Volume 9 of 15/16 10th September. 2015

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1 Volume 9 of 15/16 10th September President Mary Grant Secretary Jeff Eustace

2 Meeting: Thursday 6.30pm for 7.00 pm Banksia Room. Bribie Island Hotel 29 Sylvan Beach Esplanade Bribie Island MEMBERS if you are unable to attend meeting or have extra guest for dinner phone [ Jeff]] If you are not able to do your duty as rostered IT IS UP TO YOU to find a replacement [and let Jeff Eustace Know] Chairperson Registration Set up/ Intro Guest Guest Speaker Subject Date International Speaker Toast September 10 Ira Quirke Joanna May Barry Clark David Parry Elia Helweg Exchange Student Sunday 13th Market Raceday September 17 Joanna May Barry Clark David Parry Greg Whymark Joe Tooma Australian cervical Cancer September 24 Barry Clark David Parry Greg Whymark Hilary Mockridge Barry Clark "Search for the Lady be Good". Oct 1 David Parry Greg Whymark Hilary John Rob Wine Making Mockridge Hammerslag Craigie and appreciation October 8 Greg Whymark Hilary Mockridge John Hammerslag Anne Matthews HAT Day Wear a funny Hat October 15 Hilary Mockridge John Hammerslag Anne Matthews Lyn Petroholis October 21 Wednesday Movie Night Bridge of Spies Oct 23 Friday Rotaract Charter Belvedere Hotel Woody Point Tuesday 27th Vocation Night with Caboolture Club Abbey Museum October 29 Anne Matthews Lyn Petroholis Roger Platt Gillian Parry Nov 5 Lyn Petroholis Roger Platt Gillian Parry

Hello All, Last week we had a very successful trivia night with about 96 participants.

purchase the Shelterbox costing $1000 The winners on the night were The French Connection.

The week before we had a club visit from the District Governor John Leddy. Barry has been able to get an article this week in both Bribie Papers.

committee The presentations were about growing your Rotary Club through membership as well as retention of existing members.

3 Hello All, Last week we had a very successful trivia night with about 96 participants. I announced at the beginning of the night that the funds raised would gho toward a Shelterbox Report from treasurer James that on the night we raised $1010 so we can purchase the Shelterbox costing $1000 The winners on the night were The French Connection. The night was so successful that there have been requests for another so have slotted in Thursday 12th November. There is a Movie night for Polio on 21st October. The week before we had a club visit from the District Governor John Leddy. Barry has been able to get an article this week in both Bribie Papers. One about our exchange Student with DG On the weekend George and I attended the Membership seminar held for all districts in Canberra. committee The presentations were about growing your Rotary Club through membership as well as retention of existing members. The use of social media was emphasized and presentation by clubs as to the ways in which they had new approaches to membership. However the underlying point was still that YOU have to ASK someone to join. The idea that our membership team of Bernie and Greg of getting names from club members and the personally going and delivering invitations to prospective members was spoken about. Don t forget that Every member of the club is part of the membership

There was once a strong young man who was offered a job as a woodcutter. He set about his task with energy: The first week, he turned 18 trees into firewood.

4 There was once a strong young man who was offered a job as a woodcutter. He set about his task with energy: The first week, he turned 18 trees into firewood. The second week, he worked just as hard, but was surprised to find he had chopped only 11 trees. The third week, despite working nonstop from morning till night, the number was six, and he went despairingly to the foreman to offer his resignation. "I am losing my strength. I can no longer cut as many trees as I once could." The foreman looked at the young man, who seemed to him in fine health. "Have you thought of sharpening your ax?" he asked. "Sharpen my ax? Who has time to sharpen an ax?" the young man asked indignantly. "I have been too busy chopping wood!" When we aren't making the kind of progress we feel we should be making, the natural response is to redouble our efforts. Sometimes, though, the better response is not to work harder, but to work smarter. Look at your tools. Analyze your processes. Are you directing your resources in the most effective ways? Or are you pouring all your strength into chopping wood with a dull ax? For the last 20 years, we have relentlessly beaten the drum of membership in Rotary. We set goals and launch campaigns, all focused on bringing in more and more members. And yet, our overall numbers remain the same. It is time to sharpen our tools. Instead of focusing on the question, "How can we bring more members into Rotary?" we should be asking ourselves, "How can we add more value to Rotary membership, so that more will join and fewer will leave?" One way we are doing that is with the new Rotary Global Rewards program, which launched in July. This innovative program allows Rotarians to connect with, and receive discounts and concessions from, businesses and service providers around the world. Individual Rotarians may submit their own business to be included alongside those with which Rotary has already negotiated relationships; the most appropriate offers will be added to the listings. We have also created the option of allowing businesses to return a percentage of their profit on each transaction to our Rotary Foundation, and several companies have already been locked into this part of the scheme. Each month we will update the list with additional offers that we may receive. I urge all of you to try it out by signing up on My Rotary at Rotary.org now. The more Rotarians participate, the stronger, and more beneficial, the program will be. Much more than another loyalty program, Rotary Global Rewards is a new way to benefit from being a Rotarian, and being part of the Rotary network. It is another way to combine business and service. And it is yet another way to add value to Rotary membership. We cannot forget that our potential members will be asking themselves, "What's in it for me?" We need to demonstrate the value of Rotary by showing that becoming a Rotarian will enrich their lives, as it has ours. K R Ravindran President

5 September is Basic education and literacy is one of Rotary s six areas of focus. We know that basic education and literacy are essential for reducing poverty, improving health, encouraging community and economic development, and promoting peace. Basic education and literacy is one of Rotary s six areas of focus. We know that basic education and literacy are essential for reducing poverty, improving health, encouraging community and economic development, and promoting peace. Consider these facts: If all women completed primary education, there would be 66% fewer maternal deaths. A child born to a mother who can read is 50% more likely to survive past the age of five. If all students in low-income countries left school with basic reading skills, 171 million people could be lifted out of poverty, which would be equivalent to a 12% cut in world poverty. The world is making good progress in this area. According to a 2014 United Nations Millennium Development Goals progress report, literacy rates among adults and youths are on the rise and the gender gap in literacy is narrowing. But pressing global needs remain: 58 million children worldwide are out of school.

The Rotary Club of Brisbane Planetarium would like to promote our Great Gatsby Goes New Orleans event to be held at the heritage listed Old Museum on Saturday 26 September(flyer attached).

7 The Rotary Club of Brisbane Planetarium would like to promote our Great Gatsby Goes New Orleans event to be held at the heritage listed Old Museum on Saturday 26 September(flyer attached). Our President, Greg Quigley is well known in jazz circles and he is CEO of Jazz Music Institute (JMI), one of only two jazz institutes in Australia, the other being owned by James Morrison. Greg has arranged for Wil Sargisson, a master of the New Orleans piano style and Dan's Hot Five to play the sounds of the 20's and 30's 'Jazz Age'. It should be a fabulous night in the beautiful Old Museum which is magical when lit at night. We expect that most guests will dress in 20's or 30's attire and it should be a great evening with proceeds to The Longreach Drought Relief Fund. We would be very grateful if you could promote this event through your Rotary networks.

8 This is an event organised by Bill Peacock who has spoken at both our club and the District Conference. Our Club has given support to this event and hope that some members may be able to attend or encourage others to attend. We do a lot to support Polio and its eradication now, but let us not forget those who have had polio in the past and now have Post Polio Syndrome

Volume 4 of 15/16 30th July. 2015

Volume 4 of 15/16 30th July. 2015 President Mary Grant 0421529824 Secretary Jeff Eustace 0412353820 We had a very interesting meeting last week with TY GILCHRIST who has been running SURFSIDE FITNESS Centre