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Basic Education and Literacy Month Month
 
 
 
       
Meeting By Zoom invitation
One day we will be normal again.
 
 
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Sep 03, 2020
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Board Meeting September
Sep 23, 2020
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Sep 24, 2020
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August 3
 
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August 8
 
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August 23
 
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Harry Ziegerink
Trudy
August 21
 
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August 17, 2017
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Sep 17, 2020
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Oct 29, 2020
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Welcome to our Club!
Thursdays at 7:00 PM
Old Shire Office.
Point Nepean Rd
Dromana, VIC 3936
Australia
We will be back when we are allowed. We currently meet online with Zoom invitations. So just don't turn up to the above location at the moment because there will be no-one there!!
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Hi all

Thanks to all those who join us for our Zoom meetings. I understand that sometimes technology gets in the way of joining us occasionally. It has happened to me. But I value your attendance so I don't forget what you look and sound like. And in particular I, more than ever, value your ideas and contributions during a lockdown with no end in sight. AND WE NEED IDEAS!!!

BULLETIN

 
Thanks again to Rod Troutbeck for taking over the bulletin publishing. We just need more members to dip their toes in the turbulent waters of ClubRunner when you get in there you will find the water is fine!!!

FORD

It is great to see the partners getting so involved in Carols FORD group. So please encourage your partners when they invited to submit their story to do so. Partnerships in particular value the chance of getting to know each other.

Fireside chat

I will be joining DG Mark on his fireside chat on the 1st of September with a guest speaker presenting on the history of gin
I hope some of you will join for a tipple!

Snow

This time of year I usually try to get a bit of skiing in. And August can be a bit iffy re snow cover in some years so just look at the photo of snow almost covering our ski lodge at Mt Buller; and I am not able to go there! In fact we have had to close the place for the whole season because of lockdown.

 

Message from RI President Holger Knaack

Greetings, fellow Rotarians and Rotaractors!
I am so honoured to serve as your president this year. We have important work ahead of us at Rotary,
and we are going to have a lot of fun as we do it.
Last year, we launched our five-year Action Plan to build a stronger future for Rotary. We are working
to increase our impact, expand our reach, enhance participant engagement, and increase our ability to
adapt. The last several months have shown that we — as Rotarians and Rotaractors — can realise
these goals as we forge a new path for the future.
Without question, COVID-19 has posed new and previously unimaginable challenges for Rotary. But
within every challenge is perhaps an even greater opportunity. And while I could not have known what
lay ahead when I selected my theme for the year, Rotary Opens Opportunities has even greater
relevance as we begin our new Rotary year.
I am incredibly inspired by how our members have adapted and responded to COVID-19. This global
pandemic has made it difficult for many of our clubs to operate as usual, but we persevered, and over
the past few months, I’ve enjoyed connecting with my fellow Rotarians and Rotaractors in a new way:
by visiting hundreds of clubs from my home. It’s been fun to attend so many meetings virtually. If you
haven’t already, I encourage your club to try an online meeting or add an online component, like
hosting a guest speaker from a Rotary or Rotaract club located in a different part of the world.
As we build a stronger future for our organisation, it’s good that we are reaching out to new people
and introducing them to Rotary. It’s important that our clubs reflect the communities we serve. More
diverse voices in our clubs and in our leadership will help Rotary stay in touch with a changing world.
So let’s find every opportunity to show we value each and every member. Let’s seize this moment to
build on what we’ve learned, to embrace our new reality, to welcome new faces, and to find additional
ways to shine. This is how we will have a continuing impact on the world. And if you need assistance
along the way, Rotary offers many resources that can help you reach your goals.
Rotary means different things in different parts of the world, but we are all united by our core values
and by The Four-Way Test. Rotary may change, but our values remain constant.
I look forward to hearing about how you’re finding new opportunities to engage and make an impact
in your club and community. Rotary Opens Opportunities, both for the people we serve and for us.
Thank you.

DG Mark Humphries Fireside Chat #5 Tues 1/9

Don't forget to Zoom into DG Mark’s Fireside Chat, this one includes a speaker on Gin. Carol Crewe D9820 Secretary has emailed the
zoom link to all members
 

Carol's Week.

I have had a busy week. I finished a fun painting for our daughter Sari's waiting room in Warragul. She is a paediatrician, and knows my friend Wendy Orr who lives in Arthurs Seat Rd and is a quite famous author. As well as adult books she writes children's books for all ages. Nim's Island is the first of three books for 7 to 11 year old readers. I have tried to include all of the creatures in the story on this magical island. Wendy very subtly teaches her young readers about looking after our environment. If you look on her website or Facebook you will see all her books and additional material https://www.facebook.com/wendy.orr2

Hi All, my name is Trudy Ziegerink

. I am relatively new to Dromana as Harry had a  transfer to Dromana Rotary 3 years ago. I have been involved with Rotary for the past 30 years. I was born in Holland I am one of nine children, 5 girls 4 boys, one deceased. I left Holland 1958 at the age 13. I never went to school in Australia, I had to go straight to work, typical Dutch system. In Dandenong I worked for a firm making bras and corsets, the company was called Liberty. I met Harry here at age 14, he came out in 1956,  we married 1965.  We had two children, two boys. After our marriage we moved to  Korumburra  and  Yarram, milking cows fore ten years. We then came to Cranbourne in 1976. We built a factory in 1990 and until 2010 made school wear with my sister. Sold up and came to Safety Beach in 2015 and love it here. We have 4 grandchildren and 2 great grand children.

I would like to recommend Margaret Booth for the next bio. Thank you, Trudy

Happenings at the last meeting

 
Bernard Dobson,  from the Brigidine Asylum Seekers Project, spoke about their support for refugees.  As they have limited financial resources, their support is by providing friendship, helping with bureaucracy, advocating, helping with training course applications and education.  He spoke about the joy received by a trip to the zoo for a family from Afghanistan.  He spoke about the number of refugees and the cost of keeping them in detention.
 
 
 
 
 
 
President Rick stated that the club supported the Lucas Mill project with a contribution of $2,000. With contributions from members of the club the total contribution was $4150 which enabled the East Gippsland club to purchase the Mill.  Greg, who brought the project to the club’s attention, thanked the club and members for their support.
Murray was nominated for the Rotary shine-on award, which is for members who have a disability and work for the community.  Murray is shining example for this award.
 
Secretary Bob indicated that there was letter from Dromana Community House thanking us for our contribution for their Second Bite and Little Pantry Programs.
A meeting is arranged in the coming week to discuss the “housing for the homeless project” with senior council representatives. 
 
Treasurer Mark indicated that funds are limited and additional invoices will be sent to members with outstanding membership fees.
 
 
 
 
 

On the  lighter side.

 
I appreciate that this has an American bias, but I still found it to be funny.  Let me know what you think.
 
Why did the chicken cross the road?
BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for change! The chicken wanted change!
JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.
SARAH PALIN: That road, the liberal media claim that chicken crossed? Well that is the Road to Nowhere, and I told Congress "Thanks but no thanks" to that.  So there isn't any road for that chicken to cross and any reporter who says otherwise ought to be fired.
HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure right from Day One! that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.
GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?
COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road.
BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with that chicken. What is our definition of chicken?
AL GORE: I invented the chicken.
JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on this side of the road before it goes after the problem on the other side of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his current problems before adding new problems.
OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
ANDERSON COOPER, CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's guilty! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad?  Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die. In the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL: Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth? That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay, too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media whitewashes with seemingly harmless phrases like
'the other side.' That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that.
GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of malting, and went on to accomplish its lifelong dream of crossing the road.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2008, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your checkbook. 
ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?