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THE ROTARY CLUB OF ESSENDON D9800 President 2014-15 : Lisa Lowcock ABN 91036600532 P.O Box 161 Essendon 3040 Australia www.rcessendon.com.au

Contact us – secretary@rce.org.au and follow us on facebook Editor – Sunil Perera mmmmm

Editorial Logistics: Sunil Perera

Volume 80, Issue 31, 24 February 2015 Holly Ransom this week’s guest speaker is a Past Rotary President in WA, Chair G20 Youth Summit in 2014, commentator on various TV current affairs programmes, employed by blue chip companies. This young woman is inspirational and a very sought after speaker.

Holly spoke to the members about the progression of Rotary and the need for evolution and change. She gave examples of how technology has changed over the years and what happened to companies that did not embrace change and evolve, giving an example of what happened to Kodak who failed to embrace innovation. Holly in her interesting presentation showed a slide giving 50 reasons people give not to change for the better as change is always hard, she explained the “why” connection to change. Holly stated that Rotary has the greatest “why” there is to join and stated that most young people have a perception that Rotary is for older men. She spoke about new opportunities to improve and enhance member engagement and how these opportunities were played out in her club to engage younger members. Holly presented statistics showing that of the 1.2m members worldwide there were only 4% under 30 years and only 15% women. Holly quoted from the classic “To kill a mocking bird” where the main character Atticus Finch says “To understand is to walk in another’s shoes” Holly stated that she uses this principle to understand people

especially the youth of today, Holly further stated that the word “Club” denotes a group of old men and stated that this word was dropped from her club logo on the website. She also stated that today everyone need to have a website and emphasised the importance of having one and updating same regularly. Holly reminded the members that there are over 600,000 voluntary organisations in Australia and as such we need to differentiate from the others to be a viable option for new members to want to join. She also stated that asking younger members co-operation in projects is more important than asking them to join as by involving them and tapping into their expertise we can ensure the best outcomes are achieved in our projects. Holly showed the members a slide of the members her club has and how their photos are shown on the club website, she stated that as there were several younger members in her club it was important she said to show this to the wider community especially the youth.

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Roger Priestly receiving the Spirit of Moonee Valley Award for his great work with Relay for Life, congratulations Roger!

110 years of Rotary was celebrated with a delicious birthday cake enjoyed by all

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The banner inaugurating the district 3810 Philippines was unfolded by District 9800 Governor Verso Murray and our President Lisa

Price for 5 or more tickets for the Gala Opening Night is $125 so if people want to get some friends together to attend they will be getting tickets at a greatly reduced price.

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What a great Relay!

The Friday night fellowship was sensational with the weather being extremely kind to us. Thank-you

to those who brought a plate. Also thanks to the walkers, particularly those who walked in the early

hours of Saturday morning.

The Rotary Club of Essendon and Brumby Babes were on the other side of the track near the end of

the finish line. This enabled us to access power and be close to all facilities. The Relay for Life

committee erected a marquee for us, making it easy for us to prepare for the free breakfast that the

club organises each year. Thank-you to Roger Priestly, Peter Duras, Richard Lawrence, Stephan

Chandler, & Tim Anderson for their help at the breakfast.

There was a number of highlights this year including:

Over $158,000 raised for the event overall.

Approximately $7,000 by the RCE.

Roger Priestly awarded a Spirit of Moonee Valley Award for his great support of the event

since its inauguration 13 years ago.

A very big thank you to the following sponsors:

Seaga

Capital Radiology

O’Sullivan’s Sibeen Essendon – Irish Pub

Boundy Supa IGA – Essendon

Australian Unity – Niddrie

Precept Services

At Your Home “Will” Service

Digital Ink Technologies

Spineline Chiropractic & Massage

Note from Gayle Our Relay for Life Brumby’s Babes team raised just over $17,000 which was the 2nd highest team last Saturday at Aberfeldie Park. The event was very successful in spite of the heat and fewer teams this year. It was much better with the reduced hours – Friday from 7pm to Saturday 1 pm. Thankyou to all our supporter over the years who have attended any of our fundraisers. As you know cancer research and treatment is improving all the time and we are pleased to help in our small way each year. From Gaye Cariss

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Thought for the day

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EVENTS CALENDAR

DATE SPEAKER/EVENT VENUE

27/02 – 1st March 2015 ART SHOW Columban Mission House Strathmore

3/03/2015 Committee Report Day – RCE Delegation to Philippines report to club

The Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

07/03/15 – 13/03/15 Myanmar Delegation Myanmar

10/03/2015 John Odgers, Beyond Blue The Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

17/03/2015 St Patricks Day –Theme Dinner – special Irish sub-committee & Fellowship

The Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

12/03/15 – 14/03/15 D9800 83rd District Conference Hobart

31/03/2015 Committee Report day Anglers Tavern 1pm to 2pm

24/03/2015 Badge Talk – Jenny Foster Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

5/04/2015 Easter Sunday N/A

7/04/2015 Anglers Tavern 12.30pm to 2pm

14/04/2015 Burma/Myanmar Delegation Presentation

The Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

21/04/2015 Jacqueline Craven The Anglers Tavern 6.30pm to 8pm

28/04/2015 ANZAC Day Lunch The Anglers Tavern 1pm to 2pm

5/05/2015 The Anglers Tavern 12.30pm to 2pm

12/05/2015 Badge talk – Karen Clarke The Anglers Tavern 12.30pm to 2pm

19/05/2015 Charter Night – Our 80th Birthday Bash

The Anglers Tavern 6.30 pm to 8pm

26/05/2015 The Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

2/06/2015 Italian Day Lunch –Special Italian sub-committee & fellowship

The Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

06/06/15 – 09/06/15 Rotary’s 106th International Convention. For more details see www.riconvention.org

Sao Paulo, Brazil

9/06/2015 The Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

16/06/2015 Committee Report day, President the year in review

The Anglers Tavern 6.30 to 8pm

23/06/2015 Ellen Andersen The Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

27th June & 28th June Changeover The Anglers Tavern 12.30 to 2pm

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Help yourself and help the Club by banking with

Strathmore Community Bank. For example,

take out a home loan and the club will receive

up to $500. Take out a 3 month fixed term

deposit and the club will receive up to $50.

For more details drop into the branch at 337

Napier St or call branch Manager Philip Stewart

on 9374-2607.

John L Gregory

Certified Practising Accountant

272 Keilor Road,

North Essendon, VIC 3041

jgregory@netspace.net.au

Telephone: 03-9379 1705