From the President
Hello Club Members
We will be having our second Meeting at the Royal Canberra Golf Club this week to assess this venue. I will be speaking on the Lucky Generation which is essentially the Baby Boomers. We have lived and benefited from the greatest advancements in science and technology in human history. It will be a romp down memory lane.
We are having discussions with the Canberra Sunrise and Sundowners Clubs about merging or coming to some arrangements which can maintain a Club size that can create an large enough Club to maintain activities.
The details of both Club meeting times and activities are given below. One of our objectives is to maintain our Club Projects and especially the Peace Bell Activities. The Sunrise club President has produced a Value Statement which the Board will respond to. His Club wants to maintain the MUNA Project, Dream Cricket Clinics as a prerequisite of a Merger. These and many other issues will have to be considered in this major possible change for our Club.
Canberra Sundowners Rotary Club
They meet at the Glass House pavilion at 242 Northbourne Avenue in the evening on Tuesdays on the 1st and 3rd of the Month and if there is a fifth Tuesday they have a Social function.
Activities
Gnome Painting at the Canberra Floriade
Producing Birthing Kits
Helping with Vinnies on their Night Patrol to serve Meals and Drinks.
Supporting an Exchange Student to a foreign country.
Doing a Bunnings Barbeque.
Supporting the Model of United Nations Assembly Student Debates at Old Parliament House.
The Canberra Sunrise Club
They meet at the Mercure on Limestone Avenue on Thursdays at 7.30 to 8.30 each week.
Activities
Model of the United Nations Student Assembly.
Sending second handbooks to PNG.
Dream Cricket Gala Day to introduce Primary School Students to the sport of Cricket.
Shelter Boxes, Mosquito Nets, Polio Plus Program and ROMAC.
Yours in Rotary
Russell Dew
Last week’s meeting:
Last Thursday members met for an informal fish and chips lunch at the Southern Cross Yacht Club.
Next meeting: at the Royal Canberra Golf Club
Our next Club meeting will be held on Thursday, 1 August 2024, at the Royal Canberra Golf Club. Come along to hear our President Russell speak on the Lucky Generation, which has lived and benefited from the greatest advancements in science and technology in human history.
Please RSVP to Eric’s Club Runner invitation asap if you have not already done so.
Duty Roster
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Date
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1 August
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8 August
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15 August
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22 August
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Door
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Ross and Eric
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Zoom
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Social meeting
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Ross and Eric
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Open meeting; introduce President; and Toast to Rotary
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Michael Rabey
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Faye Powell
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Social meeting
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Warrick Howieson
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Thank speaker and write up for Bulletin
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John Little
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Liz Scrivener
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Social meeting
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Stephen McMillan
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If you are not able to perform your allocated duty, please arrange a replacement and advise President Russell (cc Bulletin Editor Stephen). Please advise Stephen of any planned absences to avoid being rostered on while away.
Message from Berlin World Peace Bell coordinators
Member Michael received the following message from Anja Mewes and her husband Bernd, coordinators at the Berlin World Peace Bell, and he thought it worth sharing:
Dear Michael,
Time flies, the global problems on our planet are not getting any less, the escalation spiral towards a third world war rotates inexorably. The message of our peace bells – to set an example for peace – remains more relevant and necessary than ever.
On August 6th, 2024, like every year, we will celebrate the memorial and memorial event at our World Peace Bell in the Volkspark Friedrichshain.
It is so important that we send signs of peace into the world! Our politicians seem to have lost dialogue and the policy of détente. All you hear is the call for more and more weapons. Medium-range missiles are to be stationed in Germany. What a fatal sign! It is so important that we move civil society to demand signs of peace, not to answer the call for more weapons. Billions are being spent on armaments, while there is a lack of money everywhere in social areas. There is a lack of housing in education, in healthcare, in infrastructure. There are so many global problems in the area of the environment and climate that can only be solved together. Following all of this makes me very worried. The thought that my children and grandchildren would one day have to experience a war scares me.
Let us continue to fight together for a peaceful world. Above all, stay healthy and optimistic.
Warm greetings also to your dear wife
Anja and Bernd Mewes
The 7th Annual Rotary ACT Emergency Services Community Service Awards Dinner
Please join this celebration of our Emergency Services Personnel, to be held at 6:30 for 7:00pm on Friday 9 August 2024, at the Hellenic Club, Woden.
The Rotary ACT Emergency Services Community Awards (RESCA) are an initiative of the Rotary Clubs of ACT. In keeping with Rotary’s motto of “Service Above Self”, the Awards acknowledge and celebrate the selfless Community Service of ACT Emergency Services Personnel while supporting two important Rotary initiatives:
- Australian Rotary Health, PhD Research Scholarship investigating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in Emergency Services Personnel
- Emergency Preparedness Vocational Training Teams in a developing country in the Asia Pacific
Nominees must be appointed as paid or unpaid (volunteer) members or support member of one of the ACT Emergency Services or ACT Policing who perform Community Service above and beyond the call of their normal duties.
The Awards Have Two Major Winners who will be announced on the night:
· ACT Emergency Service Officer of the Year Serving in a Volunteer capacity
· ACT Emergency Service Officer of the Year Serving in a Paid capacity
The two winners will go on to the National RESCA Finals later this year.
Thanks to Monica for providing this information.
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