The Rotary Club of Bendigo held it’s Annual General Meeting before

Tuesday’s regular meeting.

With President Brian looking after wife

Bev after her recent operation it was up to immediate Past President Wayne Smith to preside over the AGM and present the financial report for the year ended 30th June, 2012.

All was looking good for a record meeting until someone noticed the report reported a net deficit for the year and PP Wayne had to explain that some of the

distributions from previous years had not been paid out until this

year. There was some discourse that this should have been better explained within the report and I’ll hand pass that one back to the board deal with.

We welcomed Terry Dalwood from RC of Bendigo South who has taken over the mantle of Christmas Cake sales coordinator and I have included the options and contacts within the Fossicker.

Libby Hughes addressed the meeting to thank members for their support of the weekends Swap Meet rosters. Libby put a lot of work into getting the roster staffed and I think on behalf of the club she is to be congratulated on her persistence and commitment in not only getting names into the roster but also manning the staffing tent and allocating people to their appropriate roles over the weekend. Well done Libby. Please note that the volunteer passes, see pic, that Libby supplied to members need to be handed back to Libby at your earliest convenience.

Most of you will have received requests from PP Wayne about this weekends parking duties at the RV Leisurefest out at the Epsom Jockey Club. This

FossickerThe

EDITOR’S REPORT

Weekly bulletin of the Rotary Club of Bendigo Inc. - Chartered 30th July 1925 - District 9800

Editor: Noel Hobley noelhobley@bigpond.com - Distribution: The Terrace theterrace@phs.org.auCorrespondence: PO Box 131, Bendigo, 3552

PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER PASTPRESIDENT Brian Figg Kaye Graves Wayne Smith Wayne Smith

BOARDMEMBERS:President Elect - Tom SeddonClub Service - Garry GunnellCommunity Service - Libby HughesInternational Service - Valerie Barker

Vocational Service - John KrakowiakNew Generations - Phil WestRotary Foundation - Hugh Wheeler

No. 42577 - Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - A002977L

is the last of these major efforts for the silly season that this time of year has become but a big final effort is required from everyone to get us over the line. At the time of going to ‘press’ Wayne was till missing 3 more for the Friday, 3 for the Saturday and 5 for the Sunday roster.

Joy Bruce and Val Barker presented a letter and postcard from last year’s exchange student Anna Isotalo of Finland. Anna had spotted the post card in a shop and recognised her house in the background so couldn’t miss the opportunity to share it with us. They are included.

Ian Monotti gave us some notice of changes afoot with Government legislation that will impact on our club structure. Something about us ending up with two secretaries and not needing an auditor, under the legislation. Ian commented that it was probably a good idea for us to continue the practice of appointing an auditor and a public officer, no matter what the legislation says, and he will give further explanation once everything becomes final.

GUESTSPEAKERThis week’s guest speaker was Jeff Rigby, CEO of Coliban Water.

There was some attempt to hi-jack Jeff’s attendance at the meeting by the combatants in next week’s great debate, about recycled water, but Jeff was avoiding any kind of comment on the issues, less he be quoted. I think you can see PP Jack Gallagher trying to garner favour in the picture at right.

Having evaded the debate issues Jeff went on to tell us a bit about himself, born and bred country boy from

Colerain, educated in Ballarat and with an engineering degree from Ballarat University he started his working life with the Ballarat Water Board.

Jeff was the MD of the Grampians-Wimmera-Mallee Water during the replacement of the open channels system with the Wimmera Mallee pipeline that reshaped the lives of many people in the region with a reliable water source for the first time in their history.

On his horizon in the short term is next week’s public forum to present/discuss the proposed Coliban water pricing plan for the next 5 years. Good luck with that one Jeff.

Interestingly Jeff was a GSE team member 20 years ago from District 9780, which covers most of western Victoria and some of SA.

The five member team included a primary school teacher, an undertaker, a dentist, a water engineer (Jeff) and a fifth member that I failed to right down. They were hosted by District 6740 which covers some of Kentucky and Ohio in the USA.

ROSTER NOVEMBER 27 DECEMBER 4 DECEMBER 11Chairman N/A TBA TBASergeant at Arms N. Whitfield N. Whitfield I. CoatesCorporals B. Figg

B. DohertyN. HobleyA. Hampton

N. KilbyW. Smith

Cashiers G. GunnellB. Gray

D. IonescuN. Kilby

B. McMahonG. McLeod

Regalia J. Mahoney B. Penna B. PennaReception A. Glazebrook

K. GilchristR. RogersM. Hughes

R. McDonaldF. Lean

Grace J. Gallagher L. Hughes B. PennaFour Way Test J. Flood M. Horne J. Krakowiak

A Notice for Chairman - To assist the President and as a courtesy to guest speakers, when the president calls for visiting Rotarians and guests to be introduced, the Chairman for the day is asked, please, to stand and introduce the guest speaker by name with the comment that he/she will be more formally introduced later in the meeting.

Members are reminded that if for any reason you are unable to fulfil the duty for which you are rostered it is your responsibility to arrange a replacement

Jeff spoke very warmly of his experience on the exchange and still has contact with friends he made on the trip. They covered 15 city and town stopovers, billeted into the local Rotary communities and Jeff remembers that Australia’s Andrew Gaze was big news as a college basketballer, throughout Kentucky.

Jeff still had a couple of the banners he received during his trip and he present one to our club after his presentation.

NEXTWEEKNext week we will hold the ‘Great Debate’ where the teams of Glenn Reilly, Jack Gallagher and Wayne ‘Professor’ Smith against Ted Rankins, Val Barker and Peter Reading will debate the topic ‘Bendigo should be drinking recycled water’. This is an evening meeting and partners and guests are most welcome. See ya’ll there.

To finish of the meeting PP Wayne organised the drawing of the raffle and the winning ticket Orange F51 was being held aloft by Arthur Glazebrook.

Until next week,

Thanks, Editor Noel

WEBSITE: Click to visit District 9800 newsletters and videos

Anniversaries November 27 to Decem-ber 3

BIRTHDAYS: Charlie Martin Nov. 27, Tom Dobeli Nov. 28, Ian Shelton Dec. 1

ROTARY INDUCTIONS:

Nil

WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES:

Nil

CHRISTMAS CAKESChristmas Cakes and Puddings are on the agenda again and orders are being taken by the RC of Bendigo South.•Largepuddingsandcakesweight900gms.•MiniCakesandPuddingsweigh350gms.•Bakedandstoredintinstoremainfresh.•Packagedinattrativeboxes.•ManufacturedinTasmania.

LARGE $14.00 each.MINI $7.00 each.

Please place your order by contacting: Terry Dalwood, Phone 5442 6212 or 0400 476 204, email dalwoods@bigpond.com or Garry Pinner phone 5443 7188, fax 5441 4121.Please note we prefer payment at time of delivery. Postal address is Rotary Club of Bendigo South Inc. PO Box 346, Bendigo 3552.

WORLD OF DIFFERENCEDear Rotary Friends,I am sending this on to you in your capacity as Club Director International Service on behalf of Bronwyn Stephens of the Rotary Club of Melbourne South.Bronwyn is the District Chair of the World of Difference Program and spends considerable time in Cambodia organising and leading humanitarian tours to support the children and families in villages and in orphanages.The attachments herewith explain an opportunity for your club to donate something very practical in the spirit of Christmas giving.Bronwyn would be very pleased to hear from you should you wish to discuss matters related to this idea.I hope that you are enjoying your role as a key person in raising the profile of International Service in your club.Very best wishes, Julie MasonRotary District 9800Director International Service

SEE DETAILS INCLUDED.

Water well $150

Tools for agriculture $30

Water filter $60

Pig

$60

Make a World of difference

this Christmas

Schoolbooks

$10

www.WOD.org.au wod@melbournesouthrotary.com.au

No administration expenses

Donation is spent in Cambodia to

purchase your gift.

Bicycle $50

School uniform for a child

$10

Basic medicines $30

Water pump $190

A project of the Rotary Club of Melbourne South,

and endorsed by District 9800

RAWCS listed project 1-2012-13

Make a Rotary project your humanitarian

choice for Christmas giving this year.

Gift cards outlining the gift will come with a

little angel Christmas tree decoration, a

handmade project of Future Light Orphanage.

Seeds for crops $20

A project of the Rotary Club of Melbourne South,

and endorsed by District 9800

RAWCS listed project 1-2012-13

ITEM PRICE Quantity

School backpack $5

School uniform and shoes for a child $10

Exercise books for school children (100) $10

Seeds for crops $20

Tools for agriculture $30

Fish for aquaculture $30

Basic medications $30

Bicycle for a school child $50

Pig $60

Water filter $60

Water well $150

Water pump $190

Name:

Address:

Phone:

Would you like RAWCS to issue a receipt for tax purposes? Yes No

Please complete details below and gift cards with complimentary angels (handmade by women that Future Light Orphanage supports) will be posted to you within 3 working days. Please post a cheque or deposit payment electronically to Rotary Club of Melbourne South Trading as World of Difference BSB 633000 - Account number 146927611.

Gifts that keep on giving for Christmas

Order form

Options to send:

Email details to

wod@melbournesouthrotary.com.au

Fax this form to 03 9596 0471

Or post to: PO Box 419, South Melbourne 3204

Thankyou for your support of the people in

Cambodia who need our care and generosity.

Seinajoki - Wednesday 19/09 - Hello!!I wanted to address this letter to the whole club, so I sent it this Bendigo Club where you gather. Hopefully it will eventually find its way to your meetings.So on Monday I finally got to meet the club that sent me over there. They had a lunch meeting, and it was their 30th anniversary. In Finland 50 is often the magical age with everything, and before that there’s no big celebration, so the meeting was just half an hour longer than a usual one. Instead of guest speaker, the funding members of the club were telling the story of the club, I had a speech about my year, and almost the whole Rotary Club of IImajoki (neighbour town) mad a visit and brought five red roses. The visiting club also sang the birthday song (you hear that song often here, since it seems to suit every situation, since our birthday song just says: “Lot’s of congratulations”...).Oh, and there was cake, good reason to join the meeting! (PS. Alida, Joy and Val, some of the kilos really are gone already!).But after that long introduction let’s get to the point: I gave your banner there, which they thought to be beautifully detailed, and I received their banner to be sent to you guys over there. Good excuse to send you also a letter full of greetings and nonsense.Soon I’ll take again some old stuff to the Oppshops, one of the most concrete ways to notice you’ve changed during that year is probably growing out of your old things. I’ve got to know pretty well the both Aussie exchange-students in our school, and in two weeks

we’ll be a host family for Kaitlyn from KooWeerup.This is in many ways very much of a Rotary week, since today we’ll also hear some brainwash speeches to join Rotex (the just returned exchange students).It’s been really nice here in Finland, great to be with old friends, and because of my changes make many new ones, but I also miss Australia often. So don’t forget about me, ‘cause I’ll be back!! (As soon as possible)Be well, catch you later!Miss you - Anna Isotalo. XXXXX

Hello from Anna in Finland

I found this post-card of my home town where you can see our house (I think I’ve at some point shown it already to someone...) Anyway I circled the window of my room, since circling the whole house would’ve been messy.It’s spring in the card, ‘cause the snow has melted from the road and the yards of the houses, but there’s still some left on the hill they sit in.So greetings!!

THE FOUR WAY TESTof the things we think, say or do...

1.IsittheTRUTH?

3.WillitbuildGOODWILLandBETTERFRIENDSHIPS?

2.IsitFAIRtoallconcerned?

4.WillitbeBENEFICIALtoallconerned?

COMING EVENTSCOMMUNITY

CAROLS

As many Rotarians as possible will be needed for this big event on Sunday 23rd December.

A roster is about to be prepared.

If you are NOT able to assist you please advise John Flood, Ron Rogers or Barry Penna as soon

as possible or e-mail John Flood on jaflood@impulse.net.au.

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Our annual club Christmas Party will be celebrated with an evening meeting on Tuesday,

December 18.

This will be held at the Bendigo Club with pre-dinner drinks on the new balcony overlooking

the bowling green. Details will be included in the Fossicker at a later date.

INTERNATIONAL SERVICEPlease find attached some information about the Mandala Foundation’s upcoming Vocations in Aid (ViA) conference, which may be of interest to some of your members and youth networks who are involved or are interested in working or volunteering on international aid and development projects.

The conference will be held in Melbourne on Friday 7th December, 2012. The theme for this year’s conference is ‘Pathways in Humanitarian Aid and International Development’, and it is suitable for prospective aid workers and volunteers of all ages and vocational backgrounds, from school and tertiary students to professionals and retirees. Returned aid workers and volunteers will share their experiences of working and building a career in the aid sector, from short-term field deployments right through to managerial and headquarter-based roles. Representatives from a range of organisations will also talk about their recruitment processes and policies for supporting staff and volunteers across the cycle of deployment, and Mandala Foundation psychologists will offer insight into effective psychosocial support strategies to support more psychologically resilient, prepared and responsible aid workers and volunteers.

It would be much appreciated if you would consider sharing information about the conference with members at your next meeting, or include it on your club’s website/newsletter. Alternatively, please feel free to forward this email and the attached flyer to your members and affiliated community networks.

More information about the conference is available at: http://www.mandalafoundation.org.au/index.php?page=via2012

Kind Regards, Alanna Myers Communications Officer Mandala Foundation Inc.

INNER WHEEL THANKSThe Bendigo Inner Wheel ladies would love to give our Rotarians a hug and a big vote of thanks for supporting our fundraiser at the Bendigo Stadium last Tuesday night.

The evening was very successful – socially and financially – and our National Project of Cord Blood Stem Cell Research will benefit immensely.

Thank you sincerely, Rotarians.

President Gwen Rankins, for all members.

ViA Vocations in AidPathways in Humanitarian Aid & International Development

The Mandala Foundation is proud to present:

Friday 7th December, 2012 - MelbourneOne-day conference and exhibition

Have a love of travel and want to make a difference? Want to use your

skills and interests to assist and exchange with others? Interested in

developing a global career?

... then international aid work may be for you.

Come along to ViA to find out how.

; Discover potential pathways in international aid in your vocational area

; Hear vocational stories from experienced aid workers, volunteers and local staff

; Find out about competencies that are valuable in international aid work as well as recruitment, application and selection processes

; Interact with and ask questions of experienced aid workers and volunteers through peer learning and mentoring sessions

Date: Friday 7th December, 2012Time: 8:45am – 5:15pmVenue: William Angliss Institute Building A, Level 5 555 La Trobe Street, MelbourneEnquiries: (+61 3) 9005 0808 or expo@mandalafoundation.org.auCost: Concession: $55.00 (inc. GST) Standard: $71.50 (inc. GST)

; Gain tips and resources for preparing and remaining resilient on overseas assignments including psychological, health, cultural and security issues

; Meet a range of agencies that recruit humanitarian aid and development workers for overseas projects

; Learn about university and TAFE courses that support vocational pathways in aid

MANDALA FOUNDATION

Thursday 6th December, 2012 Pre-conference workshops: 2.00 – 6.00pm

Sector network meeting with Melbourne Development Circle: 6.00pm onwards

Strengthening humanitarian action through the psychosocial support of staff, projects and management systems

More information: www.mandalafoundation.org.au

Photo: Engineers Without Borders Australia

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GOLDFIELDS CLUSTER MEETINGS

BendigoSandhurst

Wednesday 7.30 am

BRIT Restaurant.BendigoSouth

Thursday 6.30 pmFoundry Hotel

BendigoStrathdaleTuesday 6.30 pm

All Seasons Quality ResortEaglehawk

Wednesday, 6.30 pmCalifornia Gully

Mechanics Institute