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PRESIDENTS
MESSAGE
We would like to thank Joop for
his informative and interesting address our club last week. I did
find it interesting that the flag for soccer is larger than the
flag for The Nederlands. Maybe they like their soccer more than
anything else!.
This week is club forum, and I would
like members to concentrate on thinking of ways the club can raise
money. We have a large project that we are doing with Cairns Earlville
Club for the Centenary of Rotary 2005. We do need to raise a lot
of money for that project and to sustain other local projects we
commit to every year.
We saw some of our members attend
the Cairns Club Melbourne Cup evening. We saw Gina the jockey start
last, but did make a last minute dash for the line. The distance
was too long and failed to finish. Margaret Logan was coming up
on the outside only to be overtaken by a horse on her right using
the whip. It was a fun night and the proceeds of the evening went
to the Hear and Say foundation in Cairns.
We are having a joint meeting with
Cairns Earlville Club on November 14th, they will be joining us
for lunch at our venue the Hilton.
President Robyn
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Rotary 4-Way Test
1.
Is it the TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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A
Progressive Dinner
Calling all members - especially those
who live on the North Side of town.....
We are wanting to have a progressive
dinner with the theme of Dutch (for Yoop) and German (for Sophie)
- so a night of beer drinking and clog wearing - recipes will be
sought from the internet - and distributed.
We need a volunteer house for Entree,
one for main course, one for dessert and perhaps one for coffee
and chocolates............
Everyone in the club supplies the
food - we just need a spot to place our fold up chair.
If you would like the pleasure of
hosting one of the courses - please email me back
Sandy
About
RYLA: A Queensland Initiative!!!
History
In 1959, the state government of Queensland,
Australia, invited local Rotarians to help plan a festival celebrating
Queensland's upcoming centenary. Learning that Queen Elizabeth II
was sending her cousin Princess Alexandra, who was in her early
20s, to the celebration, Rotarians planned activities specifically
for the princess' age group.
The gundoo, an aboriginal word meaning
"festival" or "fun together," was a rousing success. More than 300
men and women between the ages of 17 and 23 attended.
Encouraged by the event's popularity
with the young attendees, Rotarians saw potential to create a similar
annual youth program. With little hesitation, Governor Art Brand
of then-District 260 approved the project, and on 2 May 1960, RYLA
was born.
Australian districts 258 and 260 shared
in establishing a committee that developed the official framework
of RYLA: to train youth (ages 14-30) in character, leadership, personal
development, and good citizenship.
These guidelines helped RYLA expand
to all Rotary districts in Australia and led to RYLA's approval
as an international program by the RI board at the 1971 RI Convention
in Sydney, Australia.
By 1998, RYLA had become an established
program in more than half of the 521 Rotary districts worldwide.
Also in 1998, then-RI President James
Lacy, emphasizing his concern for children, appointed an international
RYLA committee, dedicated to improving and expanding this special
Rotary program to the entire world.
Rotarians with different RYLA experiences
were invited to RI headquarters to exchange information and ideas.
Participants agreed that RYLA could be improved through regional
training workshops. After District 5520's first RYLA camp 20 years
ago, a camper summed up his RYLA experience in one word, "Camelot."
He wrote the RYLA chairman, "If you
know the story of King Arthur, you may recall that as King Arthur
was dying in a young man's arms, he turned to the youth and said,
'If you learn of anyone that has not heard of Camelot, tell them
loudly and clearly that there really was that one wisp of glory
called Camelot.'" "Gundoo" or "Camelot?"
RYLA is both and aren't we fortunate?
Dedication, passion and love describe the heart of RYLA, a most
remarkable investment that assures Rotary's future. Every Rotarian
should take the opportunity to enjoy this exciting program and life-changing
experience.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards
(RYLA)
Each year, thousands of young people
take part in the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) program worldwide.
Young people ages 14-30 chosen for their leadership potential attend
an all-expenses-paid seminar, camp, or workshop to discuss leadership
skills and to learn those skills through practice.
Rotary clubs and districts select participants
and facilitate the event's curriculum. RYLA aims to:
· Demonstrate Rotary's respect and
concern for youth;
· Provide an effective training experience for selected youth and
potential leaders;
· Encourage leadership of youth by youth; and
· Recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their
communities.
RYLA was officially adopted by Rotary
International in 1971, and is one of the most significant and fastest-growing
programs of Rotary service. RYLA programs often lead to the formation
or strengthening of Rotaract and Interact clubs. RYLA participants
often go on to become Youth Exchange students or Ambassadorial Scholars.
The
First Royal Flush
The ancient Egyptians believed in the
regular use of enemas and this practice was attributed to the god
Thoth, deity of physicians.
The ibis was considered the incarnation
of Thoth. This bird practices colon irrigation by filling its beak
with water and flushing the water through the colon via the rectum.
The first recorded proctologist was
Iri, an ancient Egyptian physician whose titles include "Shepherd
of the Anus". "Keeper of the Bottom" and "Keeper of the Royal Rectum"
One of his key tasks was the royal
flush.
From Graham Cossins
Rotary
Australia's Next Real Challenge
For some years now Australians have
been becoming aware that there are really two Australias. First
is the one we live in … the comfortable well-fed, well-housed life
that we enjoy and accept as our birthright. Then there is the Australia,
which is inhabited by the original Australians, the ones who have
been ignored for centuries, and not even counted in the census until
40 years ago.
We have bean becoming uncomfortably
aware that Indigenous people have a health, educational and employment
problem that the rest of us would never accept if we were to live
as they live.
For the past three years a number of
Rotary clubs in Australia have been attempting to address this problem,
particularly in relation to the health and well being of Indigenous
Australians. It is pleasing to report that we have had some success.
Rotary has shown that it is capable
of achieving with PolioPlus and a number of other related projects,
but until now most of our efforts have been directed to assisting
people in other countries. It is time that more clubs rallied to
support those clubs already supporting these people.
In the past 40 years a number of Indigenous
people have been able to achieve a standard of education which enables
them to enter tertiary education, but in a lot of cases the ability
of their families to assist them during expensive university courses
is limited.
The Australian Rotary Health Research
Fund (ARHRF) Indigenous Health Scholarship fund has taken over from
what was originally the South Australian based Indigenous Medical
Scholarship Project, which has been extremely successful.
Australian Rotarians recently accepted
a challenge to complete the PolioPlus Project by raising nearly
$US3 million in a very short time. Surely we can accept a challenge
to help redress the situation which has existed or many years and
raise funds to support a scholarship fund to ensure that indigenous
Australians have the chance to assist in improving the health and
well being of their own people.
There are many Rotary clubs in this
country that raise magnificent sums of money for special programs.
Spend it on this project! It only takes $2,500 a year form Rotary
clubs to provide a meaningful "top-up" of Abstudy grants to enable
students to concentrate on study and not be troubled by costs, which
they are unable to meet.
Our experience in South Australia has
shown that the students appreciate the assistance. We have since
1998 had five graduates in nursing pre-registration and one doctor.
We need more Indigenous doctors, nurses and allied health workers
in Australia to give Indigenous people the opportunity of being
cared for by someone who understands their culture and health needs.
Please Rotarians, accept the challenge,
and send your cheque to the ARHRF Indigenous Health Scholarship
Fund and show that Australian Rotarians really do LEND A HAND.
Geoff Bailey
Past President
Rotary Club of Mitcham. S.A.
From Rotary Down Under
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