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ROTARY DISTRICT 9670

ADMINSTRATION 2010-2011

DISTRICT GOVERNOR

Don Stephens (Marjorie) – RC of Dubbo West

10 Baird Street, Dubbo NSW 2830

Tel: H 02 6882 5226 Fax 02 6884 4273

Mob: 0418 219 185

E-mail [email protected]

DISTRICT GOVERNOR ELECT

Janette Jackson (Steve) RC of Cessnock

310 Lovedale Rd. Lovedale NSW 2320

Tel: 02 4990 3964 Mob: 0419 421 154


DISTRICT GOVERNOR NOMINEE

Greg Bowen (Ilse) RC of Toronto

162 Coal Point Road, Toronto NSW 2322

Tel: 02 4959 4066

E-mail: [email protected]

DISTIRCT SECRETARY

Malcolm Cockrum (Lyn) RC Dubbo West

154 Bunglegumbie Road, Dubbo NSW 2830

Tel: 02 6882 3437 Mob: 0407 710 454


DISTRICT TREASURER

Gareth Howells (Barbara) RC Dubbo West

13 Langford Drive, Dubbo NSW 2830

Tel: 02 6884 1468 Mob: 0488 598 256


DISTRICT PUBLIC OFFICER

Steve Jackson (Janette) – RC Cessnock

Tel: 02 4990 3964 Mob: 0419 421 154


DISTRICT LEGAL OFFICER

Ray Nolan RC Dubbo

7/2-4 Diane Street, Dubbo NSW 2830

Tel: 02 6884 7500 Mob: 0407 243 942


DISTRICT ATTENDANCE OFFICER

Tim Holmes (Sylvia) – RC of Cessnock

27 Burnett St , Cessnock 2325

Tel: 0404 019 878


DISTRICT BULLETIN ASSESSMENT OFFICER

Bal Dohnt ( Beres) RC Dubbo West

25 Stonehaven Avenue, Dubbo NSW 2830

Tel: 02 6882 5169 Mob: 0419 681 931

E-mail : [email protected] (note

967 is correct)

DISTRICT TRAINER

PDG Ted Atchison (Louise) RC Charlestown

67 Ocean View Parade, Charlestown 2290

Tel: 02 4943 3699

E-mail : [email protected]

DISTRICT PROPERTY CUSTODIANS

Alan McLean (Barbara) – RC of Maitland

66 Hilldale Drive, Bolwarra Heights, 2320

Tel: 02 4930 1546


Kevin Parker (Jennylee) – RC of Dubbo Macquarie

―Ellimatta‖ Eulomogo Road, MS7, Dubbo 2830

Tel: 02 6841 2600 Mob: 0400 626 005


District Governor‘s D9670

Message from the DG Don writes

October is the month where we focus on Vocational Service, one of our Four Avenues

of Service. Through Vocational Service Rotary fosters and supports the application of

the ideal of service in the pursuit of vocations. The dimensions of vocational service

are limited only by the imagination and ingenuity of clubs and Rotarians. Because Ro-

tarians are classified in their clubs on the basis of their vocations, vocational service is

an essential in the execution of all Rotary programs. We have great examples in this

district of vocational skills being used to build communities in New Guinea, East

Timor, Solomon islands and of course in our own district.

I would like to mention here the great work of Dr Bill Walker of The Newcastle Sun-

rise Club who has just returned from expeditions to China and Vietnam. Bill, despite

being past eighty has performed and supervised cleft lip operations on hundreds of

young people in those countries. Bill has had the support of many other Rotarians of

this and other districts.

Big thank you to PDG Tony Mackenzie and Peter English (Dubbo Macquarie) who

have organized and just completed visits to eight smaller western towns with the

MERV van. As a result almost 300 males had the opportunity to check out their gen-

eral health and wellbeing. Funding from Lorraine Bevan‘s Partners program in 2009-

10 made the trip possible.

Group Study Exchange (GSE) team members and leader are being selected this month.

This is a Vocational Service Program supported by the Rotary Foundation. We will

bring you the names of the successful candidates after 24th October.

Other dates for the diary this month are: Sunday 17th, Sleepout For The Homeless.

Has your club made a donation ($200). District target $6,000.

Friday 29th Presidents and AGs meeting, Maitland

Saturday 30th Committee Chairs Meeting, Maitland

Sunday 31st Presidents and AGs at Narromine

November is Foundation Month. This year the Foundation Committee made money

boxes available to clubs for the collection small change from businesses and individu-

als. If your club is participating feel free to send off the collected money to PDG Alex

McHarg at any time. Tax receipts are available on request for individuals.

District 9670 has many active and resourceful committees doing some wonderful work

supporting clubs in their Rotary Service. We are always looking for new members for

these committees. If you would like to take on a new challenge beyond the club level

this is the chance for you. All committees are listed in the District Directory. Contact

the committee leader or myself if you are interested in making that extra contribution

in building BIGGER,BETTER,BOLDER clubs in our

district.

Your Friend in Rotary

Don Stephens

DG 2010-11

www.rotary9670.org.au

mailto:[email protected]



NEWS UPDATE ....ROMAC …..the dream to reality

The Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children's Mission Statement" to provide medical treat-

ment for children from developing countries and/or dignity restoring surgery not accessible to

them in their home country "was full filled here at the John Hunter Hospital Newcastle in Sep-

tember.

A team of surgeons and medical staff from the John Hunter Hospital provided surgical treat-

ment for Inosensia Abuk (17) and Martin Martin (15) free of charge to remove life threatening

tumours in both their jaws. ROMAC‘s Director Bob Richards organised airfares, visas and lo-

gistics while the John Hunter Hospital waived all costs.

The 10 hour procedures were very successful. Bone was grafted from their fibulas

(leg) to replace bone and tumour excised from their mandibles and fixed into posi-

tion with plates supplied Synthes at no cost.

The girls have been recuperating at Ronald McDonald House after a 2 week stay in

hospital. Both girls have had a sister accompany them for support and a Timorese

Dentist who has been very helpful with translating and follow up treatment which is

needed after discharge in West Timor.

Inosensia and Martin are very grateful for the generosity shown towards them from

Novocastrians. They will be returning home this week after their life changing pro-

cedures and will be able to resume their education. Both have said that they hope to

take a career in nursing so that they will be able to serve their communities.

All the girls come from a very poor and remote region in West Timor and have en-

joyed the surroundings and hospitality in Newcastle and Port Stephens.

A Big Thanks to ROMAC Rotary District 9670 and all volunteers who have made a

difference to 2 beautiful girls from West Timor.

―It is not how much we do, but how much love we put in the doing. It is not how much

we give, but how much love we put in the giving‖ Mother Teresa

Lyn Thorpe

Rotary Club of Newcastle Sunrise

Annual Rotary Foundation Seminar Wellington Sunday 7 November

Singleton Sunday 14 November

The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Foundation does this by making funds available for the humanitarian work carried on by Rotarians. Wellington Seminar – Wellington Soldiers Memorial Club, Sunday 7 Nov 9:30am 75 Arthur Street, Wellington. Singleton Seminar – Singleton RSC, Alroy Complex, Sunday 14 Nov 9:30am Dorsman Drive, Singleton Heights. The program for both seminars is the same with registration from 9:00am with the seminar starting at 9:30 am and concluding at 3:30pm During the seminar you will find out how other Club‘s have used Foundation Funds for the betterment of their communities. How to access infor-mation on running a successful service project and how to fund the project, and how to apply for grants from the Rotary Foundation. For information contact a member of the Rotary Foundation Committee, contact information is in your District Directory.

PP Gerard McMillan

TRF Committee Chair

MUNA Canberra

(Model United Nations Assembly)

On the 13th to 15th of August, Dean Pike and Sanuji Koswanage travelled to Canberra to participate in National Model United Nations

Assembly, representing the Republic of India.

After a long train and bus ride, we finally arrived and began work forging allinaces with teams from all overAfter a long train and bus

ride, we finally arrived and began work forging allinaces with teams from all overAfter a long train and bus ride, we finally arrived and

began work forging alliances with other teams from all across Australia. Later that night we listened to a guest speaker, Ramon ―Chico‖

Negron, talk about his experiences as a foreign diplomat. His speech was inspiring and gave us new perspectives on different issues

around the world. Afterwards, we worked on our speeches late into the night and gained a few hours sleep before waking up to the first

day of debate.

We arrived at Old Parliament House early in the morning and were immediately overwhelmed to think that so many decisions had been

made right where we were sitting, about to argue for the benefit of our nation, India. We began soon after and debated for over five

hours on the issues of nuclear non-proliferation, the situation in Afghanistan, international financial development and desertification. A

variety of unique speeches were made throughout the day and it was interesting to see the opinions of other nations around the world on

the different resolutions, as well as our own country. We found ourselves disagreeing with our own beliefs on nuclear disarmament and

desertification, in order to represent the people of India and what would benefit them the most. At the end of an exhausting day of argu-

ing we were pleased that MUNA 2010 had become the first year to have a tie in support and opposition of a resolution, which indicated

the strength of debate from both sides.

That night, we attended the MUNA dinner hosted by the Australian National University. The food was amazing and we had the opportu-

nity to listen to a second guest speaker, Professor Kent Anderson, who spoke of his experiences in Asia, and the importance of multicul-

turalism and the acceptance of foreign values. At the conclusion of this, we travelled back to our hotel and fell into our beds, weary, but

excited for our final day of debate.

We arrived at Old Parliament House early in the morning for a politically orientated day of debate. India spoke for Palestinian sover-

eignty and against the sovereignty of Kosovo, two very interesting and different stances. After another three hours, the Model United

Nations Assembly was concluded, and the winners were announced as our allies and friends North Korea, with Afghanistan coming in

second place. Although we did not win, we were pleased with our efforts, and believe that the strength of arguments put forward by the

North Korean Delegates truly made them deserving of first place.

Overall, it was a very challenging and valuable experience. Not only were we able to enhance our speaking skills but also meet other

Australians with similar interests to ours, who will remain as close friends for a long time. We would like to thank our teacher and coun-

sellor Mr Berry, for assisting us with our resolutions, and giving up his weekend to come with us to Canberra. Another huge thanks to

Adamstown-New Lambton and Rotary District 9670 for their sponsorship and the amazing organisation by Canberra Rotary for coordi-

nating such an unforgettable event.

Many thanks

Pam Wellham

MUNA

Ph: 02 4947 9886

Mobile: 0437 479 886

Fax: 02 4945 8970

[email protected]


From: Norm and Helen Michener [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 01 October, 2010 10:01 AM Cc: Pam Fayle Subject: Take Care to Get There District Governor Rotary International Greetings We emailed this information to your predecessor back in June. We feel it might be worthwhile to send it out to the current District Governors. Our daughter, Camille, died in a road accident in July last year. Camille worked as a doctor in Perth, training in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Somehow she found time to work as a volunteer: in the Red Cross Family Support Program, as a Lifeline counsellor, as a medic in Vanuatu for 6 weeks, and in Aceh after the Boxing Day tsunami. In addition, Camille spoke on women‘s health issues to groups of indigenous women, chaired the AMA Doctors in Training Committee (WA), and was in-volved in a national campaign against unsafe working hours for young doctors. Many Australians have lost someone close in a road accident. Perhaps someone in your Rotary Club is in that position. In support of those people, and in an effort to reduce the road toll, Take Care to Get There (www.camillesticker.net) has been adopted as a road safety awareness project of the Rotary Club of Woolgoolga, NSW. I have been a member of the club for five years (and President Elect for 2011-2012). The Woolgoolga Rotary Club has paid for the printing of 10 000 stickers. These include the RI Wheel and ‗ROTARY CLUB OF WOOL-GOOLGA‘. The club has decided to charge $1 per sticker (plus 55 cents postage for each 10 stickers ordered) in order to cover costs. Payment details are in the letter attached. If the money received eventually exceeds costs the surplus will be used in Woolgoolga Rotary RYDA projects. None of the money will go to Helen or myself. We would like to make each DG and every Rotary Club in Australia aware of our club‘s project. Would you be prepared to make each of your Clubs aware of this project via your Newsletter? I am confident that a number of the clubs would be prepared to make the stickers available to people in their local community, particularly local senior High School students (via RYDA or other road safety awareness programs). Please find time in your busy schedule to read the letter attached and visit www.camillesticker.net in order to find out more about Camille and the work she was doing. Our hearts go out to all of those grieving a lost one. Thanks for your support. Sincerely Norm Michener (Helen) 0418 484 512

Let the Good Times Roll at the

2011 Rotary International Convention.

NEW ORLEANS USA 21-25 MAY 2011

The District has received early copies of the following (only 10 available)

Convention Invitation and Information sheet. Registration and Ticket Order Form.

Host Event Order From. Hotel Reservation Form

If you would like a copy of these forms please contact PDG Alex McHarg by email ([email protected]) with your mail address for

delivery for delivery through the postal service.

For the most up to date information on the Convention visit the Rotary International web site. www.rotary.org/convention

From the desk of the Tim Holmes our District Attendance Officer, comes the figures from September.

.From the Editor’s Keyboard Welcome to the 4th (October) edition of the District Governor's Newsletter for 2010—2011. This month has an even larger amount of content from the last. DG Don Stephens has been extremely busy travelling to the various clubs. He has included into this edition a number of articles, one of which I wish to draw your attention to concerning the wonderful efforts and work done by PDG Bruce Allen. The article on page 6 reflects the work being done to Building Communities and Bridging Continents. Bruce by the way is one of the guest speakers at the Annual Conference early next year. To hear about this amazing and truly inspirational story it is urged that you hear this first hand at the Annual Conference, in Dubbo on the 18th to the 20th of March 2011. In closing, please accept my humble apologies for the tardiness of the newsletter. Please enjoy the articles and I hope you get to attend some of the great functions that have been advertised. Peter Judd Editor RC of Dubbo West [email protected] Mob 0437 847 263 If you have any articles or reports for publishing, they make a more interesting read if there are photos or sketches included.

CLUB Current SEP SEP

CLUB Current SEP SEP

M'ship % RANK M'ship % RANK ADAMSTOWN/NEW LAMBTON 30 85.20 4 WELLINGTON 30 95.80 1

BELMONT 24 70.00 19 DENMAN 17 92.00 2

BENNETTS GREEN 0 0.00 #N/A CARDIFF 11 86.36 3

BOURKE 0 0.00 #N/A ADAMSTOWN/NEW LAMBTON 30 85.20 4

CARDIFF 11 86.36 3 NEWCASTLE ENTERPRISE 32 81.00 5

CESSNOCK 28 72.00 16 DUBBO MACQUARIE 20 80.90 6

CESSNOCK WINE COUNTRY 0 0.00 #N/A MERRIWA 19 80.00 7

CHARLESTOWN 0 0.00 #N/A MUDGEE SUNRISE 22 78.00 8

COBAR 0 0.00 #N/A DUBBO 23 77.17 9

DENMAN 17 92.00 2 WARATAH 17 76.80 10

DUBBO 23 77.17 9 EAST MAITLAND 44 76.14 11

DUBBO MACQUARIE 20 80.90 6 SINGLETON ON HUNTER 21 75.00 12

DUBBO SOUTH 43 72.67 15 DUBBO WEST 47 73.58 13

DUBBO WEST 47 73.58 13 RUTHERFORD / TELARAH 30 72.73 14

DUNGOG 0 0.00 #N/A DUBBO SOUTH 43 72.67 15

EAST MAITLAND 44 76.14 11 CESSNOCK 28 72.00 16

KURRI KURRI 14 69.64 20 PATERSON 20 72.00 16

MAITLAND 0 0.00 #N/A WILLIAMTOWN 17 72.00 16

MAITLAND SUNRISE 0 0.00 #N/A BELMONT 24 70.00 19

MERRIWA 19 80.00 7 KURRI KURRI 14 69.64 20

MORISSET 27 61.00 27 SINGLETON 41 68.00 21

MUDGEE 25 63.90 24 NEWCASTLE 57 66.48 22

MUDGEE SUNRISE 22 78.00 8 NEWCASTLE SUNRISE 26 66.00 23

MURRURUNDI 0 0.00 #N/A MUDGEE 25 63.90 24

MUSWELLBROOK 0 0.00 #N/A RYLSTONE / KANDOS 14 63.00 25

MYALL COAST 24 61.25 26 MYALL COAST 24 61.25 26

NARROMINE 0 0.00 #N/A MORISSET 27 61.00 27

NELSON BAY 0 0.00 #N/A BENNETTS GREEN 0 0.00 #N/A

NEWCASTLE 57 66.48 22 BOURKE 0 0.00 #N/A

NEWCASTLE ENTERPRISE 32 81.00 5 CESSNOCK WINE COUNTRY 0 0.00 #N/A

NEWCASTLE SUNRISE 26 66.00 23 CHARLESTOWN 0 0.00 #N/A

NEWCASTLE HARBOUR 0 0.00 #N/A COBAR 0 0.00 #N/A

NYNGAN 0 0.00 #N/A DUNGOG 0 0.00 #N/A

PATERSON 20 72.00 16 MAITLAND 0 0.00 #N/A

RAYMOND TERRACE 0 0.00 #N/A MAITLAND SUNRISE 0 0.00 #N/A

RUTHERFORD / TELARAH 30 72.73 14 MURRURUNDI 0 0.00 #N/A

RYLSTONE / KANDOS 14 63.00 25 MUSWELLBROOK 0 0.00 #N/A

SALAMANDER BAY 0 0.00 #N/A NARROMINE 0 0.00 #N/A

SCONE 0 0.00 #N/A NELSON BAY 0 0.00 #N/A

SINGLETON 41 68.00 21 NEWCASTLE HARBOUR 0 0.00 #N/A

SINGLETON ON HUNTER 21 75.00 12 NYNGAN 0 0.00 #N/A

TORONTO 0 0.00 #N/A RAYMOND TERRACE 0 0.00 #N/A

TORONTO SUNRISE 0 0.00 #N/A SALAMANDER BAY 0 0.00 #N/A

WALLSEND / MARYLAND 0 0.00 #N/A SCONE 0 0.00 #N/A

WARATAH 17 76.80 10 TORONTO 0 0.00 #N/A

WARNERS BAY 0 0.00 #N/A TORONTO SUNRISE 0 0.00 #N/A

WARREN 0 0.00 #N/A WALLSEND / MARYLAND 0 0.00 #N/A

WELLINGTON 30 95.80 1 WARNERS BAY 0 0.00 #N/A

WILLIAMTOWN 17 72.00 16 WARREN 0 0.00 #N/A

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