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President's Message
Kelly Binyon
President's Report No 9
Hello All,
Happy Father’s Day! 🧡
Sending a big shout out to the incredible men who are Dads/Grandads👨🏻👨🏼🦳, those desperately wanting to be a Dad, those who have lost their Dad, others who have had child/ren go before them, and to those who are inspirational male figures in children lives🕺🥇
Well Spring has sprung 🌺 although you wouldn’t know it after today’s storm! This means we are ramping up for our fundraising season so if you haven’t let Mal or Mike know your availability for the Event Roster please do by Monday 9 September🙋🏻♂️🙋🏻♀️
I hope everyone who attended the “Fireside 🔥Chats” enjoyed fine food, good 🍷 & great company. Paul & I were very well looked after by our hosts Robyn & Gerard O’Laughlin and our dinner conversations were diverse, interesting and entertaining! Thanks again to all hosts for sharing your home with us🏡❤️
This Monday sees us at The Davidson Restaurant at The Gordon TAFE in Geelong. Well done Jan Emmett for arranging this vocational visit and briefing by Mark Gingell who runs the Food & Hospitality area🍽👩🍳
A reminder for all Rotarians that each month we focus on different areas. This month is:
So remember to let people know what we do....Donations In Kind send a lot of school resources to third world countries to assist in this area🌍We also have our very own Book Fair 📚which provides the community with a cheaper option to purchase. We have s lot of school teachers who love what we do!
Talking of Schools, we have again been invited to participate in Mock Job Interviews at Grovedale Secondary College this Tuesday the 3rd of September and Friday the 6th. If you are available please read the article later in the Bulletin.
Hopefully everyone had an enjoyable evening of Good Company, Food and Fellowship
Birchalls
Thanks to Gail and Greg Birchall for stepping in at the last minute to host our group as unfortunately Charmaine and Vernon departed for India at very short notice.
Once again Grovedale College is undertaking Mock Interviews with our year 9 students and we would like the help of some interviewers.
Grovedale Rotary will be assisting us again and we are trying to finalise the number of interviewers this week in order to schedule interviewers and finalise times ASAP.
As with last year interviewers must also be able to provide a current Working With Children Check to be able to participate.
We have scheduled this for next week, Tuesday the 3rd of September and Friday the 6th. It would run in a similar fashion to last year with approximately 170 students over the 2 days.
It would be wonderful if some members of your Club could assist with this again this year. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
You are invited to contribute to a project to support Purple House, an organisation that provides dialysis services to remote indigenous people in Central Australia.
Purple House is an innovative Indigenous-owned and run health service operating from its base in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Now operating 16 remote clinics and a mobile dialysis unit called the Purple Truck, Purple House is getting patients back home so that families and culture can remain strong.
DG Rosanne Kava has asked us all to provide any of the following items to our Assistant Governor, Judy Beasley, who will pass them on to Purple House CEO Sarah Brown for delivery to clients in remote communities
Soaps, shampoos, conditioner, body lotion and toiletries including combs, brushes, toothpaste and tooth brushes (no sanitary items as they are sourced elsewhere).
Special recognition will be given to the Club that provides the top contribution.
Think about volunteering to assist Purple House if you are travelling in central Australia, eg to assist in building a new Purple House in Coober Pedy, or as a nurse on the Purple Bus or one of the Purple Houses. Click the image for more details or CLICK HERE to contact Purple House or phone 08 8953 6444.
Please give your donated items to Lesley Shedden or Mike Reed at any of our Monday meetings.
Message from International PolioPlus Chair Michael K. McGovern on Nigeria reaching three years without a case of wild poliovirus
My fellow Rotarians:
I’m pleased to share the important news that as of today, 21 August 2019, it has been three years since a child in Nigeria was paralyzed by the wild poliovirus. This means that the entire World Health Organization (WHO) African region could be certified as wild poliovirus-free as soon as mid-2020. Along with our Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners and the Nigerian government, we’ve strengthened immunization and disease detection systems, and we are now reaching more children than ever in some of the hardest-to-reach places in Nigeria.
We can take pride in this progress, but it is not time to celebrate quite yet. We still have work to do and we must continue making it a priority to reach every child in Nigeria—and other polio-threatened countries—with the polio vaccine, and build strong levels of immunity to fully protect the entire population against polio. In part because of the hard work and dedication of Rotarians in Nigeria and around the world, we will soon be able to check another country off of the polio-endemic list. Rotary members in Nigeria have been hard at work raising awareness for polio eradication, advocating with the government and addressing other basic health needs to complement polio eradication efforts, like providing clean water to vulnerable communities. After the African region is certified wild poliovirus-free later next year, 5 out of the 6 WHO regions in the world will be considered polio-free. As the first organization to dream of – and promise to deliver – a polio-free world, Rotary is committed to fulfilling our promise. Our progress in Nigeria is a big step toward that goal, but we need to maintain momentum so that Pakistan and Afghanistan see the same level of progress. It’s crucial that Rotarians continue to support polio eradication as we overcome the final hurdles in the fight to end the disease forever. You can support PolioPlus by making a donation, or raise awareness by holding an event or fundraiser on World Polio Day on 24 October.
I look forward to joining with Rotarians as soon as mid-2020 to celebrate a wild poliovirus-free Africa.
Michael K. McGovern, International PolioPlus Chair CC: RI Board of Directors, TRF Board of Trustees, International PolioPlus Committee, District Governors, Club Presidents, 2019-20 EPN Countdown to History Campaign Committee, Polio Eradication
Advocacy Task Force for the US, PolioPlus National Advocacy Advisors, National PolioPlus Committee Chairs, End Polio Now Zone Coordinators.
Australia Rotary Health's "Lift the Lid" Fundraising events are coming up in October however if you would like to get an early start and are a keen knitter or crocheter? Then you can join District AHR Chair Catherine Eagleson at the next IGKNITE in the Drysdale Library on Saturday the 21st September 2-4 pm. The group make beanies to sell to raise funds for vital mental health research. Use your crafty skills to make a difference to people living with mental illness. Please ask Maggie for more information as she joined the group last Wednesday (see pic below)
Monday 7th October will be Torquay Rotary's "Lift the Lid" Crazy Hat Nite so be sure to wear a "Special", "Outrageous", or "Significant" Hat.... Monday Night 7th Oct...……....make a donation to Australian Rotary Health's Lift the Lid Campaign and you could win a prize....... so start preparing your hat now!
Disaster Aid Australia are looking for volunteers for their Disaster Aid Response Teams. These teams focus on the delivery of humanitarian aid to people who have been affected by disasters, including the disaster of contaminated drinking water. Volunteers need to be available for a two week deployment each year. Further information can be obtained from Brian Ashworth;
We are now fully operational with our new system for registering for our weekly dinner meetings. Called Whoozin, this program is used by other local Rotary Clubs with great success.
To make it easy for everyone I have prepared a Whoozin User Manual which is stored on Clubrunner under "Club Documents" that you will be able to print off if you wish.
In Summary the way it will work is:-
You will receive an initial email invitation each Monday for the following week's meeting.
You can immediately accept or decline, leave until later.
You will receive a reminder email on the Friday Prior
You will have until Midnight Sunday to register your RSVP and can change your decision right up until the closing time.
You can register up to 5 guests
You can specify any Special Dietary requirements
Please Note that if you do not register your intentions you will be charged for the dinner fee.
If you have any problems please free to contact myself Greg Plumridge 0418521321 or Michael Reed 0418524315 for details on how to work the program.
If you cannot meet one of your assigned duties, Please contact Maggie Isom ( 0412713102 ) 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 .
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.
How to Book in for our Dinner Meeting?
For Members, Partners and guests of Members
you will receive email invitations to each meeting via Whoozin.
It will be your responsibility to RSVP using Whoozin by Midnight on the day prior to the meeting.
The only exception to this will be if you are expecting to be out of internet connectivity for an extended period.
In this instance you can notify Richard Mierzejewski at LET Surfcoast on03-5261 2777 by 4.00pm on the Saturday prior to the Monday Meeting.
Please Note there is NO Answering Service on this number.
Remember if you are bringing guests or your partner (to a non-partner night) you need to RSVP for the extra number of person/s who will be attending.
If no RSVP is registered as per the above process, 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.
For Visitors to the Club
Any Visitors not being registered as a guest of a Member must call Richard Mierzejewski at LET Surfcoast on03-5261 2777 to Book in. RSVP's must be made no later than 4.00PM on the Saturday prior to the Meeting
Please Note there is NO Answering Service on this number.
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