| JUNE (2021) | : | ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS MONTH - Chair Brian Reed |
| 17/06/2021 | : | *Meeting 49 (Highland) Kate Ashton - Using Social Media. PLAN LAUNCH |
| 24/06/2021 | : | *Meeting 50 (Peppa's Restaurant) President Alison's Last Meeting |
| 25/06/2021 | : | [FRI] Beaufort Rotary Changeover Dinner |
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| JULY(2021) | : | NEW ROTARY THEME: Serve to Change Lives - Chair TBC |
| 1/07/2021 | : | *No Meeting because of Changeover |
| 2/07/2021 | : | [FRI]*Changeover Dinner (Highland Society) |
| 7/07/2021 | : | [WED] Ararat Rotary Changeover Dinner |
Members were treated to an engaging talk on the pros and cons of Social media by member, Kate Ashton on Thursday June 17th at the Highland Society. Kate is a leader in using Social media, particularly Facebook, as an integral part of her occupation as a Real Estate Agent - but as she mentioned, there are some down sides. See "Read more..." for 10 valuable pieces of advice on using Social media.
At the June 17th meeting, Highland Society Restaurant Manager, Nick Weaver took a few minutes to share his quest to raise at least $100,000 dollars for the Maryborough Hospital Oncology Unit. Nick's father died from Cancer four years ago, so since then, Nick has been raising money to combat Cancer though the Relay for Life and other activities, but this quest is all his idea. If members want to assist, look for his Facebook page at (20+) MDHS Oncology Department Fundraiser - Health & Fitness Expo | Facebook See Read more... for more pics 
Dale Martin from Microblast Computers joined us last Thursday and provided a comprehensive and rather scary outline of cyber security issues, computer fraud and scams. Dale reminded us that scammers are becoming more plentiful and more and more sophisticated in their methods to steal from us online. The good news is that there are many things we can do to reduce the chance of becoming the victim of computer fraud or a scam. See the "Read more..." section for a summary of tips. 
Thank you to all those members who participated in last Thursday's Zoomed Special general meeting which enabled us to pass two changes to our club Bylaws. We voted unanimously to change the wording of item 6.1 to provide some flexibility in the size of our Board, and added item 6.2 to set a minimum number of Board meetings per year. See "Read more..." for details.
June is Rotary Fellowships Month.Rotary Fellowships are friendly associations...particularly with others who share your interests.
Fellowships are different from Rotary Action Groups which focus on Rotarians sharing their expertise with other Rotarians. Fellowships are where you share fun. See "Read more..."
On June 3rd, due to Covid restrictions, our club reverted back to Zoom meetings, and PP Thea took centre Zoom, or actually top left Zoom (see Thea showing her lanyard) to share the Allan's experiences of the Rotary Cruising Fellowship. The Cruising Fellowship started a little over 71 months ago - how does Thea know this? Well, Thea and Terry have just received their 71st Cruising Fellowship Monthly newsletter, "Shipshape". See "Read more..."
or a man best known as the father of The Rotary Foundation, Arch C. Klumph was modest about his role in its creation. In 1928, he listed three accomplishments that gave him “more satisfaction than any other contributions to Rotary” — and launching the Foundation wasn’t among them. Instead, he emphasized his role in writing Rotary’s Constitution in 1915, which he asserted “gave Rotary International its first centralized power and made all the Objects and fundamentals of Rotary universal.” He also took pride in establishing attendance reports and in being the first to insist on founding a European branch office of Rotary International. See Read more...
This is a quick update to inform you all that the building permit for the Maryborough Aeromedical Transfer Station (M.A.T.S.) was recently approved by the Central Goldfields Shire. We thank you for your ongoing support and look forward to the first steps being taken towards the construction of the community asset.If you would like further clarification about the MATS project, please call me. Mobile 0448614004.
Kind regards,
Dianne Mullins Chair Maryborough Aeromedical Transfer Station Steering Committee.
Over twenty Rotary members were treated to a delicious three course meal and engaging presentations at the Girl Guides hall on May 13th, when our club was hosted by the local Girl Guides group. Three members of the guides, leader Vanessa Parker (centre), her daughter Cara (left), and Hannah Lanfranchi (right) spoke to our members about what the Guide movement means to them, and how the local Guides have been dealing with the Covid pandemic. See "Read more..."
Members are reminded that the District 9780 Assembly continues through this week and up until May 28th.. If you still want to participate, it's not too late. Go to the District Web site and click on this "Late Registration Link" and you will be sent a log in code to enable you to participate.
Around 20 members and spouses gathered at the Paramount Cinema Complex last Thursday to enjoy some fellowship and watch the movie, "June Again". Being about Dementia, the movie was a little "close to home" for some of our participants, but most agreed the movie was well made and contained a positive message. Overall, it was a very enjoyable outing.
Youth Service Month is a special time in Rotary. Throughout the month of May, members of Rotary clubs, Rotaract, Interact, and those involved in Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) and Rotary Youth Exchange celebrate the opportunities Rotary provides to connect, grow through service, develop leadership skills, mentor or be mentored, and have fun.
On April 29th, members were both inspired and challenged by the ongoing work of the maternal and child health workers in our community - thanks to the presentation of Maternal & Child Health nurse, Courtney Noonan. Courtney gave an overview of her department and left us with a confronting case study that clearly illustrates both the need for, and extreme challenges of health care in this field. Click "Read more..." for more details.
The District 9780 Learning & Development Assembly 2021 will be a free virtual event, commencing with a live plenary session on Monday 10 May 2021 at 7:30pm hosted by DGE John Clue and running through to a closing session on Friday 28 May.All Rotarians in District 9780 are invited to attend. Click Read more... for details.
By PP Meryl James...Geoff and I have just finished attending one of the best District conferences we have ever attended - so good, that I wanted to share it with members. This was the very first, virtual Multi-District conference ever held in Victoria - involving all five districts in our state. We both thought we could leave the show running in the background (from 11am until 1pm on Saturday and Sunday, May 1st and 2nd), whilst we did other things, but we were glued to the screen for the whole time on both days! Click Read more...for details
President Alison has obtained the text of the impressive ANZAC day address given in Maryborough on ANZAC Day last weekend by Captain Tony Mullan. Click "Read more..." for the text.
We now have an opportunity to view the speakers at the "Future of Peace Leadership" symposium held onlione on April 21-22. Thanks to Thea, who attended the online event, we have access to the videos. Click the link below and you'll be able to see some fantastic speakers speaking about Peace, Family Violence, Race Relations and how to stop the end of the world.The link is: https://peaceleadership.org.au/sessions/
 The nuclear disarmament movement has had a great start to 2021, with the entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons! But there is a lot more work to be done in the next phase as we look towards the first meeting of states parties next January. For the next week only, any donations to ICAN Australia will be DOUBLED, thanks to the generous dollar for dollar matching donation program by Ethical Jobs Australia. Help us reach our fundraising goal of $5,000 - to get Australia on board the nuclear weapon ban treaty, to get superannuation funds to ditch nuclear weapons investments and to grow the movement! See Read more... |
Here we see Rotary members studying and voting for the proposed projects for our forthcoming 2021-22 Rotary year. Over 25 Service and Fundraising projects were proposed, quite a number of them completely new ideas for our club. Click "Read more..." for more details.
At last Thursday's meeting, we toasted Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary, the 100 Year Centenary of Rotary in Australia, and also Herbert J. Taylor, the creator of the Four Way Test...of what we think, say or do. Click, "Read more..." to read about the history of the test and the text of the toast to Herbert Taylor by PP Thea Allan.
Members were treated to a fascinating "member" talk on April 15th when Austin Taylor shared his work journey with the club - a journey that took him around Australia, to the Philippines, and eventually right here to Maryborough.
April 18th is the birth date of Herbert J Taylor, the composer of the Four Way Test.
The birthdate of Paul Harris, the founder of Rotary is on April 19th. Drink a toast for him!
Around 25 members attended the "Bull & Mouth" last Thursday to start our new Strategic Planning process for the 2021-2024 Planning period. Members completed a Member Satisfaction survey as well as a member Audit form, and discussed the new Project Proposal template which will be emailed to members this week. Members are reminded to let others know of any projects they plan to propose at our Planning Event on April 22nd. - to avoid double ups on the night.
On April 1st, Rotarian Tracey Smith provided an update of recent activities at the Maryborough Education Centre. Over the last year, the school has been able to direct funds towards a revitalization of the school grounds: $400,000 is being used to build a "veledrome" for wheel chairs, energy breakthrough vehicles and bicycles, whilst $170,000 has been directed towards playground upgrades for the Year 7-8 students, and for special needs students. See "Read more..." for details.
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Here's a challenge for everyone...….in these "different" times in which we are living there are more and more Clubs now holding on-line meetings so now it's easier than it's ever been to do a make-up.
The West Footscray store of Donations in Kind has released its latest list of Containers of donated goods shipped to countries in need. It's great to see the amount of activity from this one Rotary venture, and the number of Rotary volunteer hours going towards this project. It serves as a reminder of how valuable a project is our own Rotary District's Geelong DIK depot.
Members arriving at Peppas for last Thursday morning's meeting were greeted by dozens of rabbit paw prints leading into the building. Yes! It's true! Rotary was privileged to have a visit from the Easter Bunny to its meeting and dozens of chocolate eggs were spread around the room for the delight of members. The "bunny", who is known in Easter land as "Trace", even stayed for the meeting. See "Read more..." for more photos - and you might even spot "Trace" if you look carefully.
Last week's meeting was held on April Fool's Day. Did you know the origin of the day?
On March 25th., Renee Fearn and Lise Egan-Bales from Central Highlands Water gave club members an interesting overview of the experiences of the organization during the Covid period. They explained that CHW used the "Respond-Recover-Thrive" method to deal with the crisis, and at this point in time they are very happy with the outcomes. See "Read more..." for more details.It is some time since there has been an update on the Maryborough Aeromedical Transfer Station (M.A.T.S.) project. M.A.T.S. will provide a safe, secure and controlled environment at the local airport for a patient and paramedics before the patient is airlifted to a higher specialist medical facility.
This was a big round for FNFF with 3 jackpots in the kitty. Total prize pool is $50.00.
The winner of Round 6 FNFF, having rechecked the scores of all six rounds so far five times, the winner is Andrea Rowe from Bendigo.
Andrea has generously donated her winnings back to the club and purchased another 5 squares.
Thank you Andrea and thanks everyone for playing.
Our "Fun Coordinator", Tracey Smith delighted members and guests at last week's meeting with some wonderful activities related to the Rotary month of "Water and Sanitation". First we had a trivia quiz with all questions related to water, and we had to make the sound of a frog to answer, and if correct, we got a choccy frog - there were certainly some interesting frog noises! Then she donned a lab coat and, with lab assistant, Harold, presented us with some fascinating water based experiments. See "Read more..." for details and more pics.
On Thursday, March 19th, around 30 members and partners ventured to the Bull and Mouth Hotel to hear Carolyn Bartholomeusz from the Go Goldfields organization provide us with a comprehensive and balanced account of the current work of the group in Maryborough. Carolyn attended the meeting with her daughter, Audrey.
Motto: Service Above Self
Maryborough, VIC 3465
Australia