2014-2015 Board of Directors

President:

Trudy Griffiths

Club Captain Jul-Oct

Bill Newham

Club Captain Nov-Feb

PP Peter Clark

Club Captain Mar-Jun

Trevor Weller

Secretary:

PP Tricia Reardon

Treasurer:

PP John Walduck

Avenues of Service Directors

Club Service:

PP Ray Clements

Community Service:

Bill Newham

Vocational Service:

Neil Purdom

Youth Service:

Kareen Brandt

International: Peter Collins

Public Officer: PP Ray Clements

Sergeant-At-Arms: PP Ray Clements

Member Care: Barry Parker

PP denotes Past President

2014-2015

Rotary International Theme

Rotary Club of

Huon Valley Inc. P O Box 19

Huonville Tasmania 7109

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RI President Gary C K Huang │ District 9830 Governor: Ken Moore

Meeting # 1056 Meeting Chair Person: PP Tricia Reardon

Registration Officer: PP Ray Clements

Welcome to our Youth Exchange Student:

Carole Bouverat from Switzerland

We extend a very warm welcome to Carole on her first trip to our Rotary Club and to the Huon

Valley. Carole, commenced at Hobart College yesterday and is currently staying with PP Peter

Clark’s family before moving to her first host family.

Rotary Offer of Gratitude: For good food, good fellowship and the

A Letter from International PolioPlus Committee I am happy to announce that we successfully met our fundraising goal

for Rotary Year 2013-14. While it is important to celebrate our success,

we recognize that we still need to raise funds and awareness for polio

eradication.

World Polio Day: 24 October 2014

World Polio Day is quickly approach-

ing. This is a chance for Rotarians, clubs, and districts across the world

to come together to fight polio. There are many ways you could mark the

day. Dedicate your club meeting to focus on Rotary’s work to end polio

that week. Community fundraisers on/around World Polio Day are a

great way to raise awareness of our cause in the general

public. You could take the opportunity to

remind government

officials to support the global commitment to a

polio free world-Rotary’s top priority.

On World Polio Day, wear your End Polio

Now pin and encourage your friends and family

to do the same. This year, an End Polio

Now: Make History

Today Livestream event, including a

global update on the current status of polio

eradication, will take place on World Polio Day- 24 October 2014—at

18:30pm CDT and will be streamed live at

endpolionow.org. I encourage your club/district to have a viewing party

of the event, or incorporate it into your existing World Polio Day plans.

The archived video will be available

following the live program.

Resources available To help you with your planning for

World Polio Day events, a toolkit is being developed and will be posted on

endpolionow.org by 25 August. A

message will be sent to all of you letting you know when it is available.

I encourage you to spread the word about your World Polio Day activities.

We promised the children of the world that we would eradicate polio,

and Rotarians keep their word. We

are this close, and getting closer

every day. Thanks to you, we will End

Polio Now.

John F. Germ

Chair, International PolioPlus

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2014-2015 Outstanding

Achievers Speaker Series

Meet acclaimed photographer,

Richard Bennett

6.30 pm for 7.00 pm

Tuesday 30th September

Huon Manor Short Street, Huonville

$45.00 two course meal

Telephone Bookings: 6264 1311

Trudy Griffiths

Living and Working in Israel Part 1 Last week the Club was treated to an extremely interesting talk on

Israel by Bob Frost. Rotary encourages a wide range of guest speakers so that members are kept informed on local, national and international affairs. This not only builds our knowledge, but also

enables us to assess projects rele-vant to our communities in our constant quest for better under-standing and friendlier relations with the peoples of the world.

For those who missed Bob’s talk, the following is part one.

“Some background: After ten years in the British Merchant Navy (during which I first visited Hobart in 1957 to collect apples on the Orient Line vessel Orion), I joined Hertz, an American service com-pany involved in transportation and the development of tourism, as a trainee in the UK and was then later posted to the Bahamas as general manager. Obviously this was too cushy a number to last very long in some people’s eyes, as I was then sent by Hertz to start their business in Israel. My asso-ciation with the country thus began in 1965, nearly 50 years ago when the country was less than 20 years old. This was a time of considerable political uncertainty when all Israel’s neighbours were commit-ted to destroying the country.

We lived in the narrowest part of the country—just 12 kms wide—about 15 minutes drive—the dis-tance between the sea and Jor-dan—put another way, between Geeveston and Huonville.

Israel had never been known for its attention to high levels of customer service, so setting up a service business based on that premise proved a challenge. No one had any

relative experience that I could draw upon, so I had to start from minus scratch. My staff came from all walks of life and many countries. A number were survivors of the death camps in Europe, my secre-tary amongst them.

Answering the phone with a “Shalom laha, bogatov” (Hebrew for Peace be upon you and good morning) was a step up from the previous “Ma ish ma?”—“what?” This was progress in real terms as no one bothered to be polite to anyone in those days. However, they took to it like ducks to water.

Israel was still a very small coun-try in the mid 60’s—in every sense. Everyone knew everyone else. Generals Dayan and Sharon often shared the next table to us for a coffee in the morning in our local greasy spoon, while it was nothing to see the finance minister or the prime minister for that matter, using a corner of a hotel lobby to carry out their business. The very first member of Mossad posted to the USA after WW2 became the tourism ministry director general and our very good friend, while the mayor of Jerusalem at the time—Teddy Kollek previously headed up the PM’s office. All were constantly ‘available’. It was how things got done—little ceremony, lots of talk-ing, and endless negotiations.

We were just finding our feet and had opened offices in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Eilat and Natanya when war broke out in June 1967. This changed everything. Managing a business under those conditions stretches you a little. One minute I was digging a very big hole in my garden to hide in (my wife and young family had been evacuated to Athens the week before with just one suitcase between them); the next I was

coping with the fact that 60% of my staff had been called up as army reservists. Seemingly the next minute desperately searching the Sinai Desert and the West Bank for the remains of several of my wrecked cars driven too close to the action by journalists who them-selves hadn’t made it either. One surviving American journalist from Time magazine told the story of having broken down in one of our cars while following the action in the Sinai, only to be promptly at-tended to by my Natanya branch manager while in command of his centurion tank as he happened to pass by on his way to war.

Then came the fact that the Jorda-nian licensee based in Jordanian Jerusalem (who I would wave to across the Mandlebaum Gate when exchanging customers across the border), found himself in Israel—and not by choice. A delicate inter-national legal conundrum—a real challenge for a 27 year old to cope with if ever there was one, espe-cially with my direct superior being in far off New York. One had a telex but the business culture of the time virtually forbade ever using the phone for international calls.

The business doubled in six months and our son Simon was born in Tel Hashamer Hospital in Tel Aviv. I was then moved to take charge of the UK operation in 1968. My departure meant that everyone stepped up one, and all we needed to do was employ a new car washer. By then Hertz was well established as Number One in Israel.”

Above: Guest Speaker Bob Frost and Club Captain Bill

Newham

Captain’s Corner

Firstly, we extend a very warm welcome to Carole Bouveret, our Youth Exchange Student from Switzerland. I’m sure everyone is looking forward to talking to her and finding out how her first few days at

college have been. A very big thank you to PP Peter Clark for all the organization that has gone into Carole being with us and for look-ing after her.

Tonight is a Club Forum. An agenda will be forwarded to you,

Last week’s guest speaker, Bob Frost, gave us an incredibly fasci-nating insight to living and working in Israel and the tenuous situation that exists in that part of the world. This week’s edition of the bulletin will give you a bit of an overview.

There is a BBQ scheduled for this Sunday...volunteers are welcome!

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August is Membership & Extension Month, and again I urge all our members to consider anyone they know who would like to be part of the wonderful world that is Rotary.

We also have guest speaker Sally Doyle with us next week, along with Mike Whitehouse who will re-address us on RABS (Rotary Australia Benevolent Society).

Happy birthday PP Ray Clements!

Have a good week everyone! Bill PS Have you got your police check in yet?

Famous Rotarians

Adlai E. Stevenson,

US Ambassador to the UN and

Governor of Illinois, was a

member of the Rotary Club of

Springfield, Illinois.

Rotarian Marcia is currently enjoying a wonderful holiday on the Gold Coast...

“ I am having a great time on the Gold Coast. The weather here has

been amazing, about 20º+ each day. The hardest thing is to decide whether to go out for breakfast lunch or dinner! As you can see

from the photo I am in the right spot for a break from cold weather. “

Nice to know there is sunshine somewhere given the current cold/

wet snap here!!

High Achiever Guest Speaker, Richard Bennett

Highly acclaimed photographer, Richard Bennett, M Photog. Hon FAIPP, FAIPP, is to be the Club’s first High Achiever Guest Speaker for the 2014-15 Rotary year on Tuesday 30th September.

The Tasmanian landscape is Richard's still-life passion, ocean racing is his action forte. Richard Bennett has photographed every Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race since 1974. His images are synonymous with the race itself.

In 1999 he won the Nikon-Kodak Australian Press Photographer of the Year Award for the best sports photograph with his images of the 1998 Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race

tragedy.

In 2003 he was awarded a Centen-ary Medal for his promotion of Tasmania through his photography. In 2005 he won the Epson AIPP Tasmanian Professional Photogra-pher of the Year.

In 2006 he was awarded Photo Imaging Council of Australia's high-est award, the Gold Tripod.

Don’t miss this event...book early!

Rotarian Marcia Waller is Enjoying the Sunshine!

CLUB MEETING PLANNER

JUL MTG CHAIR CHANGEOVER REGISTRATION

Bill Newham steps in as Club Captain

29 1056 Tricia CLUB FORUM

AUG MTG CHAIR MEMBERSHIP & EXTENSION MONTH REGISTRATION

Sunday 3rd August—Mitre 10 BBQ

5 1057 GUEST SPEAKERS Sally Doyle on Community Needs & Mike Whitehouse on RABS

BOARD MEETING Barry

12 1058 Ray C.

Saturday 16th August—Mitre 10 BBQ

19 1059 Bill

26 1060 GUEST SPEAKER: Irene Swan on Dolls for Africa Peter Clark

Saturday 30th August—Vocational Visit to Mornington Waste Transfer Station / BBQ PP Wesley Hazell’s Sunday 31st August—Mitre 10 BBQ

SEP MTG CHAIR NEW GENERATIONS MONTH REGISTRATION

2 1061 CLUB FORUM BOARD MEETING

Barry

Saturday 6th September—Mitre 10 BBQ

9 1062 Ray C.

Monday 15th September HUON VALLEY RYDA, PCYC

16 1063 Bill

Sunday 21st September—Mitre 10 BBQ

23 1064 District Governor Ken Moore Visiting Nick

30 1065 HIGH ACHIEVER SPEAKER DINNER (Richard Bennett) Ray C.

OCT MTG CHAIR VOCATIONAL SERVICE MONTH REGISTRATION

7 1066 CLUB FORUM │BOARD MEETING Kareen

Saturday 11th October—Mitre 10 BBQ

14 1067 Peter Clark

Thursday 16th October — Group 1 Forum

21 1068 SERVICE EXCELLENCE AWARDS Peter Collins

Sunday 26th October—Mitre 10 BBQ

28 1069 CLUB FORUM Bill

NOV MTG CHAIR ROTARY FOUNDATION MONTH REGISTRATION

PP Peter Clark steps in as Club Captain

4 1070 Melbourne Cup Barry

Saturday 8th November—Mitre 10 BBQ

11 1071 BOARD MEETING Neil

Saturday 15th November—Huon Show

18 1072 Tricia

Sunday 23rd November—Mitre 10 BBQ

25 1073 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING / 2015-16 BOARD ELECTIONS CLUB FORUM John Sangster

DEC MTG CHAIR FAMILY MONTH REGISTRATION

2 1074 BOARD MEETING Rob

Saturday 6th December—Mitre 10 BBQ

9 1075 John Walduck

16 1076 CLUB CHRISTMAS FUNCTION Marcia

23 NO MEETING

Sunday 28th December—Mitre 10 BBQ To be confirmed

Notes: