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What’s happening at Ascot:

SOCIAL MEETING – TUESDAY 30 January: No morning meeting but come instead to the first of our social meetings for

2018 and it’s an opportunity to invite friends and prospective members. The Profit Lebanese Café at 907 Albany Highway, East Victoria Park 6:15pm for 6:30pm start Banquet at $30 head - BYO

Please let Peter know if you and your guests are coming along.

BRICKTOBER – will again be held this year and all members are asked to keep October free so that everyone is available to assist and spread the workload at this, our main fundraising and community project. Many Hands Make Light Work! In the meantime, Mr Brick and some friends have been busy promoting Bricktober 2018 with a 4 day mini event at Kelmscott Plaza with free building, drive a train and competitions to win tickets to this year’s show. See photos Page

BOARD MEMBERS 2017-18 President: Ron Alexander Vice Pres.: Mike Bermann Pres. Elect: Aidan Wood Secretary: Roma Gehringer Treasurer: Joanna Kendall Foundation: Hugh Langridge Exec Secretary: Hugh Langridge Membership: Michael Evans Club Service: Peter Richardson International: Mike Bermann Youth: Marg Fraser Vocational: Max Morrell Community: Stephen Kendall Public Relations: Christine Goss Attendance: Gren Courtland

WEB LINKS:

Club website: www.ascotrotary.org.au Club Facebook page: www.facebook.com/AscotRotary Bricktober website: www.bricktober.info Bricktober Facebook: www.facebook.com/Bricktober.Perth District 9465: http://rotary9465.org.au Rotary International: https://www.rotary.org

Chartered 26 February 1969 District 9465

We meet at Belmont Tavern 174 Wright Street, Cloverdale, Western Australia, 6105

On Tuesday’s at 7:00 am for 7:30 am start and finished by 8:30 am.

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Our Timor Leste Water Project

The Rotary Club of Ascot has just released further funds, about US$5,000, to help with the purchase and installation of more water pipes and tanks to be installed in the village of Lete Foho at and near the local high school where the parents of students are busy building more classrooms and some dormitories for their children to stay in during the school week so the kids don’t have to walk 2 or 3 hours each day to school.

Torrential rain has been falling and severe flooding has washed away sections of the road between Ermera and Lete Foho but despite the conditions, parents from surrounding villages and hamlets have themselves trekked for hours along mountain tracks, bringing along al their own food, to then spend the day lugging materials and soil required to build a better life for their children.

Eddie De Pina, who coordinates our Water project and others like it including these building works, was warmed and heartened when he asked those who had come along to help why they had volunteered and was told that they did it for their children’s future and of their hope for a better life for them. Eddie says he loves his work and meeting people with such dignity.

Eddie doesn’t sit around waiting for things to happen either. He’s a “Can Do” man! Battling the wet conditions, he has just been up to the mountain springs to check the flow and pressure and ensure that the quality of water flowing through the pipes we have previously funded is maintained. Great work Eddie!

With our additional financial help, more pipes, water tanks and tap stands will be installed at the dormitories being built at Fr Natlino and the Nun’s houses as they do not currently have water. So far we’ve helped many villages in the hills of Timor Leste to have fresh clean drinking water so this is a project that we can be very proud of.

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Please note the following dates and advise Christine Goss of details of your Guest Speaker and Topic

or advise promptly if the dates are unsuitable.

Date Welcoming Informer Host Chair Speaker and Topic

30 January 2018 NO BREAKFAST MEETING

SOCIAL EVENT at 7:00 PM

The Profit Café 907 Albany Hwy

13 February 2018 Peter Richardson Bev Poor

Michael Evans Tbc

20 February 2018

CLUB BIRTHDAY

SOCIAL MEETING Club Birthday

TBA

27 February 2018

Colin Peacock Mike Bermann

Hugh Langridge Membership Development

13 March 2018

Christine Goss Stephen Kendall

Dianne Reed Tbc

20 March 2018 Michael Metcalf Aidan Wood

SOCIAL MEETING VENUE TBA

27 March 2018

Hugh Langridge Michelle Kendall

Stephen Kendall

10 April 2018

Dianne Reed Ros McLernon

Glenys Godfrey

17 April 2018

Michael Evans Joanna Kendall

SOCIAL MEETING TBA

Happy happy

26 January 2018 Australia Day - Great Aussie Breakfast – Rotary Club of Como at Sir James Mitchell Park

31 January 2018 Last day for “early bird” AGFR Golf Tournament Murray Bridge

23 February 2018 “Wear your Rotary Club Shirt” Day

3 March 2018 50th Anniversary Rotaract WA - Tomkins on Swan, Alfred Cove

16 - 18 March 2018 2017/2018 District Conference - Quality Inn, Margaret River

24-27 June 2018 Rotary International Convention, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

MEMBERS IN FOCUS BIRTHDAYS: Di Reed 14 January Brian Poole 16 January Gwen Evans 27 January ROTARY ANNIVERSARIES: Fred Rae 36 years 1 January 1982 Christine Goss 28 Years 1 January 1990

DISTRICT 9465 2018 CONFERENCE

Margaret River 16 - 18 March 2018

Bookings are available at:

http://e.mybookingmanager.com/E21321182362790

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BE THE INSPIRATION

2018-19 RI President Barry Rassin wants Rotary members to Be the Inspiration.

Rassin, a member of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, unveiled the 2018-19 presidential theme, Be the Inspiration, to incoming district governors at Rotary’s International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA.

“I want you to inspire in your clubs, your Rotarians, that desire for something greater. The drive to do more, to be more, to create something that will live beyond each of us.”

Wear your ROTARY SHIRT DAY Friday 23 February 2018

The inaugural Wear a Rotary Shirt Day will be

held on 23 February 2018. The purpose of the

day is a no cost marketing activity to create

more awareness of Rotary. Each Rotarian is

asked to wear a Rotary shirt all day to create

conversation and get people to ask

“What is Rotary?”

This is an initiative

from our District

that is now Australia

wide and possibly

world-wide in the future.

Bricktober promo

at Kelmscott Plaza