Rotary Club of Roseville Chase District 9685 Australia The Rotary Club of Roseville Chase 2013-2014 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT Ron D. Burton

DISTRICT GOVERNOR Graeme Davies

President Sergeant-at-Arms Jade Catherall Duncan Campbell President-Elect Program Chairman Andrew Black PP Ross Symons Immediate Past President Fundraising Chairman PP Julian Gregory John Terry Social Chairman Secretary Ross McDonald Peter Lefmann Welfare Chairman Treasurer Diana Wilkinson PP Richard Wilmott Attendance Officer Club Administration Director Peter Lewis Andrew Black Bulletin Editor Membership Director John Mackintosh PDG Greg Muldoon Risk Management Officer Public Relations Director Allan Farrar PP Nick Brooke Club meets: Rotary Foundation Director Tuesdays at 6.00 for 6.30pm PP Neil Howie Roseville Golf Club Vocational Service Director 4 Links Avenue, David Brand Roseville NSW 2069 Community Service Director Tel: 02 8467 1800 Sue Ward PO Box 105 International Service Director Guy Arad Roseville NSW 2069 Youth Service Director www.rosevillechaserotary.org.au Robert Brell Club Chartered 24 April 1990

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Bulletin Vol: 24 No: 14 1st October 2013

About Tonight’s Meeting Tonight’s meeting is the 2013 Vocational Service Awards night. It is sure to be a very important and interesting night when Rotary is able to recognise and reward vocational excellence by employees at workplaces in our district. This year we have focused on the Aged Care and Local Government sectors to identify those employees who have exceeded the expectations of their roles by performing to a level of excellence as recognised by their employers. The recipients this year are Katherine Cargill from Elizabeth Lodge Aged Care Facility, Bing Zhang and Sayed Hussaini from KOPWA Aged & Community Care and Lynne Ruff and Adam Richardson from Ku-ring-gai Council. At tonight’s presentation representatives from each organisation will be in attendance to explain why the recipients were chosen and we will also have the opportunity to hear from the recipients. The aim of the vocational service awards is to encourage pride in personal performance in the workplace and to help create a national attitude for the benefit of our country. The vocational service awards are designed to acknowledge an employee, irrespective of age or vocation, who in the eyes of their employer displays outstanding qualities in terms of approach, attitude, dedication and commitment to his or her job. The award is intended cover all aspects of work performance and ethics, inclusive of quality and quantity of output, safety, initiative and sense of responsibility. Importantly the recipients of the awards should be seen by their peers and fellow workers in their organisation as worthy recipients of the award. The Awards Night is a partners night commencing at 7pm. In addition to the recipients being in attendance we will also have managers and fellow workers from each organisation, together with family members. A strong representation of Club members will help ensure a memorable night. David Brand - Vocational Service Director See pages 4 & 5 for the night’s program and some more information.

APOLOGIES & GUESTS - We’ll be sad if we don’t SEE YOU ON TUESDAY If you need to give an apology for non-attendance, or you are bringing a guest at any meeting please contact Peter Lewis, Attendance Officer on0407 200 731 or email [email protected] before 11.00 am Friday. Club policy is that you will be expected to pay for your meal if you are absent without apology by the deadline. Isn’t that fair to all concerned? If you or your guests have any special dietary requirements, please also advise Peter.

Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 1 Last Week’s Meeting - 24th September 2013 Philip Smith gave an insightful presentation into the work of ROMAC. ROMAC aims to change lives and is a multidistrict project across Australia and New Zealand. They aim to provide medical treatment for children from developing countries in the form of life saving and/or dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country. ROMAC needs around $900 00 per year, to be able to support approximately 30 children. In 25 years, ROMAC has supported nearly 350 children. Philip shared the journey of many children that have been involved in ROMAC and have come to Sydney for surgery. There are many volunteers including Rotarians involved in ROMAC. Some assist with driving, hosting a child and their parent for a day trip in Sydney, greeting at the airport, taking a child to a medical appointment, to being a second family and carer to the family in Australia. For more information about ROMAC go to www.romac.org.au President Jade Meeting Roster Date Meeting Program Intro & Vote of Thanks Welcomer Oct Vocational Services David Brand Ian Garrad 1 Awards Oct Nick Gleeson - Guy Arad Ted Anderson 8 Explore a world without sight Oct Michael Redfern Nick Brooke Arthur Marshall 15 - Physiologist & Personal Trainer Oct Karlie Brand – Chief Greg Bell Greg Bell 22 Operating Officer, SOLDIER ON

Birthdays October 1 Ian Robertson 2 Neil Howie 13 Sue Ward 20 Ted Anderson 23 Judi Leahy 25 Ian Garrard 31 Allan Farrar

2 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin President’s Report Welcome to this evening’s meeting and a special welcome to our Vocational Service Awardees, their families and colleagues from Ku- ring-gai Council, KOPWA Aged & Community Care and Elizabeth Lodge Aged Care Facility. Our Vocational Service Awards night is always a special night as we recognise the work of tireless individuals in their chosen field who’ve been acknowledged by their managers, as worthy recipients of a Roseville Chase Rotary Vocational Service Award. A number of members have been instrumental in organising tonight – the Vocational Service Committee and in particular David Brand, Tom Jambrich and Malcolm Pilcher; Greg Muldoon, John Mackintosh and Peter McKeown. Thank you to each of you for your contribution to the evening and congratulations to our 2013 Awardees! Peter Lewis, Guy Arad and Andrew Black will be participating in the Rotary Leadership Institute program for three Saturdays over the next couple of months. It is a very informative program about Rotary and is based on small group discussion and presentations about Rotary Programs and Leadership. I’m sure that it will be a worthwhile experience for each of them. Last week, we had a very informative presentation about ROMAC from Philip Smith. A number of members have approached me to suggests ways that we can make a contribution to ROMAC – such as one Bunnings BBQ donation to ROMAC, or a cheque at the end of the year. We’ll discuss it with the International Committee and at the Board Meeting, as to the best way to support them. Registrations are open for the first District 9685 Conference, to be held on Sunday 23 February (Rotary’s Birthday) at The Concourse in Chatswood. With the theme of ‘Come Alive in District 9685’, it will be a unique event and a great opportunity to meet Rotarians from across the District and celebrate achievements. The Early Bird Registration is $85 until 30 November and includes a Cocktail Party to finish the day. More information and registration at http://conference2014d9685.wordpress. com/. Thanks to Grant and Pam Campbell and John Terry for organising this Saturday’s Cruise for the Navy’s International Fleet Review. It looks to be a spectacular evening with fireworks bigger than New Year’s Eve and lots of warships on display. Rotary International President Ron Burton will be visiting Sydney for a week from this weekend to further inspect some of the venues for the 2014 International Convention, meet with the NSW Government and Host Organising Committee. Greg and I will be attending a Media Launch Cocktail Party for the Convention at Allphones Arena on Tuesday 8th October with other Presidents and District Teams from District 9685 and 9675. Andrew Black will be running next Tuesday’s meeting and I am thankful for his willingness to do so. President Jade Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 3 Vocational Service

The Objective of Vocational Service

The introductory statement and three of the four objectives of Rotary relate to Vocational Service, underlining its importance to the philosophy and culture of Rotary. Those objectives are: · To encourage and foster high ethical standards in business and professions, to recognise the worthiness of all useful occupations, to dignify the Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society. · To apply the ideal of service in personal, business and community life. · To advance international understanding and goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of businessmen and professional men and women united in the ideal of service.

Paul Harris wrote: “Each Rotarian is a connecting link between the idealism of Rotary and their trade or profession”.

The Definition of Vocational Service Vocational Service is the way Rotary fosters and supports the application of the Ideal of Service to the pursuit of all vocations.

4 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin VOCATIONAL SERVICE AWARDS NIGHT

1st OCTOBER 2013 PROGRAM

Welcome by President Jade Catherall

Introduction to the Vocational Awards night by David Brand, Director of the Vocational Service Committee

Dinner

Comments by the representative of each organisation about why their awardee/s has been chosen and presentation of the awards: (a) Elizabeth Lodge Aged Care Facility Awardee – Katherine Cargill- Customer Service Officer Representative – Mary-Lynne Mackertich (b) KOPWA Aged and Community Care Awardees – Bing Zhang – Cook and Kitchen hand – Sayed Hussaini – Patient Support Representative– Erin Sharp – Operations Manager (c) Ku-ring-gai Council Awardee – Lynne Ruff – Gordon Librarian Representative – Deborah Lisson – Manager Library and Cultural Services Awardee – Adam Richardson – Executive Assessment Officer Representative – Corrie Swanepoel – Development and Assessment Services Manager

Awards Wrap up – David Brand

Concluding Remarks – President Jade Catherall

Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 5 Graffiti Removal Day Graffiti vandalism is a problem across New South Wales and costs local communities millions of dollars each year. The New South Wales Government is committed to reducing this vandalism by encouraging local communities to get involved in the fight against graffiti. To support this goal, the Government has established a state-wide graffiti removal and prevention day known as “Graffiti Removal Day“. The aim of the Day isto encourage people to volunteer their time and get involved in the removal and prevention of graffiti. Graffiti Removal Day is a joint initiative between the New South Wales Government and Rotary Down Under. This year Graffiti Removal Day will take place on Sunday 20 October 2013. raffiti REMOVAL DAY

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6 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin Email received by Andrew Black Subject: Roseville Golf Hi Andrew I just wanted to email – I am not sure if you have heard about out 90th Birthday Celebrations As the RGC is turning 90 we are having a cocktail party on Friday 11th October and now I have confirmation that Geoffrey Chard will be helping us out with a performance on the night I was hoping as the rotary club of Roseville has been a part of the Club for many years now – that you could send out an email letting all of your members know. It will be a great night (advert attached) With music, Cocktail food and drink on arrival Lots of club memorabilia and a prize for the best dressed (in your favourite 20s outfit of course) Any way – if you could help out by forwarding this on – it will be a great night for sure Kind Regards Kaycee Tuckerman Events Manager

Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 7 The Back Page Footy smarts Who said Aussie Rules footballers aren’t smart? I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father.’ (Shane Wakelin). ‘I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes.’ (Peter Bell - Fremantle - on his University Law studies). ‘You guys line up alphabetically by height.’ and ‘You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.’ (Barry Hall Sydney captain at training). Brock Maclean (Melbourne ) on whether he had visited the Pyramids during his visit to Egypt: ‘I can’t really remember the names of the clubs we went to.’ ‘He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is.’ (Kevin Sheedy on James Hird). Jonathan Brown, on night Grand Finals v. Day Games: ‘It’s basically the same, just darker.’ Ron Barassi talking about Gary Cowton ‘I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you. Is it ignorance or apathy?’ He said, ‘Barass, I don’t know and I don’t care.’ Barry Hall ( Sydney ) when asked about the upcoming season: ‘I want to kick 70 or 80 goals this season, whichever comes first.’ ‘ Chad had done a bit of mental arithmetic with a calculator.’ (Mark Williams). [At least this one could have been ironic] ‘We actually got the winning goal three minutes from the end but then they scored.’ (Ben Cousins, West Coast Eagles). ‘I’ve never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body.’ (Luke Darcy). ‘That kick was absolutely unique, except for the one before it, which was identical.’ (Dermott Brereton). ‘If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again. (Andrew Demetriou). ‘I would not say he (Chris Judd) is the best centreman in the AFL but there are none better.’ (Dermott Brereton). ‘Strangely, in slow-motion replay, the ball seemed to hang in the air for even longer.’ (Dermott Brereton). And from the mouth of North Melbourne’s Wayne Carey: “Tell me, Wayne, did you get your nickname, The Duck, because of your gait?” “No, it’s because of the way I walk.” 8 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin Reminder to all members Just to remind all members that each week it is the responsibility of the member who gives the Vote of Thanks to write a brief report for the following week’s Bulletin. This report, which should be about 200 words (definitely no more), should be emailed to the Bulletin Editor by 5pm on the Friday following the meeting. Ideally, the report should give a brief summary of the highlights of the meeting and not just focus solely on the Guest Speaker.

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Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 9 Committees for 2013-14

New Generations: Director: Robert Brell, Ian Fraser, Greg Bell, Bob Warland, Geoff Young, Ian Robertson

Community Service: Director: Sue Ward, Peter Lefmann, Arthur Marshall, John Chinn, John Hartley, John Mackintosh, Allan Farrar

Public Relations: Director: Nick Brooke, Jill Lawson, Stephen Goldring, Stephen Simpson, Malcolm Shaw

Membership: Director: Greg Muldoon, Duncan Campbell, Stuart Frith, Rex Harris, Liam Edwards, Andrew Black, Jade Catherall

International Service: Director: Guy Arad, Liam Edwards, Richard Green, Will Rogers, Peter Bowden, Cliff Garrett

Vocational Service: Director: David Brand, Malcolm Pilcher, David Cavanagh, Ted Anderson, Tom Jambrich, Gerrit Duits

Rotary Foundation: Director: Neil Howie, Ian Garrard, Julian Gregory, Ross Symons

Fund Raising: Chair: JohnTerry, Peter Lewis, Judi Leahy, Grant Campbell, Graham Cook

Social: Chair: Ross McDonald, Peter McKeown, Norm Gibson, John Hammond, Diana Wilkinson, John Terry

Sergeant at Arms: Duncan Campbell Corporal: Geoff Young

Program: Chair: Ross Symons

Attendance Officer: Peter Lewis

Bulletin Editor: John Mackintosh

Risk Management: Allan Farrar

Welfare Officer: Diana Wilkinson

Meetings/Roseville GC:Andrew Black

District Conference: Malcolm Pilcher

10 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin Month Literacy March Meetings Committee Club Forum 11 18 25 4 Month February World Understanding World 11 18 25 4 Month January No Meeting Partners Night Rotary Awareness Lawn Bowls & BBQ 14 21 28 7 October 2013 to March 2014 AGM Month Family Student No Meeting No Meeting Peter Lewis December Members Talk Partners Night Matthew Wong Matthew Wong Christmas Party Outgoing Exchange 17 24 10 31 3 Night Club Program Month Kathy Pilcher November Partners Night Board Meeting Professor Mike CPR & First Aid CPR & First UNSW Emeritus Melbourn Cup Hat Club Forum with Pailthorpe, Textile Pailthorpe, Textile Rotary Foundation Forensic Sopecialist Committee Meetings 26 19 4 (Monday) 12 Night Month Sydney Soldier On October Karlie Brand without sight Nick Gleeson Chrissie Crust Partners Night Physiologist & Board Meeting Explore a world Personal Trainer Michael Redfern- Social Enterprises Vocational Awards Awards Vocational Vocational Service Vocational 1 15 22 29 8

Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin 11 12 Rotary Club of Roseville Chase Bulletin PAST PRESIDENTS ABOUT ROTARY 1990-91 Stuart Frith The world’s first 1991-92 Richard Wilmott service club, the 1992-93 Greg Muldoon Rotary Club of 1993-94 Norm Gibson 1994-95 Trevor Holman Chicago, Illinois, 1995-96 Ross Symons USA, was formed on 1996-97 John Hammond 23 February 1905 1997-98 Arthur Marshall Paul Harris by Paul Harris. 1998-99 Ian Robertson Rotary is a worldwide organisation 1999-00 Neil Howie of business and professional leaders 2000-01 Bob Fussell that provides humanitarian service, 2001-02 Duncan Whiley encourages high ethical standards 2002-03 Bob Warland in all vocations, and helps build 2003-04 Bob Clarke 2004-05 John Hartley goodwill and peace in the world. 2005-06 Ian Fraser More than 1.2 million Rotarians 2006-07 Cliff Garrett belong to over 34,100 Clubs in 210 2007-08 Geoff Young countries and geographical areas. 2008-09 Warren McGurgan Rotary Club membership represents 2009-10 Malcolm Pilcher a cross-section of the community’s 2010-11 Nick Brooke business and professional men and 2011-12 Will Rogers women. The world’s Rotary Clubs 2012-13 Julian Gregory meet weekly and are non-political, non-religious, and open to all PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS cultures, races, and creeds. Richard Wilmott John Hammond The main objective of Rotary is Greg Muldoon * Stephen Goldring service – in the community, in the Greg Denning Nick Brooke * workplace, and throughout the Ross Symons * Neil Howie world. Rotarians develop community Glynn Ianno John Chinn service projects that address many Ron Tacchi * Grant Campbell of today’s most critical issues, such Helmut Buss Cliff Garrett as children at risk, poverty and John Hartley * Peter Lefmann hunger, the environment, illiteracy, Bob Clarke Phillip Cavanagh and violence. They also support Ted Anderson Duncan Whiley programs for youth, educational Ian Fraser *Sapphire Pin Stuart Frith * opportunities and international Ann Muldoon exchanges for students, teachers, Jade Catherall * and other professionals, and Andrew Betty vocational and career development. Catherine Williams The Rotary motto is Richard Green John Mackintosh Service Above Self. OBJECT OF ROTARY 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; FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

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; ROTARY THANKS In hist’ry’s page, let every stage Advance Australia Fair. For the community, friendship In joyful strains then let us sing and the opportunity to serve Advance Australia Fair. through Rotary, we give thanks.

THE FOUR-WAY TEST 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?