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The Wahroongler Bulletin of The Rotary Club of WAHROONGA Chartered 1975 and Meeting at 7.15 am Wednesdays, at Warrawee Bowling Club Rotary Australia’s first Breakfast Club 21st November 2018, Vol 44, No 20 Stuart’s Scribblings Since writing the last scribblings, I have had the honour of representing the Wahroonga Rotary Club at three separate & rather diverse events. On Tuesday 13th November PP Sue and I attended the 50th Anniversary Party for the Turra- murra Rotary Club. We thought that we should be there to see how it can be done. After all, in 7 short years we will be celebrating our own 50th! It was impressive to learn about some of their major projects over their 50 year history. Most remarkable was to hear from their Charter President (still a member!), who gave a presentation about their “Trees for Survival” project which won the RI Award for Rotary’s best environmental program, back in the early years of the Club. Other notable achievements include 45 yrs of the annual Jumbo sightseeing flight for underprivileged and disabled children & the construction of the $1.4m Orphanage in Banda Aceh, following the tsunami. Turra-murra are a great Club & we should show them due respect, particularly because undoubtedly their greatest achievement was establishing The Wahroonga Rotary Club 43 years ago! On Thursday 15th November PP Sue, PE Doug and I headed out into the slow, wet evening peak traffic to reach Oatlands Golf Club, where we were guests at the San Hospital’s Annual Quality Awards. We were warmly welcomed by Brett Goods and other members of the San’s management team. Brett introduced us to the gathering and praised the close working relationship between the Hospital and our Club. During and after an excel- lent three course meal, we learnt about a wide range of quality improvement projects, initiated by staff and entered into the quality competition. There were also a number of individual awards, spanning all aspects of hospital staffing, voted on by the patients themselves. The quality projects ranged from moulding soft food to make it look more appetizing, to counselling for carers of dementia patients. We all agreed that we can feel confident if we ever need to be admitted to the San! Finally, all of Lucy’s recent hard work for Streetworks came to fruition at the Hornsby Community Fun Day on Sunday 18th. Congratulations to Lucy for a mammoth effort! Hopefully she will be able to find some time for herself over the next few days, before we persuade her to volunteer for something else. The blue billy carts, proudly boasting the Rotary Logo were attracting younger folk, as well as the local politicians, keen to make fools of themselves, racing the carts against the clock. As part of our Club’s sponsorship involvement, I was interviewed on Triple H Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Community Radio. The host for the 11:30 segment was Ian Stuart of Turramurra Rotary, and I think we had an excellent opportunity to promote our Club. Those of you who heard my ramblings will no doubt provide me with appropriate feedback! Stuart Armstrong CONTACT: THE ROTARY CLUB OF WAHROONGA, PO Box 13, Wahroonga 2076. President: Stuart Armstrong - 0403 989 119, Secretary: Greg Starr - 0418 203 550 secretary@wahroongarotary.org f: Wahroonga Rotary Facebook page Editor: Kerrin McCormack - 0401 006 625 PR: Janelle Speight - 0409 745 037 Apologies to: Len Stanley - len.stanley29@gmail.com or 9144 4049 or 0420 849017
Last Week @ WBC President Stuart welcomed members and guests DG Susan Wakefield and PDG John Wakefield, along with AG Bruce Jacob. Announcements—Neil McWhannell Len will soon send out bookings for the Christmas Party—the cheapest and best Christ- mas Party, with Barry singing & lots of fun with partners. Lucy Dahill on Sunday you’re all invited to Hornsby Plaza for International Men’s Day—just come and have fun, not to work. There will be lads in pushcarts, a Yr 6 tuba band who are very good, community stalls, radio broadcast with a few people to interview and the Interact boys from Knox. Rob Giacometti on the Raffle. We have a wonderful system with names and emails to know if you are coming. At present we don’t have many names and are a few short on each Saturday and Sunday, especially for the Fair on Sunday 2nd Dec that is a very big day. He needs everyone to be on deck and put their names down—pick a time. Barry Edmundson Carols at the San is on Sunday 9th Dec and he needs plenty of helpers. For new members who don’t know, the challenge with the collec- tion buckets is to get around the event on tip-toe between people sitting on the grass. From the money they collect, 50% goes to the San for Jacaranda Lodge and 50% to us for St Lucy’s and St Edmund’s and this year possibly for Drought Relief. President Stuart drew our attention to the notice from WBC on inspirational speakers on each table. A/Sgt Steve—Anniversaries—John Cameron has been a member for 32 yrs. Well done. Doug Reid’s birthday—now 33 and Richard Jackson’s too. Something someone said: The best way to help the poor is not to become one of them. Lang Hancock Why are people so unkind? … Kamahl Why is the man who invests all your money called a Broker? Richard Jackson President Stuart gave an quick overview of our Club’s activities The Community Team Fund raising for Drought Relief Fund Raising for school bursaries to St Lucy’s and St Edmund’s Graffiti SWAT team Sponsors for Men’s Mental Health Day Hornsby Connect – funding and management support Community Service Awards Partners in the Bobbo The International Team Jo’s amazing work on the Kopanang Women’s Cooperative Anne’s enthusiastic support for the school hostel in Manbu, and the Brave Centre in Katmandu - plus the great strategy of using the Brave Centre to make Days for Girls Kits for distribution to rural schools in Nepal The Vocational Team Club Vocational Awards Schools 4-way test debates Vocational speakers
National Youth Science Forum – 3 attendees Honeywell Engineering Summer School – 1 attendee Hugh’s special committee on the Future of the Workforce Plus we are enthusiastic supporters of the Rotary Foundation And we are working to establish a new Rotaract Club Our flagship project is Novus and Peter will share more of this, then Bob will tell us more about the youth work. Peter Smith Good morning Governors all. As you know President Stuart has asked me to spend a few minutes talking about the Novus Foundation. An obvious question is why would he do that? Well Novus is our Club’s longest running project, it does an enormous amount of good in the community and it helps save lives. So a few details. Novus is a partnership between Wahroonga Rotary, the Sydney Adventist Hospital and the McCarroll Automotive Group, two of our most signifi- cant local employers. The partnership was formed in 2005 and every May since 2006 Novus has held a Gala Fund- raising Dinner at the Miramare Gardens Function Centre at Terry Hills. That’s 13 Dinners - and in that time we have raised $1.7million. Every cent of that has been donated to a range of local charities that focus on helping young people overcome difficulties through practical assistance, or in support of medical research. We have on average 500 people attend the dinner each year. Some of the tables are spon- sored by companies and organizations, we have auctions, raffles, opportunities to donate. There is entertainment, dancing and good food. The SAN and McCarroll are tremendous supporters, being responsible for many of the spon- sorships and auction items. We are supported strongly by QBE and Inchcape and the Rotary Club does all the organizing. For the 2019 Dinner, Beneficiaries will be StreetWork, KYDS, and the Be Centre, along with the SAN’s Australasian Research Institute. In the past various local organizations like PCYC, StudioArtes, Bear Cottage and the SAN’s Open Heart International have been Beneficiaries. And each year Wahroonga Rotary receives 20% of the funds raised which we use to fund our Youth Projects, that’s around $300,000 that our Club has been able to use. PP Bob Howe, our Youth Director, will describe where and how that money is spent. However, one nice detail to mention first. When the depth of the drought in NSW became apparent we were approached by an organization called ‘Bush Children’s Education Founda- tion’, which provides financial support to remote families in financial difficulty by meeting some of the boarding school costs of the children. We looked into it, decided it was valuable and wrote to our Novus Database. To our delight in a few days we raised $15,000, which we were able to match through RAWCS, by accessing the Dick Smith $1 million fund. A nice point is that Dick Smith presented his cheque to Rotary in this room at a club meeting last year. It turned out that the NSW Governor is the Patron of BCEF and he held a function at Government House recently for them, to which a number of us were invited. Incidentally, at the same time Wahroonga Rotary also formed a link with Narrabri Rotary to support their ‘Neighbours in Need’ drought support project. Classic bucket based fundrais- ing in the community raised a similar amount which has been sent to the Narrabri RC. Finally, to summarise - Novus Foundation is a company limited by guarantee, the Board is made up of 5 members of Wahroonga RC, the CEO of the San Hospital, who is also a member of this Club, the Chairman of the McCarroll Automotive Group, who is an honorary member
of the Club and one independent director with strong connections with QBE and Inchcape. There is also a Novus Foundation Trust which has DGR status through which all donated cash passes. This is a true collaboration between Rotary and local business and we are giving enormous help to a range of local organizations working in the youth space. The great majority of our members participate in the organization of the event and on the night we have a terrific amount of fun. I think that’s called win/win. Bob Howe, Chair of the Youth Committee Our meetings are short from 5.00– 6.30pm each two months. We have program outlines that Richard Pitt and Greg Starr find most worthwhile for how we do things next year. We have 12 members on the committee and everyone has a job and they do things they are passionate about. We have been involved in 22 programs in the District. We ran RYPEN from 2002-2016; RYLA in 2001; MUNA for 3 yrs. We have placed $300,000 with $25,000 a year in youth programs. We actually spend $35,000 a year with bursaries to St Lucy’s and St Edmund’s at $5,000 each, so this consistent funding is vital to the programs we can support. Phill Comfort and Shirley had an indigenous youth and were RYLA parents for two years. Ian Faulks has a Young Driving Offender Program. We helped with some software for people who can’t get to the program, and still get the benefits from distance learning. On 11th-12th we have Abbox. We had a unique program, the CubeRider a few years ago with 24-25 yr old Solange Cunin who won the 2017 Young Inspiring Woman Award. But with family, work and uni issues she had to step back. It went to another organisation, but was so different from her and became increasingly difficult and did not work. Since June we have been helping set up an Interact Club at Knox and helped with the Charter Night with a Business Plan and clear membership for its borders. Helen Clarke is at Knox and is very clear on guidelines and making sure it will work. She has 19 interested so far and needed only 15 to establish the Club. They will focus on community ser- vice work. Neil will be its Chair and Lucy will work with them. The Deputy (Years 7-12), Phil O’Regan, was a Rylarian. He hopes they will make a lot of money, as they will do a very Phill Comfort & Helen Clarke good job and be able to do a lot with it. Welcome to the DG, Susan Wakefield. She thanked us for having John and herself this morning. Last night was a late night celebrating Turramurra’s 50th Anniversary which was wonderful. She joined the RC of Lower Blue Mountains in 2007. John had been a member since 1988 and they admitted women in 1991 when it was part of District 9690. She and John were involved in Youth Exchange, hosted 19 students after John was inducted— the first was an amazing young woman from Canada; they had a most beautiful young man from Thailand, but have not heard from him again—but he never called his mother the whole time he was in Australia.
His mother sent him the most beautiful Thai spices for four months that he made into deli- cious sauces. He thought our food was so boring. He introduced us to sweet chilli sauce before it became popular. Their Club met of an evening and had a good percentage of women and had lots of projects. She enjoyed Rotary life. John and five others did an NID—National Immunisation Day, program in India in 2015. They needed to give the children little drops three times a year till they are five. In February they went with others from around the world to help in India. They had Rotary vests with the wheel on it and were set up in an Indian temple. Three women did the drops and then painted their pinky finger purple to show that they were or were not immunised. It is indeli- ble and takes three months to fade. Next day they walked around the village with the girl employed by the school for US$500— she was the best paid in the village and was employed to make sure all the children under 5 are immunised and the program meets the program’s plan to have 100% coverage in pre- venting polio. They visit all the houses in every street to ask how many children are there, their ages and if they had the immunisation and where the others are—like at play group. They provided the drops and painted their pinkies. Then they went down the alleyways and a woman handed Susan a baby who was only 9 days old to get his drops from her and Bell painted his pinky. This was an awesome Rotary experience. One of the goals of the Rotary Foundation is giving. Every year the Foundation awards banners/certificates to clubs who qualify in three categories—$1,500 to End Polio Now in 2017-2018 and the RCoW has met this. Stuart Armstrong accepted it on behalf of PP Sue Owen. The 100% Foundation where there is an average of $100 per member donated and every member has donated $25 or more for Rotary programs for 100% of members. Every Rotarian every year has a club minimum contribution of $100 per capita in a Rotary year. Two clubs in the District have met this criteria—Penrith and Wahroonga. She presented the letter and banner. The Rotary Foundation is to benefit humanity. District Grants are usually at 99% for overseas aid projects, but the Hills Kellyville Club have sponsored a special piece of medical equipment, the size of an A5 box. It is a specialist im- aging machine to check the back of the eye and measure the thickness of the muscles and nerves and see if there is a tumour forming. Westmead Children’s Hospital is the only hospi- tal in the country with this machine. Normally children under six cannot have such an eye examination like adults, but they can be sedated for the MRI with their eye being kept open to check for a childhood pre- disposition to a tumour from a newborn to age six. You can use normal technology with this machine. In theory it could be all over Australia. It costs $167K. It has been achieved by a Rotary Grant from the RCs of Hills Kellyville, Mumbai and Madras. Peter Ward did a report on District membership. We had 1,883, but lost more by the end of June. By the end of October we had 1,928. It is very important to keep up our member numbers. Susan had budgeted on 1,900. There is consideration of forming one Greater Sydney Rotary District by joining together with District 9675, that covers the whole of the Sydney basin, south to Kiama. The Rotary criteria for a district is to have 1,100 members and all across Australia some
districts are combining. If it happened it would be a vast district to travel. There is a meeting for Presidents on 15th Dec for them to consider what this large district could look like and how it would work. A district needs 1,100 members and this would be far larger than that. While there are other districts with around 980 members. Congratulations on sponsoring a new Interact with plans for a new Rotaract in the future. They are the future of our organisation, to bring young people into the fold and encourage service in any organisation is very important. Susan had 33 years as a Girl Guide Leader as well as her Rylarian background that gave her a very good introduction to the work of Rotary. On Drought Relief, you have Barry for your Club and the District. The Central Coast Rotary have taken great trailer loads of goods to Packsaddle near Broken Hill, that is very remote. Mia from the Packsaddle Roadhouse sent out messages to farmers asking them to come in to help unload the trailers at 10am on 6th Oct. as she wanted to get them together, help unpack the trucks, have a BBQ and some beers and a dance or two— some had not been into the town for 3 years. One farmer, Lance, did not want to leave as it would mean the jobs for the day would not get done, but his wife insisted. In a thank you letter she wrote— “bloody hell Sarah, they parked near the SES and were overwhelmed and in total disbelief with the pallets of food, clothes, dog food, horse pellets and bird seed AND BOTTLED WATER. They had been buying it in town as the dam and bore water were OK for animals, but salty and not fit for human consumption. Her flood gates opened and when she found Mia she was so grateful she could not help it and the flood gates opened again—a huge thank you”. Gosford wanted to tell their story about the hard time in the far west. A listening ear is the best drought relief they could get and time with the locals. PDG John Wakefield was previously the President of Blaxland RC. He wanted to promote the District Confer- ence and outline the ballet and great speakers. Newcastle City Council have given a $5,000 Grant and accommodation is opening up . We have 260-270 registered so far and he wants 600! They have a Walk to End Polio Now on Saturday along the Newcastle River bank and millions have been spent on improving the place and it looks very good now. In case of emergencies or earthquake, the Police will be there with boards and horns. The Lower Blue Mountains is hosting the Gnome Convention at the Conference and there will be judging. He presented Presi- dent Stuart with the RCoW Gnome to dress up for the Gnome Convention. With Rotary Rocks there will be tee shirts and there will be competitions for the best dressed Gnome and the best dressed attendee. John had a sample dressed Gnome to demonstrate the standard expected.
Grace’s Place John is a partner in Grace’s Place. It was built for young people affected by homicide. Doonside Council set land aside for this centre. Martha is the CEO for the Homicide Victims’ Support Group. For each murder there re 75 people who are traumatised by it across the event. Rotary 9685 helped to fit out two rooms for music therapy and support. It came from the District Admin. Account and District Treasurer after the Anita Cobby murder and Grace Lynch (Anita’s mother) seeking support for victims. John was with the Police for 40 years, 35 as a detective. He was first on scene for the Anita Cobby murder, so this project is personal for him. President Stuart thanked Susan and John. He noted that in his first Rotary Club he was in- volved in student exchanges. In his second Club he was an enthusiastic supporter for the Rotary Foundation as our charity. John went with the UN to India in 2008 that set his mind reeling about Rotary. They walked around looking for people in the back lots and tents, and for travellers who do not come to the formal locations for polio immunisations. For the Newcastle Conference he has to go, as his wife was born there and he was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. There have been wonderful changes there and it is a most beautiful place to live and there are the Gnomes to dress. President Stuart asked all to consider the Rotary Rocks Conference as the early bird registration closes at midnight on 30th Nov. 2018: $250.00 per person and then the need to book your accom- modation. Len will send out an RSVP for Yes/No/Maybe, so please con- sider it. He now has to look at dressing the Gnome & take it with him to Newcastle next year.
Later comments on Gnomes I walked the dog this arvo and my mind could not get off Garden Gnomes. I found more questions than answers. If you wrap a Garden Gnome in a feather boa - do you have a Gnome de plume? (Actually I thought of that on Wednesday). If you give a presumptive title to a Garden Gnome - are you engaging in Gnomenclature? If you put up a Garden Gnome for an award - is that a Gnomeination? Regards, Ken How you can help St Lucy's students achieve their goals Reply-To: St Lucy's School This year's Christmas Appeal tells Harvey's story! For St Lucy's parents Allison and Eddy, the K-12 an- nouncement meant that they were able to return to a community that has a wealth of knowledge about their child, his educational journey and their family. The staff at St Lucy's love Harvey for who he is and the team of teachers, thera- pists, psychologists and specialists work together to provide a rich and robust education that is tailored to Harvey. “We wanted this for his entire education and now we have it” Read more DONATE NOW TO ST LUCY'S CHRISTMAS APPEAL What's been happening at St Lucy's this year What a dynamic We had a wonderful term of scientific time celebrating St learning! How are Dominic’s Day in volcanoes made? August. The special Why do earth- day to celebrate our quakes occur? How patron saint is cer- does weather affect tainly a highlight of people and our en- the year and vironment? Years 3 and 4 have explored the answers includes a fantastic student concert by St to these questions in their work unit on Lucy's students and their peers from “Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Weather and Prouille, St Edmund’s and Knox Gram- Erosion”. Read more.. mar. Read more..
This year we mark ten years of our Knox Buddy Program. It is a wonderful partnership between the two schools which sees a class of Knox boys come and play with St Lucy’s students on a weekly basis. Read more.. The St Lucy’s and Abbotsleigh Combined Arts Program is in its 10th year and so we celebrate a decade of ‘shoulder to shoulder’ creativity. Year 3 Abbotsleigh and St Lucy’s stu- dents have been coming together for a series of Visual Art and Drama sessions, in Term 4, since 2008. Read more.. BUY RAFFLE TICKETS ONLINE This email was sent to secretary@wahroongarotary.org why did I get this? unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences St Lucy's School · 21 Cleveland Street · Wahroonga, NSW 2076 · Australia
21st Nov - Club Meeting, Peter Smith PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IN A COMPLEX ENVIRONMENT & International Men’s Day ROTARY CLUB OF WAHROONGA INC. ABN 22 979 218 812 NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING FIRST BREAKFAST CLUB IN AUSTRALIA The Annual General Meeting of the Rotary Club of Wahroonga Incorporated will be held at the Warrawee Bowling Club 1479 Pacific Highway, Warrawee NSW 2074 on Wednesday 12th December 2018, commencing at 7.45 am. BUSINESS 1. To confirm the Minutes of the 2017 Annual General Meeting held on 20th December 2017 and the Adjourned Annual General Meeting, 18th April 2018. th 2. To accept the reports of the Board on activities of the year ended 30 June 2018 contained in the Annual Report. th 3. To receive and consider the audited Financial Statements for the year ending 30 June 2018. To receive and consider the statement that is required to be submitted to members pursuant to section 26(6) of the Associations Incorporation Act, 1984. 4. To pass a Vote of thanks to the Honorary Auditor: Grant Thornton. 5. To elect Officers and Directors of the Club in accordance with the Club By-laws. 6. To transact any other business that may be brought before the meeting in conformity with the Constitution and By-laws of the Club. By Order of the Board Gregory Starr, Secretary Dated this the 10 November 2018 LINKS What is Rotary? Paul Harris Fellows Listing Better Business with K/gai Council Your use of Social Media for Business 22.11.18. Rotary Foundation Dinner 26.11.18. AISD Flyer Activate Inclusion Sports Day 3.12.18. Bobbo Sponsorship Prospectus Ku-ring-gai Monopoly Flyer RCoW Christmas Flyer 8.12.18. VIP Dates for 2018-2019 Rotary Rocks Conference 29-31.3.2019 NB. Early Bird rate closes 30.11.18. at midnight Grace’s Place Flyer for Homicide Victims’ Support Group Lifeline poster Lifeline Crisis Support Volunteers needed Streetwork – Family Fun Day Pics showing the great fun had by all on 18.11.18.
RCoW Christmas Party—It would be great if you could bring a salad or dessert or something for afters. Here are some examples. This is not exhaustive so let me know if you have a certain specialty you’d like to share (like Sandy’s cookies!) Please email with your preference. Stuart is calling for registrants this month and doubt- rochellewiley54@gmail.com If we have too many of one thing I’ll less John Wakefield, the Conference Organiser, will be let you know and you could per- promoting it at our meeting on Wednesday. haps change your selection. So let me know and I’ll cross your item off the list! SALADS: DESSERTS: Rice Your special Mixed green AFTER Pasta DINNER Potato Mints What else? Slice….. BREAD Mince Pies Bread sticks, Sandy’s sliced and buttered (2) Bread sticks, sliced (2) ANYTHING ELSE? If you have any ques- tions please call me on 0417 041 822 Rochelle
The Rotary Club of Wahroonga Link for Stuart’s Saints: 2018-2019 Board & Committees Attendance at the Last Meeting at WBC Attendance: 40/61 members, 65.57% or 68.85% with 2 make-ups Apologies: Robert Ferguson, Brett Goods, Ross Grant, Rob Hamilton, Terrence Hodge, Maxwell Lake, Amanda Mighell, Jo-Ann Moffat, Greg Starr, Lynn Varvel, Ron Wainberg, Richard Webb, Rochelle Wiley Visiting Rotarians: DG Susan Wakefield, PDG John Wakefield, AG Bruce Jacob Applied Make-up Credits for 14.11.18: Oct 28 - Wahroonga Food & Wine Festival, Raffle Ticket Selling: Greg Starr & Sandy van Dijk Reception & Hospitality Roster, from Club’s Website for the year If you are unable to attend any day please arrange a substitute and inform Len Stanley at len.stanley29@gmail.com or 0420 849 017, or 9144 4049 Date Set up & Put away Hospitality Reception (2 Rotarians) st 21 Nov John Cameron Ross Catterall Helen Clarke, Ian Cameron th 28 Nov Ross Catterall John Cameron Ian Cameron, Helen Clarke th 5 Dec Helen Clarke John Collins John Cameron, Ross Catterall Club & District Diary 2018 + 2 Entries for 2019 25 Nov 3.30pm Hornsby RSL Boronia Room, Launch of Volume 4 of Rallying the Troops 26 Nov 6.30pm Rotary Foundation Dinner 26 Nov Waterview, Sydney Olympic Park, $75 Guest speaker: Ian Riseley, the Immediate Past President of Rotary International. 2 Dec Wahroonga Turramurra Fair & Raffle Selling—need more collectors. Call Rob Gia 3 Dec 9.30-1.30 Activate Sport PCYC for people w physical, sensory, intellectual disabilities 8 Dec 6pm at Neil & Heather McWhannell’s for Christmas Party $30pp 9 Dec Carols at the San 15 Dec 11am-4pm Raffle Ticket selling for St Lucys and St Edmunds at Wahroonga 29-31 Mar 2019 Rotary Rocks, Rotary Conference 25 May 2019—Novus 2019 has been confirmed, please pop it in your Diary for 2019 Speakers’ Program for November-December 2018 28 Nov Annual visit to St Edmund’s special school 5 Dec Audrey Rose Watson, Science health of our oceans + Club Service Committee 12 Dec 7.15-8.30am RcoW AGM 19 Dec Club Meeting, Sr Sheila, Kopanang Project Update, TBC—Last Meeting for 2018 No Anniversaries
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