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Bulletin Week 47 2020-2021
Week
16-Jun
23-Jun
30-Jun
7-Jul
Speaker
Rod Spitty & Paul Gibbons
Regional Science & Engineering Challenge
No Meeting
TBA
TBA
Meeting Location
Bendigo Tennis Centre
Change-over
Bendigo Tennis Centre
Bendigo Tennis Centre
Chair
Doug Lougoon
 
Barb Mitchell
Stan Hendy
Welcome
Neville Sharpe
 
Ian Beckerleg
Sathie Naidoo
Raffle
Paul Kirkpatrick
 
Geoff Michell
Bruce Fraser
 
President Report 
President Report  June 9th
Greetings  Rotarians and friends of Bendigo Sandhurst,  
Well it didn’t happen.  No trip to Barham Caravan Park. After all the work Kev put into organizing it, a council of war on last Thursday  night had to abort the mission. Very disappointing but we had to do what the regulations decreed. Kev will canvas interest in a July 9 to 11 weekend as an alternative.
Let’s hope we get out of partial lockdown this week and borders reopen. I know there are a few looking for warmer climes.
Health watch:  Chris Purdon spent a night in hospital with pneumonia, back home convalescing, Linda Barrow broke both bones in her ankle and will have a fair while taking it easy, Graeme Lynas is improving all the time and got a thumbs up from recent tests.
On Tuesday night the Board met and made these decisions:
  • Welcome Karen Borserio to membership with induction hopefully 16 June covid permitting
  • That we will be an active member of a proposed Club Cluster group to continue the Knitting Project
  • We will donate $1,000 again to National Youth Science Forum
  • We support Bendigo South Rotary with $1,000 to stage the National Science and Engineering Challenge Final
  • We run Bunnings BBQs as a aid to various Community Groups learning how to hold them
  • Continue support ($400) to ex member Andrew Howe as he continues outreach to Bendigo homeless people
  • We agreed to give members a say about a resolution to Rotary International that more women should be on peak Rotary institutions in particular Foundation. Members agreed, providing they were qualified.
Jim Rolfe stepped up as guest speaker and showed an interesting video on modern day leadership, then led a discussion on how that applies to Rotary. Well done Jim, quick thinking. https://www.google.com/search?q=roselinde+torres+what+it+takes+to+be+a+great+leader
If you are still thinking about applying for a Working with Children card. Please do it.
Don’t forget to book for the Changeover Friday June 25th K’flat Sports Club with RAY at tulip@netcon.net.au
We will be back at the Bendigo Tennis Club on Wednesday.
IF YOU READ JUST ONE THING READ THIS.  We have reintroduced the WHO IS AWAY register which will help us plan our meetings particularly during the winter when a lot of us look for warmer climes. If you know you will be away, then send Bruce an email brucefraser8@bigpond.com  Like this. “Ted & Liz will be away 4 July to 28 August”.  It will also make it easier for Bruce to set up rosters.
Dates for the Diary
  • Working Bee to cleanup along the Creek. After Rotary June 16 Bring boots, gloves and a garbage bag.
  • Bunnings BBQ  Saturday 19th June. Plenty of volunteers, you will be allocated to a 4 hour shift.
  • 2021 Rotary International Convention   Taipei Taiwan  June 12-16
  • Changeover. June 25th Kangaroo Flat Sports Club
Birthdays for June         John Pacher on 27th.
Have a great week     
 cheers Ted.
Notices

Guest speaker

Jim (Winn?) Rolfe

Leadership
 
Members participated in a discussion about leadership based on the work of Roselinde Torres entitled, "What it takes to be a great leader"? Torres suggests that traditional leadership development programs, performance criteria and three-sixty degree feedback potentially build false positives and don't prepare people for leadership. She outlines the following to be a great leader:
  • Great leaders look to anticipate change, they don't have a heads down approach but rather develop the skills to look around corners. They dare to be different.
  • Great leaders embrace diversity. They look for opportunities to engage with others who have different or opposing views.
  • Great leaders have the courage to abandon practices which have been successful in the past.
There was a general consensus that the board and director structure is a good mechanism for supporting the President. Generally speaking there are good succession plans and it was good to see the willingness of members to embrace the co-president model of last year. It would be good to have a more diverse membership eg. more women and younger people. In some ways there is a willingness to abandon successful practices of the past eg. relaxed attendance rules. In other ways Rotarians can be too focused in the past.
 

BACK TO ZOOM (SIGH) And Again
Kevin has rebooked Barham for Friday 9th and Saturday 10th July See how we go this time.
You will need to ring to change your bookings.
 
Caravan sites and onsite cabins available.

Bookings 54532553 and say you are with RCOBS for the booking.

 
Speakers
Jun 09, 2021
Passing the Baton-Trends in Business Ownership
Jun 16, 2021
Regional Science and Engineering Challenge
Jun 23, 2021
Bendigo's Recycling Rules
Jul 14, 2021
Refurbishment of St. Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo
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Notices
Know someone who constantly puts others ahead of themselves. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Sound familiar. Sound like a Rotarian you know. How about you nominate them for an Australian Honor!
The Australian Honours and Awards System
“Service Above Self” is second nature to Rotarians.  But we all know fellow members who go “above and beyond” in service to their community and indeed our nation. They seek no reward beyond mere satisfaction that they have made a difference in the lives of individuals or society in general. We recognize their commitment by Clubs contributing to our Rotary Foundation or by a District or sometimes a Rotary International Award.
But while many Rotarians have also been honoured through the Order of Australia, certainly there are others well deserving of recognition who have never been nominated or sometimes nominated unsuccessfully.
The procedure for nominating is, at first glance, daunting but should not be a barrier to acknowledging deserving service. Only a percentage are successful, so wording needs to be succinct and point scoring, and time from lodging an application to successful announcement can take eighteen months to two years, so planning is critical. Nominations should be kept confidential, and at no stage should the nominee be alerted.
To help you find out more we have organized Barbara Abley to do a presentation on Saturday the 19th of June at 12 noon on Zoom. Stay tuned for more information as to how to register.
Any Rotarian or Club that is considering nominating a Rotarian, or a worthy person recognized by Rotary, should first access the website  https://www.gg.gov.au/australian-honours-and-awards and then if assistance is required, contact the D9800 Liaison Person PDG Julie Mason. Mason.Julie.M@edumail.vic.gov.au   
 
 
Jokes

You know you’re getting old when you stop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there. – George Burns

I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness. – Emo Philips

If at first you don’t succeed … so much for skydiving. – Henny Youngman

Wouldn’t exercise be more fun if calories screamed while you burned them? – Bill Murray

When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did – in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car. – Bob Monkhouse

I intend to live forever. So far, so good. – Steven Wright

Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back. – Oscar Wilde

A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, “At my age, I don’t even buy green bananas.” – Claude Pepper

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city. – George Burns

Politics: “Poli” a Latin word meaning “many” – and “tics” meaning “bloodsucking creatures”. – Robin Williams

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. – Marilyn Monroe

I like holding the door for people who are far away, you know, so they have to run a little. – Bill Murray

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. – Douglas Adams

My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I’ve finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already. – Dave Barry

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them as much. – Oscar Wilde

Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. – Greg King

I need my sleep. I need about eight hours a day, and about 10 at night. – Bill Hicks

The only mystery in life is why kamikaze pilots wore helmets. – Al McGuire

I’m not addicted to coke. I just love the way it smells. – Richard Pryor

I can resist everything except temptation. – Oscar Wilde

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. – Billy Sunday

A bargain is something you don’t need at a price you can’t resist. – Franklin Jones

By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher. – Socrates
Club meetings
BENDIGO
BENDIGO 
SOUTH
EAGLEHAWK
KANGAROO
FLAT
 INNER WHEEL        BENDIGO
Tues 12.45
for 1 pm
Bendigo 
Club
Thurs 6 for 6.30 pm
Bendigo Tennis Club Rooms
Wed 6.15 for
6.30 pm
Cal Gully 
Mechanics 
Institute
Monday
6 for 6.30 pm
Rotary
Gateway
Park 
2nd Monday
6 for 6.30pm each Month Uniting Church Foyer Neale St