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CHADDY CHATTER 17th July ‘17

G’Day All, A great social night last Wednesday at the Camberwell Rotary Art Show and dinner afterwards, especially good to see Carole Stubbs and Gregor Howie who we haven’t seen around the Club for some time. Rumour has it that some Club members are looking for some extra hanging space… I’m looking forward to hearing from Mark Bella from Rotary Box Hill Central on toilets and sanitation projects in India, as this week’s guest speaker. Initial Team allocations will be out in the next few days so watch your inboxes. I’ll say from the outset that if you are in a spot you really don’t like then please give me a call. As a Board we’ve spent some time to get the right mix in teams to balance a bunch of factors including member’s preference, providing opportunities to utilise and share experience as well as gaining new experience and making sure that the composition of our Service and Enabling Teams reflect the make-up and demographic of our Club. Just on the demographic and make-up of the Club, I was doing some membership stats during the week for our upcoming AG & DG visits. I talked at Changeover about “the ageing of Rotary” and that the average Aussie is 38 years old, yet the 35-49 year old box I had to tick in the form I was filling out was the least represented bracket. And I was genuinely surprised by the next stat: 24 to 21 members “actively employed” vs retired, (and yes I agree that those terms and numbers are rubbery). So what do those numbers mean? You might say they reflect an ageing club which is a threat in terms of the Club’s membership over the medium term, but I also see it as opportunity, in theory we have about half the members of the Club able to do service, to make a difference, not just on the weekends, but during business hours too….just a thought.

Cheers, President Rod

What is on this week?

Mark Balla is a founding

director of We Can’t Wait - a not for profit that works towards its mission of providing clean, safe and sustainable sanitation solutions for schools and surrounding communities in the developing world.

Birth kit packaging day at

Louise Young's house. 1000

kits were assembled and

helping with this was Alison

Simpson-Bull, Rosemary,

Dawn, Marg Joss, Elaine Hall,

Louise M, Barb M, and the

token male….Paul

Malvern Valley Primary School

Retaining Wall Project Working Bee

Final Working Bee to lay the

sleepers on Sunday 6th August. We

need 4-6 happy and hearty folks

Contact Alick to let him know you

fit the bill

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CHADDY CHATTER 17th July ‘17 Wednesday What’s On?

19th July Speaker: Mark Balla from Rotary Box Hill speaking on Service Projects in India

26th July Team Meetings

2nd August Guest Speaker - TBA

9th August Ad Hoc

DATE EVENT Details/ Contact

6th August MVPS – Completion of Retainer Wall Alick

6th August “Jazz Afternoon Tea” Tania

12th August Chadstone Craft Market Paul, Judy, David

13th August Membership/Marketing Seminar Sandi

20th September DG Peter and Anne Frueh visit Rod

Wednesday Sergeant Chairman Welcome

& Regalia Front Desk

19th July Tania Vijay Judy Barbara

Bill H

26th July Chris D Rod Alick George

David K

2nd August Caroline A Dawn/Janet Sandi & ?

Cheryl J

9th August Paul Lyle Caroline Andrew

Lyndon

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CHADDY CHATTER 17th July ‘17

We had a great evening at the

Camberwell Art Show!! Was another

fabulous event arranged by Rotary

Camberwell – Well done! And it

was great that Carole Stubbs and

Gregor Howie joined us not only for

the Art Show but also for dinner

afterwards at the Glenferrie Hotel!

Thanks to Judy for organising a

great evening

See the website for a

wonderful letter from

one of the BusyFeet

student Parents.