Club Night (or maybe Story Dogs) Duty Officers Diedri & Bob Shepherd

Tuesday April 2 2013

The Board of Murwillumbah Central Rotary Club meeting date—

at Jack Heffernan’s house Monday April 15 at 6.00pm.

Tonight’s Muster

Thai Red Curry

Chicken

Presidents of Rotary

International Continuing the column below

featuring the Past Presidents of

Rotary International and a

quotation attributed to them.

The president of Rotary

International for the years

2006-2007 was Dong Kurn Lee

Dong Kurn Lee

Rotary Club of Seoul Hangang,

Seoul, Korea

RI Theme: Make Dreams Real

“Rotary changes who we are because it changes how we see ourselves and the world. We do not only see how things are now, but how they might be. We see potential, and we see possibility.”— 2008 RI

Convention

A weekly news update for members and guests of

Rotary Club of Murwillumbah Central Inc. Rotary International Club Number 17900 100% PHF Club (2011) 100% EREY Club (2011)

Meeting—6.00 for 6.30 pm EST or DST, At Murwillumbah Golf Club Mail to—PO Box 33 Murwillumbah NSW 2484

In the spirit!

District Conference April 12—14

GSE from Macau—Monday April 8

Discussion on membership and classification requirements.

108108 YEARSYEARS

First Rotaract Fund Raising event success

The photo below is of Ema Marks (left) Nonie Grimshaw (centre) and

an anonymous police officer drawing the winner of the Rotaract Easter

Raffle. And the winner is — none other than Margarita Rickard, past

president of Mt Warning AM Rotary Club.

The garden cart filled with Easter Eggs, vouchers for free videos, four

bottles of wine, a book, and more. All items were donated.

Rotaracters and Rotarians from the three Murwillumbah clubs sold the

tickets and the Rotaract club is now on a fairly good financial footing to

start activities of the club.

At the last meeting of the

provisional club elections of

officers were held for the

positions when the club is

chartered.

Rotary International paperwork

is being completed and at this

stage it is hoped to have the

Charter Night function on

Friday May 31.

This date will be confirmed as

the paperwork progresses, but

all Rotarians of the three clubs

are requested to mark this date

in the diaries as an occasion not

to miss.

See Rotaract on Facebook at

http://www.facebook.com/

groups/rotaractmurwillumbah/?

fref=ts

Friends of Rotary Club of Murwillumbah CentralFriends of Rotary Club of Murwillumbah Central The businesses and individuals recognised here are special sponsors of our

club, by their contribution to the success of projects of the club or donations

towards charity objectives of the club. Soul Pattinson Pharmacy, Sunnyside Centre, Robert Nieh

Bakers Delight, Sunnyside Shopping Centre.

Budds Mitre 10, Wollumbin Street, Murwillumbah.

Northern Rivers Signs, Graham Dietrich, Dina Zambelli

Immortal Books, Murwillumbah Truck Centre.

D9640 District Governor—

Sandra Doumany

D9640 Assistant Governor—

Anne Egan

Club Office Bearers BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President—

Jack Heffernan

Vice President & Pres Elect—

David Vickers-Shand

Immediate Past President—

Noel Graham

Secretary —

Peter Sochacki

Treasurer—

Michael Grisedale

Membership Director—

David Vickers-Shand

Public Relations Director—

Denis Hallworth

Club Administration Director—

Denis Hallworth

Service Projects Director—

George Phillips

Rotary Foundation Director—

David Vickers-Shand

CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES

Club Program Chair—

Bryan Threlfall

Community Service Chair—

Judy Mason

International Service Chair—

Tony Hayes

Vocational Service Chair—

Richard Johnston

Youth Service Chair—

George Phillips

Social Activities Chair—

Ian Baker

Club Protection Officer—

Michael Grisedale

College of Presidents Chair—

Denis Hallworth

OTHER POSITIONS

Bike Ride 2011/12—

Michael Grisedale

Tony Worrad

Barry Lack

Noel Graham

Sergeants—

Noel Graham

John Stainlay

Heads & Tails—

Noel Graham

John Stainlay

District Office Bearers

Enquiries to

Denis Hallworth 0266779302 or email denish@onthenet.com.au

Murray Spry 0412903000 or email murrayspry@bigpond.com

Thought of the day

"Distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes."

- Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)

THE OBJECT OF

ROTARY

To encourage and foster

the ideal of service as a

basis of worthy enterprise

and, in particular, to

encourage and foster

1 The development of

acquaintance as an

opportunity for service

2 High ethical standards

i n b u s i n e s s a n d

p r o f e s s i o n s ; t h e

recognition of worthiness

of all useful occupations;

and the dignifying by each

Rotarian of his occupation

as an opportunity to serve

society

3 The application of the

ideal of service by every

Rotarian to his personal,

business and community

life

4 The advancement of

i n t e r n a t i o n a l

understanding, goodwill

and peace through a world

fellowship of business and

professional men united in

the ideal of service

NOTES

of the things

we think, say or do.

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 ?

GSE Team from Macau arrives With big smiles and full of fun the Group Study Exchange (GSE) arrived in Brisbane from District 3450

Macau met by District Governor Sandy and Sam and District GSE Chair Wendy and Charles.

The friendly team is looking forward to some fantastic Aussie experiences.

A joint dinner to meet the team is planned for Monday April 8 at Greenhills on Tweed, River Street,

Murwillumbah. Attending will be members of our club, Murwillumbah and Mt Warning AM Clubs.

We await details such as cost, time, etc, but GSE meetings are always popular and Greenhills on Tweed is

limited in capacity, so when asked if attending please be ready to indicate as we will need to advise numbers

accurately. There will be no meeting at Murwillumbah Golf Club on Tuesday April 9.

District Assembly Mullumbimby—Assistant Governor Groups 1,2,3,4, & 5

The district assembly prepares incoming club leaders for their year in office. The meeting is also an opportunity for club

leaders to meet with district leaders (the district governor-elect, incoming assistant governors, and district committees)

who will support club projects and activities.

Convener: District Governor Elect Tony Heading

Who participates: Incoming club leaders – presidents-elect and incoming secretaries, treasurers, and committee

members

Date: Sunday May 19. Location: Mullumbimby High School, 9 Jubilee Ave, Mullumbimby 2482

Topics

RI theme

Public speaking (presidents-elect only)

Leadership (presidents-elect only)

Roles and responsibilities

Developing goals

Selecting and training your team (committee chairs only)

Resources

Case study exercise

Team building and finalizing club goals

Problem solving

It is very important for all incoming

Board members to attend, even if they

have attended District Assembly

previously and even if they are in a Club

position they have occupied previously.

It is a one day learning seminar with

specific sessions for each position on the

Board. Please note the date and attend if

at all possible.

I think a certain amount of focus on

Classifications is a good thing. I

agree that we don't want half of a

club all in the same profession. By

the same token, we have many

lawyers in my Club and they do not

all practice the same type of law. As

for attendance, I agree that it is time

to move on. My Club takes

attendance but does not penalize for

non-attendance so long as dues are

paid. When I invite people that I

think would be excellent prospective

members, the first question I get

asked is, "do I have to come every

week?". I tell them no, come as often

as you can. Of course, the more

often you come, the more you will

get out of Rotary and the stronger

relationships you will build. We do

have some members of my Club that

virtually never come and I don't

really understand their desire to be in

Rotary. However, they also may be

some of the larger contributors when

funds are needed.

I think we need to encourage people

to come as often as they can to get

the full experience of Rotary. I do

not think we should turn away

members who because of

professional/personal obligations

cannot make every meeting.

The times they are a changin' as my

fellow Rotarians above have stated

and we must change with them. I

still prefer an actual meeting versus

an e-Club or virtual meeting but for

others the ability to meet virtually is

better suited to them and lifestyle.

By Debbie Harris

Hello all - I am one of the multitude

of lawyers in Debbie Harris' Club

(Hi Deb!). She told me about this

discussion and I wanted to hop in.

Many thanks to Denis Hallworth for

linking to the actual proposals being

considered by the COL. Call it an

occupational hazard, but for me

"read the rule" is always a good first

step, so I did spend some time doing

that this morning. For those that

haven't had that opportunity, let me

summarize:

First, as to attendance, there are a

number of different proposals, one

of which was proposed by the RI

Board of Directors and the others by

various Clubs. My read of the

various proposals submitted by the

Clubs is that while they all address

the attendance issue, they do so my

modifying the attendance

requirement in some way, not

eliminating it. The proposal from the

RI BOD does eliminate attendance

as a requirement from RI. However,

the revised provision pretty clearly

authorizes individual Clubs to set

their own attendance requirements as

they see fit and to terminate the

membership of someone who does

not meet those requirements.

As to classification, nothing in the

proposals that I reviewed this

morning appears to eliminate the

classification system. Rather, there

are several proposals which tweak

the content of the classification

system by, for example, altering the

percentage at which a classification

limit kicks in. Based on this fact, I

do not think it is accurate to say that

the COL is considering removing the

classification requirement.

Back to attendance then. In general,

I like the idea of delegating authority

down to the Club level to let each

Club craft attendance rules that meet

their specific needs. That being said,

in reading some of the posts in this

discussion, I'm left with the

impression that some people believe

that attendance at Club meetings is

unimportant. I could not disagree

with that idea more.

Our Club had a new member

orientation last night that both

Debbie and I were at. Debbie

pointed out to the new members

there that one of the things that made

Rotary special was that the Clubs

become their own communities. I

know we've had a couple of different

members experience some real

tragedies in the last few months and

there was definitely a sense of the

Club coming together to support

these members in their time of need.

I agree with my friend Debbie that

the sense of community is a big part

of what makes Rotary stand out from

other groups and I believe that

regular attendance at Club meetings

is a key component of achieving that

sense of community. Therefore, I

think it's vital that Clubs very

aggressively promote attendance at

meetings.

At the same time, as Callan notes

very astutely, if the only way you

can get people to show up for your

meetings is to compel them by rule,

then that probably says a lot more

about the quality of your meetings

than the quality of your meetings.

With that in mind, I would propose

that the best way for Clubs to

address the attendance issue is by

adopting an aspirational standard as

opposed to a compulsory standard.

The standard should be accompanied

by an explanation about how

fellowship at weekly meetings is an

integral part of building community

within the Club and that the Club

anticipates that when a member joins

that they will make attending regular

meetings a priority and will attend as

much as feasible. I also think that

Club constitutions should specify

that the Board can and will consider

a members attendance at meetings as

one factor in determining whether

someone's membership be

terminated.

By Glenn Meier, Esq.

Quite a diversity of opinions on

these two issues. In some ways this

is very worrisome to a committed

Rotarian. OK so I am one of those

"extreamists" who has had perfect +

attendance since joining Rotary over

17 years ago but I have found it not

only reasonably easy to do a make

up within the +/- 2 week period but

fun and fulfulling. In the early days

of my membership we had only one

week before or after a missed

RI proposal to remove membership classification and attendance requirements.

On the Official Rotary International Group in Linked In a debate has been occurring over the last couple of weeks about

proposals to the Council of Legislation for alterations to the attendance and classification system of Rotary Clubs.

I reproduce here some of the comments. For the full discussion you can join the group on Linked In.

meeting to do a make up. Now you

can even do one via internet - which

I have yet to do. Regular attendance

builds a bond between the members

of a club and also keeps them not

only informed but involved in club

plans and projects. Re

classifications...it builds diversity

and a means of expanding business

knowledge. My field is geology /

mining and I am constantly amazed

at how little people outside of my

profession understand the

importance of minerals in their lives.

It has always been fun to present a

talk on this subject to other clubs.

You can not have a modern society

without minerals. So our

classification diversity provides

opportunities to share information

and help each other. I would hate to

see either of these rules changed.

People who are not interested

enough to attend or make new

friends by visiting another club

doing a make up probably are very

committed to the goals of Rotary.

By Leigh Readdy (Rotary 5030)

@Glenn thanks for weighing in on

this one. I agree that letting each

Club set the attendance requirements

for that Club can make sense so long

as (and here I agree with my friend

Glenn again) we make sure that all

new members and existing members

understand WHY it is important to

attend meetings. Surely, we are not

going to have 100% or even 75%

attendance by many members these

days. It just isn't practical in a world

where many of us above have stated

time pressures for career and family.

I do make Rotary a priority (to

Gary's point) but I own my own

business so I am able to carve out

that time on Thursdays and rarely

miss a meeting. I love the fellowship

and as Glenn mentioned the sense of

Community of being with my fellow

Rotarians on a weekly basis. It is my

time to just be a Rotarian and not

worry about anything else for 90

minutes a week. We need to do a

much better job of making sure that

every Rotarian feels appreciated and

valued when they are asked to join a

Club. Being a Rotarian is a very

special honor and I think we need to

really instill that. What you give is

what you get and it's not just about

how big a check you can write

(although certainly those that simply

want to participate financially have

value as well). Rotary projects take

money and labor - we need people

who contribute one or the other or

both. Let's focus on making

everyone WANT to come to as

many meetings as possible without

requiring it and penalizing them if

they don't. It is absolutely true that if

we are Forcing people to come to

meetings they have not "drunk the

Kool-Aid" and it's our responsibility

to help them understand how

wonderful that can be.

By Debbie Harris

@John thank you John. I appreciate

your comments regarding my

opinion on the "dues" issue. It is sad

to see people leave who never really

gave it a chance but then I have to

question why they were asked to be

Rotarians in the first place. I sponsor

a fair number of people to my Club

and I am very, very picky about

whom I invite to lunch and certainly

who I sponsor. The reason is simple:

I want to know that they truly

WANT to be a Rotarian and I make

sure they understand how awesome

that experience can be. When they

ask about attendance I tell them to

come as often as they can. Put it on

their calendar all the way out for the

entire year so it's there and if you

can't make some meetings, no

problem. Come to the Fellowship

events and get involved in projects -

it will make you grow and stretch

and feel incredible. We not only

GIVE as Rotarians, we GET. My

weekend with the high school

students at RYLA is my favorite

weekend of the year. I learn from

them as they learn from us. Rotary

lets each Rotarian grow and that is

another reason to show up.

By Debbie Harris

I am an 18 month Rotarian that has

jumped in to driving upwards our

membership #'s and to drive down

our average age in our breakfast club

(metrobethesdarotary.org come and

visit!) with some success. We now

have two members under 30 (very

busy professionals) and a few more

in their 30's and 40's. Our

membership now stands at 26 from

19 a year ago.

These younger members, who are

extraordinarily busy, come to the

meetings for the camaraderie as well

as for the professional networking

and education. They are jumping

into committee responsibilities and

service projects with Rotarian's that

could be their parents age and are

learning from them. As well, some

of our older members have a new

appreciation for smart phones and

social media. At times, side splitting

funny.

We as a club also know that not

everybody is right for Rotary, or our

club for that matter, not to exclusive

but to grow smart. We have four

residential real estate agents in our

group, we do not necessarily want

another for that could cause us to

lose a long term productive member.

Currently we are looking for a

commercial real estate agent, which

would add great value to our club.

Or perhaps a settlement attorney that

would compliment our current

membership make up as well. If you

have familiarity with BNI, "if you

want terrific, be specific".

Classification should help you build

your membership.

Also in our recruiting to help ensure

that we have strong attendance, we

do focus (I believe this is in RI's

documents somewhere regarding

successful clubs) on prospects that

live or work near our club. Literally

having had a prospect with an

application, it was decided that they

should consider another Rotary for

the commute they would have had to

drive would be stressful on an easy

traffic day. Rotary should not add

stress to your work life!

A long winded way to promote the

continuation of classifications and

attendance with flexibility at the club

level.

I do love my Rotary!

By Russell Lacey

To see the full discussion (67

messages) go to

http://www.linkedin.com/

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A young couple moved into a

new neighbourhood.

The next morning while they

are eating breakfast,

The young woman saw her

neighbour hanging the

wash outside.

"That laundry is not very

clean", she said.

"She doesn't know how to wash

correctly.

Perhaps she needs better

laundry soap."

Her husband looked on, but

remained silent.

Every time her neighbour

would hang her wash to dry,

The young woman would make

the same comments.

About one month later, the

woman was surprised to see a

Nice clean wash on the line and

said to her husband:

"Look, she has learned how to

wash correctly.

I wonder who taught her this."

The husband said, "I got up

early this morning and

Cleaned our windows."

And so it is with life. What we

see when watching others

Depends on the purity of the

window through which we

look!

Is exercise good for you?

As I was lying in bed pondering

the problems of the world, I

rapidly realized that I don't

really give a u-know-what

because...

- If walking is good for your

health, the postman would be

immortal.

- A whale swims all day, only

eats fish, drinks water, and is

fat.

- A rabbit runs and hops and

only lives 15 years.

- A tortoise doesn't run and

does nothing, yet it lives for

450 years. Exercise? I‘d rather

live to be 450!

Bored At School A first-grade teacher, Ms Brooks, was

having trouble with one of her

students. The teacher asked, ―Harry,

what‘s your problem?‖

Harry answered, ―I‘m too smart for the

1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade

and I‘m smarter than she is! I think I

should be in the 3rd grade too!‖ Ms.

Brooks had enough. She took Harry to

the principal‘s office. While Harry

waited in the outer office, the teacher

explained to the principal what the

situation was. The principal told Ms.

Brooks he would give the boy a test. If

he failed to answer any of his

questions he was to go back to the 1st

grade and behave. She agreed. Harry

was brought in and the conditions

were explained to him and he agreed

to take the test.

Principal: ―What is 3 x 3?‖

Harry: ―9.‖

Principal: ―What is 6 x 6?‖

Harry: ―36.‖

And so it went with every question the

principal thought a 3rd grader should

know.

The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and

tells her, ―I think Harry can go to the

3rdgrade.‖

Ms. Brooks says to the principal, ―Let

me ask him some questions.‖

The principal and Harry both agreed.

Ms. Brooks asks, ―What does a cow

have four of that I have only two of ?‖

Harry, after a moment: ―Legs.‖

Ms Brooks: ―What is in your pants

that you have but I do not have?‖

The principal wondered why would

she ask such a question!

Harry replied: ―Pockets.‖

Ms. Brooks: ―What does a dog do that

a man steps into?‖

Harry: ―Pants.‖

The principal sat forward with his

mouth hanging open.

Ms. Brooks: ―What goes in hard and

pink then comes out soft and sticky?‖

The principal‘s eyes opened really

wide and before he could stop the

answer, Harry replied, ―Bubble gum.‖

Ms. Brooks: ―What does a man do

standing up, a woman does sitting

down and a dog does on three legs?‖

Harry: ―Shake hands.‖

The principal was trembling.

Ms. Brooks: ―What word starts with

an ‗F‘ and ends in ‗K‘ that means a lot

of heat and excitement?‖

Harry: ―Firetruck.‖

The principal breathed a sigh of relief

and told the teacher, ―Put Harry in the

fifth-grade, I got the last six questions

wrong… ―

BURNS

A young man sprinkling his lawn and

bushes with pesticides wanted to check

the contents of the barrel to see how

much pesticide remained in it.

He raised the cover and lit his lighter;

the vapors ignited and engulfed him.

He jumped from his truck, screaming.

His neighbour came out of her house

with a dozen eggs and a bowl yelling:

"bring me some more eggs!"

She broke them, separating the whites

from the yolks.

The neighbour woman helped her to

apply the whites onto the young man's

face.

When the ambulance arrived and the

EMTs saw the young man, they asked

who had done this.

Everyone pointed to the lady in charge.

They congratulated her and said: "You

have saved his face."

By the end of the summer, the young

man brought the lady a bouquet of

roses to thank her.

His face was like a baby's skin.

A Healing Miracle for Burns:

Keep in mind this treatment of burns is

being included in teaching beginner

fireman. First Aid consists of first

spraying cold water on the affected

area until the heat is reduced which

stops the continued burning of all layers

of the skin. Then, spread the egg

whites onto the affected area.

One woman burned a large part of her

hand with boiling water. In spite of the

pain, she ran cold faucet water on her

hand, separated 2 egg whites from the

yolks, beat them slightly and dipped her

hand in the solution. The whites then

dried and formed a protective layer.

She later learned that the egg white is a

natural collagen and continued during

at least one hour to apply layer upon

layer of beaten egg white. By afternoon

she no longer felt any pain and the next

day there was hardly a trace of the

burn. 10 days later, no trace was left at

all and her skin had regained its normal

color. The burned area was totally

regenerated thanks to the collagen in

the egg whites, a placenta full of

vitamins.

Since this information could be helpful

to everyone: Won't you please pass it

on?

ROTARY GRACE

Oh Lord and giver of all good

We thank thee for our daily food

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways

Help us to serve thee all our days

NEXT WEEK’S MUSTER

GSE Dinner at

Greenhills Lounge

with M’bah Club

6.00pm Monday

Duty Officers Not required

Apologies and guests must be phoned or faxed to Noel Graham Farm Machinery by 2.00 pm on the day of the meeting or meal paid for. Phone 6672 2555 or fax 6672 2063.

Any late apologies or invitees (after 2.pm) must be phoned direct to Hot Wok Restaurant 6672 4041.

Rotary websites

Club This is the new web site. www.murwillumbah-central-rotary.org.au Club (Facebook) http://www.facebook.com/murwillumbah.central.rotary District—www.rotary9640.org Australia—www.rotary.org.au International—www.rotary.org

Meeting Make-up locations Murwillumbah Monday 6.00pm

Greenhills Reception Lounge Mt Warning AM Wednesday 6.45am

Imperial Hotel

South Tweed Monday 6.30pm South Tweed Sports Club

Tweed Coast Contact for details

Kingscliff Tuesday 6.15pm Cudgen Leagues Club

Coolangatta Tweed Thursday 6.00pm

Greenmount Resort Mullumbimby. Thursday

1st & 3rd—7am Sandbar Café, Brunswick Hd

2nd & 4th—7pm Brunswick Bowls Club

On-Line - Rotary Eclub Next Gen Qld Australia

www.rotaryeclubnextgen.org

Coming programs details

Apr 8—GSE Dinner at Greenhills Lounge w/- M‘bah Club

Apr 9—No Meeting, transferred to Apr 8

Apr 16—TBA

Apr 23—TBA

Apr 30—No meeting, transferred to May 1

May 1—Group 4 Cluster dinner, Andrew Csabi Guest Speaker.

May 7—David Gourlay, Soil Life Group, Int. Compost Week

May 14—No meeting, transferred to May 18

May 18—75th Anniversary Dinner Mbah Club, Civic Centre

May 21—TBA

May 28—No meeting, transferred to May 31

May 31—Rotaract Charter Night

Jun 4—TBA

Jun 11—TBA

Duty Officers

Apr 9—Not required

Apr 16—George Phillips & Richard Johnston

Apr 23—Len & Judy Mason

Apr 30—Not required

May 7—Tony Hayes & Denis Hallworth

May 14—Not required

May 21—Noel Graham & Kevin Damsma

May 28—Not required

Jun 4—Bryan Threlfall & John Stainlay

Jun 11—Peter Sochacki & George Phillips

Jun 18—Len & Judy Mason

Jun 25—Not required

Birthdays— April 3 Nicha Baker

Anniversaries— None this week

The Club Song

We‘ve come to introduce you to the Murwillumbah Central boys,

The way you know that we‘re around is when you hear the noise,

There‘s tenors, basses, inbetweens, and some just here for show,

But all the same we‘ll sing to you, so boys just ‗Let ‗er go‘.

When Governor Georgie, gave us our charter,

He kissed our Rotaryannes to make it right,

We‘ve come to greet you, because we‘re after,

All the fun and fellowship that‘s going tonight.

So put it there!