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Hello Rotarians February is World Understanding Month Last week we heard about a very worthwhile Rotary Project Donations in kind and heard what a extensive project it is . Over the years I have donated a quite a few items to them including last month some used monitors and a couple of wheelchairs which found new homes in Timor . A very worthwhile international project

As February is world understanding month here is some information on some International Rotary projects this weeks subject RAWCS Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) assists Rotary Clubs in Australia with the development and management of international community service projects. RAWCS is an Australian based program, Everyday people volunteer their time as Rotarians and Friends of Rotary to make each RAWCS project happen.

The contributions, along with fundraising and donations from Rotarians corporate partners and other members of the public, enable these projects to go ahead.

Of course with Rotarians being community-service minded individuals who vol-unteer their time, donors can be assured that contributions made to RAWCS go directly to helping communities around the world. > What Has RAWCS Achieved?

Just some of the programs and projects RAWCS has run can be found here.

They include programs and projects that have:

* established medical, dental and general health facilities across second and third world countries * brought clean water to villages * helped street children into homes and education * protected thousands against malaria * provided shelter for those left homeless after tragedies * transported medical equipment to remote regions * provided microfinance to poverty-struck communities * established care homes for the elderly * brought literacy programs to villages * provided AIDS education programs Continued Over

ISSUE NO 28 - 2014/15 Monday 9th February 2015

Meets weekly at Benito’s Restaurant

1196 Nepean Highway, Mount Eliza 5975 8060 6.00pm for 6.30pm start

www.mountmartharotary.org.au

TOM’S TALESTOM’S TALES

ROTARY CLUB OF MOUNT MARTHA

Rotary Club of Mount Martha PO Box 342, Mornington 3931

District Governor 9820: Charlie Spiers

Assistant Governor 9820: Tyrrell McGeever

President: Tom Barrett 59743143 trbarr@bigpond.net.au

Secretary: Bernard Butler 03 59762227 bernard@datalinktech.com.au

Apologies and Guests: Barrie Sweeney by Monday 12.00 midday at the latest 59751200 0418 324 639 lorbar@internode.on.net

Bulletin Editor: Colin Stokes Contributions by midday Thursday please chstokes@optusnet.com.au

Website Editor: Colin Stokes chstokes@optusnet.com.au

* Constructed staff accommodation to bring volunteers and professionals into remote regions need-ing assistance * helped provide critical post-natal care for mothers and babies

For more information look up the RAWACS website www. rawacs.com

See You All Monday Night Tom

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`Details Of Meeting 2/02/2015 Members present 32 Hon Members present Stephen Daly Apologies David Crane, Bill Mackenzie, PDG Rob Marks, Dee Tozer Guest of Club Laurie Fisher speaker Visitors Tim Jolly Guest of Member Sam Howe, Peter Rawlings L O A Wayne Norris,Justin Orr Meeting Notes John Routledge President Tom opened the meeting and mentioned that the next three programs in February were very appropriate to bring along guests and potential new members. Rotary club of Packenham's 40th anniversary dinner 15th Feb. contact Chris for potential car sharing. Announcements. David Piper, District Conference accommodation all booked and accounted for but still a number of attendees who have not registered for the conference. Film night to see'' The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' has been moved to Thursday 5th March. (Now Cancelled) Phyllis Scales, Thanks to those who had replied to her email re partners or spouses contact details and requested that those that have not to please attend to it. Bill Cummins, Requested volunteers for” Lets Go Cruising” ,ten or twelve hands were raised. Greg Buchanan, Reported on the Australia Day March. Seven MMRC and one Mornington RC took part. Hope for a greater response next year. Peter Rawlings. Dist. Conf. C’tee. 2016 met last Tuesday and have things well in hand. Will report to the club on 2nd March at Club Assembly regarding their progress and the Sheppar-ton presentation. Below: Preparing for the Australia Day March with Greg’s Truck

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.President Tom introduced Sergeant David Wheeler, who claimed it would be a big night, he was right, the fines totalled $ 29.70 possibly a record, Treasurer Byron had trouble fitting the money in his bag. Even the Sergeant can be right sometimes. Fines John Marshall – presented with a mini spirit level to help keep the BBQ level. Charles Minster and Jenny - 50th wedding anniversary. President Tom conceded that Charles had out performed him by a factor of 3.. James Ivanovski – Birthday, Anniversary and broken sunglasses. Pres. Tom Barrett – for failing to know the difference between a “Shine banner” and a Porta Cot. Adrian Davis, Car run out of gas, called the RACV and had it going two and a half hours later. Fine for all members who did not attend the Australia Day March. Roger the Swindler offered a prize of $250.00 . Funny thing but Roger sold himself one of the potential winning tickets. True to swindler form the prize jack potted.

Chairman Doug Rhodes introduced Laurie Fisher who joined Rotary in Swan Hill and is

now a member of Footscray West who spoke on Donations In Kind.

D I K were originally started in the district in a back yard shed, progressed to a storage supplied free of rent by Golden Bros. D I K now rents a storage shed in Footscray for $48,000.00 pa plus running costs of $15,000.00 pa. All work is carried out by volunteers, both Rotarians and members of the public. These base costs are mainly met by district member clubs that donate $3,500.00 pa. There are other GIK distribution stores in Vic. but the system needs to be centralised to reduce overheads. GIK needs a significant corporate sponsor to move forward and prosper in the future. Most goods received and consigned are clothes, school requisites, computers and hospital equipment. 95% of goods go overseas, most to East Timor, and 5% local mainly Walkers and Wheelchairs. Last year 67 x 20'containers were sent at a shipping cost of $232,000.00 taking 10,400 volunteer hours. President Tom closed the meeting at 7:55pm.

Remember: There are great speakers programmed for February invite Partners, Friends, those who may be interested in learning about what our club does.

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TONIGHTS MEETING AND DIARY DATES

Tonight’s Speaker : Tim Dado—World Speed Sailing Record Chair Person: John Routledge

Birthdays Members: David Wheeler– 9/2 Birthdays Members (partners), Nil Anniversaries: Nil

February: World Understanding Month

Front Of House P. SCALES, R. BUCHANAN, D. CRANE, J.MARSHALL, Meeting Notes: John Routledge

08 Sausage Sizzle: R. Annear, R. Davies , G. Buchanan 09 Tim Dado, World Speed Sailing Record Chair: John Routledge 16 Dr Jan Sykes, Experience in Camps with Refugees Chair: Dr David Price OAM 21 Sausage Sizzle: C. Williams, M. Williams, T. Barrett 23 Rotary 110th Birthday Chair: Bernard Butler Turkish Consul

March: Literacy Month Front of House: F. BOWIE HOROWAY, P. WARREN N. ARMSTRONG, D RHODES Meeting Notes: David Wheeler Mar 02 Club Assembly Chair: Peter Warren 03 Lets Go Cruisin (Sausage Sizzle) 07 Sausage Sizzle P.Clarke, D.Crane, W.Cummins

09 Labour Day (No Rotary meeting) 16 Barefoot Bowling Mt Martha Chair: Rob Marks 21 Sausage Sizzle N.Armstrong, T.Goulding, B.Groves 23 Mt Martha CFA Chair: John Marshall 27-29 District Conference, Shepparton 30 NYSF students Chair: Martin Lowe

April: Rotary Magazine Month

Front of House: P. CLARK, J. IVANOVSKI, C STOKES, W. NORRIS,

Another very successful Lets Go Cruisin BBQ and Parking last Tuesday. Thanks to all who attended Final one coming up next month

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Donations in Kind (DIK) is a program supported by Rotary Clubs in Australia which grew out of the compassion and concern of returning overseas volunteers. This recycling and re-use program involves the collection, sorting, packing, dispatch and distribution of donated items to countries in need of these goods. Many goods and products, for which organisations in Australia have no further use, are valu-able commodities in needy countries. While 50 computers with non-flat screen monitors and less than 1 gigabyte of memory may be obsolete for some corporate offices, they might in-stead be of significant value in helping the education of under privileged students in East Timorese universities or in assisting with the accountancy of microfinance .

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Collecting materials instead of asking for money: What DIK is all about... The objectives of Donations in Kind are:

To receive requests for aid goods from Rotary Clubs and aid organisations in developing countries. To receive goods from within Australia, from Rotary Clubs, schools, hospitals and other or-ganisations for distribution to developing countries. To match the goods received with the requests for aid goods wherever possible and to en-sure that all goods are dispatched to appropriate areas of need. To maintain records, facilitate customs declarations and transport arrangements. To assist, if requested, Clubs and Districts to dispatch aid goods direct to recipient Rotary Clubs or aid organisations. > To maintain the quality of the goods dispatched. To minimise the cost of transport.

To maintain a close liaison with the Rotary Clubs and aid organisations at the receiving end so as to have an appreciation of their requirements and to minimize any problems that they may encounter.

Ladies - Contact Pyllis Scales to make up a club table.

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NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM: ENCOURAGING MORE STUDENTS INTO

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS.

While their peers spend the holidays preparing for their final year of school, 400 year 12 science students from across Australia and the world have recently travelled to Canberra to sample university life as part of the National Youth Science Forum. The students were split into 14 groups representing their interests in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and lived on campus at Australian National University for two 12-sessions in January.

Far from being stuck in a science lab all summer, the program gives the students a taste of the diverse study and career options available in STEM, with field trips and exposure outside their area of interest to foster the beginnings of a professional network and to give them experiences to guide their choice of scientific career. Some of the many ex-periences the students participate in include the opening ceremony at Parliament House, excursion to Deep-Space tracking station (“The Dish”), Mt. Stromlo Observatory, ANU Supercomputer, John Curtain School of Medical Research, and a live video conference with the director of the CERN Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Report from

Martin Lowe

February is World Understanding Month

EKINDLY NOTE, IT IS THE ROSTERED MEMBER’S RESPOSNIBLITY TO ARRANGE A REPLACEMENT SHOULD THEY NOT BE ABLE TO FULLFILL THEIR FRONT OF HOUSE DUTY ON ANY OCCASION

January 2015 – R. ANNEAR , M REID, P REID, G. KAYE, February 2015 - P SCALES, R. BUCHANAN, D. CRANE., J.MARSHALL,

March 2015– F. BOWIE HOROWAY, P. WARREN N. ARMSTRONG, D RHODES

April 2015 - P. CLARK, J. IVANOVSKI, C STOKES, W. NORRIS, May 2015 -CUMMINS, R. MARKS, B. SWEENEY, P. RAWLINGS, June 2015 - R. DAVIES, T. GOULDING, J. ROUTLEDGE, M. LOWE

**RED = DESK DUTIES **BLUE = WELCOME AND NAME TAGS DUTIES

‘FRONT OF HOUSE’ -HELP MEMBERS - ROGER S. COLIN S. NEIL A. PREPARED BY C H Stokes 28/01/15

The setting up of the sound system is currently being undertaken by a few knowledge-

able people who understand the system how ever, following the purchase of the new

system preferably front of house rostered members.

'My Journey:

Iraq to Australia'

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