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SPRINGWORD The official Bulletin of The Rotary Club of Springwood Inc.

Chartered 4th December 1984 CLUB 22213 Postal Address P.O. Box 45, Springwood, N.S.W, 2777

See the District 9685 website http://rotarydistrict9685.org.au Club Website www.springwoodrotary.org.au

Volume 33, Issue 26 23rd January, 2017 January,2017

Of the things we think, say, or do

• Is it the truth? • Is it fair to all

concerned? • Will it build good

will and better friendships?

• Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

This Week’s Meeting… TBC

Introduction: N/A

Thanks:

Thanks :

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The decision about the future of the old trailer will be announced on Monday night. Having this project finally reach fruition is a great credit to the team who brought this about – Adam Law, Bill Bowler and Ross Ingram – and the Club extends our sincere thanks to each of these members for achieving this goal. This follows on from the achievement just before Christmas from a suggestion by Pat Ainslie to donate money for a Shelter Box instead of sending Christmas cards, which produced the funds required in a really short time. Many thanks to all members for their support, particularly to Geoff Glassock, who organised a display, and with Carol Brandt collected money on the Christmas shopping night in December. We achieved the goal, and somewhere in the world, someone will benefit.Next week, our meeting will be held in the Macquarie Room at the Sports Club under the new arrangements resulting from the refurbishments being undertaken. Looking forward to seeing you all there to start our meetings in a “back to normal” routine. Have a great week ahead,

Marilyn

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What a lovely welcome back we had last Monday night at the Rayner’s. David and Maureen, with the help of John and Beth Fuller, Lorna Steele, Margaret and Ivan Fedor and Robyn Cooper, (hopefully I have not missed anyone – apologies if I did) prepared an absolute feast of Italian food for our Italian night. What a great success, and what great fellowship we were all able to share during the evening. Many thanks to all who helped to prepare for the evening, in particular our hosts, David and Maureen Rayner.The great news announced last Monday night was that our new BBQ trailer has arrived and is being housed at the home of Bill Bowler. It is receiving its last work with the placement of sponsors names on the sides of the trailer, and will be fully ready for use on Australia Day.

Happy January Birthday

Liz Roberts

Happy January Wedding Anniversary Paul & Suzanne Erickson Colin & Marilyn Kenney Joanna & Michael Deegan

President’s Report

John Germ 2016-17 President of Rotary International “Rotary Serving Humanity”

Club News – Meeting to be held in ‘The Macquarie Room’ at the Club! Apologies are to be phoned to Bill Clague preferably by text message (SMS) on 0400 802 448, or email - bjcge_bill@hotmail.com, or on 4751 1089 by 12noon on Sunday. Leave your name with any message, particularly the SMS messages on your phone. Reminder: You will be required to pay for any meals not cancelled. Please adhere to this deadline, because the Club has to pay for your meal if you cancel after 12 noon on Sunday • A big ‘thank you’ to David and Maureen Rayner for opening their home to us for our first meeting back

for 2017! The Italian Theme was a huge success even if there was a little cheating in the quiz! Thanks must also go to the many helpers involved in the preparation, cooking and serving…a mammoth task!

• The Thanksgiving Service for Kathleen Allsep is tomorrow, Friday, 20th January at the Christ Church (Anglican) on the Great Western Highway, Springwood, at 11.00 am.

• Our thoughts and prayers are with Roger at this difficult time. • Bunnings BBQ – Saturday 21st January – Volunteers please Check roster! • Farewell to Asahi as she returns home to Japan, taking with her a year of memories and Australian

experiences…we look forward to following her progress on her return home! • Farewell also to our Youth Exchange outgoing student, Marnie Larden…we look forward to hearing of

her adventures and experiences in Switzerland! • Australia Day BBQ – Glenbrook! With our New BBQ Trailer! Let Bill or Adam know your availability! • 'Wanted - a home aquarium owner to 'kennel' our 5 small goldfish for a month'. From Warwick Harrison

January is Vocational Service Month! Jan 21 Bunnings BBQ Jan 23 Meeting - TBC Jan 26 Australia Day BBQ – Glenbrook Jan 30 Meeting - TBC Feb 4 Buttonshaw Park – Working Bee Feb 6 Meeting - TBC Feb 13 Meeting - TBC Feb 18 Bunnings BBQ Mar 18 Bunnings BBQ Apr 1 Bundanoon Trip

Dates for Your Diary...

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD 2015-2016 President : Pat Ainslie President Elect / Club Admin : Marilyn Kenney Immediate Past President : Ross Ingram Secretary : Peter Sparkes Treasurer : Norman Kitto Community Service : Steve Elliott / Robyn Cooper / Adam Law Foundation : Colin Kenney International Service : Margaret Bell Membership : Cheryl Kitto Public Relations : Yvonne Meehan Vocational Services : Lynda Sparkes Youth Director : Bronwyn Berriman

**************** Sergeant at Arms : Jeff Sprague Time Keeper : Bill Bowler

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD 2015-2016 President : Pat Ainslie President Elect / Club Admin : Marilyn Kenney Immediate Past President : Ross Ingram Secretary : Peter Sparkes Treasurer : Norman Kitto Community Service : Steve Elliott / Robyn Cooper / Adam Law Foundation : Colin Kenney International Service : Margaret Bell Membership : Cheryl Kitto Public Relations : Yvonne Meehan Vocational Services : Lynda Sparkes Youth Director : Bronwyn Berriman

**************** Sergeant at Arms : Jeff Sprague Time Keeper : Bill Bowler

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD 2015-2016 President: Pat Ainslie President Elect / Club Admin: Marilyn Kenney Immediate Past President: Ross Ingram Secretary: Peter Sparkes Treasurer: Norman Kitto Community Service : Steve Elliott / Robyn Cooper / Adam Law Foundation: Colin Kenney International Service : Margaret Bell Membership : Cheryl Kitto Public Relations : Yvonne Meehan Vocational Services : Lynda Sparkes Youth Director : Bronwyn Berriman

**************** Sergeant at Arms : Jeff Sprague Time Keeper : Bill Bowler

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD 2016-2017 President: Marilyn Kenney President Elect / Treasurer: Norman Kitto Immediate Past President/ Foundation: Pat Ainslie Secretary: Ivan Fedor Club Administration: Jenny Thomas Community Service: Adam Law International Service: Geoff Glassock Vocational Services: Carol Brandt Youth Director: Bronwyn Berriman Special Projects: Colin Kenney Allen Smith Sergeant at Arms: David Rayner Public Relations/Membership Yvonne Meehan Speaker Coordinator: Jenny Kroonstuiver Springword Editor: Margaret Bell Web Page and Facebook: Cheryl Kitto

MEETING STATISTICS 16/01/17 Current Membership 35 Attendance tonight Apologies Makeup Leave Effective Attendance Percentage Raffle Winner Pick-A-Card Exchange Student Asahi Okuyama Members’ Guests Guest Speaker No Stats – Social Night

DATE SPEAKER INTRODUCE THANKS

23.01.17 TBC

26.01.17 ‘Australia Day BBQ’ Glenbrook

30.01.17 TBC

07.02.17 TBC

14.02.17

Club News Continued!

• Following a suggestion by Pat Ainslie at a recent Board Meeting ‘to not send Christmas cards and save on the cost of cards and postage and contribute the savings to the Club to purchase a Shelter Box’, I am pleased to report that our donations to this project see that we are in the position to able to buy one. Congratulations to Pat for the suggestion, and to all members who added extra contributions enabling us to reach this goal before Christmas. Well done. Norm is preparing a cheque to pay for the Shelter Box!

• In response to email from Norm the following reply was received from Lightning Ridge Club. ‘Your donation was handed out over 2 functions to women on properties and the feedback we got was that they were greatly received. Most of our cash donations have been put toward repairs on structures and machinery on properties where it was deemed needed most. As you can imagine some of the 'old' homesteads are in great need of repair and replace. We were able to paint some, repair bathrooms and one old farmer had no internal walls which were replaced. We are working with a group called S.A.L.T. (Supporting and Linking Ladies in Trades). This group is lead by Ms Fe Shewring and she gathers mostly women in trades (some men are also involved), all volunteers, to come out to Lightning Ridge to get in and get these jobs done. Our next visit from them is in April 2017. The Rotary Club pays for the material that is required to get the jobs done. We expect a bill for about $10,000-. The S.A.L.T. Team are putting together a PowerPoint Presentation to present at the 2017 District 9650 Conference in Laurieton, I will email you a copy when I get hold of it. To bring a little Christmas Cheer we have purchased 20 X $100- gift vouchers from our local supermarket and have handed them our to rural households we feel are in need. Whilst we have had some rain and some farmers were lucky enough to get a crop harvested - they are far from seeing their way clear. It is estimated that it will take 3-4 good seasons to get loans paid off and restock properties. Until then we will still support our paint, repair and replace for as long as we can with the assistance of donations from Rotary Clubs like yours. The Club members decided recently to change our Appeal name from Drought Fund to Disaster Fund - this will allow us to assist when we have the next disaster which will probably be a FLOOD!!!! Please pass our appreciation on to your club members and we wish you and your members a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.’ Yours in Rotary Neroli Bevan Secretary Rotary Club of Lightning Ridge Inc.

• How nice to receive such a detailed report and thanks from our country friends! Thanks Norm for the follow-up of this very worthy cause!

• Lower Blue Rotary Club have arranged a fundraising screening of the movie ‘Hidden Figures’ to raise money for Polio Plus at Glenbrook Cinema on Sunday February 12th Contact Lower Blue for more information and tickets!

ROTARY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Courses for early 2017 are: RLI 37 runs Sundays 22 January, 19 February and 19 March RLI 39 runs Saturdays 4 February, 18 February and 18 March Register at rli.rotarydistrict9685.org.au

Subject: N.Z. Tour 2017 - Please assist Dear Club President/Secretary, ‘Happy New Year’. Further to my earlier ‘NZ Tour update’ I wish to request your assistance just once more. As advised earlier our Tour is going ahead. We have received good responses to date, but we have space for 5 or 6 more couples (or singles) so trust that you will highlight this fact to your Members via your Bulletin and/or at your Meeting, as some of your members may still be considering registering. As previously, those who are interested should contact me by email (rotarynztour2016@xtra.co.nz ) or phone me on 6421758478 and I will send them the full Tour details. Regards Yours in Rotary, Peter Hawkins, NZ Tour Coordinator. The Rotary Club of Pakuranga, District 9920.

The Rotary Leadership Institute is proving to be a great Club strengthening resource, benefiting everyone from newer members to "old hands". I have previously advertised the first two courses for 2017 and we have some registrations, but too few to warrant running the courses. There is still time to register and take advantage of this great opportunity to participate, learn and share. Ian Scott PDG

For information of all District 9685 Rotarians APPLICATIONS FOR DISTRICT GOVERNOR 2019-2020 Each year Rotary Clubs have the privilege and honour of suggesting candidates for District Governor from their membership. District 9685 and its predecessors have a great history of Rotarians, supported by their Clubs, who have stepped up to the role. District 9685 is now calling for applications for nomination as Rotary International District Governor for the 2019-2020 Rotary year. An applicant must be a current member of good standing of a Club in the District with at least 5 years Rotary membership as at June 2017, as well as having served as president of a Rotary Club for a full term. It is a challenging and rewarding appointment with a structured and exciting two year training and preparation period prior to assuming the position. It’s your opportunity to lead and inspire Rotarians in Clubs across the District. As an initial expression of interest, please contact the me, PDG Ian Scott, Chairman of the Nominating Committee, via email at ian@scottadr.com or mobile 0402 217 915. I will assist you by providing information about the role and the selection procedure. You can help even if you are not intending to apply. All Rotarians know someone who would be an excellent Governor and maybe need someone to tell them just that; so please encourage others to apply. If the response is “not just yet”, they could contact the Nominating Committee Chair to get information for the future. Key dates are: 1 March 2017: Formal Application Details and Package available 24 March 2017: Closing date for applications 9 April 2017: District Governor 2019-2020 Selection Interviews (candidates must attend the District Office in Thornleigh in person) I look forward to discussing your interest in the role of Governor. PDG Ian Scott Rotary Club of Central Blue Mountains D9685 DG Nominating Committee Chair, DG 2019-2020 Rotary District 9685 0402 217 915 www.rotarydistrict9685.org.au dgnominatingchair@rotarydistrict9685.org.au ianscott@rotarydistrict9685.org.au

Italian Night at the Rayner’s!