Bulletin 18th September 2016 (Sep 18, 2016)

Rotary Action against Slavery

Lions Village

Sep 19, 2016
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Brownlow Footy night

Lions Village

Sep 26, 2016
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Hat Day Party

Lions Village

Oct 03, 2016
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

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Presidents Report

Posted by Lesley Shedden

Bulletin No 11

From the President

Thank you everyone who attended last week and took part in the BBQ Trailer Training. I think it was valuable for most of us, some more than others, and a great way to begin the BBQ season. Thanks especially to Mal and Geoff for bringing the trailer in and running the training. as ell as for all the maintenance you have done on the trailer since last year. The next step is to finalise the BBQ roster, which is currently being developed. I am sure we will hear more from Graham soon on this.

It was with much sadness that we received the news of the passing of Linda Neale's Mother, Mabel Cashin, suddenly last Tuesday. The funeral will be held on Tuesday 20th September @ 11am @ St Luke's Anglican Church in Torquay. Our thoughts are with Linda at this time.

Be Bond conference 2017

You may recall when DG Stephen visited our Club in July, mention was made of us offering bed and breakfast type accommodation to Rotarians visiting for the District Conference on 31 March and 1 April, 2017. I would like to create a register of such accommodation and hope we can make some available. Would you please give this some thought so when you receive an email asking for details, you will be ready to respond.

Request from Rotarian in Balwayn for accommodation for her foster son

I received an email this week from Gayle Vermont a Rotary member of Balwyn asking whether we can help her foster son – Dane Smith – who has started work at the Ripcurl outlet store here in Torquay while completing his Business Degree at Swinburne University and is struggling to find accommodation by way of a room to rent. If you can help or know someone who may be able to help, can you let me know please and I will pass on Gayle’s details.

Board meeting this Monday 19 September

As always, if you have issues you’d like raised or would like to attend the Board meeting, please do so. Our meetings are open to all members.

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World Polio Day 24th October

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Brownlow Night

Posted by David Mitchell

Brownlow Football Night

Monday 26 September 2016

This is a football themed night so dress in your club colours or dress to impress. At this stage we haven't arranged a guest speaker

but hopefully you will be entertained for a while at least any way.

This is a partners night so if your partner is not coming please apologise for them by 9am on Monday 26 September 2016 ph 5222 2022.

Please feel free to invite your friends (you just need to remember to book them in). If you don't apologise for your partner they will

assume to be attending with you.

The final program has not been resolved but it may include an individual trivia challenge to find our very own "football genius" for 2016

(no phones allowed), maybe a green carpet walk for the best dressed and perhaps even a Brownlow tipping contest.

Also if everyone can bring one piece of football memorabilia (or more if you wish) it will add to the event.

We need some football decorations for about 5 tables so if we have any volunteers please let me know or if anyone has any ideas for the

evening please give me a call.

It won't be a late night because we will want to get home to watch the Brownlow.

David Mitchell 0407 616 391 / 5222 2022.

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Wear a Hat Day For Mental Illness Prevention 3rd Oct

Friday October 7 2016 is Hat Day, an initiative of Australian Rotary Health, one of the largest not-for-profit

funders of mental health research in Australia.

100% of the money raised during this year's Hat Day campaign goes directly to research helping the one in five Australians affected by

depression, anxiety, schizophrenia and many other illnesses.

Torquay Rotary Club are making Monday October 3rd our HAT DAY PARTY

Members from the Belmont Club will be joining us that night , so get your hats on for a great night!

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It's BBQ Time Again Please Check the Roster

UPCOMING BBQ's WATCH THIS SPACE FOR THE FULL SUMMER ROSTER - COMING SOON

Thanks for everyone who assisted with the BBQs again this weekend. Unfortunately with the cancellation of the Sunday Team rescheduled to Baines Cres which ended up taking $380 which was better than no BBQ at all. See some pics of the Sunday Team above

Mal

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Grovedale Dinner Auction

If you are interested in making up a table for the Grovedale Dinner Auction please contact Greg Plumridge on 0418 521321. This is always a fun night with many great bargains to be had, whilst supporting our good friends from Grovedale.

Surf Coast Secondary College - Assistance Required

Posted by Michael Reed

Surf Coast Secondary College is constructing some raised garden beds on Wednesday's and Friday's with the Hands on Learning crew.

James Clyne has asked if Torquay Rotary would like to be involved in this project?

Members supporting this project must have a " volunteer working with children check."

For further details, or to express interest, please contact James Clyne directly -

James Clyne email: clyne.james.p@edumail.vic.gov.au Phone: 0411016140

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Club Membership Dues

Club Membership Fees are now OVERDUE

Your Club dues are now overdue and the Club needs this money urgently to pay our commitments to RI and District for your membership.

Please make this payment ASAP via Direct Debit to the Club's bank account is

Account Name:- Rotary Club of Torquay

BSB:- 633 000

Account Number:- 149717803

Please enter your surname in the Reference field.

Alternatively please see Graham Gill with you cheque or cash.

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Community Fitness Stations ....coming soon

Posted by Lesley Shedden

A major project for Torquay Rotary this year is to install several fitness stations on the Torquay foreshore for the benefit of residents and visitors. There will be 4 stations each consisting of 2 elements of equipment. which will be situated on the walking track along the coast between Elephant Walk (near Zeally Bay Rd) and the carpark above the Surf Beach The equipment is currently being manufactured and will be erected prior to summer. Thanks to some generous corporate funding we are on the home stretch but still need more assistance to complete the project. You are invited to help us raise the final $$$$ to get the equipment in the ground

We hope you will support us in this fantastic project by pledging financial support and sharing this post with your friends. CLICK HERE TO HELP

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Future Meetings & Duty Roster

Posted by Maggie Isom

Weekly Assigned Duties:

If you cannot meet one of your assigned duties, Please contact Maggie Isom to advise.

The duty team should arrive no later than 6:00 p.m. Besides the below duties, the assigned team is responsible for Room Setup, Greeting Members and Guests, and Room Tidy at the end of our meeting - see checklist in storeroom or click here .

Date	Duty Team			Program
Date	Chair	GREETING	INVOCATION	Event details
Mon Sept 19	Gaynor Schols	Geoff Dawson	Gail Chrisfield	Rotary Action against Slavery
Mon Sept 26	David Mitchell	Brian Mynott	Greg Plumridge	Brownlow Footy night partners night
Mon 3 October	Amanda Hough	Vernon D ' Souza	Geoff Dawson	Visit from Belmont Club speaker TBC
Mon 10 Oct	Mon Belmont, Drysdale	Tues Geelong Central, East Geelong	Wed Kardinia AM Thurs, Highton ,Corio Bay	MAKE UP other Clubs week Grovedale Dinner Auction Fri 14

Please note : The assigned Chairperson for the evening is responsible for writing a short review on the topic presented by the guest speaker of the night and for emailing the review to the Bulletin editor by noon of the following Wednesday

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MEETING APOLOGIES - What do I do?

Notifying someone about changes to your meeting attendance is your responsibility!

Our meetings have catered dinners, so if you are unable to attend a meeting, or if your partner is unable to attend a designated Partner's Night, YOU MUST ADVISE us of your or your partner’s absence. This also applies if you are attending the meeting but not dining.

There are two ways to do this, either record the information in advance in the "Apology Book" that is available at the book in table at each meeting or telephone 03-5222-2022. An answering service operates out of hours.

All apologies must be made no later than 9.00AM on the Monday of the meeting (unless other arrangements were addressed in the Bulletin).
If no apology is recorded by that time, the absentee member will be issued with an invoice to pay the Club the dinner fee of $25 for your non-attendance, and/or that of your partner if it is an official Partner's Night.

On "Partners Nights" it is a different arrangement as it will be assumed that your partner WILL BE attending unless you apologise for them!

Remember if you are bringing guests or your partner (to a non-partner night) you need to notify us of the extra number of persons who will be attending.

Absence when away on travel is not an excuse. It is your reasonability to lodge your apology and it is recommended that this be recorded beforehand in the “Apology Book” to save you remembering each week whilst you are away.

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