Bulletin 28th March 2016 (Mar 27, 2016)

No Meeting Easter Monday

Mar 28, 2016
6:36 PM – 8:00 PM

Ride the Bellarine

Apr 03, 2016
7:38 AM – 6:39 PM

Cotton On Foundation

Lions Village

Apr 04, 2016
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Bulletin Takes Easter Vacation???

Apologies for the lack of content in the previous Bulletin you received this morning. As Rudi said "No news is Good News" .....however it appears to have been just another of Clubrunner's wonderful quirks....So here goes we'll have a "Take 2"

Presidents Report

Posted by Amanda Hough on Mar 27, 2016

Presidents Report

On Monday we hosted Jan Koch from East Geelong Rotary with Colin & Jan McDonald from the Rotary Club of Benalla so that they could advise us of the Awake & Shine School in North Eastern India. There is no doubt this school makes a difference to the students, families and communities, and raises these children’s aspirations. The benefits would be exponential as they grow older as they can share their learnings with others. At the Board meeting afterwards, it was decided to support the school, not with a donation of money, but with the donation of water pumps to enable fresh water to the school and community. The delivery will be by a Benalla Rotarian so that we can be sure that our donation actually arrives and is intrude.

Many of us stayed home this Easter rather than pack up and set up camp somewhere else. Why would we want to leave our little patch of paradise? It was a good time to catch up with friends, and your humble President did just that. You will see that silly old woman rock n rollin’ to the beats of Wilbur Wilde & The Trouble Makers, with her own team of Trouble Makers, many of whom were once Respectable Rotarians. They are a little less Respectable now. But we had a good time. Rotary is not just a Service organisation, it is also a Social organisation, and I am very grateful to be a member.

No meeting tomorrow being Easter Monday, so I look forward to your company next Monday night.

President Amanda

No Meeting

Posted by Greg "Plugga" Plumridge

No Meeting 28th March

PLEASE NOTE There will be no regular Rotary Meeting at the Lions Village in Torquay Monday 28th March due to Easter Moinday.

Hopefully you are all enjoying some precious family time.

Chairmans Report

Awake and Shine School India

THE AWAKE AND SHINE SCHOOL

in Samthar Valley, Kalimpong, India

Speakers on 21st March 2016 were Colin McDonald, RC Benalla & Janine Koch, RC Geelong East. Colin is a mechanical engineer who has been involved in the water harvesting project, sponsored by the RC Benalla and Janine is a teacher who has visited the school.

Lt Gen ( Retired) “Jimmy” Singh is a local philanthropist who built the school in this very remote area and runs a village tourism business to fund it and supply local employment. The idea of the school originated from the conviction that that rural development must focus on improving village education.

The Rotary Club of Benalla have been supporting this project for some years.

Rotarian teachers have visited, books have been supplied and 2 local teachers were brought to Benalla for training.

Many children walk to and from school for up to 1½ hours morning and afternoon but only had 300 ml. of water to drink each day. It was found that due to the lack of water and a high salt diet a number of families and children have kidney disease. It was therefore decided to provide and install the infrastructure required for rain water harvesting and filtration at the school.

Two water tanks and filters have been installed so far but the project is on-going and it is proposed that our club might be able to help the RC Benalla by providing more filtration systems next year.

Janine described the progress being made in the children's education and showed us examples of the teaching books which were locally designed.

Currently parents are contributing 15 % of the school expenses, whilst the balance comes from individual scholarships. The cost per child per year is INR 12000, which is about $240.

Individual or club sponsorship for children is also sought. Benalla currently sponsors 42 of the 150 students each year.

Chairman Gaynor Schools

Ride the Bellarine

Posted by Greg "Plugga" Plumridge

Ride the Bellarine

Thanks to all of our Members who have volunteered for Ride the Bellarine next weekend Your efforts are greatly appreciated. As you will know from the email I sent out yesterday there are some some Tasks requires help if you know someone who is available.

Please give me a call.

Yours in Rotary

Greg Plumridge

Sing Australia Concert 13th April

Dear Members and Friends,

Sing Australia, our Anzac Day Dawn Service Choir, have generously offered to put on a concert with the proceeds being donated to the Dawn Service. On behalf of our committee I encourage as many of you as possible to support this event. Please feel free to forward this to your friends or colleagues who may be interested in attending.

Our sincere thanks go out to Mary and the group for this thoughtful and generous gesture.

I am, yours in service,

Ian Gilbank

President

Torquay RSL Sub-Branch Inc

ROMAC Raffle Winners

RAFFLE WINNERS

Raffle for ROMAC was drawn as scheduled yesterday.

Thank you to everyone who bought tickets in the raffle we have been running over the past few weeks in support of ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children).

The winners are :

1^st Dorothy Cremona

2^nd Karen Coyle of Highton

3^rd Bruce Ridland of Mt B+Gambier

Thank you to our sponsors:

Classic /Fireplaces & BBQs from Newtown, who donated the first prize of a Weber Q1200 BBQ.

Kevin Way photography who donated the second prized of a framed print of a photo of the Torquay Surf Beach.

Bunnings Torquay who donated the third prize of a $50 voucher.

If needed for any of the prizes, a redraw will take place on 27 April, 2016.

Anzac Day

Anzac Day 2016

This years Dawn Service will be on Monday 25th April thereby creating a Long Weekend (yep....another one)

So we should expect another massive crowd which will require another major effort by our members to assist the RSL and Lions Club in putting on the day.

We have been fortunate in being donated another unique ANZAC Bar Fridge to Raffle from Andrew Clarke at the Valley Inn Hotel and I purchased a collectable ANZAC print at a Dinner Auction last week which will make a great second prize for this year.

The RSL have received less financial support this year, 101 anniversary's clearly don't mean as much to Government, so every dollar that we can assist in collecting from attendees in program donations and from Raffle Ticket sales will be vital.

I will be seeking volunteers in coming weeks to man all task for the day and will generally assume that you will be available as usual unless you advise me otherwise

Thanks you in anticipation of your help & support

John McDonald ANZAC Day Convenor

2016 Strathewen School Visit

Posted by Gail Chrisfield

The 2016 Strathewen Primary School Beach Visit

This years visit is scheduled for Tuesday 26th April (The day after Anzac Day)

PDG Alan Anderson has used connections from his time working with the communities affected by the Black Saturday bush fires and has been able to gain some financial support to assist with the costs involved with running the days activities and the bus.from Strathewen.

We will as usual require 4 or so Rotarians/Partners to assist on the day with the BBQ lunch as well as Morning Tea on their arrival and Afternoon Tea prior to their departure.

If you are interested and able to assist please call or email Gail Chrisfield on 0409 624 577 or Alan Anderson on 0419 330 774

Gail Chrisfield

2015-16 BBQ Season

2015-16 BBQ Season only a few more to go

A huge thank you to everyone who has been manning the BBQ's the past few weeks

Remember to check the BBQ Roster as there are still a few events to go with 2 x Cowrie Markets and Easter. CLICK HERE to view the roster

Please make sure you check the dates that you are rostered on for, and put them in your Diary/Outlook.

If for any reason yur ou are unable to fulfill your roster commitment

it will be your responsibility to find a replacement person
any swaps should be notified to Graeme McDonald on 0477 773 386

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 28	NO MEETING	EASTER MONDAY	HOLIDAY
Mon 4 April	Rudi Schols	Trevor Brown	G Dawson	Sean Purcell Cotton on Foundation
Mon 11 April	Amanda Hough	Darrel Brewin	Trevor Brown	Zoe Waters Volunteer Services Barwon Health
Mon 18 April	Rhonda Anchen	Mike Reed	Maggie Isom	Distribution of Book Fair Funds Strive2Thrive Program

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

District 9780 Info

Meet District Governor Jane Cox

Jane was born in Sydney but with the family moved to Geelong where she completed her schooling. A career path in banking led to management, following which Jane took up an overseas posting in London for five years working with the Australian Department of Immigration. Returning to Australia, Jane was the Business Manager for a busy medical practice for a number of years, before taking up the senior National Travel Co-ordinator role with a large, national food serices provider. Jane holds a Diploma of Business (Human Resources).

A member of the Rotary Club of Geelong since 2001, Jane has held many positions in the Club including President, Secretary and Treasurer. As President she initiated and took part in the building of a school for the indigenous in Outback Australia. International activities have included attendance at the Salt Lake City Convention and participation in a Rotary Friendship Exchange to Alaska. Jane was selected for, and attended,the Brisbane Future Leaders Seminar in 2011. At District level Jane has been active on a number of District committees including Australian Rotary Health and served for three years as an Assistant Governor to a group of eight clubs. Jane is a Facilitator with the Rotary Leadeership Institute, and was appointed the District Governor Special Representative for, and esablished, a vibrant new club. Jane is also a member of the District Club Visioning team assisting Clubs with planning a vision for their futures. Jane has been recognised with a Paul Harris Fellow and an "Avenues of Service" Citation.

With a love of travel, Jane has visited every continent, including Antactica, as well as most countries of the world. These travel experiences included a managemente role with the International Olympic Committee at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Now divorced, Jane continues to live in Torquay. She is close to her sister, nieces and nephew and is a doting great-aunt to Chloe, and the new arrival Lucy. A lover of spectator sports, Jane is a long-standing and passionate supporter and member (with one niece) of the Geelong Footbal Club team: "The Cats"

- See more at: http://rotary9780.org/SitePage/meet-our-district-governor-2015-2016#sthash.wRzw64td.dpuf

Here are some links where you can find all of the Latest news from District 9780

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To go to the District 9780 Website Click Here
Get to know your District Governor Jane Cox Click Here
To read District Governor Jane Cox February 2016 District e-Newsletter Click Here

To Read Rotary Down Under Issue 580 Matrch 2016 e-Newsletter Click Here

Dinner Meeting Registration & Apologies

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.