RCDC
20th
Nov emb er
2012
ROTARY CLUB OF DIAMOND CREEK
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District 9790
rotary club of diamond creek inc. past presidents
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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 Governor
John McCrohan 1992-1993 Ron Gordon 1993-1994
John Gatt Rotary Club of Diamond Creek
Chris Doupe 1994-1995
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Cliff Wearne 1995-1996
Pat Mill
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r 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
Ern Wardell 1996-1997 Rod Mackenzie 1997-1998 Steve Sampson 1998-1999 Robin Chapple 1999-2000 Peter Marriage 2000-2001 Rob Lloyd 2001-2002
PP Robin Chapple being presented with his Paul Harris Fellow Sapphire . Congratulations to our favourite ‘Book Ends’
Bev Baker 2002-2003 Joe Di Natale 2003-2004
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
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
Printed by Coventry & Co. Real estate Greensborough contact Irene Adams 0416000453
Alan Jones 2011-2012
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THE PRESIDENTIAL CROSS CHAT XRAY STEVE
At the weekly dinner meeting last Tuesday The Rotary Club of Diamond Creek had much
pleasure
in
welcoming
District
Governor John Gatt and his wife Eileen as they completed their round of formal club meetings in District 9790.
Overall John was very pleased with our club (of course he has to be!!!) and congratulated all members on their contribution and effort.
As both John
and Eileen are members of our club it was particularly pleasing to welcome them and hear their respective presentations.
At
the
dinner
presented
meeting
b anne r s
DG
fr om
John
R otar y
International to our club for: 100%
sustaining
members,
100%
Members of the Board met John and Eileen
member participation and number 1
prior to the dinner meeting to discuss the
contribution
club’s leadership plan as well as other
district.
issues relevant to our club. Some of these
C ree k
topics of discussion were:
supporting the $200m challenge, as
Membership:
John has great hopes that
our club can further increase its member base through the coming 8 months and was
impressed
with
recruitment plans.
our
membership
He suggested that we
strategically locate some signs informing the public of our meeting day, time and
to
foundation
in
the
The Rotary Club of Diamond was
also
re cogni sed
for
well as a letter acknowledging us as a top contributor amongst all clubs in the world.
As John stated – what a
fantastic effort and well done to all club members including past president Alan Jones during whose year these achievements occurred.
venue and inviting people to “come along” one evening and learn about our club. It was
also
suggested
that
we
place
a
similarly worded sandwich board outside the driveway to Ashton manor prior to our weekly meetings. Service:
Eileen Gatt gave her presentation on the District Governor’s Partner’s project which is “Learn. Grow” – a program to establish sustainable food crops for all people around the world based on crops
As we are all aware DG John is
suitable
to
locality.
have
recorded
meeting attendance and was interested to
will be made available to all members,
hear about our club’s plans for both local
and
and international projects. An interesting
financially the club wish her all the
point was raised that non-Rotarians seem
very best as she develops her project
to have a perception that our service is all
through the year.
“international” rather than local.
as
supporting
which Eileen
Does
this mean that we are not getting the message out to our local community about what we achieve in our local community? Any ideas on how we can improve our local image?
well
presentation
a
very keen to promote service rather than
as
formal
We
Finally – at the meeting Robin Chapple was presented with his Sapphire Paul Harris
Fellowship.
Absolutely
deserved and fantastic.
well-
What more
can I say?
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Saving the best till last Our district Governor John Gatt presenting his speech to the club.
'The Great Foundation 5 cent challenge' As November (Foundation Month) draws to a close, remember to keep collecting those coins !
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WHAT’S ON, WHO’S ON AND WHEN’S IT ON 20th November 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM O.H.S. night—Town Fair brief with Maureen Mackenzie all volunteers welcome. Attend, Jaqui H, Chair, Rod M, Cash Greg A, Welcome Rob L, Regalia Geoff S, Raffle Gift Greg P.
24th November 2012 SATURDAY Town Fair Attend, everyone
27th November 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM AGM and Club Ass Attend, Pat M, Chair, Steve C, Cash Greg A, Welcome David P, Regalia Geoff S, Raffle Gift Ern W.
4th December 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Foundation night Attend, Jaqui H, Chair, Rod M, Cash Greg A, Welcome David P, Regalia Geoff S, Raffle Gift Greg P.
9th December 2012 SATURDAY 12 noon on Rotary Family Christmas Party Eltham Lower Park Oval . Club BBQ Available BYO Drinks Food & chair's. Santa arrives 1.30 PM Please bring children's present to value $20.00 wrapped with child's name. All children and Grandchildren Welcome Please advise Geoff Swan of attendance and number of children .
11th December 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Nando Night partners night 5 cent results Attend, Alan W, Chair, Linda G, Cash Greg A, Welcome Sharraine B, Regalia Phil C, Raffle Gift John E.
LIFE’S EVENTS Nov 20
Maureen Mackenzie—birthday
Nov 22
Sharraine Ballao—joined Rotary 1 year ago
Nov 25
Judith Pike—birthday
Nov 27
Rob Mackenzie -birthday
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WHAT HAPPENED at the MEETING LAST WEEK Notes 13th November Visiting Rotarians: Chris Chapple from THE RC of Eltham, Don Hamilton from RC of Rosanna. President Steve: President Steve introduced our District Governer John Gatt and Eileen. Paul Harris Fellow: Dg John presented a PHF to Robin Chapple. Robin amongst many things is the webmaster, web page developer, email manager (including solving many complicated email problems). He helps ensure hat the data on our website is up to date. Robin and the club also acknowledge Molly's contribution. RC of Yea are running a raffle $2 tickets and a Christmas fundraising project both supporting Dayspring Chldrens village. All tickets sold at themeeting. Christmas function is on December 9th from 12pm. Please let Geoff know how many guests you will be bringing. Santa is coming around 1.30. RC Kinglake ranges will have Peter Ryan as guest speaker next Wednesday (21st). Please confirm if you are attending. Ryla - we have 1 confirmed attendee, and one more to interview later this week. Town fair roster - revised roster will be out tomorrow. Last town fair meeting before the town fair. Next Tuesday there will be our ohs meeting - all volunteers please attend Probus - Mernda - formation meeting on 26th November with 48 members and possibly another 10 or 12 on the day. 5cent challenge - please try to fill these by 4th December when they will be tallied! This is moving from a club project to a district and possibly national project. Sergeant Arthur confused reality and fined a number of otherwise innocent Rotarians. DG John Gatt Eileen presented a number of banners to the club Eileen presented a short video on the 'learn grow' project, and presented a summary of the project. The project started by the RC of devonport, and is geared around e principles of sustainability. Lg includes information about the nutrition of plants and how to prepare them safely for food. 1 in 7 people go to bed hungry each day. Aid programs often involve foods that are not suited to growing in the target community. Transporting grain can be difficult for a number of reasons. Lg identifies needy countries and identifies plants that are local and communicates information about the food value of these plants in the local language. Peace through Service has a different meaning for each of us. DG John is tracking the service delivered to communities to see the amount that each club has contributed through service. DG John presented banners from RI to our club for: 100% sustaining members, 100% member participation & number 1 contribution to foundation in the district. Also recognised for supporting the $200m challenge, also a letter acknowledging us as a top contributor amongst all clubs in the world. Raffle $105 S Fines $40 RC Yea raffle $40 SPot $9.20
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