Bulletin No 30
16th March 2016
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: 16th March 2016 Mini Club Assembly Chair President Mike Hallen Meeting report Rod Williamson Meet & Greet Chris Dunwell Regalia David Brown & Phil Davis
Next Week: 23rd March 2016 Pride in Teaching Chair Meeting report Meet & Greet Regalia
Bruce Allen
David Bull Chris Dunwell Terry O’Mara/David Bull Bob Chary & David Bowles
5th
Terry O’Mara Phil Dunn
6th
Ron & Judy Marcus 24th
12th
Rod Williamson David Bowles
17th 27th
This Bulletin is kindly printed by Snap Printing. Unit Inside this issue 20/5Hudson Avenue, Castle Hill 2154 Phone 02- 96801858
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From President Mike Hallen
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ongratulation to Ross Hood for yet another in his great series of Youth Nights. The standard of the candidates who addressed us was superb. From what was said I believe that one of the significant elements of their respective programs was the interaction with their peers – even though they now keep in contact using Facebook! Today I met the new manager of Storage King Castle Hill, Phil Clarke. He was interested in our activities and I have invited him to attend any of our meetings. He is a young man (only 48), and still coaches and plays football. His football coaching and playing make Wednesdays a bit of a struggle but after the football season he should be able to take up my offer. Stevan Hay has indicated that he would like to accompany Phil to our club and I will speak to Stevan on his return from Las Vegas. During last week we donated $200 to the Lisa Harnum Foundation. This was part of the funds donated at our BBQs during the year. The LHF had sent out a distress call for essentials required for a mother and young baby who had nothing but the clothes on their backs. Baby clothes, baby formula and clothing for the mother were a priority. We are approaching the business end of this Rotary Year and the Board will be discussing what donations we shall be making from the Project Account. This will be an exercise in value for money as we do not have spare cash to throw about. The Project account had $7620.75 at the commencement of this Rotary Year and we now have $8864.45 in the account (before the Showgate revenue) through the efforts of members at BBQs. The Rotary Foundation, Australian Rotary Health and Shelter box are high on the list for donations. This week we are holding another in our series of Mini Club Assemblies when members have the opportunity to hear form the Board and the Board gets to hear from the members! Please do your best to attend and make it a productive meeting.
Yours in Rotary
President Mike
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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
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BBQ, Bunning's Castle Hill
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Home Meeting #2 –
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Home Meeting #3 – Chris Dunwell’s Guest Speaker Graham Wilcox A Story of Federation of Australia
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February 2016
March 2016
April 2016
May 2016
June 2016
3
Guest Speaker Michael Bendon
10
Thai International Night at the Bar La Me Restaurant for all Hills clubs
17 24
Celebrate 111 years of Rotary All partners & friends welcome Pride in Workmanship
2
Club Business Meeting
9 16
Youth Night Mini Club Assembly
23
Excellence In Teaching Awards
30
Club Committee meeting
6 13
Guest Speaker Faye Yarroll "The Gift of Hearing" Polio Movie Night
20
Anzac Day Guest Speaker
27
Business Networking
4
Club Committee Meeting
11
Guest Speaker
18
Club Business Meeting
25
Guest Speaker
1
Club Committee Meeting
8 15
Guest Speaker Club Assembly
22 29
Club Business Meeting Club Changeover
Peace & Conflict Resolution Month
Water & Sanitation Month
Maternal & Child Health Month
Youth Service Month
Club Calendar Jan- June 2016
Month/ Year
Rotary Fellowships Month
MARCH Water & Sanitation Month 3
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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DUTY ROSTERS If you are unable to meet your roster allocation it is your responsibility to arrange for someone to take your place. 16 March
Mini Assembly
6 April
Guest Speaker -
Chair
President Mike Hallen
Chair
Phil Dunn
Meeting report Rod Williamson
Meeting report David Brown
Meet & Greet
Chris Dunwell
Meet & Greet
Regalia
David Brown & Phil Davis Regalia
Terry O’Mara & Ross Hood
23 March
Pride in Teaching
13 April
Movie Night
Chair
David Bull
Chair
Bruce Allen
Chris Dunwell
Meeting report Chris Dunwell
Meeting report n/a
Meet & Greet
Meet & Greet
n/a
Regalia
n/a
Regalia
Terry O’Mara/David Bull
Bob Chary & David Bowles
30 March
Club Business Meeting
20 April
Guest Speaker
Chair
President Mike Hallen
Chair
TBA
Meeting report John Cooper
Meeting report Chris Dunwell
Meet & Greet
Meet & Greet
David Brown
Regalia Raymond Danam & Chris Dunwell Regalia
Attendance for March 02nd, 2016 Apologies: Frank Anisse David Sommerlad John Barker David Brown Marie Ford David Bowles Peter Marcer Terry O’Mara Make Ups:
Phil Dunn
Ron Marcus and Peter Marcer PP Geoff Duffy
60%
Peter Marcer (Showgate) Terry O’Mara (Showgate) Honorary Rotarians: Nil Friends of Rotary: Penny Bourke Visiting Rotarians Nil Guests: Our Youth Program nominees Leave of Absence: Anil de Silva till June 30, 2016 Ross Hood, March 16 to March 30. Ron Marcus, March 16 to April 13, 2016 6
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
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We meet at
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—Sergeant’s Fine Session No session last week Wine Raffle Bruce Allen was 1st out of the bin & won the Red. Penny Burke 2nd & took home the White.
BULLETIN EDITOR
Anil De Silva (from Cobar, Outback NSW) aniljdes@yahoo.com.au Deadline Friday 8:00 pm This Bulletin is kindly printed by Snap Printing. Unit 20/5 Hudson Ave. Castle Hill 2154 Ph: 96801858
Youth Night 09th March 2016 - Attendees gave a short presentation on each of their various camps. Left to Right: Jiye Moon (RYPEN), Ashvin Bandodkar (NYSF), Dr Ross Hood, Katherine Perlas (RYLA) and Keenan Suherman
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