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Bulletin No 19 11th November 2015 Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Castle Hill ISSN 2203-126X

Rotary Club of Castle Hill Chartered 18th March 1965

PO Box 13, Castle Hill. 1765 www.rotarynews.info/club4201

Rotary Year 2015-16 District Governor: Gina Growden (District 9685 ) Rotary Int’l President: Ravi Ravindran

This Week 11th November Rodney Rietdyk “Things you need to know before you go” Chair Terry O'Mara Meeting report David Brown Meet & Greet Chris Dunwell Regalia Terry O’Mara & Ross Hood

Next Week 18th November Club Committee Meeting

Chair President Mike Hallen Meeting report Rod Williamson Meet & Greet Phil Dunn Regalia David Bull & Chris Dunwell

This Bulletin is kindly printed by Snap Printing. Unit 20/5Hudson Avenue, Castle Hill 2154 Phone 02- 96801858

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Judy Rochford 9th

Phil & Bev Davis 4th

David & Marilyn Bowles 9th

Geoff & Jan Duffy 14th

Bob & Jaya Chary 24th

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From President Mike Hallen

M eeting number 17 has come and gone. Yes, I am counting! I have prepared the 4th Novem-ber meeting report in this bulletin and my comments about attendance are there for you

all to read. Our task as members is quite apparent - increase the membership or face the potential closure of our Club after 50 plus years of service to communities locally, nationally and overseas. Not a topic that makes me feel comfortable.

I realise that the continual mention of “membership” (or lack of it) grates with some if not all members. It is not something that I like to confront either but we will only improve our situation if we all work on a solution. I believe that we are making some progress but the job will not be done until we meet our “Vision” of 45 members. A challenge it may be but we can at least make a substantial start on the road to recovery. Remember that the collective “Vision” is the number you decided was our club member-ship target.

There are some important dates on the club calendar for December, not least of which is the club AGM on 2nd December. If you have a special resolution that you would like includ-ed in the agenda, now is the time to make it known by referring to the club Bylaws Article 15with particular reference to Section 2. The Electronic Payment System Trial Report and vote will be one such special resolution.

Next week the guest speaker is Rodney Riedyk and his subject is “Things you need to know before you go.” There is a touch of finality about the subject matter – hope it does not put anybody off! Perhaps there is a guest that you could invite?

Remember that Hannibal and Joan would appreciate a phone call and Marie Ford is missing us all so give her a call as well! Not to mention poor old Geoff Duffy and his bung wing.

Yours in Rotary

President Mike

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Notice of the 51st Annual General Meeting

of the Rotary Club of Castle Hill Inc. In accordance with Article 15 of the Bylaws of the Rotary Club of Castle Hill Inc., the AGM of the

Club will be held at Castle Hill Country Club, Spurway Drive, Baulkham Hills 2153, at 7:00pm on 2

December 2015.

Article 15, Section 3 relates to the “Notice of special resolutions”. Any member who wishes to

raise a special resolution should ensure that the details are provided to the Secretary, Geoff Duffy,

(geoffduffy@internode.on.net ) at least 21 days before the AGM.

Voting at the AGM requires a majority vote of not less than ¾ of the members of the Club entitled to vote who are present at the meeting. A quorum at the AGM as defined by the Club Bylaws Arti-cle 1, Definition 4 as:

“Not less than 1/3 of the membership”.

This number would be 10 entitled voting members from our membership of 30.

Agenda:

To confirm the minutes of the 2014 AGM and any special general meeting held since that

meeting

To receive from the President and Board reports upon the activities of the Club during the last

preceding financial year.

To elect the President-elect and Directors of the Club in accordance with Bylaws Article 3

To receive and consider the Financial statements and audit report as required by Bylaws Article

9, Section 4

To consider the special resolution to receive and vote upon the Electronic Payment Facility Tri-

al Report.

General Business

Nomination forms for the election of office bearers are available from the Club Secretary, Geoff Duffy, and will also be made available on the Club website. Please consider the positions available and consider nominating a person to each of the roles. You may of course nominate yourself. Please complete a nomination form and return it to the Secretary by Wednesday 18th November, 2015 with your nomination and the nominee’s acceptance. The form is for guidance only, and writ-ten emails containing this information will be accepted in lieu of this form where it is indicated the nominee accepts the nomination.

Geoff Duffy Secretary 6 November 2015

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11th November Rodney Rietdyk “Things you need to know before you go” Chair Terry O'Mara Meeting report David Brown Meet & Greet Chris Dunwell Regalia Terry O’Mara & Ross Hood 18th November Club Committee Meeting Chair President Mike Hallen Meeting report Rod Williamson Meet & Greet Phil Dunn Regalia David Bull & Chris Dunwell

25th November Guest Speaker Chair TBA Meeting report Chris Dunwell Meet & Greet Phil Dunn Regalia Bob Chary & Chris Dunwell

MONEY HAS DIFFERENT NAMES

In a temple or church, it's called donation.

In school, it's fee.

In marriage, it's called a dowry or a gift

In divorce, alimony.

When you owe someone, it's a debt.

When you pay the government, it's tax.

In court, it's fines.

Civil servant retirees, it's pension.

Employer to workers, it's salary.

Master to subordinates, it's wages.

To children, it's allowance.

When you borrow from bank, it's loan.

When you offer after a good service, it's tips.

To kidnappers, it's ransom.

Illegally received in the name of service, it's a bribe.

The question is, when a husband gives money to his wife, what do we call it?

ANSWER:

It is called DUTY and every man is expected to do his duty as wives are not DUTY FREE

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PAST PRESIDENTS

1965-66Gerald Engel Prov & Charter President 1966-67 John Wells 1967-68 Roley McClintock 1968-69 Don Wright 1969-70 Ray Wells 1970-71 Tony Dehlsen 1971-72 Roy Martin 1972-73 Frank Crooke 1973-74 Allan Buckingham 1974-75 Ken Binns 1975-76 Colin Lawford 1976-77 Roger Wood 1977-78 Brian Stacey 1978-79 Warren Bowden 1979-80 Ern Death 1980-81 Peter Gilbank 1981-82 Graeme Brangwin 1982-83 Stan Fulker 1983-84 Phillip Dunn 1984-85 Bill Robinson 1985-86 John Barker PSM 1986-87 Norm Roach 1987-88 Milton Colburt 1988-89 Ron Marcus OAM 1989-90 Bill Tait 1990-91 Peter Wood 1991-92 Bruce Allen 1992-93 Ray White

1993-94 Ron Miller 1994-95 Gerry Larkin 1995-96 Hannibal Shabaz 1996-97 George McDonald 1997-98 Peter McBean 1998-99 John Stuart 1999-00 Geoff Duffy 2000-01 John Cooper 2001-02 Mike Hallen 2002-03 Judy Ford 2003-04 Jeff Whyte 2004-05 Peter Ford 2005-06 Mike Blair 2006-07 Terry O’Mara AM 2007-08 David Waterhouse 2008-09 Peter Marcer 2009-10 Rod Williamson 2010-11 Terry O’Mara AM 2011-12 Stephen Macquarie 2012 –2013 Paul Robinson 2013-2014 Bev Cooney OAM 2014 - 2015 Mike Blair PAST PRESIDENTS OTHER CLUBS David Sommerlad AM , Bruce Jenkin MBE Neil Todd, Phil Davis Raymond Danam SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD

Ron Marcus OAM

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15 Month/Year Date Event Rotary Monthly Theme

July, 2015 8 District Governor's Visit No special designation this month

15 Guest Speaker

22 Club Assembly

29 Guest Speaker

August, 2015 5 Club Visioning Session (6:00pm start)

Membership & Extension Month

12 Guest Speaker

19 Club Business Meeting

26 Guest Speaker

September2015 2 Excellence in Policing Awards Basic Education & Literacy Month

9 Guest Speaker

16 Mini Club Assembly

23 Guest Speaker

30 Club Committee Meeting

October 2015 7 Guest Speaker Economic & Community Devel-opment Month

14 Business Networking Meeting

21 Fun and Fellowship with Partners

28 Guest Speaker

November2015 4 Club Business Meeting The Rotary Foundation (TRF) Month

11 Guest Speaker

15 BBQ at Bunnings

18 Committee Business Meeting

25 Guest Speaker

White Ribbon Collection Day.

White Ribbon March 7.00am Breakfast at CH RSL (8.00am)

December 2015 2 Annual General Meeting Disease Prevention & Treatment Month

5 BBQ at Masters

9 Club Christmas Party

16 Parking at Bella Vista for the Bush Christmas

23 No Meeting

30 No Meeting

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NOVEMBER Rotary Foundation Month

Month/Year

Date Event Rotary Monthly Theme

January 2016 5 BBQ, Bunning's Castle Hill Vocational Service Month

6 Home Meeting #1 – Mike Hallen’s

7 BBQ, Bunning's Castle Hill

13 Home Meeting #2 – Rotary International South Pacific and Philippines Office

20 Home Meeting #3 – Chris Dunwell’s

27 Guest Speaker

February 2016 3 Guest Speaker Peace & Conflict Resolution Month

10 Thai International Night at the Bar La Me Restaurant for all Hills clubs

17 Business Networking #2

24 Pride in Workmanship

March 2016 2 Club Business Meeting Water & Sanitation Month

9 Guest Speaker

16 Mini Club Assembly

23 Excellence In Teaching Awards

30 Club Committee meeting

April 2016 6 Guest Speaker Maternal & Child Health Month

13 Club Business Meeting

20 Anzac Day Guest Speaker

27 TBA

May 2016 4 Club Committee Meeting Youth Service Month

11 Guest Speaker

18 Club Business Meeting

25 Guest Speaker

June 2016 1 Club Committee Meeting Rotary Fellowships Month

8 Guest Speaker

15 Club Assembly

22 Club Business Meeting

29 Club Changeover

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S ergeant Phil Davis opened the meet-ing with a toast to Rotary Internation-al and introduced President Mike.

President Mike welcomed all to the Club Business Meeting – 9 other members and Honorary member Penny Burke – a total at-tendance of 11. A somewhat disappointing at-tendance at what was intended as an infor-mation delivery meeting where club officers provided information and feedback from the members was anticipated. With LOA, sick leave and a membership of only 30 Active members, the turnout was to be expected.

President Mike provided the following infor-mation updates:

Following the visit and guest speaker

presentation by the Mayor, Councillor

Dr Michelle Byrne, Mike wrote to the

Mayor and thanked her for her support.

He also formalized an invitation for the

Mayor to become an Honorary Mem-

ber of the Rotary Club of Castle Hill.

Her positive response is anticipated.

Sought additional help in the sale of White

Ribbons at Bunnings stores in Castle

Hill, and Dural on Wednesday 25th No-

vember in support of the Hills Domestic

Violence Prevention Committee.

Advised of changes to the Club Calendar

and stressed the requirement for vol-

unteers at upcoming BBQs, the date of

the AGM on 2nd December and the

Bush Christmas Parking at Bella Vista

Farm on 16th December. A key date in

December is the Club Christmas Party

on the 9th at Castle Hill Country Club.

He also invited those who had com-

ments or changes to the calendar to

advise Administration Director Chris

Dunwell and Bulletin Editor, Anil from

Cobar!

St Michael’s Cottage painting will continue

with the second cottage being painted

on 21/22 November by painters arrang-

es by Hannibal Shabaz (many thanks,

Hannibal). Preparation and masking of

the cottage will be done on Friday 20th

November and the following have vol-

unteered to assist Chris Dunwell; Mike

Hallen, Peter Marcer, David Bull. The

work will commence at 0800 and

should be completed by 1600(or sooner

if the first cottage is an example). Many

hands make light work so any more

volunteers will be more than welcome

– just let Chris Dunwell know.

Marie Ford has now moved into her new

permanent accommodation at Unit

210, Lutanda Manor Retirement Vil-

lage, 14 Victoria Road, Pennant Hills.

Her phone number is 9481 9674. She is

as cheeky as ever and wants to contin-

ue to attend our Club but is not able to

drive at this stage. Penny Burke has

offered to help. Thanks, Penny.

The “Electronic Payment System Trial Re-

Meeting Minutes 4th November 2015

By President Mike Hallen

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port” will now be presented at the AGM

on 2 December due to the unavailability

of Mike Blair. He and his fellow commit-

tee members, Terry O’Mara and John

Cooper, will present their findings and

recommendations to the members at

the AGM and a vote on the future of an

electronic payment system will be taken

at the AGM as a special resolution. It

should be noted that a quorum for the

AGM is ⅓ of the Active members – in our

case 10 members. It is hoped that all

those who are able to attend find the

time to do so.

President Mike also provide more information on the progress of the Domestic Violence Pre-vention and Support focus of the Club this Rota-ry year. He gave an overview of the “Online Men’s Behaviour Change Program (OMBCP) ” developed and trialled by Violence Free Families in Victoria. The original OMBCP was developed by the Rotary Club of Brighton in Melbourne and came to Mike’s attention at the Rotary Interna-tional Convention in Sydney in 2014. With clo-sure of the St Michael’s Family Refuge, Mike saw a potential opportunity to bring the OMBCP to NSW, particularly to The Hills region where there is a demonstrable need for such a service.

The OMBCP is an addition program that will complement the existing Men’s Behaviour Change Programs that are conducted in NSW by approved providers. A major benefit of the online program is that it is delivered by comput-er to men who may not otherwise want to at-tend a formal face to face meeting (like an AA meeting). This also means that men in remote locations across NSW who may not want, or have no access, to attend a meeting can receive counselling and support online and in private.

Mike’s contact with Violence Free Families (The Family Violence Prevention Foundation of Aus-tralia) has lead to a meeting in Parramatta of many interested parties in the Hills region and

beyond at which the OMBCP was explained by their Chairman, Dr David Smyth. Since then, the State member for Castle Hill, Ray Williams, has been approached and he is promoting the pro-gram to his peers in the State Government and the Premier. Another meeting has been sched-uled with the Premier in the second week of De-cember 2015 to discuss the OMBCP and its ben-efits to NSW.

Meanwhile, the OMBCP is being prepared for approval by the NSW Department of Justice so that government agencies such as the police and courts, can refer men to the program.

Action is progressing and the latest report from Violence Free Families is summarised below:

Firstly, we are now 'open for business' at

“On the Line” for referrals into the first

regular online men's behaviour change

program and it is scheduled to com-

mence on 19 January. Men from NSW

are welcome and Mike has let this be

known in his area.

Secondly, we are in the final stages of pre-

paring a proposal to the NSW Govern-

ment and plan to send it to Linda Mill-

som of the Department of Premier and

Cabinet over the weekend.The proposal

headlines in broad terms are:

750 men to enter programs over four

years; total cost $2m but less if men

pay fees.

Lifetime cost-benefit indicative on-

ly estimate: reduction in costs of

reoffending is $100 for every $1 spent

on the program plus over $100 in

community cost savings (health, wel-

fare, lost productivity etc), making a

total of over $200 return for every $1.

We make no great claims about the

accuracy of these estimates but they

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C ongratulations

to

Paul and Carmel

Robinson

on the birth of their

twin grandsons

Eric and Henry

on Tuesday 3rd November.

Mum and babies doing

well.

Grandparents are over the moon.

give a general idea of the magnitude

of the benefits.

We are actively exploring the possibility

of engaging NSW facilitators and

trainers, thereby generating employ-

ment opportunities in the State.

Thirdly, we have started a team of three

consultants on preparing the Depart-

ment of Justice accreditation papers.

This process is quite expensive and on-

erous and will take us until December to

complete.

The Rotary Club of Castle Hill Board has ap-proved an allocation of $2000 to subsidise 2 or more men from the Hills region to participate in a Victorian-run OMBCP. If identified by a non-government agency (Domestic Violence Coun-sellor or legal advisor) they would be eligible to participate the 19th January 2016 course.

Membership Director Rod Williamson spoke about the Business Networking Meeting and sought the support of members who nominated attendees for the event to follow-up on a per-sonal basis to see if their nominee(s) who at-tended or had apologised to invite them to a

regular Rotary meeting as a guest of the club.

To assist in identifying suitable meeting to which guests could be invited, Raymond Danam sug-gested that guest speakers and their topics be included in the Club Calendar. Ross Hood/Chris Dunwell will follow up with Anil de Silva to re-implement this action.

Bev Cooney has indicated that she will be trans-ferring the Rotary Club of Bathurst and the pa-perwork to implement this will be put into pro-cess as soon as key separation and joining dates are provided by Bev or the RC of Bathurst.

The Raffle: To save time and space, John Cooper won both the Red and White wine (with consec-utive numbers if I remember correctly!).

Geoff Duffy has arrived home from his trip to the UK with a souvenir of the visit – a dislocated shoulder! Seems he was taking one last stroll along Southend Pier when, close to the end of the walk he tumbled over and did the damage. Get well soon Geoff!

We also heard that Hannibal Shabaz requires some knee surgery – nothing too serious. Joan is being looked after at home by Hannibal and she sends her love to all members and partners.

Eric and Henry

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Attendance Report Attendance Report Attendance Report for 4for 4for 4ththth November 2015 November 2015 November 2015

by PP John Cooper

Apologies:

Bruce Allen

Frank Anisse

John Barker

David Bowles

Geoff Duffy

Chris Dunwell

Marie Ford

Bruce Jenkin

Ron Marcus

Terry O’Mara

Paul Robinson

David Sommerlad

Warwick Talbot

Make Ups: Nil

Friends of Rotary: Penny Burke

Guest Speaker:

Club business night – no speaker

Leave of Absence:

Anil de Silva, till Dec 31 2015

Bev Cooney, July 01 till Dec 31

Pinky Singh, till Dec 31

Mike Blair, Oct 12 till Nov 28

Bob Chary Nov 19 till Jan 12 2016

Hannibal Shabaz till 31 Dec

37%

Roster sheets were sent around for the White Ribbon col-

lection day at two Bunnings stores & BBQ helpers wanted

for November 15th BBQ at Bunnings Castle Hill.

On Plumber's truck: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber."

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On an Electrician's truck:

"Let us remove your shorts." *

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In the front yard of a Funeral Home:

"Drive carefully We'll wait." *

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Club Officers and Non-Executive Positions Rotary Year 2015-2016

Rotary Club of Castle Hill President Mike Hallen President-Elect (2015-2016) Chris Dunwell Secretary Geoff Duffy Treasurer Bruce Allen Director Club Administration Chris Dunwell Director Membership Rod Williamson Director Public Relations Geoff Duffy Director Service Projects Mike Blair Director Rotary Foundation Bruce Allen Director Outreach Projects Hannibal Shabaz

In addition, the following non-executive roles have been accepted by those listed below: Bulletin Editor Anil de Silva Raffle David Bowles Guest Speaker Program Ross Hood Attendance Recorder Geoff Duffy Welfare Officer Terry O’Mara Sergeants Hannibal Shabaz & Harshad Desai Webmaster Paul Robinson (assisted by Chris Dunwell) Committee Chairs International Service Phil Davis Volunteers are still required as committee Chairs for the Avenues of Service (see below) covered by the Director Service Projects and Director Outreach projects. Please contact the relevant Director to volunteer: Youth Vocational Service Community Service

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BULLETIN EDITOR

Anil De Silva (from Cobar, Outback NSW) aniljdes@yahoo.com.au

Deadline Friday 8:00 pm

This Bulletin is kindly printed by Snap Printing. Unit 20/5 Hudson Ave. Castle Hill 2154 Ph: 96801858

We meet at

Castle Hill Country Club

every WEDNES-DAY at 6:30 pm

for 7:00 pm (Spurway Drive, Baulk-

ham Hills NSW 2153) Apologies, Please in-form Geoff Duffy NO

LATER than Noon Tues-day before the next

meeting so numbers can be confirmed for Dinner jgduffy@internode.on.net

Sergeant’s Fine Session

Phil David

Acting Sgt Phil Davis started with a joke about a son want-ing to borrow his Dad’s car then he fined…

Pres Mike for having put so much mulch on his garden the soil was still dry after the days of soaking rain.

Penny Burke calling all male members Mister & even her hus-band Mr.

Bob Chary for suggesting we should all connect to Linkedin

Raymond Danam for not putting out regalia.

John Cooper for suggesting the Sgt try a different dish on to-night’s menu.

Phil Dunn for selling all the poultry manure & not having any on roadside for Sgt to buy today.

X fine from John Cooper on the Sgt for being at the meeting when it was his wedding anniversary night .

Sgt Phil then told a joke about a beautiful blonde & a retired old golfer applying for a lion tamers job.

Wine raffle was won 1st & 2nd by John Cooper who took home the Red & the

White