Rotary Club of Somerton Park Inc. | Chartered 7 April 1988
Club Bulletin 4 August and 11 August 2015 Meeting Numbers 1381 and 1382
We have some members heading off on holidays over the next few weeks and we wish them a safe and enjoyable trip. It will be important for those It gave me great pleasure last who remain to please make an extra effort to get to meetings so that our guest speakers have an audiweek to induct our newest Rotarian, Lyn Banner, and to ence that justifies their efforts. welcome her back into our club. Membership is Rotary’s Please remember the fellowship function organized by Bronwyn for Friday 4 September. Bronwyn will greatest challenge and as a be away over the next couple of weeks so make a club it is imperative that we note of the date. make an effort to increase our numbers. In simple Mike terms, the more members we have, the easier it is to spread the load. The collapse of the RC of Brighton illustrates the likely outcome with too few members.
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Our Membership committee has indicated a need for our club to strive for a membership of 40 and we are keen to increase our membership by 5 this year. While it is a bold target, it can be achieved if we work together and identify people we think will meet the Rotary ethos. Then, the most difficult task is to ask those people to come to a meeting or function to have a look at what we do. We should be very proud of what we do and what our club has achieved and our contribution to the many Rotary projects. It should not be hard to tell people about Rotary’s contribution to ending Polio or our involvement with Minda over 20+ years. It is not hard to appreciate that people enjoy being associated with successful organizations and would feel flattered to be asked to consider joining a Rotary club. Unless we all take steps to ask someone then we will never know just how hard or easy it can be. At the same time, it is important for us to look after the members we have and Brenley has circulated a survey which gives us all an opportunity to express our thoughts and ides on what a Rotary Club needs to do to fulfil its members. If you have not completed the survey, it’s not too late and Brenley will coordinate all responses.
Coming Meetings 4 and 11 August
4 August At our meeting on 4 August, it is expected that some directors will outline their plans for the early part of this Rotary year following the first Board meeting held last Wednesday. In place of a Guest Speaker, we will see a “TED” video presentation which should be of interest to all members of the club.
11 August On 11 August, we will have as Guest Speaker, John Mitchell who for many years was responsible for building and maintaining highways and roads in rural South Australia Peter Thompson has managed to “snare” John and will be chairman for the morning.
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Rotary Club of Somerton Park Inc. | Chartered 7 April 1988
Club Bulletin 4 August and 11 August 2015
Previous Meetings Our meeting on 21 July saw Lyn Banner reinducted into our club and into the world of Rotary. Welcome again Lyn and we look forward to many years of fun and fellowship with you. That meeting also saw the first committee meetings of this Rotary year and all committees seemed to be busy planning their efforts for the coming year. Negotiations are progressing towards us taking over the lease of the storage shed previously held by the RC of Brighton. The shed is owned by the City of Holdfast Bay and is located within the grounds of the Brighton Oval. An inspection of the shed showed that it is very suitable for our needs. District 9520 will also store their equipment in the shed. Over $600 was cleared at the Bunnings BBQ held on 10 July. The next one is on Friday 14 August so please contact Jim Parkins if you can help. Tickets for our annual Christmas cruise raffle are being distributed. This is our major single fundraiser for the year so please help. Our new members, Rob and Marianne Harding are caravanning up north and sent a message from Broome WA. On 28 July, PDG Peter Ochota introduced our Guest Speaker, Peter Heysen. Peter was a GP in Glenelg for many years and is the grandson of the late Sir Hans Heysen who was a renowned Australian artist. Peter spoke of his family’s German background and of their Austra-
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August 2015 4 August
PDG Wendy Gaborit (RC Mobilong) and PP Chrs Hughes (RC Burnside) “Promoting Rotary to the Community”
11 August Rotarian Sally Charlton (RC Tailem Bend) “Helping Hands in Sri Lanka”
Club Diary Dates 2015 14 Aug.
Bunnings BBQ
25 Aug.
Committee meetings
2 Sept.
Board meeting
heritage. The family home of Sir Hans still exists on Heysen Road, Hahndorf and is known as “The Cedars”. It was established in 1912 on 60 hectares of land and is still principally owned by members of the Heysen family. The home is open to visitors on most days of the week and contains some art works of the late Sir Hans Heysen. Upkeep of the home and grounds is expensive and the family trust is exploring means of funding in order to keep this property going.
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Rotary Club of Somerton Park Inc. | Chartered 7 April 1988
Club Bulletin 4 August and 11 August 2015
Club News Annual Subscription Reminder Club Treasurer Brenton advises that club subscriptions for the year ending 30 June 2016 is $200 per member. This amount can be paid by chewue, cash or direct credit in total now, or $100 now and $100 in January 2016. Cheque and cash payments can be forwarded to Brenton, or, if paying directly into the club’s bank account, the following details will be required: Name of Account: Rotary Club of Somerton Park Service Account, BSB 085 333 Account Number: 205083444 Please use a notation of your name and that the payment is for your subs. It would be helpful if you could email Brenton at brenton.aird@gmail.com
Club Committees 2015-2016 Fundraising: Jim Parkins Bill Rawlins Linda Sweeney Bee Siemionow Bronwyn Lambert Rajni Lalsinghani Lyn Banner Pat Hautop International: Pam maxwell Rosalien van Loon Kevin Tumes Bob Ramsey Marianne Harding Don overall Carolyn Lelliott
Community Service: Malcolm Axford John Yard Trevor Andrew Peter Ochota Phil Gamble Michelle Yip Youth and Vocational: Brenley Milsom Mark Thomas Peter Hammond Rob Harding Membership: Jim Stevens Peter Thompson
Club Fellowship Fellowship and Social Director Bronwyn is organizing a fellowship/drinks happy hour or two for Friday 4 September at the Glenelg Football Club commencing at 6pm. Dinner afterwards is on the agenda so please think about that and please let Bronwyn know soon if you are interested. Bronwyn has booked a table for 10 but would be delighted to book for 20 or even 30!
Rotary Alumni The Family of Rotary Many Clubs have sponsored or hosted young people to some of Rotary’s excellent programs such as RYPEN, RYLA, Youth Exchange and Rotaract. These are usually very positive experiences and these young people are part of the family of Rotary—our alumni. Young people who have had a positive Rotary experience are more likely to contribute to Rotary in the future. They are already more familiar with Rotary than the average prospective Club member, and their participation in Rotary’s programs indicates that they are interested in our organization’s objectives. Although our alumni are obviously good candidates for future Rotary membership, they often are not interested in Rotary membership in the short term. Our alumni are a long term investment and need to be nurtured through an ongoing communication network which seeks to keep all our alumni connected to Rotary. Our District currently has no organized procedure to keep in touch with these people and the District Alumni Committee hopes to correct this situation. Club Youth Service Directors are asked to provide contact details of young people sponsored by clubs to Peter Hammond, District 9520 Alumni Chair at peter_h@bigpond.com 3
Rotary Club of Somerton Park Inc. | Chartered 7 April 1988
Club Bulletin 4 August and 11 August 2015
Club Meeting The Four Way Test Of The Things We Think, Say or Do: and Contact Details
Board of Directors President
Michael Garland
Secretary
Barb Humphries
Treasurer
Brenton Aird
President Elect
Mark Thomas
Past President
Brenley Milsom
Community Service
Malcolm Axford
International Service
Pam Maxwell
Membership
Jim Stevens
Fellowship
Bronwyn Lambert
Fundraising
Jim Parkins
Youth Programs Sergeants
Brenley Milsom Brenton Aird and Rosalien van Loon
Will it build GOODWILL and7.00am better FRIENDSHIPS? TUESDAY
Meeting Program
Date Speaker/ Activity
Meeting 1381
Meeting 1382
4 August
11 August
TED Video Presentation
John Mitchell “Country Highways”
Topic
Is it the TRUTH?
CLUBtoMEETINGS Is it FAIR all Concerned?
Peter Thompson
Chairman
Brenley
Door
Ladies
Ladies
Setup
Men
Men
Will itAdelaide be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? International Motel The Four Way Test 521 Anzac Highway Of The Things We Think, Say or Do: Glenelg North The Four Way Test Club Contact Details: Of The Things We Think, Say or Do:
PO Box 134 Is it the TRUTH? Glenelg 5045 Is it FAIR to allSA Concerned? Secretary Barb Will it build GOODWILL and Humphries better FRIENDSHIPS? WillEmail: it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? thehumpies@yahoo.com.au Club email: somertonpark@rotaryclub.org.au Is it the TRUTH? Website: http://www.rotarynews.info/Club3794/ Is it FAIR to all Concerned?
THE FOUR WAY TEST OF THE THINGS WE THINK, SAY OR DO Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and better FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? Speaker’s Coordinator: Peter Thompson 0438949544 Bulletin Editor: Don Overall 8295 4658 Website & Facebook Page Administrator: Brenley Milsom: brenleym@bigpond.net.au 4