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CLUB BULLETIN – Tuesday 26th April 2016
Next Meeting – 3rd May 2016
Attendance desk:
Masa Ohtani & Bob Farrar [Stand by—-John Bolton & John Garrett]
Set up & pack up:
Sally ONeil & Rob Coote [Stand by—Kevin Tattrie & George Raffan]
Speakers & topic:
Club Committee meetings
This Week’s Meeting - 26th April 2016
Welcome
President John Turner welcomed the guest speaker Tony Reid and guest John Gidney
Toast
A toast to the Rotary Club of Canakkale located across the Dardanelles from
Anzac Cove
Induction
A Castlecrag identity Mr John Gidney was inducted into the club.
Announcements
President John announced
Bowel scan underway
Rotary Leadership courses are worth attending
Working with Children checks need to be completed
Alison French completed her application for Global Grants, was interviewed and she is now on District’s short list.
ROMAC mother and daughter from Solomon Islands needs hosting.
Paul Sullivan updated members on comedy night on Friday.
Karin Eurell reported on Seniors Lunch and read some thank you notes. Donation box had $600 in it and Roseville Garden donated $300.
Ranald Stewart showed members the article and colourful, eye catching photo in the NS Times of the housing in Nepal. Well done.
Kim Wilkins sought interest in Tang Dynasty exhibition, A number of members expressed interest.
Sally O’Neill reported Bunnings BBQ raised $1100 with $50 in donation box.
Ian Burnett asked for left over flyers to be returned for further distribution
Guest Speaker - Tony Reid - Australian National Maritime Museum-"Damn the Dardenelle"
An operational analysis of the Dardanelles campaign during World War I from the perspective of the operational commander. The Dardanelles campaign had the potential to offeran alternative to the war of attrition on the Western Front and significantly expedite the war's ending. The causes of the campaign's ultimate failure are many and the literature analyzing the failure is equally extensive. In the interest of brevity, the Navy only portion of the Dardanelles/Gallipoli campaign is explored, from the outbreak of the war in August 1914 to the end of the naval operation in March 1915. Four main factors influenced the outcome of the campaign: political expediency, poor planning, weak political leadership and weak military leadership. The operational commander could have leveraged the negative aspects of each of these factors and increased the opportunity for success in the Dardanelles. Despite volumes ofexpert analyses of the Dardanelles with accompanying lists of lessons learned, similar errorswere repeated in the next World War and have continued to resurface in modern day regional conflicts and crises.
About 120 enthusiastic seniors helped to celebrate Seniors’ Week by attending the Rotary Club of Northbridge’s annual Seniors’ Lunch on April 15.
“Everyone seemed to have a great time and Rotarians were warmly thanked for their service to the community”, the lunch organiser Rotarian Karin Eurell said. “I was particularly pleased to see our local senior citizens enjoying themselves and the Rotarians work well together as a team to make it all happen”.
The lunch in St Marks Hall included refreshments and entertainment. The hall was decorated with colourful table cloths, balloons and flowers. The meal and drinks were served by about 40 Northbridge Rotarians, partners and friends of Rotary
Speaking to the attendees, Willoughby Mayor Gail Giles-Gidney thanked Karin Eurell and the Rotary Club for its community and charity work. She summarised the background to the Council amalgamation proposals for Willoughby and answered several questions from the floor.
Among the attendees acknowledged by Rotary President John Turner were three locals who were more than 100 years old, and who were warmly applauded. John thanked Lansdowne Gardens and local wine merchant BackVintage Wines for their contributions to the event.
For further information, contact Karin Eurell 0412 468 884
The people of the tiny village of Naulo Gau in Nepal were so grateful for a donation from the Rotary Club of Northbridge that they have now adopted the nickname “NORTHBRIDGE NEPAL” for their village.
The donation of more than $18,000 was made possible by generous local residents who gave to the Rotary club’s bucket appeal at Northbridge Plaza in May 2015.
Northbridge Rotary’s International Director Derek Matz said that life changed forever when the fishing village of Naulo Gau, 30 kilometres from Kathmandu, was totally destroyed by a 7.8 earthquake.
“Residents of the village were left completely homeless and had to build temporary shanty homes during the severe conditions of Nepal’s freezing winter,” Derek said. “Conditions were so bad that many families including children were sleeping in the mud and the possibility of disease was of great concern”.
Using Rotary funds, there were 12 houses built in the past year the largest of which accommodates 10 people. They have provided emergency shelter for these desperately poor villagers.
Northbridge Rotary Club also donated two brand new ECG machines to the local Banepa Sheer Memorial Hospital in Nepal, where many lives are being saved with this equipment.
Derek Matz said that Northbridge Rotary also sincerely thanks members of the Rotary Club of Banepa, Nepal, for overseeing the project and distributing the funds.
For more information contact Derek Matz (0412 418 334) or Ranald Stewart (0416181447).
The Rotary Club of Northbridge gratefully acknowledges the generous sponsorship of Northbridge Plaza for our Annual Community Fireworks Night & Pictures on the Pitch Film Night
