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23rd-August-2017

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Rotary,UnitedNationsandAustralianThemes

MonthofAugust Rotary MembershipandNewClubDevelopmentMonthWeeksofAugust Australia BeMedicinewiseWeek

(21stAugust–27thAugust)

Australia NaturalFertilityAwarenessWeek-Nationwide(21stAugust–27thAugust)

Australia KeepAustraliaBeautifulWeek(21stAugust–27thAugust)

DaysofAugust UnitedNations InternationalDayfortheRemembranceoftheSlaveTradeandItsAbolition(23rdAugust)

InternationalDayoftheVictimsofEnforcedDisappearances(30thAugust)

President’s ReportLastWeek’sSpeakerWell, what an interesting andinspiring talk from Nora Duane,member of the Rotary Club ofDrummoyne, last week. She hasreally thrown herself into servinghumanitythroughRotary,afterbeinga member for less than 18-months.She spoke of her polio eradicationexpedition with a working party inIndia recently, and how that hasreally opened her eyes to theimportant work of Rotary in doinggoodintheworld,andtrulymakingadifference. The message is… youreally can change theworld throughRotary membership; all you have todoisgetinvolved.Agreatstoryandagreatmessageforusall.

WeeklyMeetingFormatLast Wednesday evening I verballyreported on some decisions theBoard had made regarding ourweekly meetings, as we reviewedformat and content, with a view tomodernise. In summary, we agreedthefollowing:• We will remain meeting onWednesdayevenings

• Wewill remain at Strathfield GolfClub

• Wewill retain theToast toRotaryatthebeginningofmeetings

• We will retain the NationalAnthemattheendofmeetings

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• We will retain the Fines Session,althoughrevertbacktotheRosterSystem, where everyone in theClubhasaturn(ortwo)duringtheyear

• WewillretaintheRaffleSo… not a lot of change really! Andthat’s fine; at least we had adiscussion about it and confirmedwhat we are currently doing, webelieve is good. The move to a7:00pmstart seems tohavereceiveduniversalsupport,whichisalsogreat.Theone thing thathas changed (andwillcontinue)isthatIwillcommencethe business of the meeting midwaythrough dinner, to buy back sometimeandhelp toensurewe finishontime.We also formally endorsed oursupport for the Catherine SullivanCentre’s (CSC) fundraising initiativefor their phonetic-based literacyprogram. This will be largelyachievedvia aGalaBall toheldon6April 2018 at Le Montage FunctionCentre,runbytheCSC.Wewillassistwith selling tickets (making uptables), providingprizes for auctionsand raffles, and other fundraisingeffortsonthenight.President’sMeetingYoualsoheardbothPaoloandmyselfmention that Paolo was headingdowntoFairyMeadow(justnorthofWollongong)lastFridayeveningforaDistrict 9675 President’s Meeting,representing me and our Club, as Iwasn’tabletoattend.Wewillhearabrief update from Paolo during hisDirector’sUpdatetonight.Rick’sRunforRotaryWell…it’sdone! HadatoughrunonSundaymorning.Thefirst30kmwas

fine, but the last 12km were a bithard,andIsloweddownconsiderablytowards the finish. Raymond haspublished a summary of myperformance on the Club website ifanyone is interested. Itwas actuallymy slowest run to-date. I guess it’sthe oldest I’ve ever been running amarathon too! Anyway, it was allabout supporting Australian RotaryHealth (ARH) and their funding ofYouth Mental Health Research. Wemanaged to raise $4,700.00 throughmy supporter page, which is a greateffort. I came in a clear third in theoverall fundraising leader board forthe event, and would like topersonally thank all those Rotariansand their families that supportedmeandARHthroughdonatingtoARHviamy supporter page. Thank you allverymuch!I’mthinkingthattowardsthe end of this Rotary year we maybring back to our Club,representatives from ARH for aspecial presentation of overall fundswewill have raised to support themthroughtheyear.Theremaybeothereventsweparticipateinthatwilladdtothistotal;we’llsee.Tonight’sSpeakersAnd so it’s finally here! The longawaited and highly anticipated HighSpeed Rail (HSR) presentation –RegionalConnections–fromourveryown Paolo Giammarco, who will beaccompanied by PP John Elvy,complementing Paolo’s dissertationon the HSR with a discussion aboutthe propertymarket impacts of suchan enterprise. Strap in; it’s going tobearollercoasterridetonight!Rick

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Last Week’s Guest Speaker: Nora Duane Nora has been a member of theRotary Club of Drummoyne sinceApril2016.Nora has spent a number of yearsworking in the Aged Care area, bothas a nurse and eventually co-proprietor of several homes inMelbourne.

WhilsthertimeinRotaryhasbeenshort,her involvement has been significant.Exemplified by the time she spent inIndia working with local and otherRotarians to immunise children throughtheRotaryPolioPlusprogram.Agreatstory!

This Week’s Speaker: John Elvy &

Paolo GiammarcoTwoforthepriceofone?John Elvy, a past president of theRotaryClubofStrathfield,hasbeeninthe real estate and developmentprofession for 44 years. During thattime, John’s focus has been inproperty investment strategies,project development, growing realestate businesses and building

international property networks.Tonight john will inform us on thestateofrealestate.PaoloGiammarco, a currentmemberof our Club, is Director andConsultant at Giammarco Civil &Structural Engineers Planners &Estimators.ApassionateadvocateforFast Trains, Paul will enlighten ustonightonthetopic.

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Next Week’s Speaker: Milind Kamkolkar Inwhatshouldbe fascinatingtalkbythe well-travelled, and well-credentialsonoftwoofourmembers.Milindwill present next week a talkentitled “Hitting the snooze button -

is not an option”. But which snoozebutton?Andwhyisitnotanoption?Comenextweektofindout!

Dates for the Calendar

Rotary Events

Day/Date Event/speaker Tointroduce Tothank+speakerwrite-up

Wed23rdAug2017HiSpeedRailJohnElvy&

PaoloGiammarcoDavidCroft GrahameTrue

Wed30thAug2017Hittingthesnoozebutton-is

notanoptionMilindKamkolkar

UmeshKamkolkar AndrewAravanis

Sat2ndSep2017 StrathfieldSpringFestival - -

Tues5thSep2017 RydeCollegeofTAFEtrainingRestaurant - -

Wed13thSep2017 InteractMeridenGillianLeggeand4students RogerVince AriePappas

Wed20thSep2017 HumanRightsDrJillMcRae PeterSmith RodMcDougall

Wed27thSep2017 PoliceOfficeroftheYear - -

Birthdays

- none

Anniversaries - none

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Do You Know? Celebrities and Projects THE4-WAYTESTOne of the most widely printed andquoted statementsof business ethicsin the world is the Rotary "4-WayTest." It was created by RotarianHerbert J. Taylor in 1932 when hewas asked to take charge of theChicago based Club AluminumCompany, which was facingbankruptcy.Taylor looked for a way to save thestruggling company mired indepression-caused financialdifficulties. He drew up a 24-wordcode of ethics for all employees tofollow in their business andprofessionallives.The4-WayTestbecametheguideforsales, production, advertising and allrelationswithdealersandcustomers,and thesurvivalof thecompanywascreditedtothissimplephilosophy.Herb Taylor became president ofRotary Internationalduring1954-55.The 4-Way Test was adopted byRotaryin1943andhasbeen

translated into more than 100languages and published inthousands of ways. The messageshouldbeknownandfollowedbyallRotarians.“Ofthethingswethink,sayordo:

1. IsittheTRUTH?

2. IsitFAIRtoallconcerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL andBETTERFRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to allconcerned?“

David CroftTheBulletineditorcommentedinthepreviousBulletinthatDavidwastakingabreakfromwritinghisweeklypiece.Infact,theeditormissedDavid’scontributionthatwassubmittedforinclusionlastweek.Apologies.

The Statistics

Attendancelastweek 21Leaveofabsence 2Apologies 4Noapology 7Clubmembership 34Partners 0Guests 4

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Funds raised at ChangeoverRaffle $185.00Sergeantssession $100.05

Your Committee 2017-2018 President RickVosila Secretary RodMcDougall

PresidentElect tba Sergeant AnuradhaKamkolkarImmediatePastPresident StephenTaylor Treasurer CharlesPitt

Youth AriePappas Community AndrewAravanisInternational PrabhatSinha Vocational PaoloGiammarco

ClubServices BradleyAyres

BulletinEditor BradleyAyres Webmaster&Facebook RaymondMcCluskieBulletinPrinter Selectprint Apologies GulianVaccari

Out and AboutWhoisthatcape-crusader?

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