Rotary Club of Mitcham Newsletters for the current Rotary Year are viewable in the NEWS section of: www.rotarymitcham.com Tuesday 19th February, 2008 Rotary Club of Mitcham District 9810 Victoria Australia Bulletin A DROUGHT RELIEF PROJECT WITH A PERMANENT BENEFIT Rotary is involved in a large range of drought relief projects. However until now activities providing permanent assistance has been unattainable. Realizing that education is a Rotary forte, the Rotary Club of Monash Inc. has set up an Agricultural Scholarship program which will provide funding for people from disadvantaged rural based families to attend an Agricultural College. There are two distinct attributes to the Monash Rotary Agricultural Scholarships program. Firstly the financial assistance to a rural family enabling continued education for family members. Secondly providing a young person the opportunity to obtain a Diploma in Agriculture where they will be taught how to continue to utilise the land in a caring and productive manner while dealing with climate change. The MRAS will provide up to $5,000 P/A for an awardee with payments being made directly to the selected Agricultural College. The Diploma course takes two years full time with a year 12 entry requirement. Funding is obtained from Rotary Clubs or individuals becoming Unit Holders by donating $2,000 P/A and a Trust Deed has been registered with the Australian Taxation Office. Due to local knowledge, Agricultural Colleges and rurally located Rotary Clubs will be invited to recommend awardees to the selection committee. The program is seen to be an ideal way for Metropolitan Clubs to be directly involved with combating climate change. The first awardees will be attending Longerenong College in western Victoria and some of these will be completing studies that had to be suspended for financial reasons. The Rotary Club of Monash will continue contacting Rotary Clubs throughout Australia. Graham Shaw is the current chairperson of the Monash Rotary Agricultural Scholarships Committee. Graham has worked as a consulting land surveyor since 1968. He became a charter member of the Rotary Club of Knoxfield in 1980. He served as President of the Knoxfield Club in 1982/83, 1985/86 and 1990/91. He then became a charter member of the Rotary Club of Monash in 1995, and was president of that club in 2002/03. Graham worked on District Committees for Student Exchange, drug education, community service, International Service, the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund, and Rotary Australia World Community Service. Graham is a Paul Harris Fellow, and Companion. Graham Shaw: Rotary Agricultural Scholarships Guest Speaker
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Rotary Club of Mitcham Newsletters for the current Rotary Year are viewable in the NEWS section of:
www.rotarymitcham.com
Tuesday 19th February, 2008
Rotary Club of Mitcham
District 9810 Victoria Australia
Bulletin
A DROUGHT RELIEF PROJECT WITH A PERMANENT BENEFIT Rotary is involved in a large range of drought relief projects. However until now activities providing permanent assistance has been unattainable. Realizing that education is a Rotary forte, the Rotary Club of Monash Inc. has set up an Agricultural Scholarship program which will provide funding for people from disadvantaged rural based families to attend an Agricultural College. There are two distinct attributes to the Monash Rotary Agricultural Scholarships program. Firstly the financial assistance to a rural family enabling continued education for family members. Secondly providing a young person the opportunity to obtain a Diploma in Agriculture where they will be taught how to continue to utilise the land in a caring and productive manner while dealing with climate change. The MRAS will provide up to $5,000 P/A for an awardee with payments being made directly to the selected Agricultural College. The Diploma course takes two years full time with a year 12 entry requirement. Funding is obtained from Rotary Clubs or individuals becoming Unit Holders by donating $2,000 P/A and a Trust Deed has been registered with the Australian Taxation Office.
Due to local knowledge, Agricultural Colleges and rurally located Rotary Clubs will be invited to recommend awardees to the selection committee. The program is seen to be an ideal way for Metropolitan Clubs to be directly involved with combating climate change. The first awardees will be attending Longerenong College in western Victoria and some of these will be completing studies that had to be suspended for financial reasons. The Rotary Club of Monash will continue contacting Rotary Clubs throughout Australia. Graham Shaw is the current chairperson of the Monash Rotary Agricultural Scholarships Committee. Graham has worked as a consulting land surveyor since 1968. He became a charter member of the Rotary Club of Knoxfield in 1980. He served as President of the Knoxfield Club in 1982/83, 1985/86 and 1990/91. He then became a charter member of the Rotary Club of Monash in 1995, and was president of that club in 2002/03. Graham worked on District Committees for Student Exchange, drug education, community service, International Service, the Australian Rotary Health Research Fund, and Rotary Australia World Community Service. Graham is a Paul Harris Fellow, and Companion.
Graham Shaw: Rotary Agricultural
Scholarships
Guest
Speaker
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Officers for 2007/8
PAUL HARRIS FELLOW SAPPHIRE AWARD 2002 Bruce Wainwright
2004 Tony Gibson 2004 John Atkinson
2007 Brian Bergin (Dec) FOUR AVENUES OF SERVICE AWARD
2000 John Atkinson
AUSTRALIAN ROTARY HEALTH RESEARCH FUND COMPANIONS 1994 Roy Knudson † 1996 Dr Peter Brown 1999 David Murray
1999 Chris & Ian McColl 1999 John Varley 2000 John Cook 2000 Jean & Ray † Rose 2000 Brian Bergin 2001 Christine Ryan 2001 Bill Mudford 2001 John Atkinson 2002 Wayne Lucas 2002 Denis Bunn † 2002 Michael Edney 2002 Peter McPhee 2003 Dawn & Graham Whiteside 2003 Keith Nunn 2004 Brendan Tunstall 2004 Colin Spencer 2005 Fred Wiffrie 2006 Les Marton
1979 Geoffrey Prior 1980 Dr John Munro 1983 Bruce McLaughlin 1986 Maxwell Bloom † 1988 William Wood† 1988 Alan Fraser 1989 Tony Gibson 1989 David Gawler 1991 Dr Peter Brown 1991 Robert McDowell 1991 Bruce Wainwright 1993 Ronald Slattery 1994 Vic Dye 1995 Fr Kevin Dillon 1995 Kenneth Rose 1997 David Murray 1998 Ian Young 1998 Ron Frederick
February 2008
Gayle Murray 9th Feb Bill Mudford 25th Feb
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Rotary Grace For good food, good fellowship and the opportunity of service through Rotary, we give thanks.
BOARD
President Sharon Partridge
IP President: Eva Anderson
Pres. Elect: David Ayliffe
Vice President : TBA
Secretary: Jack Butler
Treasurer and Fundraising: John Atkinson
Committee:
Philip Daw
David Murray
Bill Mudford
PORTFOLIOS
Membership All Members
New Generations Sharon Partridge
Communication/Marketing, Public Relations and Photography: Eva Anderson
International and on to Confer-ence: David Ayliffe
Vocational Service: Ivan Munoz
Fellowship: Bill Mudford
Attendance: Michael Ed-ney
Foundation: Ron Frederick
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Tuesday 19th February 2008 President Sharon Partridge
Desk for February: Jack Butler, John Atkinson
Chairman - Colin Spencer
Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil, our home is girt by sea
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts, of beauty rich and rare In history’s page let every stage, advance Australia fair
In joyful strains, then let us sing Advance Australia fair
Advance Australia Fair Advance Australia Fair This Week ... This Week ...
Partridge Prose
Good Afternoon,
Shaz Quotes:
The vet check on Rina revealed a tumour in the liver and enlarged heart. she is going blind and her hearing is also going. Things happen for a reason. We trained this girl to be a Guide Dog through the "Puppy Walker Programme" for 15 months butshe did not get through the course. However she could be a pet, and became my pet, and the whole neighbourhood loved her. She had as com-pany Chris Aubrey's dog Bodie, Chris Allen's dog Jerry and Cinta Bennie's dog Chester over many years. I will miss her so much when the time comes, as while Beck my daughter has been away studying Rina has always been the friendly face that has greeted me morning and night.
Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.
Roger Caras
What a busy day at Bunnings on Saturday. Thankyou Bill for organising it all and for al who worked on the day. A special thankyou to Gayle Murray for filling in for her other half, David. Bill Mudford advises that the day resulted in a healthy profit of $1,119 from a turnover of $1,643 with expenses of $524. A great result, by any measure.
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A message from the Rotary Club of Ringwood
Assistance Required The Safe Water Safe Lives project has indeed assisted in saving lives. You may recall the SWSL team went out to PNG last year and built three tanks, one in Popondetta and another two in neighbouring villages. Whilst there, they also repaired another four tanks in other neighbouring villages. Most Clubs in the District came together with donations for the purchase of a vehicle to assist the SWSL team with their work. This vehicle was left in the care of the Martyrs School, Popondetta. We now need your help again. As many of you will be aware the area has been affected by devastating cy-clones, causing mud slides and flooding over large areas. Several of the last SWSL team members have received requests for further assistance from Popondetta. Sister Beverley Tumbari from Popon-detta wrote in a letter to Kevin O’Donnell of RC of Doncaster Sunrise that because it was holiday time, most of the teachers & students were away from the school. For 3 days and nights she and her niece sat watching the rain and went without food, only managing on drinking water. With the floods they were unable to collect dry wood to start a fire to cook food. She was unable to go back to the Sister House, because the bridges were down. So she had to remain at the school. Many villagers were also coming to the school for shelter and assistance. Sister Beverly has given away most of the clothes that the team brought with them last year. She also gave away most of the pots, pans, crock-ery, cutlery, etc. Villagers had lost everything. At least the villagers had clean drinking water thanks to the “tank builders”. We have also had requests for assistance from a representatives of the Anglican Church, Eligah Sarigari of the Anglican Health Services in Popondetta and the people of Oro. The SWSL team members met with Eligah on their last trip The RC of Ringwood is organising a collection of two container loads of goods to be shipped over to Oro Bay. David Hobday, and other SWSL Team members will be heading over to Oro Bay in August. In the meantime, DG Dick Garner has given per-mission for us to ask the Rotary Clubs in the District for assistance. How? We are looking for goods for the containers. What do we need: “Everything” (Imagine what you would do if your house burned down with all your belongings) Kitchen items - pots, cutlery, crockery, dishes. All types of tools, gardening tools Cleaning Utensils, Mops, brushes, cloths, etc. Detergents Clothing, Adults and children. Nappies. Bedding – blankets, sheets, towels, etc Toilet-ries – soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, facecloths etc. Medical Supplies. School materials of every description Desks. Tables. Chairs. Books to re-establish libraries. School consumables. Computers – anything up to 5 years old. Printers – working please. Copiers. Set subject Books in Maths English Science. Kindy books and teaching materials If you would like to assist us with this project by collecting goods, would your club organise for all the goods to be in one central place for pick-up at a given time. We are currently in the process of organ-ising storage places for the goods, until we are able to take them to Geelong for shipping. We are also seeking monetary donations for this project. If your Club would like donate $200, this would go a long way towards the cost of the containers and shipping. Summary of damage Cyclone Guba and the subsequent heavy and persistent rains from the 12th to the 15th November caused extensive damage to smallholder agriculture, rural infrastructure and livelihoods in general in all areas of the Oro Province. This is the one in one hundred years flood as it surpasses known flood record levels by up to 5m in places. Major rivers have changed courses by up to 5km in places. Very few of the major rivers are less than 800m wide now. There are more than 100 landslides in different mountain stretches in the west catchments to the rivers leading to the coast. At least 153 people are confirmed dead and another 224 are lost. One or another form of damage and loss were reported from at least 205 villages. It is estimated that about 12 thousand households, or over half of rural households in the province may have been seriously affected so as to need some assistance in relief and rehabilitation of gardens.
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All funds applied to Rotary Community Projects in Whitehorse
After another successful event, make sure you join us at the next market on Sunday, March 9th 2008
8.00 am to 1.00 pm at: The Whitehorse Civic Centre 279 Whitehorse Rd
Nunawading. Enquiries 0438 550068
Over 80
Stalls
www.d9810.rotary.org.au
Colin’s (Joke) Corner A woman walked into the kitchen to find her husband stalking around with a fly swatter "What are you doing?" She asked. "Hunting Flies" He responded. "Oh! Killing any?" She asked. "Yep, 3 males , 2 Females," he replied. "How can you tell them apart?" He responded, "3 were on a beer can, 2 were on the phone.
Tim Marass from Camp Quality will be attending to-day’s meeting to accept of cheque of $4000 from Mitcham Rotary to go towards Camp Quality fundrais-ing. The club donates 50% of what it makes from the golf day to Camp Quality.
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February 2008 Tuesday 19th Graham Shaw, Rotary Agricultural Scholarships Tuesday 26th Tour of Schwerkolt Cottage and BBQ March 2008 Tuesday 4th Club Forum, Business Matters, Members Profile Tuesday 11th Leonie Moran, MUNA Tuesday 18th Liz Tarquinio, Whitehorse Youth Resource Officer Tuesday 25th James Bawden, PAWSEY House Australia Day Project April 2008 Tuesday 1st Club Forum, Business Matters, members Profile. WATCH OUT, IT’S APRIL FOOLS DAY! Tuesday 8th Ian Coleman, Bowelscan Tuesday 15th 8:00 am Police Academy - Breakfast Meeting.
Diary Dates Diary Dates
Description of Rotary
Rotary is an organisation of Business and Professional persons, united world wide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in all the world.
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List of Members Partner Home Work Mobile Fax
Eva ANDERSON Kevin 9452 3966 0438 550 068 John ATKINSON Merle 9886 6520 9873 3322 0418 358 849 9873 1713 David AYLIFFE Meg 9729 2389 0425 733 361 Jack BUTLER Pamela 9874 8876 Philip DAW Joan 9874 2128 9874 2128 0408 334 009 9874 2128 Michael EDNEY Zoe 9807 7042 Ronald FREDERICK 9890 2873 9871 9307 0418 994 841 9871 9399 Wayne LUCAS Dianne 9842 6816 9842 4433 0419 302 051 9841 9034 Bill MUDFORD Jill 9877 2159 9873 5100 0418 339 708 9874 7488 Ivan MUNOZ Mireja 9801 3505 9762 6466 David MURRAY Gayle 9874 8573 9873 1838 0419 324 234 9872 5774 Sharon PARTRIDGE 9873 5848 —— 0438 221 366 9873 5848 Christine RYAN 9872 4529 9872 4529 Colin SPENCER Glenys 9712 0889 9712 0440 0413 566 968 9712 0422 Richard TEMBY Sue 9874 1360 9873 1375 0428 526 524 9873 0137 Fred WIFFRIE Shirley 9723 2294 9723 2294 0417 565 909 9725 7488
Rotary theme for 2007 - 2008
Rotary, Service Above Self……..
Do you enjoy the friendship and atmosphere of your Rotary Club?
• Give a copy of this bulletin to a business or
professional acquaintance each week. • Invite business associates and acquaintan-
ces to your club’s functions on a regular basis
• Share your Rotary experiences with people who you know in your business or
professional life • Give the names and contact details of peo-
ple who are interested in joining Rotary to your club president or secretary.
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Coming up on Tuesday 26th of February: Tour of Schwerkolt Cottage and BBQ
ROTARY IN CHINA (Article prepared by Bev Foster RC of MASH) Rotary's rich history in China dates back to 1919, when Seattle Rotarian Roger Pinneo decided to bring the Rotary movement to Asia. With the help of Dr. Julean Petit, a long time resident in China, he charted the country's first Rotary club, in Shanghai. Rotary's spirit of volunteerism took root, and the next two years saw clubs formed in other major cities, including Peking, Nanking and Soochow, Nanjing and Suzhou. During the early days, Rotary clubs in China were actively involved in local community projects. Rotarians in the city of Hankou sponsored a leprosy clinic and raised money to support a school for the blind. Shanghai Rotarians established "Beggar Town," which at one time provided shelter, schooling and voca-tional training for more than 1,500 men, women and children. In the late 1930s and early 1940s, war often disrupted Rotary activities. But despite the constant threat of air raids, many clubs continued their humanitarian work. Rotarians who fled war zones in other parts of China gathered in Shanghai and Hong Kong and focused on refugee relief. As an international organiza-tion Rotary attracted local businessmen, as well as expatriates and visiting Rotarians from around the world. Regular Rotary meetings often became forums for cultural exchanges. Rotary founded in the United States, suffered. Most Rotary clubs were dissolved by the Chinese govern-ment by 1952, and Rotary International terminated the remaining ones in 1953. In the late 1970s, China ended decades of selfimposed isolation and opened its doors to the outside world, reviving a dream held by Rotarians around the world: to return Rotary to China. In 1982, RI President Stanley E. McCaffrey visited China to explore the possibility. Subsequently, the Board of Directors approved the formation of a pilot club in Beijing, but that action proved premature. After a 1987 trip to China by President-elect Royce Abbey, the board explored the possibility of Group Study Exchanges to China. At the same time, Rotary leaders continued meeting with Chinese leaders, hoping to make Rotary known to the people of China. I n 1989 Rotary seized the opportunity to help improve the lives of children in China. As part of its Polio-Plus program, the Foundation authorized a US$15 million grant to the World Bank to construct a polio vaccine production plant in Kunming. The same year, the Foundation also donated more than $900,000 to train Chinese technical personnel to manage the country's polio eradication efforts. The polio eradication program helped Rotary gain the trust and enthusiastic cooperation of the Chinese government. More than 100 million children were immunized, reducing polio cases from 10,000 in 1981 to 1,191 in 1992. Thanks to Rotary's efforts, China, along with other countries in the western Pacific region, the final groundwork for elevating the clubs to Provisional Status was laid in November 2000, when China's Minis-try of Civil Affairs invited Rotary officials to visit Beijing. The leaders met with high-level Chinese offi-cials and others to discuss the possibility of reintroducing Rotary to China. Finally, in June 2001, after careful deliberations, the RI Board of Directors formally recognized the provisional Rotary clubs of Bei-jing and Shanghai. Perhaps this bright beginning to a new era of Rotary in China was foreshadowed over a decade ago, when Hong Kong Rotarian Bob Wilson made an interesting discovery in a local antique shop. He noticed that the store's doorstop was an old, brass bell. He looked closer and recognized the design of the Rotary wheel on its surface and the engraving: "Donated by Stanley F. Howard, 20 August 1925, Rotary Club of Peking." Wilson immediately purchased this piece of history, which had already survived most of a turbulent cen-tury, and in June 1998 donated it to the Beijing Rotary Fellowship Group in honour of its 100th meeting.
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19 February 2008
Dear fellow Rotarians,
I received a call from Bill Mudford last night to pass on the sad news that Michael Edney had passed away yesterday at Box Hill Hospital.
Our thoughts go out to Zoe and Michael's family at this time.
