RCDC
2nd
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2012
ROTARY CLUB OF DIAMOND CREEK
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past presidents WELCOME TONIGHTS Brian Bowen 1978-1979 Heidelberg North
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Bob Eycken 1983-1984 Alperton UK
RI President Sakuji Tanaka Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, Japan
John McCrohan 1992-1993
Governor
Ron Gordon 1993-1994
John Gatt Rotary Club of Diamond Creek AG Pat Miller Rotary Club of Diamond Creek Club Officers President Vice President President Elect Secretary Treasurer & Public Officer
Steve Crosling Alan Jones Bev Baker Greg Paull 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
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
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. Note: The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Club or its members
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
GUEST SPEAKER Mark ‘Squiz’ Squirrell has experienced more than many can dream about.
When he headed to the East Timor Crisis in 1999 he was setting out on the adventure of a lifetime. It was a journey that would see him navigate some of the globes most brutal war zones to deliver emergency aid and conquer the worlds tallest mountain. Awarded the coveted “Green Beret” in his role as a commando with the Australian Special Forces, Squiz burned with a passion to put his skills to good use. His enthusiastic innocence was lost as the harsh reality of life in the emergency zone hit home. His aid work took him to countries such as Sudan, Palestine and Afghanistan where he met child soldiers, negotiated with rebels and narrowly escaped imprisonment. To raise awareness he ran the Athens marathon dressed in an Afghan burkha and put together an adventure team, comprising an Israeli and Palestinian. To top it off, Squiz battled thin air, freezing temperatures and malfunctioning equipment to raise the United Nations World Food Progamme flag on top of the world. Whether you enjoy vicariously riding the rapids of someone’s hazardous voyage through life, or whether you want to be inspired by the determination of a man who dared to dream,
Alan Jones 2011-2012
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WHAT’S ON, WHO’S ON AND WHEN’S IT ON 2nd OCTOBER 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM SQUIZ SQUIRRELL—Partners
Night - and bring that guest that you have been meaning to ask along. A Conference preview. Attend, David P, Chair, Warwick L, Cash Greg A, Welcome Ern W, Regalia Alan W, Raffle Gift Geoff S.
9th OCTOBER 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Combined Services Dinner. Attend, Sharraine B, Chair, Ern W, Cash Greg A, Welcome Grandpar Phil, Regalia John E.
16th OCTOBER 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Pride of Workmanship Awards.
LIFE’S EVENTS Oct 5
Roger Knight joined this Club
Oct 11
Jacqui and Peter’s anniversary
Oct 13
Alan White—birthday
Oct 28
Robin Chapple joined Rotary 44 years ago
NOTICES— UPCOMING EVENT CHALLENGE The Rotary club of Whittlesea are holding a trivia night on the 17th of November. At the local scout hall. In Fir Street Whittlesea. Start time 7:00pm. BYO everything Food and grog. We will provide tea, coffee, and biscuits for supper. The cost will be $15 per head. 8 per table. We have a great company FAME Trivia Australia, to come along and completely wow Us. There will be plenty of door prizes, and a great prize for the winning table. We wish to through down the challenge to all club. We do of course think we will win hands down, go the Eagles. TEAM MEMBERS REQUIRED
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This year's GSE experience is in real trouble! So far I have received five applications for Team leader and the response from clubs to Home Host has been very encouraging, but to date I don't have ANY firm applications for Team Members! There's one very possible and I'm hopeful I'll receive another application shortly, but that's not nearly enough. PLEASE do what you can to get me some applications. Surely amongst your work colleagues or friends there's some bright young people between the ages of 25 and 40 who would benefit from this marvellous experience. Details of the Exchange are below, please do what you can to help. The dates for the exchange are: District 9790's: Australian team's visit to the Philippines - 19th March to 18th April, 2013
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THE PRESIDENTIAL CROSS CHAT XRAY STEVE
Lots of activity from Rotary International down to the grass roots level and lots of exciting things starting to occur within our club so here is a snapshot of some of these happenings.
HAT DAY - Melbourne - 12th October
We as Rotarians have a GREAT PR opportunity available with this coming event – HATDAY IN MELBOURNE CITY SQUARE – October 12th. We need clubs to wear their Rotary gear and bring along club pull up banners to show a high profile and help us with collection bins for the day. Please click here for the running sheet for day – needed on site between 11 and 1.30pm NEW Generations As the sponsor of a Rotaract club, an Interact club, or both, your Rotary club creates opportunities for young leaders to begin a lifetime of service through Rotary. The New Generations team can help you support your sponsored clubs to make an impact in your community. Learn how you can help your sponsored clubs to set goals, connect, and be recognized this year.
Lots more going on which we bring to your notice over the coming weeks but some great opportunities to join in and get involved. See you Tuesday.
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WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK? Rotary grace: Rob Toast to Australia: Tina Visiting Rotarians: None Visitors: None Reports NZ guests. Rob Lloyd. Thanks to all host families - Lloyds, MacKenzies, Chambeyrons and Jones. This was quite different from friendship exchange as they were not a group before and during their time here. The kiwi visitors attended Albury and Myrtleford rotary clubs and donated $100 to each club (including DC) Next Week: Greg Adams. Next week’s speaker ' Squiz' is booked for conference. Will be a great night. Please bring guests and family along, including possible new members. Sergeant Roger concocted a variety of ways to empty our pockets. Club assembly Informal board meeting held last night due to other commitments from board members.
Hat day is coming up soon. This is around raiser for ARH. Start sorting out your hats. Prizes will be awarded! Dv special school - we have purchased a couple of special saddles for disabled children. Approx $1500 total. Saddle blankets are being made up with rotary logos. Approved $500 for the men's shed as a contribution to help build a new access ramp. The treasurer’s report is available in detail. Contact Greg A if you want details. Town fair account balance is $87260. Charity Account balance is $32345. Combined services meeting is on 9th October. We have donated $3000 to the Kangaroo Ground primary school for their BBQ. This will get Rotary signage when complete. Proposed New Probus club for Mernda had 27 people attend and show interest meeting yesterday. This club will proceed with probable foundation meeting on October 22nd. The Philippines GSE for March next year has team leaders but looking for team members. Please consider possible candidates. A show of hands for donating $1000 to ‘learn grow’ (DG’s partners project) showed full support from those attending. The board will ratify this at the next meeting. Greg A is putting a proposal together to have the RCDC take the possibility of maintaining the Tenderfoot Self Help school. ( maybe jointly with the Rotary Club of Emerald and District) RAWCS International project Town fair - please remember OHS meeting on November 20th. The layout is pretty much finalised. Jacqui is working on the roster. Conference. Stating to take shape. There will be an executive meeting next week. Next social activity is 17th November - a cruise on the Yarra river
Discussion was had about whether or not we retain the Rotary Grace and Anthem. It was agreed that we would put this to a vote of all members. Raffle drawn by Pat, won by Steve, raised $34 Fines raised $30 Meeting closed at 8:31pm
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In February 2011, Christchurch experienced its second major earthquake in six months. 166 people were killed and there were devastating consequences for thousands of others. People lost their homes, their jobs, and it will be a long time until life returns to normal for them. Even now most do not have stable housing and many are still waiting for insurance money to come through. Diamond Creek was delighted to host ten residents of Christchurch as part of the Rotary New Zealand Respite visit. This was the last part of their 18 days in Australia after staying with clubs at Myrtleford, Albury West, Wangaratta and Mooroopna. For the five Rotarian hosts (Rob and Lynne, Phil and Gemma, Rod and Maureen, Geoff and Glenda and Alan and Kerry) it was a privilege to have them. We collected them from Nagambie on Saturday morning and proceeded to the Donnybrook Cheese Factory for a long lunch! On Saturday night we had a very relaxed function at Rob and Lynne’s who very kindly opened their home. Thanks to all the other partners for the delicious food that they brought. It was great that DG John and Eileen were able to join us – always great supporters of these kinds of projects.
attended South Pacific which was just fantastic. Others spent time exploring Melbourne and generally sightseeing. Monday took the guests to all kinds of places – everywhere from Tesselars Tulip Festival and the Dandenongs to the Diamond Creek CFA for a vocational visit. Early on Tuesday morning they left Melbourne to fly home, but not before telling us how much they appreciated this trip and how good it was for all of them to get away from the wreckage and the red tape to just experience the marvellous hospitality. The words of our guests on their return home said it all: “We would like to thank you both for the tremendous welcome and stay we had with you. We had a wonderful time and will cherish the time we had with you and the trips you took us on. People keep on asking which was the best part of the trip but we could not single out anything as it was all so good especially with all the wonderful hosts we had.” Thanks to Rob for organising Diamond Creek’s part in this trip – it was a fantastic experience for us all.
Alan Jones
Being the last part of their visit, the guests were given the opportunity to follow their interests and were able to spend some quality time with their hosts. On Sunday afternoon, a large group of us
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LETTER FROM PETER LODGE
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