Bulletin 23rd June 2017 (Jun 23, 2017)

Club Meeting

Lions Village

Jun 26, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Club Changeover Lunch -

Surf Coast Hotel

Jul 02, 2017
12:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Club Assembly

Lions Village

Jul 10, 2017
6:30 PM – 8:05 PM

Dine with Cadel Evans

Surf Coast Hotel (Wyndham Resort)

Jul 12, 2017
6:30 PM – 9:45 PM

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Presidents Report No 50 - The Final One

Posted by Lesley Shedden

Bulletin No. 50 – From the President

Hello everyone

As this is the last Bulletin for this year, I would like to say thank you to each and every one of you for your efforts, involvement, enthusiasm, friendship and support through this year. We have achieved a lot, as represented in the District Citation presented to us by District Governor Stephen on Monday night. I hope you are pleased with our achievements and proud of the Rotary Club of Torquay. We are a testament to Rotary Serving Humanity.

A special thank you to Greg Plumridge and Rudi Schols for putting together and publishing this Bulletin every week. It is not always a simple task and is a constant one. Yet again, you have done us proud.

PLEASE NOTE:- There will be no Bulletin published next weekend, The next issue will be published in the week after Changeover of our Club Executive.

Our 100^th Birthday party for Rotary Foundation

Thank you to everyone who came along to our meeting this week and celebrated 100 years of doing good in the world through our Rotary Foundation. It was a pleasure to welcome so many guests and there was so much to talk and think about with the Foundation history, the End Polio Now presentation by Chris Sims, key insights from our District Governor Stephen Lamont, the presentation to our newest Paul Harris Fellow, Rose Hodge and, of course, the cake.

I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.

RSL Cheque Presentation

It was pleasing to present Ian Gilbank from the RSL with a Cheque for $3,000 being the proceeds of our Club's efforts from Raffle ticket sales and donations from Program distribution at this years ANZAC Dawn Service. This amount was significantly down on the 2016 amount due to the weather conditions and the introduction of the inaugural Geelong Dawn Service.

Here is a thank you from Rotary Foundation for our club donation this year.

Thank you for your recent gift to The Rotary Foundation. As our Foundation celebrates 100 years of Doing Good in the World, we are especially grateful for donors like you, who empower Rotarians to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people in need.

Do you want to see how your gift makes a difference? Watch this.

Dine with Cadel Evans – 12 July

Please purchase your tickets for our major event raising funds for Rotary Health programs

12 July 2017 - 6:30 for 7 pm start

Surf Coast Hotel (Wyndham resort), The Esplanade Torquay

Buy tickets now

Ticket Prices

Standard Table $1200 (10 seats)
Premium Table $1500 (10 seats)
Individual Premium Seat $160
Individual Standard seat $130

This is a major event for us in 2017. All funds raised will support Rotary Health programs – Interplast, ROMAC, Australian Rotary Health Foundation and a local health project.

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Rose Hodge PHF

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Torquay Rotary 2017 Changeover Lunch

Sunday 2 July, 2017

12 noon for 12.30pm

SURFCOAST HOTEL WYNDHAM RESORT

100 The Esplanade, Torquay

RSVP by Friday 16 June to Maggie Isom at marg.isom@gmail.com or Ph 0412713102

Please include names of all attendees in your group and any dietary requirements.

Cost: $45.00 per person (includes two course meal)

This will be a "Partners" function and all members and partners are encouraged to attend to join with Lesley Shedden in the celebrating the hand over the President’s badge & responsibilities to President Elect Gaynor Schols and her new team.

If you have not already done so could you please "Accept or Decline" the invitation that you received by email on the 5th June immediately.

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No Meeting 3rd July

PLEASE NOTE There will be no regular Rotary Meeting held at the Lions Village in Torquay

on Monday 3rd July as this will be the night following our Club Changeover Function.

We will return to the Lions Village the following week the 10th July

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Let's Start Thinking About Next Year

As our current Rotary year draws to a close now is an appropriate time for us to begin planning for the "New" Rotary year.

2017-18 will be an exciting year for our Club particularly as we work alongside our recently inducted new members. President Gaynor will give a presentation on this to the Club early in the "New" Year however in the mean time as per President Elect Gaynor's recent email to you she would like all members to give thought as to what Areas of Service and Projects you would like to be involved with.

International Projects with Lesley
Community/Australian Service Projects with Michael
Vocational Service Projects with Richard
Youth Service Projects with Gerard
Membership Committee with Amanda
Public Relations with Greg

Please can you let Gaynor know (by email) which committee you would prefer to help with. We need a fair distribution and if I don't hear back from you, I will allocate your service role according to needs.

Also if you would like to be involved as a Committee member for any of our Major Events please also indicate this in your preferences to Gaynor.

Cub Projects

Motor Show
Book Fair
BBQ's
Ride the Bellarine
ANZAC Day
Golf Day
Major Events (ie Dine with Cadel)

......or if you have any ideas for possible future projects/events please raise these with any Board Members for consideration.

Most importantly our Club urgently needs to nominate a President Elect for the 2018-19 year to enable that person to participate in the full President Elect Training Program during the coming year.

Also before the "New" year gets underway there are two tasks for which assistance could be used, they are -

GOLF DAY Since the evolution of the Torquay Golf Club into the RACV Resort, our Club has struggled to return the Graham Price Golf to the popular and significant event it was in its heyday. This year an opportunity exists for this event to be included in the Calendar for the inaugural "Torquay Life Festival" which is being held during the month of October. Darrel Brewin is the Lead of the Golf Committee and would be eager to hear from anyone interested in joining this committee. Please contact Darrel on 0417185071
Public Relations If you are media savvy have an interest in photography and/or are comfortable working with Facebook, writing short articles and posting website stories then Greg Plumridge would be interested in having you join the Public Relations Team. There are unlimited opportunities for us to promote our Club to the outside world and we are restricted only by the people power and time available to present and post the articles. Please contact Greg to discuss on 0418521321

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Rotary Leadership Institute - District 9780 Closes 30th June

Posted by Greg "Plugga" Plumridge

The Rotary Leadership Institute

Is a three part series of fast paced, interactive one day courses offered to refine a Rotarian's leadership skills and increase their knowledge of Rotary.

The dates for the 2017-18 Program have just been released.

The 3 full-day training courses will be held in Geelong on Aug 5, 2017, Oct 14, 2017 and Feb 3, 2018

The club generally pays the fees and registrations close on 30 June.

Who Should Attend RLI:

Rotary Clubs are encouraged to select at least two candidates for RLI annually. Participants return to their Club with enthusiasm new contacts, fresh ideas, an increased understanding of their potential as Rotarians, and valuable skills impacting their potential leadership in the Club. In particular, It's good for all Rotarians but especially recommended for new members, those with board positions and Presidents Elect.

In recent years Vernon D'Souza and PE Gaynor Schols have graduated from RLI so if you are interested in the course I encourage you to discuss with either of them.

Please contact Chris Sims on 0439 209 036 for more details or

See more at: http://www.rotary9780.org/SitePage/rotary-leadership-institute

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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 26 June	Lesley Shedden	Graeme McDonald	tbn	Review of the Year
Sunday 2 July	Lesley Shedden Gaynor Schols	John McDonald	PDG Alan Anderson	Club Changeover MC Richard Mierzejewski
Mon 3 July	NO	MEETING		Following Changeover
Mon 10 July	Gaynor Schols	Rhonda Anchen	Greg Birchall	Planning the New Year
Mon 17 July	Gaynor Schols	Peter Bollen	Rhonda Anchen	Young Veterans TBC
Mon 24 July	Gaynor Schols	Christmas in July		Minya Winery

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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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