Club Bulletin - Issue 19 Monday 9 December 2013 Thank you all for your enthusiasm and input in to the Club Forum last week. We went well over time and, for that, I apologise. We did not manage to cover all that we needed to so this week we will do Club Forum Part 2! Friday night sees some of our members at the Goldfields Repertory Club to enjoy their famous Christmas Show. This is always a great night out and an opportunity for members to meet in a Social setting. Sunday we are off to Hammond Park to cook for the Paddington Christmas party. This should be a fun afternoon. Thank you in advance to those who are able to assist at this busy time of the year. Monday 16 December is our last meeting for 2013. This meeting will take on a festive theme. We have invited guests who have supported us throughout the year and will be presenting Certificates of Appreciation to those able to attend. The night is a Family night so please bring along your family. Don't forget to let Peter know how many will be with you so adequate meals can be catered for. Bring along a small non gender type gift valued at $10 and also gifts to cover any guests you are bringing along. The gifts will be distributed like a lucky dip! Monday night I mentioned the TCF Ormoc Village Sewing Centres in the Philippines who suffered devastation through Typhoon Yolanda. The Belmont BEC is seeking donations to assist them to rebuild the Centre. I have listed below the types of items they are seeking. If you can assist bring along to the meetings over the next two Mondays. George and I are driving to Perth on 19 December and will deliver them. In regards to the List of Donations, they will be pleased to accept anything that could be used for second use. The TCF Global project assisted creativity to foster a sense of entrepreneurship in the community. TCFWA are searching for donations of any sewing related materials or equipment… Sewing machines and overlockers, machine needles, machine spare parts Sewing tools, scissors & equipment of any kind Finishing equipment, irons, ironing boards Haberdashery, trims, ribbons, zips, buttons, sewing threads Dressmaking stands, sewing patterns, embroidery kits Sewing books, craft magazines and sewing kits, textiles and fabrics, rolls of Fabric or textile remnants Home Interiors, Manchester, curtains Sewing items re babies, children’s, teenagers, men, women’s Computers, educational books, mobile phones & chargers Other items include Office electricals, homeware electricals, material, patterns, apparel, footwear, games, magazines, books, mobile phones, chargers, generators, bedding, stationery, sporting equipment. If you are travelling to Perth or any readers who are Perth based and you have any items they can be dropped into the Belmont BEC, 7 Fairbrother Street, Belmont. Monday to Friday 9am-5pm before 31 January 2014. They are not in a position to be able to collect goods. Enjoy the rest of your week while you Engage Rotary, Change Lives. FROM PRESIDENT ESTHER ... Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie DECEMBER is FAMILY OF ROTARY Month 2013/14 President: Esther Roadnight OAM From President Esther Club News Membership Update Meeting Roundup Meeting Roster Ormoc, Philippines District 9465 Rotary International Meeting Make Up Club Calendar Club Details President Esther
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Club Bulletin - Issue 19 Monday 9 December 2013
Thank you all for your enthusiasm and input in to the Club Forum last week. We went well over time and, for that, I apologise. We did not manage to cover all that we needed to so this week we will do Club Forum Part 2! Friday night sees some of our members at the Goldfields Repertory Club to enjoy their famous Christmas Show. This is always a great night out and an opportunity for members to meet in a Social setting. Sunday we are off to Hammond Park to cook for the Paddington Christmas party. This should be a fun afternoon. Thank you in advance to those who are able to assist at this busy time of the year. Monday 16 December is our last meeting for 2013. This meeting will take on a festive theme. We have invited guests who have supported us throughout the year and will be presenting Certificates of Appreciation to those able to attend. The night is a Family night so please bring along your family. Don't forget to let Peter know how many will be with you so adequate meals can be catered for. Bring along a small non gender type gift valued at $10 and also gifts to cover any guests you are bringing along. The gifts will be distributed like a lucky dip! Monday night I mentioned the TCF Ormoc Village Sewing Centres in the Philippines who suffered devastation through Typhoon Yolanda. The Belmont BEC is seeking donations to assist them to rebuild the Centre. I have listed below the types of items they are seeking. If you can assist bring along to the meetings over the next two Mondays. George and I are driving to Perth on 19 December and will deliver them. In regards to the List of Donations, they will
be pleased to accept anything that could be used for second use. The TCF Global project assisted creativity to foster a sense of entrepreneurship in the community. TCFWA are searching for donations of any sewing related materials or equipment… Sewing machines and overlockers,
machine needles, machine spare parts Sewing tools, scissors & equipment of
If you are travelling to Perth or any readers who are Perth based and you have any items they can be dropped into the Belmont BEC, 7 Fairbrother Street, Belmont. Monday to Friday 9am-5pm before 31 January 2014. They are not in a position to be able to collect goods. Enjoy the rest of your week while you Engage Rotary, Change Lives.
FROM PRESIDENT ESTHER ...
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
DECEMBER is FAMILY OF ROTARY Month
2013/14 President: Esther Roadnight OAM
From President Esther
Club News
Membership Update
Meeting Roundup
Meeting Roster
Ormoc, Philippines
District 9465
Rotary International
Meeting Make Up
Club Calendar
Club Details
President Esther
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
Portfolio Update:
Membership Definition of Rotary
How do you describe the organisation called “Rotary”? There are so many characteristics of a Rotary club as well as the activities of a million Rotarians. There are the features of service, internationality, fellowship, classifications of each vocation, development of goodwill and world understanding, the emphasis of high ethical standards, concern for other people, and many more.
In 1976, the Rotary International Board of Directors was interested in creating a concise definition of the fundamental aspects of Rotary. They turned to the three men who were then serving on RI’s Public Relations Committee and requested that a one-sentence definition of Rotary be prepared. After numerous drafts, the committee presented this definition, which has been used ever since in various Rotary publications:
“Rotary is an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.”
Those 31 words are worth remembering when someone asks, “What is a Rotary club?”
Cherie Wallace
Source: ABC’s of Rotary
Monday 2 December Our meeting on 2 December 2013 was a Club Forum.
It was great to get an overall update from President Esther and for all of the portfolios from each of the Directors.
We had a lot of laughs and a lot of fun and fellowship, rounded off by Sergeant James and his Fines session.
We’ve got lots of things to look forward to in the coming months with the Great Aussie Breakfast on Australia Day, another “Introduction to Rotary” function, Battle of the Brains Quiz Night, Vocational meetings, guest speakers and lots more.
MEETING ROSTER 9 December Anne Skinner 16 December Georgia Underwood
13 January Lloyd Morley 20 January Cherie Wallace
Please be at the Tower by 5.50pm at the latest to set up the meeting
to be ready for members and guests arriving at 6pm.
There is a guide on the cupboard door to assist you with set up.
If you can’t attend on your rostered evening, please make arrangements to swap with
another member.
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
“Ormoc City in Leyte Province was among the hardest areas hit by the Typhoon, along with Dulag, Tolasa, and Tacloban City, leaving over 10,000 who have died in the region. Ormoc Rep. Lucy Torrez-Gomez told ABS-CBN that “there is not a single home in Ormoc that is not severely damaged.” Ondo Codilla, Mayor of Ormoc City, says the damage is “severe.” “The roofs of most houses have been blown off, majority of houses in coastal barangays have been wiped out, roads are impassable, power and communication lines are mostly out, and so many are in dire need of relief,”.
BACKGROUND ON TCF ORMOC AND TCF ESVU PROJECT
The Textile, Clothing and Footwear Resource Centre of WA (TCFWA), MY Fashion Incubator, BPW Business Incubator and BPW Belmont are calling for donations to assist with the TCF Ormoc, Philippines community village sewing project.
This innovative project provides opportunities to 29 village sewing centres with 250 women and men that live in Leyte Province, regional Philippines to expand their small sewing-related business to generate income and assist additional village sewing centres to start. The TCF Ormoc Project has also expanded to include a TCF Centre of Entrepreneurship at the local ESVU University, we are now calling for donated reference materials for the sewing training courses, including books on design, patternmaking, textiles, crafts, etc. are much needed.
TCFWA/TCF Global Manager, Carol Hanlon, also volunteers to visit Ormoc to give business workshops and assist with Ormoc Fashion Festival now in its 3rd year. If you would like to volunteer your time to visit Ormoc and share your skills and talents please email [email protected]
Belmont BPW accepted a global award for the Ormoc Sewing project at the BPW International Congress in Helsinki, Finland, 2011. The Ormoc sewing project was voted 3rd place in the world in the Power to Make a Difference Award – Excellent Project, which highlights ongoing international recognition. In 2011, Belmont BPW President Carol Hanlon was invited to make two presentations at the United Nations Commission Status Women (UN CSW55) NGO Forums in New York on the successes of the TCF Ormoc village sewing projects and the benefits to the local area in micro enterprise development and in 2012 TCF Global / BPW presented a forum in New York as part of the United Nations CSW56 NGP Forums on ‘Empowering Creative Rural Women through Enterprise development and Global Fashion Opportunities’ where the TCF Ormoc project was featured to a global audience.
TCFWA, Belmont BEC are Belmont based non-profit community organisations that established the TCF Global Community Sewing Project. Business & Professional Women’s Clubs Belmont and WA (BPW) aim to assist development projects supporting women
TCF Ormoc Project Background
In 2007 through generous support from across Western Australia, a 40ft container of donated sewing equipment was sent to Ormoc, Philippines resulting in the establishment of 21 community sewing centres providing the opportunity for 130 women and men to start their own community sewing business.
A 3rd container collection was despatched in December 2011 and a 4th container was despatched in August, 2013. TCFWA are now collecting for the 2014 Collection, the 5th container to assist in rebuilding the TCF ESVU Sewing Centres and TCF ESVU Centre of Entrepreneurship.
Before Typhoon
After Typhoon
2014 Conference Update To read all of the latest information on the 2014 District 9465 Conference in
Mandurah, go to the District website at
rotary9465.com.au Find out about the Conference MC and
the special guests.
You’ll be able to register using the interactive PDF form as well!
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
Rotary District 9465 came into being in July 2010 as the outcome of a Rotary International initiative amending the structure of Rotary in Western Australia to enhance administration and improve the support for clubs and Rotarians.
Go to the District 9465 website http://rotary9465.org.au/
for more information.
Over 340 climbers took the challenge and raced up the tower at 108 St Georges Terrace on Sunday 13 October in the third Climb for a Smile.
The quickest climber ascended the 50 floors in just six minutes and twenty nine seconds....just under 8 seconds per floor!!
Whilst the compeiton was tough up the stairs, the real winners were the causes that were the beneficiaries from the day, which shared in over $55,000 worth of funds, including Interplast, the Rotary WA Cordblood Bank and Rotary’s End Polio Now campaign.
Congratulations to the Rotary Club of Kenwick on another successful event.
DISTRICT DATES
January - Rotary Awareness Month
6-17 NYSF Forum - Forum A/Forum B Perth
12-18 Handicamp Camp
14 Sloan Rotary Handicamp Dinner
17-24 RYLA camp
20-1 Feb NYSF Forum C Canberra
22 RYLA Dinner
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
A Letter from Mike Greenslade
November has been a momentous month for ShelterBox. Whilst we were responding to an earthquake in the Philippines, the country was struck by the strongest storm ever recorded. Super Typhoon Haiyan left an estimated10,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands in desperate need of shelter.
ShelterBox responded immediately, dispatching more SRTs to the area, along with aid, pre-positioned in the Philippines and Dubai, whilst volunteers at HQ packed boxes. An international "Typhoon Haiyan Emergency Appeal" was launched.
ShelterBox Australia set a fundraising target of $500,000. In an amazing outpouring of public generosity, in just 3 weeks we broke through this target.
With the help of Rotary, individuals, and charitable foundations we have raised over $510,000 .... and the fund is still growing! Obviously, the need is huge and the more donations we receive, the more families we'll able to help. We have since raised the bar to $750,000.
To all those that have donated, a big thank you! Your generosity will have a huge positive impact on families in desperate need. Stay tuned to the website for deployment updates.
This months quote comes from Oscar Wilde, “The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention"
Thanks for your continued support.
Mike ShelterBox
105th Rotary International Convention 1-4 June 2014 : Sydney www.riconvention.org
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
Rotary Clubs of Cavite Export Processing Zone & West Icheon
Potable Water Project To help provide potable water to the Rosario National High School and surrounding communities.
The scarcity of potable water, particularly the coastal town of Rosario, has been a perennial problem for one of our adopted schools, Rosario National High School (RNHS) & its community. Students & local residents have to manually pump salty water from dilapidated shallow wells to be used only for washing & cleaning. Potable water has to be purchased from nearby water refilling stations.
Water related diseases are rampant in the community. Through the initiative of Rotary Club of Cavite Export Processing Zone (RC CEPZ), a Potable Water Project aims to provide clean & potable water through a purification water system to benefit the RNHS populace & its community. Our match club in Korea, Rotary Club of Icheon West, District 3600-Korea has partnered with us to install a water station with a filtration system to make the water potable. The two water stations built are still operational as of today (November 20, 2013) with the help of the Rotary Community Corps organized in the schools.
Project location: Philippines
Project dates: Start: 09 October 2007 End: 13 October 2008 This project is complete ✓
Project category: Community, Vocational, Water & sanitation
Funding: Rotary Grant, Sponsors
Source: www.rotary.org - Rotary Showcase
MEETING ATTENDANCE
Please provide your intention regarding meeting attendance as below:
PETER SWEENEY 0434 942 244
by 12.00pm Mondays
if you are going to be an apology or if you are bringing a guest.
If you fail to apologise, and are absent from the meeting, you will be charged for your meal.
www.interplast.org.au/news
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
DO YOU KNOW SOMEOME WHO WOULD MAKE A GREAT ROTARIAN?
BRING THEM ALONG TO OUR NEXT MEETING
The International Director is collecting used postage stamps, on envelopes, to be sold overseas to assist Oxfam and other projects through District 9465. Please bring stamps to our meetings.
make up opportunities
Want 100% attendance but can’t make the weekly meeting?
Rotary Club of Boulder Tuesday at 6.30pm for 7.00pm
Tower Hotel
Rotary Club of Hannans Friday at 6.30am to 7.00am Kalgoorlie Overland Motel
Away from the Goldfields?
Go to www.rotary.org/clublocator to find a meeting close to you.
Or, can’t physically get to a meeting?
The Club Locator will also help you find an
e-club to attend online!
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 30
No meeting 31 1
2 Club Forum
3 4 5 6 7 8 Paddington
Christmas BBQ 1pm Hammond Park
9 Club Forum (the sequel)
10 11 12 13 14 15
16 Christmas Meeting
Thank You to Sponsors
17 18 19 20 21 22
23 No meeting
24 25 CHRISTMAS DAY
26 BOXING DAY
27 28 29
DECEMBER 2013
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1
NEW YEAR’S DAY 2 3 4 5
6 No meeting
7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 AUSTRALIA DAY
27 AUSTRALIA DAY PUBLIC HOLIDAY
NO MEETING
28 29 30 31
JANUARY 2014
Rotary Club of Kalgoorlie
2 December to 15 December 2013
Happy Birthday to … 7 December Esther Roadnight
13 December Denyse McCamish (Esther’s daughter)
15 December Ross Collins
Name Partner Position Phone Email
Esther Roadnight George President Club Service Committee 0407 218 700 [email protected]
Gavin Gilmore Colleen Secretary Club Service Committee 0418 934 696 [email protected]
Billy Cumming Carol Treasurer Club Service Committee 0417 747 027 [email protected]
Ross Collins Yvonne Vice President International Service Committee 0409 688 055 [email protected]
Edward Brennan Ena Youth Service Director 9080 0800 [email protected]
Lloyd Morley Sue Vocational Service Director 0458 911 604 [email protected]
Anne Skinner International Service Director 0417 611 274 [email protected]
Peter Sweeney Robyn Community Service Director Attendance Officer 0434 942 244 [email protected]
Cherie Wallace Darren (Wally)
Membership Director & Bulletin Editor 0409 807 517 [email protected]
Stephen Harper Youth Service Committee 0408 785 126 [email protected]
James Mercer-King Sergeant Vocational Service Committee 0408 692 505 [email protected]
Sue Morley Lloyd International Service Committee 0407 437 077 [email protected]
Gloria Moyle Vocational Service Committee 0407 711 445 [email protected]
Angelo Sbizzirri Marie Community Service Committee 0418 934 267 [email protected]
