Tamar Views
No. 392
Oct 23 2014
Bulletin of the
Rotary Club of South Launceston
Visit our website http://www.rotary-sthlaunceston.org.au/
PRESIDENT CRAIG’S NOTES
Hello Rotarians,
I had a very good day on Tuesday at Symmons Plains, helping on the RYDA
program. I found it educational to myself as well as the students and I
learnt a lot after 50 years of driving. It’s very simple for the Rotarian, and
all members would enjoy a benefit from participating. Thanks to all
participating Rotarians and to Ian Smith and Bruce Burke for being day
managers.
When Ian gave his opening and closing address to the children, the statistics he quoted
showed a remarkable drop in fatalities and serious crashes for those in the age group
attending RYDA. Fatalities dropped from 16 to 4 and crashes from approx. 80 to about 30. It
makes you feel this one is definitely making a difference.
The Spirit of Tasmania contacted our club through Les Grant with a donation for the Street Swag project. This money
was raised through their injury-free-days program. I was away, so Past President Dale Luck contacted the Spirit and
explained that the Swag project was very well funded and we thought it would be of better value if we donated that
money through PCYC where they are running a program trying to counsel and practically help young people so they do
not end up in that situation. Treating the cause and not just trying to manage the symptoms. The lady at the Spirit was
quite in agreement with this idea and they have sent $900.
Congratulations to the club on its showing at the combined Rotary meeting last Wednesday. Dale tells me we were
best or close to best attending club. It was an outstanding success and DG Ken was impressed with the turnout. There
were two good speakers in Rick Marton and Matthew Vernay. Rick spoke on why he joined and what inspired him to
continue and Matthew explained the new wide-ranging form we now have to fill in for working with children and
vulnerable people. This is only bringing us in line with the rest of Australia.
While in Griffith I went to the Paella festival and finished up giving the local Rotary club a hand serving sausages.
The simple sausage sizzle still has its place. The club has the same problem as other service organisations and getting
hands in the air for president, etc is a problem.
So don’t forget, we need an incoming
president before Christmas, preferably
CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY
sooner.
WHAT & WHERE ; Family BBQ at Sharman's Vineyard
All the best,
President Craig
WHEN;
Starting mid afternoon November 29th
Members wider family groups are very welcome. More details to come!
APOLOGIESTO TERRY CRAWFORD 6344 7033 OR 0417 366 531
by 10.30am THURSDAY please
ITEMS FOR NEXT WEEK’S BULLETIN
Please pass bulletin items to IAN FRASER – 0400 887224 OR [email protected]
before 6.00pm WEDNESDAY please.
NO MEETING LAST WEEK – LAUNCESTON SHOW DUTIES
A NOTE FROM COORDINATOR STEVE
Thank you for all members and friends involved in the 2014 Show Gates operations. Good weather and
fellowship was enjoyed by all followed up with a magnificent BBQ lunch at President Mitch's last Sunday.
FROM THE DG’S OCTOBER NEWSLETTER
From DG Ken
Over 1 million new Rotarians inducted over the last 10-12 years and yet our organisation hasn’t
grown as it should, the reason? Simply because we have lost a similar number of Rotarians
over that same period.
The total membership in Australia has seen a 12% decline in the past ten years, and while
D9830 has been holding its own in recent years, we are still losing almost as many as we gain
each year. That’s a sobering thought and prompts me to write about the other side of the
membership coin this month i.e. Retention.
We lose club members for all sorts of reasons, death, relocation, health, business, financial,
family commitments, disenchantment, lack of engagement, conflict etc etc. But when you look
at this list, the first of these is probably the only one that we can do absolutely nothing about.
With appropriate strategies in place, we can at least do something to minimise the loss to
Rotary from all the other causes listed. Let’s face it, whether we are going to be able to retain
any particular Rotarian really begins the moment they are inducted. The obvious questions to
ask are:
• Have they been fully informed regarding Rotary e.g. fireside chats or similar?
• Do you appoint a mentor for the new Rotarian?
• Are they engaged i.e. given an active role (but without throwing them in too deep too early)?
In regard to engagement, when my fellow Aussie DG’s and I were having a round table
discussion during one of our training events, I took particular note of what a mainland club does
for new members. They allocate a small budget of say $500 to the new Rotarian and ask them
to come up with a project in an area that they have a passion for. They then present it to the
club and as long as it fits with Rotary’s purview, they are given the go ahead and fully
supported in actioning the project. What a great way to engage people, create ownership and
show faith in their ability!
How well does your club look after its members? Do you notice when someone is missing from
club meetings for a period of time? Would you know if they were ill, in hospital, bereaved? Does
anyone visit them? One of the fantastic things that I noted when we visited RC Huon Valley was
that they appoint a membership carer every year. The carer's specific role is to keep tabs on
how club members are travelling so that the forgoing questions can readily be answered and
appropriate attention given. There doesn’t seem to be many clubs that do something like this,
but all clubs could do well to look into it. It is also valuable to carry out a survey of member
satisfaction every so often and such a questionnaire (and others) can be found here
https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/document/618.
When a member leaves your club do you know why? An exit survey could be a very useful tool
to improve retention rates. If a Rotarian is relocating do you give them a referral so they can
readily approach another club near their new address? That way they may be lost to your club
but they are not lost to Rotary.
Regards DG Ken
HOW WELL
HAVE YOU
READ THE
DG’S LATEST
NEWSLETTER?
SILVERDOME
Sunday 23rd November
Special Children’s Christmas Party
Friday 5th December
Saturday 6th December
N.J.T.S. Cycling
N.J.T.S. Cycling
8am to 6pm or earlier finish
2pm to 10pm
2pm to 10p
Christmas Carnival will be on either 27th or 28th December Actual day not known yet
CLUB PROGRAMME
OCT 23
TIM NYBORG - HOSPICE AT HOME:
Tim is the Clinical Nurse Manager (North) for Hospice @Home, this week he will explain what these palliative
care packages mean to those in need and how his organisation is approaching delivery of the service.
OCT 30
GILL WHITEHOUSE – ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE
FELIX MOLLEL - SCHOOL OF ST JUDE
DUTY ROSTER
OCT 23
Attendance DENNIS TULK
MARTIN YATES
Welcome
Chairperson BRUCE BURKE
TERRY CRAWFORD
Regalia
SHERYL GUY
Thanks
OCT 30
HENK KORTEKAAS
DAVID BARTHOLEMEW
KEVIN PREECE
DAVID DIXON
HENRY HARRIS
NOV 6
GRAHAM GOUGH
BRIAN BEARDWOOD
IAN SMITH
PAUL BILLETT
DAVID DIXON
IF YOU CANNOT ATTEND, PLEASE ARRANGE FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO DO YOUR DUTY
BIRTHDAYS - OCT 24 MARTIN YATES
The Bagpiper (No – not our John, or even our Mike)
Time is like a river. You cannot touch the water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again.
Enjoy every moment of life.
As a bagpiper, I play many gigs.
Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man.
He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper's cemetery in the West country.
As I was not familiar with the backwoods, I got lost and, being a typical man, I didn't stop for directions.
I finally arrived an hour late and saw the funeral guy had evidently gone and the hearse was nowhere in sight.
There were only the diggers and crew left and they were eating lunch.
I felt badly and apologised to the men for being late.
I went to the side of the grave and looked down and the casket lid was already in place.
I didn't know what else to do, so I started to play.
The workers put down their lunches and began to gather around.
I played out my heart and soul for this man with no family and friends. I played like I've never played before
for this homeless man.
And as I played "Amazing Grace", the workers began to weep. They wept, I wept,
we all wept together.
When I finished, I packed up my bagpipes and started for my car. Though my head
was hung low, my heart was full.
As I opened the door to my car, I heard one of the workers say, "I never seen
anything like that before, and I've been putting in septic tanks for twenty years."
Apparently, I'm still lost....it's a man thing.
ROTARY CLUB OF
SOUTH LAUNCESTON
Club Chartered
March 17 1962
with 23 members
53rd Year of Rotary Service
Thursday Meeting
6pm for 6.30pm
Hotel Grand Chancellor
29 Cameron St, Launceston
Make-ups & Apologies
Assist-Secretary Terry Crawford
Before 10.30 am Thursday
6344 7033 (W)
0417 366 531
Correspondence
PO Box 60
Kings Meadows 7249
District Governor
District 9830
2014-2015
Ken Moore
Rotary Club of Burnie
Tel: Home:6433 3694
Mobile:0418 444 034
Email: [email protected]
President
Craig Mitchell
Tel: Home: 6344 2710
Mob: 0407 305 129
Email: [email protected]
Secretary
Glenda Iles
Tel: Home: 6344 9196
Mob: 0419 628 437
Email: [email protected]
Editor
Ian Fraser
Tel: Mob: 0400 887 224
Email: [email protected]
Items by 1.00pm Wednesdays please
Rotary Grace
For good food, good fellowship and
the opportunity of service through
Rotary, we give thanks.'
ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTH LAUNCESTON
Officers and Duties 2014 - 2015
EXECUTIVE
President:
Craig Mitchell.
Past/Vice President:
Dale Luck.
Secretaries:
Glenda Iles
(Organisation & Correspondence)
Terry Crawford .
(Attendance & Recording)
Treasurers:
Stephen Gordon. (Accounting)
Stephen Freeman. (Banking)
DIRECTORS
Club Service:
Merilyn Briggs
Community Service:
Graeme LeFevre.
International Service:
Di Butler.
Vocational Service:
Paul Swiatkowski.
Youth:
John Fardon.
COMMITTEES
CLUB SERVICE
Director: Merilyn Briggs.
Membership:David
Bartholemew
Brian Beardwood, Bruce Burke, Ian
Fraser, Peter McBean, David
Peachey, Peter Stearnes, Mike
Waldock, Lydia Nuttall.
VOCATIONAL SERVICE
Director: Paul Swiatkowski
Membership: David Dixon, Henry
Harris, Glen Horsburgh, Mike
Waldock, Kathy Macqueen, Andrew
Whitehead
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE
Director: Di Butler
Membership: Peter McBean, Sonia
Morganti, Mike Sharman, Ian Smith,
Max Watkins
OTHER OFFICERS
Sergeant;
Graeme LeFevre 0408135552
David Peachey 0409851583
Bulletin:
Ian Fraser/Brian Beardwood.
Information Technology:
Dennis Tulk.
Membership:
Terry Crawford.
Pastoral Care:
David Dixon.
Photography & History:
Peter McBean/Brian Beardwood.
Programme:
Kevin Preece/Kim Biggelaar
Silverdome:
Geoff Lean/David Sheldrick.
Social:
David Sheldrick
Rotary Foundation:
David Dixon.
Sheep Manure:
Henry Harris, John Frearson,
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Director: Graeme LeFevre.
Membership: John Frearson, Steve
Gordon, Graham Gough, Brian
Howard, Kevin Preece, Martin Yates,
YOUTH SERVICE
Director: John Fardon.
Membership: Judy Billett, Paul
Billett, Sheryl Guy, Henk Kortekaas,
Fraser Nuttall, David Evans
PR & FUNDRAISING
Membership: Glenda Isles,
Les Grant, Terry Crawford
MEMBERSHIP
Chair: Terry Crawford
Membership: David Peachey,
Kim Biggelaar, Les Grant
HISTORY
Membership: Peter McBean,
Bruce Burke, Glen Horsburgh, Henry
Harris
PAST PRESIDENTS
RC South L’ton
PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS
RC North L’ton
13/14 Dale Luck
11/12 & 12/13 Ian Smith
10/11 Damon Nehls/Terry Crawford Paul Swiatkowski
09/10 Henk Kortekaas
Andrew Hayward
08/09 Stephen Gordon
Graeme LeFevre
07/08 Terry Crawford
John Frearson
06/07 Martin Yates
Dennis Tulk
05/06 Les Grant
Charles Smith
04/05 Alan Brown
Andrew Whitehead
03/04 Angela Little
Kaye Gillespie
02/03 Dale Luck
John Richards
01/02 Richard Temby/Bruce Burke Ken Hayward
00/01 Graeme Tonks/David Lindsay Graeme Barlow
99/00 Phil Baker
Stephen Freeman
98/99 Jim Dickenson
Dennis Tulk
97/98 Bruce Burke
Peter Smith
96/97 Kevin Preece
Lindsay Chilcott
95/96 Ross Carey
Ken Hayward
94/95 David Lindsay
Ray Bird
93/94 John Seaton/Stuart Priest
Ian Hardwick
92/93 Stuart Priest
Bruce Hawke
91/92 Paul Lyons
Tony Laugher
90/91 Don Fraser
Ian Whitmore
89/90 John O’Donnell
Michael Perkins
88/89 Bill Glachan
Frank Nott
87/88 John Ledingham
Horace Keetley
86/87 Brian Beardwood
Graham Nott
85/86 Craig Mitchell
Don Bartley
84/85 Des Jones
Henry Harris
83/84 Glynn Parry
Lew Davies
82/83 Ray Wright
Phil Jackson
81/82 Roger Tregaskis
Ken Ringrose
80/81 John Young
Terry Cowley
79/80 Bob Weldon
Brian Ockerby
78/79 Brian Howard
Brian Kilby
77/78 David Dixon
Bob Frost
76/77 Phil Wingrove
Peter Roberts
75/76 Alan Bailey
Norm McCafferty
74/75 Kevin Pennicott
Geoff Healey
73/74 Jock Walkem/Dick Mooney Howard Poxon
72/73 Glen Horsburgh
Steven Stow
71/72 Graham Meik/Tony Gibson
Harry Clark
70/71 Alan Waddle
Laurie Wing
69/70 Beck Harwood
Geoff New
68/69 Len Bonser
Trevor Burness
67/68 Mick Walsh
Harry Cook
66/67 Derek Farrar
Brian Warren
65/66 George Underwood
Geoff Smith
64/65 Dick Mooney
Ross Baird
63/64 Warwick Liddle
Harold Panitzki
62/63 Tony Gibson
Orm Deacon
Past District Governor
90/91 Brian Beardwood
Alan Bailey
Brian Beardwood
Paul Billett
Ray Bird
Bruce Burke
David Bartholomew
Lindsay Chilcott
Harry Clark
Ray Collett
Terry Crawford
David Dixon
Ian Fraser
John Frearson
Stephen Freeman
Bob Frost
Tony Gibson
Bill Glachan
Steve Gordon
Les Grant
Ian Hardwick
Greta Harris
Henry Harris (Sapphire)
Beck Harwood
Vi Harwood
Geoff Haward
Ken Hayward
Peter Hewitt
Glen Horsburgh
Brian Howard
Alan Hudson
Peter Hutchinson
David Jackson
Phil Jackson
Henk Kortekaas
Geoff Lean (Sapphire)
Graeme LeFevre
David Lindsay
Dale Luck
Norm McCafferty
Craig Mitchell
Peter McBean
Geoff New (Double Sapphire)
Jake Overweter
Fran Poxon
Howard Poxon
Kevin Preece
Peter Roberts
David Sheldrick
Charles Smith
Ian Smith
Keith Smith
Peter Smith
Dennis Tulk
Albert Van Zettan
Mike Waldock
Max Watkins
Ray Watson
Phil Wingrove
Ray Wright
John Young
ROTARY WORLD PRESIDENT
2014 - 2015 Rotary Year Theme:
LIGHT UP ROTARY
RI PRESIDENT; Gary C.K. Huang
Rotary Club of Taipei,
Taiwan
MAKE-UPS
Central Launceston:
Kings Meadows:
Launceston:
Launceston West:
Tamar Sunrise:
Youngtown:
Monday 1 pm
Hotel Grand Chancellor.
Wednesday 5.45 for 6.15 pm
Launceston Golf Club
Wednesday 6 for 6.15 pm
The Boathouse, Lindsay St
Monday 5.30 for 6 pm
Mercure Hotel.
Wednesday 7 am.
Launceston Aquatic Centre.
Monday 5.45 for 6.15
Abel Tasman Inn.
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