RCDC
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ROTARY CLUB OF DIAMOND CREEK
someone's
GOTTA DO IT while
the rest of us are WORKING !
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past presidents 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 John Egan Public Relations PP Alan Jones Service Projects PP Alan White Rotary Foundation PP Linda Gidlund
Emily, David, Max and Lachie at the SNOW.
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 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
Geoff Swan 2004-2005
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
John Gatt 2005-2006 John Arthur 2006-2007 Linda Gidlund 2007-2008 Alan White 2008-2009 Pat Millar 2009-2010 Clyde Hulme 2010-2011 Alan Jones 2011-2012
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THE PRESIDENTIAL CROSS CHAT XRAY STEVE The time has come, the walrus said, to speak of many things…….. And one of those things is projects. I know that as a club we are heavily involved this year in the Town Fair and the District Conference but we should also have decided by now on a project for our club for this Rotary year. I believe that sometime soon the District Governor may tap me on the shoulder and ask the pertinent question so I am therefore handballing out of the pack to the members and asking for any suggestions or ideas.
Do you have
something in mind?
Some possibilities that have come up and need further discussion are: Polio Australia – fund raising? PDG Partners Project – Goroke Hospital PNG – will this be ongoing? This years’ PDG partners’ project Tenderfoot School? Support for a school construction program in Cambodia – Geoff and Glenda Swan – to be discussed. Possible aid programs in south western Pacific.
More recently we have received a couple of request which will be discussed at upcoming meetings: Urgent need for funds for AquaBox following devastating flooding in the Philippines – coordinated through Rotary Club of Eltham. Perhaps more poignantly - a family who lost their home in Strathewen.
They have
since moved to Diamond Creek and are under quite severe housing stress. There are two adults and thirteen children and young adults living in a small home and assorted caravans.
This is a very close knit family and they are doing a remarkable job but the
strains are showing. They need help……….
Plus ongoing work with requests like: The BBQ trailer - Relay For Life Doreen. It's on 15 & 16 September 2012. The convenor is asking if Rotary can help out with a BBQ, tents and volunteers. As well as the numerous requests that will no doubt come in through the year.
These issues will be resolved very shortly but I don’t want to hear the question “what about…….?” after the discussions have ended!!!! If you have any ideas please forward them on ASAP.
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WHAT’S ON, WHO’S ON AND WHEN’S IT ON 21st AUGUST 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Training—Partners Night Attend, Phil C, Chair, John E, Cash Greg A, Welcome Tina E, Regalia Linda G, Raffle Gift Greg A.
28st AUGUST 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Club Ass.
Attend, Jacqui H , Chair, Steve C, Cash Greg A,Welcome Arthur L, Regalia Alan
J, Raffle Gift Warwick L.
4th SEPTEMBER 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM Attend, Alan W , Chair, Rod M, Cash Greg A, Welcome Pat M, Regalia David P, Raffle Gift Roger K.
8th SEPTEMBER 2012 TOWN FAIR
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LIFE’S EVENTS Aug 25
Bev Baker birthday, Molly and Robin anniversary
Aug 30
Kerry and Alan anniversary.
Sept 2
Alan White joined this club 18 years ago.
Sept 3
Kerry Jones birthday
Sept 7
Peter Hodge birthday, Pat Millar birthday.
PLEASE WELCOME TONIGHTS FACEBOOK
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AS IT HAPPENED LAST WEEK ?
Toast to Australia: Pat Millar Rotary grace: Bev Baker Visiting Rotarians: Roger Bowen & Eduna (Sunbury), Bain Simpson (Whittlesea) Guests: Sarah Loughrey President Steve’s Report Please remember to record your makeups and service project hours. These get reported to DG John to give the total picture for the district for service to the community. Alan Jones has accepted our behalf the shelter box certificate for number 11217. Aquabox. In support of the people affected by the flooding in the Philippines, the board will consider sending an Aquabox to the Philippines. Please keep collecting this 5 cent coins. Spare containers are available Town fair: 9th September. Rod Mackenzie / Alan white. 4 weeks from town fair. Meeting next Monday night for committee and all those able to help out. No scouts climbing wall this year but the local scouts will be there. There is a lot of water around and we may need to start thinking about contingency plans. The contingency plan is for November 24th. From next year, the booking sheets will be for both dates. Combined churches have asked if they can run a cool down area for teenagers after the fireworks. The axemen will be there. Applications for stall holders are down at the moment - mainly for small smallholders (possibly because people are concerned that we will not refund money on the event of weather driven cancellation - which we do). Men's shed will be there operating 'strikers' - the hammer / gong thingo... Including a challenge between Rotary clubs, & Lions. There will be a kids and adults one. Mens Shed will also be in the parade and will help with cleaning up in return for a small donation for rotary. The grand parade will be as long and crowded as ever including CFA, SES, schools. OHS meeting will be the week before town fair Chair Pat Miller. Sergeant Roger used informers to glean dubious information about us. Guest speaker: Sarah Loughrey from Plenty Valley Disability services. Part of pv community health which is a non profit organisation. Support to 45 adult clients each week based in Mill park. Only facility in the area that supports profound physical, sensory and other disabilities. Launching a new program called the Personal Independence Program. Part of this program requires the use of iPads to aid communication. This includes conversation for people who cannot speak and these of Facebook etc. music, videos, games, timetables, talking books and literacy. The program will use special apps designed for people with disability. Learning Plans for each person will also be on each iPad. There is a need for 8 iPads. Whittlesea RC has donated 2. The apple apps are more readily available than those for Andriod. iPad 2 16gb with wifi sells for $395. Raffle drawn & won by Sarah! Raised $53 Fines $28 Meeting closed at 8:15 rotary club of diamond creek inc RCDC
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would far outstrip any regime past or present in how intimately it records the lives of its users. Private conversations, family photos, and records of road trips, births, marriages, and deaths all stream into the
Even as Facebook has embedded itself into modern life, it hasn't done that much with what it knows about us. Its stash of data looms like an oversize shadow. Everyone has a feeling that this resource will yield something big, but nobody knows quite what.
company's servers and lodge there. Facebook has collected the most extensive data set ever assembled on human social behaviour. Some of your personal information is probably part of it. And yet, even as Facebook has embedded itself into modern life, it hasn't actually done that much with what it knows about us. Now that the company has gone public, the pressure to develop new sources of profit is likely to force it to do more with its hoard of information. That stash of data looms like an oversize shadow over what today is a modest online advertising business, worrying privacy-conscious Web users and rivals such as Google. Everyone has a feeling that this unprecedented resource will yield something big, but nobody knows quite what
Facebook has all this information because it has found ingenious ways to collect data as people socialize. Users fill out profiles with their age, gender, and e-mail address; some people also give additional details, such as their relationship status and mobile-phone number. A redesign last fall introduced profile pages in the form of time lines that invite people to add historical information such as places they have lived and worked. Messages and photos shared on the site are often tagged with a precise location, and in the last two years Facebook has begun to track activity elsewhere on the Internet, using an addictive invention called the "Like" button. It appears on apps and websites outside Facebook and allows people to indicate with a click that they are interested in a brand, product, or piece of digital content. Since last fall, Facebook has also been able to collect data on users' online lives beyond its borders automatically: in certain apps or websites, when users listen to a song or read a news article, the information is passed along to Facebook, even if no one clicks "Like." Within the feature's first five months, Facebook catalogued more than five billion instances of people listening to songs online. Combine that kind of information with a map of the social connections Facebook's users make on the site, and you have an incredibly rich record of their lives and interactions.
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You want to use Facebook, but you also want to keep your private information from being spread all over the Internet like a Justin Bieber video. The key is to understand how Facebook works, where your information is going, and how to navigate the service's labyrinth of privacy controls. If you accept the service's default settings, you'll likely be sharing a lot more than you might expect. Take the time to update your settings. Chances are you check Facebook every day anyway, so take a few minutes today, go into your privacy controls, and make some choices. Of course, ultimate privacy can only occur by avoiding the service—and every other social networking site—altogether. But where is the fun in that?
Tonight we hope to show and explain how
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Advance Australia Fair
Rotary Grace
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!"
O Lord and giver of all good We thank you for our daily food May Rotary friends and Rotary ways, help us to serve you all our days.
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