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President – Jenny Foster 2017/18

January 30th 2018

Volume 83, Issue 27

Secretary@RCE.org.au Chartered 27th March 1935 www.RCE.org.au

Jenny Foster

6th Feb 2018 Malcolm MacLlvena – The history of Coburg The Anglers Tavern 12.30pm to 2pm

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT:

Dear Fellow Rotarians & Friends, Greetings from Paris! Arrived here last night to face the cold. It is always so difficult to pack & imagine how cold it will be when I was packing in such high temperatures over the weekend. I hope you all stayed cool! I hear that there was a good turn-out for the Club Lunch Meeting today. I hope you are all inspired & getting those "sleeves rolled up" for an exciting time ahead. Sunil will follow this message with lots of updates & dates for the diaries. For now, I will travel with my daughter in Europe & I invite all of you to email me at any time while I am travelling if you require anything of me. I return to Melbourne late on Saturday, 24 February. I hope to catch up with some of you at the Moonee Valley Festival the next day. Sunday, 25 Feb. Thank you to the organisers & volunteers at this event. Please also note, I will be attending the “Women in Rotary “International Women’s Day Breakfast” being held on Wednesday, 7 March at The Palladium Crown. It would be wonderful to have at least 1 whole table attending from the Rotary Club of Essendon. Let me know if you are going to join me at this event please? 2018….A year that we will be celebrating 30 years since Royce Abbey, as Rotary International’s President at the time, changed RI’s Constitution to allow Women to actually join Rotary. It is a year to celebrate so much history for the Rotary Club of Essendon! Take Care & Kind Regards President Jenny

Fellowship meeting

With Jenny Foster away for a month on Ballet duties with her daughter, Veronica O'Sullivan stepped into the breach as President. Michael Cariss as Sargent fined Roger Priestly and Jack Honson (for Pearl) for Birthday's, whilst Veronica O'Sullivan celebrates 15 years a Rotarian. Guests were: 1. Belinda Martin who is helping Roger Leask and the Club with Website development, more about that shortly. 2. Alvin Atkinson was a guest of Jenni Mann (his daughter), and 3. Sandra Sui a guest of Tim Anderson. Michael Cariss had two attempts to draw the raffle before Belinda Martin drew the 3 of diamonds. Peter Condos is seeking Children's Reading books for a DIK commitment. So if you have any please let Peter know. Moonee Valley Festival is coming up on Sunday Feb 25th and please let Alistair Fraser know if you can Volunteer to help out with manning the RCEss marque, promoting in conjunction with RCKeilor East, the Art Show and release of the History of RCEss. Grant Sheldon reported that the MVArt Show income will be going into consolidate revenue for the RCEss for this years and future RCEss local and international projects. This year the Art Show is specifically focused on Under 25's artist with specific awards for them. Wendy Stapleton and the Melbourne Woman's Choir will be on stage at the Gala Night for a fun filled night of entertainment. Charter Night is to be Tue Apr 12 at Ascot House at $75/head. Kelly Abfalter is offering to help people requiring skills to negotiate websites, establishing favourites and use of computers, iPads and Tablets. Roger Leask in conjunction with Belinda Martin is working on establishing a "Hire A Rotarian Website". It will be a website by Rotarians for Rotarians. Roger took members thru their initial indication of what the website will look like and can do. Other clubs will be encouraged to participate for a fee, with the money raised going back to Clubs, Foundation and District. If you have any ideas for the website on how it might work or should include, please touch base with Roger. Basically if a Rotarian needs a service, they can go here to see if a Rotarian has the required skills to perform the service, they having paid a fee to be promoted on the website.

Announcements

The President and members of the Rotary Club of Essendon extend warm congratulations to our former member and Past

President Alan Murphy. Alan was the recipient of an O.A.M on Australia Day. The well-known resident of the City of Moonee

Valley has been active in a range of organizations for many years. The citation reads "for service to the community through a

range of organizations" Alan has been a member of 3 rotary clubs for some 40 years, a member of Jaycees for 20 years and his

work as a member of the Historical Society is well known. Alan wrote the column "Murphy's Lore" for 17 years in the local

paper. We congratulate Alan.

WE ARE AUSTRALIAN

YOU KNOW YOU'RE AUSTRALIAN WHEN: You believe that stubbies can either be drunk or worn. You pronounce Melbourne as

'Mel-bin'. You believe that the letter 'l' in Australia is optional, and it's perfectly ok to call it 'Straya'. You think 'Wooloomooloo'

is a perfectly reasonable name for a place. You're secretly proud of our killer wildlife. You believe it makes perfect sense for a

country to have a............... $1 coin that’s twice as big as a $2 coin. You understand that 'Wagga Wagga' can be abbreviated to

'Wagga' but 'Woy Woy' cannot be just 'Woy'. Beetroot with your hamburger...of course! You wear UGG boots outside the

house. You believe that the more you shorten someone's name, the more you like them. You understand that 'excuse me' can

sound rude, but 'scuse me' is always polite. You know what it’s like to swallow a fly, on occasion via your nose. You know it's

not summer until the steering wheel is too hot to handle and a seat belt buckle becomes a pretty good branding iron. You know

how to abbreviate every word, all of which usually end in "o": arvo, convo, garbo, metho, milko, muso, servo, smoko, rego,

speedo, righto, etc,....you know that there is a universal place called 'Woop Woop' located in the middle of nowhere, no matter

where you actually are! And you can understand all of this, had a giggle, and tell all your Aussie and international friends. I love

Australia! :-)

Thought for the day

"Letter of Appreciation from the Royal Children’s Hospital Auxiliaries.

The Rotary Club of Essendon supplied Rotary Christmas Cakes for their Christmas Thank you Afternoon teas for their

volunteers.

The cakes were served to all attendees & the lovely Rotary tins put on display.

This was most appreciated by RCH & the attached letter was received."

ENGLISH (EN)

FOUNDATION GOALS Ron D. Burton Rotary Foundation Trustee Chair-elect 17 January 2018 Good morning! I’m delighted to be here with you to talk about my favourite Rotary topic — our Rotary Foundation. It’s so great to see many long-time Rotary friends — friends that I met perhaps at a previous International Assembly. But I’m especially pleased to see so many new faces — Rotary’s future. Rotary’s leadership for 2018-19. Because of the energy that is created here, I look forward to this meeting every year. I hope you feel that energy and are as excited to be here as I am. I’m sure you’ve been told about this meeting from those who have been here before you. But, no matter what you were told, there is nothing like experiencing it for yourself. Words are inadequate to describe the experience, so immerse yourself in it — work hard, play hard — and enjoy every last second. This is by far the most magical meeting of Rotary International — the International Assembly, where we come together from all corners of the globe to learn about Rotary, to experience fellowship, and to build relationships that will last a life-time. We enter to learn and go forth to serve! As chair of The Rotary Foundation for 2018-19, it is my responsibility to establish goals for our Foundation during our year of service together — to hopefully inspire you even more to support our Foundation and to make 2018-19 the greatest year ever in our history. But I need your help. Knowing that you support our Foundation and are committed to its success, I have established an exciting, comprehensive fundraising goal which is both challenging and achievable. It will require all of us to work, but it will allow us to fulfil our commitment to the world to improve the quality of life for all mankind — something I think we’re all committed to. Building on the tremendous success of The Rotary Foundation’s centennial year, coupled with the success we are experiencing this year, the Annual Fund goal will be $137 million. Our goal for polio will be $150 million, consisting of $50 million from Rotarians, clubs, districts, and friends of Rotary. The

remaining $100 million is the match from the Gates Foundation. RON

Based on historical cash giving, our goal for global grant cash and other outright gifts is $31.5 million. The goal for outright gifts to the Endowment Fund is $26.5 million, and our goal for Endowment Fund expectancies is $35 million. When you add these goals together, that makes our total comprehensive fundraising goal for 2018-19 $380 million. Achievement of this goal will allow us to continue funding the myriad of life-changing programs Rotarians and Rotary clubs undertake each and every day. In conjunction with our comprehensive fundraising goal, I want to share with you four priorities developed and adopted by the Trustees to continue moving our Foundation forward for the next three years. These priorities are straightforward and provide us with challenges and opportunities beginning 1 July 2018 — the day we take office. Our first priority will come as no surprise to anyone: ending polio. Ending polio has been and continues to be the number one priority of our entire organization. Last October, Rotary clubs worldwide hosted over 3,400 events in conjunction with Rotary’s fifth annual World Polio Day. The event was held at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Seattle headquarters and viewed, via livestreaming, by some 150,000 people all across the world. That day was more than a progress report. It was a testament to the unsung heroes of the polio eradication effort. It was a testament to you, my fellow Rotarians. For some 30 years, Rotarians have participated in immunization days; we have persuaded parents to allow their children to be immunized; we have pushed governments to make good on their promises; we have spread awareness; we have given of our time, our talent, and our treasure — and the list goes on and on. We have done this to ensure that no child ever suffers from this horrible, preventable disease again. We are certainly aware that ending polio is not a sprint — it’s a marathon. And today, we are on the final leg of that marathon with the finish line in sight — but we are not there yet. Our greatest challenge is still in front of us. We made a promise to the children of the world, and because of that promise, polio cases have plummeted more than 99.9 percent. We must remain committed, and we must fulfil our promise.

The second priority is to increase sustainability of our service efforts within the six areas of focus. Success in our global grants program depends upon Rotary clubs’ and districts’ conducting thorough needs assessments. For Rotary, a service project is sustainable only if it provides a long-term solution to a problem that the members of that community can support long after the grant funding ends. It is not enough that we think we know what a community needs — it is critical that we work with the community to see what that community really needs and to get them to buy in — to own the project. Additionally, where possible, purchase equipment and technology from local sources. Leverage your grant by seeking and partnering with local entities. And, above all, stay engaged — be sure to measure your success over time so that your project remains sustainable and continues to provide the support and services that lead you to do the project in the first place. That is how Rotary can make a lasting impact. Our third priority is to encourage every district to use all of their District Designated Funds each year — to encourage doing

more good in the world. There are many ways these funds can be used to benefit your clubs, district, and the world, including

using them for district grants, using them for global grants, giving them to PolioPlus, or contributing them to another district to

enhance a project.

Now is the time to review your district’s balance, determine how much you will have available, and plan how you and your district will use these funds in the coming year. Your Rotarians did not contribute money to our Foundation to build a savings account. They made their contributions for the purpose of Doing Good in the World. There is certainly no shortage of opportunities. So engage your Rotarians. Put those funds to work now. Our fourth priority is one that is near and dear to my heart. It’s something I’ve been promoting for almost 30 years since I found out that our permanent endowment fund was only $2 million. We have made tremendous progress in those ensuing years, but we have so much potential if we will only tell our story. Very simply, it is to build our Rotary Foundation to $2,025 million by 2025, and we are well on track to do just that. Our Endowment today stands at just over $1.1 billion, with $421 million in hand and $767 million in commitments. Just imagine the good we will be able to do with a $2 billion Endowment!

In order for us to reach this goal, we not only need to increase our membership, but we also need to increase the number of Rotarians and others supporting our Foundation — we need to expand our donor base. True philanthropy is not measured by the size of one’s gift but rather by the gift in relation to one’s financial ability. Rotarians should be encouraged to make our Foundation their Foundation — and, if not their charity of choice, at least one of their charities of choice. Charity Navigator is the largest and most utilized evaluator of charities in the United States, evaluating over 9,000 charities. Their rating system examines two broad areas of a charity’s performance: their financial health, and their accountability and transparency. These ratings show donors how efficiently a charity uses their support today, how well it has sustained its programs and services over time, and its level of commitment to good governance, best practices, and openness with information. By providing these ratings, it is Charity Navigator’s hope that charitable donors can make intelligent giving decisions so the not for profit sector can improve its performance. Again in 2017, The Rotary Foundation received the highest possible score from Charity Navigator for its strong financial health and its commitment to accountability and transparency. This is the 10th straight year we have received a four-star rating. On their webpage, they list the top 10 best charities everyone’s heard of, and The Rotary Foundation is tied for first place with two other charities with a perfect score of 100. Our effort to build our Foundation to $2,025 million by 2025 presents a compelling incentive for gifts and commitments to our Foundation. It provides each one of us with the prestige of establishing our own personal legacy within Rotary’s Endowment — a gift to one of the best stewards for charitable giving in the world, our Foundation, for the “purpose of doing good” Jetta and I are among those who firmly believe in our Foundation. We are creating a legacy with Rotary through our contributions. We established our endowment fund in the early ’90s because we understood that giving to the Endowment ensures Rotary’s life-saving programs will positively impact generations to come in perpetuity. We continue to build it. It was the right decision then and is still the right decision today. Our endowment provides income on an annual basis to the World Fund.

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THE ROTARY CLUB OF ESSENDON Inc.

District 9800 – Chartered 1935

This certificate is presented to

MADELINE BUTCHER

Who was selected by

Buckley Park Secondary College

As the school’s candidate for the

2018 Joe Bradbury award.

Congratulations and best wishes

Dr. Peter D. Baker Jenny Foster

Director Youth Services President

The Rotary Club of Essendon The Rotary Club of Essendon

8 December 2017

Help yourself and help the Club by banking with Strathmore Community Bank. For example, take out a home loan

and the club will receive up to $500. Take out a 3 month fixed term deposit and the club will receive up to $50.

For more details drop into the branch at 337 Napier St or call branch Manager David Porter on 9374-2607.

EVENTS CALENDAR DATE SPEAKER/EVENT VENUE

30th Jan 2018 Committee’s vision for 2018 – Committee Directors

Computer Teaching class

The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm

4th Feb 2018 Australia day BBQ – Home of Boris & Ineke Struk – 8 Hull Court Greenvale

8 Hull Court Greenvale

6th Feb 2018 Malcolm MacLlvena – History of Coburg The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm

13th Feb 2017 RCE Fellowship Lunch – No Guest Speaker The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm

20th Feb 2018 Stephen Wojnarowski – Essendon and its place in the Census

The Anglers Tavern 6pm start Night meeting

27th Feb 2018 Carolyn Larsen – 100 things you need to know about ancient Greece

The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm

6th March 2018 Dr Peter Condos – Man behind the badge 36 years later

The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm

13th March 2018 Fiona Patten – Voluntary assisted dying and any other parliamentary matters

The Anglers Tavern 12.30 pm for 1pm to 2pm

20th March 2018 Dinner meeting The Anglers Tavern 6pm start

27th March 2018 No Meeting – Art Show

3rd April 2018 Brumby Babes Talk – Gaye Cariss & Maria Kouppas

The Anglers Tavern- Time TBA

10th April 2018 Speakers- Lien Trinh- Project Manager “End Trachoma 2020 (Rotary Scholar)

Murray Verso – Foundation David Abbey – Royce & Jean Abbey

Foundation

Venue TBA

17th April 2018 David Sullivan – Lawyer Crownbet The Anglers Tavern 6pm to 7.30pm

15th May 2018 Charter Night & Book Launch- Guest speaker Alex Lavelle – Editor The Age & Alan Murphy

TBA

15th June 2018 President changeover dinner TBA

Have you taken any photos on your iphone, or camera in

this past Rotary Year?

Can I please have them forwarded to:

M.Kouppas@hotmail.com

Many of these photos will form a special memento of this

past year, and I would like to use them as part of the

year in summary.

I appreciate your help with this. Remember any Rotary

function or event….

Thanking you in anticipation

Maria