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Rotary,UnitedNationsandAustralianThemes

MonthofNov Rotary RotaryFoundationMonth Australia ALPHA-1AwarenessMonth Australia LungHealthAwarenessMonthWeeksofNov UnitedNations InternationalWeekofScienceandPeace(6th–

12thNov)

Australia HaemophiliaAwarenessWeek–Nationwide(8th–14thNov)

Australia PollinatorWeek(12th–19thNov) Australia NationalRecyclingWeek(13th–19thNov)DaysofNov Rotary-UN RotaryDayattheUN(11thNov) Australia RemembranceDay(11thNov) UnitedNations WorldMentalHealthDay(10thNov)

UnitedNations WorldScienceDayforPeaceandDevelopment(10thNov)

UnitedNations WorldSightDay(12thNov) Global WorldDiabetesDay(14thNov)

President’s ReportPreviousWeek’sSpeakerWhat an interesting and highlyinteractivenighton25October2017we had with special guest – BenNewsome – from Fizzics Education.Ben reminded us howmuch fun youcanhaveandhowyoucantrulylearnscienceby ‘doing’ratherthan justby‘reading’. As you’ll see from thephotos takenon thenight,weallgotinto the action and had a ball,especially learning about theinteraction between milk fat and a

surfactant (liquid soap) using fooddyes to show the affects (was Ilistening or did I just copy this fromPP Raymond’s Facebook post?). Itwasalotoffun,andveryinformative.Last Couple of Weeks’ ServiceActivitiesIt’sbeenahecticcoupleofweeksoutand about for many StrathfieldRotarians. Rather than me writingpages and pages about all the greatthings that have happened, come

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along and listen to the updatesprovidedbytheDirectorsandothersthathavebeen involved. What Iwillsayhoweveris:1. Thanks to RTN Andrew and PPGrahame for organising andexecuting the Muscle Car Mastersprogram selling activity again thisyear. As always, it was a lot of fun;great to see (and hear!) so manyclassic cars, and meet someinteresting characters. We raised$2,000 for the Club again this year,thanks to the generosity of AlexFairweather (Grahame’s daughter) –roundingupthetotaltothatnumberforus.Thankstoallwhocamealongtohelpout.2. Thanks to PP Pete for once againmasterfully coordinating this latestGraffiti Removal Day effort. I didn’tparticipate this year, however I’veseensomephotosanditlookedlikealotofyoungfolkwerehavingagreat(and productive) time. The MuscleCarMastersandtheGraffitiRemovalclashed on the Sunday, but onceagain, with the generosity ofStrathfield Rotarians, and reeling insome younger folk (Pete) we wereabletofullystaffbothevents.3.ThankstotheRotariansthatjoinedme at the Burwood Rotary initiatedSpeech Craft Night last Mondayevening, coordinated at our end byPDGDavid. Itwas a great event forthe youth in our local schools, withsome excellent speaking talent ondisplay. Congratulations to BellaMerlino from Santa Sabina College,for takingout thecompetition. Bella–oneoftheyoungestcompetitorsonthe night – gave an excellentprepared speech on ‘making theworldabetterplace’–nonotes,greateye contact, very expressive, lots of

excellent speech craft exhibited – ajoytobehold!4. Lastly, thanks to the StrathfieldRotarians (and their friends) whocame along to a fun-filled WHGCarnivalofCultureslastFridaynight.Organised (with much passion) byourAG–RengaRajan–andhiswife,GranvilleRotaryPresident–BharathiRengarajan – there was a lot offellowship, food and fancy dancing!ThankstoRTNPrabhatfororganisingthe Strathfield contingent, andespecially forourcontribution to the‘talent show’ – a wonderfulBollywood-styledancer–PalakGupta– putting on a very energeticBollywoodfusionperformance.Pride of Workmanship AwardsComingOurnextBIGawardsnight iscomingup on 22 November 2017 – theannual Pride ofWorkmanship. RTNUsha has been working very hardcoordinating this evening. Iunderstandtherearelotsofexcellentsubmissions that havebeenmade sofar. Pleasemakeplans to attend thenight, and bring some friends andcolleaguesalongtoo. This isanothergreat opportunity to showcase thewonderful work of our Club, inparticularlyidentifyingthewonderfulwork of the unsung heroes in ourcommunity.AGMComingUpTooOur AGM is fast approaching too –scheduledfor6December2017–justamonthaway. Pleaseplantoattendthis importanteveningasweseektoconfirm appointments for theupcomingRotaryyear.ThisWeek’sSpeakerThisweekwewill have as a specialguest in our Club – George Ayoub –



whowill be discussing Refereeing inRugbyUnion.GeorgeisanAustralianprofessionalRugbyUnionreferee.Heis currently a member of the SuperRugby panel for Television MatchOfficials (known as TMO), and is aformer Test Match referee. Bring

your friends, colleague andacquaintancesalongtothisnot-to-be-missed opportunity to hear fromGeorge.Rick

Previous Guest Speaker: Ben Newsome NospeakerreportreceivedLPre-talk background: “Ben NewsomefoundedFizzicsEducationin2004todeliver science education acrossAustraliawhichnowreaches300,000students a yearwith staff in Sydney,Melbourne, Brisbane& Canberra. Heis aqualified science teacher, formerCSIRO Education member, 2013

Churchill Fellow, 2015 & 2016Australian Small Business EducationServices Winner and receiver ofseveral Pinnacle Awards from theCenter for Interactive Learning &Collaboration.”Ref:https://www.fizzicseducation.com.au/About/Meet+the+Fizzics+team/Ben+N.html

Last Week’s Speaker: Transfer Meeting OnMonday30thOctober,wemetatClubBurwood for theRotaryClubofBurwood’sSchoolSpeechCraftNight.There were fourteen students from

seven local schools taking part. Weheardfromverytalentedandcapableyoungpublicspeakers.

This Week’s Speaker: George Ayoub George is an Australian professionalrugbyunionreferee.HeiscurrentlyamemberoftheSuperRugbypanelforTelevisionMatchOfficials (known asTMO), and is a former Test Matchreferee.

Born in Sydney, Ayoub trained as ateacher and took up refereeing in1990whenhewasaschoolmasteratStPatrick'sCollege,Strathfield.GeorgeiscurrentlyDirectorofSportSantaSabinaCollege.



Next Week’s Speaker: Pallavi Sinha There is nodoubt that ourmembershave some very accomplishedoffspring.Nextweek’sspeakerwillbePallavi Sinha. Pallavi, an alumnus ofSydneyUniversity,currentlyworksasPrincipal with Lawyers withSolutions. She is also anAcademic/Lecturer with MacquarieUniversity Law School & WesternSydneyUniversityLawSchool.In these roles, Pallavi has deliveredinnovative education programs inareas such as Alternative DisputeResolution, Administrative Law,

Resilience & Domestic or Familyviolence.Thetopicofherspeechwilloutline the importance of educationin such areas and how they may beapplied in the curriculums at school,university & other modes ofeducation.Pallavi ison theAFR&Westpac100Women of Influence award winnerlist 2016 and a recent Finalist for aWomen's Leadership award. She isalso an awardwinner for Excellencein Law, Journalism & CommunityServices.

Dates for the Calendar

Rotary Events

Day/Date Event/speaker Tointroduce Tothank+Speakerwrite-up

Wed8thNov2017 RefereeinginRugbyUnionGeorgeAyoub AriePappas PeterManenti

Wed15thNov2017Educationandresilienceinthe

21CenturyPallaviSinha

RodMcDougall CharlesPitt

Wed22thNov2017 PrideofWork - -

Mon27thNov2017WesternHarbourInterclub

Debate“Women are better drivers”

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Wed29thNov2017 TransfermeetingtoMon27thNov - -

Wed6thDec2017 AGMandelections - -

Sat9thDec2017 StrathfieldCarolsinthePark - -



Wed13thDec2017 Adult'sXmasParty - -

Wed20thDec2017 PotentialChildren’sXmasParty - -

Birthdays

5thNovember(belated) SharonSaad9thNovember DavidCroft10thNovember JanvanderSleesen

Anniversaries 1stNovember(belated) GeorgeHallworth(Rotary)

RichardHorwood(Rotary)JanelleWatson(Rotary)

5thNovember(belated) AriePappas(Rotary)

Do You Know? TOLERANCEOFDIFFERENCESOccasionally there is a temptation tocriticise the laws, customs andtraditions of another country whichmayseemstrangeorcontrary toourown. In some instances illegalpractices or customs of one nationarecompletely lawfulandacceptableinanother.As members of an internationalorganisation dedicated to worldunderstandingandpeace,itbehoovesRotarians to exercise restraint injudging our Rotary friends andcitizens from other countries whentheirbehaviourseemsunusualtous.ARotarypolicyhas existed formorethan half a century relating to thisdilemma of internationalrelationships.Thestatement,adoptedin 1933, says that because it isrecognised that some activities and

local customs may be legal andcustomaryinsomecountriesandnotinothers,Rotariansshouldbeguidedbythisadmonitionoftolerance:"Rotarians in all countries shouldrecognisethesefactsandthereshouldbea thoughtfulavoidanceofcriticismofthelawsandcustomsofonecountrybytheRotariansofanothercountry."Thepolicyalsocautionsagainst "anyeffortonthepartofRotariansofonecountry to interferewith the lawsorcustomsofanothercountry."Aswestrivetostrengthenthebondsof understanding, goodwill andfriendship,thesepoliciesstillprovidegoodadviceandguidance.David Croft



The Statistics

Attendancelastweek 17 Leaveofabsence 1 Apologies 5 Noapology 15 Clubmembership 38 Partners&Guests 2 MembersRotaryactivities Weekending25-10-17:21[hours]

Funds raisedRaffle ?Sergeantssession ?

Your Committee 2017-2018 President RickVosila Secretary RodMcDougall

PresidentElect tba Sergeant AnuradhaKamkolkarImmediatePastPresident StephenTaylor Treasurer CharlesPitt

Youth AriePappas Community AndrewAravanisInternational PrabhatSinha Vocational PaoloGiammarco

ClubServices BradleyAyres

BulletinEditor BradleyAyres Webmaster&Facebook RaymondMcCluskieBulletinPrinter Selectprint Apologies GulianVaccari

Fines Sessions Roster AswedidinStephenTaylor’syearwhenGrahameTruewasSergeant,thisyear’sSergeant,AnuradhaKamkolkar,hasinstigatedarosterforthisimportantrole.Hereisthelistofnamesanddatesforyoutorecord.IfyouareunabletodeliverthefinesessiononyourdesignatednightcouldyoupleaseorganiseareplacementandinformAnuradha.

8thNov TBA 15thNov TBA



Out and About: Muscle Car MastersSaturday28thandSunday29thOctober2017

Out and About: Graffiti Removal DaySunday29thOctober2017







Out and About: Carnival of CulturesFriday3rdNovember2017

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Rotary, United Nations and Australian Themes 2017-2018/Bulletin 8... · Merlino from Santa Sabina College, ... former Test Match referee. Bring ... Sat 9thDec 2017 Strathfield Carols