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21stFebruary-2018

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Rotary,UnitedNationsandAustralianThemes

Yearof2018 - InternationalYearoftheReef(IYOR)MonthofFeb Rotary PeaceandConflictPrevention/ResolutionMonth Australia OvarianCancerAwarenessMonth Australia Don'tWaitUntilIt'sTooLate-BowelCancerAustWeeksofFeb 4th–10thFeb Australia TubeFeedingAwarenessWeek25thFeb–3rdMar Australia HearingAwarenessWeekDaysofFeb

10thFeb Rotary PresidentialPeacebuildingConference(Vancouver)

11thFeb UnitedNations InternationalDayofWomen&GirlsinScience13thFeb Australia NationalApologyDay13thFeb UnitedNations WorldRadioDay16thFeb Australia NationalMulticulturalFestival-Canberra16thFeb International ChineseNewYear(YearoftheDog)17thFeb Rotary PresidentialPeacebuildingConference(Beirut)20thFeb UnitedNations WorldDayofSocialJustice21thFeb UnitedNations InternationalMotherLanguageDay24thFeb Rotary PresidentialPeacebuildingConference(Coventry)27thFeb International BusinessCleanUpDay

President’s ReportLastCoupleofWeeksWell… we’ve had a couple ofWednesday’s off recently, with thetransfer to the Indian Cultural Night(discussed below), and Valentine’sDay last week. I hope you took theopportunity to take your loved one

outforanicemealonthatevening!Imaybecheckinginwithsomeofyou;I hope you didn’t waste thisopportunity.IndianCulturalNightWhat a fabulous success this eventwas (finally, after our false start at

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this, last year; we have now madeamends). This evening was a truecelebration of Indian culture, food,colour, music, dance and song. Wehad a full house (over 200), withsome very special guests on theevening, including a ‘surprise’appearance from the Mayor ofHornsby Shire Council, the Hon.PhilipRuddock! Many thanks to theSinha family (Prabhat, Neena andPallavi) for making the night a hugesuccess. I know that Prabhat andNeena worked very hard on theoverall program, with Prabhatcoordinating thebroaderscheduleoftheevent,sponsorsandguests,whilstNeena focused specifically on theCultural Program. Pallavi, of coursedidawonderfuljobasourMConthenight,withmuch aplomb. There aremanyotherpeople to thank, and I’msure we’ll get a summary fromPrabhat tonight. Importantly, on thenightwewereabletodonate$10,000to Australian Rotary Health, and$2,000 to the Sri Om CareFoundation. So this was a verysuccessfulserviceeventtoo.FebruaryBoardMeetingIfyou’rereadingthistonight,wewillhave had our February BoardMeetingyesterday. I’ll reporton thehighlights from the meeting tonightduringthePresident’sReportsection.Reminder–DistrictConferenceTheDistrictConference isatMudgeeon 2-4March 2018. I hope a fewofyouareabletojoinChristineandIupthere; itwill be fun! So again, therewill be no Club Meeting on 28February2018,asweTransfertotheConferenceforthismeeting.

MakeupMeetinginAucklandI’vebeeninAuckland,NZforafamilyfriend’swedding.Asluckwouldhaveit, one of the wedding guests is acurrentmemberoftheRotaryClubofDowntownAuckland. AsIwritethis,I’ll be attending their meetingtomorrow morning (7:15am for7:30am!I’msupposedtobehereonafew days’ holiday. At least I’ll get afree breakfast). Anyway, oncemoreI’ll report briefly on my experiencetonight.Avoiding your Heart Attack – 7thMarch2018Heart attacks are one of the biggestkillers these days, and arguably themostavoidable.Iknowthatlifestyle,diet and stress factors significantlyaffect the likelihood of having anattack.Solet’savoidhavingoneifwecan. Come along and listen to thisimportant talk and strike one of thethingsthatmightgetusattheend,offourlist.ThisWeekThis week we refocus on our YouthProgram, with 2018 RYLA studentsjoiningusforourmeeting.Ioftensayand believe that Youth Service isarguablyourmost importantAreaofService,aswehelpprepareouryouthas future service leaders, withprogramssuchasRYLA,RYPEN,NYSFand recognition via the YouthAchievementAwards. Ilookforwardto hearing stories of our RYLAriansexperiencesattheYarramundicamp,backinJanuary.Rick



Last week’s meeting: John Treloar Our guest speaker at our first 2018meeting on 31st January was JohnTreloar, whose father, also JohnTreloar,wasa triplegoldmedalistatthe1950BritishEmpireGames.“Our” John Treloar is CWO at theRollingFix,amobilebicycleservicingcompany, a sort of NRMA for bikes.CWO apparently stands for “ChiefWisdom Officer” and John wasaccompaniedbyhissonThomaswhois themore active of the team. BotharrivedonE-Bikes.Apart from providing a mobilemaintenance & repair service forregular bicycles, The Rolling Fix arecertified to service E-Bikes, whichwas the main topic of John’senthusiasm.John stressed the importance ofpurchasing high quality E-Bikes,preferably European. The bikes,whichweigh about25kilos and cost$4k to $5k, were fitted with Bosch

powersteeringelectricmotorswhichproduce about 250 watts and aregovernedtonotexceed25kphunderpower.Thebattery takesabout2hrs to fullycharge which is sufficient to travelabout60km,dependingontheterrain(and whether the rider selects“turbo”)Electric bikes are not intended forvigorous exercise, rather for generalfitness and a means of personaltransport,idealtoimprovemobility&activity,easeofparkingandtoreducetrafficcongestion.Electricbikes, capableof carryingupto 60kg are being increasingly usedbyDHLExpressforparceldeliveryinthecity.A well attended, very enjoyableevening.SummarybyDavidCroft



This Week’s speaker: RYLAriansOnceofthemanyjewelsintheRotarycrown are our youth programs ingeneral, and our RYLA program inparticular.Tonightwewelcomethree

youngpeoplewe recently sponsoredto attend RYLA, Shival Salgaonkar,Sicong (Elain) Zheng and VincentChiem.

Next Week’s event: No meetingIn lieu of the District Conference inMudgee from Friday 2nd March toSunday 4th of March, there is nomeetingnextweek.Wenextmeeton

Wednesday 7th of March for theschool debate between Santa SabinaandMeriden.

Dates for the Calendar

Rotary Events

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

Wed21stFeb2018 RYLAattendees+Sharknightexplained AriePappas ChrisVirgona

Wed28thFeb2018 Nomeeting.TransfertoDistrictConference - -

2nd-4thMarch DistrictConferenceMudgee - -

Wed7thMar2018Howtoreduceyourchancesof

yourfirst,nextorfatalheartattackAlanHeighway

KeithByrn PrabhatSinha

Wed14thMar2018 Debate:SantaSabinavsMeriden - -

Wed21thMar2018SpeechPathologyand

rehabilitationElizabethKemp

CharlesPitt AnuKamkolkar

Sat24thMar2018 Rotary(WH)EmergencyServicesCommunityAwards - -

Wed28thMar2018EducationtoAlleviatePovertyin

UgandaBevYoung

RogerVince RichardHorwood



Birthdays

5thFebruary DanielleAravanis7thFebruary PrabhatSinha8thFebruary HelenHamilton-Kane15thFebruary DineshGarg22ndFebruary AnneManenti23rdFebruary Rotary(1905)23rdFebruary BradleyAyres24thFebruary NickHamilton-Kane25thFebruary RossBrown

Anniversaries 8thFebruary RayandAnnMcCluskie(wedding)17thFebruary EdwardandKimDunlop(wedding)18thFebruary GeorgeandAfafHelou(wedding)24thFebruary PrabhatSinha(Rotary)25thFebruary EdwardDunlop(Rotary)

Do You Know? MostRotarianshaveneverattendedaRotaryDistrictConference.Theyhavenot experienced one of the mostenjoyableandrewardingprivilegesofRotarymembership.A district conference is for all clubmembers and their spouses, not justfor club officers and committeemembers. The purpose of a districtconferenceisforfellowship,goodfun,inspirationalspeakersanddiscussionof matters whichmake one's Rotarymembershipmoremeaningful.Everyperson who attends a districtconference finds that being aRotarian becomes even morerewarding because of the newexperiences, insights andacquaintances developed at theconference. Those who attend aconference enjoy going back, yearafteryear.

EveryoneofRotary'smorethan500districts has a conference annually.These meetings are considered soimportant that the RotaryInternational president selects aknowledgeable Rotarian as hispersonalrepresentativetoattendandaddress each conference. Theprogram always includes severaloutstanding entertainment features,interesting discussions andinspirationalprograms.One of the unexpected benefits ofattending a district conference is theopportunity to become betteracquainted with members of one'sown club in an informal setting.Lasting friendships grow from thefellowship hours at the districtconference.David Croft



Fines Sessions Roster Continuingfromtheendoflastyear,AnuradhaKamkolkar,willcontinuewitharosterforthisimportantrole.Hereisthelistofnamesanddatesforyoutorecord.IfyouareunabletodeliverthefinesessiononyourdesignatednightcouldyoupleaseorganiseareplacementandinformAnuradha.

The Statistics

Attendancelastweek ? Leaveofabsence ? Apologies ? Noapology ? Clubmembership 40 Partners&Guests ? MembersRotaryactivities Weekending31-01-18:20[hours] Weekending07-02-18:?[hours] Weekending14-02-18:?[hours]

Funds raisedRaffle $notreportedSergeantssession $notreported

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Your Committee 2017-2018 President RickVosila Secretary RodMcDougall

PresidentElect CharlesPitt Sergeant AnuradhaKamkolkarImmediatePastPresident StephenTaylor Treasurer CharlesPitt

Youth AriePappas Community AndrewAravanisInternational PrabhatSinha Vocational PaoloGiammarco

ClubServices BradleyAyres

BulletinEditor BradleyAyres Webmaster&Facebook RaymondMcCluskieBulletinPrinter Selectprint Apologies GulianVaccari

Out and About: Rtn Peter Douglas Thursday15thFebruary2018 The 15th of February was a milestone for one of our ex-members, who is currently a member of the Rotary Club of Narellan, Peter Douglas. Fondly remembered by our longer-term members, Peter was inducted on the 15th of February 1978 at a meeting at the RYLA camp at Bluegum Lodge in Springwood. Ever-faithful Roger Vince was Club Secretary at the time. I peter’s words, “WhenDeeandImovedtoAustraliain1976IwasanactiveBridgeplayer.AswewerelivinginStrathfieldImadecontactwiththelocalBridgeClubwhereincidentallyEricandPaulineKhuwereprominentmembers.Inmid-1977EricspoketomeaboutGroupStudyExchangeinwhichtheRotaryClubofStrathfieldwasactive.HeaskedmewhetherIwasinterestedandIsaidyes.AfterfurtherinvestigationwefoundoutthatIwasjustoutsidethemaximumagegrouptoqualifysothematterunfortunatelydied.ThenEricfurtheraskedmeifIwasinterestedinbecomingaRotarian.IexpressedinterestasIhadbeenactiveinNewZealandintheJayceemovementsothiswasseenasastepforward.Iattendedmeetingsinthelatterhalfof1977andmynominationformembershipwasacceptedbytheclub.IwasinductedintomembershipatameetingheldataRYLAmeetingbeingconductedbyStrathfieldattheBlueGumLodgeintheBlueMountainsonthe15thofFebruary1978.ThePresidentwasBobTaylorandtheSecretarywasRogerVince.TheguestspeakerwasJudgeAdrianCurlewiswhospokeontheLifesavingmovement.TherestisHistory!SecretaryRodshouldhavedetailsofthevariousrolesIhavehadwithintheClubincluding3termsasSecretary,3termsasTreasurer,varioustermsasaBoardMember.Ialsoserved1termatDistrictontheGSECommittee.PaulHarrisFellowshipinJohnElvy’syear–andasubsequentSapphirepinfrommycurrentmembershipattheRotaryClubofNarellan“



Peter Douglas with Janelle Watson and Arthur Crossan (30th April 2006)

at the District Assembly held at Meriden

RaymondMcCluskie, Bert Houston, Roger Vince and Peter Douglas sharing a drink at

Rotary (23rd November 2005)

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