Whilst I was away at a Rotary Dinner at Merewether in NSW, eating perfectly cooked roast chicken and afters of a delicious creme brulee, I hear the Rotary Club of Torquay was enjoying cuisine from distant lands. Newcastle and Geelong have a lot in common and I felt very welcome at the Newcastle Sunrise Golf Dinner. They have just had their inaugural "100 hole Golf tournament" (!!) and although I can't imagine finding that many balls, I believe the day was very successful and promising for future years.
I have eaten often at Wholefoods Kitchen and hope you enjoyed the ambiance and tastes as much as I have. Diversitat is an innovative and solid organisation in Geelong, supporting so many people who have come to live in our region. Well done Maggie for organising such a great night.
I shall see you next Monday when we have as our guests the generous and astute Motor Show Judges, with a report and presentation of the Show by Greg and Rudi. See you there.....
Our club visit to Diversitat on Monday 23rd November was both enjoyable and informational and I extend a huge thank you to Luisa and Chris for hosting us and serving the delicious meal.
We learned that:
Diversitat supports around 50,000 individuals per year.
Core business is settlement and refugee services, working with newly arrived refugees for the first 5 years they are here. Support for asylum seekers includes finding them meaningful activities and support the children to attend school.
Programmes cover arts, disability services, driver training, tutoring, especially to learn English, youth programmes, young mothers and Uturn, which is specifically for juvenile offenders and based on the restoration of automobiles.
Training departments is an accredited facility operating on a fee for service basis
Diversitat attracts no government funding.
Community radio station Pulse 94.7FM is run by Diversitat
Volunteers are needed.
Wholefoods Café provides bulk foods, organic vegetables, café and all sorts of hand made goods.
Food of the world festival – Friday 4 December, 6 – 9pm
Market day – Saturday 19 December from 10 am
Reuniting Families Christmas Appeal (see brochure below)This appeal is to raise funds to assist local refugees with cost of the legal representation to reunite their families here in Australia. Deakin university has generously offered to match $4$ any funds raised by this appeal, but only until 25th December 2016 Our Board will be discussing contributing on behalf of our Club
On behalf of Geelong Nepalese Association I would like to thank you all again for your support for Nepal Earthquake Victims
I would like to let you know that we already spent $1,335.00 for Lito program and with this money we distributed 1,000 packet of Lito in different places and $500.00 in a school (Srijansil Children Welfare) project.
I have attached few photos with the school program.
I am going to Nepal on 10th of December and will back on 1st of January.
I will participate to handover rest of the collected funds to different projects.
I have attached a file with the concept to make more beneficial to both parties - sponsors and sponsored projects. This concept can work more effectively.
After my visit to Nepal I will provide all contact details of the sponsored projects to relevant sponsors so that you will be able to visit the projects you sponsored when you will be in Nepal or you can follow them for the update
We would like to let you know that we will be giving certificates to our Donors at the Pako Festa on 27th of February 2016 – Hope you can join us
This years Club Christmas Celebration will be on Tuesday, YES its on a Tuesday, 15th December at the Torquay Bowls Club where we will be hosted to a not too serious game of Barefoot Bowls. Catering will be provided by our regular caterers Lorraine and Rodney Sullivan.
We will also be having a Kris Kringle just for a few extra laughs.
Please watch this space for further information and registration details.
Thank you to those volunteers who have already offered their time to support our Christmas gift wrapping at Westfield this year!
This is a fantastic fundraiser for us to help us continue providing children and adults with a disability and their families the extra support they need. This year will hopefully be the biggest yet, as we’re very excited that our year long term community partner Westfield Geelong are very generously matching every dollar raised up to $5,000!
We are still looking for volunteers who would like to help out to fill a number of shifts. View a copy of the latest roster showing the available times here. If you or anyone that you know might be able to help fill these it would be greatly appreciated! Please call Toni Wilson on 5221 2984 or email volunteer@gateways.com.au
Next year Surf Coast Relayers will come together and Relay at a new venue, Spring Creek Reserve, Torquay, and new time, 7pm Friday 18 March - 7pm Saturday 19th March 2016
In preparation for the event we would encourage all members to register on the Relay for Life website & join our Rotary Team, you can register for just $20 CLICK HERE to register
Another way we as Rotarians can be a “GIFT TO THE WORLD”
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
Chair
GREETING
INVOCATION
Event details
Mon 30
Greg Plumridge
Rob Harris
Ben Smith
Motor Show Judges &
Information Dinner
Mon 7
Gail Chrisfield
Bruce Smith
Brian Brennan
Liam Youth Exchange student
Presentation
Update on E Club
TUES DEC 15
BAREFOOT BOWLS
TORQUAY
BOWLING CLUB
CHRISTMAS FUNCTION
Mon Dec 21
GaynorSchols
Brian Brennan
Geoff Dawson
ROMAC
District Chair Lesley Shedden
Christmas Drinks
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
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"
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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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