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01-02-2017 Vol 56 Issue 31

CLUB MEETINGS
The Rotary Club of Berwick meets
Every Wednesday evening at
Holm Park Reserve
(Beaconsfield Football Club)
Emerald-Beaconsfield Road
Beaconsfield
6.30 for a 7.00pm start
 

BOOKINGS & APOLOGIES
Please email your apology
or book in your guest to
All bookings and apologies
To submitted by 10.00 am on
Tuesday prior to the meeting.
 
Wednesday 8th February 2017
Guest Speaker:
Terry Valentine- Domestic Violence against men
Chair:
Gus Dominguez
Attendance:
Eric Boon, Terry Carmicael
Fellowship:
Russell Dunn, Gary Evans
 
Wednesday 15th February 2017
PARTNERS NIGHT
Guest Speaker:
RFDS Presentation
Chair:
David Nutter
Attendance:
Jim Armstrong, Viv Armstrong
Fellowship:
Adrian Funston, Carol Gadsden

SPECIAL OCCASIONS:
 
Induction:
Geoff Double 5/2/2004

ROTARY EXECUTIVE
RI President:
John Germ
District 9820 Governor:
2016-2017 Rotary Club of Berwick Board
President:
Vice President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Administration:
Membership:
Public Image:
Foundation:
Service Projects:
Fundraising:
Upcoming Events
Wilson Botanic Park Cleanup
Wilson Botanic Park
Feb 22, 2017
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Berwick Farmers & Craft Market
The Old Cheese Factory
Feb 26, 2017
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
Orbost Fishing and Fellowship Trip
Mar 03, 2017 – Mar 05, 2017
 
District 9820 Conference
Mar 24, 2017 – Mar 26, 2017
 
Berwick Farmers & Craft Market
The Old Cheese Factory
Mar 26, 2017
8:00 AM – 12:30 PM
 
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Club Club Meeting 1st February 2017
The Club Service meeting this week was both informative and constructive.  Many topics were discussed as the board members updated us on their portfolios.
 
President: Mark Caulfield

He feels that the club is going will this year.  Carols, Australia Day and the Twilight Market were a great success.  We are lucky to have our venue and things are working well with it.

Vice President: Sjaak Kusters
Sjaak is very happy about the way the club is being run this year.
 
The Rotary Club of Monash is running the Holland Festival at Akoonah Park on Saturday 8th April.  They will have a short presentation at next weeks meeting.  There maybe an opportunity for our club to assist.
 
We would love to get to know our own members more. Behind the Badge talks are encouraged, please see Sjaak.
Administration: Ricardo Balancy
Administration is responsible for general running of the club.  This includes but not only Club attendance and membership, financials, meetings, bulletin etc.
 
The incoming board will commence planning shortly.  The aim is to have the club handbook ready earlier than previous years.  Have a look at it as it contains a wealth of information.
 
After many years of wonderful service, Sjaak Kusters is standing down as the Programme planner.  Please give some thought and chat to Ricardo if you can contribute to this role.
 
Ricardo thanked the members for their contributions; Graham Johnston: club protection, Family of Rotary: Betty Tudge, Attendance: Fred Edwards, Jokers Wild: Sandi Tarant, Handbook: Gus Dominguez, Spoken Words: Isobel Caulfield, Sargent: Darius Mikolajewski, On to Conference: Geoff Double.
Public Image: Jane Moore
The role of the Public Image committee is to support and strengthen club by making sure the club gets good credit for the good it does and public image is enhanced.  We have a terrific committee with complimentary skill sets.

Our broad committee goals are to create awareness of club activities and projects.

The need for a media policy to comply with federal and state law regarding the taking of photographs for use in promotion and publicity was identified at the beginning of the year and a proposal is currently before the board.

Printed media through articles and paid ads in the local paper are continuing the good relationship with the Star News. 
 
Social media is increasing with more activity on Facebook.  The club page, Farmers & Craft Market page and the Art Screen Hire page are growing with the number of people reached. 
 
Community Radio is promoting the market and club in general.  Articles for Rotary Down Under are in progress.

A new pull up banner as part of Club property displaying the Rotary areas of focus so that visitors and members alike can see at a glance what Rotary’s key goals are.

We have 4 new Rotary Club of Berwick branded tear drop banners, and two table cloths – to be used at Club meetings, projects activities and events.

In response to club member requests and to a create unified all weather Club recognition, the uniform has been revamped and expanded and is now branded with the updated Rotary logo.

Partnering with organizations such as The Royal Flying Doctor’s Service and P3 Sports and Recovery for the Mental Health First Aid training is ongoing.  All parties have benefitted from newspaper editorial, social media and word of mouth promotion.  

Ways that members can assist are:
promote Rotary in what you say and do,
offer up your suggestions to promote the Club,
wear Club polo to all events and projects,
use the Rotary Club of Berwick logo on everything you produce,
contribute news to the committee, report your event project to the committee,
invite your Facebook friends to like the Rotary Club of Berwick website and Facebook pages.
 
Foundation: Tim Moore
The Sky Juice water purifier program in the Philippines is back on track. http://skyjuice.org.au/
 
The initial Vocational Training Team program that was planned has been changed.  It will now be a Humanitarian Grant under the Foundation banner. 
 
$12000 comes from the RC Berwick, $10,000 from District 9820 and contributions from Foundation takes it to US $36,000 US in total.   12000 people will have clean water up to 10000 litres day. 
 
Terry Carmichael is now on the committee.  A fantastic project to be involved in.

 
Fundraising: Terry Carmichael
The Farmers and Craft Market is steady in its income with $16,000 raised to date this year. There is a budget of $25,000 for the whole year.

The Golf Day on track being on the 5th May.

Art Screen Hire is going great guns with over $20000 booked already for this year.

Discussions are to be held with the RC Pakenham about another race day.

Trevor Bailey spoke about the Coles Collection Tins.  Nearly $1000 has been raised from the trolley collection and register boxes.  The Manager of Coles is enthusiastic about the project even if the rollout to other stores is on hold at the moment.

Sponsorships are in place with St John of God Hospital and the Beaconsfield Community Bendigo Bank.  Another business has expressed an interest in being a sponsor.

 
Projects: Lea Paton
Australia Day and Carols went off exceptionally well.  Another prime example of the Rotary team in action providing fantastic events for our community.

The Nossal High School cultural and food festival has been supported by the board.  Planning is yet to commence.

Youth Exchange Student Lisa has settled in well to Jenny & Steve Randall’s home and seems to be enjoying her stay in Australia.   

Cemetery Cleanup – heaps of work done and great fellowship was enjoyed by all who attended.  Funno and Alf should be commended for all their organisational efforts.

School Interviews – Nossal High School have requested interviews with their Year 11 Students during the week of 21st – 24th March 2017.  There is a large number and David Collyer suggested enlisting the assistance of the Rotary Club of Narre Warren.  

Vocational Visits need to be arranged.

MUNA: is on the 5-7th May.  Schools will be contacted.

NYSF: Have not heard from the student we sent away in January.

RYPEN: Anticipated late May 2017 (based on 2016 timing)

Mental Health Training: The Club has paid for the training of a Trainer and received half our payment back through a Mental Health grant. The inaugural Mental Health First Aid Training session had four RCB sponsored participants at P3 Sports and Recovery.  All reports indicate that our Trainer did a great job.  Future sponsorship of training is expected to give local sporting clubs the opportunity to have their own leaders qualified in Mental Health First Aid. A huge thank you to Viv and Jim for their tireless efforts in getting this important project up and running.

RYLA: Tom Mikolajewski gave a report on his experiences at the October RYLA Camp at the last December meeting.

RYDA Road Safety Education Program: We were approached to sponsor the students from Berwick College.  The Board agreed to contribute to their students’ attendance cost to the value of $5.00 per student.  We have had no further correspondence since September 2016.
 
Christmas Cakes & Pudding Orders:  Along with members orders we donated cakes and puddings to the Benevolent Society who passed them on to CNCISS for their Christmas Hampers.  Value = $562.50 including $210.40 donation from RCB. Total RCB profit on member orders = $177.10 meaning the donation to RCB effectively only cost the Club $33.30. Total donation to Foundation made on behalf of RCB by RC Melton = $192.00
 
Strategic Plan
There was much discussion about the Strategic Plan which was sent to all members. 
 
Membership discussion as always centered on the aging membership and the need to attract younger members.
 
It was decided that some parts of the strategy are still valid but others need updating. The strategy was initially for three years and that time is up. 
 
The program will be revisited and left in the board’s hands to continue.
Major Project Funds
Discussion took place about the $10,000 per year for 3 years that has been put aside for a major project. The money is currently in a term deposit. 
 
Previously the club saved larger sums of money over a number or years to complete the Halmahera project in Indonesia and the rotunda in Pioneers Park. 
 
The club needs to actively source a suitable project.  In the Foundation year, maybe a matching grant could be utilized.
Casey Cardinia Rotaract Club
The Rotaract club needs some support.  In previous years Rotarians went to the Rotaract meeting on a roster basis.  It was suggested that this happens again. 
 
Rotaract members can now join Rotary.  There is a possibility that the club or private members subsidise their fees to encourage them to join Rotary. 
 
There are 3 Interact Clubs in the District (Secondary School Students) and an EarlyAct Club is proposed (Primary School Students). 
 
These are all potential sources of future members, although only 5% of Rotaract members worldwide go on to join Rotary.
Club Records
We are updating the club records.

Does anyone have a photo of these Past Presidents:
1967 - 68 Cyril Lloyd  
1981 - 82 John Gaunt  
1982 - 83 Bob McIntyre  

Also, does anyone have the Annual Report from:
1990 - 91 Fred McCubbin  

Please contact Gus Dominguez.
Golf Day
The Golf Day is on Friday 5th May.  There will not be a Wednesday meeting that week.  Ladies teams are encouraged to enter. 
 
The aim is to raise $5000 with a raffle.  Please ask your contacts if they donate items for prizes.  Also, a commitment is needed for the selling of tickets. 
 
Contact Sharmaine if you have any prizes.
Lisa's Holidays
Lisa has not had a report for nearly 2 months.  She has been very busy over the holidays. 
 
She has been to: The Great Ocean Road, Christmas Lights, Phillip Island, Bonnie Doon, Sydney, Bondi Beach, the cricket, the tennis, Werribee Zoo, surfing, water skiing, swimming and generally having a great time.  Christmas was very different being hot but she loved it.

She thanks her host parents and all the Rotarian’s who have taken her out. 
 
Lisa would like to get to know all the Rotarian’s and their families, so she is open to any offers of joining in activities.
 
Sargeant Darius

The fine session by Seargent Darius turned into an auction of sorts.

These goodies were left at the Kraan's BBQ.  If they are yours you may have to pay to get them back.

Jane bought a Funston Dairy Pencil, probably dating from the early 1960's

A hint for next week’s fine session…. Who were the original 12 apostles, not the ones on the Great Ocean Road.

 
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