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Nov 2015 Club Presidents District Website District Governor 2015-16 Club Board Members District Facebook Page Assistant Governors & Map All Members by Clubs Training Videos District Officers & Board All Members Alphabetical HELP SEARCH (Ctrl+F) Club Information/Details WELCOME NOTE: Underlined DARK RED links will access the Internet 4-way Test / Mission / Object THE ROTARY FOUNDATION Key Contacts Rotary's Wheel Emblem District and Global Grants Brief History Of Rotary Polio Plus RI President 2015 - 2016 Paul Harris Society RI Director Zone 8 Foundation Scholarships District Governor 2015-16 Rotary Peace Fellowships DG Elect (DG 2016-2017) Centurion Club DG Nominee (DG 2017-18) Peace Communities Program Rotary Down Under RDU Merchandise & Promotions SERVICE PROJECTS Rotary International website Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) South Pacific & Philippines Office Australian Rotary Health (ARH) Club & District Support Interplast Finance Rotary Foundation Contacts Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) Revised Rotary Months Bowelscan Major Dates 2015 - 2016 Food Plant Solutions District Governor’s Club Visits Vocational Service ShelterBox Australia What To Send To Whom & Where Rotarians For Fighting AIDS (RFFA) Organisation Chart Rotarian Action Group for Endangered Species (RAGES) How to login to the District website Natural Disaster Aid Strategic Plan (2015-2018) NSW Inspirational Womens Award D9700 Constitution Probus Liason Standing Resolutions Scripts for Inductions and PHF Awards Rotary Acronyms Past District Governors YOUTH SERVICE 2016 District Conference Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) 2016 RI Convention -Seoul Youth Exchange Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Rotary Youth Program for Enrichment (RYPEN) ADMINISTRATION Rotary Youth Driver Awareness (RYDA) Insurance National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Website and IT Dream Cricket Resolutions Interact Legal Rotaract Training Rotary Adventures in Citizenship (RAIC) Awards Archives & Property Science and Engineering Challenge/SE/RMDSFR Youth Protection MEMBERSHIP PUBLIC IMAGE Club Visioning Public Relations Friendship Exchange Fellowships NOTE: Underlined dark RED links access the Internet Page 1 of 202 Nov 2015 WELCOME TO ROTARY 2015‐16 Welcome to the new 2015-16 Electronic Directory. In this year I hope to lead and inspire my fellow Rotarians to “Be A Gift To The World”. I have put in place a training schedule to ensure we can all be prepared to be the very best Rotarians that we can become. I pledge to support you all in your endeavours “to do good in the world”. We can only achieve these goals if we work together and utilize the tools provided for this purpose. During this Rotary year I want to focus on three aspects of service, Peace, Youth Programs and Business Development. Peace is a much misunderstood Rotary program. It is an intangible concept, not just the absence of war but a status that makes our communities better places to live. District 9700 leads the world with the Peace Communities Program with Peace Communities now spread across the globe. I want to focus our work in each of our communities on projects that improve the safety and enjoyment of our towns and to increase the number of Peace Communities and ask each club to investigate having their town declared a Peace Community. Our Youth programs, Exchange, RYLA, MUNA, NYSF Rotaract, Interact and others are often held up as our flagship programs yet we in practice give little attention to them. I want all clubs to review their youth programs and rededicate themselves to our youth and their participation. Make it real and meaningful and you will be rewarded for your efforts. Rotary has its’ roots in business networking, Paul Harris met with his friends to develop friendship and a working relationship with other business men to improve their community. We should not be ashamed of these origins but should promote the advantages of being a Rotarian to our community. Rotary International President Ravi asks us to “Be a Gift to the World” by being better Rotarians and serving our communities and humanity in the way we know how by “doing good in the world”. Gary Roberts District Governor D9700 Page 2 of 202 Nov 2015 The Core Essence of Rotary is a worldwide network of inspired individuals who translate their passions into relevant social causes to change lives in communities. THE FOUR‐WAY TEST Of all things you think and 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? THE MISSION OF ROTARY is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. THE OBJECT OF ROTARY Is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: First - The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; Second - High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society; Third - The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life; and Fourth - The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service Page 3 of 202 Nov 2015 KEY CONTACTS District Governor (DG) Gary Roberts (Marilyn) [email protected] 0411 431 534 (mobile) 6921 3135 (home) PO Box 5752 WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650 District Secretary Marilyn Roberts (Gary) [email protected] 0412 739 909 (mobile) 6921 3135 (home) PO Box 5752 WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650 District Treasurer Doug Conkey (Wendy) [email protected] 69253039 (home) 0400 909 992 (mobile) PO Box 123 53 Collins Street WAGGA WAGGA NSW 2650 Director Administration Sue Gordon (Richard) [email protected] 6382 1113 (home) 0412 361 681 (mobile) Director Foundation PDG Ian Simpson [email protected] 0419 978 996 (mobile) 6361 4491 (home) Director District Membership Russ Martin (Lindy) [email protected] 0487 630 700 (mobile) Director Service Projects Peter Gissing (Judy) [email protected] 0419 358 063 (mobile) 6922 3213 (home) Director Youth Programs PDG Fred Loneragan (Rae) [email protected] 0413 277 609 (mobile) 6926 3755 (home) Director Public Image PDG John Egan (Maria) [email protected] 0402 488 349 (mobile) 6921 6270 (home) Immediate Past District Governor PDG David Kennedy [email protected] 0429 316 266 (mobile) 6368 2780 (home) District Executive Secretary & Webmaster Paul Murray (Carolyn) [email protected] 6928 5562 (home) 0408 285 562 (mobile) District Training Officer PDG John Egan (Maria) [email protected] 0402 488 349 (mobile) 6921 6270 (home) District Insurance Officer Sam Catanzariti (Lena) [email protected] 0412 691 717 (mobile) 6962 2725 (home) PO Box 1337, Griffith NSW 2680 Page 4 of 202 Nov 2015 ROTARY’S WHEEL EMBLEM A wheel has been the symbol of Rotary since the earliest days. All Rotary clubs have this design as the exclusive emblem of Rotarians. In 1923, the “Rotary International Association” adopted a mechanically correct gear wheel with 24 cogs and six spokes as the emblem. The keyway was added to symbolise a working cog. The Rotary wheel was approved as the official R I emblem in January 1924. In 2013 the official colours of royal blue and gold together with the logo design were altered to offer a modern image with emphasis on the word ‘Rotary’. To Rotarians past and present, the Rotary wheel emblem evokes the image of a well-oiled, efficient machine, working for the service of mankind. BRIEF HISTORY OF ROTARY The world's first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, was formed on 23 February 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wished to capture in a professional club the same friendly spirit he had felt in the small towns of his youth. The name Rotary came from the initial meetings being held in rotation at each member’s place of business. The first four Rotarians were: (from left) Gustavus Loehr a mining engineer; Silvester Schiele a coal merchant; Hiram Shorey a tailor; and attorney Paul Harris Rotary's popularity spread with clubs chartered from San Francisco to New York to Winnipeg, Canada within a decade. By 1921 Rotary clubs were established on six continents and the organisation adopted the Rotary International name a year later. As Rotary grew, its mission expanded beyond serving club members’ professional and social interests. Rotarians began pooling their resources and contributing their talents to serve communities in need. The organisation's dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its motto: Service Above Self. Rotarians in Australia continue to recognise this motto through the awarding of a Paul Harris Fellowship recognition. Today Rotary International is a worldwide organisation of service clubs with a membership of 1,229,480 Rotarians (as of April 11, 2015) in around 34,340 clubs in 215 countries. Rotary encourages diversity in membership that includes a mix of vocations, ethnic backgrounds, age and genders within Club members. Page 5 of 202 Nov 2015 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT 2015‐16 K.R. Ravindran Rotary Club of Colombo [email protected] 77 Nungamugoda Road, Kelaniya, Western Province, Sri Lanka Dear fellow Rotarians, All of us reach a point in our lives when we must decide what we want our legacy to be. Do we want to be remembered for the material things we pursued or the relationships we nurtured? Do we want others to recall only the cars we drove or the jobs we had when they think of us? Will this world be better off for our having been in it? In Rotary, we know what legacy we are leaving for the world. When Rotarians see a need, they meet it.