The Hills Kellyville Weekly Bulletin

The Rotary Club of the Hills-Kellyville
Mon 27 Feb 2012
Issue 3. No. 27

Weekly Bulletin

Monday, 27 February 2012
Program: NYSF & Student Exchange Experience
Last Meeting:
Duty Roster tonight:
20 February 2012 Door PP Wilf Van Emmerik
Program: Minutes PP Rod Tilden
Polio Awareness Rotary Grace Rtn Bob Low

Birthdays:

Anniversaries:

Toasts:
Loyal PP Ray Campbell
Overseas Club Rtn. Bobby Redman

What Am I Up To Now P Penny Hill

Due to the early birth of my grandson last Monday I was unable to attend PE Bobby Redmans’
presentation on Polio Awareness outlining RI’s US$200 Million Dollar Challenge. I believe it went very
well and a big thank you to members who purchased “End Polio Now” to on-sell. This coming
Tuesday my company, Ecolab, has taken the Challenge on board and will be holding a morning tea
for “End Polio” to contribute to the Challenge. Gold coin donations from staff at our Castle Hill Head
Office will be matched by my company. I still have some pins to sell and promotional brochures to
hand out to fellow staff at the morning tea. I’m sure as in the past that some staff members have deep
A child drinks from a spigot in pockets when it comes to raising funds for Rotary projects.
Haiti. The Water and Sanitation
Rotarian Action Group
announced a partnership to
Some of our members and their partners attended the Rotary Movie Evening at Event Cinemas at
bring 5 million gallons of clean Castle Hill to see “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” last Thursday evening. Cost of the tickets is $20
water, along with sanitation and and $10 from each ticket went towards The End Polio Promotion. I can tell you that the movie was so
hygiene education, to 30 enjoyable and I urge you to go and see the movie. Our local district had a very good showing with the
schools in Malawi and Tanzania theatre ¾ full. Two other sessions were to take place at Chatswood and the Central Coast. Good
during its fourth World Water news that India has now been declared Polio free with no further cases reported in the last 12 months.
Summit on 20 May.
th
Last Friday 24 February our club was represented by Graeme and Edna Rohan, Bobby Redman and
Rotary Images/Alyce Henson
myself at the Charter Night for our District’s first E-Club at Boronia Grove Receptions at Epping. This
is the first E-Club for the Sydney region and many other clubs were represented on the evening. PDG
Next Meeting: Tony Castley is the current President and they now have 37 members from both our District and also
Sydney South District. Guest speaker for the evening was Mr. Chris Joscelyne who was president of
Monday 05 March 2012 st
the very 1 E-Club in Chicago. He spoke on the formation of the E-Clubs and outlined that members
don necessarily need to be in the geographical District where the club was formed. Many members
live outside the district but the clubs are working effectively.

Program Tonight we welcome Lisa Kim who is an ex Baulkham Hills NYSF Student and Rotary Exchange
Student who will bring us up to date on her life since she attended the conference.
Club Assembly
Our District Conference is only a month away now and we now have 5 members who have registered
WHAT AM I UP TO NOW to attend. There is still time to register if you would like to attend the whole conference or part of the
PP Paul Haslam conference. District offers attendance to part day or full day sessions if you can’t attend the whole
l conference. This year’s conference is set to be exceptional as it is the Golden Jubilee Anniversary of
our District and we will be featuring our Bourke Public School Breakfast Programme. For further
Duty Roster details please contact Bobby Redman or you can register on-line on the District Website.

Door President Penny Hill
Rotary Four-Way Test:
Rtn Bruce Pike
Rotary Grace: Is it the TRUTH?
“O Lord our giver of all good Is it FAIR to all concerned?
Minutes Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER
PP Russ Evans We thank You for our daily food,
May Rotary friends and Rotary ways, FRIENDSHIPS?
Help us to serve you all our days”. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
Rotary Grace
PP Greg Rieper

International Service Director’s Report
Bobby relayed information about the upcoming Trivia Night being organized by the outgoing GSE Team, and
encouraged members to register interest.

Guest Speaker - 13th February 2012
PDG Bruce spoke briefly The project would provide a constant supply of
about the work of the agricultural water for the village of Zinkapalem in
Rotary Foundation both Andhra Pradesh, India..
in Australia and
worldwide and the many One way or another, the Castle Hill Club and
facets of Rotary that it is other clubs in district 9680 have supported this
involved in. Bruce is village in the areas of agriculture and housing but
both the Manager for the their greatest need is water for their rice fields.
Foundation in our Region They are at the end of the line as far as
and Foundation Director government supplied water is concerned and more
for the Rotary Club of often that not have to go without. This inevitably
Castle Hill leads to crop failure and extreme hardship. We
have a plan to build a series of about 90 dams or
He showed that on a contributions per capita basis ponds across their 250 acres and these dams
Rotary in Australia more than held its own with would be filled during the monsoon period. The
Rotary in most other countries which was village is on an island in the delta at the mouth of
something we could be proud of. He also stressed the Krishna River (east coast) and while the river is
that the money contributed to the Foundation was saline and tidal during normal times, fresh water
well used in the form of grants and here again rushes some five miles out to sea during monsoon.
Australian Rotary made good use of the available This water would be harvested and stored in these
funds. dams and would be sufficient to grow their rice
crops during all but the driest and hottest of
PDG Bruce then demonstrated that by a number summers. The total cost of this project is in the
of Rotary Clubs combining their resources in the region of $30,000 but with support from both
terms of contributions and attracting grants they districts and a good level of participation from Hills
could undertake quite significant projects. clubs, and a successful matching grant application,
a club contribution could be as little as $2,000
One example in which he had a personal interest each.
was a project to provide water storage to a village
in India, which he would like all Hills Clubs to be President Penny thanked PDG Bruce for his
involved in. presentation and undertook to discuss this project
at the next Board meeting.

The Krishna River
One of the longest rivers in central-southern India, about 1,300 kilometres (810 mi). It is also
referred to as Krishnaveni in its original nomenclature. The Krishna River is the fourth largest
river in India after the Ganges, the Godavari and the Narmada.

Krishna river rises at Mahabaleswar near the Jor village in the extreme north of Wai
taluka,district satara, Maharashtra in the west and meets the Bay of Bengal at Hamasaladeevi in
Andhra Pradesh, on the east coast. It also flows through the state of Karnataka. The delta of this river is one
of the most fertile regions in India and was the home to ancient Satavahana and Ikshvaku Sun Dynasty kings.
Vijayawada is the largest city on the River Krishna. Sangli is the largest city on the river Krishna in
Maharashtra state .

Ecologically, this is one of the disastrous rivers in the world, in that it causes heavy soil erosion during the
monsoon season. It flows fast and furious, often reaching depths of over 75 feet (23 m). Ironically, there is a
saying in Marathi (language of Maharashtra) "santh vaahate Krishnamaai" which means "quiet flows Krishna".
This term is also used to describe how a person should be, as quiet as Krishna. But, in reality, Krishna causes
a high degree of erosion between June and August. During this time, Krishna takes fertile soil from
Maharashtra, Karnataka and western Andhra Pradesh towards the delta region.

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

Guest Speaker 20th March
Bobby gave a good reach more than two billion children in 122
presentation on the Polio countries with the oral polio vaccine.
Plus Project and in
particular on the current Thanks to Rotary and its partners, the world has
push to “End Polio NOW” seen polio cases plummet by more than 99
which coincides with percent, preventing five million instances of child
Rotary’s anniversary paralysis and 250,000 deaths. When Rotary began
rd
celebrations on the 23 its eradication work, polio infected more than
February. 350,000 children annually. In 2009, fewer than
1,700 cases were reported worldwide.
Rotary began immunizing children against polio in
1985 and became a spearheading partner in the But the polio cases represented by that final 1
Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in 1988. percent are the most difficult and expensive to
Since then Rotary International and its partners in prevent. Challenges include geographic isolation,
the GPEI, the World Health Organization, worker fatigue, armed conflict, and cultural
UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control barriers.
and Prevention — have worked to wipe polio from
the face of the earth. That’s why it’s so important to generate the
funding needed to End Polio Now. To fail is to
Rotary’s main responsibilities are fundraising, invite a polio resurgence that would condemn
advocacy, and volunteer recruitment. To date, millions of children to lifelong paralysis in the years
Rotary has contributed more than US$900 million ahead.
to the polio eradication effort.
As is well known the Bill & Melinda Gates
With over 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries Foundation has been a strong supporter donating
and geographical areas, Rotary is able to reach more than $US 400 million to the cause. Bill
out to national governments worldwide to generate Gates challenged Rotary to raise $US200 M by
crucial financial and technical support for polio June 2012 and by January $US 202M had been
eradication. Since 1995, the advocacy efforts of raised, but the intention is not to stop at that but to
Rotary and its partners have helped raise more keep raising funds to ensure success.
than $8 billion from donor governments.
The bottom line is this: As long as polio threatens
Rotary clubs also provide “sweat equity” on the even one child anywhere in the world, all children
ground in polio-affected communities, which helps — wherever they live — remain at risk.
ensure that leaders at all levels remain focused on
the eradication goal. Rotary club members have
Bobby invited members to support the cause by
volunteered their time and personal resources to
buying End Polio Now badges and attending the
rd
movie fundraiser on the 23 February.

Polio Plus Fundraiser
23rd February 2012 Castle Hill Event cinemas.
About 150 Rotarians, partners and guests from all Hills District Clubs enjoyed the movie
“” on the evening of the 23rd February.

The event which coincided with Rotary’s anniversary was a fundraiser for “End Polio
Now” campaign.

The movie has an excellent cast including Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and a number of
other well known British and Indian actors. The movie follows a group of English retirees
who are enticed (conned?) into going to India on the promise that they will be able to
enjoy their retirement at the luxurious Marigold Hotel in Jaipur. In reality the hotel is in a
sad state of disrepair but is run by a yound man with big dreams.

As the group copes with this the movie follows their various stories and as in most good
movies there is a happy ending.


Rotary Foundation Thought for the Week

Ever wonder how your Rotary club and district can make a positive impact
for peace, right now?

Mwila Chigaga was a Rotary World Peace Fellow at Duke
University/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2004-06 and was
sponsored by the Rotary Club of Lusaka, Zambia, District 9210.

Her current position is Gender specialist for the African region under the United
Nations International Labour Organization

After obtaining a law degree from the University of Zambia, Chigaga specialized
in international and constitutional law at the same university. She then
proceeded to the Legal Practitioners Institute of Zambia and became a
registered legal practitioner of the high court and Supreme Court of Zambia.
After completing her Rotary Peace studies Chigaga joined the Ministry of Justice
in Zambia and became principal state advocate responsible for international and
constitutional affairs. She subsequently became adviser to the attorney general
and minister of justice of Zambia.

Chigaga moved to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a professional Foreign Service officer and was appointed
as deputy high commissioner to the Court of St. James’s in London and was then appointed counselor of the
Zambian government to the United Nations where she was responsible for all economic, social, and human
rights affairs. She was designated Zambia’s representative to the second and third committee of the United
Nations General Assembly.

Give Peace a fighting chance by opening the door for candidates in your District.

Weekly Toast - Overseas Club

This Week we would like to toast the Rotary Club of Bari in Italy. This Rotary Club held
its first meeting on 11 September 1933, thanks to the initiative of G.R. Uff. Antonio
Larocca, President of the "Fiera del Levante". On 24 February 1934 the Club was
officially recognised as a member of the Rotary International, 46th District, the only
District existing in Italy at that time.

On a time scale, it was the fifth Rotary Club in Southern Italy, one of the first 25 Italian
Clubs created before the World War II, and the Rotary Club Bari has the honour to be
the oldest and the first Club in the 2120 District.

Due to the disastrous international events, which brought to the World War II, the Club
was obliged to suspend the activities in December 1938. After the war, the Club starts
again its activity on February 1948.

Special gifts for babies born on Rotary's birthday
Newborn babies are often spoiled with presents from "We wanted to come up with something different to
families and friends. celebrate Rotary's birthday," he said.
But 13 bubs at the Gold Coast Hospital were given "Recognising babies born on the same day helps us to
special gifts today from Runaway Bay's Rotary Club. connect with the younger generation."
To celebrate Rotary's 107th birthday on the 23rd of Kia Cordwell gave birth to baby Alyssa just after 7:30am
February, babies who were born on the same day yesterday, but had no idea her bub shared a birthday
received outfits, a gift certificate and a Bendigo Bank with Rotary.
account with $50. Already a mum to two other girls, Kia said the bank
Rotary Runaway Bay President Brian Heaton said the account will help Alyssa learn from a young age to start
Club wanted to give back to the local community this saving.
year. "She's starting earlier than me. I think it's great, it gives
her a head start," she said.


Rotary International to launch Abu Dhabi chapter - Issac John 25 February 2012
(http://www.khaleejtimes.com/displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2012/February/theuae_February675.xml&section=theuae&col=)

DUBAI - Rotary International, one of the world’s largest Aviation; and Mahendra Patel, managing director of
humanitarian service organisations, plans to launch a Geap International Group; diplomats and business
chapter in Abu Dhabi as part of a drive to expand its leaders.
reach in the region.
Patel said the Rotary Club of Dubai was set up in 2002.
Kalyan Banerjee, president of Rotary International, which Since inception, the Dubai club has executed more than
has been in the forefront of the much-acclaimed global 40 community projects, including charity and
polio eradication drive, said the club’s formation in Abu humanitarian initiatives in several countries.
Dhabi would be a milestone in its global expansion.
In the Gulf, Rotary International will launch chapters also
The organisation, set up in 1905, has seen its network in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, said Banerjee.
swelling to 34,000 clubs and 1.2 million business and
professional leaders across more than 200 countries and Banerjee said Rotary’s strengths include its ability to
geographical regions. spread as well as its role in promoting peace in the
world. “My goal is to make Rotary the preferred
“The proposed new club, Rotary International’s fourth in organisation for today’s generation to join and participate
the UAE, will reinforce the organisation’s key message of in (its activities) to make the world better, safer and
‘service above self’,” Banerjee said. happier,” he was quoted in a recent interview.

The Abu Dhabi club will also get involved in projects that As the past chair of the Southeast Asia Regional
support community services and promote social activities PolioPlus Committee and member of Rotary’s
in collaboration with Rotary Clubs worldwide, he said. International PolioPlus Committee, Banerjee
spearheaded many of Rotary’s novel initiatives, which
Banerjee, who was elected Rotary’s 101st president and have given a new push to the polio eradication
its third head from India, was speaking at a reception programme in India.
held in his honour by Dubai Rotary Club on Wednesday.
Present at the event were Brigadier Saeed bin Belaila, Founded in Chicago, Rotary has been engaged in the
former head of the Dubai Naturalisation and Residency eradication of polio in the world. In November 2011, it
Department; Abdulla Al Ansari, former director of Human was announced that after 25 years of work, Rotary and
Resources and Development, Department of Civil its partners are on the brink of eradicating polio.

Rotary Club of
Trincomalee Sri
Lanka recently
held a medical
camp, which
treated over 100
patients during
the day.


Exercise vital for mental fitness
Avoiding exercise could be bad for our mental a domino effect and lead to the loss of other
health too, pushing us into the pit of depression resources such as one’s home, marriage, or sense
and causing burnout at work. of self-worth.

Sharon Toker, management expert at the Tel Aviv Originally designed to examine the relationship
University, with Michal Biron from the University of between depression and burnout, the study
Haifa, discovered that employees who did engage assessed the personal, occupational, and
in physical activity were less likely to experience a psychological states of 1,632 healthy Israeli
deterioration of their mental health, including workers in both the private and public sectors.
symptoms of burnout and depression.
Participants completed questionnaires when they
The best benefits were achieved among those came to medical clinics for routine check-ups and
exercising for four hours per week - they were had three follow-up appointments over a period of
approximately half as likely to experience nine years.
deterioration in their mental state as those who did
no physical activity. The participants were divided into four groups: one
that did not engage in physical activity; a second
Toker and Biron say that employers will benefit that did 75 to 150 minutes of physical activity a
from encouraging fitness of their employees. If the week; a third that did 150 to 240 minutes a week;
fight against obesity is not enough of an incentive, and a fourth that did more than 240 minutes a
inspiring workers to be physically active lessens week.
high health costs, reduces absenteeism, and
increases productivity in the workplace, the Depression and burnout rates were clearly the
Journal of Applied Psychology reports. highest among the group that did not participate in
physical activity. The more physical activity that
Though depression and burnout are connected, participants engaged in, the less likely they were to
they are not the same, says Toker. Depression is a experience elevated depression and burnout levels
clinical mood disorder and burnout is defined by during the next three years.
physical, cognitive, and emotional exhaustion,
according to a Tel Aviv statement. The optimal amount of physical activity was a
minimum of 150 minutes per week, where its
But both contribute towards a “spiral of loss” where benefits really started to take effect.
the loss of one resource, such as a job, could have


FELLOWSHIP AND INSPIRATION!!

OUR 2012
ROTARY DISTRICT CONFERENCE

IS COMING UP FAST

YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO MISS IT!

GO TO THE CONFERENCE WEBSITE

Conference.RotaryDistrict9680.org

TO LEARN MORE
AND REGISTER NOW


Club Members Dan Murphy Roster
Name Classification
Saturday 03 March 2012
Ray Campbell PP,PHF Education - Secondary
PP Ray Campbell
Thomas Cann PHF Landscape Supplies
PP Henry Grech
Col Davis Accounting Taxation

Stephen
Russ
Dinte
Evans PP,PHF
Financial Planning
Finance
Saturday 10 March 2012
PP Graeme Rohan
Henry Grech PP Legal Practice
Rtn Bruce Pike
Michael Griscti PHF Lighting Technician

Paul Haslam Steel Distribution

Penny Hill Customer Service Manager
WHAT AM I UP TO NOW
Alan Jones PP,PHF Marketing Consultancy
12th Mar Rtn Michael Griscti
Bob Low PHF Electrical Distribution
19th Mar PP Keith Stapley
Robert Mackey PP,PHF Construction Services
26th Mar PP Jim Sifonios
Ian Pascoe PP Gas Fitting

Ian Pearce PP,PHF Industrial Consultancy

Bruce Pike Nursery Retail Duty Roster
Suresh Prasad PP Sugar Research Monday 12 March 2012
Haran Ramachandran PP,PHF Computer Support

Bobby Redman Psychology Door PP Alex Traill
Michael Richardson Honorary Member Minutes PP Gordon Scoble
Greg Rieper PP,PHF Consultancy Rotary Grace PP Jim Sifonios
Graeme Rohan PP,PHF Petroleum Distribution

Gordon Scoble PP,PHF Education Primary
Joke of the Day - Terrorists
Jim Sifonios PP,PHF Product Development

Keith Stapley PP,PHF Photogrammetry
Two terrorists are having a discussion in a bar.
Rod Tilden PP,PHF Window Furnishing Sales

Alex Traill PP,PHF Building & Maintenance
The waiter asks them what the discussion was
Wilf Van Emmerik PP,PHF Specialised Transport
about.
Allan Walker PP Funeral Direction

Glenn Willcox PP Project Estimating Terrorist: We are planning to kill 14 thousand
P – President PP - Past President PHF - Paul Harris Fellow people and a donkey..

Waiter: Why a donkey?

Club Calendar Then one terrorist says to the other, See I told
you nobody will care about the 14 thousand
people".

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


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