DGs eNews 3 May 2018 (Apr 18, 2018)

District Governor's eNews
May 3 2018

ROTARY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE

My Friends in Rotary,

It is inspiring to see the events our Rotary Clubs either hold or participate in to great effect.

Rotary participation in Anzac Day services across our District was high, great articles in your club bulletins and some good feedback I received from non-Rotarians who attended services. In a similar vein I attended Gosford Rotary Club’s commemorative meeting for the battle of Villers Bretonneux. As many would be aware, this was a very significant battle and victory for Australian forces in World War 1 and there still exists a strong relationship between the people of Villers Bretonneux and Australia. Gosford Rotary had 156 people attend, maybe a third of which were Rotarians.

Many clubs have held or are about to hold their Pride of Workmanship evenings. Again, great events to attend that bring in considerable numbers of non-Rotarian attendees. As a standalone event these evenings are valuable, particularly to the awardees. I have to ask how many clubs subsequently keep in touch with their participants. From the evening you know the talents of the awardees, you know about the domain of their employers and have a ‘warm’ contact there. I’d encourage you to add them to your newsletter mailing list, invite them to future major functions, ask them for advice or assistance with a club activity (they might say no but they will be flattered you asked; or they might say yes). Maybe the employers might consider sponsoring an event in future. If 50 clubs in our District each had 5 awardees each year - not unreasonable numbers – that is 250 awardees and 250 nominators each year that come in our doors and out again.

Like our alumni from other Rotary programs, we invest time and money in these people for great results (which is enough in itself). If we believe in what we do (and I know we do) then recognise the opportunities we can offer are a gift when offered with good intent.

Peter Ward

Governor, RI District 9685, 2017-18

RLI 47.1

District Office

May 05, 2018
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

PDGs Meeting

District Office

May 12, 2018
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

RLI 47.2

District Office

May 19, 2018
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

COTA Meeting

District Office

May 25, 2018
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

President's Meeting & Awards

Hornsby RSL

May 26, 2018
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

2018/19 AGs Training

District Office

Jun 09, 2018
8:00 AM – 1:00 PM

2017/18 District Team Meeting

District Office

Jun 16, 2018
8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

PDGs Meeting

District Office

Jun 17, 2018
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Rotary Foundation Committee Meeting

District Office

Jul 05, 2018
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM

2018 District Changeover

Hornsby RSL

Jul 07, 2018
6:00 PM – 11:00 PM

2018/19 District Team Meeting

District Office

Jul 14, 2018
8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

COTA Meeting

District Office

Jul 27, 2018
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

DISTRICT ASSEMBLY PRESENTATIONS

Presentations from District Assembly

are available on the

District 9685 website

Go to District > District Training > District Assembly or:

assembly.rotarydistrict9685.org.au

DISTRICT CHANGEOVER - 7 JULY 2018

ROTARY ON THE MOVE - MAY 2018

Please click HERE to view - download the ‘Rotary On The Move’ Newsletter for May 2018. Please feel free to share and send us your great membership stories.

ROTARY EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNITY AWARDS GALA DINNER

ROTARY EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMUNITY AWARDS FINALISTS

Minister for Emergency Services Troy Grant today announced 24 NSW and 8 ACT finalists for the 2018 Rotary Clubs and Districts of NSW and ACT Emergency Services Community Awards.

Mr Grant said the expanded awards, which include the ACT for the first time, are a fantastic opportunity to shine a light upon the enormous contribution of emergency services workers such as nominee Alan Johnson from Batlow who has been a volunteer for over 52 years.

“These awards celebrate the outstanding commitment, sacrifice and spirit of service. As a community it is important that we take the time to acknowledge and thank volunteers and personnel who give so much of themselves and ask so little in return,” Mr Grant said.

“As a state we are hugely indebted to all our emergency services men and women. We should never take for granted their commitment to protecting us and it is important that we acknowledge the unsung heroes who repeatedly go above and beyond.

“This year’s finalists have more than 600 years of combined service and I thank them all for their exemplary community service.”

Finalists come from the following emergency services agencies:

Fire & Rescue NSW	ACT Fire & Rescue
NSW Ambulance	ACT Ambulance
NSW Rural Fire Service	ACT Rural Fire Service
NSW State Emergency Service	ACT State Emergency Service
Marine Rescue NSW
NSW Volunteer Rescue Association.

Mr Grant announced the creation of a $1,000 Dorothy Hennessy Emergency Services Youth scholarship for a volunteer aged up to 21 for training and educational materials or equipment.

“This scholarship celebrates our young volunteers and honours the outstanding contribution of an individual in providing support to their community,” Mr Grant said.

Commissioners from the NSW SES, NSW RFS, Marine Rescue NSW and the NSW Volunteer Rescue Association will each nominate an outstanding individual for consideration of the scholarship. A Rotary NSW panel will determine the most deserving candidate.

Winners for each service, plus two special winners for NSW and for ACT, and the young volunteer will be announced at an Awards Presentation Dinner, at the Bankstown Sports Club.

Family, friends, supporters and the general public are invited to attend the presentation dinner. Tickets can purchased at: www.RotaryESCawards.org.au.

The 2018 Rotary NSW and ACT Emergency Services Community Awards finalists:

Service / Agency	First Name	Last Name	Community / Suburb
Fire & Rescue NSW	John	McGarvey	Gosford
Fire & Rescue NSW	Justin	Sullivan	Bankstown
Fire & Rescue NSW	Russell	Turner	Ingleburn
Fire & Rescue NSW	Andrew	Verus	Kogarah
Marine Rescue NSW	Paul	Bellard	Birkenhead Point
Marine Rescue NSW	Paul	Robinson	Birkenhead Point
Marine Rescue NSW	Jacquelyn	Taffs	Wooli
Marine Rescue NSW	Richard	Wrightson	Lake Macquarie
NSW Ambulance	Susan	Baker	Ashford
NSW Ambulance	Jarrod	Browning	Hawkesbury
NSW Ambulance	Allan	Simpkins	Kempsey
NSW Ambulance	Paul	Vowels	Beresfield
NSW Rural Fire Service	Donald	Anderson	McMasters Beach
NSW Rural Fire Service	Glenn	Byrnes	East Maitland
NSW Rural Fire Service	Les	Goldie	Kearsley
NSW Rural Fire Service	Deborah	Sharp	Engadine
NSW State Emergency Service	Bill - Roy	Atchison	Grenfell
NSW State Emergency Service	Keith	Dawe	Condobolin
NSW State Emergency Service	William	Dodd	Forster Tuncurry
NSW State Emergency Service	Naomi	Leviton	Manly
NSW Volunteer Rescue Association	Geoffrey	Hawes	Mudgee
NSW Volunteer Rescue Association	Alan	Johnson	Taree
NSW Volunteer Rescue Association	Debra	Scanes ESM	Binalong
NSW Volunteer Rescue Association	John	Wraight	Byron Shire

ACT Ambulance	Michael	Bohun	Fairbairn
ACT Ambulance	Andy	Francey	Belconnen
ACT Fire and Rescue	Mark	Blake	Canberra
ACT Fire and Rescue	Robert	Thompson	Fyshwick
ACT Rural Fire Service	Anthony	Kidney	Holt
ACT Rural Fire Service	Mark	Sedgman	Stromlo
ACT State Emergency Service	Sue	Elsbury	Campbell
ACT State Emergency Service	Norm	Nelson	Pialligo

ROTARY INSPIRATIONAL WOMEN AWARDS

Last year the Awards were a remarkable success and the women who were nominated were truly an inspiration.

This year the Awards Ceremony will be a lunch at The Epping Club – details to be provided later.

The Inspirational Women’s Awards (RIWA) have been established to recognise women and young women who best exemplify Rotary’s motto of Service Above Self (i.e. the community service the individual performs above and beyond their normal role.

The Awards are an initiative of the Rotary Districts and Clubs of NSW.

The Committee hope these Awards will be a Statewide event and are hoping for your support of the Awards. There are three categories:

Rural;
City/Urban; and
Volunteer.

Key dates for the Awards:

Nominations open - 2 May 2018
Nominations Close - 13 June 2018
Judging dates - 14 - 27 June 2018
Announcement of finalists - 4 July 2018
Awards presentation - 26 Aug 2018

Please click here for the Nomination Form.

AND WE THINK WE HAVE IT TOUGH?

With just two months of our Rotary year to run, I request everyone to step up their efforts of ‘quietly encouraging’ Rotary Clubs and Rotarians to contribute to the END POLIO NOW campaign when considering their end of year donations.

Never has the need for funding been so important … especially when we note the amazing resilience and service coming out of countries like Pakistan …

Two weeks ago, Pakistan launched a new nationwide polio vaccination drive to reach 38.7 million children and push toward final eradication of the potentially deadly virus in one of the last endemic countries in our world!

Nearly 260,000 volunteers and workers fanned out across Pakistan in a sustained effort to reach every child under five in the week long campaign.

Pakistan’s national coordinator Mohammad Safdar told the Reuters news agency that everyone was cooperating with the door-to-door effort.

“The situation in our country has improved dramatically from 306 cases in 2014, to just eight last year and only ONE so far in 2018,” he said.

Efforts to eradicate the disease have been undermined by opposition from the Taliban and other Islamist militants who say immunisation is a foreign ploy to sterilise Muslim children or a cover for Western spies.

In January, gunmen killed a mother and daughter vaccination team working in the southwestern province of Baluchistan – where this year’s lone case of Polio was reported.

So, the 2017/18 request from RI President Ian Riseley and the Polio Eradication Program was simple –

Individual Rotary Clubs are requested to donate a special grant of $1,500 in addition to normal giving to END POLIO NOW.
All Districts urged to donate 20% of unused DDF to the Polio Eradication Campaign.
Districts and Clubs are urged to continue the search for TRF Major donors – at US$10,000 each.
Districts and Clubs are requested to include special promotions within their annual programs to celebrate World Polio Day on October 24 and Rotary’s birthday on February 23 every year.

Please be sure to thank your clubs and Rotarians for everything they are doing to sustain the Polio Eradication Campaign.

PDG Bob Aitken AM JP

RI END POLIO NOW Coordinator, Zones 7B/Part 8, 2014/18.

IS ROMAC FOR YOU?

ROMAC (Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children) fulfils an exciting and very satisfying role within Rotary. It offers a unique chance to seriously help those who are disadvantaged. The reward received after being part of a team that repairs a child’s broken life and sees them return home fit and well, is unbelievable. The contact, humility and gratification are astonishing. It is perhaps why many of us joined and remain in Rotary

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE PART OF THE TEAM?

Right now ROMAC is in the process of fulfilling its orderly succession plan.

The regular introduction of new people and fresh ideas ensures ROMAC continues its wonderful program. A program which, one way or another, has so far saved the lives of 500 children.

ROMAC is looking for Rotarians in the mould of those who have gone before; Rotarians who are self-motivated, committed and dedicated.

Two Australia and New Zealand wide positions are available:-

Deputy Chair:

Operations Secretary

A third, position that of Eastern Region Chair, is available to a Rotarian residing within ROMAC’s Eastern Region (RI Districts 9670; 9675; 9685; 9700; 9710)

All positions are for a term of four years which commence after the ROMAC AGM in Hobart on Friday 14th September 2018

YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE TEAM?

Then check out the links above for each position and email your application to the ROMAC Chair, Rob Wilkinson at chair@romac.org.au

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District Governor's eNews May 3 2018

District Governor's eNews
May 3 2018