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Contents...CLUB DUTY ROSTER 2EVENTS CALENDAR 2RI PRESIDENT’S REPORT 4EAST TIMOR PHOTOS 5UPCOMING EVENTS 6CLUB INFORMATION 7

Gary Fitzgerald (www.myexpression.org) was our guest speaker this week.

Since retiring he has taken to assisting not for profit organisations in establishing web sites.

He spoke about digital lifestyles, and the different ways the internet and computers can be used, from networking to influencing and many ways in between.

Gary went into the etiquette of social media, and very timely, as there have been a number of cases recently in the  news where etiquette won't followed and time in jail did. The basic etiquette is, if you wouldn't say it to a persons face, then you don't say it in an email or on social media.

It was also discussed that if we are wanting to get to the X & Y GEN through social media then we need a 'hook', something to get people to look at our Facebook page and then ultimately to our web page.

To find that 'hook' we need to do some more research. We need to be able to encapsulate what we are about, a bit like an elevator speech, but in pictures.

Don't forget our East Timor presentation this week!

Oh, and I forgot to ask last Thursday for volunteers for the next BBQ at Lake Weroona Saturday 15th, from about 10ish to 2ish. Five people are required. Please let Terry know ASAP. I will ask for more names this week.

Go forth and extend the hand of Rotary to all who you meet,

- Wendy LearmountPresident of the ROTARY CLUB OF BENDIGO SOUTH

WELCOME TO THIS WEEKS EDITION OF THE

SIGNPOST BULLETIN.

VOL. 54 NO. 10 THURSDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER 2012

MEETS THURSDAYS 6pm for 6:30pm, @ THE FOUNDRY HOTEL

“We’re Online!” Find our Website and Weekly Club Blog @

www.bendigosouthrotary.org.au

OR,

Become Our ‘Friend‘ and ‘Like‘ Us on Facebook @

facebook.com/bendigosouthrotary

Rotarian Anne Peace,

thanking last weeks

guest speaker, Gary

Fitzgerald for his

‘words of wisdom’

regarding modern

technology.

Calendar of Events

A complete list of any upcoming events for the Rotary Club of Bendigo South...

If you want an event included on this list, please advise the bulletin editor.

September OctoberCalendar of Events

A complete list of any upcoming events for the Rotary Club of Bendigo South...

If you want an event included on this list, please advise the bulletin editor.

13thEast Timor Group Presentation

15thSCOPE BBQ, “Walk with me Bendigo” event, 11am- 2pm.

27thLa Trobe University BBQ.Volunteers Needed between 11AM- 2PM.

30thRotary Leadership Institute Part #2,Kangaroo Flat Rotary Park.(Participants should have received details from RLI coordinators).

6th OctoberPlant Sale at Elaine’s,See following pages for further details...

11thDinner with Hugh Norris of Hip Pocket Work Wear.The Foundry, Tickets $50.

Future BBQs:

* Midland Irrigation, Sat 3rd November, 10am- 2pm.

* Swap Meet, 16- 18th Nov.* MND Walk, Sun 25th Nov.

Keep these dates free and volunteer if you can! Please let Terry Dalwood know of your availability.

DATE 13th September 20th September 27th September 4th October

ACTIVITY East Timor Presentation

- - Club Committee Forum/ Board

Meeting

CHAIRMAN Wendy Learmount

VACANT VACANT VACANT

CASHIERS Peter Ryall&

Ken Briggs

Matthew Scott&

Peter Ryall

Matthew Scott&

Geoff McKinna

Helene Brown &

Peter Ryall

REGALIA Ruth O’Connell Anne Peace Ros Chenery VACANT

FELLOWSHIP Matthew Scott Elaine Harrington VACANT Ian Ellis

RAFFLE Helene Brown Ros Chenery Ron Deveraux Ruth O’Connell

SERGEANT Gary Pinner Lindsay Jackson Andrew ‘Chocolate King’ Palmer

VACANT

CLUB DUTY ROSTER- September; The Month of New Generations

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MEETING INFORMATION

“Well, after we had that excellent presentation by Gary Fitzgerald

last week, I expect all of you Rotarians to set up a Facebook

page so that we can be ʻFriendsʼ in cyberspace, as well as in Rotary”

UPCOMING BBQs

It’s that time of the year again, when we begin to crank up the BBQ!!

Volunteers are needed for a BBQ for Scope at Lake Weeroona next Saturday 15th September from 11.00am to 2.00pm.

Members or Friends  available to assist should phone Terry Dalwood on 5442 6212 or 0400 476 204 Also, just an early notice that we have another BBQ at Latrobe Uni on Thursday 27th September also from 11.00am to 2.00pm.Again Members or Friends available should phone Terry Dalwood. Regards,Terry Dalwood

Meeting information for the 6th September, not yet made available at time of SignPost

publication.

RELAY FOR LIFE- PLANT SALE

Relay for Life FundraiserA Plant Sale will be held at Elaine’s place on Saturday 6th October from 9:30 am. Volunteers will be appreciated on the day to set up, sell and chat happily to our customers. Enough volunteers will mean that we can offer, for a small cost, a cuppa and bikkie or two. Please give this a thought. There is plenty of room, plenty of chairs etc. Time to sit and chat ...... and be informed about Relay for Life and the reality of Rotary’s involvement in community service.Thanks to those who have already given time and plants. We have a great variety and the more the merrier. So keep on potting!Please think about joining our team in 2013.We had 18 participants in 2012 and raised just over $2000.00. Great fun, for a great cause!!I don't have a date for Relay event yet but will pass it on when I do.

- Elaine Harrington

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Dear Fellow Bendigo South Rotarians and Friends,

Please find below an article, which my good friend Sakuji Tanaka (Rotary International President) penned for me, especially for this weeks edition of the SignPost.

- Matthew ScottSignPost Editor

September 2012 Dear Fellow Rotarians,

Many of you know that we now have five Avenues of Service in Rotary. The fifth, and newest, is New Generations Service. There are many ways to serve through this avenue.

All of the work we do to educate children, to improve maternal health, to help families live healthier lives – all of this is service to New Generations. We also serve New Generations by working to eradicate polio, helping to ensure that future generations of children will be born into a polio-free world.

Our youth and young adult programs, such as Rotaract, Interact, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, and Rotary Youth Exchange, are a very important part of this Avenue of Service. We must remember that the youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow. By helping to develop young leaders and bringing younger members into our clubs, we strengthen communities – and Rotary’s future.

For most of my life, I have been a salesman. I learned long ago that being a good salesman is not enough. You must also have a good product. If you are a good salesman, you will make the first sale. But if you do not have a good product, you will make only the first sale. You will not make the second.

It is not enough to bring new members into Rotary. We want them to stay. We want the new, young members to become long time members. We want them to be Rotary leaders in 10, 20, or 30 years.How do we do this? We have to look at our product. We have to look at Rotary not with our own eyes, but with new eyes. When we invite a new member to join and that person’s answer is no, we should ask why. This is not to pressure someone into joining. It is to find out more information. What are the obstacles to membership? Is it an inconvenient meeting time? Is it too much of a time commitment? Is it something else that we have not thought of? We need to ask questions, and we need to open ourselves to the answers. We cannot say, “No, we will not do this,” just because we have never done it before. Why not have child care at a meeting? Why not involve families in projects? Why not makeattendance requirements less strict, or meet less often?

Our new Avenue of New Generations Service is an important step in ensuring many future generations of Rotary, and of Service Above Self.

Sakuji Tanaka Rotary International President 2012-2013

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Don’t forget this weeks meeting!!

The East Timor group presentationJust some more photos to get you excited!!

Which silly traveller left the water on

and flooded the kitchen?

Surely, not our young Bulletin Editor?

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WHO’S WHO?

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT- SakujiTanaka (Kyoko) RI DISTRICT 9800 GOVERNOR- Dennis Shore ASSISTANT GOVERNOR (GOLDFIELDS CLUSTER)- Rick ReidPRESIDENT- Wendy Learmount VICE PRESIDENT (Club Protection Officer)- Ruth O’Connell HON. SECRETARY- Gary Pinner HON. TREASURER- Philip Jan CLUB SERVICE- Helene Brown (President Elect) MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT/ P.R- Jim Boyer COMMUNITY SERVICE- Terry Dalwood ROTARY FOUNDATION & VOCATIONAL SERVICE- Sam Tayeh NEW GENERATIONS- Rod Spitty INTERNATIONAL SERVICE- Ros Chenery SIGNPOST EDITOR- Matthew Scott- mattgscott@telstra.com

ATTENDANCE &MAKE UP

OPPORTUNITIESDISTRICT 9800 GOLDFIELDS CLUSTER ROTARY CLUB MEETINGSKANGAROO FLAT- Monday 6pm, Rotary Gateway ParkBENDIGO- Tuesday 12:45pm, Bendigo Club BENDIGO STRATHDALE- Tuesday 6pm, AllSeasonsECHUCA MOAMA- Tuesday 6pm, Border Inn MoamaBENDIGO SANDHURST- Wednesday 7am, BRIT RestaurantEAGLEHAWK- Wednesday 6pm, Mechanics InstituteROCHESTER- Thursday 6pm, Commercial Wine Tavern

THE OBJECT OF ROTARYThe object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and,

in particular, to encourage and foster:FIRST.

The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service;

SECOND.High ethical standards in business and

professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each

Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society;THIRD.

The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business, and community life;

FOURTH. The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of

business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

THE FOUR WAY TEST1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER

FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

THE ROTARY CLUB OF BENDIGOSOUTH ATTENDANCE OFFICER

PHILIP JAN- jpjan@optusnet.com.au H: 5442 1533 M: 0407 844 228

Contact for apologies and attendance matters.

ROTARY CLUB OF BENDIGO SOUTH INFORMATION

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