March Theme: Water and Sanitation Month
Notice of Meeting for the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove,
18 The Terrace, Ocean Grove, on Tuesday, 22/3/2016, 6.30 for 7.15pm
A visit to the Boorai Centre is planned. Dinner at the "Mex" will follow.
There is a set menu. Cost will be $18, but members are free to choose
From the regular menu (Meet at the centre before 6.30pm)
Chairman: Martin Geerings
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: N/A
Assistant Cashier and Thanker: N/A
Birthdays and Anniversaries: Nil
Notice of the Meeting for the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove,
On Tuesday, 29/3/2016, 6.00 for 6.30pm
Guest Speaker: TBC
Chairman: TBN
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: Ann Hodgkinson
Assistant Cashier and Thanker: Wal Kelly
Weekly Raffle: Bob Osbourne
Birthdays and Anniversaries: 30/3 Coral Barker
Notice of Meeting for the Rotary Club of Ocean Grove,
On Tuesday, 5/4/2016, 6.00 for 6.30pm
Speaker: Coral Naylor. "Uniting Care."
Chairman: John Calnin
Greeter and Assistant Sergeant: Hans Franken
Assistant Cashier and Thanker: John Paton
Weekly Raffle: Jim Ricchini
Birthdays and Anniversaries: 8/4 Martin Geerings, 9/4 John Calnin, Gordon King, & Victor Harnath
Lookout Reserve Maintenance Roster:
28/2/16 – 12/3/16. Coral Barker, 13/3/2016 – 27/3/2016. John Paton, 28/3/2016 – 23/4/2016. Dick Clay.
Report of Meeting: 15/3/2016
Visitors: Pearl MacMillan from Dunbartonshire and Lynne Collinshaw from Wodonga, both are prospective members.
Lynne Carlson, Corporate Member from 'Hello World
Janos Tibour and Felicity Rousseaux.
Nikki Dunne and Brie Fankhauser. Neighborhood Center.
Amanda Hough. Guest Speaker.
President: Third Pride of Workmanship Award was presented to Brie Fankhauser who works at the Neighborhood Center with great enthusiasm and efficiency.
Emergency in Fiji – All districts have been asked to contribute to a RAWCs project being coordinated by a past DG in Tasmania. Individual donations are welcome.
Secretary Report:
Please see Tony if a new name badge is required.
Treasurer: Social membership of the Bowling Club is due. Please fill in the forms as requested. The Rotary Club will pay the fee.
Administration: A list for duties next Rotary year is being circulated by Judy Greer. Remember to register with Norm Elliott for makeups.
Community: Water feature position at the Uniting Church will be installed soon.
DIK Collection will be soon. Please let John Wynn know if you have goods for collection, which will be after Easter.
The walking track along Grubb Road may become viable again! COGG is to be consulted.
Footy Tipping: This very important competition is on again soon. See Alex if interested with your $50.
Foundation: There will be a Film Night for Polio Plus on 13/4/16. The Film is "Eddie the Eagle" and the cost is $20. 20th Century Fox has donated a door prize of a DVD.
Fundraising: Peter Hawthorne expressed his thanks for the support shown for Red Cross Calling. He has banked $2000 and believes there is another $2000 to come from the bike riders who assisted with the collection. He would like the remaining money from the collectors returned ASAP.
John Paton circulated the sponsorship list for the Polio Plus Bike Ride.
Youth: Two students for the RYPEN weekend have shown interest.
Information sessions have been held at the three Primary Schools re The Graham Barth Junior Community Awards. The response has been good with 30 students from Ocean Grove Primary School, 17 from Star of the Sea and 7 from Surfside Primary School.
The Club will continue to support an outgoing student for Youth Exchange, however it is unlikely that we can support an inbound student.
International: It was suggested that a recommendation would be made to the Board that $3000 be sent to the RAECS fund for the Fiji Relief Fund.
Market: The next market will be on Easter Monday 28/3/2016. This is always a big market so all hands on deck!
Coral Barker has volunteered to run the Winter Markets and will need help to set up/take down.
Raffle books for the BBQ are available from John Paton. They must be returned immediately after the Easter Monday Market.
Art Show Sub Committee: John Calnin presented a cheque for $250 to Nikki Dunne as a prize for the Neighborhood Center Art Show, which is being held on 1/4/2016.
Guest Speaker: Amanda Hough. "Interplast."
Amanda has been in Rotary since the year 2000 and in Interplast for five years. The aim of the organization is to repair bodies and rebuild lives. Interplast is a not for profit and not widely known although it operates all over the world. Australia's efforts are mainly concentrated in the Asia/Pacific region. Teams are invited into countries and provide health care and surgery for people as well as equipment and training for people where they are working. They have visited 25 countries, 600 tours of duty, 35,000 consults and performed 22,000 operations. Many of the conditions can be corrected by surgery with the intention that patients can return to work and are not a burden on their community.
People gather at clinic in there hundreds through communication by 'Bush Telegraph.' Only the most urgent are treated. Many are children and the most common problem is repair of hair lip and cleft palate. This condition needs to be corrected as care of the child takes workers away from the fields or other work. Any illness causes problems for the whole family that in some cases can be ostracized as deformity can be seen as evil.
Hand surgery is also common and reconstructive surgery can make an amazing difference. If a child is successfully treated and can return to the community they do not become gang members or lawless.
All equipment is which is mostly supplied by Rotary is taken into the area. Staff is mostly from the country where Interplast is working. Training of these personnel is very important and always needed.
Please note it is essential that apologies be recorded by 12noon on Mondays.
Also the Club has to pay for members who have not apologized and not turned up!
In future all members who have not apologized will be sent an invoice.
Phone number is 0457 315 900.
Thank You, AG
