Bulletin 28th October 2017 (Oct 27, 2017)

Humans In Geelong - “Polio Plus Awareness Night”

Lions Village Community Centre

Oct 30, 2017
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Cup Eve Social Night - "The Get Out Stakes"

Lions Village Community Centre

Nov 06, 2017
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Rotary Foundation Evening - Christine Latimer

Lions Village Community Centre

Nov 13, 2017
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Club Annual General Meeting

Lions Village Community Centre

Nov 20, 2017
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Surviving Road Trauma - Christine Latimer

Lions Village Community Centre

Nov 27, 2017

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Gaynor Schols

Report No 17

Monday 23rd October - Strategic Planning exercise.

A big thanks to Jessie Harman who travelled from Ballarat to lead us in the Rotary Strategic Planning session. Her energy and enthusiasm at the end of a long day was much appreciated!

The brainstorming session was phase one and it is now up to us to refine some key goals and objectives. If anyone wants to join this planning committee, please let me know.

I have sent out the full list of ideas but the ones that were most popular, by the number of red dots are:

COMMUNITY

Aboriginal Eye Care
Planting trees
Mental Health
CLUB SERVICE

Better support for newer members
Program/format that appeals to younger members
More Fireside Chats & social evenings
YOUTH SERVICE

Initiate an anti-drug program in schools
Strong partnerships with local secondary schools
Develop a youth leadership program
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

Get rid of plastics from water
Strong support for Interplast and ROMAC
Pacific project - clean water & sanitation
PUBLIC RELATIONS

Involve more community members in our projects
Strong digital footprint - "content is king"
Do combined activities in the PR arena
FOUNDATION

$200 per member per annum
Apply for global grants really regularly
Scholarship - foundation
VOCATIONAL SERVICE

Hold an annual youth job expo
Annual apprentice of the year award
Help older unemployed and also migrants to find jobs
FUNDRAISING

Motor show - iconic
Hole in one golf over Christmas
Raise $100,000 per annum
MEMBERSHIP

How many members will we have in 5 years time?

Ideas ranged from 0 to 500. Something we clearly need to think about!

Monday 30th October

Please wear your "End Polio Now" shirts, if you have one, as Rotary is celebrating World Polio Day this week.

Our speaker will be Jacqui Bennett for "Humans in Geelong" - They are a team of volunteers telling the stories of locals who are making a difference.

President Gaynor Schols

Coming Meetings

Monday 30^th October

“HUMANS IN GEELONG”

Guest Speaker Jacqui Bennett

In addition it is also Polio Awareness Night so please wear any "End Polio" promotional clothing that you have

Chris Sims will make a short address and show a brief Video

Monday 6^th November

“MELBOURNE CUP EVE SOCIAL NIGHT”

Chief Steward – Peter Bollen

Partners are welcome But Please Don’t forget to book them in for Dinner

Lots of Fun, Fashions on the Field for Ladies and Gentlemen, Sweeps and More!!!

Also on this evening Dr John Oswald will be hosting two Doctors from the Vaiola project

who will address with an overview of this program.

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Torquay Book Fair - Working Bee Wrap

Posted by Rhonda Anchen

Book Fair Working Bee

Thanks to everyone who assisted with the Book Fair Working Bee today. It was a beautiful day weather wise and much was achieved. Although there is still a lot more to be done prior to January.

Rhonda Anchen

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East Loddon Food Share Program - TOILETRIES LAST NIGHT THIS MONDAY

Posted by Linda Neale

Monday Night will be the last night I will be collecting the toiletries for the East Loddon Community Centre Farmers Support Group. I would love to collect enough toiletries to fill another three shoe boxes. We have 32 full boxes.

Could I ask for one last effort please and see if we can fill 35 boxes?

I am so impressed with what we have so far.

I have arranged to take the boxes to the Centre on Saturday 4th November.

Thank you so much for the contributions so far.

Kind Regards

Linda

NOTE THIS WILL BE THE LAST NIGHT FOR ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS

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Happy Hour 1st December

David Mitchell has kindly invited us all to his home

at 10 Rudd Avenue, Torquay on the 1^st December 2017 from 6.00pm.

The Usual Rules apply, bring your own drinks and nibbles and don’t stay all night!!

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2017-18 BBQ Season - Bunnings this week

You will have now received a completed 2017-18 BBQ Roster Spreadsheet via email. The Roster is also saved in Clubrunner Club Documents or Click this link BBQ ROSTER

Thanks to the two teams who manned the BBQ at Bunnings today. Whilst the morning took a while to get going the afternoon was really busy. Great work everyone..

Thanks Mal

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Rotary Global Rewards Program

Rotary Global Rewards, our member benefits program, offers discounts on products and services from local and global

merchants, along with opportunities to give back to Rotary.

Over 33,000 members have signed in to use Rotary Global Rewards. To raise awareness of this program, you can:

Recommend Rotary Global Rewards to all club members. They can visit www.rotary.org/globalrewards from a computer or download the Rotary Club Locator App to use the program on mobile devices.
Post a "Rewards" link to www.rotary.org/globalrewards on your club and district websites. This gives members easier access to Rotary Global Rewards.
Encourage club members to post offers on Rotary Global Rewards.
Suggest that club members help the program grow in their communities by asking local merchants to post offers.

You can find instructional videos, how-to-guides, and promotional materials on the Rotary Global Rewards page of My Rotary. If you have any questions about the program, write to rotaryglobalrewards@rotary.org.

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Future Meetings & Duty Roster

Posted by Bruce Smith

Weekly Assigned Duties:

If you cannot meet one of your assigned duties, Please contact Bruce Smith 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 30th Oct	Rhonda Anchen	David Mitchell	Kathryn McNamara	Humans in Geelong - Jacqui Bennett Polio Awareness Night - Chris Sims
Mon 6th Nov	Peter Bollen	Rudi Schols	David Mitchell	The "Get Out Stakes" Cup Eve Social Night The Vaiola project - John Oswald
Mon 13th Nov	John McDonald	Brian Mynott	Linda Neale	Rotary Foundation Evening PDG Chris Sims
Mon 20th Nov	Bryan Mynott	Linda Neale	Brian Mynott	Annual General Meeting + The Rotarian Behind the Badge
Mon 27th Nov	Bruce Smith	Robyn O'Loughlin	Trevor Pickles	Surviving Road Trauma - Christine Latimer

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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 check 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
usual 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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