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RCDC 2 0 t h N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 2

ROTARY CLUB OF DIAMOND CREEK

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RI President

Sakuji Tanaka Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, Japan

Governor

John Gatt Rotary Club of Diamond Creek

AG

Pat Millar Rotary Club of Diamond Creek

Club Officers

President Steve Crosling

Vice President Alan Jones

President Elect Bev Baker

Secretary Greg Paull

Treasurer & Public Officer Greg Adams

Directors and Standing Committees

Club Administration PE Bev Baker

Membership Phil Chambeyron

Public Relations PP Alan Jones

Service Projects PP Alan White

Rotary Foundation PP Linda Gidlund

Who ya gunna call !

President Steve Crosling 0417 595 282

Secretary Greg Paull 0427 712 688

Treasurer Greg Adams 0419 355 842

Editor: Greg Adams

Art Director: Greg Adams

Advertising : Greg Adams

Bottle washer : Greg as well

Editorial: send to ferrarigreg@gmail.com

Caution: The Bulletin contains no calories, vitamins,

minerals or proteins. In fact, it is devoid of nutritional value.

Nevertheless, it is a supplement much sought after and

regularly devoured by the Rotarians of Diamond Creek.

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V o l u m e 2 1 I s s u e 2 0

Note: The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter

are not necessarily those of the Club or its members

District 9790

past presidents

Brian Bowen 1978-1979 Heidelberg North

Bob Eycken 1983-1984 Alperton UK

John McCrohan 1992-1993

Ron Gordon 1993-1994

Chris Doupe 1994-1995

Cliff Wearne 1995-1996

Ern Wardell 1996-1997

Rod Mackenzie 1997-1998

Steve Sampson 1998-1999

Robin Chapple 1999-2000

Peter Marriage 2000-2001

Rob Lloyd 2001-2002

Bev Baker 2002-2003

Joe Di Natale 2003-2004

Geoff Swan 2004-2005

John Gatt 2005-2006

John Arthur 2006-2007

Linda Gidlund 2007-2008

Alan White 2008-2009

Pat Millar

2009-2010

Clyde Hulme

2010-2011

Alan Jones

2011-2012

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PP Robin Chapple

being presented

with his Paul Harris

Fellow Sapphire .

Congratulations

to our favourite

‘Book Ends’

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THE PRESIDENTIAL CROSS CHAT XRAY STEVE

At the weekly dinner meeting last Tuesday

The Rotary Club of Diamond Creek had

much pleasure in welcoming District

Governor John Gatt and his wife Eileen as

they completed their round of formal club

meetings in District 9790. As both John

and Eileen are members of our club it was

particularly pleasing to welcome them

and hear their respective presentations.

Members of the Board met John and Eileen

prior to the dinner meeting to discuss the

club’s leadership plan as well as other

issues relevant to our club. Some of these

topics of discussion were:

Membership: John has great hopes that

our club can further increase its member

base through the coming 8 months and

was impressed with our membership

recruitment plans. He suggested that we

strategically locate some signs informing

the public of our meeting day, time and

venue and inviting people to “come along”

one evening and learn about our club. It

was also suggested that we place a

similarly worded sandwich board outside

the driveway to Ashton manor prior to our

weekly meetings.

Service: As we are all aware DG John is

very keen to promote service rather than

meeting attendance and was interested to

hear about our club’s plans for both local

and international projects. An interesting

point was raised that non-Rotarians seem

to have a perception that our service is all

“international” rather than local. Does

this mean that we are not getting the

message out to our local community about

what we achieve in our local community?

Any ideas on how we can improve our

local image?

Overall John was very pleased with our

club (of course he has to be!!!) and

congratulated all members on their

contribution and effort.

At the dinner meeting DG John

presented banners from Rotary

International to our club for:

100% sustaining members, 100%

member participation and number 1

contribution to foundation in the

district. The Rotary Club of Diamond

Creek was also recognised for

supporting the $200m challenge, as

well as a letter acknowledging us as a

top contributor amongst all clubs in

the world. As John stated – what a

fantastic effort and well done to all

club members including past president

Alan Jones during whose year these

achievements occurred.

Eileen Gatt gave her presentation on

the District Governor’s Partner’s project

which is “Learn. Grow” – a program to

establish sustainable food crops for all

people around the world based on crops

suitable to locality. We have a

recorded formal presentation which

will be made available to all members,

and as well as supporting Eileen

financially the club wish her all the

very best as she develops her project

through the year.

Finally – at the meeting Robin Chapple

was presented with his Sapphire Paul

Harris Fellowship. Absolutely well-

deserved and fantastic. What more

can I say?

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The verdict is: w

e need to watch

more movies and l

isten to more

modern music! W

hat does this say

about our team at Whittlesea

’s

Trivia Night? We may ha

ve been awarded

the dummies (for

coming

last) but we had

a lot of fun on t

he night. Thank

s to the ladies, w

e

had had some platter

s of delicious fo

od, a few drinks a

nd a lot of

laughs. We were o

ne team member shor

t (clearly the rea

son why we

lost) so next tim

e there is a Trivi

a Night, come along

and join in. We

can certainly guar

antee a night of

enjoyment and entertain

ment.

Alan Jones

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'The Great Foundation 5 cent challenge'

As November

(Foundation Month)

draws to a close,

remember to keep

collecting those

coins !

Saving the best till last

Our district Governor John

Gatt presenting his speech to

the club.

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20th November 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

O.H.S. night—Town Fair brief with Maureen Mackenzie all volunteers welcome.

Attend, Jaqui H, Chair, Rod M, Cash Greg A, Welcome Rob L, Regalia Geoff S,

Raffle Gift Greg P.

24th November 2012 SATURDAY Town Fair

Attend, everyone

27th November 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

AGM and Club Ass

Attend, Pat M, Chair, Steve C, Cash Greg A, Welcome David P, Regalia Geoff S,

Raffle Gift Ern W.

4th December 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Foundation night

Attend, Jaqui H, Chair, Rod M, Cash Greg A, Welcome David P, Regalia Geoff S,

Raffle Gift Greg P.

9th December 2012 SATURDAY 12 noon on

Rotary Family Christmas Party

11th December 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Nando Night partners night 5 cent results

Attend, Alan W, Chair, Linda G, Cash Greg A, Welcome Sharraine B, Regalia Phil C,

Raffle Gift John E.

LIFE’S EVENTS

WHAT’S ON, WHO’S ON AND WHEN’S IT ON

Eltham Lower Park Oval .

Club BBQ Available BYO Drinks Food & chair's.

Santa arrives 1.30 PM

Please bring children's present to value $20.00 wrapped with child's name.

All children and Grandchildren Welcome

Please advise Geoff Swan of attendance and number of children.

Nov 20 Maureen Mackenzie—birthday

Nov 22 Sharraine Ballao—joined Rotary 1 year ago

Nov 25 Judith Pike—birthday

Nov 27 Rob Mackenzie -birthday

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Notes 13th November Visiting Rotarians: Chris Chapple from THE RC of Eltham, Don Hamilton from RC of

Rosanna.

President Steve: President Steve introduced our District Governer John Gatt and Eileen.

Paul Harris Fellow: Dg John presented a PHF to Robin Chapple. Robin amongst many things is the webmaster,

web page developer, email manager (including solving many complicated email problems). He helps ensure hat

the data on our website is up to date. Robin and the club also acknowledge Molly's contribution.

RC of Yea are running a raffle $2 tickets and a Christmas fundraising project both supporting Dayspring Chldrens

village. All tickets sold at themeeting.

Christmas function is on December 9th from 12pm. Please let Geoff know how many guests you will be

bringing. Santa is coming around 1.30.

RC Kinglake ranges will have Peter Ryan as guest speaker next Wednesday (21st). Please confirm if you are

attending.

Ryla - we have 1 confirmed attendee, and one more to interview later this week.

Town fair roster - revised roster will be out tomorrow. Last town fair meeting before the town fair. Next Tuesday

there will be our ohs meeting - all volunteers please attend

Probus - Mernda - formation meeting on 26th November with 48 members and possibly another 10 or 12 on the

day.

5cent challenge - please try to fill these by 4th December when they will be tallied! This is moving from a club

project to a district and possibly national project.

Sergeant Arthur confused reality and fined a number of otherwise innocent Rotarians.

DG John Gatt

Eileen presented a number of banners to the club Eileen presented a short video on the 'learn grow' project, and

presented a summary of the project. The project started by the RC of devonport, and is geared around e

principles of sustainability. Lg includes information about the nutrition of plants and how to prepare them safely

for food. 1 in 7 people go to bed hungry each day. Aid programs often involve foods that are not suited to

growing in the target community. Transporting grain can be difficult for a number of reasons. Lg identifies needy

countries and identifies plants that are local and communicates information about the food value of these plants

in the local language.

Peace through Service has a different meaning for each of us. DG John is tracking the service delivered to

communities to see the amount that each club has contributed through service. DG John presented banners

from RI to our club for: 100% sustaining members, 100% member participation & number 1 contribution to

foundation in the district. Also recognised for supporting the $200m challenge, also a letter acknowledging us as

a top contributor amongst all clubs in the world.

Raffle $105 S Fines $40 RC Yea raffle $40 SPot $9.20

WHAT HAPPENED at the MEETING LAST WEEK

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