Club Assembly - Planning Meeting
Lions Village Community Centre
Oct 14, 2019 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Rodney Sullivan - Race to the Rock & Wellways
Lions Village Community Centre
Oct 21, 2019 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

2019 Motor Show Recap and Launch of the 2020 Show
Lions Village Community Centre
Oct 28, 2019 6:00 PM – 10:19 PM

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Kelly Binyon

President's Report No 17

Hi Everyone,

Well what a week - one day it’s boiling hot and the next we’re back to winter!

The club ran a Geelong Cup bbq at Bunnings on Wednesday but I have no report as yet on its success. Thanks to those members rostered on the day. I hope somebody backed a winner because I certainly didn’t!

On Thursday night John McDonald and I attended the Torquay Lions 50th Anniversary dinner at the Bowling Club. It was a lovely evening that showcased the history & work that they have done in our community for half a century. Well done to all.

Tomorrow night’s meeting is all about the Motor Show with lots of guests and a launch for the 2020 event. It should be a great night and I look forward to seeing you there.

Yours in Rotary Service,

Kelly

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Chairmans Report - Rod Sullivan - Race to the Rock

The Start Port Douglas 17th Sept 2019 Tough terrain from Day 1

Monday Night Rodney Sullivan gave us an insight to the "Race to the Rock" that he began on the first Saturday of September, 7 September 2019 at 6:22am. From what Rodney told us the 2,400klm "Race" sounded incredibly gruelling. An event where you are totally on your own needing to carry all of your own food supplies, clothing sleeping gear, medical requirements and maintenance items for the bike with no support crew to follow and assist. An event where only a handful out of the nearly 30 starters actually make it to the finish line each year. That gives some indication of just how testing the event is on man/woman and machine.

The course itself, at times required pushing the bike up hills so steep you could barely keep your footing and carrying the bike and your belongings across rivers and creeks attempting to keep everything above the waterline.

Rodney had brought his purpose built bike along to show us, just as he ran it in the event and unpacked everything to demonstrate his level of preparation for every eventuality which was extremely interesting to see just how much gear and technology can be packed so light and compact into small spaces. Pondering some of the basic challenges of ensuring that you have a suitable supply of drinkable water to surive hot outback conditions where there will be no shops for several hundred klms left us all stunned.

Unfortunately all of the physical work out of the saddle in the early days of the event bad begun to take a toll on Rodney's hip but amazingly despite all of his great preparation it was ultimately the failure of his state of the art technology EPIRB Safety Beacon that forced Rodney's retirement near the end of week one just as he was about to go deep into the outback and "off the grid" with no phone service for possibly a week or more. With all of the possible things that could happen in remote Australia when totally alone, no-one could blame Rod for pulling our at that point.

Rodney's efforts have not been in vein as he has managed to raise several thousand dollars to be donated to Wellways, a mental health support organisation that has been of enormous assistance to Rod and Kylie in their own lives. Rodney intends to direct these funds to assistance for carers of family members who are affected by mental health problems.

I am confident that Rodney will hit the outback tracks again to take on another challenge sometime soon, he may not be "Racing to the Rock" but it will no doubt be something almost as challenging. After all he has the bike, all of the gear and loads of enthusiasm, and we will all be there to cheer him on!

Chairman

Greg Plumridge

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RYLA Update

This is an invitation from RYLA District 9780 regarding an upcoming Birthday celebration. The celebration is mark 60 years of RYLA worldwide.

Please forward this invitation to any past RYLArians from our district, as they may be interested in attending this fun day and reconnecting with friends/colleagues from RYLA.

Applications are also being called for RYLA 2020 which need to be lodged with me before the end of November. If you know of a suitable candidate, please access the required documents via these links:-

RYLA 2020 Application Form

RYLA 2020 Information for Employers

Ben Featherston

Youth Services Director

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RYLA District Committee Vacancy

RYLA District Committee Vacancies

RYLA is one of the pre-eminent Youth Programs in our District for young people 18-25.

The RYLA District Committee is seeking expressions of interest from Rotarians who may be interested in joining the District Committee.

The Committee aims to fill vacancies ensuring where possible there is a wide geographic spread of committee members throughout the District. Current committee members live in Geelong, Maryborough, Horsham, Warrnambool and Mount Gambier.

Please email your expression of interest to the District Chair, Ian McKay (rotary@mckay.net.au) or for further information contact Ian on 0427 200198.

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Veterans Health Week Expo - 31st Oct

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Ocean Grove Art Show - 1st- 3rd Nov

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RC of East Geelong TGIF Trivia Night 8th Nov

Thank God It's Friday (TGIF) Charity Trivia Night 8th November at the St Albans Football Club. This is a Rotary Geelong East event with proceeds going to our charity partners. Door Prizes, Raffles and a great night of Trivia!

On Friday 8 November 2019 at 6:30pm

LOCATION

St Albans Football Club
203 St Albans Rd, Thomson, VIC 3219

BOOK HERE

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Who's Up To What?

From the pics it certainly appears Vernon & Charmain have been seeing some amazing sights in the USA

What an amazing sight ….so many Hot Air Balloons at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta.

Vernon and Charmaine at Zion Canyon in Utah, USA

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2019 -20 BBQ's and Events

The next BBQ Event is:-

Sunday 17th November - Cowrie Market

So Please Check Your Roster to see if you are ON

You should have received by email the updated 2019-20 Event Roster, however, if you have not seen it you can download via the link below.

Please check "Your" events and note them in your diary

Note that this calendar now includes all rostered events such as Night Jar Parking, the Book Fair etc.

If you make any more swaps please let me know and I will update the roster which can be found in documents in club runner

To see the 2019 - 20 Events Roster CLICK HERE

If you do require to swap a date for any reason you will now need to find someone to do this with yourself. I would suggest that you send the request to Greg who has offered to advertise on a BBQ Roster Trading Post in the bulletin

Mal Slater

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Rotary International Convention Comes to Melbourne

Melbourne has been announced as the host city for the 2023 Rotary International Convention, the largest conference secured this century for Victoria.

Melbourne is a Big Events City! Set to deliver over $88 million to the Victorian economy, the Convention is the most valuable conference ever won for the state, with the four-day event anticipated to attract more than 20,000 Rotarians from around the world. The global spotlight will be on Melbourne and how we present ourselves to the world.

The Convention will take place 27-31 May 2023 using superb venues; Rod Laver Arena and the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre. All activities and events are within the Heart and Soul of Melbourne. Over 7000 hotel rooms over 50 properties across Melbourne. Our transport plan uses our famous trams, ferries and buses to quickly and easily move delegates between venues, hotels, event and restaurants. And of course, Melbourne is a very walkable city with many interesting routes and laneways to tantalise visitors.

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DG Rosanne's Purple House Project

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.

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Joke of the Week

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Australian Golfing Fellowship of Rotarians Tournament

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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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VERY IMPORTANT - Whoozin our Weekly Meeting Book-in System

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.

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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 ( 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 .

Date	Speaker	Duty Team			Program
Date	Speaker	Chair	GREETER	INVOCATION	Event details
Mon 28 Oct	Greg Plumridge	Kelly Binyon	Gaynor Schols	Trevor Brown	2019 Recap Motor Show 2020 Motor Show Launch
Mon 4th Nov		David Mitchell	Jan Emmett	Mike Reed	Melbourne Cup Social Night
Mon 11th Nov	Robyn O'Loughlin Chris Sims Maggie Isom	Kelly Binyon			Rotary Foundation

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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.

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 on 03-5261 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 on 03-5261 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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