ROTARY DISTRICT Issue 3 - September 2010 NEW GENERATIONS MONTH DISTRICT HAPPENINGS. Governor David s letter to the District

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1 NEW GENERATIONS MONTH DISTRICT HAPPENINGS Governor David s letter to the District September is New Generations Month and I am astounded at the number and variety of Youth Projects undertaken by Clubs across our District. It is quite obvious that Rotarians place a very heavy emphasis on providing encouragement, assistance and leadership to younger members of our society and for good reason. We are dealing with the future leaders of DG David Piper and Aileen our society and it behoves us to pass on all the skills we have acquired in a lifetime in the school of Hard Knocks. There is no need for our youth to waste their energy making the same mistakes we made; let s make the effort so that they can leapfrog ahead on our accumulated knowledge. Please remember our duty to protect the young people in our care, ourselves, our Rotarian friends and the name of Rotary whilst we carry out the many Youth Service projects in our endeavours to encourage those youngsters to a brighter future Inside This Issue: DG David s News 1 Message Page 2 Humanitarian Grants Australian Rotary Health DG wanted 2013/14 District Training 3 4 GSE Applications D 1410 Finland 5 ROMAC fund raiser Nat Youth Science Disaster Aid 6 7 The people of Pakistan continue to suffer from the catastrophic flooding that devastated their country. I know that Rotarians and Rotary Clubs across D9820 have responded to the call to help by donations to Disaster Aid Australia and to Aquabox and to other agencies like Red Cross. Thank you my friends, for your efforts, from BBQs, to collection points in shopping centres, raffles and funds from your club and personal pockets. Thank you. For those of you who wish to be involved in the fight against Polio, in person, can I remind you that PDG Ray Martin is planning another visit to India to take part in a National Immunisation Day. You can contact Ray by at: rtmartin@dynacards.com.au During October, PP Chris Booth will be conducting Training Seminars at Monash University in Berwick and Churchill. Notices and registration forms are with clubs now and I strongly recommend your members attend the appropriate sessions to keep your club up to date. Yours in Rotary David Piper Interplast DG Visits 8 MAKE IT HAPPEN in District

2 Message Page District Website Update Thank you to everyone who is visiting our District Website regularly. More and more are doing so and requesting passwords so they can login. Please note your user name is case sensitive and don t forget the dots! Cutting and pasting is the sure way to save time. Once logged in members can go to the admin area and check their individual details, presidents and secretaries and club executives can do more. You have access to anything that is not greyed out. Find all District Governors Newsletters, Foundation Grants forms, GSE applications for Team Leaders and Member and all Youth Exchange Forms for starters! If you are a club executive member, you can update your club and membership information. Club Secretaries PLEASE up date you members details particularly their addresses. Special congratulations to the Rotary Clubs of Dandenong, Drouin, Endeavour Hills, Foster, Moe, Kooweerup-Lang Lang, Leongatha, Phillip Is San Remo, Rosebud and Trafalgar! Great effort on keeping there Club records up to date. Remember, this site can only work for communications if all the data is up to date. For help logging in and updating your own information, please see The Basics for All Members on the website. Please note the district calendar thanks to Don Cumming for keeping this up to date. We urge all Rotarians to login and investigate the website regularly it is your website and is changing rapidly. For example, under document download (under admin) there is the District Executive contact list for download and soon a PDF of our present District Directory. These are not available to the general public for obvious reasons. Enjoy. Tim Moore tim@cinet.com.au This is the time to renew your CENTURION CLUB Membership or join. Your membership enables you, your spouse, family, friends, employer or business to support the great humanitarian work of the Rotary Foundation, Our Foundation. Every dollar donated is used in projects; Donations of AUD$100 and over are Tax Deductible. Donations count toward the cost of naming the donor or another individual a Paul Harris fellow (but does not count toward the Club s Foundation contribution). Interest earned from investment is used for administrative costs. After 3 years, 50% of the funds return to our District as District Designated Funds (DDF). It is a 3 year investment cycle ROTARY CLUB OF WARRAGUL 2010 Annual Business Dinner Guest of Honour and Speaker Mary Barry, CEO, Victoria State Emergency Service Wed 20 Oct pm for 7.00pm Danny s the Venue, Logan Park, South Road, Warragul Cost: $50 per person Mary Barry is the inaugural CEO of Victoria State Emergency Service, a position she took up in January 2006 following the re-establishment of VICSES as a Statutory Authority. Reporting to the Board, Mary s role is to provide leadership to the organisation (including 132 staff and 5,500 volunteers) as it transitions from a business unit of the Department of Justice to a more independent Statutory Authority. VICSES day to day purpose is to partner with the community to provide timely and effective emergency services. Prior to VICSES Mary worked in senior management positions in the health and aged care sector and Local Government. Over the past 15 years or so Mary has held positions of leadership in a range of organisations and industries and has been responsible for implementing substantial change in both culture and operational matters within organisations. FOR ALL BOOKINGS & ENQUIRIES CONTACT: Russell Monson on or rmonson@dcsi.net.au 2

3 Humanitarian District Simplified Grants Applications for Humanitarian District Simplified Grants for the current year are now invited from Rotary Clubs of District Completed forms should be forwarded before 30 th September. Humanitarian Matching Grants Applications for Humanitarian Matching Grants to be commenced in the are now invited from Rotary Clubs of District 9820, Completed forms should be forwarded before 30 th January. These forms are now downloadable from the Foundation page of the District 9820 Webpage. Completed application forms should be forwarded to:- Rotary District 9820 Humanitarian Programs Convenor, Bob Johnson. Preferably by Alternatively by fax: Or post: 122 Torres Street, Newborough 3825 Workplace giving makes donating even easier Australian Rotary Health, Australia s largest non-government funding body for mental illness research, has recently launched a new workplace giving program. Workplace giving allows employees and employers to connect more easily with charities that have deductible gift recipient (DGR) status. Simple, cost effective and tax efficient, workplace giving runs through the payroll system and allows an employee to nominate the amount they would like to donate each pay. This amount is then deducted from the employee s wage and sent straight to the nominated charity. By participating in workplace giving, employees are able to donate through a transparent and trustworthy channel their employer. It s also easier come tax time; no more worrying about collecting receipts or waiting until the end of the financial year to claim a deduction. For employers, offering a workplace giving program helps foster employee morale and strengthen community ties. And don t forget that by supporting Australian Rotary Health you are helping to solve important issues that affect your community. From mental health to cancer research, Australian Rotary Health s broad vision helps improve the quality of life for people who are least able to assist themselves. If you would like to find out more about workplace giving or the research programs Australian Rotary Health currently funds, please contact Terry Davies, Corporate Manager, on or terrydavies@australianrotaryhealth.org.au. 3

4 Position Vacant DISTRICT GOVERNOR 2013/14 Clubs are invited to nominate suitably qualified Rotarians as District Governor 2013/14. The nomination needs to be supported by a resolution at a regular meeting of a club. The eligibility requirements for a District Governor are set out in the Rotary International By-Laws are as follows: Be a member in good standing of a functioning club in the district. Have full qualifications for such membership in the strict application of the provisions therefore, and the integrity of the Rotarian s classification must be without question. Have served as president of a club for a full term, or be a charter club president who has served a term from the date of the charter to 30 June, provided that this period is for at least six months. Demonstrate a willingness, commitment, and ability (physically and otherwise) to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the office of governor as provided in the RI Bylaws (Section ). Demonstrate knowledge of the qualifications, duties, and responsibilities of governor as prescribed in the RI Bylaws, and submit to RI, through its general secretary, a signed statement acknowledging a clear understanding of them; this statement shall also confirm that the Rotarian is qualified for the office of governor and is willing and able to assume the duties and responsibilities of the office and to perform them faithfully. Have, at the time of taking office, completed seven years of membership. Further information may be found in the Rotary Manual of Procedure pages Please submit nominations BY 15 JANUARY 2011 to: PDG Brian Norris, Chair, District Governor Nominating Committee, PO Box 1022, Sale, Vic 3850 Please note the following training events in your diary: District Training Programme 2010/11 Date Event Who Should Attend? Registrations Sought 10 October 2010 Service Avenues/Membership Service Avenues Chairs and interested 6/9/2010 & PR Forum, Berwick members 31 October 2010 Service Avenues/Membership Service Avenues Chairs and interested 6/9/2010 & PR Forum, Monash, Churchill members 29 January 2011 Pre-PETS No 1, Bairnsdale Presidents 2011/12 1/11/ January 2011 Pre-PETS No 1, Trafalgar Presidents 2011/12 1/11/ February 2011 Pre-PETS No 1, Frankston Presidents 2011/12 1/11/ April 2011 Presidents - Elect Training Presidents 2011/12 15/2/2011 Seminar, Traralgon 1 May 2011 District Assembly, Traralgon Club Board members, Chairs and interested members 15/2/2011 Note: Presidents attend one Pre-PETS only. Brian Norris District Trainer 4

5 GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE. DISTRICT 1410 FINLAND. Applications for the positions of GSE team leader and team members are now open. Below is some information regarding the necessary requirements of applicants. Team leader A team leader must: be an experienced Rotarian. have the backing of their club. must apply on the official form (RI website) before Friday September 24. have a good understanding of The Rotary Foundation. be available for interview on Sunday October 3. if successful, must be available for considerable preparation. must be available over the Sat and Sun October 30 and 31 to partake in the selection of the team members. must attend the District conference. must be available to go to Finland for almost the whole month of April must be available on return to speak to Rotary clubs and other groups about the experience. Team member A team member must: be between the ages of 25 and 40 years. be employed full time in a recognised job. apply on an official form (RI website) by October 15. be sponsored by a Rotary club. be available as for the team leader, except for the first interview session. A team member must NOT be: a Rotarian, Hon Rotarian or Rotary employee. the lineal descendant of a Rotarian, Hon Rotarian. a lineal descendant s spouse. the spouse of another team member. an ex-rotarian who resigned less than three years before the time of the application. the lineal descendant of an ex-rotarian who resigned less than three years prior to the time of application. Applications must be with the Chairman of GSE for District 9820, Graham Tudge 195 Split Rock Road, Beaconsfield Upper, GROUP STUDY EXCHANGE Finland - Whole of April, All clubs please note the following dates: Friday September 24. Team leader applications close. Sunday October 3. Team leader interviews at Pakenham. Friday October 15. Team member applications close. Sat / Sun October 30 / 31. Team member interviews at Pakenham. Would your club like to be involved with the hosting of the incoming GSE team from Finland? They will be in District 9820 for the whole of March November 30, Club applications to host the Finnish team close. GSE team leader and team member applications must be made on official forms, downloaded from the RI website. Club applications to host the Finns to be made on club letterhead. All applications to: District GSE chairman, Graham Tudge, 195, Split Rock Road, Beaconsfield Upper, 3808 by the due dates. Late applications may not be considered. 5

6 6 NYSF Report August 2010 I am pleased to be able to report that the District Interviews for students who applied for the NYSF January 2011 intake have been completed. There were 59 applicants from across the District of which Clubs agreed to sponsor 33 students. One student withdrew before the Interview process began. 14 Students were interviewed on Sunday 8 August at Balcombe College, Mt Martha and 18 at Centenary House, Traralgon, on Sunday 15 August. The were 18 places available to our District. The Interview panel selected 18 very passionate students and 2 emergencies all of whom presented well, to represent District Of the 20 students, 9 are boys and 11 girls, 9 are from the western (city) end of the District and 11 from rural areas, 10 attend Public and 10 attend Private schools. As a result the Interview panel is satisfied with the balance achieved. Sponsoring Clubs will have received an invoice from NYSF which is due for payment within 30 days of the invoice date. I suggest that Clubs pay the full cost and collect the students share from the family. The next NYSF commitment is the Orientation Day, at which attendance is obligatory for the selected students. I extend an invitation to any interested Rotarian to join us on that day at Monash Churchill but particularly ask that a representative from all sponsoring Clubs make the effort to attend. Please confirm your attendance with me so that you may be included in the numbers for the excellent BBQ that finalises the day which is provided by the Hazelwood club. Adrian Davis, District 9820 NYSF Chairman Phone awdavis@bigpond.com PAKISTAN Bigger than Haiti, the China earthquake and Burma cyclone combined! Just ten weeks after launching, Disaster Aid Australia together with international partners Canada and USA which form Disaster Aid International (DAI) has pledged Family Survival Packs to assist survivors in the devastating floods of Pakistan. 100 Family Survival Packs are being flown into Pakistan with another two containers leaving next week. Our international Disaster Aid Response Teams (DARTs) consisting of an Aussie, Canadian, American and Brit who are all highly experienced and have assisted in disasters, many times before, leave next week to deliver the aid. According to the United Nations, 6 million survivors urgently require aid in the form of shelter, food and clean water. This catastrophic flooding is bigger than Haiti, the China earthquake and the Burma cyclones. The death toll has risen to 1600 and reports reveal that up to 14 million or 8 percent of the population have been disrupted or affected. Disaster Aid Australia has another 1000 Family Survival Packs ready to deploy but we urgently need your assistance with donations to allow further assistance into Pakistan. Working with two of the largest international humanitarian charities, we are committed to ensuring that these survivors have our help in the form of our Family Survival Packs and clean water systems through our partner the SkyJuice Foundation. Patron: Max Walker

7 SHEPPARTON th - 27th March There are 188 days, 2 hours, 19 minutes and 52 seconds until Friday, 25 March 2011 at 12:00:00 Noon (Shepparton time) Conference Committee Rotary Club of Mt Martha District Governor, David Piper, Conference Chairman. Geoff Kaye, Conference Secretary, Peter Rawlings, Conference Treasurer, Roger Annear, Registrations, Merv Williams, Sergeant/Ushers, David Wheeler, Stage Manager & Entertainment, Rob Davies, Speaker Logistics, Wally Wedgwood, MC, Bernard Butler, Conference Adviser, PDG Rob Marks, Conference Chairman Geoff Kaye described the most recent Team Visit to Shepparton (one of many already) as productive and stimulating. Every club has by now received their registration forms and information brochure. And wouldn t you know it? First in line with his registration is 97 year old PDG Arthur Care. What s keeping you? Good news! Over 300 rooms have been booked at Shepparton already. Log on to the RC of Mt Martha Website Click on the SheppOneOne panel and MAKE IT HAPPEN Editor s bit We re going to publish earlier!!! - Shocking news! District Governor David Piper and I welcome your contributions. Notwithstanding the fact that this edition is late, we re going to try to publish by the 10th in order to make it more relevant to the month. That means your bits by the 1st please. My contact details are: Rob Davies Phone: Mobile: condor1@bigpond.net.au 7

8 Andrew Ling District 9820 Interplast Chair can arrange a Guest Speaker about the work of Interplast. Andrew s contact details are: cpmac@iprimus.com.au mobile: Passed to Higher Service Bruce Schwennesen Rotary Club of Phillip Island & San Remo Inc. Past President Paul Harris Fellow with Sapphire Joined Rotary 1964 Bruce Livingston Rotary Club of Lakes Entrance 8 DG Visits (amended) Bairnsdale Oct-12 Tues Bairnsdale Sunrise Oct-13 Weds Berwick Aug-12 Thurs Bunyip Garfield Aug-18 Weds Cranbourne Oct-26 Tues Dandenong Aug-09 Mon Dandenong East Oct-05 Tues Dromana Sep-23 Thurs Drouin Sep-28 Tues Endeavour Hills Oct-21 Thurs Foster Aug-16 Mon Frankston Jul-29 Thurs Frankston Sunrise Aug-25 Weds Frankston Long Island Aug-19 Thurs Frankston North Oct-27 Weds Hastings/Westernport Aug-02 Mon Hazelwood Aug-30 Mon Inverloch Sep-08 Weds Koo Wee Rup Lang Lang Oct-20 Weds Korumburra Sep-14 Tues Lakes Entrance Oct-13 Weds Langwarrin Oct-11 Mon Leongatha Oct-25 Mon Maffra Aug-05 Thurs Mirboo North Sep-30 Thurs Mitchell River Jul-19 Mon Moe Sep-27 Mon Mornington Sep-29 Weds Morwell Sep-02 Thurs Mount Martha Oct-18 Mon Mt Eliza Aug-17 Tues Narre Warren Aug-25 Weds Orbost Oct-14 Thurs Pakenham Aug-03 Tues Phillip Is. & San Remo Oct-04 Mon Rosebud Aug-31 Tues Sale Sep-20 Mon Sale Central Sep-21 Tues Seaford Carrum Downs Aug-24 Tues Somerville Tyabb Sep-22 Weds Sorrento Jul-14 Weds Trafalgar Aug-10 Tues Traralgon Sep-07 Tues Traralgon Central Aug-23 Mon Warragul Sep-09 Thurs Wonthaggi Oct-07 Thurs Yarram Aug-04 Weds