President: Trevor Donegan District 9810 DG Tony Monley

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1 President: Trevor Donegan District 9810 DG Tony Monley Vol 59 Issue Editor: PE Lyndon Smith Club No Hand Brake Turn - The last week saw our club host the Whitehorse Cluster dinner where the 6 clubs donated $5,400 to Hand Brake Turn. A thank you goes to all the clubs who sent representatives to the dinner and to District Assistant Governor Paul Mee for his attendance and support. Pooling smaller sums of money from each club has certainly meant that a project of a much larger scale can now be completed. District Grants Seminar - During the week, our Foundation Chair, Joe, President Elect Lyndon and myself attended the District s education seminar on Global and District Grants. The seminar canvassed all the possibilities a club can enter into to sponsor or even co-sponsor projects. District grants for projects in Australia which will attract grants upto $3,000 whilst International Project grants can attract grants up to $5,000. Both of these grants are given on a $1 for $1 basis, so that for instance our clubs $5,000 will become a $10,000 project. Global grants are also available. These projects are calculated in USD and have special rules regarding sustainability and must have a measurability criteria attached to them. The minimum amount necessary is $10,000 from the club or partnering clubs. The District will then contribute $10,000 and The Rotary Foundation will then top up these funds by another $15,000, making it a $35,000 project. A project of this size would be seen as a minimum. Our clubs challenge then is to think very carefully on how we can use the funds we raise and supplement them with funds from OUTSIDE the club to give the best possible outcome. What will that project be? Yours in Rotary, Trevor Donegan, President WHERE ARE WE? Rotary Club of Box Hill meets at 6.00pm for 6.30 pm every Tuesday at The Pavilion, 1153 Whitehorse Road, (off service Rd.), Box Hill, (Box Hill Oval). Meetings are held over a 2 course dinner for $33 including tea and coffee. Drinks at bar prices.. WHAT S ON? Tue 24 Mar pm Club Meeting at The Pavilion Speaker: Nicole Ryan Topic: Irabina Fun Run Tue 31 Mar pm Club Meeting at The Pavilion Speaker: Janice Lei Topic: Rotary NYSF Tue 7 Apr pm Club Meeting at The Pavilion Speaker: Slava Gorovoy Topic: Living a Joyful Life Sun 12 April am Farmers Market Whitehorse Centre Tue 14 April pm Visit another Club (The Pavilion not available) Sun 17 May 2015 District Training Assembly

2 Highlights of our Club Meeting, Tue 17th March 2015 Opening: The meeting was called to order by Sergeant Robert Leach followed by the Rotary Invocation and toasts to the Queen and Australia by Rob Fenton. Chairman for the evening was Trevor Donegan. President Trevor Donegan: 1. Trevor welcomed members and partners, (as listed below), ADG Paul Mee, Guest Speaker Phil Bloy, Cluster Rotary Club Members, (as listed below), and Charlie s guests Russell Dickson & Shane McSweeney. 2. Members were informed about Nunawading s 50th Anniversary luncheon at 12 noon on 12 April at Karralyka Centre Ringwood. Contact Russel Warmington by - russel@pentad.com.au 4. Trevor thanked Members for their participation in preparing Shepparton Conference Show Bags last meeting. Over 400 were distributed to delegates at the Ballarat Conference. Club Attendance: Tue 17th March 2015, at The Pavilion Members:- 20 Apologies/LOA: 17 Merv, Lloyd, Steve, David, Rae, Geoff, Ron, Mick, Patricia, Bruce, George, Ross, Clive, Geoffrey, Paul, John Zhi and John Xiao. Partners: 7 Margaret, Joan, Sue, Judy, Jenny, Nola and Alison. Visitors/Guests: 11 ADG Paul Mee, Guest Speaker Phil Bloy, BHC Pres Don Sweeney, Nunawading PE Bruce Simcox, Forest Hill Pres Bill Marsh, Nunawading PP Russell Warmington, Mitcham Pres Joeseph O Loughlin, PP Sharon Partridge, Charli s Guests Russell Dickson & Shane McSweeney, and District Youth Exchange Stuart McDonald. Total present 38 ATTENDANCE APOLOGIES Melissa Mardjetko is looking after attendance numbers for dinner at present. Please phone Melissa by 2.30pm on Friday before Tuesday Club meetings if you are unable to attend to avoid being invoiced for a meal. (Emergency changes by 9.30am Monday). Also please advise Melissa if you are bringing a friend or partner. Contact Melissa on or

3 Club Members Acknowledged for their assistance in promoting next years conference at Shepparton. PE Lyndon Smith thanked all Members for assembling Shepparton 2016 Conference Show Bags which were distributed to over 400 attendees at the recent Ballarat District Conference. In particular he thanked those who transported 5 cases of assembled show bags up to Ballarat and for manning the Expo stand to distribute the Shepparton material. Thanks also go to Ross McPhail for the excellent On To Conference preparation, accommodation and dinner arrangements. Successful District 9810 Conference at Ballarat The 9810 District Conference for 2015 was held over the weekend from Friday March 13 to Sunday March 15 at Ballarat University with over 500 attendees. The Conference Theme was based on Rotary International s Six Areas of Focus and the speakers showed Rotary does not work in a vacuum or on a different plane to the rest of the world. It concentrated on merging Rotary s activities and real world outcomes, both locally and globally. This was be achieved by using six external speakers who are experts in their field, speakers who are recipients of Rotary programs, and six experienced Rotary topic champions. RIPPR RI President s Personal Representative (RIPPR) at the Conference was Bill Boyd of the RC of Pakuranga, NZ. He was President of RI in 2006/07 and also Chair of the Rotary Foundation of RI 2011/12. See more at: conference DG Tony Monley Ken Lay APM DGE David Tolstrup 2016 Conference Chair Robert Leach 3

4 16 Members from RC Box Hill had a great time at the 2015 Ballarat 9810 District Conference enjoying the excellent conference speakers and fellowship during meal breaks. In addition to the more formal activities, members enjoyed the Club Dinner on Friday Night at Ballarat Lake Motel Hotel and the Convention Gala Dinner on Saturday night at Ballarat Lodge. A few photos tell the story:- 4

5 Guest Speaker: Phil Bloy Hand Brake Turn Giving Young People a HAND to BRAKE their predicament and TURN their lives around Established in 1995, Hand Brake Turn is an organisation providing hands on training in practical real world skills, together with social skills support, aiming to transform the lives of young people aged 15 to 19 who have had difficulty within the mainstream education system. Phil Bloy is one of the instructors at the Dandenong centre and he presented a description of the organisation, the type of work done and a profile of several trainees. The centre mainly provides automotive maintenance and repair work and incorporates an engineering section, body repair and spray painting departments. The course provides 2 months intensive training in automotive work and social skills development followed by up to 12 months of job search and personal support. The course costs $5,400 for each trainee and the centre in funded partially by State and Federal funding, partially by some servicing and repair work done but mainly through donations. Whitehorse Cluster Rotary Clubs combined and presented HBT with $5,400. Service Section Engineering Dept. Panel Beating Spray Painting Bill Marsh (Forest Hill), presents Phil Bloy with $5,400 from W/Horse Cluster Clubs with Sharon Partridge (Mitcham), Bruce Simcox (Nunawading), Don Sweeney (Box Hill Central) & Trevor Donegan (Box Hill). 5

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7 Rotary Club of Box Hill Rotary Invoca on: For good food, good fellowship and the opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks. CLUB PROGRAM Date Topic Tue 24th Mar Irabina Autism Support Fun Run Speaker Chair Nicole Ryan Simon Wheelton 31st Mar Rotary NYSF Janice Lei Rae Harding 7th April Living a Joyful Life Slava Gorovoy Lyndon Smith CLUB DUTY ROSTER Date Grace/Toast Greeter Cash Desk (1) Cash Desk (2) Tue 24th Mar Madeleine Smith Kath Bins Rae Harding Peter Cummins Tue 31st Mar Tom Thorpe John Xiao 7th April Charlie Xu Simon Wheelton George McLean Geoffrey Weeks BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES Melissa Mardjetko Rae Harding (23rd to 29th March 2015) Date Member / Partner Event 24th March Hui Chen (Xu) Birthday Ed s Corner Please submit ar cles to the Editor, PE Lyndon Smith, by Friday each week to Lyndonmady@optusnet.com.au 7