Apologies: Graham & Patsy Beckett, Jerry Casburn, Geoff Hill, Rhonda Hoare, Mavis Martin, Bob Mills, David Payne
Notice of Annual General Meeting......get excited
The Annual General Meeting of the Rotary Club of Unley Inc. will be held at 6.30pm on Tuesday 5 December 2017 at Damien on Fisher, 123 Fisher Street, Fullarton. The business of the meeting will include the election of the following officers to fill vacancies on the Board for the 2018-19 year:
- Vice President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
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- Director (International)
- Director (Community)
- Director (Vocational and Youth)
- Director (Membership)
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Nominations signed by the proposer and the nominee are to be forwarded to the Club Secretary at PO Box 18 Unley SA 5061 not later than seven (7) days prior to the election date.
Guest Speaker: Dr Grant Whiteman - Calperum
Chairman Stephen Baker introduced Grant who completed a degree in chemistry and then rose to dizzying heights as a air traffic controller around Australia for the next 15 years. He returned to university and achieved a PhD in ecology which led him on a journey of land management. Initially he joined the CSIRO in Alice Springs and was then recruited to WA to develop a regional natural resource management strategy for their rangelands. Next appointment was with the Australian Landscape Trust in Gippsland and thence to Calperum where he spent 10 years developing a range of community programs in landscape management and linking in with Rotary. He continues to work as an ALT volunteer with individuals and community groups, lifting their ecological knowledge and appreciation.
Australian Landscape Trust, established through the McCormick Foundation, is a philanthropic organisation funded by donors. It manages three large areas:
- Strathfieldsaye in Gippsland which was a degraded/infested sheep station and is now recovering and producing organic beef
- Calperum at Renmark
- and nearby Taylorville......both Calperum and Taylorville comprised Mallee wood land
ALT also runs the McCormick Centre in Renmark. Calperum was a run down station purchased by the Federal Government in the early 1990s. In 2003 it was given to ALT to manage. Calperum contains 350 plant species, 189 native birds and 26 native mammals, a number of which are endangered. It is a critical area of the Riverland biosphere and is one of 10 ecological reference sites for South Eastern Australia. It has Rotary House to accommodate visitors and volunteers. The main aim is to generate community participation in land management.....make aware, informed and engaged. It is used as a training ground for international students and at risk youth, and runs a range of experiences and learning programs. The art exhibition is worth a visit. There is a wine industry support group and a number of Rotary volunteer paddock managers.
The latest task is to get more scientific about tree management and he would like Unley Rotary to assist. There are 3000 trees to be monitored through survey, site maintenance and data entry. Dr Todd Wallace will be partnering and analysing the survey data and the Ian Potter Foundation is looking to provide a PhD researcher.
Grant was thanked by acclamation.
Spots
Trevor McGuirk was again on song:
- The outstanding (Trevor's words) Metropolitan Male Choir will be performing at the Elder Hall at 7.30pm on Saturday December 2....see their website for tickets
- He reminded us to support Norwood Rotary which is convening the Latin Fiesta at 7pm - 11pm on Saturday 9 December at the Norwood Town Hall (Don Pyatt Hall)...cost $20pp and tickets on line at www.trybooking.com/STVK ..........with proceeds to the club's Bolivian project.
Pam Trimmer thrived on the Thrift Shop:
- Can Rotarians please wear their Rotary shirts.....must have run out of the fabulous aprons
- As the volunteers are now working to 4pm on weekdays it was deemed appropriate for the Saturday Rotary crews to do likewise.....at least test it out for a few months......new shifts will be 10am - 1pm and 1pm - 4pm......new sign to be put on shop informing the public
- Pricing of low quality books at 50c will be entrusted to Saturday crews
- Training may be needed for afternoon shifters who leave lights and aircon on, and who fail to bring in our mouldy Rotary Bali banner.
Dennis Liddle again confirmed that planning for the Carols at the Rotunda was progressing well with ice-cream returning to the menu.
Bob Mullins sought approval for continuation of his brain-teasers in the bulletin.....everyone failed the last test.
The Finale
With great shock Stephen the younger snared the appalling squares. Happiness was in short supply except for Alex who was still dating Irene after 29 years and Bob and Genese 56 years of marital bliss. Stephen the elder was impressed with the novel Shoot Me First written by prior speaker Grant Lock...extraordinary courage and conviction.
The meeting closed almost on time.
Rotary News
It was in treacherous seas in the English Channel back in 1987 that the lifeboat Rotary Service came into its own.
Based at the RNLI lifeboat station in Dover, the 50-foot steel-hulled craft came to the rescue of a 1,500-tonne cargo vessel being battered in a hurricane. Acting Coxswain Roy Couzens was later awarded an RNLI silver medal and the Maud Smith Award for outstanding and bravery and seamanship after saving three men from the stricken vessel, while her six volunteer crew received RNLI bronze medals.
Today, Rotary Service rests at the boatyard in Lowestoft, where she was built, and is being carefully refurbished by a team of volunteers. “Rotary Service is being well looked after,” explained Scott Snowling, chairman of the 50001 Youth Training Trust. “Her hull and superstructure have been stripped of many years of paint, and her new ex-RNLI livery of Oxford blue, rail red and aircraft grey has begun being applied.”
The Rotary Club of Westminster West initiated the campaign in 1968 to raise £200,000 to fund a lifeboat, which was supported by Rotarians nationwide.By 1974 and named Rotary Service, she was delivered to Falmouth where she was called out on service 45 times and saved 17 lives.Rotary Service was then redeployed to the Dover lifeboat station and was officially named by Her Majesty, the Queen Mother, in 1978.
By the end of her service life in 1997, the vessel had been launched 411 times, saving 177 lives, before being sold out of service for use as a pilot boat in Cornwall and latterly as a pilot boat in Castletownbere in County Cork, Ireland.
Rotary Service is now enjoying a fresh lease of life in the Suffolk port thanks to the enthusiastic volunteers. Formerly known as the Thames Class Lifeboat Trust, the 50001 Youth Training Trust works with young people aged between 12 and 25-years-old from vulnerable backgrounds across the UK.Ultimately, the aim is to have her fully kitted out with new engines and re-designed interior to offer training voyages for youngsters. That goal is several years away since the work is being funded by charitable donations, sponsorship and grants.Internally, Rotary Service is being stripped out. The volunteers have begun painting and sealing, removing old and redundant wiring, and preparing for new equipment to be installed.
“We are extremely proud of the work that all individual Rotarians put in to raise the funds for Rotary Service’s purchase back in 1973 and very humbled that we have the support of Rotarians now.
“For us being able to take a vessel like Rotary Service with such an amazing life-saving past, and to use her for such a life-changing role in the future, is a wonderful opportunity to inspire our young trainees and demonstrate how our town’s heritage can have a huge impact on the future.”
Rotary Upcoming Events
Our Club's Christmas Celebration at Stamford Grand 28 November
Carols at the Rotunda Sunday 17 December
Group 6 Breakfast Wednesday 20 December
Our Upcoming Meetings
28 November 2017 at Horizon Bar Stamford Grand Hotel Glenelg 6.45 for 7.00pm
Christmas Celebrations Finger food and fraternisation $20pp
5 December 2017 at Damien on Fisher at 6 for 6.30pm
AGM, Assembly, Committees and Salvos giving
Chair: Heather Kilsby | Set-up, Welcome & Attendance: J Casburn & J Corcoran
12 December 2017 at Damien on Fisher at 6 for 6.30pm
Chrissy Sulisto Families of condemned prisoners in Indonesia
Chair: Jerry Casburn | Set, Welcome and Attendance: Reno Elms & Lindsay England
Usual Meeting Venue: Damien on Fisher, 123 Fisher Street, Fullarton SA 5063
Apologies to: Stephen Baker as early as possible by e-mail sandbbaker@internode.on.net or 0403 687 015
Meeting Chair Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838 or email to unley.secretary@rotaryclub.org.au
Venue Set-up/Bar Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015
Attendance Enquiries to: Wendy Andrews by
e-mail to wendyjoyandrews@
gmail.com or in an emergency on 8377 7830
Saturday Thrift Shop Roster
Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Week 1: 2 December 2017
Early: David Middleton & Jerry Casburn | Late: Robyn Carnachan & Rachel Harding
Week 2: 9 December 2017
Early: Greg McLeod & Chad Leader | Late: Wendy Andrews & Heather Kilsby
Week 3: 16 December 2017
Early: Nathan White & Vera Holt | Late: Pam Trimmer & Ken Haines
Week 4: 25 November 2017
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran | Late: Sheila Evans & Ken Haines (Rhonda Hoare)
Week 5:
Early: Bob Mullins & David Pisoni | Late: Jerry Casburn, Reno Elms
Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact:
Pam Trimmer (T) 8293 2612; (M) 0415 238 333; e-mail: pamela.trimmer@bigpond.com
Bunnings Mile End Barbeque
ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm
Next Date: Monday 18 December
Morning shift: 8.30am – 12.30pm | Afternoon shift: 12.30 – 5pm
The Tale End
To make your day Bob Mullins has again posted a puzzle. You can relay your answers to him via email........and please try harder (hopeless last week) without googling the answer!
Which four letter word (no swearing allowed) can be put in front of the following words to make 4 new words: BRIDGE LIGHT WORK STOOL
Precious Moments in Life
'What majestic trees!
'What powerful rivers!
'What beautiful animals!
He said to himself.
Suddenly, he heard a rustling in the bushes behind him.
He turned to look . . . and saw a 7-foot grizzly bear charge towards him.
He ran as fast as he could along the path.
He looked over his shoulder & saw that the bear was closing on him ....
He looked over his shoulder again, and the bear was even closer ....and then he tripped and fell.
Rolling over to pick himself up, he found the bear was right on top of him, reaching towards him towards him with its left paw ... and raising the right paw to strike ...
At that instant the Atheist cried out, 'Oh my God!'
Time Stopped ... The bear froze ..... The forest was silent ...
A bright light shone upon the man, and a voice came out of the sky ..
"You deny my existence for all these years, you teach others I don't exist and even credit creation to cosmic accident .... Do you expect me to help you out of this predicament?"
"Am I to count you as a believer?"
The atheist looked directly into the light ....
"It would be hypocritical of me to suddenly ask you to treat me as a Christian now
but perhaps you could make the BEAR a Christian?"
.. a pause ... "Very well," said the voice ...
The light went out. The sounds of the forest resumed ...
And the bear dropped his right arm .... brought both paws together .... bowed his head & spoke ...
"Lord, bless this food, which I am about to receive.
Golfing gives superior miles to the gallon
A recent study found that the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a
year, which means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the
gallon (or 6.9 l/100 km). Kind of makes you proud. I almost feel like a hybrid.
