ROTARY CLUB of CLAYTON Inc. Weekly Bulletin 4th June 2008 Vol 42 No 42

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1 ROTARY CLUB of CLAYTON Inc. Weekly Bulletin 4th June 2008 Vol 42 No 42 District 9810 Victoria, Australia P.O. Box 5078, Clayton 3168 Chartered 17th April, 1965 Meets every Monday 6:15 for 6:30pm at Clayton RSL 163 Carinish Road, Clayton (Melways 79D3) (No meeting on public holidays) Office Bearers June is Rotary Fellowships Month President: Jim Cochrane President Elect & Club Service: Michael Ellinger Vice President: Neil Rickard Imm. Past President: Glenda Rose Secretary: Bill Sides Treasurer: John Goldspink Asst. Treasurer: Neil Rickard Community: Warren Fricke Youth: Bob Millen THIS WEEK S PROGRAM th Date: 4 June Speaker: TBA Subject: Chairperson: Neil Rickard Duty Desk: Glenda Rose Visitors: All members Bulletin Notes: Bill Sides International: Tom Portelli Vocational: Lesley Zuccaro Presidents Thoughts Program: Jon Breisch Bulletin Editor: Michael Ellinger Website & IT Coordinator: Michael Ellinger Rotary Foundation: Jean Cochrane Health Awareness & Australian Rotary Health Research Fund: Richard Simmons Fellowship, Fundraising: Service Chairs Golf Days: Warren Fricke Sergeant at Arms: Ralph Zuccaro Publicity: All Club Members Historian: Bill Sides On-to-Conference: Ed Allchin Used Stamps: Jon Breisch Membership: Neil Rickard Attendance: Michael Ellinger District Governor : Dick Garner Assistant Governor: Jeff Gouldson Page 1 of 8

2 Attendance: 76% LAST MEETING 26 th May Apologies: Michael Ellinger, Bill Sides, Neil Rickard, John Goldspink, Lesley Zuccaro, John Barnes & Bob Millen Visitors: HM Heather Norling, ADG Jeff Gouldson & DGN David Forster Make-ups: John Barnes & Bob Millen Sickness: Travellers: Director and Member Announcements: See Notes Sergeant-at-Arms: Ralph Zuccaro donates a bottle of wine for the Raffle once a week. Lucky prize winner for this week was Tom Portelli. Guest Speaker: Eugenie Chung & Mikhaila Clemens Notes Chairperson PP Tom Portelli introduced our guest speakers for the night, Eugenie Chung & Mikhaila Clemens. The subject for the night was The Banana Project. Set up by former head of the international house at Melbourne Uni, Dr Brian Corbit in 1999 with the help Khun Mechia Viravaidya, to assist in projects in Thailand. Future Projects: $1520, will provide for concrete poles on farms $1725, renovate a kitchen, provide school meals using school grown veggies $1000, 1 year scholarship at University. PP Tom Portelli then conducted a Q&A session and thanked Mikhalia and Eugenie for their presentation and presented them each with a Rotary pen. General EASTLINK open day, Help required to run BBQ in 2 shifts at the MONASH interchange Access to site via Wellington road / police road ramps NOT from the freeway.6am start for first shift, 8:30am for the second shift, all BBQ are undercover.please arrive 15 mins before shift starts, ID and passes to be issued before hand. If you have not received or need more Monash Raffle tickets, see Jon Breisch. The club is offering this year a special Conference Account. This is where people can pay small amounts each week towards attending the conference. If you are interested, see PP Neil Rickard. The next meeting is on the 4 th June and will be held at the Clayton Bowls Club, Namatjira Park, Springs Road, Clayton. Normal meeting time of 6:15 for 6:30 pm. The Banana tree is the tree of life in this district and it name was chose for the project to symbolize the aim to keep the project rolling around and being sustainable into the future. Focusing on the Buriram district in the north east of the country, the projects aim is to improve the local communities with projects that can be run by locals and backing from the Banana project. Clean water and teaching Basic English, are the most in demand items that the project have been helping out with. Project members come from the pool of University students at International house, they make trips to Thailand to assess the sites for the projects and compile reports and raise funds back in Australia for the projects. While on the trips some teaching is undertaken. Past Projects: Water tanks for schools, clean filter water on site, instead of a steep walk down to the well. Assembly and dining room, Chairs and tables for the school assembly area, also supplied screens for the walls to give the kids some shelter from the weather. Veggie patch, Organic methods implemented, provide for the school canteen extra sold in the local market. Announcements. Birthdays in June: 2 nd Jean Cochrane, 9 th Warren Fricke, 24 th Monica Ellinger Wedding Anniversary s in June: 2 nd Jim & Jean Cochrane VALE PP Doug Blake, PHF RC of Noble Park Doug was a member of the RC of Noble Park for 35 years. He had been in poor health over the last two years, and had a stroke on Monday May 19 th. Doug passed away in hospital on Thursday May 22 nd. The English GSE Team Report on their Trip to Melbourne Mac Purcell, the GSE Team leader from London submitted a copy of this report to Michael Jacobs, with a message for it to be printed so he can thank all the Rotarians that made it a great trip. Page 2 of 8

3 Team Leader Mac Purcell reports. I am proud and grateful to have been able to lead a brilliant team of young professionals in our Exchange with District Every one of them gave of their utmost, representing their own vocations, Rotary in London and indeed, this country in what by any standards must be judged as a full-on programme devised by our Australian colleagues. Quite often the days extended to 18 hours without a break, as when, having made a presentation to 100 Rotarians until late in the evening, we rose a 4am to visit Melbourne s fruit and vegetable market, followed by a call on a fruit and seafood exporter in Victoria Market with a welcome Chinese lunch to restore our energy. That evening, a further presentation to a packed audience of Rotarians ended at 10.30pm. And the next day was very similar! On behalf of the whole team I must express thanks to our hosts down under, for their unstinting generosity at a personal level, for showing the team sights which many locals appeared not to have seen, for organising the Rotary and vocational visits so well and for letting us see how they live, work and play in that great country. Balvinder Dhoofer-Sagoo is a solicitor, advising Magistrates and District Judges Courts. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Chigwell. The opportunity to go to Australia on a group study exchange for a month was definitely a once in a lifetime experience, that I was not going to miss! I recall when I found out that I had been chosen, I was over the moon, although I had some reservations about being away from my family and living with people who I did not know. The flight was long, but surprisingly I was okay, I kept my self occupied with food, music and the in flight entertainment! I stayed with four families throughout my trip and I truly experienced the Aussie way of life. They were very hospitable and generous people and I have certainly made some good friends that I will keep in touch with. Everyday was different which was packed with activities and visits, with early morning starts and presentations in the evenings to Rotary Clubs, it was definitely hard work! In particular, I enjoyed going sailing which I experienced for the first time; although I got a bit wet it was great fun beating the other team at the finishing line. I also enjoyed spending time at Heasville Sanctuary observing all the wildlife native to Australia, from Kangaroos to Wombats. Finally, to meet the Governor of Victoria was an honour. I was extremely lucky to be part of a group which worked closely together. It was great as we all enjoyed each others company. Well, that s what they told me! Ceri Evans, a chartered Quantity Surveyor was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Epping THE Group Study Exchange was certainly a once in a life time experience. Preconceived ideas I had prior to embarking on the experience resulted from discussions with a previous GSE Team member. At a personal level I felt that living with host families and having to fit in to an existing family environment was undoubtedly my biggest challenge and something I had not really considered prior to the trip. However, my fears were soon allayed by the hospitality of my host families; people welcomed me into their homes and treated me as part of the family, which provided me with a true appreciation of the Australian way of life. The experience presented me with many new opportunities, from giving regular presentations to interacting with new people. My communication and teamwork skills have certainly improved, providing me with the added confidence to take on new challenges. On reflection, I believe that the experience has benefited me both personally and professionally and I look to develop what I have gained from the GSE experience, and continue to reflect on what was a fantastic journey. Chris Reed is Chief Executive of the Volunteer Centre Westminster. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Paddington. I found the Rotary Group Study Exchange from London to Melbourne an amazing and extremely memorable experience. It was difficult to know exactly what to expect from such a varied and diverse programme of events and activities during the five weeks we spent away from home. From the perspective of my profession and somewhat unexpectedly, the experience we had in Melbourne has made me exceptionally proud to be working in the heart of our capital with its most deprived and diverse communities. I was pleased to discover how advanced we are in our approaches to diversity, inclusion and integration and glad to have the opportunity of meeting a number of people from similar organizations in Melbourne, including Volunteer Centres, with whom I was able to share elements of our approach in the UK. The GSE programme was not only designed to be a vocational learning experience, but also a cultural one. Again I was surprised to see the extent to which Australia is influenced by America as opposed to Page 3 of 8

4 Europe or the UK. Their focus on cars as the primary mode of transport and relatively under-developed public transport system was a bit of shock, coming from London with the oldest urban underground railways system in the world. Zoe Harris is a Detective Inspector with the Metropolitan Police Service. Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Chingford. WHEN I applied to join the Group Study Exchange I really had very little idea of what to expect. As I learned more about GSE and Rotary itself, and gradually got to know my fellow Team members, I became excited about the trip. My main anxieties were about staying with families, as it is over 10 years since I ve lived at home! However as soon as I arrived with my first family I relaxed. The hospitality they showed me was amazing and such home stays certainly meant we got a real feel of Australian life. Every day we would meet members of different Rotary Clubs and visit different businesses and cultural sights. Of these, being a cricket fan my favorite had to have been the tour of the MCG and the opportunity to watch a match there. I also loved the Aussie Rules football match, sailing and archery. My vocational visits were brilliant and made me realise how far the Met Police have come in the past few years, particularly with regard to working with the communities we serve. The organized programme of activities was constant with very little free time so it s only now I m back that I m having the chance to reflect on all the amazing things we did, the fantastic people we met and the great friends we made. Thanks Rotary. and a final, personal reflection from Mac From Gargoyles to Stem Cell Research in a day! Yes, the Team visited a gargoyle manufacturer in Melbourne, whose products are exported as far a field as the USA and the UK. I confess I found Stem Cell Research less easy to understand than gargoyles, but I was happy to leave it to the experts, who did their best to explain the basics to us and tried to help us to understand something of the process. A pleasurable moment for me personally was to meet an Australian who is an expert in Indigenous Art and traditions. Incidentally, that meeting has cost me a lot of money, as I have now become hooked on the evocative paintings and crafts of that far away land and, even as I write, I am looking forward to seeing some tribal dancing masks and a totem pole now on their way to the UK. I also stayed with a professor of fine art for a week. After a day at the Toyota Car Plant and the local sewage treatment works, it was just great to chill out on the deck with a tinnie or two with him and talk about the finer points of abstract art or whatever! The intense programme arranged for our visit to Australia did not leave much time for reflection while we were there, but since our return I have come to realise what a fantastic organization we Rotarians belong to. All in all it was a stimulating and challenging experience and I have nothing but praise for the members of my Team for making it work for us all. Any Ideas!!! I am writing hoping you can help me. I am a PP of the RC of Mitcham and have been a member there for nearly 15 years. But I shall be leaving at the end of the current Rotary year. It is "time to move on" but I am wondering if you have any information through the District Rotary network of projects that might be suitable to take into an aged care accommodation facility - low care.(my mum not me!) My mum is about to move into such a centre as a permanent resident, and I think I need to take my "volunteering" life in there with her. I am thinking of such things as - knitting squares for blankets, collecting stamps etc. I'm not up to speed with current Rotary projects as my mind has been on dementia and that's where I want to help. I am vision impaired myself and would prefer not to scroll through pages and pages of websites. One or two is fine. If you can point me in any direction I would be most grateful. Many thanks. Christine Ryan 319 Mitcham Rd, Mitcham ShelterBox Up-date District 9810 Clubs donate $80,000 in the last 15 days The ShelterBox donations for this Rotary Year for D9810 total approx $125,000 of which $80,000 has been donated in the last 15 days. This is a truly wonderful effort. It is also probable that some Clubs and their Rotary Friends have made donations directly to ShelterBox Australia. Page 4 of 8

5 If you have donated monies directly to Shelterbox Australia, I thank you and would ask if you could send details of your donation to me for inclusion in the District ShelterBox Donation List. Geoff Tickner D9810 ShelterBox Co-ordinator Burma Up-date Some you may have seen the national news item this week from Burma with one of their Generals looking at a Shelterbox and its contents. Rotary is there doing a great job in an incredibly difficult situation. Here is the latest update from Burma. Last Friday, the chartered DC-10 arrived in Yangon with 1,054 boxes and two SRT members from the USA. Patrick Olson commented en route, to my knowledge, David Eby and I are two of the very few US citizens with visas to enter Myanmar." He estimated the unloading time to be 5 8 hours. A keynote speech by Rotary International President Elect, DK Lee: Make Dreams Real. Fingerfood, wine, champagne, beer and soft drinks provided. Master of Ceremonies Past District Governor (District 9800) Bernie Walshe. Contact: For further information, please contact Past District Governor District 9800, Bernie Walshe at surreywood@bigpond.com or District 9800 s Marketing & Membership Director (08-09) Philip Archer at marketingclubservice@rotarydistrict9800.org The host Club, The Rotary Club of Hawthorn will be sending out an invitation with RSVP details shortly. China Up-date Supplies of ShelterBoxes are heading towards China with 400 on the ground and more to follow. Thank you again to all those Clubs, individual Rotarians and friends that have contributed so generously A Cocktail Party with Rotary International President DK Lee Event Information Date: 9th July, Time: 5:30pm for a 5:45pm start, finishing approximately 7:30pm. Location: Crown Casino River Room. Cost: $45 per person. Theme: Make Dreams Real for the World s Children. Features The City of Melbourne Lord Mayor, The Right Honourable John So will welcome D.K. Lee to Melbourne. Making Children s Lives Better A Vertical Garden Demonstration: The Garden Gurus, Trevor Cochrane and Neville Passmore will join with kids from Richmond kindergarten to demonstrate a Vertical Gardens, one of the initiatives Rotary and Mitre 10 joined together upon for Fix Up Australia Weekend. Hi, Just a reminder about the Rotary Theatre Night on June 19 th at 8.00 PM We have just 113 tickets to sell at $20 each. 100% 0f this goes to our club. We are having drinks and nibbles after. This award winning acting group is Clayton based and this is their first production in the theatre in the brand new Community Centre in Clayton. It is a very special night and we are very privileged to be part of it. Please those who have tickets sell them and those who have sold them all or who want some I can supply Page 5 of 8

6 some more tickets. We do not want any going unsold as every one not sold is $20 we are missing out on and depriving somebody of a darn good cheap night of entertainment. The file attached is a dodger for the show that you may print out and use to sell tickets. Please note, the time is actually 8.00 PM as printed on the tickets not 8.15 PM as on the dodger! There are disabled facilities Call me on or me for tickets. Bill Sides Bookings now open for 9810 Changeover luncheon Sunday, June 29th Bookings are now open for the District Governor's Changeover Luncheon to be held at: The Karralyka Centre Mines Road, Ringwood, Cost: $50 per person (2 course meal) - All Rotarians, Partners and Friends welcome. Why not make this important occasion your weekly club Rotary Meeting? Please see flyer for registration details which was sent out to all Clubs last week. If you have any queries contact please contact: Rotarian Lynn Whelan, Rotary Club of Chirnside Park, Mobile or lynnwhelanevents@hotmail.com " Share Rotary Cards Rotaract is an international organisation for people aged 18-30, who like to have FUN, and who want to make a difference. While having fun we try and make a difference to the local and global community. Each club is affiliated with a Rotary Club. Rotaract is a nonreligious, non-political organisation. The first Rotaract club was chartered on 13 March 1968, in North Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A. As at March 2005 there are 7,869 Rotaract clubs in 146 countries with an estimated 180,000 members. Rotaractors are involved in a variety of social, professional, international and community based activities, which include: * Guest Speakers * Sporting challenges * Leadership training weekends * Organising Student Encouragement Awards * Direct assistance within the community (e.g. tree planting, working bees) * Raising funds for the community (e.g. DEBBRA Foundation, Salvation Army) * Weekends Away * Restaurant Nights * Film Nights * Bus Tours * Formal Ball The District 9810 Rotaract Website is: At the district Changeover Luncheon there will be a draw of the Share Rotary Cards the winner gets a weekend for two in Sydney. If your Club has any Share Rotary Cards from visitors, please send them to: Rob Verity 17 Pach Road Wantirna VIC 3152 You ve got to be in it, to win it!! Page 6 of 8

7 The Four-Way Test From the earliest days of the organization, Rotarians were concerned with promoting high ethical standards in their professional lives. The Four-Way Test, which was created in 1932 by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor when he was asked to take charge of a company that was facing bankruptcy. It was adopted by Rotary in 1943 and has been translated into more than 100 languages. "Of the things we think, say or do: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER? FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?" Object of Rotary The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life; FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. SUMMARY OF COMING EVENTS: June: Thursday 19 th Encore Theatre, Special Fundraising performance at Clayton Community Centre, Cooke Street. Start time is 8:15 pm. Monday 23 rd Club Changeover at Mulgrave Country Club. The cost is $25 pp, which includes a 3 course meal. The time is 7:00 for 7:30 pm. See Michael Ellinger if you wish to attend. Sunday 29 th - District Governors Changeover at the Karralyka Centre, Mines Road, East Ringwood. Noon to 4:00pm. Cost $50 per head. July: Wednesday 9 th Cocktail Party with RI President DK Lee. Crown Casino River Room. Friday 11 th to Sunday 13 th Presidential Membership Conference. WHERE OTHER CLUBS MEET A Rotarian can attend the weekly meeting of any Rotary club around the world. This is a make-up and counts as attendance credit when you are not able to attend a meeting of your own club. Meeting details of some local clubs are: BENTLEIGH MOORABBIN CENTRAL: Wednesday 7.00 am for 7.10 am (breakfast) Hemisphere Centre, 488 South Road, Moorabbin BRAESIDE: Monday 6.00 pm for 6.15 pm at Melbourne Golf Academy, 385 Centre Dandenong Road, Heatherton. CHELTENHAM: Wednesday pm for 1.00 pm Buckingham Motel, 1130 Nepean Highway, Highett. DINGLEY VILLAGE: Wednesday 6.30 pm for 6.45 pm Dingley International Hotel, Boundary Road, Dingley Village. GLEN WAVERLEY: Monday 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm Village Green Hotel (Cabaret Room), Cnr Springvale & Ferntree Gully Roads, Mulgrave. HAMPTON: Tuesday 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm Classic Residences, 5 Brewer Road, Bentleigh HUNTINGDALE: Thursday 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm Huntingdale Golf Club, Windsor Avenue, Huntingdale MONASH: Wednesday 7.00 am for 7.15 am Victoria Police Academy, Viewmount Road, Glen Waverley MOORLEIGH-MOORABBIN: Monday 6.30 pm for 7.00pm South Oakleigh Club, 1 Victor Road, East Bentleigh. Note recent name change. MORDIALLOC: Tuesday 6:00 p.m. for 6:30 p.m. Mentone Motor Hub Motor Inn 200 Nepean Highway (cnr Warrigal Road), Mentone MOUNT WAVERLEY: Wednesday 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm. Bruce County Motor Inn, 445 Blackburn Road, Mount Waverley NOBLE PARK: Thursday 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm. Sandown Regency Motor Inn, 477 Princes Hwy, Noble Park OAKLEIGH: Thursday pm for 1.00 pm. Leighoak Tabaret, 1555 Dandenong Road, Oakleigh (Cnr Atkinson St) SPRINGVALE CITY: Thursdays: 6.15 for 6.30pm at Board Room, Sandown Greyhounds Tabaret, View Road, Springvale. WAVERLEY: Tuesday pm for pm Riversdale Golf Club, Huntingdale Road, Mount Waverley. WHEELERS HILL: Tuesday 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm Mulgrave Country Club, Cnr Wellington & Jells Road, Wheelers Hill Details for all District 9810 clubs can be obtained in the district directory or website. Details for clubs around the world are available in the RI Directory (held by the club secretary) and on the RI website ( Page 7 of 8

8 This WEEK Date: 4 th June Speaker: TBA Subject: FORTHCOMING ROSTERS Chairperson: Neil Rickard Duty Desk: Glenda Rose Visitors: All members Bulletin Notes: Bill Sides..AND THE NEXT Date: 9 th June Speaker: No meeting Queens Birthday Subject: Chairperson: Duty Desk: Visitors: Bulletin Notes:..AND THE NEXT Date: 16 th June Speaker: TBA Subject: Chairperson: Glenda Rose Duty Desk: Bill Sides Visitors: Bulletin Notes: Richard Simmons LOYAL TOAST Please charge your glasses and assist me in toasting: Rotary International and our country, Australia. ROTARY GRACE For good food, for good fellowship, and the opportunity for Service through Rotary, We Thank You O Lord, Amen REMINDER Contributions for inclusion into the Bulletin should be passed to michaele@netspace.net.au by Friday evening of each week. Please ensure that the club is aware if you will be missing a club meeting. Contact Michael Ellinger on by 4 pm on the day of the meeting if you are not going to be present. ON THE LIGHTER SIDE A rugby union referee died and went to Heaven where he met St. Peter at the Pearly Gates. St. Peter said only brave people who had performed heroic deeds and had the courage of their convictions could enter Heaven. If the referee could describe a situation where he had shown such qualities he would be admitted to Heaven. Well, pondered the referee, I was refereeing a match in Brisbane between Queensland and New South Wales with Queensland two points infront with a minute to go. The winger for New South Wales made a break and then passed inside to his lock. He was driven on by the forwards and the ball went out to a New South Wales player who ducked through on the blind and scored in the corner. However, he dropped the ball before he could ground it. I ruled that he had dropped the ball down and not forward. I awarded the try. St. Peter agreed that was somewhat brave but would check the football reports to make sure. He was back some time later, saying: I tried to check your story out, but I could not find a report anywhere. When did you say it happened? The referee looked at his watch and said: Forty-five seconds ago. A photographer for a television station was assigned to get photographs of a large bushfire. Smoke at the scene was too thick to get any good shots, so he called his home office to hire a plane. It will be waiting for you at the airport, he was assured by his editor. As soon as he got to the small, country airport, sure enough, a plane was warming up near the runway. He jumped in with his equipment and yelled: Let s go! Let s go! The pilot swung the plane into the wind and soon they were in the air. Fly over the north side of the fire, said the photographer, and make three or four low passes. Why? asked the pilot. Because I m going to take pictures. I m a photographer and photographers take pictures, said the photographer with great exasperation. After a pause the pilot said: You mean you re not the instructor? The Rotary Club of Clayton proudly welcomes and thanks its major Golf Sponsor for 2008 Page 8 of 8