NEWSLETTER OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF KEILOR EAST INC.

Rotary Club: 21222 Charter granted 10th August 1983

March 19th, 2018 Volume 35 Number 27

CLUB MOTTO – “Fun and Fellowship whilst helping others”

Club Website - www.keiloreastrotary.org

President Ginny Billson and Alex enjoyed the Gala Opening of our 4th Moonee Valley Art Show. We run the show, at beautiful North Park Mansion, annually, in conjunction with Essendon Rotary Club.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Meeting Report March 19th 2018.

Welcome to all members and friends and especially visitors from the Airport West uniting Church, Carol and Barbara and Stacey from the Milleara mall management team. Terri,

Rosemary and Declan are also welcome to our meeting today. Goodness how time has simply flown since I handed in my resignation 3 months ago and now am fully retired.

A busy few weeks are looming for many in the club with the Moonee Valley Art Show now only a few days away.

•The Women in Rotary Women’s Day breakfast on the 7th at Crown was a grand event with over a thousand attendees. Joy and I were there and chatted to all and sundry about

Rotary and its benefits for business and other people.

The club also supported the International Women’s Day breakfast on Thursday 8th March at the Moonee Valley Council with a table of 10, with students from Rosehill College and

Rotarians John, Marisa and me attending.

The evening of the 8th was a lovely “official” retirement send off by my Department and hospital with many of my old trainees and colleagues from the past 36 years in Pathology

attending.

•The 9th was my last day at work and many tears were shed then by all concerned.

Monday 12th was the Labour Day holiday (very appropriate for my first day of non-labouring) and I had the privilege of joining Marianne and Liz Gibbs visiting with our past Rotarian

David Gibbs. He has had a few serious health down turns but that day was very much with us and although difficult to communicate with did seem to know we were there visiting him. I

found out David’s aged care centre is just around the corner form my uncle and aunt’s home and Marianne and I dropped in for a glass of wine.

• The next day, the 13th, was an official visit with about 850 other Rotarians to Government House to welcome Ian Riseley a local Sandringham lad who is currently the

president of RI. I had never been to Government House and Alex, Steve, Gerard and I had a lovely afternoon tea in the ballroom and gardens.

The Airport West Uniting Church’s opening and dedication for their newly built community centre was on the 18th of March. We held out trivia night last year to help fund some

facilities for their socially isolated men’s group. The dedication was on the same day as the District Conference so although I was unable to go, Annie Lloyd and Betty were among some

of the KERC members attending.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT CONTINUED & OTHER REPORTS

• From the 16th March till today we were at the District Conference and it was well attended kicking off with a cocktail party at the Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum with a cannon shot. Not too many

official speeches but many moving and inspiring stories about how to persevere against many hardships and how one person has the “Power to make a Difference” which was the Conference motto.

Although we were a small cohort of Bob and Janet, Chris and Gerard, Brett Alex and me, I think we represented Keilor East well and had a few nice social evenings. Bob will give you an update on next

year’s plans.

The Cluster group is holding a Foundation dinner on the 10th of April on a Tuesday so we will not have our regular Monday on the 9th and hope we get a good turnout to the Tuesday. There will be a

theme of “Ending Trachoma” with very inspirational speakers. The Waterloo Cup Hotel has been booked we would like partners friends, potential Rotarians and community members see what

Rotarians are up to in our own country. Minh has bookings in hand I believe.

Jenny Foster and I met with a couple of MVCC councillors this afternoon and discussed the possibility of working with them for a business persons workshop possibly in November. They will be doing

most of the organising I hope, further details will follow.

Ginny introduced our Chairperson for the evening, Past President Arnold Vandenham.

Other Reports

Secretary – Chris Rundell – Thanked all members who donated to the ROCAN cause. He rode 960 kms and his body held up well ( unlike his tyres, three punctures on the one day.) He has achieved his

fundraising goal. Congratulations Chris!

Steve Pennicott - The fees are paid so the finances are all in order.

Social – Annie Webb – Our Social Outing on Sunday 15th April will be to Macedon Hotel. Annie will be sending out further information via email soon.

Gerard Mahoney – MVAS is only a couple of weeks away. We need Club members to help as much as possible and to support the Gala Opening Night on 23rd March. We have chosen 264 paintings for

display. He also asked that we provide some volunteers to cook a BBQ for the Friends of Steele’s Creek on 22nd April.

MVCC International Women’s Day Breakfast 2018

REPORTS CONTINUED

Care Bear – Marianne Potgieter – Marianne reported that she and President Ginny visited David Gibbs in the

company of his wife, Liz. David appeared happy to see them again.

• International – Cherrie Osborn – Keep bringing in your excess CDs DVDs Novels, books etc for sale at the Art

Show stall.

• Vocational – On either the 21st or 28th May our Pride of Workmanship awards will be held here at the RSL.

Ben Carroll, MP for Niddrie, will present the awards. Lloyd has 2 nominations as does Ginny. We could use

two more.

• Youth - Mark Tognon – Mark is in contact with Gateway Rotaract and will be organizing their visit to our

Club in May. Our NYSF student Sam Zhao will be visiting to tell us about his January NYSF experience in

Canberra.

• Program – Ian Wright – Directors with Program requests are asked to take them to Annie Webb who will

handle Program during Ian’s absence.

GUEST SPEAKERS – LOKI YANTONO AN DAMIAN WILLIAMS -MOONEE VALLEY CRIME PREVENTION OFFICERS

Moonee Valley Crime Prevention Officers Luki Yantono and Damien Williams were Guest Speakers at our March 19th Meeting.

They spoke about their efforts to make the community safer through building public awareness of ways in which we can avoid being victims of crime and in reporting crimes and suspicious behaviours.

They have a Facebook page Eyewatch which has sometimes reached 800,000 people.

They also answered questions about areas of concern to Rotarians and guests at our meeting.

Topics for discussion included –

Recognizing a drug dealer and/or house Youth gangs and home invasionsOne way screws for number platesThe likely crimes in twenty years from nowCCTV footage in crime prevention and solving

Find out your mobile phone ID number.Type *#06# and a 15 digit number will be revealed. Write it down somewhere safe ( not on your phone).

SOCIAL OUTING - MACEDON HOTEL - SUNDAY 15TH APRIL

694 Mt Macedon Rd, Mt Macedon, VIC (03) 5426 1888

ROTARY CLUB OF KEILOR EAST SOCIAL GATHERINGPLEASE BRING FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR A SOCIAL DAY ATPLACE: MOUNT MACENDON HOTELROOM: BIRD ROOMDATE: SUNDAY, 15TH APRIL 2018TIME BOOKED: 12.00pm (Please note there is a Corvette Car Club coming at 12:30pm – I suggest you all arrive by 12:00pm to order your meal before their arrival)

Watch next Newsletter for some places to go, and things to see in Mt. Macedon

MOONEE VALLEY ART SHOWThere are many more MVAS photos in two slideshows on our Club website.www.keiloreastrotary.org

CHRIS RUNDELL – RIDE TO CONFERENCE

Dear All As you may be aware, I have registered to ride the 2018 Ride to Conference ride in support of the new Cancer Wellness Centre in Werribee and RoCan (Rotary Ovarian Cancer Research). You may remember that I rode the last few days of last year’s ride. I will be riding around 900km over the 7 days. The ride begins at the future site of the new Cancer Wellness Centre in Werribee and ends in Warrnambool. I am now seeking sponsorship for this worthy cause. Any sponsorship that you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Further details of the ride and how to sponsor me are in the attached documents. Donations are tax deductable. My goal is to raise at least $1,000 in sponsorship. Thanking you for your support Chris Rundell

MyCause sponsor page: https://www.mycause.com.au/page/168388/ride-for-cancer-2018

Over the Counter Deposits: Bank: Bendigo Bank Branch: East Keilor BSB: 633-000 Account No.: 146819735 Account Name: RoCan Ride for a Cause Additionally, please email jboyle@mdlaw.com.au with the following details: Rider name Amount of deposit Date of deposit Reason for deposit - sponsorship

Electronic Deposits (EFT) (excluding MyCause) For deposits made electronically, directly to Bendigo Bank, please use the same account details as per above.

Thanking you for your support 5 /2/2018

Chris Rundell

WHAT’S NEXT?

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Our Club gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship we receive from the Keilor East Bendigo Community Bank and Smart Storage World to assist us in providing services to the Community.

Rotary Club of Keilor East meets on6.30pm for 6.45pm at Keilor East RSL,Hoffmans Rd, West EssendonFor Club Membership or Sponsorship informationContact: Immediate President, Joe Albioli (0438133123) http://www.keiloreastrotary.org/

ROTARY GRACES

o We give thanks for our daily food. May Rotary friends and Rotary ways, help us to serve all our days.o For good food, good fellowship, and the privilege to serve, we give thanks.

Program Director 2017-18 Ian Wright

Date EventFri 23rd, Sat 24th and Sun 25th March

Moonee Valley Art Show at North Park Mansion, Woodland Street, Essendon.

Mon 26th March No Meeting – Art Show fatigue.

Mon 2nd April Easter Monday Public Holiday - No Meeting.

Monday 9th April No Meeting as Members will attend Cluster Dinner on April 10th.

Tuesday 10th April “End Trachoma” Cluster Dinner at Waterloo Cup Hotel, 252 MARIBYRNONG RD, MOONEE PONDS.

Monday 16th April JEREMY OATES (Chairman of Consultative Council on Obstetric & Paediatric Mortality & Morbidity) - VTT in Timor Leste.

MARCH & APRIL BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

Birthdays

March 4th Jo SculliMarch 19th Arnold VandenhamMarch 25th Daryl CornishApril 3rd Lois CameronApril 4th Cathy WrightApril 15th Yew Kong LyeApril 24th Sonja Cornish

Rotary AnniversariesWedding Anniversaries

March 18th Minh and Kim NguyenApril 7th Gerard and Tricia SmithApril 8th Ken and Jan Allan

April 1st Ken Allan 1985April 1st John Cowl 1985

MEMBER NEWS

President Ginny ( retired and looking very relaxed) with Alex at the Reception. It was their first visit to Government House which was built between 1872 and 1876. It is the official residence of current Governor, Linda Dessau.

A note from President Ginny: Gerard, Steve, Alex and I had a pleasant afternoon at Government house yesterday at a reception for Ian Riseley and his wife Juliet the President of Rotary International. A local lad from Sandringham and he was the charter member there. First visit to Government house. Very lovely Governor, Linda Dessau, with short speeches from both. A pleasant afternoon for 850 or so Rotarians from around Victoria.

It was a glorious day for the Government House Afternoon Reception for Rotarians and Rotaractors.

Happy Birthday to Arnold Vandenham who came to Rotary on his Birthday (having celebrated with his family on the previous day). We wish him many happy returns of the day and a great year ahead.

The Keilor East Rotarians, President Ginny and Alex Billson, Steve Pennicott and Gerard Mahoney enjoyed exploring the magnificent buildings and grounds of Government House.