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What’s happening at Ascot:

RYLA BEACH PARTY: Rotary Club of Ascot has a participant at this year’s weeklong camp at Serpentine Camping Centre and club members were invited along to their Beach Party on Wednesday evening. We look forward to hearing all about the camp when our sponsored participant comes along to a meeting in the near future.

CLUB ELECTIONS: OUR CLUB needs your help and commitment. Incoming Pres Aidan is looking for willing hands to take up the Club’s roles for 2018/2019. Please contact him asap as Elections will be held next week on 23 January 2018.

SOCIAL MEETING – TUESDAY 30 January: the first of our social meetings for 2018 is an opportunity to invite friends and prospective members to The Profit Lebanese Café at 907 Albany Highway, East Victoria Park from 7:00pm Please let Peter know next week if you and your guests are coming along.

BOARD MEMBERS 2017-18 President: Ron Alexander Vice Pres.: Mike Bermann Pres. Elect: Aidan Wood Secretary: Roma Gehringer Treasurer: Joanna Kendall Foundation: Hugh Langridge Exec Secretary: Hugh Langridge Membership: Michael Evans Club Service: Peter Richardson International: Mike Bermann Youth: Marg Fraser Vocational: Max Morrell Community: Stephen Kendall Public Relations: Christine Goss Attendance: Gren Courtland

WEB LINKS:

Club website: www.ascotrotary.org.au Club Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AscotRotary Bricktober website: www.bricktober.info Bricktober Facebook: www.facebook.com/Bricktober.Perth District 9465: http://rotary9465.org.au Rotary International: https://www.rotary.org

Chartered 26 February 1969 District 9465

We meet at Belmont Tavern 174 Wright Street, Cloverdale, Western Australia, 6105

On Tuesday’s at 7:00 am for 7:30 am start and finished by 8:30 am.

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HANDICAMP 2018

In place of this week’s normal morning meeting, a

group of members and their partners attended this

year’s Handicamp at Point Walter Recreation Centre

for the annual Ron Sloan Rotary Dinner, which this

year was themed as a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.

Handicamp is a weeklong live-in camp for 18-35 year olds

with a disability, who are teamed with a “buddy” for a week

of fun and adventure. The camp activities include visits to

Perth Zoo and Adventure World and while on site, campers

challenge themselves with abseiling and archery and water

sports in the river below. Of course their nights are filled with

games and entertainment too, like karaoke, a firm favourite

with participants.

Now in its 36th year in Perth, Handicamp was started by Past District

Governor Ron Sloan who had heard of a similar program in Norway and

since then it has inspired our members, like myself, Roma and former

member and PDG Jody Sparks for example, to participate in the

organisation of this great program and the Rotary Club of Ascot has

sponsored many participants over the years. Jody coordinated this

year’s camp but had to hand over to PDG Linda McLerie at the last

moment to participate at Rotary’s International Assembly in San Diego, USA.

In her speech, Linda said the Handicamp experience taught not only acceptance but selflessness and

thoughtfulness for others and she challenged us to put ourselves in the shoes of a blind, young, shy, country

kid about to put all their faith in someone they had only just met and step off a precipice and abseil from a

great height. District Governor Bruce Lynch added that ultimately humans are happier when giving rather than

taking and Handicamp is another example of Rotary making a difference in our community.

This year we shared our dinner table with Jade (sponsored by the RC of Como) and Kristy, her buddy,

(sponsored by RC of Esperance) who both, by coincidence, work for Active Industries. Jade was still quite

excited by the afternoon’s activity of archery as she had managed a bull’s eye and they were still laughing

about the first adventure of the camp, a trip to Perth Zoo on what became the wettest January day for 18

years. However, with better weather forecast, Jade was looking forward to some water sports, a trip to

Adventure World and challenging her fear of heights on the onsite abseiling course.

Our best wishes to all of this year’s participants and thanks to our

members and their partners who donned their hats and went

along to support them.

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Please note the following dates and advise Christine Goss of details of your Guest Speaker and Topic

or advise promptly if the dates are unsuitable.

Date Welcoming Informer Host Chair Speaker and Topic

23 January 2018

Glenys Godfrey Joanna Kendall

Pres Ron and Pres Elect Aidan

AGM and Club Elections

30 January 2018 NO BREAKFAST MEETING

SOCIAL EVENT at 7:00 PM

The Profit Café 907 Albany Hwy

13 February 2018 Peter Richardson Bev Poor

Michael Evans

20 February 2018

CLUB BIRTHDAY

SOCIAL MEETING Club Birthday

TBA

27 February 2018

Colin Peacock Mike Bermann

Hugh Langridge

13 March 2018

Christine Goss Stephen Kendall

Dianne Reed

20 March 2018 Michael Metcalf Aidan Wood

SOCIAL MEETING VENUE TBA

27 March 2018

Hugh Langridge Michelle Kendall

Stephen Kendall

10 April 2018

Dianne Reed Ros McLernon

Glenys Godfrey

Happy happy

22 January 2018 Rotary Club of Ascot Board Meeting - Hugh’s workplace

31 January 2018 Last day for “early bird” AGFR Golf Tournament Murray Bridge

23 February 2018 “Wear your Rotary Club Shirt” Day

3 March 2018 50th Anniversary Rotaract WA - Tomkins on Swan, Alfred Cove

16 - 18 March 2018 2017/2018 District Conference - Quality Inn, Margaret River

24-27 June 2018 Rotary International Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MEMBERS IN FOCUS BIRTHDAYS: Di Reed 14 January Brian Poole 16 January Gwen Evans 27 January ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES: Fred Rae 36 years 1 January 1982 Christine Goss 28 Years 1 January 1990

DISTRICT 9465 2018 CONFERENCE

Margaret River 16 - 18 March 2018

Bookings are available at:

http://e.mybookingmanager.com/E21321182362790

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January is VOCATIONAL SERVICE MONTH

Integrity and ethics

Promoting integrity through ethical behaviour is an essential part of what it means to be a Rotarian. Two standards developed by Rotarians — The Four-Way Test and the Rotary Code of Conduct — provide a road map for ethical behaviour in the workplace and other areas of life.

The Four-Way Test

The Four-Way Test was conceived in 1932 by businessman Herbert J. Taylor, a member of the Rotary Club of Chicago who served as Rotary International president in 1954-55. Having taken on the task of saving a company from bankruptcy, Taylor developed the test as an ethical guide to follow in all business matters. The company’s survival was credited to this simple philosophy. Adopted by Rotary International in 1934, The Four-Way Test remains an essential standard against which Rotarians measure ethical behaviour. It has been translated into dozens of languages and promoted by Rotarians worldwide.

The Four-Way Test Of the things we think, say or do:

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?

Wear your ROTARY SHIRT DAY Friday 23 February 2018

The inaugural Wear a Rotary Shirt Day will be

held on 23 February 2018. The purpose of the

day is a no cost marketing activity to create

more awareness of Rotary. Each Rotarian is

asked to wear a Rotary shirt all day to create

conversation and get people to ask

“What is Rotary?”

This is an initiative

from our District

that is now Australia

wide and possibly

world-wide in the future.