Rotary Club of Diamond Creek bulletin 25/09/2012

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ROTARY CLUB OF DIAMOND CREEK

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past presidents Brian Bowen 1978-1979 Heidelberg North

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Bob Eycken 1983-1984 Alperton UK

RI President Sakuji Tanaka Rotary Club of Yashio, Saitama, Japan

John McCrohan 1992-1993

Governor

Ron Gordon 1993-1994

John Gatt Rotary Club of Diamond Creek AG Pat Miller Rotary Club of Diamond Creek Club Officers President Vice President President Elect Secretary Treasurer & Public Officer

Steve Crosling Alan Jones Bev Baker Greg Paull Greg Adams

Directors and Standing Committees Club Administration PE Bev Baker Membership Phil Chambeyron Public Relations PP Alan Jones Service Projects PP Alan White Rotary Foundation PP Linda Gidlund

Chris Doupe 1994-1995

The new

Cliff Wearne 1995-1996 Ern Wardell 1996-1997 Rod Mackenzie 1997-1998 Steve Sampson 1998-1999

ALL WEATHER Town Fair layout

Robin Chapple 1999-2000 Peter Marriage 2000-2001 Rob Lloyd 2001-2002 Bev Baker 2002-2003

Who ya gunna call !

President Steve Crosling 0417 595 282 Secretary Greg Paull 0427 712 688 Treasurer Greg Adams 0419 355 842 Editor: Greg Adams Art Director: Greg Adams Advertising : Greg Adams Bottle washer : Greg as well Editorial: send to ferrarigreg@gmail.com

Caution: The Bulletin contains no calories, vitamins, minerals or proteins. In fact, it is devoid of nutritional value.

Nevertheless, it is a supplement much sought after and regularly devoured by the Rotarians of Diamond Creek.

Note: The views and opinions expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of the Club or its members

Joe Di Natale 2003-2004 Geoff Swan 2004-2005 John Gatt 2005-2006 John Arthur 2006-2007 Linda Gidlund 2007-2008 Alan White 2008-2009 Pat Millar 2009-2010 Clyde Hulme 2010-2011 Alan Jones 2011-2012

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WHAT’S ON, WHO’S ON AND WHEN’S IT ON 25th SEPTEMBER 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM CLUB ASS. Attend, Alan J, Chair, Steve C, Cash Greg A, Welcome Roger K, Regalia Rod M, Raffle Gift Pat M.

2nd OCTOBER 2012 TUESDAY 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM SQUIZ SQUIRRELL—Partners

Night - and bring that guest that you have been meaning to ask along. A Conference preview.

Attend, David P, Chair, Warwick L, Cash Greg A, Welcome Ern W, Regalia Alan W, Raffle Gift Geoff S.

LIFE’S EVENTS Oct 5

Roger Knight joined this Club

Oct 11

Jacqui and Peter’s anniversary

Oct 13

Alan White—birthday

TONIGHT:

WHERE WE MAKE IT HAPPEN ! .

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THE PRESIDENTIAL CROSS CHAT XRAY STEVE

I missed last Tuesday’s meeting but from what I have heard it was a great evening with an enthralling speaker and the whole night very capably led by PP PHF PE Bev Baker. Thankyou Bev. The only downside that I have heard is the usual problem with our mid-winter meetings and that is small attendance – not sure how we overcome the winter blues!!!!

This Monday evening is our regular Board meeting but we will be down on numbers here as well due to some Board members hosting our New Zealand visitors but we will do our best. That of course means that Tuesday evening is our monthly Club Assembly so if you have any “Rotary business” please bring it along to either the Board meeting or Club assembly. Remember – we are looking for new projects from local to international as well as new members.

Southern Region RAWCS Meeting, Yarrawonga 13-14 October 2012

RAWCS SOUTHERN REGION, DISTRICT 9790 INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ROTARY CLUB OF YARRAWONGA-MULWALA ROTARY AUSTRALIA WORLD COMMUNITY SERVICE Annual Meeting Weekend 13-14 October 2012 at Club Mulwala This is a unique opportunity for you to meet with Rotarians from across six Districts, with a passion for International Service, and to participate in workshops, presentations and displays to:

Share experiences ("the good, the bad and the ugly") of developing and implementing international projects and share solutions - Learn from the experience of others.

Learn of innovative approaches to project funding.

Get to understand the opportunities which will come with the rollout of the Rotary International Future Vision model to ALL clubs in 2013

Showcase exciting International Service projects from your District (and recruit project partners).

Be proud of the international service achievements in 2011-12 of the 333 clubs in Southern Region.

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WHAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK?

Abbreviated minutes of rotary club meeting – Ashton Manor – 18th September 2012 Meeting opened at 7:00 pm with President Elect Bev Baker as stand in President.

Present:- Geoff Swan, Roger Knight, Pat Miller, Bev Baker, Phil Chambeyron, Greg Adams, Arthur Lewin, Ern Wardell, John Egan, Jacqui Hodge, Rob Lloyd.

Guests:- Carol Lewin, President Vicky Abbey ( Rotary Club of Ivanhoe ), Kaye Evans ( guest speaker ) & Brian ( speaker's driver ) Apologies :- the rest Make Ups:- Town Fair meeting – 2.5 hours – Present:- Rod Mackenzie, Maureen Mackenzie, Greg Adams, Denis Kerr, Ern Wardell, Phil Chambeyron, John Egan, etc..

President Steve is in Queensland celebrating with his Brother and Family for his birthday, President Elect Bev Baker appointed as stand in President for this meeting.

Greg Paull not present – no correspondence available Probus:- Ern Wardell informed that the Mernda Probus will have its next meeting Monday 24th at the Mernda Community Centre ( near traffic lights ). Attendees Ern, Greg & Arthur - 1 more needed.

N.Z. Visitors:- Rob Lloyd informed that the group will be collected at Seymour next weekend 22nd, will be at the Lloyd's for BBQ, and leave the following Tuesday morning.

Conference:- Appreciate the offers of guest speakers. There have been some hiccups, but there are no serious problems so far.

Board Meeting:- next Monday at McDonalds.

Next Club meeting is Club Assembly.

Town Fair:- Greg Adams would like to contact some fairies for the kids Enchanted Forest area.

Our guest speaker revealed more about her journey through life.

The raffle raised $31, and was won by Rob Lloyd.

Fines raised $19.50

Next week:- Attendance:- Alan Jones, Welcome:- Bev Baker, President:- Steve, Chairman:- Rod, Cashier:- Greg & Raffle Gift:- Pat Miller.

Meeting closed 8:05 pm

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A warn welcome to our New Zealand visitors. Lunch at the cheese factory. rotary club of diamond creek inc RCDC

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Tasmanian agricultural scientist, Bruce French, has spent 30 years on a voluntary mission to document information on the food plants of the world.

This achievement is underpinned by Bruce¹s work in developing countries, including Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Bruce has established a plain English database of 24,000 edible plants. The database contains descriptions, countries and climatic zones of the plants¹ origins, photos and drawings of entire plants and edible parts, and cooking methods.

The database includes nutritional information on each plant. The information in the food plants database can be reproduced in a number of formats including CD, DVD, books and PowerPoint presentations.

Rotarian Buz Green, of the Rotary Club of Devonport North in Tasmania (D9830), recognised the potential of the food plants database in the war against malnutrition. He organised a relationship between the organisation behind the food plants database, Food Plants International, and Rotary to establish the LearnGrow project.

LearnGrow was formally established as the project vehicle in June 2007.

Since June 2007, Buz Green and Bruce French, with the support of the LearnGrow committee, Rotary and other volunteers, have transformed LearnGrow from a concept into a dynamic international project that has come to So this is Eileen’s the attention of Rotary and organisations tackling malnutrition around the world.

Project eh Mr President

UPCOMING EVENT NOT TO MISS Club Meeting 2nd October From car bombings to meeting Yasser Arafat and making it to the summit of Mount Everest, Mark ‘Squiz’ Squirrell has experienced more than many can dream about.

When he headed to the East Timor Crisis in 1999 he was setting out on the adventure of a lifetime. It was a journey that would see him navigate some of the globes most brutal war zones to deliver emergency aid and conquer the worlds tallest mountain.

Awarded the coveted “Green Beret” in his role as a commando with the Australian Special Forces, Squiz burned with a passion to put his skills to good use. His enthusiastic innocence was lost as the harsh reality of life in the emergency zone hit home. His aid work took him to countries such as Sudan, Palestine and Afghanistan where he met child soldiers, negotiated with rebels and narrowly es caped imprisonment.

To raise awareness he ran the Athens marathon dressed in an Afghan burkha and put together an adventure team, comprising an Israeli and Palestinian. To top it off, Squiz battled thin air, freezing temperatures and malfunctioning equipment to raise the United Nations World Food Programme flag on top of the world. Whether you enjoy vicariously riding the rapids of someone’s hazardous voyage through life, or whether you want to be inspired by the determination of a man who dared to dream,

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So we are on the HARD stuff Batman!

Advance Australia Fair Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free; We've golden soil and wealth for toil, Our home is girt by sea; Our land abounds in Nature's gifts Of beauty rich and rare; In history's page, let every stage Advance Australia fair!

In joyful strains then let us sing, "Advance Australia fair!"

How many Sleeps to go ?

Rotary Grace O Lord and giver of all good We thank you for our daily food May Rotary friends and Rotary ways, help us to serve you all our days.

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