Parramatta City Rotary Club Newsletter for 25 February 2013

1. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
COMMUNITY NETWORKER
ROTARY CLUB OF PARRAMATTA CITY 24/02/13
MEETING 25/02/13 NORMAL + CALIBRI, 10.5 PT
February is World Understanding Month
Apology from Our Pres for being late, But Secretary Joy Started the meeting on
time.
International Toast:
ROTARACT
Rotary club of Punjab (where Vandana’s Father was a member), and India.
From a simple beginning in 1968 has
grown a strong international service
club for young men and women (ages
18-30) who have undertaken a
commitment to serve their
communities, be it at local and/or
international levels.
Joy welcomed our visiting Rotarian Tim Klar
Sponsored and supported by their
Secretary of Shelter box Australia. local Rotary club, members of
Rotaract seek to develop friendships
and professional contacts that will
enable them to address the physical
and social needs of their communities.
At the same time members develop
their own personal skills and
knowledge. As part of an international
network of Rotaract clubs, members
have the opportunity of reaching well
Guest Speaker Kerry Boyce, Parramatta Men's Shed beyond the local scene through
projects, contacts and conferences.
It is the responsibility of the district
governor of Rotary to nominate a
MEMBERSHIP District Rotary Rotaract chairman and
PP Barry Antees went to pre‐pets the constitution was approved for new committee persons to organize new
Rotaract clubs, increase the flow of
District 9675 communication between Rotary and
Rotaract and to plan district-wide
Barry needs the numbers for Saturday’s dinner celebrating 108 years of training for Rotaract club officers.
Rotary. To be held at the “House of Ginger” Indian restaurant. There are three types of activities
within the Rotaract program that all
clubs undertake in varying degrees:
POLICEMAN OF THE YEAR professional development, leadership
John Surian still attempting to sort out a suitable date with the police development and service project
development.
department.
Clubs take on a similar structural
administrative base to that of the
Pres Johnny: We have been asked to nominate a youth to the Hiroshima Rotary model with a District Rotaract
Peace Forum 15th ato 20th May applicants must be beween 18 and 30 years old Representative being elected on an
annual basis to provide co-ordination,
not a Rotarian. training and liaison.
Rotaract meetings are held bi-monthly.
It is strongly recommended that there
should be a Rotary presence at each
of these meetings, attendance being
classed as a "make-up" for the visiting
Rotarian.

2. Rotary Club of Parramatta City
DISTRICT UPCOMING EVENTS
• 2nd March – PETS;
• 14th April ‐ District Assembly; for all incoming board members.
• Charity Golf day Australian Rotary Health- 1st March
• 5 nominations have been forwarded to Rotary Notable Women Award committee;
• District Governor – fundraising for Children’s Hospital Legacy project;
LAST WEEK’S GUEST SPEAKER
Kerry Boyce
Talking points:
• Men’s Shed
Kerry was instrumental in starting the Men’ Shed in Northmead July 12. With 77 members and 30 people
on the waiting list. There are about 6 or 7 sheds in the Parramatta area and they are also all full which means
we need more sheds.
Kerry has applied to Parramatta council for a grant to start a new shed which is called Parramatta District
Men’s Shed. Thewre is a very good venue for this shed in Fleet Street behind Parramatta leagues club.
The shed will use 3 classrooms which cannot be used for anything else because it has Asbestos in the
structure.
The men’s sheds have only been going for 20 years started in SA and grew very slowly arrived in Sydney
in 1998 in Lane Cove in the basement of a hospital’s car park and they were allocated one car space.
Even though the Shed is called Men’s shed it is not restricted to men only. At Northmead they have a
designated day for females as their interests would be different.
The maximum advisable number of members to a Shed would be approx 60 people. The opening of the
shed is dependent on how many supervisors they have. As the supervisors are also mentors.
CLUB CALENDAR OF EVENTS
February 2013
25 Mr James Bird, Mercy Ships
March 2013
2 Pets for incoming Presidents
4 Les Miller. Critical illness a living insurance
11 Fran Killoway The Frasil technology

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15‐17 District Conference
18 Dr Mualla Akinci McManus Lyme Disease
25 Susanne Gallant Parramatta Rotary Club.
April 2013
1 Easter Monday NO MEETING
Lyndsey Macnaught RYLA Candidate
ALL APOLOGIES AND SPECIAL GUESTS
Apologies to Joy Gillette on 8837 1900 before 9.30am Monday morning.
The latest time for apologies to be made is 9.30am on Monday as that is the time Joy has to advise the hotel of
numbers.
The Club is required to pay for the number of lunches ordered. Invoices for the cost of a meal will be sent to members
at 2.30pm on Monday by Keith if you do not apologise for non attendance by 9.30am.
CELEBRATIONS
th
PP Stephen Burfield 8 years ago, 28 of February you decided to join us at
Parramatta City Rotary and you have been a very active member of the club and
contributed a great deal Thank You .
Happy Anniversary
On a more serious note
Carolyn, a rich blonde, buys a new automatic Jaguar XKR Sport.
She drives the car perfectly well during the day, but at night, the car just won't move at all.
After trying to drive the car at night for a week (but without any luck), she furiously calls the
Jaguar dealers and they send out a technician to her.
The technician examines the car and finds nothing wrong with it. So he turns to the blonde
and asks: "Ma'am, are you sure you are using the right gears?"
Full of anger, the blonde replies: "You fool, you idiot, how on earth you could ask such a
question? I'm not stupid you know! Of course I am using the right gears; I use D during the
day and N at night."

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LIVINGSTONE SCHOOL SPONSORS NEWS 1301
Dear Livingstone School sponsors and supporters,
Welcome to the first News for 2013. This year will be a very exciting one for Livingstone School. For the first time,
half of the school [Nursery to Grade 2] are situated at the new school site, whilst the other half [Grades 3-5] are still
meeting in Bimal’s house. There are now 180 students at Livingstone School, about 40 more than LAMB School. The
larger than expected intake has meant that, until more classrooms are built, the school will be split.
A huge thank you to all of you who have continued your sponsorship for another year. Without your support, the
school would not exist. We raised just enough money to pay all of the teachers’ salaries, cover the Education and
Health funds, as well as pay for breakfast for all of the children.
It was wonderful to catch up with all of the Livingstone School teachers and students, and get to know the new
ones, during our recent time in Bangladesh. Observing teachers teaching their best ever lessons make these visits
worthwhile in themselves. We are reminded, daily, that none of these children would be at school if it wasn’t for
those of you who have journeyed with us. I can’t wait to get back in less than eight months time.
Ten children from the Chaklahat Hindu village started at Livingstone School this month. Two are in the Nursery
class, and eight in Pre-school. They are the first from their village to attend school for the whole 300 years that the
village has existed. Special donations from people have paid for the clothing, transport, breakfast and education
fees for nine of them, as well as paying for a separate teacher to visit the school for 3.5 days each week in order to
teach those children too old to be in the same class as 3-5 year olds. This will also mean that they don’t get quite so
jealous of the 10 chosen by the village to attend Livingstone School. We will keep you up to date with how the 10
settle into the school and how they start to progress.
Unlike 2010 and 2011, the Christmas Gift List for 2012 just didn’t work out this year. Although the greatest need of
the school, by far, was for three additional small classrooms, only one donation was received, compared to the 25
or so from December 2011. I think you are telling me either that 2012 was especially tough one financially, or that
you much prefer to give towards some piece of equipment, with which you and your children can better identify,
rather than towards something larger.
Not all was lost however. Two close friends of ours, Alison and Scott Hogan, who were married late last year,
decided to ask for donations to Livingstone School in lieu of wedding gifts for themselves. Together with the one
Christmas Fund donation received, the total has meant that one extra classroom has started to be built. It will be
known as “The Alison and Scott Room”. When it is finished, a photo of them and information about how the room
came into being will be permanently fixed to one wall of the classroom.
The dream to set up Livingstone School as the first bilingual Senior school in Bangladesh is still on track. Initially, it
would only cater for LAMB School students once they have completed Year 10, but, eventually would cater for
Year 11 students from both schools. Many students and parents from LAMB Project are really hoping the dream
becomes a reality as soon as possible. It has the potential to keep many senior Bangladeshi and expat staff at
LAMB Project, and stop the flow of students leaving LAMB School for inferior education, but one that will take them
beyond Year 10.
Now is the time to start sending your sponsorship money for 2013. With two additional full-time and two part-time
teachers joining the staff this year, and with salary increases for cost of living and longer school time etc., there is a
need for about 17 additional sponsors for 2013. We have three of these already, 14 to go. Several sponsors who
indicated that they would initially sponsor for one year have decided that they will continue for at least another

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year. No one has withdrawn their sponsorship at this point of time. Thank you so much for this. We are the only
financial sponsor for the staff salaries, so it’s us who keep the school going. A few people have requested the bank
details again, so it’s attached. I’ve attached the update of the original form that you received with all of the
details, just for your information, just in case you may know of someone who could become one of the 14
remaining new sponsors needed.
To those who wanted reminders of their next payment due, here it is. Thank you to those who transfer money
electronically and reference their name on the transfer, as this make it easier to keep track of money coming in.
Thank you, once again, to all of you who share this venture with us. Both Jill and I are so encouraged by your
involvement. It gives us such a boost to know you are there with us.
With much love,
Ian Cochrane.
February, 2013.
These are the photos Just before.

6. Rotary Calenndar
. February March April May June
. World Understanding Month Literacy Month Magazine Month Getting ready for changeover month Rotary Fellowship month
Sat
Sun 1
Mon 1 Easter Monday NO MEETING 3
Tues 2 4
Wed 3 1 5
Thu 4 2 6
Fri 1 1 Rotary Health Fund Golf Day 5 3 7
Sat 2 Blacktown Rotary Trivia Night 2 6 4 8
Sun 3 3 7 Daylight savings Ends 5 9
4 Les Miller 8 Lyndsey Macnaught
Mon 4 Glenn Gardner Polio Australia Critical Illness A Living Insurance RYLA Candidate 6 10 Queen's Birthday NO MEETING
Tues 5 5 9 7 11
Wed 6 6 10 8 12
Thu 7 7 11 9 13
Fri 8 8 12 10 14
Sat 9 9 13 11 15
Sun 10 10 World Rotaract week 14 District Assembly 12 Mothers Day 16
13 ARH PhD scholars evening
Mon 11 Sandra Carvajal Good Return 11 Fran Killoway The Frasil technology 15 No Lunch Meeting 17
Tues 12 12 16 14 18
Wed 13 13 17 15 19
Thu 14 14 18 16 20
Fri 15 Holroyd Rotary Trivia night 15 19 17 21
Sat 16 16 20 18 22
Sun 17 17 21 19 ARH PARRA - AMBLE 23
18 Kerry Boyce Parramatta
Mon Men's Shed 18 Dr Mualla Akinci McManus Lyme Disease 22 20 24
Tues 19 19 23 21 25
Wed 20 20 24 22 26
Thu 21 21 25 Anzac Day 23 27
Fri 22 22 26 24 28
Sat 23 World understanding and peace Day R 23 27 25 29
Sun 24 24 28 26 Red shield appeal 30
Mon 25 Mr James Bird Mercy Ships Ph9948 40 Susanne Gallant Parramatta Rotary
25 29 27
Tues 26 26 30 28
Wed 27 27 29 legend
Thu 28 28 30 Free
Fri 29 29 Good Friday Confirmed
Sat 30 30 Easter Saturday offered waiting response
Sun 31 Easter Sunday No lunch meeting
Special important events