ROTARY CLUB OF MOUNT MARTHA Bulletin

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1 Bulletin Monday 23rd March 2015 I S S U E N O / 1 5 Meets weekly at Benito s Restaurant 1196 Nepean Highway, Mount Eliza pm for 6.30pm start TOM S TALES Hello Rotarians March is Literacy Month First of all, to clear up the confusion from Monday night, tonight s meeting is at BENITO S Where The Mount Martha Fire Brigade will speak to us. I m very sorry about the conflicting announcements but as they say on live news programs I was being updated minute by minute with conflicting reports A big thank you to Rob Marks for organising last week s meeting at Mount Martha Bowls Club, it was as usual an excellent night. Playing team sports is great experience in team building which we will need, to support Merv for the Rotary Conference in Well Done Rob and please convey our thanks to the bowls club. Just a note to the Sergeant that one of our new members Martin Reid won the spider and the prize of a bottle of wine Two of the silent achievers of our club have been very busy in the last weeks, Colin Stokes for organising the roster and supplies for the Briars Environment Week a very time consuming job A Big thank you from the club for all your efforts. Also a big thank you to again one of our new members Phyllis Scales for organising a table of ladies to attend the Women s Day Breakfast where I hear the speakers were inspireing. Continuing On Literacy Month A good quality basic education equips pupils with literacy skills for life and further learning; literate parents are more likely to send their children to school; literate people are better able to access continuing educational opportunities; and literate societies are better geared to meet pressing development. UNESCO does have a major focus on International Literacy Day on September 8 each year. By making it a focus for a whole month Rotary puts the matter into real perspective, a day is not nearly enough. It is not enough to have focus without action. All through the Rotary year clubs are involved in many projects that have education as a priority but in March it is an opportunity to take a closer look at the challenge. Points to Ponder See you all tonight at Benito s Rotary Club of Mount Martha PO Box 342, Mornington 3931 District Governor 9820: Charlie Spiers Assistant Governor 9820: Tyrrell McGeever President: Tom Barrett trbarr@bigpond.net.au Secretary: Bernard Butler bernard@datalinktech.com.au Apologies and Guests: Barrie Sweeney by Monday midday at the latest lorbar@internode.on.net Bulletin Editor: Colin Stokes Contributions by midday Thursday please chstokes@optusnet.com.au Website Editor: Colin Stokes chstokes@optusnet.com.au TOM

2 LAST MEETING AT BENITO S RESTAURANT `Details Of Meeting 16/03/2015 Members present 26 Apologies L OA Neil Armstrong, Freda Bowie-Horoway, Rob Davis,James Ivanovski, Martin Lowe,john Marshall, Charles Minster,Peter Rawlings,Dee Tozer, David Wheeler, Wayne Norris,Justin Orr Guest of Members Visiting Rotarians Lynn Annear ( Roger Annear) Margaret Crane (PDG David Crane, Gaye Goulding (Tom Goulding ) Yvonne Marks (PDG Rob Marks ) Aileen Piper (PDG David Piper) Mary, Amy, Alan Grant (PDG Rob Marks) Sandra Kennedy-Roy(Nick Roberts) Jenny Mayne (Jonathan Mayne) Peter Goodwin RC Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire UK Tony and Carla Spring RC Frankston Nth Notes from Meeting Last weeks meeting was a bowls night at Mount Martha Bowling club organised by Rob Marks. It was a perfect night for such an outdoor activity at a very picturesque location with views out over the Bay. Most of the club are not bowlers however, many take part in what is a fun evening with some surprisingly good efforts, and of course some who are further convinced the game can do without them and not suffer too much. It is however a chance as pointed out by President Tom for club members to get together and have some fun, and achieve some team building especially for some of the newer members. There were of course a few who for various reasons decided to undertake their team building on the deck, having a chat and enjoying a drink and the view over the green and the bay. It was great to see David Crane back with us and obviously on the mend. Following the bowls everyone adjourned inside for a scrumptious meal prepared by the ladies of the Bowls Club. Tom and Rob invited various Bowls club officials to speak, and a very heartfelt thankyou was given to the Club via these people and a thanks to the ladies preparing and serving the food. A great night Thank you Rob. President Tom closed the meeting following a little confusion over the venue for the following week which was clarified and confirmed by Tom.

3 Bowls at Mount Martha Expert coaching provided mountmarthabowlsandsocialclub/home Relaxing on the Deck

4 TONIGHTS TONIGHTS MEETING AND DIARY DIARY DATES DATES Tonight s Meeting : Mount Martha Fire Brigade Chair Person: Geoff Kaye Birthdays Members: Bill Cummins 25/3, Nil Birthdays Members Partners Nil Members (Hon): Anne Shaw 23/3 Anniversaries: Barrie and Lorraine Sweeney 19/3 ******************************************************************************** March: Literacy Month Front of House: F. BOWIE HOROWAY, P. WARREN N. ARMSTRONG, D RHODES Meeting Notes: Colin Stokes. 23 Mt Martha CFA Chair: Geoff Kaye District Conference, Shepparton 30 NYSF students Chair: Martin Lowe April: Rotary Magazine Month Front of House: P. CLARK, J. IVANOVSKI, C STOKES, W. NORRIS, Meeting Notes: Roger Skipsey Apr-03 Good Friday 04 Sausage Sizzle: G.Kaye, M.Lowe, J.Marshall 06 Easter Monday No Rotary 13 Presentation Golf Day Cheques Tom Browne Manager Bendigo Bank Mt Martha. Chair: Byron Groves 18 Sausage Sizzle: J.Mayne, W.Norris, A. Davis 20 East Timor working trip Construction of a Community training Centre. Speaker Chris Angerer Chair: Rob Davies 25 ANZAC Day 27 Website Demo/Discussion/Drop Box Colin Stokes May: Rotary Health Month Front of House: CUMMINS, R. MARKS, B. SWEENEY, P. RAWLINGS, Meeting Notes: Jonathan Mayne May 02 Sausage Sizzle: P.Rawlings, D.Rhodes, W.Mackenzie

5 MARCH IS LITERACY MONTH Literacy Combating illiteracy has been a major focus of Rotary International since 1986 and for good reason. UNESCO estimates there are over 800 million illiterate adults in the world and about two-thirds of them are women. Millions more are functionally illiterate, without the reading and writing skills necessary for everyday life. We can make a difference by: 1. Starting projects in our own communities 2. Being involved in International Projects 3. Raising Awareness in our club and beyond 1. IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES... Develop your own programs. Talk to the literacy professionals, welfare organisations and others in your communities who see the effects on people of low literacy skills and will have ideas about what you can do. Literacy starts at home. Even in this lucky country of ours, there are children who don t own one book, let alone have access to the rich home reading environment that your children experienced. A poor start to this process of becoming literate disadvantages those children throughout their schooling. Changing this requires a multi-focus effort from government, the education and welfare system and those who care within local communities. But, every time a child is touched by a piece of wonderful literature, the situation improves just a little. Can your club help needy local families bring books into their homes? 2. INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS... The ability to read, write, and do simple maths is critical for the well-being of individuals in any society. International Literacy and numeracy projects allow us to make a real contribution to building nations and reducing poverty. Work with another organisation by sponsoring an international project. D9550 sent a VTT team to Detroit USA specifically to use our expertise in setting up a program to combat illiteracy in that now depressed city. 3. RAISING AWARENESS OF LITERACY ISSUES: Let s celebrate literacy and the efforts of Rotary clubs everywhere. Special emphasis should be a feature of every clubs program during Rotary Literacy month in March. We also ask clubs to celebrate International Literacy Day on September 8th each year. Other websites of interest: Concentrated Language Encounter (CLE): This Rotary initiative is helping many people in a vast number of countries including Thailand, Turkey, South Africa, Bangladesh and The Philippines. The CLE projects grew out of an initiative of Past RI President Glen Kinross and a number of Australian Rotarians. Further development now sees this program being a world leader. International Reading Association (IRA): Rotary International works with the IRA and encourages Rotarians and members of the IRA to share resources and information and develop cooperative literacy projects.

6 Peninsula Schools Environment Week at The Briars It was great to be involved in a small way in such a worthwhile educational program for Primary School Children at one of our local great facilities The Briars We looked after approximately 70 organisers, demonstrators, and volunteers with food at lunch time. A varying meal each day of cooked meats with a great variety of salads. Vegetarians were also catered for. Thanks to those who helped on various days, Tom Goulding, Peter Warren, David Piper, Roger Skipsey Bill Cummins, Roger Annear, John Routledge, Geoff Kaye. Bernard Butler. Opposite two gentlemen enjoying the remains, after cooking to perfection and feeding the masses. We had company each day with our friendly Emu David and Roger serving with assistance from Jenny Selby from BERG who was a great help, with food, friendly advice, and assistance with arrangements. Also a visit from one of our Honorary members Russell Ardley seen sampling some delights.

7 Rotarians Support the Rotary Foundation / Centurion Club Another year has rolled around and members are asked to again consider their personal support of the Rotary Foundation by joining or renewing their membership of the Centurion Club. To Join, a Rotarian or Friend of Rotary undertakes to make an annual tax deductible contribution of A$100 or more in support of the humanitarian work of the Foundation, for as long as they are in a position to do so. Rob Marks will be happy to provide information and sign you up! Renewals, the current 27 members are asked to continue their personal support. Over coming weeks please see Rob with cash /cheque (f/o Rotary Club of Mt Martha) or to complete the form required for payment by credit card. Our Club has been a strong supporter of the Centurion Club with total contributions of almost $36,000 over 15 years. ***************************************************************** Note: Apologies and Guests Members are reminded that they must notify the designated Attendance Officer, Barrie Sweeney, of an apology or a guest by 12 noon on a Monday. From now on Members who fail to comply will have to pay the usual Meeting fee of $ This is in direct response to the Club having to pay out for non-complying members. Byron Groves Treasurer MMRC

8 Most of our generation 50+ was HOME SCHOOLED in many ways. The last of these Gems 23. My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?" 24. My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand. 25. My father taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, And I hope they turn out just like you!" I am sure young people would not believe these were the words uttered by some of our parents. See previous bulletins on our website for the other 22 (some are no doubt uttered today) DE-STRESSERS CARTOONS.. EVERYONE NEEDS A SMILE!!!!!!