ROTARY CLUB OF CLAYTON Weekly Bulletin

10th July 2006 Vol 41No 02

Tonight: Clayton RSL Club 6.15pm for 6.30pm Literacy Month Upcoming Meetings Date Speaker Chairperson Desk Visitors 10th July Jim Cochrane speaking on Ed Allchin John Barnes Warren Fricke Friendship exchange

17July TBA Tony Hilliard Bob Minter Bill Sides

24th July .Stay tuned Tom Portelli Lesley Zuccaro Ralf Zuccaro

Please organise a replacement if you are unable to attend on rostered days above. APOLOGIES: Please phone apologies to John Barnes – 9544 2866 by Monday 4pm.

Coming Events Date Event Details T.B.A

Rotaract Roster Date Rotarian to Visit 17th July Warren Fricke 7th August Michael Ellinger

Previous meeting The Rotary Club of Clayton – Over 40 years of service in the community Website - http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/98110/index.htm Page 1 of 6 Last Meeting: Clayton RSL Club.

Apologies :Tom Portelli, John Goldspink, Kelly Allen,Lesley Zuccaro

Make Ups:

Guests: Bob Mc Pherson (AG)

Birthdays: Richard Simmons 25 July, Dianne Sides 27 July

Wedding Anniversaries Ralf & Lesley Zuccaro 10 July

General Business

Rotaract club of Clayton Needs help with numbers of people aged 18 to 30 years.

Team Leader needed for a GSE team that is going to Latvia (See District)

C.S.I.R.O is having an open day on the 20th of August and asked the club whether they would like to cook snags for about 4000 people.(Confirm Function)

Tony Hilliard Started a new program as his duty’s as incoming Sergeant, this program is ROAR (Rat on a Rotarian) see Tony for some sheets if required.

District Change Over was well attended by the Rotary Club of Clayton with 11 people attending.

Talk on Membership drive, (Review last years names and look at the CSIRO also provide a feedback form for all invited prospective members.

23/7/2006 (Sun) Charity Golf Day(Huntingdale Golf Club) 12:30 pm Shotgun start, $90 per player. Further details [email protected].

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The Rotary Club of Clayton – Over 40 years of service in the community Website - http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/98110/index.htm Page 2 of 6 Malmö, Sweden — Up until five years ago, U.S. Rotarian Lizette Odfalk lived in Sweden, so on 13 June she was especially enjoying the Swedish Night social outing at the Rotary International Convention.

In a Malmö stadium, Odfalk watched a performance of traditional Swedish songs and dances while eating pickled herring and drinking schnapps. "To be able to be here is so special," said the member of the Rotary Club of Ithaca, New York, USA.

Odfalk, who lived in Sweden for 12 years, was one of many Rotarians who bought tickets to Swedish Night, which gave an entertaining lesson on Swedish customs, foods, festivals, songs, and dances. The event took place in two adjacent stadiums, and different performances took place in each stadium. Rotarians were split into two groups, and then switched stadiums when their shows ended.

In one venue, Rotarians learned about Swedish holidays while eating food that Swedes typically consume during those celebrations. On their seats were boxed dinners containing schnapps, beer, pickled herring, new potatoes, goose, crayfish, red cabbage, brussels sprouts, and saffron buns. It quickly became apparent that the herring, potatoes, and schnapps were consumed at just about every festivity. And it also became apparent that schnapps and singing went hand-in-hand.

To recreate the country's Midsummer celebration, people in traditional dress danced around a maypole. To represent the festival of Santa Lucia, which takes place on 13 December, girls in white gowns held candles as Rotarians ate the saffron buns while listening to Sweden's Sanna Nielsen sing "O Holy Night" in Swedish.

Rodney Wong, of the Rotary Club of Awapuni, New Zealand, was impressed with Nielsen's powerful voice, but he didn't feel that way about the schnapps. "It tasted like drain cleaner," he said. "You'd have to have some long, cold, dark winters to really enjoy that."

In the other venue, a comical gnome acting as a master of ceremonies led Rotarians on a nostalgic trip through Sweden's extensive musical past, which includes soprano Birgit Nilsson, as well as pop bands Abba, Roxette, and Ace of Base. For the final number, dancers and singers in white dresses and bell bottoms took to the stage and performed an Abba medley that included "Super Trouper," "Mamma Mia," "Take a Chance on Me," and "Waterloo."

Brad Simington, of the Rotary Club of Iowa Great Lakes ( Spirit Lake), Iowa, USA, was pleased at the end of the show. "I'd forgotten how many Abba songs I knew," he said.

History on the 4 Way test. The Rotary Club of Clayton – Over 40 years of service in the community Website - http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/98110/index.htm Page 3 of 6 Today, THE 4 WAY TEST is used by more than one million people worldwide. This international chain reaction began in 1932. Herbert J. Taylor had just become president of Club Aluminum Products Company in Chicago, Illinois. The company employed 250 people, was bankrupt -- over $400,000 in debt (equal to about $4.3 million today), and the country was in the midst of what is now known as The Great Depression. Mr. Taylor was a Christian who believed that in right there is might. He believed that ethical conduct played an important role in relationships and felt that if the company's leadership and its employees were encouraged to think right, they would act right. What was needed was some sort of ethical code or yardstick which they could easily memorize and apply to what they thought, said or did in relationships with -- co-workers, vendors, and especially clients and customers. In answer to prayer one evening, came The 4-Way Test. He tried it out himself for sixty days and found it very enlightening. Quite a few of the company's current business practices did not seem to standup under the Test's scrutiny. After 60 days, Mr. Taylor, himself a Methodist, discussed it with four of his department heads, by faith, a Christian Scientist, a Roman Catholic, an Orthodox Jew and a Presbyterian. He asked if the Test was contrary to anything in their faith. The answer from each was "no." They agreed to memorize and use the test in their business decisions. Soon the company adopted it as its official policy for business conduct. He had the Test copyrighted. Five years later the company paid off the last of the $400,000 debt with interest and distributed over a million dollars in dividends to stockholders, in spite of the continuing Great Depression. In the early 1940's, The 4-Way Test was adopted by Rotary International and became a vital part of their Vocational Service Programs. In 1954-1955 Mr. Taylor served as President of Rotary International. This was Rotary's 50th Anniversary year and Mr. Taylor made the cover of Newsweek's February 28th issue, 1955. He and his wife Gloria traveled all around the world that year -- one trip involved over 25,000 miles of airplane travel. They visited 38 countries. Early in the 1950's community and citywide 4-Way Test campaigns began to be held. These campaigns involved the active participation of many organizations within a metropolitan area. Often the impetus for these campaigns came f rom local Rotarians. Since then the Test has been introduced into schools, governments, businesses and homes as a stimulus to open communication channels -- to build stronger, more effective relationships between people. In 1959 Mr. Taylor founded a non-profit organization The 4-Way Test Association, Inc. to promote and assist spreading The 4-Way Test's influence within the larger business community. In line with this purpose, few of The 4- Way Test Association's materials carry any logo except that of The 4-Way Test. The Association's first offices were at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The Rotary Club of Clayton – Over 40 years of service in the community Website - http://rotarnet.com.au/users/9/98110/index.htm Page 4 of 6 Robert Walker with the assistance of Mr. Taylor's executive secretary Betty Wells handled its administration. For 6 years 1972-1978 Larry Kendrick served as General Secretary. In 1978 the Association moved to Montgomery, Alabama. For several years its main office was located at 1233 East South Blvd. In 1986 it moved to 4211 Carmichael Drive. Throughout most of the years in Montgomery, Rudy Wendeling carried on the Association's business as Office Manager with Caryl Cusick serving as Promotions Director. In 1999 the main office was merged with the promotions office in Atlanta, GA. In June of 2003, The 4-Way Test Association moved to Childersburg, AL. Mr. Taylor died in 1978, but his legacy of The 4-Way Test continues to spread its influence -- to facilitate people building effective channels of communication with each other. For up-to-date information on ongoing projects click on 4-WAY TEST change the world, one positive act

A message from the Incoming RI President William B .Boyd

He's calling his choice for the RI theme "an affirmation of my belief in the power of Rotarians to change the world, one positive act at a time."

Jokes for the week

Real advertisements

Supposedly, these are actual advertisements that have appeared in papers across the country.

Illiterate? Write today for free help.

Wanted. Widower with school-age children requires person to assume general housekeeping duties. Must be capable of contributing to growth of family.

Mixing bowl set designed to please a cook with round bottom for efficient beating.

Semi-Annual after-Christmas Sale.

And now, the Superstore--unequaled in size, unmatched in variety, unrivaled inconvenience.

Meeting Closed 7:30pm

Relevant Rotary Web sites. http://www.rotary.org/ http://www.9810.rotary.org.au/ www.rotarnet.com.au

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