| 14/03/2019 | : | [THU] Peter & Bronwen set off to cycle around District 9780 |
| 14/03/2019 | : | *Meeting (Raglan St) - Conference preparation |
| 17/03/2019 | : | St Patrick's day |
| 19/03/2019 | : | [TUE] Conference Committee (Raglan St-6.45pm) |
| 21/03/2019 | : | *Meeting (Town Hall) Conference Set up |
| 22 to 24/03/2019 | : | [FRI to SUN]: D9780 Conference March 22nd to 24th |
| 24/03/2019 | : | [SUN]: Conference Debrief social meal (Rammi Dessert) |
| 28/03/2019 | : | *Meeting (Raglan St) - Committees - Service & Governance |
| _______________ | __ | ____________________________________________________________ |
| APRIL | : | MATERNAL & CHILD HEALTH MONTH - Chair Rob Bursill |
| 4/04/2019 | : | *Meeting (Guide Hall) - An Evening with the Guides |
| 7/4/19-12/4/19 | : | [THU to WED] RYLA Camp (Kangaroobie) |
| 8/04/2019 | : | [MON] Board Meeting (Raglan St-7pm) |
| 11/04/2019 | : | *Meeting (Raglan St) Graham Farey: CPR and Defibrilator information |
| 12/04/2019 | : | [FRI to SUN]: RYPEN Camp (Adekate) |
Last week the Conference Committee inspired us to be part of our District Conference, by running through the program for next weekend and reminding us of the help needed before and after the event.
Thank you to the members and partners who helped put booklets into plastic pockets and attach lanyards. Dinner numbers are now closed and final details being seen to.
Peter and Bronwen are well on their way riding around the District. Be sure to send them an encouraging text or follow them on Facebook!! AND don't forget to keep a record of your exercise activities to report to Malley next Thursday!!
We are about to reap the rewards for all the hard work that has been done over the last two years, but there are still a lot of final preparations to be done.
Please join us some time on Thursday or Friday morning to help with setting up. I know most of you have filled in the roster. In lieu of a meeting, Garry is bringing tea to the Town Hall from the bakery at 6.30pm, but we will start working from 5.30pm onwards.
Thank you all for playing your part, and again, a huge thank you to the Committee, who have certainly exemplified "Service Above Self". I know we will all be educated and inspired by an enjoyable and fun-filled event.
Everyone is welcome to join us at Rammy Dessert at 6pm on Sunday night for a debrief.
Come on Maryborough Rotary, "Be the Inspiration"!!
P.S. There will be no Bulletin next week.
Last Thursday, members and spouses rolled up their sleeves and assisted the Conference Planning Committee to prepare the booklets for next week-end's District Conference here in Maryborough. The evening was also used to brief volunteers on the jobs to be done and provide a guide to setting up Conference venues: the Town Hall, Tren Du Bourg Hall and the Highland Society.
Peter and Bronwen Haywood are on their way riding over 2000km around District 9780 and they've already checked in from Ballan, the Fairy Park, Ballarat where they caught up with past Maryborough Rotarian (now Wendouree Breakfast), Trevor Lea, and Torquay - where they caught up with past member, Ray Hannan. Travel safely folks! Click "Read more..." for 10 more pictures of other locations.
At Thursday's meeting, PP Mallee Rowe introduced this year's Footy Frenzy competition and already, a number of squares have been purchased. Proceeds from this year's effort will go to a new International project in Sri Lanka. The first stage of this project is to connect electricity to a community hall built back in the post Tsunami days when a group of Maryborough people went there on a working bee to assist recovery efforts.
Which way to the Conference? Maryborough Rotarian Peter, and Bronwen Haywood are just about to set off on the Great Inter-Club Exercise Challenge. Next Thursday, they set off to travel over 2000 kilometres in the 9 days before the District 9780 Conference to remind all Rotarians of the importance of activity in their lives. The challenge is out to all clubs to keep a record, in hours and minutes of the amount of exercise-level activity their members complete during those same nine days. The activity can be walking, running, bike riding, dancing, skate-boarding, house-work, gardening, in fact anything that gets the heart level raised to at least mild exercise level. The total number of hours in each club will be divided by the number of members to give a score that is to be officially registered at conference. Being Rotarians, we know the estimates will be truthful. We've even had a special trophy commissioned to present to the winning club on the final day of the Conference. Pictured are Peter and Bronwen in front of the Town Hall along with DG Anthony, President Meryl and Past President Heather. If their directions are anything to go by, Peter and Bronwen could end up travelling a long way further than two thousand kilometres!
Last Thursday, Highview school captain and Year 12 student, Kate Winkleman provided members with an engaging account of her January visit to the National Youth Science Forum. Kate enjoyed her whole experience thoroughly. She made many like-minded friends from around Australia, and was particularly inspired by a lecture on recent research into the human brain. Kate now has a long term goal of eventually doing similar research to improve the lives of people with a whole range of brain related diseases. This is, of course, exactly what NYSF is meant to do, and it more than justifies our support of this Rotary inspired program.
At our meeting, Rotarian Tracey Smith proposed an International toast to the Rotary Club of Huntly in Scotland. Trace was particularly impressed by the wonderful castle in which they met - also a place she and her family stayed at when they were touring Scotland - but also their interesting Christmas festival, which maybe a future fund raiser? Here is the link to a short video of the festival: https://www.facebook.com/rotaryclubofhuntly/videos/726236507761657/
Club committees met last Thursday to plan projects for the coming month or so - there are still many things to get through before this Rotary year ends. Pictured are PP Thea giving the Community committee report, and AG Martin giving an entertaining Public Image report that actually wasn't a report at all!
Last Thursday, club members sang the obligatory "birthday" song and cut a birthday cake kindly made by Parkview Bakery. Pictures are DG Anthony and President Meryl doing the honours.
At Thursday's meeting, members worked in groups to produce a group poster that answered the questions: "What is peace for an individual?", "What does it mean to have peace in a relationship?", "What does it mean to have peace in a community?" and "What does it mean to have peace on our planet?". Some great answers and posters were produced and everyone came out of the experience with a broader understanding of what it means to promote peace as a Rotarian.
Around 20 members along with partners and friends travelled over to Ballarat on the week-end to work on the barbeque for the huge Ballarat Swap Meet. We had members there from 6am on Friday and Saturday until 6pm on both days. It was a big job but at $18.00 and hour per member, we should raise a useful wad of funds for our club programs. Thank you to all those members and friends who helped out with a particular "thank you" to PP Thea who organized the roster and our participation in the event.Ink 55: “What Is Peace?”- INK Spot Summary
- Different cultures have developed their own understanding of the concept of “peace” ever since humans had their first conflict
- UN was formed to provide a forum for these different understandings so a genuine peace might come to fruition on our planet.
- Rotary was there at the very beginning of the UN, trying to make peace a reality.
- In 1942, during World War 2, Rotary was distributing materials such as the “From Here On” booklet arguing that human beings must plan for peace in the future
- In 1945, Rotary was one of the 42 organizations invited to send delegates to the San Francisco conference which drafted a peace charter
- Today, Rotary holds the highest consultative status offered to a nongovernmental organization by the UN’s Economic and Social Council, which oversees many specialized UN agencies.
- In the Year 2000, Rotary had a voice in helping to develop the United Nations’ manifesto for a Culture of Peace
- Human beings all over the world were challenged to sign the manifesto during 2000 - the UN Year of a Culture for Peace Click "Read more" to do just that...
Since last Thursday was Valentine's Day, our club celebrated with a video of "All my Lovin'", roses, chocolates and sweets on the table - thanks to President Meryl and Tracey, and a spirited sing a long of "All You Need is Love"..jpg)
Members were fascinated by Textiles expert, Jenny Bacon, last Thursday, as she shared her story of the Golden Textiles Exhibition about to be staged in Maryborough - during the period of our District Conference. The exhibition of textile art from our Goldfields region has toured European and American locations over the last four years, and has a significant following amongst those interested in the art form. Members were very impressed by the examples of quilts that Jenny displayed during her talk.
PP Thea presented President Meryl with a Certificate of thanks from Goldfields Education and Learning Centre (GELC) for their use of our club's BBQ trailer recently, and for the Scholarship we provided at the end of last year.
PP Derrick gave the International toast to an Indian Rotary club which is the home club of a friend he made at the recent International Cricketing Fellowship event in Melbourne. He then went on to share the saga of our Club Shed. After we complained about a annual lease for our shed land in the thousands of dollars, the Administrators have come back to us with a much more reasonable annual lease amount of $104. However, there was a clause in the contract that seemed to suggest that after a year, the shed building (which our club built) would become the property of the Shire! Derrick and Rod Brown are continuing meetings with the Administrators to sort this all out and will come back to members with a suggestion once all the facts are known. Watch this space.
For last Thursday's Inkspot, PP Garry Higgins OAM shared his visit to the first Melbourne performance (for this year) of YouTube phenomenon, Jordan Peterson. Peterson is a Canadian clinical psychologist and Professor at Toronto University who has recently released the top selling book in the Western World, "12 Rules for Life". It is estimated that YouTube Videos relating to him number around 5 Billion hits (although no-one is counting) and he is regarded as the most well known intellectual in the world. Garry was impressed that over 5000 people, mostly young men (25 to 40) and a significant number of young women were in the audience to hear Peterson talk for two and a half hours about what are in essence, Rotary values. Peterson is adamant that we must speak the truth in all things, and instead of complaining about our woes (which we all have), endeavour to fix our lives and our families, and do some good in the world. Peterson will apparently be on "Q&A" this Monday night, but simply type, "Jordan Peterson youtube" into Google, and you can watch him in action.
Around 50 members and guests from the four D9780 Group 7 clubs heard reports from each of the Presidents last Thursday. As always, it is great to hear about the different ways each club serves their local community and the wider world. We had hoped to also hear from Nobel Peace prize winner, Dimity Hawkins, but unfortunately she was unable to attend due to illness. Instead, those attending enjoyed two short videos showing Dimity in action, and another one celebrating the reason why Dimity got her award - a world wide treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Pictured are the four presidents: Bo Munro (Ararat), George Kirsanovs (Beaufort), John Launder (Stawell) and Meryl James (Maryborough).
Around 60 people attended our Trivia with a Twist event last Saturday night, and a good time was had by all. Whilst we had hoped for more attendees, we anticipate making over $600 for the Youth Committee to put towards their various projects. Thank you to the Youth Committee members and especially Tracey for organizing the event, many thanks to our sponsors and thanks to our members who organized tables or attended on the night. Pictured is the table that won the "best dressed" prize - an energetic group of "Village people" in uniform!
