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ROTARY CLUB OF DIAMOND CREEK

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RI President

Sakuji Tanaka Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, Japan

Governor

John Gatt Rotary Club of Diamond Creek

AG

Pat Millar Rotary Club of Diamond Creek

Club Officers

President Steve Crosling

Vice President Alan Jones

President Elect Bev Baker

Secretary Greg Paull

Treasurer & Public Officer 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

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.

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Note: The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter

are not necessarily those of the Club or its members

District 9790

past presidents

Brian Bowen 1978-1979 Heidelberg North

Bob Eycken 1983-1984 Alperton UK

John McCrohan 1992-1993

Ron Gordon 1993-1994

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

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

Alan Jones

2011-2012

DG John Gatt

Checking for ‘cookies’

The recent RAWCS Annual meeting and

Conference

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PP Alan Jones searching too.

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THE PRESIDENTIAL CROSS CHAT XRAY STEVE

All of us are busy people and so often we feel that there is a lot of competition out there for our time. Above everything, our family commitments and our work commitments must come first, and in this busy lifestyle often it does not leave much time for other interests. There are many competing forces for the remainder of our time so why should we devote some of it to Rotary? There really are so many reasons… But one of the major reasons why people do join Rotary is to make a difference – small or large! The Rotary Club of Diamond Creek has been able to make many differences in our local community in recent times. We have assisted the Riding for the Disabled Program at Diamond Valley Special Development School, we have provided shade sails at Diamond Creek Primary School and we have bought vital equipment such as defibrillators. None of these things would have been possible without us. Internationally it is the same. Students who would not have otherwise received an education are being sponsored by our members at the Tenderfoot School in Kenya, people who we will never meet have received aid after a disaster through Shelter Box and we now have the chance to assist disadvantaged communities in Nepal through our sister club project.

These are just “a drop in the ocean” but none of them would have been possible without a little time commitment from a dedicated group of people – Rotarians! Why else should we devote our time to Rotary? On a totally personal level, there are wonderful friendships and fellowship to be found amongst the members – like-minded people who want to be involved and get things done! Rotary is a structured organisation and there are countless opportunities to learn – not just facts about what is needed to be done in the world, but learning about ourselves. It also gives us the prospect of self-development. Where else can you learn some public speaking skills, develop your entrepreneurship or run a major event at the same time as making a difference in the community? So next time, you think that you are too busy to commit to a Rotary project or snowed under with other obligations, take a minute to think about the wonderful benefits that can come from participating in this great organisation. Alan Jones Immediate Past President

Na Steve’s on Leave ! IT’S IPPAJ

“Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. – H. Jackson Brown

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23th OCTOBER 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Club Ass.

Attend, Bev B, Chair, Alan J, Cash Greg A, Welcome Rod M, Regalia Pat M, Raffle Gift

David P.

30th OCTOBER 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Swannen with Swannie Hat Day Night

Attend, Geoff S, Chair, Ern W, Cash Greg A, Welcome Alan W, Regalia Bev B,

Raffle Gift Phil C.

6th November 2012—NO MEETING

13th November 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

DG’s Club visit—Partners Night

Attend, John E, Chair, Steve C, Cash Greg A, Welcome Tina E, Regalia Sharraine B,

Raffle Gift Alan J.

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 David P, Regalia Geoff S,

Raffle Gift Greg P.

LIFE’S EVENTS

Oct 26 Robin Chapple joined Rotary 44 years ago

Oct 30 Lexie Crosling—birthday

Nov 1 Alan Whit –birthday

Nov 7 Lynne Lloyd—birthday

Nov 8 Greg Adams—joined Rotary.

NOTICES— UPCOMING EVENTS

Rotary club of Whittlesea Trivia night 17th of November.

Diamond Creek Rotary Town Fair 24th November

WHAT’S ON, WHO’S ON AND WHEN’S IT ON

Rotary family Xmas Party Sunday 9th December 2012

Eltham Lower Park Oval 12.00 PM onwards.

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.

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17th October 2012

Pride of Workmanship

Toast to Australia: Alan White

Acting president: PP Alan Jones

Reports:

Youth Exchange: Bea reported on her experiences at Tatura on this past weekend. This was a gathering

of exchange students from the district, a lot of fun and experiences were shared.

Town Fair: Rod. The revised layout is now pretty much finalised around Coventry oval which is an

attempt to weather proof the fair. New features include the enchanted forest (fairies and all). There are

approx 160 stall holders already booked. Please make sure you have this day set aside and have fed your

availability to Jacqui. Brochures are now at the printers.

Mernda Probus: Ern - next Thursday will be the sign up day! Charter will be 26th November with

approx 50 members.

Trivia Challenge: Whittlesea rotary have set us a challenge to beat them at their trivia challenge. Please

confirm attendance to Alan Jones....!

Girls night in: Jacqui - this is organised by the DC living and learning centre. Please let Jacqui know if

you are coming.

Pride of Workmanship

Warwick introduced the POW

Ken Crompton spoke of how great workmanship in our community is inspiring and helps to foster

cohesion in the community and in turn helps to build a better Australia. The POW awards acknowledge

Approach, Attitude, Dedication and Quality in individuals. This reflects the art or skill of a worker, and

it follows that if we have pride in what we do, we blossom. Doing good work is a boost to self esteem

of the worker and their colleagues.

Shire of Nillumbik - Andy Knight. For outstanding work in supporting the infrastructure repair of fire

and storm affected areas of the shire. He demonstrates great communication and organisation skills.

Lloyds Plumbing - Travis DeSilva.

Travis relates very well to clients, looks after his colleagues and also teaches his trade to them. He is a

leader and highly regarded by his colleagues.

Vines cafe - Jeremy Rogers. Jeremy shows enthusiasm and commitment and has helped to cement

vines cafe as a Diamond Valley institution.

Raffle raised $104, ($64 actually, I counted the 4 $1 coins as $40!) drawn by Neesha, won by Kerry

Jones.

WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK

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On the weekend 13 –14th October Kerry

and I attended the Southern Region’s Rotary Australia World Community Service Annual Meeting and Conference.

The weekend was hosted by Rotary District 9790 International Service

Committee and the Rotary Club of Yarrawonga – Mulwala at Club Mulwala. Rotarians from six Rotary Districts participated.

As we were the hosting district it was my role as the District Shelter Box Rep to organise

the Shelter Box display and I am very pleased to say that it attracted considerable interest not just from the Rotarians at the conference but also from patrons at the club.

Rotary Australia World Community Service encompasses a wide variety of projects and it is truly

inspiring to hear about the amazing works that our Rotarians are undertaking throughout the world. Most of us are aware of Shelter Box and Aqua Box because of Diamond Creek’s and

Eltham’s involvement in those projects but there are many worthwhile projects taking place as well. Water and sanitation have always been crucial issues in the third world and there are

projects such as Safe Sanitation or Water Saves Lives which are working towards assisting in this area. Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) is another program which has done enormous

good over number of years. We also heard about the Community Fish Farming & Housing Project in Kenya – another amazing program doing good in the world.

Diamond Creek’s involvement in World Community Service has always been strong.

We have taken the leading role with Shelter Box, assisted with Aqua Box, donated to RAM, sponsored students at Tenderfoot School in Kenya. We now have a wonderful opportunity with our sister club, the Rotary Club of

PatanDurbar Square, Nepal, for us to do more in the world. After hearing of such inspiring programs on the

weekend it would be great to see our club embrace more international

Projects.

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SO WHAT IS RAWCS ? Rotary Australia World Community Service Ltd. (A.C.N. 003 444 264)

was Incorporated in 1987, as a public company limited by Guarantee, bound by its' own constitution and

Articles of Association, authorised by Rotary

International as a multi -district function. The company co-ordinates the Activities of Project Volunteers,

Project Funding, Donations in Kind and Rotary Against Malaria. Programs of the Activities are FAIM

Australia

The Australian District Governors of the day are the Council (shareholders) of the Company. It elects a

Board which is responsible for the operations of the Company through an elected Executive Officer and

chairmen of each Activity Committee.

Australia is divided into 5 Regions for ease of administration (Northern, Eastern, Southern, Central, and,

Western). Each Region is administrated by an elected chairman and committee proposed each year by the

various D.G. Nominees. Each Region reports to the Board on a regular basis.

Yearly surveys in areas of need are undertaken. Contact with overseas Rotary Clubs and Aid Agencies are

made to assist in authorising and monitoring the activities to ensure viability.

Volunteer activities or Funding activity Application forms are completed and offered to Regions for

distribution to Rotary Districts and/or Rotary Clubs. Rotarians, Rotary Clubs and Rotary Districts can

consult with the various National, Regional, or District RAWCS Activity committees to be advised on

procedures and guidelines.

RAWCS Ltd. has objects similar to Rotary New Zealand World Community Service and encourages co-

ordination on projects conducted in common areas of need

The Mernda Combined Probus Club is up and happening with 48 paid up members.

A Committee was formed and the Clubs Charter application is now on its way to Probus South Pacific

We done to Ern and his team.

PROBUS MERNDA HAPPININGS

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