The Raven
Number 2 Volume 50 – 13 July 2016
The Weekly Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Woden Inc.
Meetings: 6.00 for 6.15 p.m. Wednesdays, Canberra Irish Club 6 Parkinson St Weston ACT.
July – the month for Rotary changeover and renewal
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ROTARY CLUB OF WODEN INC.
Board of Directors
President: John Burns
Secretary: John Widdup
Immediate Past President: Deborah Whitfield President Elect: John Burns
Treasurer: Lyn Svanosio
Club Service & Administration: John Widdup
Community: Shukry Sahhar
International & Foundation: Stephen Pratt New Generations: Deborah Whitfield Membership & PR: Viola Kalokerinos
Contact Information PO Box 637 Woden ACT 2606 Secretary:[email protected]
Other officers Attendance: Val Burns Program: Jeff Ibbotson
Sergeants: Stephen Pratt, Neale Emanuel, Shukry Sahhar
Public Officer: Mike Rodd Member Data: Ken Goard
Bulletins: John Gray, Bruce Wyatt, John Widdup
Facebook: Lyn Svanosio & Bruce Wyatt Webmaster: John Widdup
Previous Issues of the Raven Web: <www.wodenrotary.org.au/>
The Club’s crest & bulletin name reflect ‘Odin’ (Anglo-Saxon ‘Woden’), the ancient Nordic God of Wisdom. Odin had two ravens called Hugin and Munin (Thought and Memory) who flew forth every day and returned at night to tell him what they had seen, so contributing to his wisdom.
ATTENDANCE Guestsif attending, and
Members if attendance or absence is different to previous advice, then:
please advise the Attendance Officer(to help us with catering arrangements)
Val Burns 0412 720 956 [email protected] or you will be charged for the meal provided for you.
Attendance at last week’s meeting:
Members: 14
Visitors: 4 – Ed Klim, Gerda Lambeck, Allister Peek & Terry Peek
DINNER ROSTER
THIS WEEK - 13 July NEXT WEEK - 20 July
Program: Shukry Sahhar To be advised
Views from a trip to cold climes Jeff is working on it Greeting: Deborah Schultz Debbie Whitfield
Introduction: Bruce Wyatt John Widdup
Appreciation: John Widdup Deborah Schultz
Raven Recorder: Debbie Whitfield George Pratt Birthdays: Norma Donaldson 22 July
Anniversaries: None this fortnight
Tonight 13 July 2016 Shukry Sahhar
will regale us with tall tales and true about his recent trip to western Canada and up the north-
western coast to Alaska including a magic lanternslide show
Canberra Friends of Dili invites you to attend
‘Warming into Winter’It’s to celebrate a yummy winter and raise money for a new Dili Women’s Sewing Project and other humanitarian projects supported by the Canberra Friends of Dili. They are raising funds for wool, fabrics, needles, extra sewing machine and other equipment.
● The event is hosted by His Excellency Abel Guterres, Ambassador from East Timor to Australia and Her Excellency Ana Guterres
● Saturday 30 July 2016 6 to 8 pm
● At the Embassy of Timor-Leste, 7 Beale Street Deakin
● Cost $28 a head (includes bar with free drinks, tea & coffee, vegetarian choices)
● Bookings and payment (various options) by 24 July to Wendy and Robert Altamore 02 62877512 (home) 0423931753 (mobile) or [email protected] (email).
Please pay your membership fees now
It’s that time of the year when Woden Rotary annual membership fees for the 2016-17 year are due: $240 for the year – and they have been unchanged for years.Please pay ASAP by cash or cheque to Treasurer Lyn or by EFT into our bank account:
● BSB 062-905
● A/c: 1007 3240
● AND include your name as the reference
The Dili Women’s Sewing Project provides sewing and dressmaking training for needy and unemployed mothers and housewives, to earn more family income. It was
established by community worker Zulmira Fonseca Carvalho Aramhal.
Currently the group comprises eight skilled unemployed mothers and housewives who have committed to making use of their sewing skills and creativity.
They are anxious to purchase a second industrial standard over-locker (sewing machine) that will enable their Sewing Project to enter the income generating market of wedding and bridesmaids dresses.
UN World Toilet Day – 19 November
More people have access to a mobile phone than to sanitary toilet facilities.The aim of World Toilet Day is to raise awareness of the people who don’t have access to a toilet – it is a human right to have clean water and sanitation. Poor sanitation increases the risk of malnutrition and disease especially for women and children. Lack of access to clean drinking water and sanitation, along with the absence of good hygiene practices, are among the underlying causes of poor nutrition. Women and girls with no access to a toilet offering privacy, risk rape and abuse.
In a world population is about 7.4 billion, 2.4 billion people lack adequate sanitation and 1 billion people defecate in the open.
This year, World Toilet Day is focusing on the link between sanitation and nutrition, and the importance of toilets in supporting better nutrition and improved health.
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Last week 6 July Raven recorder: Jeff Ibbotson Photographers: John Widdup Things you should know and do – dates for your diary
Production by John Widdup
Opening
Sergeant Shukry opened our meeting with toasts to Malawi and Comoros (an archipelago off Africa’s east coast) were celebrating their national days and then called on members to welcome our newly minted President John Burns to chair the first meeting of his Rotary year.
Business
President John asked all Board members to let him know when they will be away so that he can schedule Board meetings to maximise attendance. John advised that our German Rotary exchange student Fabian Golla will be arriving in Australia on 3 August.
Treasurer Lyn reminded members that Club membership fees are now due and remain, as they have for some years, at $240 (see page 1).
John W reminded everyone to promote the race night and bring along plenty of punters.
He asked members to contact people on their email list asking them to attend – if we all get 10 punters then we will have a full house.
Debbie (who is now the Immediate Past President) told members that she had been in contact with Doris Women’s Refuge. They are very happy with sixty cloth bags that our club has provided for the women there – thanks particularly to Norma and Deborah. She also mentioned that members are welcome and encouraged to attend the function at the Timor-Leste Embassy on 30 July, proceeds of which will go to a women’s sewing project in Dilli (see page 1).
President John welcomed Ed Klim who told members about how his late father had worked through Rotary to help resettle displaced persons from Europe in the postwar years.
Now that his father’s estate has been settled Ed wished to mark his father’s appreciation for Rotary by making a donation of $10,000 to go towards Club projects. President John expressed the deep gratitude of the Club for the very generous donation and advised that the Board will consider an appropriate use for that money.
Jeff Ibbotson, who is organising speakers at the moment, asked members what topics interested them. The point was validly made that many of our members have an interesting story to tell. For example, George offered to talk about the meat industry. There was consensus that death related topics had, well, been done to death. Other suggestions included CPR, sex and ageing (hm, perhaps not on the same night), and Rotary projects that we don’t hear much about. Please let Jeff know of your suggestions on topics and speakers.
Neale spoke of his work with the Australian Electoral Commission in the recent Federal election, saying that on election day 12,000 people went through old Parliament House and 6,000 voted, making it the busiest polling booth in the country. Rotary sold all of the one thousand sausages it had on hand for voters there. Some 26 million voting papers were distributed around the country.
Sergeant session
Shukry ran a lively session extracting small change from members. Our guest, Gerda Lambeck, won the two-up bottle of red wine by choosing two-heads on the third toss.
Guest speaker
Jeff introduced our guest speakers, Terry and Allister Peek from Sailability ACT.
After a career in the Army then at diplomatic posts including India and the US, Terry has ploughed considerable effort into bringing sailing to people with disabilities through Sailability ACT. He explained how Sailability puts people, regardless of their ability, together on the water. It is probably only the only sport where people aged 7 to late 80s, with or without a disability, can sale together.
Sailability ACT primarily uses two craft:
Hansa 2.3, with a single sail and the longer Hansa 303 which has the main and a jib.
Each boat can be sailed single-handed or as a double. While some of Sailability ACT’s sailors enjoy a leisurely Sunday sail on Lake Tuggeranong, others enjoy racing.
Allister and others from the club have completed in national championships around Australia and in world titles in the UK. Terry was instrumental in having sailing accepted as a sport with Special Olympics, which organises the Special Olympics Summer Games for people with an intellectual disability. Allister has represented Australia at three Special Olympics, winning silver and then consecutive gold medals.
Terry has taken Australian sailors to Japan a number of times to sail in the Hiroshima Peace Cup, which the Rotary Club of Hiroshima South helps organise.
At the last Peace Cup the Japanese said that it was Australia’s turn to host the event. So Terry is now busy organising (and fund-raising for) the Friendship Cup that will be held in Canberra in November 2016, with forty-seven from Japan the attending.
President John thanked Terry and Allister for their informative talk and presented them with a cheque or $200 to help with the
Friendship Cup. A sailing day for members later in the year is in the offing (Jeff to advise).
Closure
President John closed his first meeting by reminding members of this year's theme – that Rotary is Humanity in Motion.
♦ Saturday 30 July 2016 – ‘Warming into Winter’details on page 1
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Wednesday 10 August – District Governor attendingour meeting (partner’s night)♦ Saturday 20 August – Charity Race Night (marketing required by all members)
♦ Weekend 28 to 30 October – District 9710 Conference to be held in Goulburn
♦ Tuesday 2 November – Melbourne Cup race course parking (all hands on deck)
♦ Sunday 30 April 2017 – Six Peaks Challengebike ride
President John (centre) being thanked be Allister (left) and Terry Peek for the $200 donation from the Club for use in staging the Friendship Cup event in Canberra later this year
A Hansar 303 with two-up A Hansar 2.3 with one-up
