealandprasad.com.au Ph: Mob:

4 CUPCAKE UPDATE FROM SHARON COLLINS So why make cupcakes? Who knows!! I am involved in two 4WD clubs so I thought if I made cup-cakes and take them along that would be a good idea. They have a Facebook site so the orders were coming in thick and fast. Someone asked if I could do gluten free? Of course no problems! Quickly google best cupcake recipe for gluten free and away we go. Of course I failed to mention the fact that I had never cooked cupcakes before or decorated them. Although I have cooked cakes before. In my 4WD club I have actually got a bit of a reputation with my camp oven dampers. I can live without this reputation as it means cooking damper on the coals for everyone nearly every trip!! Great job Sharon. The first club meeting I made 7 dozen (two dozen being gluten free). The only complaint was from my husband Tony as he only got half a banana cupcake (not iced) for a taste test. They all want me to do a repeat performance. The answer to that was This is a once in a lifetime event, thanks. The second club meeting sold 6 dozen cupcakes (posts on face book have all been really great) I raised $ which included a $10.00 donation as well for Royal Flying Doctor Service a very worth while cause.

5 New Member Gaylene has also been hard at work in a hot kitchen cooking donuts and providing helping hands for the Rotary Club of Robinvale Euston

6 Over the last week our cruising Nomads have been posting reports on our Club s Facebook page of their sailing adventures and on-board luxuries and great food. Here are a few. Rotary Nomads at sea. Modern technology has meant that our Nomads have been able to keep in touch with us land lubbers and we even had Steven Bennett and Marlene Charles join us from near Darwin for our Zoom Meeting on 28 March. Our Club members even held a Zoom meeting of their own and posted the recording at : More pictures below and on our Club Facebook page :

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8 Tony and Faye Powell have been having a relaxing trip in South Australia, doing some leisurely cycling on their cycling trails. They must build cyclists tough in South Australia as our rides recently on the Yorke Peninsula have been on tourist promoted trails that have been on corrugated gravel roads our last ride was 64km of which 3 km was walking our bike through sand and 50km was really bad corrugated road. I guess one advantage is we will never need to see a chiropractor as every bone was jolted in and out of joint several times. Contrary to popular belief, there is surf at Adelaide beaches when a gale blows.

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10 Thanks this week to Kate Field who knew the Big Buddha, the largest indoor Buddha, is in the Todai-ji Temple, Japan. Some of our Nomads may see this one on their extended tour of Japan after the cruise. With the health issues surrounding rock melons it may be wise to switch to Watermelons for a while and here is a BIG slice for someone who knows where it is located?

11 Photo Competition Guidelines : 1. Two members will be chosen each week to be the competitors for that week and will submit up to two photos for the chosen Subject of the Week. 2. Maximum of 2 pictures to be submitted by each of the two selected contestants to Faye : faye.canberra&iinet.net.au for the BulleTin and Robin : baleslark@gmail.com for the judging. 3. Each week all Photos submitted by the two selected contestants will be published in the BulleTin 4. Weekly Winner to be announced in the Bulletin. PHOTO COMPETITION ROSTER Round Entries Submission Dates Mar 3 April April 10 April April 17 April 2018 Competitors Subject

12 Gaylene s 2 nd pic is of Paddy Hannan. Bob s pic is of a Roman warrior with his wife begging him to not go to war. Question : April is Maternal and Child Health Month, what are some examples of Rotary s work in this area?. Answer : There are many Rotary programs focused on this area of need, here are some examples from RAWCS (Rotary Australia World Community Service) Rotarians make a difference throughout the world. For example, Bo Childrens Hospital in Sierra Leonne, built by the Rotary Club of Turramurra, is one of many projects through which we provide care, equipment, and training opportunities for health care staff to improve maternal and child health. Maternal and child health support the Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea - Renovation & refurbishment of Reproductive Health Clinic awareness program for parents. Solomon Islands Kenya - Aspects of birthing and nutrition receive support. Source : RAWCS projects

13 For full details see below and see: MUSTERS Jodi Lee Trek South Australia 2018 Heysen Trail 18/05/ /05/2018 Barossa SA Murwillumbah Changeover NSW 12/06/ /06/2018 Australian Camp Oven Festival Millmerran QLD 02/10/ /10/2018 SERVICE WORK/FUNDRAISING Dine Out For RFDS National January - May 2018 Pakenham Car Show Vic 08/04/ /04/2018 Bentleigh Markets - Melbourne Vic 15/04/ /04/2018 Rum, Rump and Rhythm Festival Qld 19/05/ /05/2018 Bentleigh Markets - Melbourne Vic 20/05/ /05/2018 Bentleigh Markets - Melbourne Vic 17/06/ /06/2018 Bentleigh Markets - Melbourne Vic 15/07/ /07/2018 Craft Expo Qld 09/03/ /03/2019 DISTRICT EVENTS District 9630 District Assembly - Eastern QLD 20/05/ /05/2018 District 9630 District Assembly - Western QLD 03/06/ /06/2018 District 9630 Changeover 07/07/ /07/2018 District Conference 01/03/ /03/2019 District Conference (Combined District 9500/9520) Broken Hill, NSW 05/04/ /04/2019 LOCAL GET TOGETHERS Tag-Along Tour to Changeover Coonabarabran - 03/06/ /06/2018 Murwillumbah Japan Cruise Wide Ocean Blue 22/03/ /04/2018 Northern Muster tba tba tba Southern Muster tba tba tba

14 MEETING NUMBER DATE 04/04/ /04/ /04/ /04/2018 ANZAC Day DOT POINTS Ray Roberts Ray Roberts Ray Roberts ZOOM Wendy / Steve Wendy / Steve Wendy / Steve CHAIRPERSON Sharon Collins Marlene Charles Annette Bailey + 4 WAY TEST PROGRAM Why I Live where International tba I Live Jim Toast Kate Field Barbey Guest Speaker - PP Wendy McIntosh If you can t do the item allocated to you please arrange a swap and let Marlene know. Rotary Australian Nomads Presidents & President Elects 2015 Inauguration Charter Greg Fallon Greg Fallon Geoff St Clair John Clements President Elect Robin Bailey President Nominee Meg Fallon A very lean month nobody had been inducted in the month of March Congratulations Gaylene and Ricky our first March inductions Don McQueen & Dennis Wade 20 April 2017 Kay Davis 12 April Marlene Charles 26 April Source : Birthdays listed in Members data base if yours is incorrect please let Faye or Geoff know so data base can be amended. Francis Harman 5 April Kate Field 12 April Allen Hunter 24 April

15 I ve really had it with my dog: he ll chase anyone on a bicycle. So what are you going to do leave him at the dog s home? Give him away? Sell him? No, nothing that drastic. I think I ll just confiscate his bike.