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Our Last Meeting
Venue: Damien on Fisher
Guest Speaker: The one and only Jerry Casburn
Visiting Rotarian: John Holds (Whyalla)
Guests: Graham Ellender & Gerry Ganser
Attendance: 23 Members and 3 Guests
Valerie Bonython's (csi President Heather) Announcements
- Welcome to Graham and Gerry from The Shed, and welcome back Mavis.
- There will be an International Committee meeting after this.
Guest Speaker: Jerry Casburn - Rotary Australia World Community Service [RAWCS]
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erry explained that RAWCS is a Rotary program based in Australia which assists our clubs with the development and management of community service projects. RAWCS also works with friends of Rotary, corporate partners, and members of the general public who want to help. It supports sending teams of volunteers, supplies advice, assistance and training of others, provides tax deductibility and an online donation facility.
Jerry is seen her seeking spiritual guidance.
In summary RAWCS does:
- Project Funding
- Project Volunteers
- Donations in Kind
- Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM)
- Safe Water Save Lives (SWSL)
- Rotary Australia Overseas Aid Fund (RAOAF)
- Rotary Australia Benevolent Society (RABS)
- Rotary Australia Compassionate Grants (RACG)
- Rotary Developed Country Disaster Funding
Project Funding
Rotary clubs can register both overseas and local projects. Contributors qualify for tax deductible donations. RAWCS manage the funds and clubs control through their project coordination
Project volunteers receive professional training and building & maintenance expertise. Specialist volunteers are brought in where needed as part of skilled work teams; locals are trained so projects are self sustaining. Volunteers are covered by Rotary insurance and registered on Foreign Affairs smart traveller web site.
Donations in Kind provide donated goods to needy communities.
We are looking to load trucks, etc at RAH on 14 and 21 April (Saturdays) and possibly other days pending availability of trucks. Your help with this, or subsequent unloading at warehouse, would be much appreciated. This has been the largest DIK project in South Australia.
Rotarians against Malaria support malaria control & elimination. RAM raises funds and awareness, and funds medical research. There is an effort currently to make East Timor malaria free in collaboration with other NGOs.
Save Water Save Lives
This project facilitates water and sanitation projects by promoting these projects to Rotary clubs, encourages partnerships between clubs, assists in managing projects and provides technical advice.
Rotary Australia Benefit Society looks after local projects for those communities in need and includes disaster assistance.
Rotary Australia Compassionate Grants has received a $1m donation from Dick Smith. It caters for individual aussies doing it tough who have not previously been assisted.
Rotary Developed Countries Disaster Fund was introduced in 2015 to allow Rotary to respond to disasters in developing countries and provide for tax deductible donations.
RAWCS finances have previously enabled project expenditure in excess of $30m per year but this has now dipped to $13m mainly due to corporates using other tax deductible mediums. There is an administrative charge of a modest 2.5%. Greater effort is needed within Rotary clubs to fill the gap. Crowd funding is being examined.
Jerry was thanked for his presentation........getting better with age.
Rotary Facts.......Rotary and the United Nations
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tephen Bone declared that his presentation contained no funny bits (perfectly correct). But he did express surprise when his research revealed what a key role Rotary had played in the formation and shaping of the UN.
After the failure of the League of Nations to prevent WW2, world leaders from various countries were looking to find a more effective mechanism to achieve world peace and cooperation. In 1942 at the Rotary Conference in London (presumably dodging bombs), there was a meeting of Education Ministers from 21 countries to map out a post-war strategy for international education and cultural exchange, and it was from this initiative that UNESCO was eventually formed. Rotary became a major source of dialogue and research across the globe and key proposals relating to the formation of the UN were circulated to clubs for input. At the San Francisco conference in 1945, the UN charter was signed by representatives from 50 countries.......China, Russia, the UK and US prepared the charter document.
Rotary District 13 hosted the first meeting of the UN in 1946.....Rotary President Tom Warren said at that time 'The UN is a new beginning in international cooperation to make peace; Rotary wherever established is pledged to the ideals of service to mankind in international affairs.' United Nations Day was declared by the UN for 24 October as part of World Fellowship Week in Rotary Service.
Just as Rotary assisted the formation of the UN, many of the UN activities have played an important role in Rotary programs......and Rotary clubs have organised schools across the globe to have mock sessions of the UN. Rotarians have served on the General Assembly and even in the top role as President.. Rotary is the only NGO to have an office at the UN in New York.
Stephen was thanked for his dissertation.
Trevor McGuirk is off to Peru
On Sunday week, Trevor will be departing for Cusco. As the coordinator of the project he is required to provide a written report to RI on progress. The areas which he will be covering are:
- Training of 6 Qhali health care workers who have received 200 hours of tuition
- Installation of bio-sand clean water filters
- Distribution of Days for Girls kits
- Construction of hot houses
- Formation of the women's economic centre
Trevor provided a lively power point of conditions in the villages, the colourful attires and elements of what is being achieved. Good stuff!
[According to Trevor the chewing of cocoa leaves is mandatory at 4000 metres above sea level and he has promised to do this vigorously..... ]
Spots
John Holds explained that he had been battling cancer for over a decade. A recent new infection had become debilitating and he is unable to pursue his intention of continuing in Rotary after 34 years. Good luck John.....be thinking of you and yours.
Stephen Baker canvassed support for Bunnings BBQ on Monday 30 April......5 of the normal sausage sizzlers will be away.....still need one or two more to help Ken on the day. SB also raised the possibility of putting on a sausage sizzle on Saturday May 19 to support Ben Ernst's ninja challenge in aid of a Kenya orphanage........it is a goer.
Greg McLeod reported that former member and Unley Road luminary Alex Haddad had died on Saturday......funeral details yet to be released.
Patsy Beckett who is in fierce competition with Jerry for spare coinage again asked for donations to her Days for Girls collection box to buy the materials. There was also a mention of a fabulous car trial on 28 October..........her tactic of encouraging RC Eastwood leaves a lot to be desired given they won the last two trials.
The Finale
We now have a complete set of new bingo balls for the atrocious squares. Those found tampering with them (as some multiple winners from the last set obviously did to be so successful) will be dealt with. The first white ball winner was visitor Gerry Ganser. To finish on time the happiness segment was scrapped.......mmmmmmm.
Rotary News
6 tips for recruiting Rotary Peace Fellows
Rotary members share ideas about recruiting candidates during the Rotary Peace Symposium in 2015. Photo by Monika Lozinska/Rotary International
Whenever Anne-Marie Bach, Rotary Peace Fellowships Subcommittee Chair for District 1470 in Denmark, talks to clubs and districts about the Rotary Peace Fellowship program, she describes it as “the diamond of Rotary.” The program is multifaceted, helping peacebuilders from all over the world shine brighter in their work and have a bigger impact together than they might alone.
For many clubs and districts, however, the process of recruiting, supporting, and endorsing peace fellowship candidates can be daunting. We interviewed seven districts that have a high success rate having their candidates selected as finalists to determine if there were best practices we could share. Based on those interviews, with districts from Copenhagen to Queensland, we offer the following six tips for recruiting, supporting, and endorsing peace fellow candidates:
- Use your network to connect with individuals that may be a good candidate for the fellowship program.
- Be honest with candidates about their fit for the program and the expectations of being a fellow.
- Review and refine applications by working collaboratively with candidates.
- Work as a team. Establish a subcommittee in order to fulfill the district’s endorsing responsibilities.
- Be consistent in the way the district interviews and assesses candidates for endorsement consideration.
- Connect candidates to Rotary. Build a connection between candidates and a club or Rotarian mentor so they feel engaged with the organization.
The 2019 Rotary Peace Fellowship application is now live.
Working together for peace through Rotary
Rotary Peace Fellows Magdalena Zurita and Phil Gittins.
By Magdalena Zurita with Phill Gittins, Rotary Peace Fellows
My interest in promoting peace brought me to Bolivia, where I am doing my applied field study while earning a master’s degree at the Rotary Peace Center at International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan. I am passionate about the reduction of poverty and inequality, and efforts to address these challenges in ways that promote working together and embracing difference. In May, a Skype call and email exchange connected me to Phill Gittins, a fellow Rotary Peace Fellow, who has been working in Bolivia for many years. Through Rotary two strangers, working on peace separately, are now working on peace together.
Phill’s expertise is in peace education and youth work. Most recently, he has been using what he learned in his doctorate work in International Conflct Analysis to help develop and inform the next generation of peace builders. NewGen Peacebuilders is a global youth peace education programme, designed by Rotary Peace Fellows, endorsed by the Rotary Action Group for Peace, and supported by Rotary clubs and districts, internationally.
Phill put me in contact with Bolivian Rotarians, international organisations and friends working in peace and development here. Some of these people turned out to be key contacts for my current research. As a virtual speaker for NewGen Peacebuilders, I connected Phill with Argentinean NGOs, Rotarians and friends interested in expanding the programme in Argentina.
In September, we met in person in Bolivia. Phill offered guidance on readings and courses to improve my knowledge and skills as a peacebuilder. I, meanwhile, put Phill in touch with people from Colombia, where he has a possibility of working next year. Without us realising, we were practicing some of the same necessary ingredients for peacebuilding – engaging in dialogue and thinking through ways to work together on peace despite our differences. These differences include our varying histories, cultures, and ways of being in the world.
At the same time, we both shared a desire to promote peace in ways that encourage collaboration and the development of peaceful and just relationships. We are both thankful to Rotary for playing a key role in this, We encourage other Rotary Peace Fellows (and Rotarians) to share stories of how they are working on peace together – the biggest challenge humanity currently faces.
Rotary Upcoming Events
April 20-22: RYPEN Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment [ages 14-17]
May 2 - Joint meeting with Prospect Rotary Club
May 15 - Vocational Visit to Flinders Vision
May 29 - The Great Debate (debacle) with Hyde Park
Our Upcoming Meetings
Tuesday 17 April 2018 6 for 6.30pm at Damien on Fisher
Guest Speaker: John Hendrikson Moment of Truth
Chair: David Middleton | Set-up, Welcome & Attendance: Marlene Small & Wendy Andrews
Tuesday 24 April 2018 6 for 6.30pm at Damien on Fisher
Guest Speaker: Maggie Farrell Youth Engagement Projects
Chair: Maria Galatsanos | Set-up, Welcome & Attendance: Marlene Small & Wendy Andrews
Usual Meeting Venue: Damien on Fisher, 123 Fisher Street, Fullarton SA 5063. Ensure that a response is given to each meeting invitation.
Apologies to: Stephen Baker by e-mail sandbbaker@internode.on.net or 0403 687 015
Meeting Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838 or email to unley.secretary@rotaryclub.org.au
Venue Set-up Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015
Saturday Thrift Shop Roster
Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Week 1: 7 April 2018
Early: David Middleton & Jerry Casburn | Late: Robyn Carnachan & Rachel Harding
Week 2: 14 April 2018
Early: Greg Mcleod & Chad Leader | Late: Wendy Andrews & Heather Kilsby
Week 3: 21 April 2018
Early: Nathan White & Vera Holt | Late: Pam Trimmer & Ken Haines
Week 4: 28 April 2018
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran | Late: Rhonda Hoare & Sheila Evans
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 30 April
Morning shift: 8.00am – 12.30pm | Afternoon shift: 12.30 – 5pm
The next Mitre 10 BBQ will be on Saturday 19 May
The Tale End
A sense of grace and maturity
