20120213 weekly bulletin

Last Meeting:

06 February 2012

Program: Australian Brewery

Visit Apologies:

Toasts:

Loyal Overseas Club

Next Meeting:

Monday 20 February 2012

Program

Polio Awareness

WHAT AM I UP TO NOW PP Ray Campbell

Duty Roster

Door

PP Greg Rieper Minutes

PP Alan walker Rotary Grace

Rtn Stephen Dinte

Rotary Grace:

“O Lord our giver

of all good

We thank You for

our daily food,

May Rotary friends

and Rotary ways,

Help us to serve

you all our days”.

Rotary Four-

Way Test:

Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all

concerned?

Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Mon 13 Feb 2012

Issue 3. No. 26 The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville

Weekly Bulletin

Program: Zone Project In India Duty Roster tonight: Door PP Graeme Rohan Minutes PP Alan walker Rotary Grace Rtn Stephen Dinte Birthdays: 16th Vivien Sifonios Anniversaries: 15th Alex & Helen Traill

19th Allan & Janice Walker 21st Ian & Patricia Pearce

Toasts: Loyal PP Gordon Scoble Overseas Club Rtn. Bobby Redman What Am I Up To Now PP Robert Mackey

Rotary Grace: “O Lord our giver of all good

We thank You for our daily food, May Rotary friends and Rotary ways,

Help us to serve you all our days”.

Rotary Four-Way Test: Is it the TRUTH?

Is it FAIR to all concerned? Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS? Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Monday, 13 February 2012

Tonight I am pleased to welcome Bruce Allen who will be outlining the joint International Project in India. Last week we had our first factory visit at The Australian Brewery at Rouse Hill. It was a casual evening and we all enjoyed the atmosphere, the food and the sampling of their house beers on offer to sample. PE Bobby Redman must have impressed the barman who on ordering the sampling selection as she was served with full size glasses of different beers and cider. Graeme Rohan ordered the same Beer Sampling Platter and only received sample glasses. We had a good roll up and after the meal we were given a special tour of the factory and a history of beer making and The Australian Brewery beer making processes. Coming up events are:

The Rotary Movie Evening at Event Cinemas at Castle Hill showing “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” on Thursday 23

rd February. Cost of the tickets is $20 and all

proceeds will go to End Polio. If you would like to attend there is still time to reserve tickets.

Next Monday 20th February is our Polio Awareness evening to be presented by our

own International Director and PE Bobby Redman. “End Polio” Pins will be available for sale. All proceeds go to End Polio.

Friday 24th February is the Charter Night for our District’s first E-Club at Moronic

Grove Receptions at Epping. Cost of the evening is $45. All 3 events will be worthwhile attending and if you are interested in attending please let me know ASAP. President Penny Hill

The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start. Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153

Factory Visit to the Australian Brewery 06 February 2012 Following a meal and a drink or two we were treated to a free guided tour of the brewery which was enjoyed by all. Our Guide, Tim, gave us detailed history of beer followed by an excellent presentation on brewing and an explanation on how the process works at Rouse Hill. The Australian brewery is classed as a micro brewery and is around one eighth of the size of the large commercial breweries. The process takes around three weeks and around half of the beer brewed is sent in kegs to other pubs. The standard of the beer is rated very highly and has won several awards at a national level, the current order book is full and expansions are being planned. After the tour we were invited to sample each of the beers and were given a run down of the characteristics of each type, needless to say by this time of the evening we all wished we had a designated driver so that we could do a better job of our tasting. We will be passing our thanks to the brewery for an excellent evening and in particular our guide Tim and the duty manager Ian for selling up the tour.

Dan Murphy BBQ 11 February 2012 PP Glen Wilcox along with Rtn Bruce Pike were rostered to man the weekly fund raising BBQ at the Dan Murphy Kellyville Ridge. PP Graeme Rohan and Rtn Michael Griscti were there with the supplies for the day. Both of them had a hope of delivering the trailer and the supplies and heading home for a relaxing Saturday morning. Little did they know they had a full morning workload waiting ahead of them? I had a sneak feeling that Graeme had come prepared for the day with his own supply of breakie and coffee for the team prepared by Edna. As Bruce had forgotten his day at the BBQ (a hefty fine awaits for him) with Glen, both Graeme and Michael stayed back to give a lending hand to Glen. The team had a good start with an order of 5 takeaway sausage rolls from the first client. American Tourist was surprised by Glen asking for a customary tip after serving the tourist with a delouses sausage roll. The morning hot cup of coffee was enjoyed by the team. By 1:30pm the team had sold out and packed up to enjoy the rest of the Saturday with family and friends.

Rotary Foundation Thought for the Week

This week's Rotary Foundation Thought is about a matching grant that has helped turn waste into profit for Philippine coconut farmers. With the aid of a Foundation matching grant, the Livelihood Project gives local farmers the supplies and labour to turn wasted coconut husks into "coconets", which have environmental and economic benefits for the community. The project

increased employment levels for women and out of school youth while reviving he local coconut industry. Coconut husks, which are a huge source of agricultural waste, are now used to make “coconets” which help provide an environmentally friendly solution to land erosion and degradation. Another husk by-product, coconut dust is used as a soil enhancer and organic fertilizer. This is an example of how The Rotary Foundation is helping smaller communities throughout the world and is ensuring that economic growth reaches the poorer communities.


Rotary Birthday Movie Fundraiser An important event coming up is the screening of the movie THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL with proceeds supporting Polio Eradication. Please support this event and encourage your members to bring along their friends and enjoy the movie and help raise funds for Polio Plus.

These will be conducted in Zones following February 23 which is the release date for the movie THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL which tells the story of a group of misfit British pensioners who are enticed to retire to a fabulous hotel in Jaipur, India, where they are promised to live a life of luxury for a bargain price. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to find that restoration of the once elegant Marigold Hotel has stalled. There is water…sometimes. And electricity…sometimes. The hotel’s eager manager, a young Indian entrepreneur, is quick to tell them that his ambitious renovation is going to turn the place around. Surprisingly, the retirees find themselves settling into this strange new world and creating bonds with each other. What their new life lacks in luxury they come to find is plentiful in adventure, stunning beauty, peace and love.

Check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDY89LYxK0w and you will see that this will be a fun event. It is coming to Castle Towers Event Cinema – date 23

rd February 7-30pm – cost $20, $10 of which will go

directly to Rotary Foundation towards Polio Plus.

Weekly Toast

This week we would like to toast the Rotary Club of Araponga in Brazil. The club was chartered on the 22

nd September 1951 and last

year celebrated their 60 years anniversary. Also at the end of last year their President, Carlos Romero Gerard introduced two new

Paul Harris Fellows.

RI President Kalyan Banerjee’s Corner

He shared this and other advice during the second plenary session on 16 January to help incoming district governors provide better support to Rotarians at the club level. “We’re here because we love Rotary,” he said. “We’re here because we love what we can do through Rotary, and we want to do more of it.” Banerjee explained that leadership in Rotary means giving support -- not giving orders. The “gold standard of great leadership,” he said, is “being the kind of leader about whom every Rotarian in your district says, ‘You know, if I am ever a district governor, I’d want to be a district governor just like him (or her).” Trustworthiness is also an important quality, Banerjee said. “A great leader is someone you can trust, not necessarily to have all the answers but to be able

to find them,” he explained. “And it’s someone who will listen, who will not dismiss your concerns, who will take the time to take you seriously.” Maintaining the right balance between work and fun is also vital to encouraging strong clubs, he said. “You do need the fun, of course -- that’s part of what makes Rotary what it is -- but fun is secondary and work is first,” Banerjee noted. “We all enjoy Rotary, but the primary thing, the point of why we’re here, it has to be the work, it has to be the service, it has to be the difference we are making.” Banerjee concluded that district governors must look beyond their year in office. He emphasized that serving the district isn’t about attaching their names to major accomplishments, but making changes in a short time that will make their district stronger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDY89LYxK0w


Club Members

Name

Classification

Ray Campbell PP,PHF Education - Secondary

Thomas Cann PHF Landscape Supplies

Col Davis Accounting Taxation

Stephen Dinte Financial Planning

Russ Evans PP,PHF Finance

Henry Grech PP Legal Practice

Michael Griscti PHF Lighting Technician

Paul Haslam Steel Distribution

Penny Hill Customer Service Manager

Alan Jones PP,PHF Marketing Consultancy

Bob Low PHF Electrical Distribution

Robert Mackey PP,PHF Construction Services

Ian Pascoe PP Gas Fitting

Ian Pearce PP,PHF Industrial Consultancy

Bruce Pike Nursery Retail

Suresh Prasad PP Sugar Research

Haran Ramachandran PP,PHF Computer Support

Bobby Redman Psychology

Michael Richardson Honorary Member

Greg Rieper PP,PHF Consultancy

Graeme Rohan PP,PHF Petroleum Distribution

Gordon Scoble PP,PHF Education Primary

Jim Sifonios PP,PHF Product Development

Keith Stapley PP,PHF Photogrammetry

Rod Tilden PP,PHF Window Furnishing Sales

Alex Traill PP,PHF Building & Maintenance

Wilf Van Emmerik PP,PHF Specialised Transport

Allan Walker PP Funeral Direction

Glenn Willcox PP Project Estimating

P – President PP - Past President PHF - Paul Harris Fellow

Dan Murphy Roster

Saturday 18 February 2012 PP Graeme Rohan Rtn Col Davis

Saturday 25 February 2012 P Penny Hill Rtn Stephen Dinte

WHAT AM I UP TO NOW 20th Feb PP Ray Campbell 27th Feb P Penny Hill 5th Mar PP Paul Haslam 12th Mar Rtn Michael Griscti 19th Mar PP Keith Stapley 26th Mar PP Jim Sifonios

Duty Roster Monday 27 February 2012

Door PP Wilf Van Emmerik Minutes PP Rod Tilden Rotary Grace Rtn Bob Low

Joke of the Day – Racism

Everyone seems to be in such a hurry to scream 'racism' these days. A customer asked, "In what aisle could I find the Guinness?" The shop assistant asks, "Are you Irish?" The guy, clearly offended, says, "Yes I am. But let me ask you something, If I had asked for Italian sausage, would you ask me if I was Italian? Or if I had asked for German Bratwurst, would you ask me if I was German? Or if I asked for a kosher hot dog would you ask me if I was Jewish? Or if I had asked for a Taco, would you ask if I was Mexican? Or if I asked for Polish sausage, would you ask if I was Polish?" The shop assistant says, "No, I probably wouldn't." The guy says, "Well then, because I asked for Guinness, why did you ask me if I'm Irish?" The clerk replied, "Because you're in Bunnings'."

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Note: Apologies must be in to PP Graeme Rohan by 12pm on Mondays

so numbers can be confirmed for dinner.