Bulletin 17th July 2015 (Jul 17, 2015)

Upcoming Events

Yvonne Slater - Young Women in Construction

Lions Village

Jul 20, 2015
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Christmas in July

Minya Winery

Jul 25, 2015
6:30 PM – 10:35 PM

Presidents Report

Howard Randall did a great job of creating the World Cafe. It was a remarkably democratic and easy way to get input, creativity and opinions from all of us present.

Some of us, ie Graeme Kennedy and myself found ourselves clocking rather than clockwising, (or whatever) but that had its benefits too! I see the Directors are now putting together the suggestions put forward during the Cafe and they will be listed later in this Bulletin.

It gave me great pleasure as one of my first duties as President to induct Brian Brennan into our Club (finally) We welcome Brian and Catherine into our fold and look forward to their valuable contribution to our Club.

Again, a few more of you are off to the sunny north, so again, scoot! We'll hold the fort whilst you rest in the sun.

Our first Board meeting was held after last Monday's Club meeting. As was our intention, it was tightly run with everyone appearing to have done their pre-reading,and we were all home by 10pm. Thanks to the Board members for their succinct and professional communications. The minutes will be duly made available in some format for the Club members to peruse.
Next week we have the pleasure of having as our Speaker Von Slater, once a little child in the arms of Mal, now a Project Manager for a leading Construction company in Melbourne. She will be speaking about her role, career and the challenges & benefits of being a female in an historically male profession. Von is articulate and forthright and I am sure we will enjoy hearing what she has to say. If you know of a young woman who is seeking career guidance, please invite her to see and hear what is possible.

see you next Monday evening,

Amanda Hough

Chairmans Report

World Cafe

Last Monday our Club trialed a new exercise for District Trainer Howard Randall.

The exercise works like this:-

The Directors for each of the Four Avenues of Rotary Service sit at separate tables.
The members present then spread themselves equally around those tables
A 5 minute Brainstorming session takes place with ideas proposed by the members to be considered for the Club.
The Rotarians then move to the next Director/Table and the process is repeated

The ideas tabled will now be considered by the Directors/Board and the Club for implementation. A summary of some of these are listed below.

Can I suggest that if any of the Members who were not present last week have any further suggestions that they would like to contribute that these are directed to the relevant Director.

Thanks to all who participated.

Howard Randall

Youth - Chris Sims

All of the groups attending the Youth Services café table were very enthusiastic about the RCT expanding our involvement with the young people in our region at both the Primary and Secondary school levels and through projects and programs other than established Rotary programs.

Some comments:

Hands on involvement rather than just handing over $$
Young people and their parents encouraged to attend RCT meetings and participate in Rotary projects and events.
RCT involvement with youth groups and sporting clubs
RCT involvement with local school activities e.g. mock interviews
All schools in our area , not just Torquay schools, e.g. Winchelsea PS
Youth forums on such matters as Careers , Mental Health , Drugs , Managing Money.

Chris Sims

Youth Services Director

16.7.2015

International Service - Gaynor Scholls

OUR CLUB MEMBERS THOUGHTS ON INTERNATIONAL SERVICE

The brainstorming exercise on 13/7/15 produced the following ideas:

There were very mixed views on what percentage of club money should be allocated to International - between 10% and 50% (average 25%)

Most would prefer a well managed project in a nearby country (eg Solomon Islands, PNG etc, although Thailand and Nepal were also discussed)

Projects must have good supervision and accountability with checks for corruption. Projects should also focus on training and self-help in the community.

Volunteers on projects would be acceptable but there was a strong feeling that all costs should then be paid for volunteers.

Most felt funds should also be allocated to routine Rotary International Projects such as ROMAC, Interplast, Water Projects and Disasters and not all spent on volunteers. A Women's Education program was also discussed.

Communication with members should improve- What has happened in the last year? What is planned? Speakers that educate on visions and needs are important. Strong feeling that we should get on with something that would show results in this Rotary year.

Gaynor Scholls

International Service

Community Service - Michael Reed

Community Services 2015 World Café Summary

Discussion Items/Points Raised Recommendation

Fit for Parks Project	Require update from Jeanette. Also an option to be involved with council one
Build another Rotunda	Check options with GORCC
Bike Park	On Going Commitment. Ben Smith is Liaising with Council
History of Torquay signs – Old local people of historical note (‘who’s who’ of Torquay)	Will require involvement with Historical Society and searching local history
Hands on projects	Check with Council and GORCC
Tide Clock	Confirm possibilities with Vic Roads and Council
(Another) BBQ on the Foreshore	Check possibilities with Council/CORCC
Visual portable display board to display while BBQ’ing	Make up and ‘AFrame’ board or/and portable sign that can be placed on BBQ Trailer, and information on it easily altered
Rear Window Stickers saying (something like) “Ask me about Rotary”	Confirm wording. Obtain quotes and size options. Who would use them?
Make sure Torquay Rotary signs are on ALL our projects, and replace any missing	Graham Gill is visiting all our projects, and will report back.
Old Battery collections	Rudi is coordinating this. Waiting on information from Council re funding options
If meeting venue was to change, consider (something like) a sports venue where younger people are involved and promote Rotary through the organisation	Note for information
Through the council, find out what projects Rotary could be involved or assist with in the community	Meet with Council
Promotion – ‘know about Rotary’	Have a PR group to promote Rotary and our involvement in the community.
Promotion/PR of the club	Make use of our page in Springboard publication. Have a dedicated PR person or ‘team’ to regularly submit information to the local community publications
Community ‘Black Tie’ event with other Clubs - Lions/Probus/CFA/SES/Sports/Surf/M’rine Rescue	Dinner/Dance where many of our volunteer organisations in the town can gather together
Align with Surfing organisations (Rip Curl/Q’silver)	To be more involved with large industries in the town. Discuss with them how they and ‘us’ could do projects together

If there is any member interested in participating in any of the above mentioned projects, please see me.

Thanks you,

Michael Reed

Community Service Director

Vocational Service - Lesley Shedden

Notes and suggestions from the Workld Café brainstorming session.

Vocational Service

Directors – Lesley Shedden and Kathryn MacNamara

Summary

Vocational discussions carried a theme of getting to know better the local landscape – local businesses and our own club members – their vocational and business involvement, backgrounds and interests.

The second theme focused on vocation for youth and how we should not only build our knowledge, but also how we might assist young people as they strive for a vocation, including scholarships and mock interviews.

Details

An overall comment is to seek vocational inspiration from speakers and club visits which offer something different, informational and inspirational.

More local involvement with local Torquay businesses:
- Create a community profile of businesses in the local area
- Invite local business leaders to speak to the club members
  - Ripcurl
  - Telstra
  - Local sports person
- And wider in the Geelong area:
  - Deakin University – Carbon Fibre unit
  - Geelong Art Gallery (club visit?)
  - Sykes (rowing shells)
  - Terminals – stevedoring business in Geelong
  - Little Creatures – brewery
  - Barwon Prison – education program
  - Barwon Health
Hold a club meeting at TAFE in the Davidson Restaurant with hospitality students catering and waiting on members
Group Study Exchange
- Host as a club
- Work with other clubs in the District
Mock Interview programme with the local Surf Coast College
Agribusiness – support kids to visit Marcus Oldham
Scholarships – fund a scholarship for a particular course / recognition
Members of the club
- Survey all members to understand their own business involvement, including for potential club visits – create a club vocational profile
- Rotarian Behind the Badge presentations – encourage vocational insights
- The humorous side of a vocation
January is Vocational month for Rotary – focus on vocational in January (if possible)

Lesley Shedden

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.

Christmas in July

Saturday 25th of July our Club will again be holding a fun Christmas in July at The Minya.

For those who recall the last one of these events 2 years ago will remember tthat it was a very funny night with some crazy antics, so be sure that you don't miss out. Email invitations were sent out via Clubrunner on 9th July so please be sure to Register or Decline as soon as possible to help with catering plans.

Event:	Christmas in July
Date:	Jul 25, 2015 at 06:30 PM - 10:35 PM
Fee:
Location:	Minya Winery
View Map	Minya Lane Connewarre, Victoria Australia
Details:	All Club Members, Partners & guests are invited to the Minya Winery for a Christmas in July Celebration Our Winter weather will ensure a traditional English Christmas with good food, music, holly , decorations & the usual Christmas cheer Minya Lane Minya Lane Connewarre Victoria 3227Connewarre Victoria 3227 Cost $25 , Wine for purchase at Bar prices

My Heart My Life

New app helps patients to stay on their meds

Hundreds of thousands of Australians who don’t take their heart medicines as prescribed can now better manage their dosage and routine through a new smart phone app launched by the National Heart Foundation of Australia.

The free My Heart, My Life app will help people keep track of and remember to take their medicines, while also providing health stats, enabling people to learn about heart attack warning signs and offering healthier recipes.

Heart Foundation’s National Director of Cardiovascular Health, Dr Rob Grenfell said the app will help patients manage their medication routine, increase their understanding of their condition and ultimately improve their health.

“We also know the app will assist GPs, pharmacists and primary care nurses to help their patients adhere to medicine and lifestyle changes,” Dr Grenfell said.

“Around 3.7 million Australians are living with cardiovascular disease - the number one killer of men and women, with a large number prescribed medications.

“We know the more medications people are taking, the more difficult it is to remember to take them.

“Within the app people can search a medicines database for medicines they are taking, which lists the dose and frequency for each medicine and it sets reminders to help people to take them.”

A Heart Foundation survey showed 5.5% of people are prescribed blood pressure medicines and 16% of people taking cholesterol medicines were not taking them regularly (i).

“This equates to around 600,000 people just for cholesterol and blood pressure medicines alone,” he said.

“Even more alarming is the fact we know approximately half of patients prescribed a cholesterol lowering drug, commonly known as a statin, will stop taking them within six months of starting their medicines.”

The app is available on iPhone, iPad or Android devices. Visit www.myheartmylife.org.auto download our app

Club Membership Dues

Your Club Membership Fees are now Due

Club dues of $200 is now payable.

Those wishing to pay via Direct Debit the Club's bank account is

Account Name:- Rotary Club of Torquay

BSB:- 633 000

Account Number:- 149717803

Please enter your surname in the Reference field.

Alternatively please see Graham Gill with you cheque or cash. Payment within 14 days would be appreciated.

Time for a Laugh

A couple was having dinner one evening when the husband reached across the table, took his wife's hand in his and said, "Beth, soon we will be married 30 years, and there's something I have to know. In all of these 30 years, have you ever been unfaithful to me?"

Beth replied, "Well Charles, I have to be honest with you. Yes, I've been unfaithful to you three times during these 30 years, but always for a good reason." Charles was obviously hurt by his wife's confession, but said, "I never suspected. Can you tell me what you mean by 'good reasons'?"

Beth said, "The very first time was shortly after we were married, and we were about to lose our little house because we couldn't pay the mortgage. Do you remember that one evening I went to see the banker and the next day he notified you that the loan would be extended?"

Charles recalled the visit to the banker and said, "I can forgive you for that. You saved our home, but what about the second time?"

Beth asked, "And do you remember when you were so sick, but we didn't have the money to pay for the heart surgery you needed? Well, I went to see your
doctor one night and, if you recall, he did the surgery at no charge."

"I recall that," says Chuck. "And you did it to save my life, so of course I can forgive you for that. Now tell me about the third time."

"All right," Beth said. "So do you remember when you ran for president of your golf club, and you needed 73 more votes?"

Amanda Hough

Milano Expo

2015 Expo Guide for Rotary Members

Dear Friends,
in accordance with the spirit of Rotary Friendship, our Rotary Club Milano Est would like to welcome you all in Milan. We are all very pleased that you have been able to come to this beautiful city.

In order to make your stay an unforgettable experience, our Club has created a web portal (www.expoguide.it), where you can inform yourself about all services especially reserved to Rotarians. Information are available in a great variety of languages. For more details please contact us at info@expoguide.it.

We would like to point out that there is the possibility to be accompanied by expert guides; not only during your visit to Milan but also during trips to other Italian cities, something we highly recommend.
By visiting our portal, you will discover all offered services and book them (click here).

I kindly invite you to share this communication with all Members of your Club offering them the opportunity to strengthen relationships between Rotarians.

Looking forward to meeting you all in Milan, we like to express our best wishes.
See you soon.

Best Regards,

Angela Giebelmann
President - Rotary Club Milano Est

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 20 JULY	GAIL CHRISFIELD	GREG BIRCHALL	LESLEY SHEDDEN	Yvonne Slater YOUNG WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION
SAT 25 JULY	CHRISTMAS IN JULY	MINYA WINERY		Register via Clubrunner Email
MON 27 JULY	NO MEETING	DUE TO	CHRISTMAS IN JULY	FUNCTION ON 25TH
MON 3 AUG	Mary Elliott	Trevor Brown	Geoff Dawson	TONY ALLEN DONATE LIFE HEART TRANSPLANT
MON 10 AUG	Geoff Dawson	Vern D'Souza	Mary Elliott	LESLEY SHEDDEN The Rotarian Behind the Badge

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