Meeting Details

When: Tuesday evenings

Time: 6:30 for 7:00 pm start

Venue: Tosaria Café,

Henderson Rd Rowville

Visitors are very welcome. Please contact:

Kevin Harrison 0419 919 011

Rajeev Wadhwa 0408059778

ERRATA

In the last newsletter, reference was made to the Gary Mewburn Scholarship and our Club rela-tionship with a TAFE institution. The correct institution is Chisholm.

February 18 2020 Newsletter 19 2019-2020

The speaker at this week’s meeting was Sean Teer, from the organ-isation Envision Plastics. A more detailed report of Sean’s work will be found in the newsletter next week. It was pleasing to be able to pass on to Sean a large box of plastic bottle caps that had been col-lected over time by Club members and the residents of Peppertree Retirement Village.

One of the thirteen youth programs supported by Rowville-Lysterfield, and other Clubs in D9810, is the Model United Nations Assembly. Participating students, in pairs, are allocated a country to research and to represent at the Assembly. Over a weekend in May, resolutions are put to the Assembly and debated fiercely, prior to voting on each resolution.

At the District 9810 Youth Service Seminar on February 14th, last year’s winners spoke passionately of their experience at both the District MUNA and at the National MUNA in Canberra. Their impres-sive performance at D9810 MUNA was replicated in Canberra, where they won the Peace Prize.

Rose and Thomas both highlighted the benefits they have gained from this program, in terms of the growth in their confidence and their awareness of international issues.

Our Club has committed to once again supporting a MUNA team from Rowville Secondary College. We look for-ward to hearing more about this wonderful event, which for the first time will be held in the Isabella Fraser room of the newly renovated State

Youth Programs—MUNA

Rose Hensher and Thomas White, winners of 2019 D9810 MUNA, speak-

ing at the Youth Service Seminar.

Envision Plastics—Sean Teer

Sean Teer receiving a large box of bottle caps from Jenny Moran

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Rotary Areas of Focus for each month

February—World Understanding

March—Water and Sanitation

April—Maternal & Child Health

May—New Generation

June—Rotary Fellowship

July— Non-designated month

August— Membership and

Extension

September— Basic Education and Literacy

October— Economic and

Community Development

November—Rotary Foundation

December—Disease Prevention and treat-

ment

January—Vocational Services

On Friday 14th February District 9810 held a showcase of some of the

Youth Programs available to clubs within the district. The night was

hosted by District Youth Service Chair DGN Daryl Moran. It brought

together the following Rotary programs:

MUNA—Model United Nations Assembly

CONOCO Science experience

NYSF—National Youth Science Forum

RYLA—Rotary Youth Leadership Award

RYPEN—Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment

YEP—International Youth Exchange Program

The event moved away from Rotarians dominating the information

flow about programs to actual past participants sharing their experi-

ences. Without exception each of the speakers rated their particular

experience as a life changing one. In sum-

mary, the key outcomes of the programs

were:

Greater self confidence

Ability to act as a leader

New and challenging experiences

New knowledge that would not come

from school alone

Improved clarity of life after school

and in the years ahead

Gaining new friends and in some cases

“Friends for Life”.

A parent also spoke about the Youth Exchange Program and highlight-

ed the joy of hosting overseas students as well as seeing the develop-

ment of both her children from the exchange experience.

Following the formal presentations an opportunity was provided for

Rotary Clubs to sign up to these programs. This was a new initiative

and the outcome was very productive.

Members of the Rotary Club of Rowville-Lysterfield supported Daryl

by managing the preparation of food and drink for attendees and the

registration of participants as they arrived. Jeff Somers—Youth Chair

Rotary Youth Showcase

Ken Mirams, District Youth Protec-tion Officer, outlined some of the responsibilities relating to youth

programs at the seminar.

DG Shia Smart reflected on how important youth programs are to

the objectives of Rotary.

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Know your Rotary

The Four-Way Test

The Four-Way Test has long served

as an ethical guide for members to

live by in their personal and profes-

sional relationships.

Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL and

BETTER FRIENDSHIPS

4. Will be be BENEFICIAL to all

concerned.

The following article is reprinted from the rotaryoceania.zone newsletter

published on February 9, 2020.

Meetings—An Essential Ingredient or Not

Rotary is primarily about service to our community whether local or global.

Included in that are some really great things like friendships made, an active

social scene, skill development and so much more. What it is not about specifi-

cally is MEETINGS. People do not go to Rotary to go to meetings but for some

clubs that seems all they do and for some others they have a perception that

their meetings do not contribute much in way of value for members.

Or so it seems, and this has resulted in an apparent aversion to holding

“meetings”. But are meetings getting a bad rap?

Let’s take the “meeting” of one breakfast club. Their programme is 7 for 7.15

am, finishing at 8.30 am once a week and includes social time, breakfast, club

meeting and speaker.

So, 1.5 hours of meeting time… apparently. Hang on a minute! Let’s look at

that again:

7-7.15: Social/network time. Having social time, particularly with a broad

range of people with different backgrounds and interests is fantastic for a per-

son’s physical and mental health. It builds self-esteem, a sense of belonging

and sets the positive, happy mood for the day and beyond. Getting to know

others builds new friendships that can last a lifetime.

7.15—7.35: Breakfast time. In addition to “fuelling up”, sharing a meal is a so-

cial event where thoughts, experiences and emotions are shared with others

building a sense of community, a chance to catch up and just talk about things

that are interesting and not work (usually) and a chance to learn about others

at the table in a very relaxed manner.

7.35—7.55: Club “business” time. Most join Rotary for the purpose of some

form of community service which means the creation and performance of pro-

jects and events. This time period updates members on what is planned, what

has and is happening and how they can contribute. It is a chance to offer the

opportunities of wider Rotary involvement and provides members with the

chance to ask questions, seek or provide clarifications and make suggestions

of their own. Being aware of what is happening builds the club team and facili-

tates participation in the service and the social side of Rotary.

7.55—8: Light entertainment time. This could be anything from a humour-

filled segment to a member life snapshot but is always a bit of a highlight if

done well. Contd page 4

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8-8.25: Guest speaker. Having someone donate their time to come

and expose those present to the real-world life experiences from the

position of someone who has been there builds connections with the

community, expands perspectives and understanding of a topic. Peo-

ple can learn something new that often they can take away and ap-

ply.

8.25-8.30: Close time. Literally the time used to round off the

meeting, usually with something motivational and for all to take their

good-byes of others as they depart.

So how much of the “meeting” was an actual meeting? In this case….

20 minutes. All the rest was that important social and motivational

time we all crave. This breakfast “meeting” was a chance to get out-

side the daily personal and work routine and be revitalised, rebuild

our zest for life and as a result fuel our ambitions for life.

The flip side when we do not, or only rarely attend our Rotary club

“meetings” includes negatives such as isolation, lack of motivation,

less team-spirit, less friends, missed opportunities to grow as a per-

son…. Do we really need to continue with the list?

In summary, get along to your club meeting and if it is not as inter-

esting, motivational, informative and enjoyable as you would like it to

be, speak up and insist on change to a better meeting that people

look forward to, rather than the worst option of your not going along

or the club defaulting to reducing meeting frequency in the misguid-

ed hope that those meetings will be better attended.

Meetings—An Essential Ingredient or Not (contd)

For more information about the Conference program click here.

This week’s events

Friday 21st

Bunnings BBQ

Saturday 22nd

Carparking and BBQ at

Chesterfield Farm Rodeo

Friday 21st, Saturday 22nd and Sun-

day 23rd

Multi-District President Elect

Training Seminar at Creswick

Great effort from all those who are

putting their time and energy into

these events. Thank you.

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Duty Roster and Forward Program 2020

Rowville Roundup

Date Registration Chair, Raffle and

Thanks

Director of Fun Program

February 18th Alan Kevin Gary Sean Teer—Envision Plastics

February 25th Linda Cocktails with Rotary Club of Bayswater

March 3rd Anita Murray Daryl Team Action Meetings and Board

Meeting

March 10th Steve Marg Alan TBA

March 17th Jenny Ian Max TBA

March 21st-22nd District 9810 Conference Moama. Club Dinner Friday 20th 7 pm at Sunago, Echuca

March 24th No meeting

March 26th-29th Knox Art Show. Wednesday 26th Preparation at the venue. Friday 27th Cocktail Party Opening

March 31st Social Night—5th Tuesday in the month

April 7th Jeff Neil W Corinne Report on District Conference and debrief

on Art Show

April 14th Heather hopefully James John Report on RYLA 2019—Connie and Jenna

May 24th District Assembly—President Elect Marg will expect that all Office Bearers and Program Chairs will attend the District Assembly

June 20th District Changeover Night

M embers will be interested to know:

Heather is making a good recovery. She is relieved to be out of plaster and out of rehab and learning how to get around

her house with her broken leg on a scooter. A busy time lies ahead for Bob!

Sue and Steve are thrilled to announce the arrival of another grandchild, Rosie Joy, who arrived

somewhat early. Congratulations to all concerned.

Corinne and Les are heading off on a cruise, flying firstly to Auckland and then back to Australia by

boat. Hopefully they won’t end up in quarantine in Japan!

Neil M is heading off to Whistler next week, with his two sons, for his annual ski trip. Watch out

for snow bunnies, Neil!

Birthday wishes on Thursday this week to Anita. Hope you have a special celebration.

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Friday February 21 Sunday March 15

Friday April 24 Friday May 29 Friday June 19

Friday July 17

Friday August 21 Friday September 18

Friday October 16

Friday November 20 Friday December 18

Thursday December 24

BUNNINGS BBQ 2020 DATES

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Rotary International

www.rotary.org

Contact details

Where to find current infor-mation about Rotary

District 9810 newsletter

My Rotary

Rotary Down Under magazine

2019-20 BOARD MEMBERS

President Rajeev Wadhwa

Vice-President Kevin Harrison

Secretary Anita Wadhwa

Treasurer Neil White

President Elect Marg Vesey

Immediate Past President Daryl Moran

Past President Alan Lunghusen

2019-20 COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Community Anita Wadhwa

Youth Service Jeff Somers

Foundation Murray Wilson

International Alan Lunghusen

Vocational James Wilson

Public Relations James Wilson

Membership Kevin Harrison

OTHER ROLES

Rowville Secondary

College Council Rep Kevin Harrison

Lysterfield Primary

School Council Rep Daryl Moran

Newsletter Jenny Moran

Website Alan Lunghusen

Club Protection Officer Corinne Baillie

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