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in Australia or Overseas. The maximum value granted by the Foundation is $4,000 and this is matched dollar for dollar by the Club applying. The Grant is paid by the Foundation after completion of the project and appropriate reporting of the outcomes.

Global Grants These are for larger scale International Humanitarian Aid projects. The minimum project cost is $30,000 and maximum $200,000 and the Club has to contribute 25% to this. The Rotary Club of Glenferrie for example has applied for a Global Grant with the Club’s Sumba Eye project. The Rotary Club of Altona City was the first Club in our District to succeed with one of these – Project Uganda, which involves supplying clean water to a village about 25 km from Kampala and has just been completed. These may involve several Clubs coordinating internationally, for example, the Rotary Club of Celle (Germany) have just succeeded with a global grant partnering the Rotary Club

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Forgotten Capitalist Heroes

Maternity Kits for Timor

Cold Chain

Money Spinners

Indigenous Health

One Thousand Teddies

Effective Rotarians

Notices & Events

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DG Weekly MessageRotary Foundation

Dear District 9800 Rotarians,

I have been really impressed with all the activity around our Clubs for Foundation Month and congratulate every Club that has participated in Foundation initiatives for their great work. Last week I attended the District Foundation seminar at Graduate House in Carlton and again it was great to see so many attendees from our Clubs gathering for this terrific educational opportunity. One of the best summaries that came from the event was provided by Rotary Club of Glenferrie President Don Heath to his Club. I’d like to share an edited extract of what Don wrote as part of my message, as I think it gives a great overview of what the Foundation does and how it works.

The Mission of the Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance World understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, education and the alleviation of poverty. The following is a summary of the many different Foundation programs in which Rotary Clubs around the World are involved.

District Grants These are for Humanitarian projects

District Governor Keith Ryall and Gabrielle

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of Brighton with an Indigenous Australian project.

Rotary International Foundation FundThere are two parts to this: The Annual Program is for today. This is the main source of Foundation Grants. The Rotary Club of Glenferrie (like many District 9800 Clubs) contributes $100 per member per annum. Another great way the Rotary Club of Glenferrie is contributing to the Annual Program is by donating all of the Club’s fines from Foundation Month in November to this program.

The Permanent Fund is for the future. This is never spent. The interest is used to fund Foundation programs such as the eradication of Polio. Rotary International plan to have $US1 billion invested in this fund by 2025. Our Club supports this through the EREY program – Every Rotarian Every Year (this used to be called the Centurion program) where members agree to contribute $100 per annum.

The Royce Abbey Award Named after District 9800’s own Rotary International President, the purpose of the Royce Abbey Award is to encourage members who are relatively new to Rotary to further develop and benefit from using the talents they have demonstrated in furthering the object of Rotary at Club, District and International level. The award encourages Clubs to contribute US$1000 through the R.I. Foundation to the Royce and Jean Abbey Cultural Ambassadorial Scholarship, a program that is available to assist the training of young men and women in developing countries.

Post Graduate Scholarships These are the old Ambassadorial Scholarships. We can nominate a student to study at a University

overseas and be looked after by a local Rotary Club. These are paid by the Rotary Foundation and are worth $25,000 p.a. to the student.

Rotary Peace Centre ScholarshipsMany people argue that this is the most important initiative by Rotary, as without world peace we can achieve nothing. Even our polio eradication program is severely restricted by war in 3 of the last 4 countries that still suffer from viral polio. Every Club should be encouraged to investigate finding a candidate to nominate for this Scholarship.

Group Study ExchangeTeams of 6-10 younger professionals travel to study how their vocation operates in another country. Our District has two teams travelling to other Districts around the world this year, one to D5230 in Southern California and one to D3030 in Nagpur, India. Clubs and Rotarians fortunate enough to have hosted our recent teams from America, Spain, Sweden or Turkey will fondly recall their visits, while we can be proud of the individuals we have sent overseas in these cultural exchange teams, a number of whom have come back to go on to join Rotary.

Group Fellowship ExchangeTeams of 6-10 Rotarians travel to another country to learn more about it. The Rotary Club of Glenferrie organised to host a visit from Canada two years ago through Norm Fary, the experience being a highly rewarding one for all involved.

There is no doubt that the money we raise to donate to our own Rotary Foundation is being put to incredibly good use and it is being done by Rotarians and their Clubs who are very similar to us – together we achieve something special.

Finally I would like to share Rotary

International’s story of Arch Klumph, our ever R.I. President.

In 1917, RI President Arch C. Klumph proposed that an endowment be set up “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” In 1928, when the endowment fund had grown to more than US$5,000, it was renamed The Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International.Five Trustees, including Klumph, were appointed to “hold, invest, manage, and administer all of its property . . . as a single trust, for the furtherance of the purposes of RI.” Two years later, the Foundation made its first grant of $500 to the International Society for Crippled Children. Fast forward to 2011 and support of the Foundation has grown tremendously. Since the first donation of $26.50 in 1917, it has received contributions totalling more than $1 billion. To date, more than one million individuals have been recognized as Paul Harris Fellows – people who have given $1,000 to the Annual Programs Fund or have had that amount contributed in their name. The decision of just one man, Arch C. Klumpf, to create something lasting for the betterment of the world, today stands tall as the Rotary Foundation continues its vital work for international understanding and world peace. Today, you too can help create something lasting by donating to the Foundation and seeing your money work to do good in the world in perpetuity – have a great Foundation month and keep up the great work!

Yours in Rotary,

Keith RyallDistrict 9800 Governor2011-2012

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The death of Steve Jobs has offered us a symbol which is surprisingly rare: the capitalist as a hero.

The tributes to the Apple co-founder have praised his vision, entrepreneurial drive, single-mindedness, how he defied convention, and developed a business model centred on innovation.

These attributes are not unique to Jobs. He is an icon because of our relationship to the products he developed. And Apple made a point of showcasing Jobs - he launched their new products personally.

But his death reveals a peculiar cultural blindness. We don’t often celebrate the achievements of capitalist entrepreneurs, in life or in death. Military leaders, political figures, religious and royal icons, yes, but not capitalists.

August this year saw the death of Keith Tantlinger, the American inventor and entrepreneur who, with his business partner Malcom McLean, developed, marketed and sold the modern shipping container beginning in the 1950s.The standardised container sounds simple, but it was revolutionary.

Before the container, goods would be stuffed, manually and arbitrarily, into the irregular shaped holds of ships. This incurred enormous labour costs, theft and accidental losses. Armies of unionised longshoremen would load a ship by hand, unload it by hand, load the cargo onto trains and trucks by hand, and helped themselves to samples. The expense of all of this had to be factored into the price of consumer goods.

McLean and Tantlinger had to face down unions protecting their members from the threat of a standardised, secure, labour-saving container, and the automation those containers made possible. They had to face down regulators protecting the trucking industry from competition. Ports unsuited to the new containers confronted closure.

Gone are the old ports of New York. The great ports of the world are now

in Le Havre, Busan, Felixstowe and Tanjung Pelepas.

This largely unheralded story is told in a 2006 book The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger by Marc Levinson. It is not much exaggeration to say that we owe a great deal of the last half-century of globalisation to their big metal box. Thanks to the container, the cost of transporting goods is near zero. Markets which were local are now global. Manufacturing networks are spread across hemispheres.

It is that box which allows Apple to produce the iPhone and iPad at lowest cost in Shenzhen and Brazil. And that box which facilitates the production of the iPad’s competitors.

Not to diminish Steve Jobs, but there is no person on earth who hasn’t benefited from the entrepreneurial drive of Tantlinger and McLean.

>> Read the full articleVisit http://www.ipa.org.au/news/2492/the-capitalist-heroes-we-forget

The capitalist heroes we forgetBy Chris Berg

Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011

Keith Tantlinger (1919 - 2011)

Malcolm McLean (1913 - 2001)

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Last weeks feature on the great work that Jeremy Oats and his team are embarking on to improve midwifery skills in East Timor highlights the need and the opportunities.

While the Rotary World has an understandable focus on Africa we should not forget that some of the poorest countries in the world are our Pacific Rim neighbours and the special responsibility we have to help them.

If you look at a map of Australia you will notice two large islands next to the mainland; Tasmania and Timor. Given the fickle nature of exploration and history it does not require a lot of imagination to consider that Tasmania could be an independent nation and Timor could be part of Australia.

Would we accept that 1 in 35 women Tasmania die in or as a result of childbirth? These facts are not new and due to the support our District has already given, many lives have been saved. To save lives the medical skills have to be improved and basic materials supplied. While many may be aware of the great work that Jill Forsyth from the Rotary Club of Kew has done setting up the soap factories in East Timor how many know that when they were started 6 years ago it was to produce soap for the Alola Maternity Kits. Many new mothers still lack simple things like soap to wash with after giving birth. The need for Maternity Kits is still acute and we have the chance to make a difference today.

>> For more information Visit http://www.alola.org.au

“NEW MOTHER WAITS 2 HOURS FOR AN AMBULANCE TO GET TO HOSPITAL” will never be a headline in an East Timor newspaper. In many places there is no ambulance, paramedic or a hospital within two hours. Again we have the opportunity to make a difference. The Bairo Pite Clinic in Dili needs 45 hospital beds, 15 wheel chairs and other medical equipment that is currently in stock at our Donations In Kind Store. All that is required is the money to ship them. It only costs $150/bed for freight which is not beyond the means of any Club. $200/club would ship two 40’ containers of medical equipment and supplies that would be one of the best Christmas presents that the people of East Timor could ever receive. It does not cost a lot to make a lasting difference.

>> For more information or to assist please contact Laurie or David at dik.vic.rotary@gmail.com and remember all donations can be tax deductable.

Maternity Kits for TimorBy David Dippie, RC Keilor

Beds for Kiribati (RC Essendon North Project) utilising a more efficient packing method.

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Clem Renouf (now Sir Clem) was RI President in 1978–79. He was Australia’s second RI President and is, of course, best known as the father of Rotary’s polio eradication program.

In his own words to The 7.30 Report’s John Taylor, Sir Clem said, “And on the way back on the aircraft I picked up a magazine, the Reader’s Digest, and there I read for about the same money that’s been spent on two Australian warships I’d seen in a harbour, WHO had eradicated smallpox. So when I got back to our headquarters I telephoned Dr John Sever, who was one of my district governors, who was then the head of the infectious diseases division of the National Institutes of Health in Washington, DC. I said to him, “John, is there anything we could do similarly to that?”

Sir Clem shares his birthday with Rotary founder Paul Harris (19 April), although he is 53 years younger.

He reminisces about some controversial events during his presidential year at http://www.rotarynambour.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=41&Itemid=40

Vaccines reach remote locations through the cold chain

Rotary International News - 28 October 2011

When Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985, the “plus” signaled the belief that the polio eradication effort would increase immunisations against five other diseases prevalent in children: measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, whooping cough, and tetanus. As time went on, the list of benefits grew.

Polio immunisation campaigns created an avenue for other lifesaving health interventions, such as the distribution of vitamin A supplements. New equipment for transporting and storing vaccines made it easier to combat infectious diseases in developing areas.

The enormous network of laboratories and health clinics charged with identifying new cases of polio began to monitor the spread of other viruses as well. And the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which Rotary helped create, rose to international prominence as a model for public-private partnerships to address world health issues.

The “plus” in PolioPlus means that Rotarians are doing more than stopping the spread of polio in the last four countries in which it is endemic; they also are building a legacy of infrastructure and partnerships that will support the fight against infectious disease long after polio is gone.

Transporting vaccines to developing areas is no easy task. From the time they leave the manufacturer until they reach recipients, vaccines must be kept between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius (though some may be frozen at -15 to -25 degrees). Variances of even a few degrees could spoil an entire shipment, leaving children without the protection they need.

The “cold chain” created to distribute polio vaccine has been used to transport other vaccines, such as measles, tetanus, and diphtheria. An estimated one-third of the cold chain capacity in sub-Saharan Africa was implemented to support polio eradication.

>> For more informationVisit Global Outlook

My Year as RI President

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For the second year, the Rotary Club of Caulfield co-ordinated the collection of Coles Sports Vouchers and Woolworths Earn n’ Learn receipt points for two local Primary Schools. The new Rotaract Club of Monash University (Caulfield) set up a weekly stall in the University Student Union which, in addition to promoting Rotaract projects, served as a collection point for the vouchers and receipts. MONSU (Caulfield) student union service desk also served as a collection point for the University community.

The Rotary Club of Caulfield has a Money Spinner in the Foyer of Westpac Bank (Carnegie), which also operated as a collection point. These joint endeavours resulted in the collective donations of-

• 401 Coles Sports vouchers and 124 Woolworths Earn n’ Learn receipt points to Carnegie Primary School; and

• 1,407 Coles Sports vouchers and 385 Woolworths Earn n’ Learn receipt points to Caulfield Primary School

This simple yet very effective no-cost Community Project is recommended to other Clubs. All that is needed is a well known and regularly available collection point, the permission of the relevant School to collect on their behalf and a Club member willing to collect and collate the contributions on a weekly basis and to drop them at the relevant school.

The mirth resulting from watching contributors try to insert lengths of Coles vouchers into the Money Spinner like trails of spaghetti, was well worth undertaking the Project in addition to the benefits which it gave to the school community endeavours. Such a project also helps to forge stronger community links between the participants.

A Real Money-Spinner By Heather Welsh, RC Caulfield

>> See Caulfield Rotary Club’s Money Spinner at Murrumbeena Community Market: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwHWYvPoXHI

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Even in an age where a person can receive basic medical treatment over the phone, Australia’s Indigenous population remain the sub group of Australians with the highest number of health problems.

Members of the Indigenous population are nearly twice as likely to develop heart disease or die from a lifestyle related cancer. Diabetes is 3.5 times more common in Indigenous communities and those over the age of 18 are twice as likely to develop psychological distress than someone of non-Indigenous descent.

Almost a quarter of Australia’s Indigenous population live in remote Australia, where access to medical services and facilities is limited. Further complicating matters is the fact that Indigenous Australians are known to seek out treatments from other members of the Indigenous community with whom they feel a spiritual understanding.The Indigenous Health Scholarship program is a collaborative project between Australian Rotary Health, participating Rotary Clubs, the State

Governments of South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria and the Australian Government.

Since 2002, Indigenous Health Scholarships have been available to encourage Indigenous students to undertake training as a health professional in areas including medicine, nursing, social work, physiotherapy, psychology and dentistry.

An Indigenous Health Scholarship valued at $5,000 can make the world of difference to a struggling student. For a commitment of only $2,500 per year, your Rotary club could directly help improve the health and wellbeing of Australia’s Indigenous population.

If you would like to know more about this program and how you can help improve the health and education outcomes for Australia’s Indigenous communities, please contact Cheryl Deguara, Programs Co-ordinator, on 02 8837 1900 or email cheryldeguara@australianrotaryhealth.org.au.

ARH Hat Day

The official date for Hat Day 2012 is Friday the 18th of May. However your own Hat Day can be held at any day, at any time that suits you.

>> For more informationVisit http://www.hatday.com.au/about

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One Thousand Teddies!When Barbara Rafter, Past President of the Rotary Club

of Brimbank Central, first learnt of the Caroline Chisholm

Society, she decided to donate some hand knitted baby

clothes and teddies to help out. The bears are distributed

in baskets of new baby clothes and supplies that are given

to new mothers. The teddies are also given to children

when families first make contact for support.

Recently Barbara discovered that she had reached a milestone of donating 1000 knitted teddies and plans to continue to support the work of the CCS with her knitting donations.

The Caroline Chisholm Society is a pregnancy and family support service has offices in Moonee Ponds, Shepparton, Laverton and Caroline Springs. They provide free and confidential help to:

• expectant mothers,• sole parents with at least one child under primary school age, and• two parent families with at least one child under primary school age.

It is a professional agency of social and community workers, service support staff and volunteers, who offer pregnancy counselling and support, support for postnatal depression, parenting educational programs, material aid and family support. The Society provides services that respond to the needs of families and supports them to achieve and maintain a safe and nurturing environment. The Society is a non-denominational and non-political charity which was established in 1969.

Caroline Chisholm whose face appeared on the old Australian $5 note, arrived in Sydney from England in 1838 and was shocked to find the destitute situation of immigrant girls. She set up temporary accommodation for these women and later expanded her work to the Assistance of families, especially those with young children.

>> More information about the CCS can be found at: http://www.carolinechisholmsociety.com.au

Barbara Rafter with CEO Esther Thom-as, holding the 1000th Teddy

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Effective Rotarians can change the World through our Foundation.

do needs analysis, and if you listen to local people’s concerns, then you will not only be able to better address the specific area of need but you will also have a higher level of cooperation.

The sixth habit is Synergise. Dr Covey tells us that this a principle of creative cooperation and “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts” When we work together as a team, we accomplish much more than if we work by ourselves. Can a player win a game alone? No it takes the whole team. It is alright if there are differing ideas within the team-that will make every one think. If we all have a common goal bringing us together (doing good in the world), we will come up with creative solutions to get the job done.

The final habit is Sharpen the Saw. Essentially, this means to keep our minds sharp, stay rested, stay informed, know your program in depth, and study the information that you receive from the Rotary Foundation.

You may wish to read Dr Covey’s book. It may give you not only a better insight into your role as a Rotarian, but also into your business, professional and personal life.

The above article is a modified version of an article written by RRFC moderator Donald Mebus and published in Coordinator Communiqué.

The first three are:

• Be Proactive• Begin with the end in mind.• Put things first.

If we take a closer look at the next four habits.

The fourth habit is ThinkWin/Win. What a perfect thought for Rotary and our relationship with the rest of the world. Our Foundation’s motto is “Doing Good in the World” If we are successful with our motto, everyone wins. Our District Foundation committee and Club Foundation Chairs encourage involvement in our Foundation programs which builds bridges of understanding, builds relationships, creates better harmony and ultimately helps to bring the people of our world together. Then we can focus on the solution of problems such as polio, other diseases, hunger, literacy, economic development and who knows, ultimately, peace. By contributing funds to address these issues, donors understand that they are truly making a significant difference in people’s lives and are helping to bring about a better world.

The fifth habit is Seek to Understand, Then to be Understood. Many of you have worked ”hands on” on a Foundation project. So you already know that if you go into a community in a developing country and attempt to tell the local people what they need, your advice will fall on deaf ears. However, if you

In Dr Steven Covey’s book The Seven Habits of Effective People he lists the seven attributes common to effective people.

Catiana Doufi bathes in the Rio Bajabonico, which runs beside her home in La Grua, Dominican Republic. The community participated in an educational session earlier that morning taught by members of the Rotary Club of Puerto Plata Isabel de Torres, Puerto Plata, who introduced the bio-sand water filter as an in-home water treatment option. The project is part of an effort funded by Rotary Foundation Matching Grants.

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Notices & Upcoming Events

November

Japan - australia DayRotary Club of Glen Eira

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Business of Winning luncheonRotary Club of Camberwell

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the seekers storyRotary Club of Gisborne

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stroke aWarenessRotary Club of Richmond

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2011 granD concertRotary Club of Hawthorn

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2011 paul harris BreakfastRotary Club of Melbourne Sunrise

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rotaract charter nightRotaract Club of Monash University

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Mini golf course granD openingCamp Getaway

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ryla caMpRotary Club of Bendigo Strathdale

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January

December

gse teaM to inDia fareWell DinnerStarlight Reception Centre Taylors Lakes

international ryla RYLA in India

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RotaRy DistRict 9800 E v e n t s c a l e n d a r For a full Notices & Events calendar, visit the following link: http://www.rotarydistrict9800.org.au/notices_and_events

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Notices

situations VacantDedicated and experienced Rotarians are needed to assist in the manage-ment of the District affairs for 2013-2014.

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