Rotary Club of Bendigo South Signpost

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1 Rotary Club of Bendigo South Signpost Volume 58, No. 5 4 August 2016 Meets Thursdays 6pm for 6.30pm at the Foundry Hotel High St, Golden Square. Rotary Serving Humanity bendigosouthrotary.org.au President s weekly message... President s Report. At our last meeting held Thursday August 4 we returned to the Foundry Complex where we heard from firstly Cora Fuentes-Mahnic, who was then followed by Merlyn Quaife. Once again our member s talks were of the usual high quality and provided a great insight into the backgrounds of these two more recently recruited members. We also welcomed Jane Robson who has recently moved to Bendigo as the head of the Bendigo YMCA. Jane has been a past member of the Rotary Club of Ballarat. At our board meeting held the same night we approved a $500 donation to the up- coming Men s Health event to be held in Bendigo within the next month and also to support Max Tulloch from Girton Grammar in his desire to attend a Conocco Phillips Science experience to the tune of $120.We also have a candidate in Declan Rochfort for the next National Youth Science Forum and also Thomas Wigney looking at attending the October RYPEN Camp. A draft of both the current Business Plan for the coming year, along with a membership recruitment plan were discussed. With a bit of fine tuning both will be adopted. Also we also intend to apply for a Community Foundation Grant to help fund the Science and Engineering Challenge. If we wish to make changes to our rules of operation under the new resolutions approved recently by the Council of Legislation we have the opportunity to do so during the year. Once there is a proposal on the table it will be given to all members to consider and either adopted or rejected when the club conducts its Annual meeting in November. Personally I do not envisage anything too far reaching but perhaps a need to alter our rules to better reflect actual current practises. Our next major event is our Robert Walls night on Wednesday August 17. I will have tickets for sale at this week s meeting. We not only ask members to attend but to recruit some others outside the club. If you have guests to bring it is your responsibility to get the money from them and give them their ticket. Direct debit payments are only being offered to club members and it is important you notify acting treasurer Rod Spitty that you are paying this way. Money should be paid into the projects account. If you wish to pay with EFTPOS you can do so at this week s meeting or go to Gee Jay auto. Make sure that whoever puts your card through writes on the print out Robert Walls. Cash payments can be made to me on receipt of your ticket. Please try to let Ros know of non- attendance at meetings no later than 11 am on the day of the meeting. Unless you have made special arrangements with Ros it is assumed that no apology means you are attending. The Foundry gives us a tolerance of three persons either way. After that we pay for our mistakes. To avoid the treasurer sending you an invoice for $25 for a non- apology please try to adhere to these rules. It can happen that something comes up at the last minute and you need

2 to pull out when good intentions to attend were the aim. If this happens still let Ros know and unless it is a regular occurrence we will view it sympathetically. At the end of the day if we incur meal costs outside our planning it impacts on the club s administration budget which is challenging enough to keep in the black. At this week s meeting we will hear from all our directors re their plans for the coming year. I would ask each sub- committee to sit together and take the opportunity to converse with your hard working director during dinner. Let us have a really good role up this week. Tony Thurs Aug 11 Wed Aug 17 Thurs Aug 25 Sun Aug 28 Club Program for July AUGUST THEME - MEMBERSHIP Second sub- committee meeting. My rotary computer program Footy Night Robert Walls Members and partners No meeting in Lieu of Sunday event Lunch and tour of a Winery- Members and Partners Foundry Sth Bendigo Football Club Avonmore Winery Goornong It is important to notify if you cannot attend a meeting as we need to give accurate numbers for meals with the Foundry or other caterers. We will be charged for all meals ordered. CLUB DUTY ROSTER Date Aug 4th Aug 11th Wed Aug 17th Aug 25th Topic New member talks Sub-Committees & My Rotary website Footy Night with RC Strathdale Guest Speaker Merlyn & Cora Bernie Young Robert Walls Chair Tony Plant Greg Penno? Cashiers Trevor Hawking Terry Dalwood Cora F-Mahnic Ken Briggs Trevor Phillips Strathdale member Regalia/Fellowship Sue Hawking Ruth O Connell n/a All Rotarians on duty must arrive before 6pm on the night. If you are unable to complete your duty please arrange a substitute. Attendance Officer: ros.chenery@visionaustralia.org No Meeting Avonmore Winery On Sunday

3 Anne Carey, Medical Warrior, working in primitive conditions to care for babies and families who have contracted the Ebola virus. Roundup from our Cluster Clubs.. We would like to encourage new members to go to the next Learning and Development program to learn more about Rotary and to hone leadership skills. This program will be held in Bendigo at the Golden Square Primary School on Sunday Aug 14. See attached flyer for more details. Bendigo RC are taking a trip to Mt Macedon on Sunday August 14. They will visit Duneira House which houses many interesting antiques and history. Contact Ted Rankins on A Men s Health Marathon of health events will be run by Bendigo Community Health over 11 days from Aug 27 to Sept 6. This will be supported by Bendigo & Strathdale RC and we will also be contributing to this important health initiative. More information to follow. Bendigo Sandhurst RC will host Anne Carey on Wed 31 st at the BRIT restaurant. Anne has been described as the Medical Warrior for her work overseas with the Ebola outbreak. Contact Martin Ruffell on

4 Anniversaries & Birthdays - August Happy Birthday to.. Induction Anniversaries 13 Max Ellis 6 Geoff McKinna 15 Tony Plant 6 Glenn Madden 31 Lindsay Jolley Tosiya getting acquainted with our wildlife at Ballarat Wildlife Sanctuary with fellow exchange students Loure from France and Ari from Spain.

5 THE OBJECT OF ROTARY The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian s occupation as an opportunity to serve society; THIRD. The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian s personal, business, and community life; FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. ATTENDANCE & MAKE UP OPPORTUNITIES DISTRICT 9800 GOLDFIELDS CLUSTER ROTARY CLUB MEETINGS KANGAROO FLAT: Monday 6pm, Rotary Gateway Park BENDIGO: Tuesday 12:45pm, Bendigo Club BENDIGO STRATHDALE: Tuesday 6:15pm, Nancy Long Dining Room, La Trobe Uni. BENDIGO NEXT GENERATION: Wednesday 6:30pm, Shamrock Hotel ECHUCA MOAMA: Tuesday 6pm, Border Inn, Moama BENDIGO SANDHURST: Wednesday 7.30am, BRIT Restaurant or breakfast at Café alternate weeks. EAGLEHAWK: Wednesday 6pm, Mechanics Institute ROCHESTER: Thursday 6pm, The Court House building, Moore Street (Opp. G. Nelson Motors). WHO S WHO? ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT: John Germ (USA) RI DISTRICT 9800 GOVERNOR: Neville John ASSISTANT GOVERNORS (GOLDFIELDS CLUSTER): Gary McClure (Goldfields South) & Greg Noonan (Goldfields North) PRESIDENT: Tony Plant SECRETARY: Ruth O Connell TREASURER: Greg Noonan CLUB PROTECTION OFFICER: Geoff McKinna MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT/ P.R: Rod Spitty COMMUNITY SERVICE: Gary Pinner CLUB SERVICE: ROTARY FOUNDATION: Merlyn Quaife YOUTH SERVICES: Glenn Madden INTERNATIONAL SERVICE: Lindsay Jolley PROGRAM COORDINATOR: CLUB COMMUNICATIONS: Matthew Scott SIGNPOST EDITOR: THE ROTARY CLUB OF BENDIGO SOUTH ATTENDANCE OFFICER ROS CHENERY ros.chenery@visionaustralia.org THE FOUR WAY TEST 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? TELEPHONE