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THE COG – RCM Bulletin 1792 – 4th Zoom 22 April 2020
Apologies for the confusing information about last week’s Zoom Meeting. The link should have been the
same as for the previous week and is now set as the repeating meeting for each Wednesday.
Here is the link to
join. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/549647622?pwd=NFo4aEFLaGFINHVaSzVzSWtiNDN6QT09
There has been news about security issues with Zoom but the system now requires me as host to let each of
you in when you use the link. This prevents unknown people from joining to disrupt our meetings.
If you wish to invite a friend to join our meeting, please let me know in advance. If you are using Zoom for
the first time I am happy to do a practice run in advance. Just contact me to arrange a time to try.
You can use any internet enabled device, such as mobil phone, table, laptop or PC.
While we are restricted by social distancing and travel, RI and Districts are busy planning for
recommencement of activities.
National Youth Science Forum:
Planning for Forum in January 2021. Our club will continue to sponsor one student per year and will be
publicising to local schools. Please contact Sabrina if you have any suggestions.
Rotary Peace Fellowship Fully funded by The Rotary Foundation, scholarships applications are open now for next year. fellowship
announcement
Our club can nominate candidates for this important program which will involve study at one of 5
international universities.
Paul Harris Fellowship We are now calling for nominations for PHF awards. The club directory lists all awards for members and
others who have helped our club. Please forward your suggestions confidentially to me.
The club sponsored awards can be considered for any person who has actively supported our club activities
including partners, friends and people involved in our major projects.
In accordance with the guidelines in our By Laws, I have appointed 3 past presidents as the selection
committee.
Peter Mayer
Rotary Club of Morialta Inc.
District 9520
P.O. Box 121 ATHELSTONE SA 5076
Secretary – Tim Mee
www.morialta.rotaryclub.org.au
PRESIDENT’S NEWS
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22 April 2020 - ZOOM MEETING - Speaker Damian Leach; Youth programs for district 9510 and membership in RI encompassing Australia, NZ and the Pacific Islands
6th May 2020 – ZOOM MEETING - Speaker Sigrid stays in place and she will join us on Zoom.
Wednesday Meetings at 6.30pm ZOOM To all members – Rotary Club of Morialta. Peter Mayer is inviting you to a scheduled Weekly Rotary Zoom meeting. Please try to join the meeting this week, we would love to see you and hear your Rotary news. The Club has purchased a Zoom account so we can arrange our own Club general meetings, board and committee meetings. Please click on the link below. It is a different link to the one used last week from Sabrina. Topic: Morialta - Rotary Club meeting Time: Wed Apr 15, 2020 06:30 PM Adelaide Join Zoom Meeting from your Computer, Laptop or mobile devise including Mobile Phone
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/214919336?pwd=NXBXTjIxNmJocmFuNDFYL3BOTEJ2QT09 Meeting ID: For security reasons meeting number and password sent out via email to all members Password: Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting on Wednesday . Tim Mee Club Secretary Rotary Club of Morialta
13th May - Strategic plan for 2020-2021. What are the plans for the club under the next president. This will
no longer be a 'short' meeting
20th May 2020- Tower- Nancy Geregl - midwife from PNG
3rd June 2020 Speaker Aged Care Director Roger Levi
From North Eastern community Aged Care, updating us on the current renovations
Saturday 27 June 2020 – Change Over Dear Members and Friends, It is our absolute pleasure to invite you to the Rotary club of Morialta Hand over lunch on Saturday 27th June at the Athelstone Community Hall. Please find official invitation attached. Please rsvp to Sabrina on: [email protected] or on 0424593737. We will also have hard copy invitations available as some may not have such easy access to email. Please do not hesitate to let us know if you or another member requires a hard copy. We look forward to seeing you there! Kind Regards Sabrina and David Koetsier Rotary Club of Morialta
MEETING DATES (Wednesday)
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Due to Coronavirus issue, there are no Fellowship outings of RC of Morialta until further notice.
We can hopefully have the following when suitable times arrive.
If you have some ideas and suggestions, I will be happy to hear for future planning.
Emiko Mayer (Fellowship)
0417823873
From the Membership Committee
So it’s a goodbye to Easter 2020 and all that scrumptious chocolate and hot cross buns and hello to how can I possibly
get rid of all this extra weight! Looks like Teddy (our furry grandchild) and I are going for some long walks in Morialta
Park while ensuring we keep our physical distancing from other walkers of course.
Last Tuesday night the membership committee provided their report to Board and noted that while most of the
strategic actions were still on hold, we are looking forward to presenting the outcomes of the completed Club
membership survey to you all when we finally resume our face to face meetings in 2020. We are excited to note also
that we continue to have membership queries from interested individuals within our general community so look
forward to growing our membership numbers as a result.
Members who joined us for the Zoom meeting on Wednesday night shared their stories of how they are coping and
all seem to be ok. There were a number of apologies so looking forward to seeing them on screen this coming week.
Heartfelt thanks this week to Graeme and Vicky Packer for their response of a generous donation of a beautiful quilt
to be given to our midwifery student Nancy Geregl.
Keep Well and keep exercising!
2020
23 May 2020 (Saturday) – STAR Disco BBQ
31 May 2020(Sunday) – Bridge Day
13 June 2020 (Saturday) – Quiz Night – Function Centre
EVENT
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FELLOWSHIP
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From the Membership Committee – (Judi Brown, Sue Pullens, Rob Brennan).
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PHOTOS – HOW ARE WE COPING AT HOME
Vicky's been busy quilting to donate 12 x quilts and
20 x bibs to Cranio facial picked up this week. Quilt
tops keep appearing at our front door for Vicky to
quilt on the machine.
Here are some photos of what the Packers have been doing? Repotting Plants, Planting in the Garden as well. We have some Succulents that some members might like, as well as some seedlings Cauliflower & Brussel Sprout Please let me know if you would like some and we can make arrangements to deliver?
Scrabble anyone – Penny and Katarina at play Pickling another way to pass the time away -KS
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They have taken the Community Workshop kitchen from Alan so now he is cooking at home
2020 – Soxy and I seeing the world from a different
perspective. Curtesy of Judith Brown
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To all members – RC Morialta A reminder to please complete your “Working with Children” registration online. See email from Katarina/Peter on 9 March 2020 - If any questions please call Peter. Tim Mee - Club Secretary -Rotary Club of Morialta
Local Community support
The Uniting Communities Eastern Services Branch operates an “Emergency Relief” program enabling people
assessed on low incomes and in need of practical assistance to have access to support in the way of food parcels or
food vouchers. Many of the food items in the food parcels are made up from donations of those items by various
churches and other organizations. Monetary donations are also received.
Since the commencement of the Covid-19 epidemic, many people/families within our community have suffered a
reduction or a total loss of their income due to restrictions put in place, resulting in the number of people seeking
assistance increasing dramatically.
At the Club’s last Board meeting held on 14 April 2020, a proposal was put forward to provide some assistance to the
local community by making a donation to the Uniting Communities Eastern Services Branch. After discussion it was
agreed to donate $1,000.00 to the Emergency Relief program with specific instructions that the money be used for
the purchase of Coles food vouchers. These vouchers will enable the recipients to select food items of their choice
from Coles.
Other ways that the Club can assist the local community was discussed and it was agreed that this would
be investigated further.
In addition, if a Club Member wishes to make a personal donation, this can be paid into the Club’s bank
account and the Club’s treasurer will ensure that the money is passed on accordingly. A receipt for any
donations can be issued.
Brenton Summers
EXTRA INFORMATION
Rotary Smiles Video attached to this
weeks COG
Hi Everyone, Board plus Judy and Katarina You may be interested in this youtube video link. Please share it. Its a great promotion of Rotary to younger generations. Bono from U2 – Recognition of Rotary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S5qzsPrahY
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Vanuatu Ravaged by Cyclone Harold
On April 6th Cyclone Harold made landfall in Vanuatu as a Category 5 cyclone, bringing devastation to the northern provinces. The provinces of Sanma, Malampa, Torba and Penama are most affected. It is estimated that up to 90% of buildings and houses in Sanma are either damaged or destroyed. Communications are still down in most areas and, coupled with the remote nature of many communities, the full extent of the damage or casualties is still unclear. 160,000 people are thought to be affected. Vanuatu is mercifully COVID-19-free and the government would like to keep it that way. As such, we are unable to send in a Response Team. Our Operations team have been working tirelessly to find a way to assist the people of Vanuatu, working with the National Disaster Management Office and locally based NGO's
FACTS ABOUT CYCLONE HAROLD 🌀
Cyclone Harold made landfall in Vanuatu as a Category 5
There is a shortage of emergency shelter items in Vanuatu and in-country partners are turning to Shelter Cluster partners for assistance
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is restricting direct SRT access, ShelterBox has identified a potential partner in CARE Vanuatu
Based on the needs assessment, we are looking at providing IFRC spec Shelter Kits (tarps, tools and fixings) plus additional IFRC spec tarps and rope; solar lights. The caseload would be 3000 households
If you have recently donated, please accept my thanks on behalf of the families you have helped.
Your support is CHANGING LIVES!
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Open invitation to join Magill Sunrise meetings;
Our meetings are on Tuesday evenings at 5.30pm.
Meeting ID: 321 471 866
Pin Number: 637889
Your members are more than welcome to join us. We will be trying our first guest speaker by zoom on Tuesday 21APR. We will be having Able Australia and will hopefully have one person from Adelaide and one from Melbourne with an Auslan interpreter, if all the stars align.
Cheers
KIOSK - Brenton Summers is now the “go to” person for the kiosk float bag. To all members – Rotary Club of Morialta Kiosk Closure – Thorndon Park Due to recent developments with the Coronavirus which place strict limitations on the movement of people in public places, the Morialta Executive have made a decision to close the Thorndon Park Kiosk until further notice. In making this decision we were also mindful of our responsibility to members for their health and safety when performing Rotary duties. Members will be kept up to date with Developments. Just a reminder to members to read the COG newsletter each week to keep informed on Rotary matters.
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APOLOGIES Djuro Rakic - 0415 889 980 or 8365 2758
If you have dates needing to go into the COG or Calendar please
email details to Katarina and Judy C.
