Bulletin THE ROTARY CLUB OF LAVERTON POINT COOK DISTRICT 9800 26 May 2013 Bulletin No. 41 President s message Last week we had a very interesting speaker in Mark Campbell, who came along with his production crew and spoke about his planned trek on the Thai-Burma Death Railway in 2014. Mark outlined his connection to the railway through his Grandfather who had been a POW on the line for 3 and a half years. His grandfather told him part of the story of his time there, in 1987 and the next day Mark joined the Royal Navy. After his death, Mark vowed make the trip to visit the camps and sites of the railway and spent much of his pastime reading as many books as he could, to understand more of the subject. This lead to a trip to Thailand in 2009, and ultimately to the current project to raise awareness and to honour the memory of all the Allied and Asian POWs of the Death Railway. His plan is to trek the entire length of the Thailand section of the infamous Death Railway, in Nov 2014, with the additional plan to televise the trek for national and international TV/DVD release thereafter. Club Details: Postal Address: P.O. Box 1134 Altona Meadows 3028 Email: Lavertonpointcook@rotary d9800.org Lavertonpointcook@rotaryd9800.org Website: http://rotarylpc.org.au/ http://www.facebook.com/rotarylpc Secretary: Mark Schirmer Next Meeting: Wednesday night also saw the sad farewell to Wolfgang and Verena. We will all surely miss their tireless efforts and smiling faces. We will obviously be keeping in touch while they travel Australia and through to their ultimate journey home to Austria. Date: 29 May 2013 Venue: OZ Ten Pin and Entertainment Centre, 1 Linmax Court Point Cook Time: 7.00pm start Program: Social Ten Pin Bowling Page 1
Bulletin No. 41 Thanks to those who helped out with rattling the tins for the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal. I don t know how much we raised yet, but it was a worthwhile effort at the Laverton Train Station where the response was up from last year and the temperature (at least at 6.30am) was down. Yours in Rotary, Our community, Our strength, Our future! District 9800: www.rotarydistrict9800.org.au District 9800 Governor: Dennis Shore New Generations Hosting our inbound exchange student: Valborg. Your assistance requested! Due to certain circumstances, we now need a host family to be an emergency host family, with a significant chance they may be required. One of our host families from another club has some medical issues and they won't be able to confirm if they are able to host or not until the end of July, which is already a week after Valborg arrives. That first week can be covered by Robyn, but after that we need the certainty of who will take her into their home. The hosting period may be able to be negotiated, but tentatively it would be the first host family. If you are willing to host, please contact Robyn Archer a.s.a.p. Assistant Governor Port Phillip Cluster: Cherrie Osborn Rotary International: www.rotary.org RI President: Sakuji Tanaka Many thanks to those that have already replied to the Youth Exchange questionnaire that was attached to last week's Bulletin. For those that haven't yet replied, I have included it again and I ask you to please spend just a few minutes to complete it. Your feedback is vital to structuring Youth Exchange so that the members are happy with the project. Thank you, GORDON CLARENCE Page 2
Bulletin No. 41 October May 2013 2012 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 31 Dinner 42 53 64 Club 75 Meeting visioning Upcoming events 29th May: Social - Ten Pin Bowling 1st Jun (Sat): Progressive Dinner 5th Jun: WynSpeak 86 97 10 8 Vocational Dinner Meeting Visit 15 13 16 14 17 15 Cluster Dinner Meeting Muster 3 22 20 23 21 24 22 Dinner Meeting 11 9 12 10 13 11 14 12 Point Cook Fiesta 18 16 19 17 20 18 Shopping 21 19District Tour Assembly 25 23 26 24 27 25 28 26 12th Jun: Club Vision Forum 19th Jun: Club 40th Anniversary Dinner (Werribee joining) 26th Jun: Changeover 29th Jun: District Governor Changeover 29 27 30 28 31 29 Social Sun Night Theatre Movie Night 30 31 If https://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=oktucu2h6dmsf1emmpcddvs658%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=australia/sydney you want to see the complete calendar, please click here Meeting this Week We are NOT at the Sanctuary Lakes Golf Club on for the next 2 weeks. Our next meeting there will be on 12th June. Please make note of Michael Nash s notes regarding the Bowling night on 29th May and the Progressive Dinner on 1st June. Next week we will be attending the Wynspeak final which will be held on Wednesday 5 June 2013 at 7pm, at the City of Wyndham Function Centre, 45 Princes Highway, Werribee. Please let Michael know of your attendance all these function if you haven t already at michaelnash1@bigpond.com. Birthdays Nil Cub Anniversaries Nil Quiet Achiever Award No Quiet Achiever this week. If you know of someone deserving of this prestigious award, please quietly email me at cwoods.rotary@hotmail.com Sponsor: A special thanks to Storage King Hoppers Crossing for it s strong and ongoing support of our Rotary Club. www.storageking.com.au Page 3
Progressive Dinner 2013 Saturday 1 st June R Theme Starting at 6.30 pm at John Ray s home The cost for the night is that everyone is allocated either an entrée, main, or desert for the night for everyone to share. Please check the list later in this report to see what course you have been allocated and organise with the host of the course you are doing what you are making and if you need to get your dish to the hosts home for pre heating etc. Below is the hosts and their addresses and what members have been allocated which course. Entrée Time: 6.30 pm, John Ray s 52 Mossfiel Drive, Hoppers Crossing Members for Entrée, Michael Nash, Frank Spiteri, Steve Medcraft, John & Vicki Kinai, Alister Bennett, Craig Wright, Steve Lambrinakos, John Ray. Depart John s for main course at 7.45 pm Main Course Time: 8.00 pm, Philippa McKiernan s 86 Middle Park Drive, Point Cook Members for Main Course, Mark Schirmer, Chris Woods, Philippa McKiernan, Peter Washington, Alex Dawia, Yvonne Brown, Tim Fuller, Robyn Archer. Depart Philippa s for desert at 9.30 pm
Desert Time: 9.45 pm onwards, Craig Dowling s 90 Lennon Boulevard, Point Cook Members for Desert, Gordon Clarence, Chris Egger, Julie Krause, Ian & Christina Boys, Craig Dowling, Deborah Jasper, Signe Christerson. To help with the atmosphere the theme for the night will be an R Theme and I would like to encourage all members to dress up as something beginning with the letter R. This could be as simple as wearing your club shirt as a Rotarian, but why not put your thinking caps on and come up with something a little different, there are a lot of things and jobs that start with R. With your help we will have a great night of fun and fellowship, look forward to seeing you all there. On an unrelated item, apart from the Progressive Dinner, on the 29 th of May, we are having a social night Ten Pin Bowling at OZ Ten Pin and Entertainment Centre, 1 Linmax Court Point Cook. On the night we will be playing 2 games of bowls including shoe hire, and having food platters with finger food. The cost for the night is $20 a head if you are bowling, or $10 if you are not bowling, food only. As we have to make a booking before the night, could you please let me know as soon as possible if you, your partner, or other family members are coming, so I know how may platters we need to order. With your help it should be an enjoyable night. Michael Nash michaelnash1@bigpond.com
40 Years 1 9 7 3 2 0 1 3 The Rotary club of Laverton (as it was then known) was granted it s Charter on 18 th June 1973 by RI President Roy Hickman, having been sponsored by the Werribee Rotary Club. Current President Chris Woods and the members of the Rotary Club of Laverton Point Cook wish to extend a warm invitation to join us 40 years on, as we come together for a night of fun and fellowship and a trip down memory lane. Wednesday 19 th of June 2013 6.30 for 7.00pm Sanctuary Lakes Golf Club Greg Norman Drive, Sanctuary Lakes. Cost: $30 per person (2 course meal) Drinks at Bar prices RSVP: Wednesday the 12 th of June 2013 to Chris Woods on 0401 650 580 or cwoods.rotary@hotmail.com We look forward to your company on this special evening. Please make payment to: Noting Surname. A/C Name: Rotary Club of Laverton Point Cook BSB: 633000 A/C#:130841869