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The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville
 Mon 06 Feb 2012
 Issue 3. No. 25

                                            Weekly Bulletin

                                   Monday, 06 February 2012
                                       Program:                      Australian Brewery Visit

                                       Duty Roster tonight:
  Last Meeting:                        Door
                                       Minutes
  30 January 2012                      Rotary Grace
                                                                    th
  Program:                             Birthdays:                11 Ian Pascoe
                                                                   th
  The Hills Historical                                           16 Vivien Sifonios
    Society
                                                                    th
                                       Anniversaries:            15 Alex & Helen Traill
  Apologies:                                                       th
                                                                 19 Allan & Janice Walker
                                                                   st
                                                                 21 Ian & Patricia Pearce

  Toasts:
                                       Toasts:
  Loyal                                Loyal
  PP Alan Walker                       Overseas Club

  Overseas Club                        What Am I Up To Now
  PE Bobby Redman


                                   Welcome everyone. Tonight is our first casual away meeting for the year if you don't count
                                   our very first informal get-together meeting at Keith & Lyn Stapley's last month.

                                   There are a couple of events coming up that I would like you to consider attending.

                                   The screening of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on Thursday 23 Feb, Events Cinema
                                   Castle Towers 7pm sharp start. If anyone is interested in attending I will need to confirm
                                   and pay up front by to Bruce Allan by 17th Feb. Cost is $20 with all proceeds to go towards
                                   "End Polio".

                                   I have received an invitation to attend the Charter of the first Rotary E-Club in our District on
Next Meeting:                      Friday 24th February. Erin McCluskey has joined this club and I would like to support
                                   her. If anyone is interested in attending please let me know so I can confirm our
Monday 13 February 2012
                                                                                        th
                                   attendance. The Charter Night will be on Friday 24 February at 6.30pm for 7pm at Boronia
                                   Grove Receptions, Rawson Street Epping. The entrance to the venue is at the rear left side
                                   of Coles Car Park off Rawson between Bridge St and Carlingford Road.] Rotary Club of
Program                            Epping is the proud sponsor of the new E-Club. Dinner Fee for the night is $45 per person.
          Youth In Search Our District Conference is only 5 weeks away and so far there are only 4 members including
                            myself who have confirmed that they will be attending. This is a little disappointing as we
WHAT AM I UP TO NOW         will need more members to man our display successfully in Friendship Hall on our "Bourke
           PP Robert Mackey Public School Breakfast Program ". If you haven't registered yet I urge you to register as
                            accommodation is being booked out. It is going to be an exciting weekend being the 50th
Duty Roster                 Anniversary of our District 9680. Please see PE Bobby Redman if you would like further
                            information or go to the District Website to have a look at what is being offered.
Door
                                   Enjoy your evening tonight.
            PP Graeme Rohan
                                   President Penny Hill.                                      Rotary Four-Way Test:
Minutes                                                                                                Is it the TRUTH?
                PP Alan walker                   Rotary Grace:
                                         “O Lord our giver of all good                          Is it FAIR to all concerned?
                                        We thank You for our daily food,                 Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER
Rotary Grace                                                                                           FRIENDSHIPS?
               Rtn Stephen Dinte      May Rotary friends and Rotary ways,
                                       Help us to serve you all our days”.              Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Page 2
   President’s Report
   DG visits for 2012/13 will be replaced by a zone visit on 27 August to be held at Castle Hill Country
   Club. Clubs are being encouraged to invite DG John Dodd to as many events and functions as
   possible during the year.

   Thomas Cann reported that a thank you dinner is being planned as a thank you for our Christmas tree
   container suppliers.

   Treasurer’s Report
   Semi-annual fees now overdue and invoices will be sent out to the non payers soon.

   Secretary’s Report
   Club Flyers are now printed and ready for use.

   Club Service Report
   Next weeks’ meeting is at the Australian Brewery, all the information has been emailed to members.

   Community Service Report
   Update on the Australia Day event cancelation.

   Dan Murphy’s quiet again last Saturday, need swaps for 17 Feb and 24 March

   Youth Service Report
   Youth In search have mailed to us seeking funds!

   PR Report
   Gordon reported on editorial on Christmas Trees and the Giving Tree.

   Sergeant Session
   Acting Sergeant broke the record for taking the longest time to collect very little!! We love you Graeme
   (AJ)




               International Service Director’s Report




                Polio Plus

                Following a number of comments from members regarding the lack of acknowledgement
                for Rotary’s role in Polio eradication, it is good to finally see an article in The Economist
                that acknowledges Rotary’s leadership http://www.economist.com/node/21543126
                Generally though, what is really important is that we acknowledge our partners and
                continue to promote the Polio campaign.


     The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
                        Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
Page 3
                           Group Study Exchange

                           The GSE team from D1260 UK team will arrive Sunday March 4 and depart Sat 31
                           March 2012. They will attend the Wollongong Conference.

                           Note the 2013 GSE will be with Turkey and the D9680 team will be at Gallipoli on 25 April
                           2013. Calls for team nominations will occur around August so keep in mind searching for
                           potential nominees.



          The Battle of Vinegar Hill
          Pam Wilson (Hills District Historical Society)
          The original inhabitants of the area including                 Battle of Vinegar Hill. In March 1804 these
          Castle Hill were the Darug Aboriginal                          exiled Irish leaders and their supporters
          people, who lived in the district for                          staged an escape from Castle Hill with a
          thousands of years prior to European                           plan to return to Ireland. This event became
          settlement.                                                    known as the Castle Hill Rebellion.

          The first known Europeans to reach the Hills                   More than 200 convicts escaped, acquired
          district were Governor Phillip and party in                    weapons, including stolen rifles, and set off
          1891. A decade later a government farm                         towards Parramatta. The group was
          was established by Governor King, who was                      intercepted by the NSW Corps and a battle
          calling it Castle Hill by March 1802. Also in                  took place near Rouse Hill on 5 March,
          1802 the first free settler, French nobleman                   leaving 15 convicts dead. This was the
          Baron Verincourt de Clambe, took up land                       inaugural European battle on Australian soil
          at Castle Hill.                                                and also became known as the Battle of
                                                                         Vinegar Hill. Most of the Irish leaders who
          In 1803 work began on the construction of a                    survived the conflict were later executed.
          double-storey, stone convict barracks at the
          Castle Hill government farm. By March 1804                     The government farm closed in 1810 and in
          seven hundred acres of land had been                           1811 it was converted to a lunatic asylum. In
          cleared for cultivation.                                       1826 the asylum was relocated to Liverpool.
          Amongst the convicts assigned to work at
          the government farm were Irish political                       In 1822 a town reserve was created over
          prisoners, transported from their homeland                     two hundred acres of the original
          following a 1798 uprising known as the                         government farm.




                                                                             PP Ray Campbell, Carol Jones and Rotarian Michael Griscti
                                                                                 @ Castle Hill Rebellion Bi Centennial Celebrations


President Penny, Edna Rohan, PP Rod Tilden and PP John Maloney
        @ Castle Hill Rebellion Bi Centennial Celebrations



            The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
                               Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
Page 4
                           Rotary Foundation Thought for the Week

                                                                  He     was    especially     moved      by
                         This week's Rotary                       Thevanayagam’s stories of children who
                         Foundation Thought                       had been orphaned or couldn’t go to school.
                         highlights       the                     In November, when conflict forced the main
                         cooperation between                      road into the Jaffna peninsula to close,
                         two Rotary Peace                         Pathiranage asked, “Theva, can I do
   and Conflict Studies Program alumni.                           anything?”

   The    first  encounters     between   two                     Thevanayagam explained that the region
   classmates in the Rotary Peace and Conflict                    was barely surviving on twice-monthly dry
   Studies program were anything but cordial.                     rations and many people, including his two
   From July through September 2006,                              young children and the rest of his family,
   Raveendra Pathiranage and Thevananth                           were suffering from Chikungunya, a disease
   Thevanayagam       participated    in   the                    that causes high fevers, rashes, and joint
   program’s      inaugural      session    at                    pain. Pathiranage used some of his
   Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok,                           personal connections to get a month’s
   Thailand. For weeks, they argued about the                     supply of dry milk and medicine to
   long-standing conflict in their native Sri                     Thevanayagam for his family.
   Lanka.
                                                                  In June, the two men travelled together to
   “But we talked about our problems and                          the first Rotary World Peace Symposium in
   gradually understood each other,” says                         Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, held just before
   Thevanayagam, program manager for the                          the 2007 RI Convention, to see their former
   Tamil Refugees Rehabilitation Organization                     classmates.
   in Sri Lanka, who was sponsored by the
   Rotary Club of Jaffna, Northern Province.                      “The link between myself and Theva will be
   The agency provides food, shelter,                             very important in the future to discuss the
   rehabilitation, and other assistance to                        peace-related issues [in Sri Lanka],” says
   displaced Tamil refugees.                                      Pathiranage, who sees a direct connection
                                                                  between what he learned in the Rotary
   “We erased the hard feelings and went on to                    Peace and Conflict Studies program and his
   what can we do to solve the problem? What                      work.
   can we contribute?” says Pathiranage,
   senior state counsel in the attorney                           At the D9680 Conference in Wollongong we
   general’s office in Sri Lanka, who was                         will have Emma Leslie as a speaker and
   sponsored by District 3220.                                    Emma is on the faculty at Chulalongkorn
                                                                  University and hosts the students in
                                                                  Cambodia as part of their studies.


 Weekly Toast
                                 This week we would like to toast the Rotary
                                 Club of Araponga in Brazil. The club was
                                                      nd
                                 chartered on the 22 September 1951 and last
                                 year celebrated their 60 years anniversary.
                                 Also at the end of last year their President,
                                 Carlos Romero Gerard introduced two new
                                 Paul Harris Fellows.




     The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
                        Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
Page 5

 Message from this year’s Conference Chairman




  Our 2012 District 9680 Conference is now only six weeks away. From 16 to 18 March, we will be gathering in Wollongong
 to "Go for Gold at the Gong".

 We are looking to have as many of your Club members as possible with us at that time, to share in an exhilarating mix of
 fellowship and inspiration, to listen to top-flight speakers, to be informed and enthused about the great range of projects in
 which we are involved as Rotarians, and to participate in memorable social events, such as our Saturday night Masked
 Ball with a great swing band for dancing.

 While many of our Conference activities will be familiar to regular attenders, we have some exciting initiatives: the Club
 Showcase which will give every Club the chance to shine as they promote their projects and skills, and Speak Your Mind,
 an opportunity over Sunday lunch for Rotarians and partners to express their own thoughts about Rotary and where we
 should be going.

 Space at our Conference is filling up rapidly, so your members should move quickly to register, if they have not already
 done so. They can do so by going to our Conference website at conference.rotarydistrict9680.org. There your members
 will see the wide range of registration options available, which will cater for all needs.
 On the same site you can book your accommodation, read about our guest speakers, view our program and learn about
 other activities in which you may wish to participate in before the Conference.

 Can I urge you to encourage new members in particular to come along? As you will know yourself, nothing brings you "up
 to speed" as a Rotarian more quickly and thoroughly than being at a Conference,
 Wollongong is less than two hours away by car or train. This once grimy industrial city has reinvented itself and can now
 boast quality museums and art galleries, cafes and restaurants, and a host of tourist attractions in the city and the
 hinterland. You will be able to secure accommodation within walking distance of our venue at the WIN Entertainment
 Centre, or you can use the shuttle bus provided.

 So there are many reasons why this weekend in Wollongong in March will be well spent by all who come. Please urge
 your members to get online and make their booking.

 Yours in Rotary
 David Ellyard                                                    FELLOWSHIP AND INSPIRATION!!
 Conference Chairman 2012
 ConferenceChair@rotarydistrict9680.org
                                                                           OUR 2012
                                                                  ROTARY DISTRICT CONFERENCE

                                                                            IS COMING UP FAST


                                                                YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO MISS IT!


Have the privilege of hearing                                   GO TO THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE
 Ramesh Ferris. Crippled by
polio as a child, Ramesh has                                      Conference.RotaryDistrict9680.org
become a standard bearer for
our astoundingly successful                                                  TO LEARN MORE
     Polio Plus program.                                                    AND REGISTER NOW


        The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
                           Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
Page 6
Club Members                                                                             Dan Murphy Roster
     Name                                                    Classification              Saturday 11 February 2012
 Ray               Campbell               PP,PHF         Education - Secondary           PP Glen Wilcox
 Thomas            Cann                    PHF           Landscape Supplies              Rtn Bruce Pike
 Col               Davis                                 Accounting Taxation

 Stephen           Dinte
                                                                                         Saturday 18 February 2012
                                                         Financial Planning

 Russ              Evans                  PP,PHF         Finance

 Henry             Grech                    PP           Legal Practice
                                                                                         PP Graeme Rohan
 Michael           Griscti                 PHF           Lighting Technician
                                                                                         Rtn Col Davis
 Paul              Haslam                                Steel Distribution

 Penny             Hill                                  Customer Service Manager
                                                                                         WHAT AM I UP TO NOW
 Alan              Jones                  PP,PHF         Marketing Consultancy
                                                                                         13th Feb PP Robert Mackey
 Bob               Low                     PHF           Electrical Distribution
                                                                                         20th Feb PP Ray Campbell
 Robert            Mackey                 PP,PHF         Construction Services
                                                                                         27th Feb P Penny Hill
 Ian               Pascoe                   PP           Gas Fitting

 Ian               Pearce                 PP,PHF         Industrial Consultancy

 Bruce             Pike                                  Nursery Retail
                                                                                         Duty Roster
 Suresh            Prasad                   PP           Sugar Research
                                                                                         Monday 20 February 2012
 Haran             Ramachandran           PP,PHF         Computer Support

 Bobby             Redman                                Psychology                      Door              PP Greg Rieper
 Michael           Richardson                            Honorary Member                 Minutes           PP Allan Walker
 Greg              Rieper                 PP,PHF         Consultancy                     Rotary Grace      Rtn Stephen Dinte
 Graeme            Rohan                  PP,PHF         Petroleum Distribution

 Gordon            Scoble
                                                                                         Joke of the Day –
                                          PP,PHF         Education Primary

 Jim               Sifonios               PP,PHF         Product Development

 Keith             Stapley                PP,PHF         Photogrammetry
                                                                                         Late To Work
 Rod               Tilden                 PP,PHF         Window Furnishing Sales

 Alex              Traill                 PP,PHF         Building & Maintenance          Jones came into the office an hour late for the
 Wilf              Van Emmerik            PP,PHF         Specialised Transport           third time in one week and found the boss waiting
 Allan             Walker                   PP           Funeral Direction               for him. "What's the story this time, Jones?" he
 Glenn             Willcox                  PP           Project Estimating
                                                                                         asked sarcastically. "Let's hear a good excuse for
P – President   PP - Past President   PHF - Paul Harris Fellow                           a change."

                                                                                         Jones sighed, "Everything went wrong this
                                                                                         morning, Boss. The wife decided to drive me to
                                                                                         the station. She got ready in ten minutes, but
                                                                                         then the drawbridge got stuck. Rather than let
   Club Calendar                                                                         you down, I swam across the river -- look, my
                                                                                         suit's still damp -- ran out to the airport, got a ride
                                                                                         on Mr. Thompson's helicopter, landed on top of
                                                                                         Radio City Music Hall, and was carried here
                                                                                         piggyback by one of the Rockettes."

                                                                                         "You'll have to do better than that, Jones," said
                                                                                         the boss, obviously disappointed. "No woman can
                                                                                         get ready in ten minutes."




                                                                                         Note: Apologies must be in to PP
                                                                                        Graeme Rohan by 12pm on Mondays
                                                                                         so numbers can be confirmed for
                                                                                                     dinner.


                    The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start.
                                       Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153

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Weekly Club Bulletin 06 February

  • 1. The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville Mon 06 Feb 2012 Issue 3. No. 25 Weekly Bulletin Monday, 06 February 2012 Program: Australian Brewery Visit Duty Roster tonight: Last Meeting: Door Minutes 30 January 2012 Rotary Grace th Program: Birthdays: 11 Ian Pascoe th The Hills Historical 16 Vivien Sifonios Society th Anniversaries: 15 Alex & Helen Traill Apologies: th 19 Allan & Janice Walker st 21 Ian & Patricia Pearce Toasts: Toasts: Loyal Loyal PP Alan Walker Overseas Club Overseas Club What Am I Up To Now PE Bobby Redman Welcome everyone. Tonight is our first casual away meeting for the year if you don't count our very first informal get-together meeting at Keith & Lyn Stapley's last month. There are a couple of events coming up that I would like you to consider attending. The screening of the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel on Thursday 23 Feb, Events Cinema Castle Towers 7pm sharp start. If anyone is interested in attending I will need to confirm and pay up front by to Bruce Allan by 17th Feb. Cost is $20 with all proceeds to go towards "End Polio". I have received an invitation to attend the Charter of the first Rotary E-Club in our District on Next Meeting: Friday 24th February. Erin McCluskey has joined this club and I would like to support her. If anyone is interested in attending please let me know so I can confirm our Monday 13 February 2012 th attendance. The Charter Night will be on Friday 24 February at 6.30pm for 7pm at Boronia Grove Receptions, Rawson Street Epping. The entrance to the venue is at the rear left side of Coles Car Park off Rawson between Bridge St and Carlingford Road.] Rotary Club of Program Epping is the proud sponsor of the new E-Club. Dinner Fee for the night is $45 per person. Youth In Search Our District Conference is only 5 weeks away and so far there are only 4 members including myself who have confirmed that they will be attending. This is a little disappointing as we WHAT AM I UP TO NOW will need more members to man our display successfully in Friendship Hall on our "Bourke PP Robert Mackey Public School Breakfast Program ". If you haven't registered yet I urge you to register as accommodation is being booked out. It is going to be an exciting weekend being the 50th Duty Roster Anniversary of our District 9680. Please see PE Bobby Redman if you would like further information or go to the District Website to have a look at what is being offered. Door Enjoy your evening tonight. PP Graeme Rohan President Penny Hill. Rotary Four-Way Test: Minutes Is it the TRUTH? PP Alan walker Rotary Grace: “O Lord our giver of all good Is it FAIR to all concerned? We thank You for our daily food, Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER Rotary Grace FRIENDSHIPS? Rtn Stephen Dinte May Rotary friends and Rotary ways, Help us to serve you all our days”. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
  • 2. Page 2 President’s Report DG visits for 2012/13 will be replaced by a zone visit on 27 August to be held at Castle Hill Country Club. Clubs are being encouraged to invite DG John Dodd to as many events and functions as possible during the year. Thomas Cann reported that a thank you dinner is being planned as a thank you for our Christmas tree container suppliers. Treasurer’s Report Semi-annual fees now overdue and invoices will be sent out to the non payers soon. Secretary’s Report Club Flyers are now printed and ready for use. Club Service Report Next weeks’ meeting is at the Australian Brewery, all the information has been emailed to members. Community Service Report Update on the Australia Day event cancelation. Dan Murphy’s quiet again last Saturday, need swaps for 17 Feb and 24 March Youth Service Report Youth In search have mailed to us seeking funds! PR Report Gordon reported on editorial on Christmas Trees and the Giving Tree. Sergeant Session Acting Sergeant broke the record for taking the longest time to collect very little!! We love you Graeme (AJ) International Service Director’s Report Polio Plus Following a number of comments from members regarding the lack of acknowledgement for Rotary’s role in Polio eradication, it is good to finally see an article in The Economist that acknowledges Rotary’s leadership http://www.economist.com/node/21543126 Generally though, what is really important is that we acknowledge our partners and continue to promote the Polio campaign. The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start. Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
  • 3. Page 3 Group Study Exchange The GSE team from D1260 UK team will arrive Sunday March 4 and depart Sat 31 March 2012. They will attend the Wollongong Conference. Note the 2013 GSE will be with Turkey and the D9680 team will be at Gallipoli on 25 April 2013. Calls for team nominations will occur around August so keep in mind searching for potential nominees. The Battle of Vinegar Hill Pam Wilson (Hills District Historical Society) The original inhabitants of the area including Battle of Vinegar Hill. In March 1804 these Castle Hill were the Darug Aboriginal exiled Irish leaders and their supporters people, who lived in the district for staged an escape from Castle Hill with a thousands of years prior to European plan to return to Ireland. This event became settlement. known as the Castle Hill Rebellion. The first known Europeans to reach the Hills More than 200 convicts escaped, acquired district were Governor Phillip and party in weapons, including stolen rifles, and set off 1891. A decade later a government farm towards Parramatta. The group was was established by Governor King, who was intercepted by the NSW Corps and a battle calling it Castle Hill by March 1802. Also in took place near Rouse Hill on 5 March, 1802 the first free settler, French nobleman leaving 15 convicts dead. This was the Baron Verincourt de Clambe, took up land inaugural European battle on Australian soil at Castle Hill. and also became known as the Battle of Vinegar Hill. Most of the Irish leaders who In 1803 work began on the construction of a survived the conflict were later executed. double-storey, stone convict barracks at the Castle Hill government farm. By March 1804 The government farm closed in 1810 and in seven hundred acres of land had been 1811 it was converted to a lunatic asylum. In cleared for cultivation. 1826 the asylum was relocated to Liverpool. Amongst the convicts assigned to work at the government farm were Irish political In 1822 a town reserve was created over prisoners, transported from their homeland two hundred acres of the original following a 1798 uprising known as the government farm. PP Ray Campbell, Carol Jones and Rotarian Michael Griscti @ Castle Hill Rebellion Bi Centennial Celebrations President Penny, Edna Rohan, PP Rod Tilden and PP John Maloney @ Castle Hill Rebellion Bi Centennial Celebrations The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start. Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
  • 4. Page 4 Rotary Foundation Thought for the Week He was especially moved by This week's Rotary Thevanayagam’s stories of children who Foundation Thought had been orphaned or couldn’t go to school. highlights the In November, when conflict forced the main cooperation between road into the Jaffna peninsula to close, two Rotary Peace Pathiranage asked, “Theva, can I do and Conflict Studies Program alumni. anything?” The first encounters between two Thevanayagam explained that the region classmates in the Rotary Peace and Conflict was barely surviving on twice-monthly dry Studies program were anything but cordial. rations and many people, including his two From July through September 2006, young children and the rest of his family, Raveendra Pathiranage and Thevananth were suffering from Chikungunya, a disease Thevanayagam participated in the that causes high fevers, rashes, and joint program’s inaugural session at pain. Pathiranage used some of his Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, personal connections to get a month’s Thailand. For weeks, they argued about the supply of dry milk and medicine to long-standing conflict in their native Sri Thevanayagam for his family. Lanka. In June, the two men travelled together to “But we talked about our problems and the first Rotary World Peace Symposium in gradually understood each other,” says Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, held just before Thevanayagam, program manager for the the 2007 RI Convention, to see their former Tamil Refugees Rehabilitation Organization classmates. in Sri Lanka, who was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Jaffna, Northern Province. “The link between myself and Theva will be The agency provides food, shelter, very important in the future to discuss the rehabilitation, and other assistance to peace-related issues [in Sri Lanka],” says displaced Tamil refugees. Pathiranage, who sees a direct connection between what he learned in the Rotary “We erased the hard feelings and went on to Peace and Conflict Studies program and his what can we do to solve the problem? What work. can we contribute?” says Pathiranage, senior state counsel in the attorney At the D9680 Conference in Wollongong we general’s office in Sri Lanka, who was will have Emma Leslie as a speaker and sponsored by District 3220. Emma is on the faculty at Chulalongkorn University and hosts the students in Cambodia as part of their studies. Weekly Toast This week we would like to toast the Rotary Club of Araponga in Brazil. The club was nd chartered on the 22 September 1951 and last year celebrated their 60 years anniversary. Also at the end of last year their President, Carlos Romero Gerard introduced two new Paul Harris Fellows. The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start. Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
  • 5. Page 5 Message from this year’s Conference Chairman Our 2012 District 9680 Conference is now only six weeks away. From 16 to 18 March, we will be gathering in Wollongong to "Go for Gold at the Gong". We are looking to have as many of your Club members as possible with us at that time, to share in an exhilarating mix of fellowship and inspiration, to listen to top-flight speakers, to be informed and enthused about the great range of projects in which we are involved as Rotarians, and to participate in memorable social events, such as our Saturday night Masked Ball with a great swing band for dancing. While many of our Conference activities will be familiar to regular attenders, we have some exciting initiatives: the Club Showcase which will give every Club the chance to shine as they promote their projects and skills, and Speak Your Mind, an opportunity over Sunday lunch for Rotarians and partners to express their own thoughts about Rotary and where we should be going. Space at our Conference is filling up rapidly, so your members should move quickly to register, if they have not already done so. They can do so by going to our Conference website at conference.rotarydistrict9680.org. There your members will see the wide range of registration options available, which will cater for all needs. On the same site you can book your accommodation, read about our guest speakers, view our program and learn about other activities in which you may wish to participate in before the Conference. Can I urge you to encourage new members in particular to come along? As you will know yourself, nothing brings you "up to speed" as a Rotarian more quickly and thoroughly than being at a Conference, Wollongong is less than two hours away by car or train. This once grimy industrial city has reinvented itself and can now boast quality museums and art galleries, cafes and restaurants, and a host of tourist attractions in the city and the hinterland. You will be able to secure accommodation within walking distance of our venue at the WIN Entertainment Centre, or you can use the shuttle bus provided. So there are many reasons why this weekend in Wollongong in March will be well spent by all who come. Please urge your members to get online and make their booking. Yours in Rotary David Ellyard FELLOWSHIP AND INSPIRATION!! Conference Chairman 2012 ConferenceChair@rotarydistrict9680.org OUR 2012 ROTARY DISTRICT CONFERENCE IS COMING UP FAST YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO MISS IT! Have the privilege of hearing GO TO THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE Ramesh Ferris. Crippled by polio as a child, Ramesh has Conference.RotaryDistrict9680.org become a standard bearer for our astoundingly successful TO LEARN MORE Polio Plus program. AND REGISTER NOW The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start. Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153
  • 6. Page 6 Club Members Dan Murphy Roster Name Classification Saturday 11 February 2012 Ray Campbell PP,PHF Education - Secondary PP Glen Wilcox Thomas Cann PHF Landscape Supplies Rtn Bruce Pike Col Davis Accounting Taxation Stephen Dinte Saturday 18 February 2012 Financial Planning Russ Evans PP,PHF Finance Henry Grech PP Legal Practice PP Graeme Rohan Michael Griscti PHF Lighting Technician Rtn Col Davis Paul Haslam Steel Distribution Penny Hill Customer Service Manager WHAT AM I UP TO NOW Alan Jones PP,PHF Marketing Consultancy 13th Feb PP Robert Mackey Bob Low PHF Electrical Distribution 20th Feb PP Ray Campbell Robert Mackey PP,PHF Construction Services 27th Feb P Penny Hill Ian Pascoe PP Gas Fitting Ian Pearce PP,PHF Industrial Consultancy Bruce Pike Nursery Retail Duty Roster Suresh Prasad PP Sugar Research Monday 20 February 2012 Haran Ramachandran PP,PHF Computer Support Bobby Redman Psychology Door PP Greg Rieper Michael Richardson Honorary Member Minutes PP Allan Walker Greg Rieper PP,PHF Consultancy Rotary Grace Rtn Stephen Dinte Graeme Rohan PP,PHF Petroleum Distribution Gordon Scoble Joke of the Day – PP,PHF Education Primary Jim Sifonios PP,PHF Product Development Keith Stapley PP,PHF Photogrammetry Late To Work Rod Tilden PP,PHF Window Furnishing Sales Alex Traill PP,PHF Building & Maintenance Jones came into the office an hour late for the Wilf Van Emmerik PP,PHF Specialised Transport third time in one week and found the boss waiting Allan Walker PP Funeral Direction for him. "What's the story this time, Jones?" he Glenn Willcox PP Project Estimating asked sarcastically. "Let's hear a good excuse for P – President PP - Past President PHF - Paul Harris Fellow a change." Jones sighed, "Everything went wrong this morning, Boss. The wife decided to drive me to the station. She got ready in ten minutes, but then the drawbridge got stuck. Rather than let Club Calendar you down, I swam across the river -- look, my suit's still damp -- ran out to the airport, got a ride on Mr. Thompson's helicopter, landed on top of Radio City Music Hall, and was carried here piggyback by one of the Rockettes." "You'll have to do better than that, Jones," said the boss, obviously disappointed. "No woman can get ready in ten minutes." Note: Apologies must be in to PP Graeme Rohan by 12pm on Mondays so numbers can be confirmed for dinner. The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville meets Monday Night at the Castle Hill Tavern 6.15pm for 6.45pm start. Postal address: P O Box 6502, Baulkham Hills Business Centre 2153