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OFFICIAL WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF SYDNEY Weekly Meeting Tuesdays at 12:30pm at The Castlereagh Hotel, 169 Castlereagh Street Sydney District 9750       Club #: 18206       Chartered: 1st May 1921       Volume 88       Issue 8         28th August 2007 www.SydneyRotary.com   Rotary is the world's largest non-religious organisation. Membership is open to business and professional leaders interested in joining the cause to help build good will and peace in the world. Click here for more information.     The Rotary Club of Sydney invites you to join us for a very important presentation:       As long as you are learning, you are not old. Youth, engage them, excite them and help them realise their true potential.   This is sharing the spirit and pride of being a Rotarian       This Week's Speakers    Our club is very active in the area of youth and this week our Youth Committee led by Rotarian Indy Singh will present an update of our club's work in the area of Youth.   A range of members will present on a range of subjects and this meeting is an excellent opportunity for all members and guests to discover the important work of our Youth Committee, and to acknowledge and show gratitude for the work of some of our most committed Rotarians.   Please join us for some high quality fellowship.       President's Project 2007 For more information about this year's President's Project simply click on the image and you will be taken to the relevent web site.       President's Message   Youth   It was once said that: “the excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old.”   This week our meeting and speakers are very much focused on Youth. As the message says learning is what separates youth and old age.   Our Youth are our future and we have to nurture and ensure we make them strong in mind and body. If they are strong, then the future of our communities will be in good hands.   Our clubs aspirations and that as Members are very much about education and young people. If we educate the young and give them valuable experiences and we are on our way to achieving our goal.   The programs Rotary employs are numerous. As the imagination of Rotarians expands and the desire of our young people grows there is a need for innovative and creative programs to assist and strengthen young people and their ability to cope with the fast changing world in which we live.   By continuing to support our young people and promote the fact that Rotary has and will continue to do so, we stand a better chance of engaging young people abd growing our ranks of committed Rotarians.   This we must do; the more young people we engage the more chance we have to create a phenomena and encourage young people to join.   Please keep in mind that our family friends, colleagues and acquaintances are worthy of being part of the Rotary family and as such their involvement via membership will assist us to assist the young people of today.   We as Rotarians have the opportunity to lead our community by sharing the spirit and pride of being a Rotarian and by doing so to positively contribute to our community.   President Garry 2007-08 BOARD MEMBERS   Garry Browne President Gerry Rihs Past President Ann Burleigh Vice-President Internal & Events   Rene Benitez Vice-President External   Jill Anne Deering Honorary Secretary   Craig Douglas Honorary Treasurer   Indy Singh Youth Director   Rex Doughty Awards Director   Harry Fox Membership Director   Tony Benner Public Relations Director   Ian Conley Rotary Foundation & International   Natalie Ward Speakers Director   Mark Dyer Fellowship Director Rotaract & Interact Newsletter     OTHER OFFICIALS & REGULAR HELPERS Patricia Harrison President Elect Les Strong Club Chaplain   Wayne Costin Grants & Funding Committee   Don Knudsen Archive Committee & Music   Garry Browne Honours & Nominating Committee Dianne Ward Executive Officer   Col Westman Risk Management Committee Brian Fletcher Club Historian John Randall & John Given President's Aides Vince Dore Sergeant-at-Arms David Hunt Hon. Legal Advisor   Thomas David & Co Hon. Auditor   John Randall Rules & By-Laws             District 9750 Conference "Rotary Shares - Share Rotary"   17 Days Until the District Conference Starts & 3 Days Until Online Registration Ends                                 Host Our Exchange Student   You or a friend can host an exchange student.   In fact, anyone can host.   You don’t have to be a Rotarian.   You don’t have to have kids.   You don’t have to know what an iPod is!   You only need to provide a stable and friendly home, and the enthusiasm to help a young person experience the best year of their life.   You don’t have to speak a foreign language.   Most of our inbounds have reasonable English when they arrive and also have the objective of learning English while they are here and want you to stick to English. You will need to provide some references who we will contact , as part of Rotary’s Child Protection Policy.       Sergeant's Office A reward is offered for anyone reading this section of the newsletter and also attending our meeting.   To prove you have read the newsletter (and have the aptitude to be a Rotarian!) you will need to correctly answer the following question in trivia:   The Boy from Oz is a musical about who?    a.   Alan Bond  b.   Ian Thorpe  c.   Paul Keating   d.   Peter Allen     See you for lunch.       Club News CHAIRMAN President Garry Browne       GRACE / THOUGHT FOR THE DAY Rotarian Les Strong      TODAY’S SPEAKERS Rotarian Indy Singh and members from the Youth Committee.     VOTE OF THANKS Garry Browne   BIRTHDAYS - this week   Wayne Costin (dates are witheld for privacy reasons)   ANNIVERSARIES   Ernest Platt Inducted  29 August        29 years Bert Rosenberg Inducted  30 August        24 years COMMITTEE MEETINGS   Board Tuesday 11 September at 6 pm. Castlereagh Hotel, 4th floor.   PR & Membership Tuesday 4 September, 7.45 am – 9.00 am, Wilson Learning Australia Level 14, 9 Hunter Street Sydney   International Tuesday 18 September at 11:45 am. Castlereagh Hotel, 1st floor.   Service & Awards Thursday 20 September at 7:45 am. Lvl.16, 60 Castlereagh St., Sydney.   Youth Friday 31 August - Last Friday at Noon, Fiducian - Level 4/1 York St. Light lunch provided.   Events Tuesday 18 September at 2:00pm Castlereagh Hotel, 169 Castlereagh Street Sydney   Rotaract 6:00pm Wednesday 29 August UNSW Sports Club 10 Hunter Street Sydney       Future Speaker Highlights 4 September   Kerry Graham Inspire Foundation     11 September   Chris McDiven National President Liberal Party "An Election Campaign - Behind the Scenes"   18 September John Weiss Chairman Peres Centre for Peace 25 September Sam Leon SAMS Jobs Mature Age Workers     2 October Visiting GSE Team from North Carolina     2 October Phil Burgess Group Managing Director Public Policy & Communications Telstra Corporation Limited   20 November Joerg Hoffman CEO Audi Australia     27 November   AGM & Half Yearly Reports     4 December   Community Service Award & Kristal Power Outbound Exchange Student Farewell Speech       Meeting Volunteers VISITORS RECEPTION * 28 August Ned Boyce Paul Wenham   4 September Sharyn Aiken 11 September Ted McKeown Sophie Dillon   18 September Julian Ledger David Begg VISITORS REGISTRATION * 28 August Ray Knight Geoff Wilbow     4 September Sue Davidson Ned Boyce   11 September Col Westman Kev Hoffman   18 September Liz Jeffrey Geoff McIntyre CASHIER ROSTER *   28 August Sarah Evans-Toyne     4 September Robert Funke   11 September Karen Loblay   18 September Ray Knight * P L E A S E   R E P L A C E   Y O U R S  E L F   I F   Y O U   C A N N O T   M A K E   I T.   Please support our sponsors:           print newsletter

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