Volume 58, No. 26 12 January 2017 Meets Thursdays 6pm for 6.30pm at the Foundry Hotel

High St, Golden Square.

“Rotary Serving Humanity”

President’s Report.

Once again we commenced our year with a social gathering held at our home at 121 Allies Road.

We had 37 in attendance consisting of members and many partners. Also we welcomed John and

Debbie Bergbauer along as our special guests. John is a former Bendigonian who will soon move

back to Bendigo from Melbourne and has been a member of the rotary club of Keilor East for about

25 years. We hope to see both John and Debbie at a regular club meeting in the near future and

perhaps becoming new members of our club.

This Thursday we return to the Foundry complex for the first time in 2017 to resume our regular

activities. There will be several barbecues leading into the new- year starting with the Australia Day

event. We will be welcoming our Phillipino visitors at the end of February and we look forward to

this interaction. Also the Rotary Club of Bendigo has secured a Royce Abbey Scholarship for a

lady from Samoa. It is possible we may provide some assistance in a small way helping to find the

study areas Norma needs to pursue. Sustainable organic farming and free range poultry

management seems to be the two main areas of focus. If anyone has any contacts in these areas

please let me know.

At some stage we will present some money to the Orthopaedics Auxiliary, hopefully to coincide

soon after with the fanfare that will take place with the opening of the new hospital. Also I do hope

to follow up soon with Annie North to see where the building project is at and perhaps as to how we

can renew our active involvement.

On the youth side of things we say welcome home to our outgoing student in Emmaby Barton Grace

from her recent exchange in Denmark. At some stage we will have Emmaby along to tell us about

her exciting year. Toshi has moved to Geoff and Irene Mc Kinna’s so if you need to seek him out

this is where to look. Also during May we will hear from all our scholarship recipients and this is

always a great night. Also I hope to introduce a new youth/International project to the club where

we will support the educational pursuits for a young person from Timor Leste. I did hear a rumour

(via Ken Hubbard) that Jim Rinaldi has put his hand up again and is off to Maubisse to in-service

teachers in how to conduct Art lessons. Personally I am pleased to see that our involvement with

the local Bendigo Maubisse Group has been renewed and that members are taking an interest in the

ways they can get actively involved.

This week I will be front and centre for our meeting and am looking forward to welcoming Jamie

Roberts as our guest presenter. Then I will be off to Christchurch for the following week for The

bendigosouthrotary.org.au http://www.twitter.com/RotaryBendigoS

Rotary Club of Bendigo South

Signpost

Rotary World Festival of Cricket. Also there is the possibility of another Ashes Tour to Scotland

and England from June 22 so plans for the changeover are now under consideration with Thursday

June 15 being a real possibility. As we all know it will not take long for the time to fly by.

Tony Plant

Club President.

Club Program JANUARY 2017 - VOCATIONAL

Thurs Jan 19 Dinner Meeting – Jamie Roberts, media &

documentary filmer

Foundry

Thurs Jan 26 No meeting – Aust Day BBQ

FEBRUARY – PEACE & CONFLICT

Thurs Feb 2 Tour of Foundry extensions-Steve

Foundry

CLUB DUTY ROSTER

Date 19 Jan 26 Jan 2 Feb 9 Feb

Topic Making documentary

films

NO MEETING Aust Day

Tour of new Foundry extensions

New member talk

Guest Speaker Jamie Roberts N/A Steve

Chair Clive Hughes N/A

Cashiers

Merlyn Quaife Wendy Tagliabue

N/A

Regalia/Fellowship Zoe Pocock N/A

All Rotarians on duty must arrive before 6pm on the night. If you are unable to complete your duty please arrange a substitute.

Attendance Officer: Zoe Pocock 0409 514 996 zhpocock@yahoo.com.au

Easing back into the new

year with a spit roast at

Tony & Betty Plant’s place.

Chef Tony at it again, feeding

the hungry hoards.

Our dedicated team working

hard on upgrades to Camp

Getaway.

Matthew and Anna, our exchange

student from 2 years ago. Matthew

is travelling through Budapest,

Prague, then Germany. (sorry

couldn’t turn it around, but this is

the upside country isn’t it?)

Roundup from our Cluster Clubs….. The Rotary Showcase Programme 2016-17 – A New Initiative This year our cluster will be showcasing the science initiatives to the local community on Australia Day. Rod Spitty has a committee working on this development. Also, we will be holding a barbeque site in support of this annual Rotary initiative. George will be looking for people to volunteer their time on the day.

Rotary International Conventions If you are looking for a travel destination with a great Rotary connection we would recommend joining others in celebrating our great club. This year’s International convention will be in Atlanta, details can be found on the Rotary International website. Further conventions are listed below 2017 Atlanta, USA 2018 Toronto, Canada 2019 Hamburg, Germany 2020 Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 2021 Taipei, Taiwan 2022 Houston, Texas, USA

Anniversaries & Birthdays - January

Happy Birthday to…. Induction Anniversaries

6 Emily Mudge 6 Anne Peace

4 David Lea 15 Ron Devereaux 18 Rod Spitty 19 Ian Ellis 20 Ken Briggs

WHO’S WHO?

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT: John Germ (USA)

RI DISTRICT 9800 GOVERNOR: Neville John

ASSISTANT GOVERNORS (GOLDFIELDS CLUSTER):

Gary McClure (Goldfields South) & Greg Noonan (Goldfields North)

PRESIDENT: Tony Plant

SECRETARY: Ruth O’Connell

TREASURER: Greg Noonan

CLUB PROTECTION OFFICER: Geoff McKinna

MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT/ P.R: Rod Spitty

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Gary Pinner

CLUB SERVICE, SIGNPOST: Ros Chenery

ROTARY FOUNDATION: Merlyn Quaife

YOUTH SERVICES: Glenn Madden

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE: Lindsay Jolley

CLUB COMMUNICATIONS: Matthew Scott

THE OBJECT OF ROTARY The 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 ROTARY CLUB OF BENDIGO SOUTH ATTENDANCE OFFICER

ZOE POCOCK zhpocock@yahoo.com.au TELEPHONE- 0409 514 996

THE FOUR WAY TEST

1. 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

5. ?

ATTENDANCE & MAKE UP

OPPORTUNITIES DISTRICT 9800 GOLDFIELDS CLUSTER ROTARY

CLUB MEETINGS

KANGAROO FLAT: Monday 6pm, Rotary Gateway

Park

BENDIGO: Tuesday 12:45pm, Bendigo Club

BENDIGO STRATHDALE: Tuesday 6:15pm, Nancy

Long Dining Room, La Trobe Uni.

BENDIGO NEXT GENERATION: Wednesday

6:30pm, Shamrock Hotel

ECHUCA MOAMA: Tuesday 6pm, Border Inn,

Moama

BENDIGO SANDHURST: Wednesday 7.30am, BRIT

Restaurant or breakfast at Café alternate weeks.

EAGLEHAWK: Wednesday 6pm, Mechanics Institute

ROCHESTER: Thursday 6pm, The Court House

building, Moore Street (Opp. G. Nelson Motors).