Update Time: Rotary Matters Feb 19 2008 - Volume 88 Issue 29

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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 29 19th February 2008
www.SydneyRotary.com

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The Rotary Club of Sydney invites
you to join us this week for:

Consular Day

with guest speaker

The Hon. John Aquilina
BA, DipEd, DipMus(HC) FACE MP

discussing

European Union

Our Speaker

Get in the driver's seat

Since September 1981 our guest speaker has been a Member of the Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Riverstone since May 1991 (initially as Member for Blacktown).

Mr. Aquilina is also Parliamentary Secretary and Leader of the House. He is a Member of the Australian Labor Party.

Mr. Aquilina was born in Malta and migrated to Australia in 1956. He has three children with his first wife Anne (deceased). Two sons Bede and Jeremy and one daughter Bridget. Mr Aquilina remarried Ann on 13 May 2006.

Mr. Aquilina is qualified with a B.A., Dip.Ed.(Syd.) 1971. Formerly he was a High school History/English teacher for 10 years prior to entering Parliament.

2008 International Convention

Imagine driving away a brand new Audi, or wearing an 18 carat gold watch or owing a $10,000 share portfolio! And it is all for a good cause.

Plus we'd really appreciate your support for our great Rotary projects this year. Tickets $100 each - great value and a great gift idea.

ART UNION tickets @ $100 each
Drawn on 25th March 2008

FIRST Prize:
AUDI Motor Vehicle valued @ $50,000

SECOND Prize:
18 carat gold mens Omega Deville watch from J
Farren-Price valued @ $11,400

THIRD Prize:
Share Portfolio from Shaw Stock Broking valued @ $10,000

Please help support the Scholarships and Projects
for the future prosperity of our community.

The Rotary Club of Sydney has been undertaking community based projects that have helped to change and improve the face of Australian society.

These include scholarships for young people at The University of NSW, The Inspire Foundation or assisting in education and helping to reduce poverty in Australia and overseas.

Future Speaker Highlights

This Month

Next Month

Following Months

26 February

Chris McDiven

Immediate Past President Liberal Party of Australia

4 March

Hon. Ian Laurence AM
Chairman Axiom Properties Ltd

1 April

Jaindra Kumar
Fiji Trade
Commissioner

22 April - ANZAC Day Lunch
With Members of
Sydney Legacy

11 March

Divonne
Holmes a Court

29 April - Vocational Service
Award

20 May - Mt Eliza Award

27 May - Citizenship Ceremony

18 March

Mr. Colin MacFarlane AM

Director, Operation Cleft
Rotary Club of Box Hill South

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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.

Beanbag:
Through film-making, digital photography, online safety and youth action workshops, young people who are experiencing or who are at risk of social, economic or cultural marginalisation: learn new skills, connect with their peers, tell their stories and those of their community in their own voice, and link into vital health and community services in a supportive environment - factors found to have a significant impact on mental health and wellbeing (WHO, 2005)

President's Message

Celebrating our Desire to Serve Globally

As everyone knows Tuesday’s meeting is defined as Consular Day which is traditionally held as close to the 23rd February as possible, because it celebrates the very first meeting of Rotary convened by Paul Harris.

Obviously Rotary as we know is a Global organisation and this day brings together different countries and backgrounds for the fellowship of Rotary.

Rotary is the largest non-religious organisation in the world with 1.2 million member’s world wide and with some 32,000 clubs across the globe.

This makes us truly international and helps us as a club to realises that we are part of an amazing organisation who has been able to achieve some amazing results on projects that have governments to call on organisations such as Rotary to help solve problems in the community.

Non-Government Organisations are the future of our communities in terms of resolution to problems whether it is to deal with poverty, education or health. These all require community involvement and Rotary is there supporting and contribution to making this world a better place.

Rotary cannot do this with out the dedication of our members and supporters that have allowed these projects to proceed. Whether it is the President’s projects, water or educational projects that our club has supported, we have in many instances lead the way.

We are happy to share our experience expertise and our passions to make this world a better place.

What better way to celebrate humanity and our efforts with a Consular Day and have representatives of different countries at our meeting to share in this celebration.

Please join us and enjoy what should be a memorable day.

See you Tuesday.

Garry Browne
President

2007-08 BOARD MEMBERS

Garry Browne
President

Gerry Rihs
Past President

Ann Burleigh
Vice-President Internal & Events

Rene Benitez
Vice-President External

Jill 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

Ian Hamilton
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 Davis & Co
Hon. Auditor

John Randall
Rules & By-Laws

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Hosting a Rotary Exchange Student

Rotary District 9750 has as one of its greatest achievements the Youth Exchange Program with a hard working committee headed by the Chairman PP Paul Ward Harvey.

Our students exchange to countries such as Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and Sweden.

Hosting a student is a most rewarding experience and the people we normally seek are Rotarians, however we would like non Rotarians to participate in this program.

Many Rotarians have friends or neighbors who would be ideal hosting families; we should actively look for people outside of Rotary.

The non Rotarians will be guided through the process of hosting so they will be quite confident prior to the arrival of the student what is expected of both the student and the family. The student has a District Counsellor and a Rotary Club Counsellor who assists the families in the day to day activities of the exchange student.

So Rotarians get out there and pass the word we need more Host Families.

Jessie Blundell
District 9750
Youth Exchange Committee

Club News

CHAIRMAN

President Garry Browne

GRACE /

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Rotarian David Smith

TODAY’S SPEAKER

Hon. John Aquilina
Member of the Legislative Assembly

VOTE OF THANKS

President Garry Browne