Club President

2014/15

Kevin Delaney

Hi All,

At our last meeting we had the pleasure of listening to Keith

Baldwin from Luxfield Communications, he gave us a brief

understanding of how the communication sector has

progressed not just here in Bundaberg but around the

world.

Just on the note of Guest speakers we also had the great

privilege to listen to a very special lady from PNG.—Josie

from We Care, who spoke about the poverty in which the

majority of people including children live in PNG. The chil-

dren’s schooling, clothing, food, water, health and safety are

in very short demand.

In saying that I realised that our listening skills and decorum

were in short demand while both Guest Speakers were at

the podium - please let’s show them the respect that they

deserve in future.

Next week we will be holding our AGM at our club

meeting venue, please attend to be involved in your club.

Just a quick reminder that our Bollywood Curry Night which

is part of The World’s Greatest Meal to help end Polio is on

Friday 24th October. Tickets must be pre sold and are

available from Bhavana and Sue.

thanks again -

Kevin Delaney

R I President Gary Huang Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan

District Governor Craig Edmonston Rotary Club of Yeppoon

The Vista

Next Week:

Club AGM

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CLUB MEETINGS

October is Vocational Service Month

Tues Oct 21 Club AGM — Closed meeting Tues Oct 28 ARH ( Australian Rotary Health) Hat Day—Partners night. Wear a hat or buy one for a $10 fine to ARH.

November is Rotary Foundation Month Tues Nov 4 Club Fellowship BBQ at Pres Kev’s place, 6pm, 5 Plath Court. Tues Nov 11 Guest Speaker: Paul Tramacchi—Bundaberg RSL Sub-Branch Tues Nov 18 Guest Speaker: Bob Adams, Bundaberg Playhouse Tues Nov 25 Club meeting this week will be our White Ribbon Day Breakfast at the RSL. 6:15am - $25.

December is Family Month Tues Dec 2 Guest Speaker—Leesa Turnbull, President of the Toy Library for children with special needs Tues Dec 9 TBC CLUB/DISTRICT/ROTARY EVENTS

Sun Oct 19 RLI Stage 3 Gladstone Technical College

Fri Oct 24 World Polio Day—World’s Greatest Meal to End Polio Curry Night $25 pp. Sun Oct 26 District AGM and Foundation workshop—Rocky

Tues Dec 16 Club Christmas Dinner—The Spotted Dog Tavern

CLUB DUTIES—SEPT/OCT

Chairperson

Oct 21 Ross Peddlesden

Oct 28 Lyn Toft

Nov 4 BBQ—away night

Nov 11 Cal Toft

Nov 18 John Weir

Nov 25 WRD Breakfast

International Toast

Oct 21 Cal Toft

Oct 28 Bhavana Shukla

Nov 4 Away night

Nov 11 Ross Peddlesden

Nov 18 Ian Mylrea

Nov 25 None

Greeter & Vote of Thanks

Oct 21 Jean Gahan

Oct 28 Cliff Fleming

Nov 4 Away night

Nov 11 Tricia Cross

Nov 18 Geoff Collyer

Nov 25 None

If you cannot do your Club Duties,

please arrange for someone to

substitute for you.

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All Meeting Apologies and notification of extra guests

(including partners) by Tuesday 11am to Sue on:

Ph - 041 385 1375

Email — suegammon69@gmail.com.

Please note: If you do not send an apology by the designated time and the

club is charged for your meal, you will be billed for that cost.

KEEP CALM AND JOIN ROTARY

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Club News

Cal and Cliff are back from their travels and shared the news that they were able to track the recipient of the prosthetic hand Cal and Bhavana built in May. It went to a man who lives in one of the villages that has received a water pump from our club. PDG Terry Daley, who is with a RAWCS team in Cambodia, fitted the hand last week. Cal has asked whether the club will support a further $1200 to provide more wells to other villages—this will be discussed at the next Board Meeting.

Vince didn’t fall off a mountain during his Kokoda Challenge and has returned safely. He has lots of stories and photos which we’ll try and schedule for a meeting soon.

Our Bollywood Curry Night is

part of The World’s Greatest

Meal to End Polio on Friday

October 24—World Polio Day.

Tickets can be purchased for

$25 from Bhavana and Sue,

and we’d like as many of your friends as possible to

come along too! Thanks to club members who have

already bought tickets to the Meal we have already

raised $600!

We still have lots of tickets to sell .

**Tickets must be purchased in advance—none will

be available on the night.

White Ribbon Day Breakfast will be our club meeting

on Tues Nov 25 at the RSL.

Members are encouraged to

attend—tickets $25 can be

purchased from Chiquita’s Boutique. Our club has

sponsored this major event since 2009, so please

support.

There are approximately 60 boxes of books waiting

to be transported to storage for our January book

sale at Bargara. Cliff has kindly arranged for a

remote to access our new storage shed over East.

This will be kept with Sue at the Library.

A club stall has been booked for the Pageant of Lights on

Thurs Dec 4 to sell calendars and possibly Christmas

Cakes. Club members will be asked to help there during

the Pageant.

Ian cleared out our Rotary

donation box at the Airport

yesterday and gave Brant

some counting to do. Funds

will alternate between

Community and Foundation

accounts.

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This Week

We had a great meeting this week, with a number of

guests and visitors learning more about Rotary.

Josie Dromenge from WeCare in Port Moresby talked

about their work with vulnerable

women and children in the

communities around Moresby. Josie

presented President Kev with a

lovely Bilum and certificate thanking

the club for their support.

Last year Ian and Jean hosted

Sandra Ibene also from WeCare,

while she completed a work

placement at the YMCA.

To learn more about the work

WeCare does, visit their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Wecare-

Foundation/441685032562853

International Toast

was from Lyn Toft this week to the Rotary Club of

Queenstown, in District 9980. Club President is

Harvey Bourne, and the club meets same day and time

as us, at the Wild Thyme Restaurant. They have club

positions such as the Speaker Seeker, the Sherriff and

the Club Almoner. One of their recent projects is the

Queenstown Community Rotary Challenge, which

challenges the community and others to support one

of their members who was paralysed down his left side

after a freak skiing accident. They have also held

potluck dinner and blind wine tasting to raise funds for

Foundation, and recently presented $15,000 to

Queenstown Lakes Family Centre for Community

Clinics.

Guest

Speaker

this week

was Keith

Baldwin, owner of Luxfield Communications.

Keith is a Bundaberg boy, and worked with

4BU and TV in his early years before starting

Luxfield. He has built studios around

Queensland, and worked for Ericsson building

digital microwave link networks all over

Australia. He moved into telecommunications

in Bundaberg and started Luxfield with 1

employee, which has grown to 30 employees

and a presence in Hervey Bay and

Maryborough as well. Luxfield provides a

diverse range of services, from lockdown and

duress alarms to fibre optics and CCTV.

Keith talked to the club about the future of

telecommunications with digital information

and the rollout of the NBN scheduled in

Bundaberg in early 2015.

Keith mentioned that he and his company also

support some sporting organisations and

community organisations, and he is a member

of the Bundaberg Wine Club.

Keith was pleased to see a lot of familiar faces

in the club this week, and club members kept

him talking with questions about health

aspects of smartphones, microwave burns,

safe browsers, privacy of information and

technology providers.

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Mighty Union Glorious Band, Rotary is in our

hands

Friendship, service, liberty—all are found in

Rotary

Ours the joy to be the best, Service above self is

our test

Let every person say with zest—long live the days

of

Rotary.

Rotary Invocation

As Rotarians, may we always be patient and kind

And be inspired to spread peace, hope and

perseverance

By helping mankind in our community,

and throughout the world.

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Our new Facebook page as a Non-Profit

Organization is now operative and members can

go and ‘Like’ the page, rather than requesting

Friend status.

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