Bulletin No 16
21st October 2015
Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Castle Hill
ISSN 2203-126X
Rotary Club of Castle Hill Chartered 18th March 1965
PO Box 13, Castle Hill. 1765 www.rotarynews.info/club4201
Rotary Year 2015-16 District Governor: Gina Growden (District 9685 )
Rotary Int’l President: Ravi Ravindran
This Week 21st October 2015 Meeting at CCCH Chair Meeting report Meet & Greet Regalia
Rod Williamson Chris Dunwell
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Next Week 28th October Guest Speaker Councillor Michelle Byrne – Mayor of the Hills Shire Council Chair Meeting report Meet & Greet Regalia
President Mike Hallen Rod Williamson
Terry O’Mara David Bull & David Bowles
Birth Days & Anniversaries October 2015 BIRTHDAYS
ANNIVERSARIES
Dieter Regel 1st Mike & Sue Blair 9th Mike Blair 5th Terry & Lorraine O’Mara 29th John Barker 8th Neil & Mavis Todd 10th John Stuart 8th Singh Pinky 18th Danam, Raymond 18th This Bulletin is kindly
This is a great chance to declutter, and if you or your family have spare items Can you please drop them in to 5
Gladstone Road, Castle Hill after 9 am on 22ndThursday or 23rd Inside this issue Friday. Thanks, Phil 1
From President Mike Hallen
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OW! What a night we had last week when we were joined by local business owners, managers and local dignitaries at our first “Business Networking” meeting.
With about 60 Rotarians, partners and guests in the room the “buzz” was loud and constant – just like the “old days”! The food was excellent and the bar service ensured that nobody was without appropriate liquid sustenance. Thanks to Rod Williamson who made the cocktail party arrangements with Castle Hill Country Club whose service and staff were excellent. The erection of the ShelterBox tent and all the other contents of a ShelterBox was a stroke of genius on Rod’s Part. It demonstrated in a tangible way the sort of projects that Rotarians perform around the world. The “Roger Climpson” video was used and although a little dated it did emphasise the point about Rotarians “doing good in the world”. The Polio facts delivered by PDG Bruce Allen also captured the attention of the gathering. I am sure it was news to most of our guests. All in all, I can safely say that there are more members of our community “informed” about Rotary International and Rotarians than existed before the meeting. Perhaps some may choose to join us. My thanks go to all who assisted in in making the evening a success. Often working behind the scenes were Rotarians like Phil Dunn, Peter Marcer and Paul Robinson to name but a few. There may have been others that I have not named – all I can say is a collective “Thanks fellows!”. And to all those who attended and entertained our guests – congratulations on a job well done! P.S. I am still trying to find out more about the proposed polio movie night on 21 October. As soon as I have any more information I will email all members. Yours in Rotary
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ood evening, my name is Mike Hallen and I have the honour of being the President of the Rotary Club of Castle Hill for this Rotary year. It is my pleasure to welcome you tonight to our “Business Networking” evening. There will not be a th series of speeches – that is not what tonight is about. We are here to learn a little more about each other and to give you a small insight into our Rotary world.
That man was Paul Harris and he was a stranger in town. One evening he went to a friend’s home. After dinner, as they strolled through the neighbourhood, Paul’s friend greeted by name various tradesmen at their stores. This reminded Paul of his New England village and it occurred to him:
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“Why not in Chicago have a fellowship comOK, I will give a short speech- but please treat it posed on just one man from each of many as an “information dump” different occupations, without restriction as to their politics or religion, with broad tolerance Picture this of each other’s opinion, in such a fellowship In 1868 a young man was born in Racine, Wiscould there not be mutual helpfulness?” consin (on the shores of Lake Michigan) in the USA and in July 1871 he was sent to live with his And so began Rotary International On 23rd February 1905 Paul Harris formed the first Club with three young businessmen: Sylvester Schiele, a coal merchant, Gustavus Loehr, a mining engineer and Hiram Shorey, a tailor. The name “Rotary” grew out of their practice of meeting in rotation at each other’s office. Today, 110 years later, there are a few more of us proud wearers of the “Rotary Wheel” spread paternal grandparents in Wallingford, Vermont - around the world: a region known as “New England”. He grew to Over 1.2 million Rotarians revere the family values that characterized the In 34,989 Clubs New England of his youth and in 1896 he moved Grouped in 536 Districts to Chicago to practice law. In 169 countries and geographic areas 3
Rotary’s wheel emblem A wheel has been the symbol of Rotary since our earliest days. The first design was made by Chicago Rotarian Montague Bear, an engraver who drew a simple wagon wheel, with a few lines to show dust and motion. The wheel was said to illustrate "Civilization and Movement." Most of the early clubs had some form of wagon wheel on their publications and letterheads. Finally, in 1922, it was decided that all Rotary clubs should adopt a single design as the exclusive emblem of Rotarians. Thus, in 1923, the present gear wheel, with 24 cogs and six spokes was adopted by the "Rotary International Association." A group of engineers advised that the geared wheel was mechanically unsound and would not work without a "keyway" in the centre of the gear to attach it to a power shaft. So, in 1923 the keyway was added and the design which we now know was formally adopted as the official Rotary International emblem.
Guiding principles Over the years, guiding principles were developed to provide Rotarians with a strong, common purpose and direction. They serve as a
foundation for our relationships with each other and the action we take in the world. These guiding principles are captured in the “Object of Rotary” and the “Four Way Test”
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; and FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.
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The Four Way Test The Four-Way Test is a non-partisan and non-sectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages. It says: Of the things we think, say or do: Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BET- Why Tonight? TER FRIENDSHIPS? Just as a group of friends got together to have Will it be BENEFICIAL to all con- fellowship, so tonight is meant to be the same cerned? sort of occasion – a time to introduce ourselves and talk with each other just as those four Avenues of Service friends did all those years ago. We channel our commitment to service at home It is also an opportunity to hear a little more and abroad through five Avenues of Service, about Rotary International and how we Rotarithat are the foundation of club activity. ans “do good in the world”. Club Service: focuses on making clubs strong; I would now like to show you a brief video that Vocational Service: calls on every has a Rotarian talking about his Rotary. You may Rotarian to work with integrity recognise him! and contribute their expertise to the problems and needs of Thank you Roger Climpson. society; You heard Roger mention Polio Eradication and Community Service: encourages Rotary’s involvement. I would now like Bruce Alevery Rotarian to find ways to len to bring you up to date with the current situimprove the quality of life for ation regarding the elimination of this dreadful people in their communities and to serve the public inter- disease from our planet – only the second such disease to be defeated after Smallpox. est; International Service: exemplifies We have with us tonight several members of the our global reach in promoting Hills Rotaract Club, an organisation sponsored peace and understanding; and and supported by Rotary. Lilian Chia, the SecreYouth Service: recognizes the im- tary and Vice President was recently sponsored portance of empowering by our Club to attend the Rotary Youth Leaderyouth. ship Awards camp and I would ask Lilian to come forward to provide you with an insight of 5
ternational. We have also given you a CD covering the first 50 years of the Rotary Club of Castle Hill. I hope you find them both interesting. There is also an invitation to join us again in two-weeks time.
her experience at this event. Thank you, Lilian.
If you would like to know a little more about us and in particular to hear from the Mayor of the Hills Shire, Councillor Dr Michelle Byrne, who will speak about future plans for our Shire, you are invited to join us again on 28th October.
On behalf of all my club members I would like to In her presentation, the Mayor will cover topics thank you all for accepting our invitation to join such as: us tonight. Hopefully you are enjoying the opThe impact of the new Norwest Rail Link portunity to “network” and at the same time to The expected increase of housing developunderstand a little more about us “Rotarians” ment in all its forms (Low, Medium and and how we go about the business of “helping High Density, number of new Units and people in need”. locations etc.) We have presented you with an example of RoHow this is going to impact on the Shire as tary in Australia titled “Rotary says G’day “ and a whole and the effect, if any, upon our subtitled “Humanity in Motion Down Under”. It existing services, e.g. Open spaces – covers a significant range of projects undertakPassive and Sport. en by Rotarians in Australia: some are special Plans for commerce – retail, commercial purpose and others are from the range of things and industrial. we do – some local, some national and some inI invite to stay a while to continue to enjoy each other’s company and chat to our Rotarians. Thank you and good evening.
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21th October Chair Meeting report Meet & Greet Regalia
Movie Night ?? OR (@ CCCH ?) n/a Rod Williamson Chris Dunwell n/a
28th October Guest SpeakerCouncillor Michelle Byrne – Mayor of the Hills Shire Council Chair President Mike Hallen Meeting report Meet & Greet Terry O’Mara Regalia David Bull & David Bowles 4th November Chair Meeting report Meet & Greet Regalia
Club Business Meeting President Mike Hallen Chris Dunwell David Brown Raymond Danam & Chris Dunwell
11th November Chair Meeting report Meet & Greet Regalia
Guest Speaker President Mike Hallen David Brown Chris Dunwell Terry O’Mara & Ross Hood
18th November Chair Meeting report Meet & Greet Regalia
Club Committee Meeting President Mike Hallen Rod Williamson Phil Dunn David Bull & Chris Dunwell
25th November Chair Meeting report Meet & Greet Regalia
Guest Speaker TBA Chris Dunwell Phil Dunn Bob Chary & Chris Dunwell
Saturday , 24th 2015 at Hills Storage, No 5, Carrington Road, Castle Hill
Rotary 50th and Centenary celebration Stamps
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PAST PRESIDENTS 1965-66Gerald Engel Prov & Charter President 1966-67 John Wells 1967-68 Roley McClintock 1968-69 Don Wright 1969-70 Ray Wells 1970-71 Tony Dehlsen 1971-72 Roy Martin 1972-73 Frank Crooke 1973-74 Allan Buckingham 1974-75 Ken Binns 1975-76 Colin Lawford 1976-77 Roger Wood 1977-78 Brian Stacey 1978-79 Warren Bowden 1979-80 Ern Death 1980-81 Peter Gilbank 1981-82 Graeme Brangwin 1982-83 Stan Fulker 1983-84 Phillip Dunn 1984-85 Bill Robinson 1985-86 John Barker PSM 1986-87 Norm Roach 1987-88 Milton Colburt 1988-89 Ron Marcus OAM 1989-90 Bill Tait 1990-91 Peter Wood 1991-92 Bruce Allen 1992-93 Ray White
1993-94 Ron Miller 1994-95 Gerry Larkin 1995-96 Hannibal Shabaz 1996-97 George McDonald 1997-98 Peter McBean 1998-99 John Stuart 1999-00 Geoff Duffy 2000-01 John Cooper 2001-02 Mike Hallen 2002-03 Judy Ford 2003-04 Jeff Whyte 2004-05 Peter Ford 2005-06 Mike Blair 2006-07 Terry O’Mara AM 2007-08 David Waterhouse 2008-09 Peter Marcer 2009-10 Rod Williamson 2010-11 Terry O’Mara AM 2011-12 Stephen Macquarie 2012 –2013 Paul Robinson 2013-2014 Bev Cooney OAM 2014 - 2015 Mike Blair PAST PRESIDENTS OTHER CLUBS David Sommerlad AM , Bruce Jenkin MBE Neil Todd, Phil Davis Raymond Danam SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD Ron Marcus OAM
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Date Event
Rotary Monthly Theme
July, 2015
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District Governor's Visit
No special designation this month
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Guest Speaker
22
Club Assembly
29
Guest Speaker
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Club Visioning Session (6:00pm start) Guest Speaker
19
Club Business Meeting
26
Guest Speaker
2
Excellence in Policing Awards
9
Guest Speaker
16
Mini Club Assembly
23
Guest Speaker
30
Club Committee Meeting
7
Guest Speaker
14
Business Networking Meeting
21
Fun and Fellowship with Partners
28
Guest Speaker
4
Club Business Meeting
11
Guest Speaker
15
BBQ at Bunnings
18
Committee Business Meeting
25
Guest Speaker
August, 2015
September2015
October 2015
November2015
Membership & Extension Month
Basic Education & Literacy Month
Economic & Community Development Month
The Rotary Foundation (TRF) Month
White Ribbon Collection Day.
December 2015
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White Ribbon March 7.00am Breakfast at CH RSL (8.00am) Annual General Meeting
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BBQ at Masters
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Club Christmas Party
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Parking at Bella Vista for the Bush Christmas
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No Meeting
30
No Meeting
Club Calendar July - Dec 2015
Month/Year
Disease Prevention & Treatment Month
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Date
Event
Rotary Monthly Theme
January 2016
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BBQ, Bunning's Castle Hill
Vocational Service Month
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Home Meeting #1 – Mike Hallen’s BBQ, Bunning's Castle Hill
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February 2016
March 2016
April 2016
May 2016
June 2016
Home Meeting #2 – Rotary International South Pacific and Philippines Office Home Meeting #3 – Chris Dunwell’s
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Guest Speaker
3
Guest Speaker
10
Club Business Meeting
17
Pride in Workmanship
24
Rotary's 111th Birthday
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Club Business Meeting Guest Speaker
16
Mini Club Assembly
23 30 6
Excellence In Teaching Awards Club Committee meeting Guest Speaker
13
Club Business Meeting
20
Anzac Day Guest Speaker
27
Tour de Hills Presentation Night
4
Club Committee Meeting
11
Guest Speaker
18
Club Business Meeting
25
Guest Speaker
1
Club Committee Meeting
8
Guest Speaker
15
Club Assembly
22
Club Business Meeting
29
Club Changeover
Peace & Conflict Resolution Month
Water & Sanitation Month
Maternal & Child Health Month
Youth Service Month
Rotary Fellowships Month
Club Calendar Jan- June 2016
Month/ Year
OCTOBER Economic & Community Development Month 13
Attendance Report for 14th October 2015 by PP Peter Marcer Apologies; Frank Anisse John Barker David Bowles John Cooper Harshad Desai Marie Ford David Sommerlad Warwick Talbot Hannibal Shabaz
58%
Make Ups: Nil Honorary Rotarians: Neil Todd Visiting Rotarians; DG Gina Growden – Terrigal Club Lorraine Cody - Padstow Club Lindsay May – Lane Cove Club Visiting Rotaractors; Ovini Sellapperuma (President) Lillian Chia (Vice Pres. & Secretary) Grant Walker (Director Pub. Relations)
Friends of Rotary; Penny Burke Leave of Absence; Michael Blair – Oct 12 till Nov 28 Bev Cooney - July 01 till Dec 31 Geoff Duffy – Sept 23 till Nov 03 Anil de Silva – till Dec 31 Pinky Singh – till Dec 31 David Brown – till Dec 31 Bob Chary – Nov 19 till Jan 12 2016 Members Partners; Cleo Brown Ros Hallen Carol Marcer Lorraine O’Mara Carmel Robinson Mavis Todd Julie Williamson Invited Guests; 20 Invited guests
Sign over a Gynaecologist's Office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix."
In a Podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all heels."
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Club Officers and Non-Executive Positions Rotary Year 2015-2016 Rotary Club of Castle Hill President President-Elect (2015-2016) Secretary Treasurer Director Club Administration Director Membership Director Public Relations Director Service Projects Director Rotary Foundation Director Outreach Projects
Mike Hallen Chris Dunwell Geoff Duffy Bruce Allen Chris Dunwell Rod Williamson Geoff Duffy Mike Blair Bruce Allen Hannibal Shabaz
In addition, the following non-executive roles have been accepted by those listed below: Bulletin Editor Raffle Guest Speaker Program Attendance Recorder Welfare Officer Sergeants Webmaster Committee Chairs International Service
Anil de Silva David Bowles Ross Hood Geoff Duffy Terry O’Mara Hannibal Shabaz & Harshad Desai Paul Robinson (assisted by Chris Dunwell) Phil Davis
Volunteers are still required as committee Chairs for the Avenues of Service (see below) covered by the Director Service Projects and Director Outreach projects. Please contact the relevant Director to volunteer: Youth Vocational Service Community Service
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We meet at
Sergeant’s Fine Session
Castle Hill Country Club every WEDNESDAY at 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm (Spurway Drive, Baulkham Hills NSW 2153) Apologies, Please inform Geoff Duffy NO LATER than Noon Tuesday before the next meeting so numbers can be confirmed for Dinner jgduffy@internode.on.net
Phil Davis No fine session last week A bookseller conducting a market survey asked a woman – “Which book has helped you most in your life?” The woman replied – “My husband’s cheque book !!” A prospective husband in a book store “Do you have a book called, ‘Husband – the Master of the House’? Sales Girl : “Sir, Fiction and Comics are on the 1st floor!”.
BULLETIN EDITOR
Someone asked an old man : “Even after 70 years, you still call your wife – Darling, Honey, Luv. What’s the secret ?” Old man : “I forgot her name and I’m scared to ask her.”
Anil De Silva (from Cobar, Outback NSW) aniljdes@yahoo.com.au
A man in Hell asked the Devil : Can I make a call to my Wife ? After making the call he asked how much to pay. Devil : Nothing ... Hell to hell is Free.
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Wife : I wish I was a newspaper. So I’d be in your hands all day. Husband : I too wish that you were a newspaper. So I could have a new one every day ! Husband to wife – Today is a fine day. Next day he says : Today is a fine day. Again next day, he says same thing – Today is a fine day. Finally after a week, the wife can’t take it and asks her husband – since last week, you are saying this “Today is a fine day’. I am fed up ... What’s the matter?
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