The Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc. District 9465 Western Australia Chartered: 22 April 1971 Team 2015-16 President Max Bird Secretary Brian McCallum Treasurer Bob Cooper Attendance this week Total Members 25 Exempt Apologies 3 Make-up 4 Attended 19 Honorary Member 1 LOA Guests Visitors Partners 96 % Facts & Figures Raffle Mike N & Lorraine Heads & Tails Mike M President Max Bulletin No 18 09 th Nov. 2015 Pity our 4 Way Test Speech night fell in heap, despite the efforts of PP Genevieve the three speakers from CBC in Fremantle all pulled out due to other commitments associated with end of term functions. Genevieve gave us a brief history of the origins Rotary 4 Way Test. Busy weekend with Markets on Saturday and Sunday, weather was very good on both days. Joint Group 4 meeting coming up this Saturday night at the Darius Wells Centre with Cockburn, Fremantle, Kwinana, Rossmoyne and Willetton clubs attending. We have over 120 registered to date should be a great night. Club trip to Kalgoorlie is not far away, numbers attending are I think a little disappointing but it is a long way to travel, should be a very interesting weekend. Congratulation to PP Genevieve Carr who this week clocks-up 16 years of service to our Rotary Club, Genevieve works tirelessly for our club and will always have the distinction of being our club s first female member, on behalf of our club we say a BIG thank you. Birthdays: Anniversary: Rotary International President K.R. (Ravi) Ravindran Rotary Club of Colombo District Governor 9465 2015/16 Melodie Kevan Club Anniversary: Genevieve Carr 16 yrs. If you had any we hope you had a good day November: Sat 14 th Mon 16 th Wed 18 th Fri 20 th Coming Events November 2015 Rotary Foundation Month Group 4 Joint Meeting at Darius Wells Centre No Meeting Board Meeting Kalgoorlie Club Visit Meets Monday 6 for 6.30pm At Rotary Hall Brownell Crescent, Medina Visitors always welcome Sat 21 st Mon 23 rd Kwinana City Markets No meeting Mon 30 th Club Meeting Grants Application Procedures Attendance Officer: Greg Williams 9419 5834 Apologies by Saturday pm please
Club President 2015/16 Max Bird President s Pen Club Meeting 9 th November 2015 President Report 1. The City and Wellard markets where held this weekend, and I sure John will report further on these later, please get behind John and help out where ever possible 2. The initial Combined Cluster 4 Meeting of the five rotary clubs is all set for Saturday 14 th November so far 120 + people have registered, lets show the other clubs what the rotary club of Kwinana can do, and set the bar high for them 3. The Combined Rotary Club meeting with the Kalgoorlie Clubs is on the weekend 21 st - 22 nd November in Kalgoorlie, this is also fast approaching, please see Michael s notes from last week and let s get behind him and make it a successful trip, it will be a great weekend away, also please direct all enquires to Michael as he is dealing directly with the Kalgoorlie clubs 4. The Christmas Dinner is fast approaching as you are all aware from reading the club Calendar, the only thing booked at this stage is the venue. Michael Nella and the executive Social committee consisting of Diane Brown, Ann Samut (Bossy) Marge Williams (Trouble) and Diane Bird (M D), will be asking for ideas over the next couple of weeks, please help them when asked and please direct all inquiries to Michael Nella 5. Thank you to Mike Metcalf for mowing the grass, cleaning up the grounds and turning the reticulation back on, it certainly has made the place look a lot better 6. We need a busy bee to fix a few things around the place, tail Lights not working on the BBQ caravan (left hand indicator only) number of tables need fixing or throwing out, one that was used at the festival was bloody dangerous, plus a general clean-up of the sheds etc International The international Committee has carried out the following. Reports are done and have been put in ClubRunner for any member that wants to read them at their leisure, interim reports to foundation & RAWCS will be sent off in the next couple of weeks With Daryl Mills leaving the position of Rotary Liaison officer in Timor-Leste we are in the processes of opening our own bank account in Dili Meetings arranged with Pushpa and Brian Eddy on Wednesday 4 th November re foundation and surplus school computers went very well and I will report on those later Spoke to the Rotary Club of Cockburn on Thursday 5 th November and it was a great meeting I would encourage other members to attend one of their when possible Will also be the guest speaker at Mount Barker on the 17 th November and Albany on the 18 th November What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. It is never too late to be what you might have been.
Club Service: PP Mike Nella 1. Please members let s all get join together in recruiting new members, to join our club 2. Thank you to all the members willing to help with our distribution of the bread program, if we need more help please join in 3. A great weekend at the festival with the chocolate wheel and the sausage sizzle, a great effort by all club members in organising and running the events on the day, looking forward to seeing the financial reports, gut feel we should be in front 4. On Saturday 21 st November in Kalgoorlie there is a Christmas party and the Rotary Club of Kwinana is invited, will be held at one of the Rotary member s house. Please let me know if you are interested in attending, the cost is $45.00 P/H including Drinks& Food 5. The meeting in Kalgoorlie will be held on the 22 nd November, with all three Kalgoorlie clubs & the Kwinana Club at the Tower Hotel, if you want to stay at the Towers tell them you are from Rotary, it may get you a discount Michael Nella Secretary: PP Brian McCallum No report this week Would members please note that any correspondence received or posted by yourself, please ensure a copy is forwarded to your Secretary. Treasurer: PDG Bob Cooper Bills paid, money in the bank Award cheques will be sent of the schools this week Make sure when you provide me with your banking details for a payment etc. that the details are correct!!
Club Projects Director PP Ian Critchley Project Director s Report. PP Bob Thompson Foundation Dir. PP Matt White Membership City Square Markets The next City Markets will be held on Saturday 21 st November 2015 PDG John Iriks Community Wellard Village Markets quite well attended, about 30 stalls. The next Wellard Village Markets will be held on Sunday 13 th December 2015. A meeting will be held at John Iriks home this Wednesday night to work out a promotion strategy. Kwinana Community Bank will hold its first AGM Thursday night. Members have been requested to attend local Primary School Graduation Ceremonies to present prizes donated by our club. PP Genevieve Carr Vocational PDG John wished to thank everyone who helped out at the City Markets on Saturday and the Wellard Village Markets on Sunday. Club trip to Kalgoorlie on the weekend 21 st /22 nd member numbers attending up to now a little disappointing, however it is a long trip. HandiCamp coming up in January 2016, participants are needed especially carer s/buddies, we have 1 participant and we are told that we don t need to provide a carer. Pres. Max Bird International Lorraine Lucas Youth Christmas Lolly Run has run into a bureaucratic brick wall, the opportunity of Santa and helpers travelling in the open back of vehicles and trailers has been denied. A ruling has been received by the COK that all persons must travel inside the vehicle and will be required to wear a seatbelt. This ruling effectively takes away a 50+ years tradition in Kwinana. PP Chris Oughton commented that local police were quite comfortable with our procedures, a uniformed officer actually sat in the trailer he used last year, we should not let overzealous bureaucrats wreck a tradition. Lorraine Lucas and PP Mike Nella are picking up leftover bread products from Bakers Delight Baldivis, Rockingham and Kwinana to distribute to many community organisations around Kwinana including Gilmore College, Leda, Bertram, Calista, Parmelia Breakfast Club s. Lorraine commented that most of the bread needs to be sliced, Mike Metcalf has refurbished a slicer which is proving to invaluable. Lorraine and Mike wish to sincerely thank Bakers Delight for their very generous support. PP Chris Oughton is seeking our support for the plan to restrict development in the Buffer Zone between Industry and existing urban development. Check out Leeuwin Ocean Adventures http://www.sailleeuwin.com/ PP James Sharkey Public Relations Dir. Visit your club webpage. http://www.clubrunner.ca/portal/home.aspx?accountid=8106 or type Kwinana Rotary Club into Google
International Report: The international Committee has carried out the following. We all returned safe and well from Timor-Leste, no one got shot, lost or put in jail, although the same as Perth the dreaded logy was rife and we all got a dose of the flu, Bob Cooper came of the worse with two trips to the doctor. Reports are just about done and can be ready for presentation next week However it was a very successful trip and a credit to all that went. Meetings arranged with Pushpa and Brian Eddy on Wednesday 4 th November re foundation and surplus school computers. I will also be the guest speaker at Cockburn Thursday 5 th November & Mount Barker on the 17 th November. Max Bird ABC 21 Oct 2015 See link below for the full report. Residential housing to be barred under Kwinana industry buffer plan sent for public comment. The WA Government has released draft laws it says will stop urban development encroaching on the industrial area around Kwinana by prohibiting new housing and other "sensitive" developments in the area. The proposed legislation released for public comment by Premier Colin Barnett would establish a protection area around the Western Trade Coast, stretching from the southern part of the City of Cockburn to the northern part of the City of Rockingham. It would incorporate either part or all of Munster, Henderson, Naval Base, Kwinana Beach, Hope Valley, Postans and East Rockingham, following the line of the Kwinana Industrial Buffer Boundary established in 2010. Under the legislation, "new sensitive land uses" such as residential housing, short-stay accommodation, hospitals, schools and child care centres would be barred within the protection area. But the regulations would still allow "non-sensitive land uses" like business and commercial activities and would only affect new developments, not existing land use. Anybody found breaching the regulations could face a fine of up to $50,000 and a daily penalty of $5,000. Mr Barnett said the proposed legislation would protect an important area of the state. "The bill is intended to provide certainty for land use planning around the Western Trade Coast industrial area, which is a vital driver for the state's economy employing thousands of people," he told Parliament. "It will also protect the Western Trade Coast from encroaching residential development and help to provide some separation between industrial activities and new sensitive land uses." Industrial advocates have previously complained that the existing buffer was under attack from developers and local government because the laws were weak and open to challenge. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-21/wa-government-releases-kwinana-industrial-area-draftlaws/6873882
Fine Session Sergeant: PP Stephen Castelli Stand-in Sergeant Norm Mulchay Mike, John I: Max B: Genevieve C: James S. Mike, and Lorraine: What are you three up to? Fined for a Phone call, John claimed it was Rotary business. Welcome back. During her 4 Way Test presentation referred to Alumina as Aluminium Alcoa man Stephen pointed out the USA pronunciation. Continuing to lift the standards, wearing a tie tonight. James and Sam: Need new batteries in their hearing aids. Wendy C: Chris O: Lee and Ian: Sam C: John I: Bevan P: Bob C: Mike N: Lee & Sam: Last in award. Seen looking for the ice cream, turn around Chris. Seemingly very keen to start the meeting tonight. Missing again when the bell is rung?. Disrupting the meeting by knocking over his water bottle. Making a remark about shooting Santa s reindeer Trying to get Wendy fined for using her phone. Fined for sporting a fine Mop of hair tonight Copped a fine for changing their place names. Lee D: Fined by Greg for chastising??. Max B: Being a Facebook hater but had his picture on our page.
Guest Speaker: PP Genevieve Carr Origins of the Rotary 4 Way Test What is the Four Way Test? Since the earliest days of the organisation, Rotarians have aimed to promote high ethical standards in their professional lives. One of Rotary s most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics is the Four-Way Test. This test is used by Rotarians worldwide as a moral code for personal and business relationships. The Four-Way Test was conceived in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression by Herbert J Taylor, a Chicago Rotarian who later became President of Rotary International during its 50 th Anniversary Year (1954/55). In the early 1930s Taylor was asked to take charge of a company known as the Club Aluminium Products Distribution Company. This company, which had 250 employees, was on the verge of bankruptcy. Taylor s aim was to revive the troubled firm, and thus he single-mindedly searched for a yardstick of ethics that the workers at his company could use. Taylor subsequently hit on a 24 word statement which asked four questions and which became known as the Four-Way Test of the things we think, say or do. To quote: The first job was to set policies for the company that would reflect the high ethics and morals God would want in any business. If the people who worked for Club Aluminium were to think right, I knew they would do right. What we needed was a simple, easily remembered guide to right conduct a sort of ethical yardstick which all of us in the company could memorize and apply to what we thought, said and did. I searched through many books for the answer to our need, but the right phrases eluded me, so I did what I often do when I have a problem I can t answer myself: I turn to the One who has all the answers. I leaned over my desk, rested my head in my hands and prayed. After a few moments, I looked up and reached for a white paper card. Then I wrote down the twenty-four words that had come to me:... The twenty-four words, put together as four questions were: 1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned? As a result of his workers applying this test to everything they thought, said or did, a climate of trust and goodwill developed amongst dealers, customers and employees which changed the business prospects of the company. During the 1940s, when Taylor was an international director of Rotary, he offered the Four-Way Test to the organization, and it was adopted by Rotary for its internal and promotional use. In 1954 Taylor gave Rotary the copyright for the test, although he retained the rights to use the test for himself, his Club Aluminium Company, and the Christian Workers Foundation. The Four-Way Test has never changed, and remains today a central part of the permanent Rotary structure throughout the world, and is held as the standard by which all behaviour should be measured.
This Week in History 1880 Bushranger Ned Kelly is hanged in Melbourne. 1885 Gottlieb Daimler invents the first petrol-engined motorcycle. 1912 The bodies of Captain Robert Falcon Scott and his exploration companions are found in Antarctica. 1939 The world's oldest dog on record, a Blue Heeler named 'Bluey', dies, aged 29 years. 1943 The last of the Japanese bombings raids occurs against Australia during WWII. 1960 John F Kennedy becomes the youngest elected president of the United States. 1960 The Red and Green Kangaroo Paw is proclaimed the floral emblem of Western Australia. 1970 Half a million people are killed as a devastating cyclone hits East Pakistan. 1985 23,000 are killed after a volcanic eruption in Colombia. 1989 The Berlin Wall is opened for the first time since 1961 Polio this week 04 th November 2015 Significant progress has been made to fight the outbreaks of wild poliovirus type 1 that occurred in the Middle East and Somalia in 2013. The outbreak in Somalia was officially declared over after an outbreak assessment team conducted an in depth review in October. In the Middle East, 18 months since the most recently reported case of wild polio was recently marked. Experts praised the extensive multi-country outbreak response in stopping the outbreak. A video thanking everyone who were involved in fighting polio in the Middle East can be seen here. Rotary International raised US$ 300 000 for the global polio eradication effort at a concert in Lucerne, Switzerland. Entitled Music for Life, the event was attended by more than 1400 music lovers and dignitaries from around the world.
The Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc. The Team for 2016/17 President 2016/17 Mike Nella President Elect Club Service Stephen Castelli Vice President Max Bird Secretary Brian McCallum Treasurer Bob Cooper Project Manager John Iriks Membership Ed Samut Public Relations James Sharkey Foundation Ian Critchley Vocational: Genevieve Carr Sergeant: Norm Mulcahy Community: Mike Metcalf Bulletin: Genevieve Carr International: Max Bird Attendance: Greg Williams Youth: Lorraine Lucas Programs: Lee Davis The above positions other than President and Vice President will be filled by the members listed unless further nominations are received by our election date in December. If so then an election will be held for those positions.
A couple are sitting in their living room, sipping wine. Out of the blue, the wife says, I love you. Is that you or the wine talking? asks the husband. It s me, says the wife. Talking to the wine. My husband is in the army, and he said the most wonderful things to convince me to marry him: The closets could all be mine since he wears the same thing every day. I could have as many babies as I want because giving birth is free. He would never get on my nerves, because he would always be away. A husband and wife had been married for 60 years and had no secrets except for one: The woman kept in her closet a shoe box that she forbade her husband from ever opening. But when she was on her deathbed and with her blessing he opened the box and found a crocheted doll and $95,000 in cash. My mother told me that the secret to a happy marriage was to never argue, she explained. Instead, I should keep quiet and crochet a doll. Her husband was touched. Only one doll was in the box that meant she d been angry with him only once in 60 years. But what about all this money? he asked. Oh, she said, that s the money I made from selling the dolls. My client buys many rental properties, not always with the enthusiastic support of his wife. Recently, I was showing him a home when his wife called. I could hear her ask what he was doing. The real estate agent and I are having an affair, he answered. Oh, thank God, she said. I thought she was selling you another house. Makeup opportunities Rockingham: Monday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn Palm beach: Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn Cockburn Thursday 7.15am for 7.30 Cockburn Seniors Centre Fremantle Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Villa Roma 12 High Street Fremantle Byford & Districts Monday 6.15pm for 6.45 Byford Tavern, South W Hwy Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc Contributions welcome: eblogg@bigpond.com