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From President David
Posted by David Farnsworth

from president david

 
It was great to hear from Peter again with respect to his Nepal teaching project.  The tragedy of the Earthquake is also of significance. Whether we support Peters project is up to the International committee.
 
This week we have an important Club night where we will discuss the some of the future direction(s) of the club.   The AGM par of which is to note the future board and the current position of the club. I intend this to be relatively short but then we will discuss the status of CQ to ensure all the club is informed as to the current status.
 
I appreciate that this topic can polarise opinions but I would like to have a frank and open discussion as the current position and the best way forward. As I have previously communicated the board has been considering a number of options. I’m not keen to take a club vote at this stage  as I don’t think all the potential options are available.
 
It is very important that everyone gets to discuss the position and understand the way forward in the best interest of the club.
 
“be a gift to the world”
David Farnsworth
 
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That was the week that was.
Posted by Paul Brewster
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
David opened the meeting and reminded us that next week is he AGM so nominations for positions of responsibility have to be completed immediately..The action proposed to be taken on Circus Quirkus has been circulated in summary form to all members. Further discussion will be held next week.
He then welcomed guests Peter Hall, Terri & Chris, and Laura.
 
In announcements :
Anne commented that the RJCA night was a great success. She commented that the apparent lack of food was due to far more people turning up than had been expected. More and more children are expected to participate, so from nect year on, the ceremony will be held at an assembly at each school rather than the current format. Our RYLA candidate has pulled out, so anyone knowing of a potential candidate, please contact Anne straight away.
Paul commented on the Grants qualification seminar in Ararat held last Sunday.
Mark Seller let us know that Kay Coleman has organised a wheelchair basketball competition at Barwon Valley - 12.00noon to 3.00pm. Anyone interested let Mark know.
Bruce said the painting at Keavy Park had gone well to the extent that the Council want us to do a bit more. Meeting with the Council to be held next Monday to determine what's to be done. The Mayor may be coming to have a look - photo opportunities abound !!!!
Barb told us about the dinner she attended in Melbourne to hear the RI President Elect speak. She also confirmed that the Christchurch dinner will be on Wednedsay 9th December and we're all required to help.
Ian reported the latest moves in the Ice Fight - talk to Ian for details and see what you can do to help.
Rod gave preliminary notice of the Pier to Pub - it'll be on 9th January 2016 and again we'll need as many as possible to make it a success.
 
Then David made a presentation to Terri to recognise the outstanding job she's done during her time in Rotary. Ian added to the accolades by saying that her actions whilst being Counsellor to Marie-Louise were exemplary and far more difficult than they need have been. Great work Terri and we look forward to welcoming you back into the fold in the not-too-distant future.
 
Then it was time to hear Peter Hall bring us up to date with the proposed Nepal Education/Training project. Rotary Clubs of Portland and Portland Bay look as though they're going to be the joint leaders, but support from other Rotary Clubs is required. Talk to Ken if you have any questions or want more details.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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This Week's Meeting
Posted by Ros Horne
We have an interesting speaker for our meeting 3rd Dec. Please invite any family members or friends who may be interested in attending, and book with Ross by 12 noon Wednesday 2nd.

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Rotary Club of Highton     3rd December 2015
Speaker: Maureen O’Keeffe
 
Maureen O’Keeffe is an experienced broadcaster, trainer and manager with more than 15 years' experience working with multilingual and multicultural communities.
Maureen worked for ten years as a broadcaster with the ABC, both in Melbourne and across regional Victoria, before moving to Alice Springs where she managed the multilingual Aboriginal Radio Station, 8KIN FM.
Returning to Melbourne, Maureen went on to manage Melbourne’s 3ZZZ, Australia’s largest ethnic community ration station, with over 300 volunteers broadcasting in 57 different languages. Later she worked as the Training Manager for SBS radio in Melbourne before joining AMES to manage the establishment and ongoing operation of the Multicultural Hub, located opposite the Victoria Market.
Earlier this year she returned to her home town of Geelong, where she is now manager of Settlement and Community programs at Diversitat, with a team of 40 providing a diverse range of services to migrant and refugee communities.
On Thurs 3 December, Maureen will talk about the process for settling refugees in the Geelong region, the challenges faced by new arrivals and the range of programs that Diversitat runs to support successful integration. We will learn more about the prospect of Syrian and Iraqi refugees coming to Geelong and the ways that the community can and does support  new arrivals. 
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Polio this week

Polio this week as of 17 November 2015   

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  • In 2015, wild poliovirus transmission is at the lowest levels ever, with fewer cases reported from fewer areas of fewer countries than ever before. In 2015, 56 wild poliovirus cases have been reported from two countries (Pakistan and Afghanistan), compared to 290 cases from nine countries during the same period in 2014.
  • However, in the end stages of polio eradication, with most of the world polio-free, the risks posed remaining vaccination coverage gaps anywhere is becoming more evident. On extremely rare occasions, in areas of chronic vaccination coverage gaps, circulating vaccine-derived polioviruses (cVDPVs) can emerge to cause outbreaks of polio cases. This is not a side effect of the oral polio vaccine, but rather an effect of low vaccination coverage in a community, which is enabling such strains to emerge. Though typically less virulent than wild polioviruses (ie typically causing fewer cases and having a lower profile for geographic spread), such strains nevertheless are this year causing paralysis in children at a rate greater than wild polioviruses. More countries are affected by cVDPV outbreaks (Ukraine, Guinea, Lao, Nigeria, Madagascar) than wild polioviruses (Pakistan and Afghanistan); 3 WHO Regions are affected by cVDPV outbreaks.
  • Efforts are ongoing by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative to urgently address both remaining wild poliovirus transmission and cVDPV outbreaks. This is particularly important in the lead-up to next year’s start of the phased removal of OPVs, beginning with the globally-coordinated switch from trivalent OPV to bivalent OPV in April 2016.

 


Wild poliovirus type 1 and Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases
 

Total cases

Year-to-date 2015

Year-to-date 2014

Total in 2014 

WPV

 cVDPV

 WPV

 cVDPV

 WPV

 cVDPV

Globally

56

17

290

47

359

56

- in endemic countries

56

0

271

44

340

 52

- in non-endemic countries

0

17

19

3

19

 4

  

- See more at: http://www.polioeradication.org/dataandmonitoring/poliothisweek.aspx#sthash.2If3AOfl.dpuf
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Rotary Moments

rotary moment
 
Chulalongkorn is unique among the six Rotary Peace Centers in packing intensive coursework and field studies into a three-month program aimed at professionals already working in fields related to peace. In its first decade, the center has graduated 355 peace fellows from 69 countries with certificates of professional development. 
 
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Rotary Conversations
Posted by Paul Brewster

news from the district and beyond

 
Children getting drinking water
 
After a historic year during which transmission of the wild poliovirus was stopped in Nigeria and on the entire African continent, the worldwide eradication of polio is closer than ever, said top health experts at Rotary’s third annual World Polio Day event, held on 23 October in New York City. More than 150 people attended the live-streamed program co-sponsored by UNICEF, and thousands more around the world watched online. Jeffrey Kluger, Time’s editor at-large, moderated the event.
 

 

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Bulletin Bits
Posted by Don Allen
“Motors Replace the Horse”
“The high cost of horse feed is said to have induced several people to go in for motor cars lately. They had been considering the relative costs of horses and cars before the present rise in prices occurred. Hay and chaff at the existing extraordinary prices has settled the point, not withstanding that petrol also is dear. A seaside storekeeper who pays many visits in Geelong is about to secure a car, another Geelong city business establishment will be provided almost immediately with a motor lorry and a couple of country residents are reputed to be abandoning the horse and cart for cars.”……..The Geelong Advertiser May 12 1915.
 
“Sixpenny Fare to the Oval”
"Drag trips to and from the Geelong Football ground this season will be sixpence each way in place of threepence as previously. The increased price of fodder induced Messrs Cobb and Co and F.A.White to ask the council committee to sanction the increase and the committee readily agreed, stipulating that it should apply for this season.  It is hoped that normal conditions will apply next year, when the old scale can be reverted to.”……The Geelong Advertiser April 24 1915.
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Ride the Bellarine
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The next 4 weeks
Posted by Paul Brewster

THE NEXT 4 WEEKS

 
 
26th November 2015 - Club Night 3 & AGM
Lyndon Grove
Chair - David Farnsworth
Welcome, Badges  and Property -  David Sinclair & Pauline Stewart
 
3rd December 2015 - Maureen O'Keefe - Seeking Refuge in Geelong
Lyndon Grove
Chair - Ros Horne
Welcome, Badges  and Property -  Barry Stokes & Stephen Bath
 
10th December 2015 - NO MEETING AT LYNDON GROVE
Christchurch Dinner/ Barbecue on 9th
 
17th December 2015 - Christmas Break-up - Partners' Night
Lyndon Grove
Chair - David Farnsworth
Welcome, Badges  and Property -  Everyone do their own !
 
 
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Celebrations 14th to 20th November 2015
Posted by Paul Brewster

Celebrations 20th to 26th November

We have celebrations on 20th, 21st and 22nd.

Jenny Green comes first with a birthday, followed by Malcolm Marquardt with a birthday and then Colin Bayliss with  a Club Anniversary.

Congratulations all.


 

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Leave of Absence

leave of absence

Ray Dunn is on leave until Christmas time.

Eeon Macaulay is on leave from 16th  November to 3rd January

Robert Johnson is on leave from 20th November to 8th December

 

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inspirational quotes
Posted by Paul Brewster

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

 

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882, American Poet and Essayist

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. – Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1895, Scottish Essayist/Poet/Novelist

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece. – Nadia Boulanger, 1887-1979, French Music Conductor and Educator

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Humour ?
Posted by Paul Brewster

Humour ?

The Ten Commandments display was recently removed from the Alabama Supreme Court building. There was a good reason for the move. You can't post
Thou Shalt Not Steal,
Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery,
and Thou Shall Not Lie
in a building full of lawyers and politicians without creating a hostile work environment.

 

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A grandfather couldn't decide which jacket to buy for his granddaughter, so he asked the young salesman.
"If you were buying a jacket for your girlfriend," the grandfather asked, "what would you get?"
"A bulletproof one," the salesman said. "I'm married."

 
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Three Aussie blokes, Mongrel, Coot and Bluey are working up on an outback mobile phone tower.
As they start their descent, Coot slips, falls off the tower and is killed instantly.
As the ambulance takes the body away, Bluey says, 'Well, bugger me, someone's gotta go and tell Coot's wife.
Mongrel says, 'OK, I'm pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I'll do it.'
Two hours later, he comes back carrying a case of Beer. Bluey says, 'Where'd you get the grog, Mongrel?'
'Coot's wife gave it to me,' Mongrel replies.
'That's unbelievable, you told the Missus her husband was dead, and she gave you a case of beer?'
'Well, not exactly', Mongrel says. 'When she answered the door, I said to her, "you must be Coot's widow."
She said, 'You must be mistaken.. I'm not a widow.'
Then I said, 'I'll betcha a case of beer you are..'
Aussies are good at that sensitive stuff !!
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