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30th-August-2017

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Rotary,UnitedNationsandAustralianThemes

MonthofAugust Rotary MembershipandNewClubDevelopmentMonthWeeksofAugust - -

DaysofAugust UnitedNations InternationalDayagainstNuclearTests(29thAugust)

UnitedNations InternationalDayoftheVictimsofEnforcedDisappearances(30thAugust)

President’s ReportLastWeek’sSpeakersWell… thenight finally arrived. Thelong awaited presentation by Paoloon the High Speed Rail concept,followed by a discussion by PP JohnElvy on the project itself, as well aspotentialpropertyimpactsofsuchanenterprise. It was tough workkeeping Paolo’s enthusiasm andobviouspassionfortheprojectatbay(read, within 20-minutes), but wemanaged to get both speakers in,answer a few questions and stillfinish the meeting not much past8:30pm! Andwhatagreat turnout–some 40members and guests in theroom, who all seemed to enjoy thediscussion – including one of Paolo’sassociates – Carlo Vimercati – whoflew up fromMelbourne just for themeeting. My thanks again to Paolofor promoting the night andencouraging past and presentmembers to the meeting. It looked

likeagoodreunionformanyofthem,particularlycatchingupwithPPJohnElvy. Welldone,andcongratulationsPaolo…youpulleditoff!Itwasalsoagreatopportunityonthenight to announce the successfulcompletion of the Global Grantproject that we participated in lastyear, supporting the Rotary Club ofMumbai North Island, as theyupgraded the facilities at theMotherTeresa English Medium High School.It was particularly special as RossBrownwasintheroom,andwewereabletopubliclythankhimonceagainforhisgenerouscontribution,makingthegrantpossible.RotatingSergeant’sSessionAs has been communicated already,we will be reverting to the popular‘Rotating Sergeant’s Session’ concept– starting on 13 September 2017.

StrathfieldRotaryBulletin–30thAugust2017


Tonight as there appears tobe somekind of special connection betweenour Sergeant and the guest speaker,Sergeant-at-arms, Anu will performher normal Sergeant dutiesthroughout the evening. Next weekwe have a TransferMeeting to RydeCollegeofTAFETrainingRestaurant,so I’m not sure if we’ll have theopportunity for a Sergeant’s sessionthere. The next ‘normal’ meetingback in the Club is therefore 13September 2017, when we have theMeridenInteractorsjoiningus.Rick’sRunForRotaryIt’s over. OK,OK,… I’ll let it go. Nomorementionofiffromnowon…StrathfieldSpringFairThisisonceagainfastapproaching–2September2017.AndrewAravanis,Community Service Director, iscirculating a Commitment Sheet toensurewe have the BBQ covered onthe day. Please help out if you can;should be a great day. This yearproceedsfromtheBBQwillgotoTheCatherine Sullivan Centre (CSC), one

of our named beneficiaries for thisyear.MembersoftheBoardandstafffromtheCSCwillbeinattendanceatthe BBQ, helping out and promotingthegoodworksoftheCentre.Tonight’sSpeakerOK, I was being a little facetiouswhenearlieroninthisreportwhenIreferred to the ‘special connection’between tonight’s speaker and ourSergeant. Milind Kamkolkar is ofcourse the son ofmembers Anu andUmesh, and will be delivering whatI’msurewillbeaninterestingspeechtonight. Milind is in demand as aspeakeraroundtheworld,andwithajobdescriptionthatincludes‘CDO,AIActivist, Digital Health Innovator,TedX speaker, and Health StartupAdvisor’, who knowswhatwemightheartonight!Whateveritis,I’msureitwillbespecialandnottobemissed.Rick

Last Week’s Guest Speakers:

John Elvy & Paolo Giammarco John Elvy has a very long associationwith Rotary and specifically the RotaryClubofStrathfield.HewaspartofaGSE(GroupStudyExchange)teamtoJapanin1978 and joinedR. C. of S. in 1979. Hewas President in 1994-94 and has beenMayorofStrathfieldCouncilaswellasaSydneyCityCouncilor. Hehasalsobeena CEO/director of Leighton’s and LJHookerCommercial.Paolo Giammarco needs nointroduction except to note that he hasbeeninvolvedwiththepromotionofHSR

since1990;whichcameasasurprise tomostmembers.PaolospokespecificallyabouttheFutoroHSR concept for a Sydney toMelbournepassengerandfreightservice.Freightisessentialtotheeconomicsofthestrategywith 40% of the revenue deriving fromfreight.In1984aproposalbyDr JohnNicolson,DrPaulWildeandothersproposedVFTfor Sydney toMelbourne via The Hume

TheSpoke–30thAugust2017


Corridor or Cooma/Bairnsdale Corridoratacostof$5B.Achronologyupto1998canbefoundathttp://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/Publications_Archive/Background_Papers/bp9798/98bp16More recently reviews of HSR werecommissioned by John Howard andAnthony Albanese. Both reports Paolodescribed as “rubbish” because thereviewers lacked the expertise andvisionneeded.In2013,agroupmakingcontactthroughLinkedInbroughttogetherkeypersonnelwith new expertise to promote theHSRconceptintoapracticalandeconomicallyviable way proposal and formed theFUTOROHSRgroup.Thisismadepossibleby:1. Debt financing that is “well spent”meaning it has a positive long-termreturn.2.Tobesuccessfulitmustincludefreight(Containerised) and well as passengertraffic.3. HSR provides unification of regionalareasthroughcloserintegration.HSRcanaddress:1.Unaffordablecityhousing2.Linkingairportstocities3. Linkingmarineportsand intermodalfacilities to both regional and majorcitiesThe Futoro HSR group has gainedInvolvement/supportfromAngusTaylor(MemberforHume)andJohnAlexander(Member for Bennelong). Howevergovernmenthasgivenpreferenceforthelowerstandardandlessviable,inPaolo’sopinion,“Inlandfreightrailline.”Hefeelsthat there has been ongoing frustration

with a lack of commitment/vision fromallgovernmentsinvolved.A number of options in corridors arepossible linking Sydney, Canberra,Albury,Melbourne,Brisbane,Newcastle,and Wollongong etc. Most importantlyPaolobelievesincateringforHighSpeedFreight for productivity reasons withhighspeedpassengeroccurringasaby-productof the concept. “Value capture”is the recovery of some of theHSR costthrough the return of some componentof the increase in land values along theHSR route to the consortium or thegovernment.John Elvy also has a very longinvolvement with HSR and is clearlypassionateabout theconcept. Henotedthe importance of China as the largestHSRbuilderintheworld.AproposalbyChina Rail allocating as much as $225BtotheHSRstage1routefromSydneytoMelbourne through Canberra. It wouldbe based on a viaduct system in ruralareasand tunneling fromCampbelltownto Circular Quay to obviate the need toresume land and instead purchase aneasement.Healsowould like to seeDarwinas theport of entry to Australia with railconnecting to the capital cities.Furthermore, water from the Ord couldbepiped along the rail route toprovideirrigationtoaridareas.Thisaddstotheviabilityoftheproject.Johnalsointroducedalanddevelopmentmodel based on local governmentborrowing more to facilitatedevelopment infrastructure of land thatit owns. Private developers can thenbuild and sell residences that include acaveat that provides repayment to thelocal councils when the property isultimatelysold.

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Carlo Vimercati’s view is that a“Country without rail is not a country”andAustraliais40yearsbehind.Whatisneededisforpeoplewithvisiontoforcethe government to act. A very viablemodel is Brisbane-Sydney-Melbournewith intermediate stops carryingpassengers and freight. Itwould create70,000 jobs and greatly encourage

development of inland hubs withagriculture production etc. ChinaConstruction Bank is willing to accept2% to 3% ROI with a 35 year paybackperiod.SummarybyPetervanderSleesen

JohnElvy&PaoloGiammarco

CarloVimercatiwithPaoloGiammarco



This Week’s Speaker: Milind KamkolkarInwhatshouldbe fascinatingtalkbythe well-travelled, and well-credentialsonoftwoofourmembers.Milind will tonight present a talkentitled “Hitting the snooze button -

is not an option”. But which snoozebutton?Andwhyisitnotanoption?Tonight,wewillfindout!

Next Week’s Speaker: Transfer meeting On Tuesday (not Wednesday)evening,wewilltransferourmeetingto Ryde Catering College. If pastexperiencesareanyguide,wewillbetreated to awonderfulmeal by keen

catering students from the RydeTAFE. And have a great night offellowship.

Dates for the Calendar

Rotary Events

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

Wed30thAug2017Hittingthesnoozebutton-is

notanoptionMilindKamkolkar

UmeshKamkolkar AndrewAravanis

Sat2ndSep2017 StrathfieldSpringFestival - -

Tues5thSep2017 RydeCollegeofTAFEtrainingRestaurant - -

Wed13thSep2017 InteractMeridenGillianLeggeand4students RogerVince AriePappas

Wed20thSep2017 HumanRightsDrJillMcRae PeterSmith RodMcDougall

Wed27thSep2017 PoliceOfficeroftheYear - -



Birthdays

4thSeptember MargaretCroft5thSeptember JanelleWatson

Anniversaries 1stSeptember ABala

Do You Know? Celebrities and Projects From the earliest days of Rotary,membershavereferredtoeachotheronafirst-namebasis.Since personal acquaintanceship andfriendship are cornerstones ofRotary,itwasnaturalthatmanyclubsadopted the practice of setting asideformal titles in conversations amongmembers.Individuals who normally would beaddressed as Doctor, Professor,Mister, the Honorable or Sir areregularly called Jane, Bill, Charley orJerry by other Rotarians. Thecharacteristic Rotary club namebadgefostersthefirst-namecustom.

In a few areas, such as Europe, clubmembers use amore formal style inaddressing fellowmembers. In otherparts of the world, mainly in Asiancountries, the practice is to assigneach new Rotarian a humorousnickname which relates to somepersonal characteristic or which isdescriptiveofthemember'sbusinessorprofession.Butwhether aRotarian is addressedbya given firstnameor anickname,thespiritofpersonalfriendshipistheinitial step that opens doors to allotheropportunitiesforservice.David Croft



The Statistics

Funds raisedRaffle $380.00Sergeantssession Notheld

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

Attendancelastweek 20Leaveofabsence ?Apologies ?Noapology ?Clubmembership 34Partners&Guests 21MembersRotaryactivities Weekending23-8-17:tba[hours]



Out and AboutTheStrathfieldRotary/Peter Smithnominee, SkyeKim,won thebigdailydouble attheAwardCeremonyheldlastWednesday.;the“YouthVolunteeroftheYear”(upto24years)andthe“VolunteeroftheYear-OverallWinner”.Unfortunately,Skyecouldn’tattendduetostudy/schoolexcursioncommitments.PeterSmithacceptedonherbehalf.

NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards1

Volunteers from the Sydney Inner West region were recognised for their outstanding contribution at the Annual Volunteer of the Year Awards held in Burwood today.

The top award went to Skye Kim of Strathfield who received both the overall 2017 Sydney Inner West region Volunteer of the Year Award and the Young Volunteer of the Year Award for her work with The Rotary Club of Strathfield. 1http://www.volunteering.com.au/2017-regional-winners/sydney-inner-west/



“Skye’s enthusiasm for worthy causes has seen her campaign for Indigenous rights with Amnesty, stand at train stations at 6 in the morning to raise money for diabetes research and selling badges for Legacy,” said Gemma Rygate, the CEO of The Centre for Volunteering.

“Skye has personally raised thousands of dollars for charities and she has inspired and cajoled her school mates to volunteer as well.

“The Volunteer of the Year Awards recognise the nation working hard at a grassroots level to deliver resilient and compassionate communities,” said Gemma Rygate, the CEO of The Centre for Volunteering. “This year there has been a record number of nominations for the Volunteer of the Year Awards, with almost 110,000 volunteers recognised across all categories,” Ms Rygate said.

“Volunteering is a mutual gift, delivering rewards to both the giver and the receiver. Volunteering contributes $290 billion to Australia’s economic and social good,” Ms Rygate said.

AwardCategory Winner

OverallWinnerVolunteeroftheYear SkyeKim

YouthVolunteeroftheYear(upto24years) SkyeKim

AdultVolunteeroftheYear(25–64years) IvanaMorris

SeniorVolunteeroftheYear(65+years) MingXu

VolunteerTeamoftheYear DressforSuccessSydneyJailOutreachTeam

The Minister responsible for volunteering, Ray Williams, said the awards are an important opportunity to celebrate the contribution of local volunteers.

“The efforts of volunteers here today have, no doubt, greatly improved the lives of Sydney Inner West region residents. The NSW Government acknowledges and thanks all volunteers for their valuable contributions and commitment to creating inclusive communities.”

“People who volunteer are often happier, healthier and more connected to their communities,” Mr Williams said.



ClubsNSW CEO Anthony Ball said the club industry was pleased to be Principal Corporate Partner of the 11th Annual Volunteer of the Year Awards. “On behalf of 1300 member clubs, ClubsNSW recognises and acknowledges the valuable efforts of the 2.4 million volunteers in NSW.

“Clubs across NSW generate over 40,000 volunteers in the club industry who dedicate more than a million hours of their time per year- we are incredibly grateful for their enormous contribution in building and strengthening our local communities”.

Twenty regional Volunteer of the Year Award ceremonies are held around NSW.

All regional winners are in the running for the overall NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards, which will be announced at a gala event in Sydney in December.

The Volunteer of the Year Awards are generously supported by principal partners, the NSW Department of Family and Community Services, and ClubsNSW. Other sponsors are Bupa Aged Care and Thrifty Car Rentals.

The NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards is an annual program run by The Centre for Volunteering to recognise the outstanding work of volunteers in every region across NSW. Twenty award ceremonies are held across NSW from August to September where nominees are recognised with certificates and winners announced. Regional winners are entered into the final of the Volunteer of the Year, 2017. For more information about the 2017 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards go to www.volunteering.com.au.

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