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INVOCATION
For Good Food
for Good Fellowship
and the Opportunity to
Serve through Rotary
WE GIVE THANKS
ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR
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 natures 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!"
FOUR WAY TEST
1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Posted by R.Taylor on 19/7/2017 Moe eBulletin Issue No.4
Next Meeting: Monday 24 July
Rotary Club of Moe meets at 6.00 for 6.30pm
at the RSL 63-65 Albert St. Moe
For Apologies and Guests, please contact:
kishormanani@hotmail.com
or
Phone: 5134 1677
by 9.30 am on the Monday of the meeting.
Program: Club Assembly
All projects, scholars, and vocational training teams funded by global grants work toward specific goals in one or more of the Foundation’s six areas of focus:
OCTOBER ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MONTH
Maureen's Moments #14
(Pending.)
From: Chyna Bailey <chynalacebailey@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, 27 September 2017 7:31 PM To: Wendy Farmer Subject: Monthly Report
This month has been a crazy month, with language Camp, meeting the new exchange students and even a quite bad knee infection. At the start of September we had a camp with all the new exchange students. It was quite nice, being able to spend a week with the people who I would spend my final months with. We attended a German course in a gorgeous town called Lindenburg. We had classes like a normal school & after the classes we participated in multiple activities, whilst getting to know each either. After meeting them, we decided to plan a big meetup with three districts in Ulm, as a way to get to know everyone even more. After the language camp we went back to school, but on Thursday I had a stomach ache and I stayed home from school. Then on Sunday night I woke up in pain, the next day I went to the doctor's. Turns out I have a rather bad knee infection which has kept me at home and unable to walk properly for just under a week. Overall this month has been pretty great, apart from this knee infection. I am currently with a new family for 3 weeks, it's a temporary family will my house mother goes away to a three week camp. Thank you all so much for this amazing year, Chyna!
(Excuse the length, with the moving houses and other things I was unable to find a laptop to write this up on)
Rotary clubs work hard to attract new members, however it is also important that we focus on retaining members, new and old, to prevent losing as many as we gain.
Finding out members’ interests, expectations and motivation is the key to achieving the sort of vibrant, engaging projects that keep membership strong.
Rotary International records indicate that members who leave after just a couple of years do so because they do not feel engaged in club events and activities, their fellowship needs aren’t being met, or they have difficulty meeting attendance requirements due to competing priorities.
President Maureen clearly sees the need for every member to enjoy Rotary by being involved, hence everyone has been (or is about to be) given a personal focus and responsibility for this year. PP Len successfully endeavoured to put his footprint on club success through the Marigold Project last year which involved Rotarians and the business community interacting together, while beautifying Moe for the benefit of residents and visitors.
Footnote: MyRotary.org has a wealth of incredible resources, tools and support documents to help retain members and strengthen clubs, and best of all they’re free.
October 2 - Connecting Seniors (Christy Hoiles) (Committees)
October 9, 16 and 23 - RJCA Student Presentations 6.30 - 7.00 (Club Service at RT's 9/10; Club Assembly 23/10) October 30 - Combined Service Clubs - LVA CEO Karen Cain
DISTRICT EVENTS:
October 27-29 -RYLA at Forest Edge, Neerim South February 16-18- Sale District Conference
Bruce Paull was elected President and Peter Wells Secretary. President Bruce started the year with a few targets; 1. To Expose Rotary as much as possible to our community. 2. To increase numbers within our Club. 3. To install a town clock for the benefit of the community in general. 4. To continue the ongoing fund raising programs that were previously in place. He was also pleased to report that most of these goals were achieved in his Rotary year and he was hopeful the one that wasn’t, will be in years to come. That being the installation of the town clock. This year also saw the successful running of our major fundraiser, the Blue Rock Classic Marathon Relay. This event was and still is a win – win program for Rotary and the people of the Latrobe Valley. Another event that requires mentioning was our Group Exchange from the USA with our Bushfire Appeal fund-raising trip to Walhalla. The visit started with a magnificent ride on the Gold Field’s railway from the Thompson Bridge into Walhalla. The tour through the Long Tunnel Mine and the great BBQ I am sure, the group from U.S.A. found it interesting, they did indicate that they had a great weekend with their host families and the social events organised by the Club.
New Generations . The introduction of a new committee in our Club to be solely focused on youth affairs. Steve Micah reported: Our first efforts were to initiate a schools garden program for ten primary schools. Shrubs, ground covers and small native trees were planted with guards and stakes provided where required. This proved to be a great P.R. exercise for Rotary and opened channels for further activities. School children undertook the planting thereby cementing skills and pride in their school grounds. A trip to Blue Rock Dam for ten socially disadvantaged boys from Albert Street School was sponsored. Following a discussion with Moe and District School Principals, the Moe Junior Council was resurrected. The District RYLA camp was held at Rawson Resort, our Club sponsored Jarrod Whittaker. Two students from Lowanna College attended the District RYPEN Program.
Blue Rock Classic. At the Blue Rock Classic Committee AGM, Tony Dell was installed as President, Pat Puddy as Secretary and Jan Cox as Treasurer. In all 105 teams participated in the event, a number slightly down on the previous year. This past year was the first where APP Corporation Pty Ltd handled the marketing and sponsorship of the event, the results were somewhat disappointing, only two or three sponsors were brought in by A.P.P.The end result was $3383 profit.
Vocational Service. Twelve Pride of Workmanship Awards were presented to outstanding students in our immediate area. The John Dwyer Citizenship was awarded to Dale Mesaric from Lowanna College. Once again the John Flynn Scholarship holder, Simon Marshman returned from Alice Springs in January this year. He attended Rotary nights where possible and once again attended medical practices, expanding his knowledge, whilst in the area.
Community Service . A great deal of work has been done on the footway that will lead from Botanical Gardens to the Rail Trail Bridge. Many metres (truck loads) of clean fill was required to form the ramp before it was shaped by an excavator. Many community BBQ’s were conducted over the year. November 20th saw our first eight inductees successfully complete the food handling course and receive accreditation to conduct barbecues. Further work at the Gatehouse Gardens was carried out on the planter beds, clean up shrubs and dead trees, with more work on the sprinkler system. A Rotary Movie Night was conducted on the 2nd June followed by a champagne supper, 110 people attended, it was a great success.
International Service. The year began in July with the visit by chairman Len to the Port Vila Hospital in Vanuatu to finally find the box of books (well Margaret did that at the wharf storage area) and to present the hundreds of Ansell rubber products, towels and thermometers we donated to the hospital. These had taken some time to get together but in the end we succeeded. An International Trivia Night was held in the Hotel Bistro, this was attended by about 80 people. The International Committee has had a somewhat difficult year in other aspects as the international climate for exchange and travel has been one of the worst in history, in the past twelve months with the World Trade Centre terrorism on Sept. 11th, the Afghanistan War, the Bali Bombing, the Iraq War and the International concerns that were associated with those tragic events.
Membership 30 Gained 4 lost 2 Attendance No Report
We now have a confirmed booking to see this latest local Moartz production Date: Friday 8 September - Ticket Prices: $25 seniors, students, concession, and groups of 10+ Tickets From:The Moartz Secretary is holding a block of tickets for us but requires numbers this week. Numbers and Payment to Len (next week) and Bryon (the following week)
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