This is my first edition of The President's Word, so I would like to start of with a few words about East Rotary's Changeover Dinner Tuesday night.

Well, what a great event it was, with all our long serving members being recognised from the past

20-30 years, 30-40 years and then over the previous 40 years. These members are the backbone of our Club. Then we honored our PHF recipients Tricia and Maurie, both of them deserved their awards and a large congratulations to them both. Our 100% club meeting attendees were also recognised, with Cal Toft topping the rank with 42 years - congratulations Cal. I said I was proud and honored to receive the Presidents position and I say that from my heart, and would like to again thank my wife Melanie and PDG Ian Mylrea for the support and encouragement they have given me. I look forward to our year ahead and all the positive feedback that we will certainly receive. I will see you all next Tuesday Night as your new President.

Kevin Delaney 

 

June 26, 2014                                                                                          Vol 51, No 1    

Mee ng next week:

Stuart Heal— The Winds of Change

“The best way to win the esteem of 

others is by  observing the simple 

rules of decency. If they won’t  

Accomplish the desired result,  

nothing will.”      

Paul Harris, This Rotarian Age 

Congratula ons

to PP Trish Cross 

for receiving a 

Paul Harris  

Fellow on  

Tuesday night.  

Congratula ons 

also to Maurie 

West, for  

becoming a Paul 

Harris Sapphire 

Recipient on 

Tuesday night. 

  Paul Harris Fellows 

CLUBMEETINGS

Tues July 1 Winds of Change video

Tues July 8    Book Sale preps 

Tues July 17  Fellowship BBQ—at Pres Kev’s place—family  

      night 

Tues July 22  Christmas in July—Partners night. Prizes for the

best Christmas costumes!

Tues July 29  Guest Speaker—Trish Mears , General Manager 

      of Bundaberg Broadcasters 

   

CLUB/DISTRICTEVENTS

Sat July 5    District Changeover Night—Yeppoon Golf Club 

Thu July 10 to  Book Sale at Civic Centre Sun July 13     Sat 2 August  RLI Stage 1 Hervey Bay   Sat Aug 23    Mayors Ball bar 

Sun Aug 31   Mul cultural fes val—Duck race & Calendars 

   

CLUBDUTIES—JULY

Chairperson

July 1 Cliff Fleming

July 8   Jean Gahan 

July 17  None 

July 22  Sue Gammon 

July 29  John Gardiner 

 

Interna onal Toast

July 1 Jean Gahan

July 8   Cliff Fleming 

July 17  None 

July 22  Brant Duff 

July 29  Tricia Cross 

 

 

Greeter

July 1 Sue Gammon

July 8   Kylie Wright 

July 17  None 

July 22  Maurie West 

July 29  John Weir 

 

If you cannot do your Club Du es,

please arrange for someone to

subs tute for you.

June 26, 2014                                                                                          Vol 51, No 1    

 

District  Governor —Mark Lean Rotary Club of Mackay North  

 

R I  President –Elect  Gary Huang Rotary Club of Taipei, Taiwan 

District  Governor Elect—Craig  Edmonston Rotary Club of Yeppoon 

R I  President – Ron Burton Rotary Club of Norman,  Oklahoma  

June 26, 2014                                                                                          Vol 51, No 1    

ClubNews

Our Club recognises the contribu ons made over the years by our longest serving Club Members:

Lyn Price (46 years), Cal To  (45 years), Bert Bent (39 years), Cliff Fleming (37 years), Kev Hickey (31 years), Ray Harbert (27 

years), John Gardiner (24 years), Ian Mylrea (23 years), Bruce Moller (26 years). 

Duck Race Tickets

ClubMemberscanhelpsellticketsfortheupcomingDuckRacein

August.

SeeBrantDufftopickupyourbookof20tickets@$5perticket.

Don’tforgettopickupafewyourself!

June 26, 2014                                                                                          Vol 51, No 1    

ChangeoverNight

Club Service Projects Commi ee

Director—Ian Mylrea

Chairs:  Interna onal—Bhavana Shukla Youth —Geoff Collyer Community —Lynne Horan Voca onal —Dave Ba y  Commi ee Members: Maurie West Vince Habermann Rebecca Cumerford Leonie Braund Bert Bent Jean Gahan Cal To  Lyn Price Dave Baldry Kev Hickey Bruce Moller Dave Prince  

       

June 26, 2014                                                                                          Vol 51, No 1    

ClubLeadershipPlan2014/15

Club Administra on Commi ee

Director—Sue Gammon

Andrew Bull Helen Forbes Brant Duff  Public Rela ons Commi ee

Director—Ross Peddlesden  

Commi ee Members: John Gardiner Maria Burnet Denise Powell  Membership Commi ee

Director: Lyn To

Cliff Fleming Kylie Wright Tricia Cross  Rotary Founda on Commi ee

Director—Ray Harbert  

Commi ee Members: Rod Medew John Weir    

Book Sale Commi ee—  

Sue, Ross, Helen, Ian M  

 

Everyday Life Skills

Commi ee— Trish, Andrew  

 

Duck race Commi ee—  

Brant, Maria,  Leonie, Vince  

 

Calendar Commi ee—  

Trish, Maurie, Brant, Ian M, Ray 

June 26, 2014                     www.rotarybundabergeast.org.au Vol 51, No 1    

Rotary Leadership Ins tute Dates

The Rotary Leadership Ins tute (RLI) is a series of fast paced,  interac ve, (three one–day) courses which develop a Rotarian’s  leadership skills and     

       increase their base knowledge of Rotary. 

Would you like to learn more about Rotary?

Would you like to develop your Leadership Skills?  RLI  Stage 1   Saturday 2 August         Hervey Bay Community Centre 9‐3pm  RLI Stage 2    Sunday 24 August        Bundaberg Library  9‐3pm  RLI Stage 3    Saturday 27 September       Maryborough Town Hall  9‐3pm  

Registra on costs are supported by the club.  See Club Administra on Director Sue to register  

your interest. 

Of the things we think, say or do: 

Join our conversation on:

Ever wonder why the Rotary year begins 1 July? The interna onal conven on ini ally played a key role in determining the start date of our fiscal and  administra ve year.   

Rotary's first fiscal year began the day a er the first conven on ended, on 18 August 1910. The 1911‐12 fiscal year also related to the conven on, beginning with the first day of the 1911 conven on on 21  August.  

At its August 1912 mee ng, the Board of Directors   ordered an audit of the Interna onal Associa on of  Rotary Clubs' finances. The auditors recommended that the organiza on end its fiscal year on 30 June to give the secretary and treasurer  me to prepare a financial statement for the conven on and board, and determine the proper number of club delegates to the  conven on.designated 30 June as the end of the fiscal year. This also allowed for changes to the schedule for repor ng club membership and payments.   

Even The Rotarian changed its volume numbering  system to correspond to the fiscal year (beginning with vol. 5, July 1914). The term "Rotary year" has been used to signify Rotary's annual administra ve period since at least 1913.  An ar cle in The Rotarian that July noted, "The Rotary year that is rapidly drawing to a close has been signal‐ized by several highly successful joint mee ngs of Clubs that are so situated as to assemble together easily and conveniently."     Since the execu ve commi ee's decision in 1913, the end of the Rotary year has remained 30 June.  

www.rotary.org

Rotary's first fiscal year began the day a er the first 

conven on ended. The conven on of the Rotary Clubs 

of America was held in Rotary’s birthplace, Chicago, in 

1910.  

Why the Rotary year begins 1 July