ntonio Molina Eredia OoZoO The Rotary Club of Mosman Bulletin Vol. 54, No. 36 for meeting on April 28, 2015 April Is Magazine Month Today we are having a Fellowship meeting in the Terrace. President Mark and Liz Alderson are back from their trip to Japan. There was an article in the Mosman Daily last week about how a young girl who became homeless at 13 turned to Taldumande in North Sydney 4 years later. She was put up in a refuge and now has a home of her own. She now works two jobs and is doing a Diploma in Business and Event Management. The article mentions our gala dinner in support of Taldumande Youth Services. – Clare Acting President and PE Ward Pollard presenting Rtn Steve Carroll with a cheque from the Club for $500 for the Rotary Ride Around Australia Against Malaria appeal. Malaria is not a distant and remote disease, and it is a growing problem throughout tropical countries and moving south from Papua New Guinea as the conditions change allowing the spread of the anopheles mosquito and the spread of malaria. Dorene and Steve Carroll had experienced the devastation of contracting malaria while on an adventure holiday. In 1989 Steve took their 1-year old daughter Michelle on a trip to Sabah in Borneo - the kind of trip so many young Australians do now to malaria-infected countries. Two weeks later fever struck both of them. Just three months later after being evacuated to Australia she lost the battle. Over the years Steve has suffered 3 primary infections and 4 relapses. Steve and a fellow retired soldier Grahme Rayner want to honour Michelle’s memory and raise money for the fight against malaria. Their Rotary Club of Williamtown Inc. have organised the Rotary Ride Around Australia Against Malaria (RRAAAM) which left Newcastle on March 1, travelling around Australia in 54 days on motorcycles. Few people are aware that malaria, the third most lethal disease in the world, could enter our country at any moment. They are raising much needed funding to implement a pilot program of malaria eradication in a selected area of PNG. The trial is based on the format used in Timor Leste where, in just 8 years, the number of cases has reduced from 223,000 to an incredibly low 1,042 reported cases. Doug Handside from the R C of Vientiane, Lao, is also participating. His club is also helping us with our water sanitation project in Lao. Hugh Hamlyn-Smith’s club of Lindfield is also helping out. Charlie Barnett, Steve Carroll, Hugh Hamlyn-Smith, Grahme Rayner & Doug Handside YOUTHFUL PURSUITS: Pierrick and Pedro went on an awesome trip with Barry to Tasmania. They really enjoyed travelling there and went on a coach trip from Hobart to Port Arthur and other places. They drove back along the Great Ocean Rd. After he came back, Pedro’s family took him to the Waratahs game. John and Sandra Nelson took the boys to an Italian restaurant for a delicious dinner one night. HAPPY BIRTHDAY: 28th April – Margaret Kenny; 8th May – Angeline Low; 10th May – Geny Leal; 12th May – Judy Carroll COMING EVENTS: Wednesday, 29th April: TALDUMANDE FUN(d)RAISING GALA DINNER 6:30 for 7 pm Monday, 4th May: Dinner at Mosman Club followed by 2 workshops. 6:30 for 7 pm Tuesday, 5th May: No regular meeting Tuesday, 12th May: Noel Phelan: The epic battle between Sydney and Kormoran. Our RYLArians! Jackson Fitzpatrick, Youth Director Rob Hamilton, and Liam Painter Liam Painter does IT Support for a shipping company, having completed his BSc last year. He is Venturer Leader with 1st Mosman Scouts and is with Rovers as well. He felt that at RYLA he learned more about leadership but also about himself as a person to help develop his leadership and team building skills in any future endeavours. Jackson is doing a bachelor of International and Global studies at Sydney Uni. He works part-time with AIME – Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience during uni and with CAYLUS (Central Australian Youth Link-Up Service) in uni holidays. He initially met the idea of going to a weeklong camp with 70 leaders with hesitancy. Before the week began he set himself three goals: to get out of his comfort zone, engage with all of the people at the camp, and to come away with something that he could directly apply to his own leadership. The first day was based on Leadership and Negotiation. They were divided into ‘nations’ and had to exercise international relations in a sort of model United Nations. Initially, being over-talkative and confident, Jackson was elected to be president for his assigned country. At some point he had to leave his country for a while and on his return played more of an observer role. After further discussions with the facilitators it became clear that leadership isn’t always about being the one at the front of the room talking. Leaders know when not to speak, when to allow others to stand up. Another lesson learned was how to give constructive criticism. Through an empowering presentation by Les Watson, they had to positively criticise one other (they had only known one other for less than 3 days!). A third lesson was to never be afraid of opening a dialogue about mental illness with the people you care about, in a safe space of course. Mental illness touches all of us in different ways; we all either know someone close who has gone/is going through it or have personal connections to it. An ex-RYLArian spoke, sharing her struggles with the illness in a pathos-evoking story. It is okay to open a dialogue about mental illness with those you care about. These three lessons are very applicable in Jackson’s work and private life. So he came away from the camp with new ideas about leadership. He also was able to be outside his comfort zone in various scenarios as well, by sometimes not talking. Liam said the fifth day was about Leadership in Crisis in various physically challenging scenarios and the sixth day they put on a concert they had been planning all week. The last day there was reflection and debriefing and a closing ceremony. Both Liam and Jackson made lifelong friendships and networked with incredible community leaders. They said they owe a massive thank you to Mosman Rotary (and Jackson to his grandfather Dr. Ian Fitzpatrick) for sponsoring them. RYLA was extremely beneficial and enjoyable. Liam quoted Lao Tzu: “A leader is best when people barely know he exists; when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: We did it ourselves.” Jackson quoted the old saying, “Give a man a fish, they eat for a day; teach a man how to fish, they eat for a lifetime,” They learned how to fish. Please Advise Secretary Ward Pollard if you are an apology for the next meeting. Attendance Desk Roster - 2015 April –Sharon Kerr and David Kerr May – John Dean and Ward Pollard June – Charlie Barnett and John Leslie ***Should you not be able to be on the desk on any of the nominated dates, could you please arrange for another member to take your place.*** The Rotary Club of Mosman Meets each Tuesday for Lunch at the Mosman Club, Military Road Mosman 12:30pm for 12:50pm President – Mark Alderson Secretary - Ward Pollard P.O. 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