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OUR TEAM YARRA BEND EXECUTIVE President Ken Maher Secretary Anne Brown Treasurer John Pocock President Elect Edda Williams CLUB AVENUES OF SERVICE Community Bob Lambert Club Service Bill Chow Foundation Matt Pollard International Isabel Armer Vocational David Shave Youth Edda Williams VOLUME 18 ISSUE 35 28 March 2018 BULLETIN PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Yarra Bend Rotary Our next meeting on 4th April is a particularly important one. We will be working to define the future of our club via a ‘Visioning’ session conducted by PP Bob Lambert. All members are particularly urged to attend this meeting and to make positive contributions with their ideas on what our club should look like, eg ideal number of members, what we should be doing eg projects, writing cheques or simply having a good time, and how it should be promoting itself particularly to increase the number of members or others in the community who are actively engaged with us. Starting time is different for this meeting – 6.30pm but the place is the same – Amora Hotel, Bridge Road, Richmond. Membership strategy is particularly important as we must formulate new approaches to encourage community members to join or work with us. New opportunities are opening up all the time particularly in using modern technology and lateral thinking. Other clubs are increasing their membership and so could we, but, we do need to find ways for every member to contribute using their own talents and interests. On another tack, we often feel that we cannot undertake large or continuing projects because we are a small club. But there is in our cluster, District and other Districts, a growing awareness and willingness for collaboration between clubs and even between Districts. A good example is the District Conference in 2019 will be a multi-district conference involving four of the five Districts in Victoria. So, collaboration can be a very useful and positive attitude to develop and implement. Child Safety Awareness is still very much on the agenda such that it must become part of the fabric of every club and, in a way, second nature for clubs to incorporate it into their ethos and activities. Every member and community member working with Rotary Clubs needs to complete a “Youth Program Volunteer’ Application. The application form is in My Rotary and I will send a link to members for each of you to access and complete the form in time to return it to the Club management by the 30 April (only four weeks away now). Led by PP’s Bob Lambert and Ed Brown and in conjunction with Parks Victoria a small group of members completed maintenance work on playground equipment at Dixon Park – photos are on our Facebook page. Finally, a reminder for the Joint Cluster meeting at the Kooyong Tennis Centre on TUESDAY 17th April for the presentation on Villers-Bretonneux. Prior bookings on Trybooking – see the notice at the end of this Bulletin. While on the WW1 theme, this Bulletin has a notice for an event by the Footscray-Yarraville City Band at the Box Hill Town Hall on 28th April 2018. While this is not a Rotary event it is one where a community group is trying to raise awareness of events that occurred in WWI one hundred years ago .Ken Maher - President
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BULLETIN PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Yarra Bend Rotary
Our next meeting on 4th April is a particularly important one. We will be
working to define the future of our club via a ‘Visioning’ session conducted
by PP Bob Lambert. All members are particularly urged to attend this
meeting and to make positive contributions with their ideas on what our club
should look like, eg ideal number of members, what we should be doing eg
projects, writing cheques or simply having a good time, and how it should be
promoting itself particularly to increase the number of members or others in
the community who are actively engaged with us. Starting time is different
for this meeting – 6.30pm but the place is the same – Amora Hotel, Bridge
Road, Richmond.
Membership strategy is particularly important as we must formulate new
approaches to encourage community members to join or work with us. New
opportunities are opening up all the time particularly in using modern
technology and lateral thinking. Other clubs are increasing their membership
and so could we, but, we do need to find ways for every member to
contribute using their own talents and interests.
On another tack, we often feel that we cannot undertake large or continuing
projects because we are a small club. But there is in our cluster, District and
other Districts, a growing awareness and willingness for collaboration
between clubs and even between Districts. A good example is the District
Conference in 2019 will be a multi-district conference involving four of the
five Districts in Victoria. So, collaboration can be a very useful and positive
attitude to develop and implement.
Child Safety Awareness is still very much on the agenda such that it must
become part of the fabric of every club and, in a way, second nature for
clubs to incorporate it into their ethos and activities. Every member and
community member working with Rotary Clubs needs to complete a “Youth
Program Volunteer’ Application. The application form is in My Rotary and I
will send a link to members for each of you to access and complete the form
in time to return it to the Club management by the 30 April (only four weeks
away now).
Led by PP’s Bob Lambert and Ed Brown and in conjunction with Parks
Victoria a small group of members completed maintenance work on
playground equipment at Dixon Park – photos are on our Facebook page.
Finally, a reminder for the Joint Cluster meeting at the Kooyong Tennis
Centre on TUESDAY 17th April for the presentation on Villers-Bretonneux.
Prior bookings on Trybooking – see the notice at the end of this Bulletin.
While on the WW1 theme, this Bulletin has a notice for an event by the
Footscray-Yarraville City Band at the Box Hill Town Hall on 28th April 2018.
While this is not a Rotary event it is one where a community group is trying
to raise awareness of events that occurred in WWI one hundred years ago
.Ken Maher - President
Yarra Bend Rotary
04 April Yarra Bend Visioning Workshop
17 April Joint Meeting with Riverside Cluster – Kooyong Tennis Club
16 May Board meeting outgoing & incoming Board
20 May D9800 Assembly - TABCORP Park Melton
25-27 May Model United Nations Assembly
04 July (TBC) Yarra Bend Changeover Dinner
29 July Plant a Tree Fritsch Holzer Park
10 November Garden Design Festival on 10, 11, 17, 18 November
ROTARY SUNDAY MARKET DUTY
15 April Tony Boyd 06 May Ken Maher
22 April Bob Lambert 13 May William Liew
UPCOMING SPEAKERS 11 April Dianne Sides, President The Boroondara Network
17 April Dr Robert Webster, President RSL Victoria
02 May Michael Headberry, Director, Saluting Monash Council
WEEKLY DUTY ROSTER
04 April Bob Lambert Visioning
11 April Clint Sceney Bill Chow Bill Chow Ed Brown Matt Pollard
17 April Joint Cluster Meeting
25 April No Meeting Anzac Day
02 May John Orr Anne Brown Anne Brown John Orr Bob Lambert
VOLUME 18 ISSUE 35 28 March 2018
Yarra Bend Rotary
Chairman – Darren Grevis-James
Thought of the Week – Ed Brown
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.
The time will pass anyway – Earl Nightingale
Directors Reports
Isabel Armer: Isabel gave an update on Nepal and the recent family tragedy of our Nepal
coordinator – Netra. Isabel said she intends travelling to Nepal in April. Rotary pop-up-shop
coordinator - Janet is selling 100 packs of products donated by Chemist Warehouse to raise funds.
The packs cost $10 and include a variety of handy items including AFL branded cushions.
Bob Lambert: Work is planned tomorrow (Thursday) for the painting of the Dixon Park playground
equipment in Yarra Bend Park.
Edda Williams: Vincent Bethlehem is our nomination for RYPEN. He has already completed a
number of leadership programs and is a most impressive candidate.
Clint Sceney: Dominic Elliott from Swinburne has asked me to assist selling tote bags made for the
‘I respect Campaign’ that offers women in crisis accommodation the opportunity to earn income
and develop a new skill set to improve their employability. The $20 bags are available through
Clint.
Members Moment – Ed Brown Ed discussed the ‘Gardening for Money’ fund raising concept and said that if the Club
commits to it as a Project, a roster of all members will be needed before we commit to
jobs to develop a work team each week. Ed also said $900 was raised for the Club for
some work he recently did fixing up parts of the interior of a house in Boroondara.
Great result Ed.
Door Prize Guest speaker Stephen Brend (right) presents this week’s door prize to David Shave
VOLUME 18 ISSUE 35 28 March 2018
Yarra Bend Rotary
Yarra Bend Projects & Activities Dixon Park Playground Restoration
Work continued this week at the children’s playground at Dixon Park in Studley Park. Several members picked up a paint brush to finish off the previous hard work that included stripping back and sanding the timber on the playground equipment. Well done to all those that helped out with the restoration work Left - Matt Pollard, Ed Brown (above), David Shave, and Bob Lambert Below - Bill Chow, David Shave, and Bob Lambert
VOLUME 18 ISSUE 35 28 March 2018
Yarra Bend Rotary
Guest Speaker – Stephen Brend
Conserving a threatened species in an urban environment Parks Victoria Ranger Stephen Brend discussed the migration of the Grey-Headed Flying Fox Bat Colony in Yarra Bend Park. About 10,000
bats were moved from Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens more than fifteen years ago and have since thrived at their new home with numbers estimated to be possibly as many as 50,000. Breeding season is in November and female bats produce only one offspring each year with a gestation period of six months. Stephen said the bats have strong site attachment and usually fly out and forage no more than about 40 kilometers from the colony. While they are out the young bats remain in the colony. However during the winter, bats will fly away and usually return to their colony in October. Despite the growing numbers in recent years, the bats remain under threat from excessive summer heat stress, human intervention, habitat loss, power lines, barbed wire, and fruit garden nets. The Yarra Bend bats feed mostly on pollens, as well as nectars from flowering trees. Interestingly all hardwood trees are pollinated by bats. Stephen said the Melbourne’s bat colony is now thriving due to good management and the open green space of the Yarra Bend National Park. Yarra Bend Rotary last year planted 100 native trees adjacent to the bat colony.
Parks Victoria
Yarra Bend Rotary
Remember you must Book if you are going to attend. Click below on this link
Yarra Bend Rotary
Yarra Bend Rotary
Yarra Bend Rotary
Learn more about what we do
Would you would like to know more about Yarra Bend Rotary, please call Club Secretary Anne Brown on
0404029165 or email: [email protected]
You might like to join us for dinner. We meet every Wednesday over dinner at the Amora Hotel 649 Bridge
Road Richmond at 6:30 p.m. for 7:00p.m.
If you would like to come along and find out more about what we do or have a particular interest in hearing
one of our guest speakers, please first contact the Club Secretary to make arrangements.
Our Mailing Address is P.O.Box 271, Kew East, Victoria, 3102 or e-mail : [email protected]
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Yarra Bend Rotary
Our next meeting on 4th April is a particularly important one. We will be
working to define the future of our club via a ‘Visioning’ session conducted
by PP Bob Lambert. All members are particularly urged to attend this
meeting and to make positive contributions with their ideas on what our club
should look like, eg ideal number of members, what we should be doing eg
projects, writing cheques or simply having a good time, and how it should be
promoting itself particularly to increase the number of members or others in
the community who are actively engaged with us. Starting time is different
for this meeting – 6.30pm but the place is the same – Amora Hotel, Bridge
Road, Richmond.
Membership strategy is particularly important as we must formulate new
approaches to encourage community members to join or work with us. New
opportunities are opening up all the time particularly in using modern
technology and lateral thinking. Other clubs are increasing their membership
and so could we, but, we do need to find ways for every member to
contribute using their own talents and interests.
On another tack, we often feel that we cannot undertake large or continuing
projects because we are a small club. But there is in our cluster, District and
other Districts, a growing awareness and willingness for collaboration
between clubs and even between Districts. A good example is the District
Conference in 2019 will be a multi-district conference involving four of the
five Districts in Victoria. So, collaboration can be a very useful and positive
attitude to develop and implement.
Child Safety Awareness is still very much on the agenda such that it must
become part of the fabric of every club and, in a way, second nature for
clubs to incorporate it into their ethos and activities. Every member and
community member working with Rotary Clubs needs to complete a “Youth
Program Volunteer’ Application. The application form is in My Rotary and I
will send a link to members for each of you to access and complete the form
in time to return it to the Club management by the 30 April (only four weeks
away now).
Led by PP’s Bob Lambert and Ed Brown and in conjunction with Parks
Victoria a small group of members completed maintenance work on
playground equipment at Dixon Park – photos are on our Facebook page.
Finally, a reminder for the Joint Cluster meeting at the Kooyong Tennis
Centre on TUESDAY 17th April for the presentation on Villers-Bretonneux.
Prior bookings on Trybooking – see the notice at the end of this Bulletin.
While on the WW1 theme, this Bulletin has a notice for an event by the
Footscray-Yarraville City Band at the Box Hill Town Hall on 28th April 2018.
While this is not a Rotary event it is one where a community group is trying
to raise awareness of events that occurred in WWI one hundred years ago
.Ken Maher - President
Yarra Bend Rotary
04 April Yarra Bend Visioning Workshop
17 April Joint Meeting with Riverside Cluster – Kooyong Tennis Club
16 May Board meeting outgoing & incoming Board
20 May D9800 Assembly - TABCORP Park Melton
25-27 May Model United Nations Assembly
04 July (TBC) Yarra Bend Changeover Dinner
29 July Plant a Tree Fritsch Holzer Park
10 November Garden Design Festival on 10, 11, 17, 18 November
ROTARY SUNDAY MARKET DUTY
15 April Tony Boyd 06 May Ken Maher
22 April Bob Lambert 13 May William Liew
UPCOMING SPEAKERS 11 April Dianne Sides, President The Boroondara Network
17 April Dr Robert Webster, President RSL Victoria
02 May Michael Headberry, Director, Saluting Monash Council
WEEKLY DUTY ROSTER
04 April Bob Lambert Visioning
11 April Clint Sceney Bill Chow Bill Chow Ed Brown Matt Pollard
17 April Joint Cluster Meeting
25 April No Meeting Anzac Day
02 May John Orr Anne Brown Anne Brown John Orr Bob Lambert
VOLUME 18 ISSUE 35 28 March 2018
Yarra Bend Rotary
Chairman – Darren Grevis-James
Thought of the Week – Ed Brown
Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it.
The time will pass anyway – Earl Nightingale
Directors Reports
Isabel Armer: Isabel gave an update on Nepal and the recent family tragedy of our Nepal
coordinator – Netra. Isabel said she intends travelling to Nepal in April. Rotary pop-up-shop
coordinator - Janet is selling 100 packs of products donated by Chemist Warehouse to raise funds.
The packs cost $10 and include a variety of handy items including AFL branded cushions.
Bob Lambert: Work is planned tomorrow (Thursday) for the painting of the Dixon Park playground
equipment in Yarra Bend Park.
Edda Williams: Vincent Bethlehem is our nomination for RYPEN. He has already completed a
number of leadership programs and is a most impressive candidate.
Clint Sceney: Dominic Elliott from Swinburne has asked me to assist selling tote bags made for the
‘I respect Campaign’ that offers women in crisis accommodation the opportunity to earn income
and develop a new skill set to improve their employability. The $20 bags are available through
Clint.
Members Moment – Ed Brown Ed discussed the ‘Gardening for Money’ fund raising concept and said that if the Club
commits to it as a Project, a roster of all members will be needed before we commit to
jobs to develop a work team each week. Ed also said $900 was raised for the Club for
some work he recently did fixing up parts of the interior of a house in Boroondara.
Great result Ed.
Door Prize Guest speaker Stephen Brend (right) presents this week’s door prize to David Shave
VOLUME 18 ISSUE 35 28 March 2018
Yarra Bend Rotary
Yarra Bend Projects & Activities Dixon Park Playground Restoration
Work continued this week at the children’s playground at Dixon Park in Studley Park. Several members picked up a paint brush to finish off the previous hard work that included stripping back and sanding the timber on the playground equipment. Well done to all those that helped out with the restoration work Left - Matt Pollard, Ed Brown (above), David Shave, and Bob Lambert Below - Bill Chow, David Shave, and Bob Lambert
VOLUME 18 ISSUE 35 28 March 2018
Yarra Bend Rotary
Guest Speaker – Stephen Brend
Conserving a threatened species in an urban environment Parks Victoria Ranger Stephen Brend discussed the migration of the Grey-Headed Flying Fox Bat Colony in Yarra Bend Park. About 10,000
bats were moved from Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens more than fifteen years ago and have since thrived at their new home with numbers estimated to be possibly as many as 50,000. Breeding season is in November and female bats produce only one offspring each year with a gestation period of six months. Stephen said the bats have strong site attachment and usually fly out and forage no more than about 40 kilometers from the colony. While they are out the young bats remain in the colony. However during the winter, bats will fly away and usually return to their colony in October. Despite the growing numbers in recent years, the bats remain under threat from excessive summer heat stress, human intervention, habitat loss, power lines, barbed wire, and fruit garden nets. The Yarra Bend bats feed mostly on pollens, as well as nectars from flowering trees. Interestingly all hardwood trees are pollinated by bats. Stephen said the Melbourne’s bat colony is now thriving due to good management and the open green space of the Yarra Bend National Park. Yarra Bend Rotary last year planted 100 native trees adjacent to the bat colony.
Parks Victoria
Yarra Bend Rotary
Remember you must Book if you are going to attend. Click below on this link
Yarra Bend Rotary
Yarra Bend Rotary
Yarra Bend Rotary
Learn more about what we do
Would you would like to know more about Yarra Bend Rotary, please call Club Secretary Anne Brown on
0404029165 or email: [email protected]
You might like to join us for dinner. We meet every Wednesday over dinner at the Amora Hotel 649 Bridge
Road Richmond at 6:30 p.m. for 7:00p.m.
If you would like to come along and find out more about what we do or have a particular interest in hearing
one of our guest speakers, please first contact the Club Secretary to make arrangements.
Our Mailing Address is P.O.Box 271, Kew East, Victoria, 3102 or e-mail : [email protected]
Follow our latest News and Events - Facebook
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