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Northbridge
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Northbridge Golf Club
Sailors Bay Road,
Northbridge, NSW  2063
Australia
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Board Meeting
Jun 15, 2017
 
Please send apologies to Peter Hodgson before 10:30am each Monday at:  peterhodgson@optusnet.com.au
Next Meeting – 30th May 2017
Attendance desk:
Kevin Tattrie & Jon Gidney  Reserves: (Therese Stubbs & John Bolton)
Set up & pack up:
Noel Phelan & John Turner  Reserves: (Rob Coote & Ian Burnet)
Speakers & topic:
Barbara Healey  Topic: Experiences with NASA.
 
Rotary Club Meeting 23rd May 2017
 

Welcome

 

President Paul welcomed guests Neil McKechnie, Darren Smith, Marcelle Grohlman, Eleanor Chevor and especially all our Fireworks sponsors attending tonight.
 
Announcements
 
President Paul reminded everyone about the upcoming “Comedy for a Cause” on June 1 so buy your tickets at http://comedyforacause.net/tc-events/nrc/ .
 
President Paul also announced that after nearly 30 years as a member, and having just passed his 85th birthday, Sydney Grohlman is retiring from Rotary.  Syd served some 20 years on the board and was instrumental in the setting up of the blood cord bank.  Paul thanked Syd sincerely for his service and contribution to Northbridge Rotary and also Marcelle for her support.  In response, Syd spoke of how much he has enjoyed his involvement in rotary and is looking forward to the continued friendship of rotarians.
 
Finally, Bob Edwards presented certificates to each of our sponsors for their support for this year’s Fireworks which has netted over $40k for the charities which we support.

Guest Speaker - John Turnbull - Marine Researcher & Explorer

 
Bob Edwards introduced our guest speaker for the evening, John Turnbull, Marine Explorer, researcher at UNSW, President of their Underwater Research Group.
 
John spoke to us about the weird and wonderful marine life in the waters around Sydney.  A keen diver and marine ecologist, John explained that 70% of the earth is covered by oceans which provide us with all our water and 50% of our oxygen.  It is a hidden world and expensive to research and hence only a small percentage is known about it.  The ocean comprises an underwater forest made of kelp and crayweed and unfortunately in the 1970s much of this crayweed died due to pollution.  Despite the vast improvement in the cleanliness of the oceans since then, this crayweed has not naturally regenerated and is having to be replanted by divers wherever possible.
 
John’s website, www.marineexplorer.com, shows what unique life there is under the ocean around Sydney.  Some of this sea life include types of cuttlefish, weedy sea dragons – a foot long creature that lives in kelp and looks and behaves like kelp, and the blue groper which is neither blue nor a groper!   The Sydney pigmy pipehorse and Bare Island angler fish are both unique to Sydney waters amongst other creatures. 
 
John also spoke about marine pollution and explained that the biggest pollution threat are microplastics, the main culprits, surprisingly, being the minute plastic grains in facial scrubs and the fibres of polar fleeces and other synthetic fibres.  Each time they are washed the minute fibres eventually end up in the oceans attracting harmful chemicals which end up back in our food chain. This certainly gave us all food for thought!
 
Ian Burnet thanked John Turnbull for his talk and said we all need to take responsibility and learn how to protect our environment.
Stories
International - Nepal Water Tank
The Rotary Club of Northbridge came to the rescue when a village in Nepal was totally destroyed by the 2016 earthquake. 
 
The Club raised over $18,000 to build 12 houses and renamed the village to Northbridge Nepal.
 
With the left over monies the village then built a water tank that supplied drinking water for the whole village which included the only school. Again we would like to thank the Northbridge community for their generosity, as do the villages.
 
Northbridge Rotary Club will continue to support projects like this one as it really does save lives.   
International - The Fijians Loved Our Books
 
Our Club on an ongoing basis collects unwanted second hand books at Northbridge Plaza via its book box.
The Club received a request from a Fijian school for children’s books.
 
Travelling on a cruise to the Pacific Islands Northbridge Rotarian Peter Antaw received permission to carry an additional 2 cases of kids’ books that were requested by a school child in Fiji.
Sponsors

Northbridge Shopping Plaza

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

Willoughby  City Council

Westpac

Commonwealth Bank

Backvintage

Borruso's

Willoughby Leisure Centre

Northbridge Physiotherapy

Castlecrag Montessori

Coates Hire

Ray White

All Occasions Pyrotechnics

Anytime Fitness

Northbridge Hotel

Just Cuts

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Speakers
Jun 06, 2017
The psychological benefits of story telling
Jun 13, 2017
CareFlight in the community
Jun 20, 2017
How to build an aeroplane
Jun 27, 2017
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June 10, 2008
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