Bulletin for 20th March Issue 35 - Rotary Club of Camberwell

The Rotary Club
of Camberwell
Directors and Officers
President, Peter Allen
Vice-President, David Baker
President– Elect, Graeme Hope
Treasurer, Loreto Resubal
Secretary, Richard Gray
Assistant Secretary, Alan Lorenzini
Community, Jo-Anne Tamlyn
International, John Steven
Vocational, Geoff, McCormick
New Generations, Michael Mullins
Membership, Geoff Angus
Fellowship, Jon Oppy
Art Show, Graeme Hope
Horizons, Richard Stewart
Sergeant, Fabienne Nichola
Almoner, Gerry Lavender
Historian, Les Brown
Bulletin, Bern Connell
Web Master, Michael Pavey
Program, Gary Goldsmith
On to Conference, Michael Pavey
Foundation, Don Jago
MARCH: LITERACY MONTH
Encourage awareness of
literacy problems in our
community.
Two weeks that had it all
Well almost. There was one (small?) glitch. In
my late night report for last week written in
the corner of a motel room, I omitted two of our
on-to-conference team from my list of happy
travellers.
I am delighted to confirm that John and Audrey
Steven were indeed on the team of itinerants and
played leading roles in the excellent fellowship that the
pre-conference tour always delivers. Our thanks to
Michael Pavey for his organisation.
Desk
Dennis Coleman
MEETING ROSTER
MARCH: LITERACY MONTH
Desk
Geoff Heath
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Then there was the conference. It was a great success
with good speakers and entertainment. There are
pictures in this edition courtesy of resident shutter driver David Baker. There was a
great moment for Camberwell when two of our members were called to the stage
for recognition. (The story’s in this bulletin.)
Last night Andy Spry was our Chairman and shared the battle with an ailing sound
system. (We’re fixing it.). Then it was my great pleasure to introduce my good
friend Andrew Cornwall, third generation leader of the “two blues” bus line
otherwise known as Ventura. Judging by the rapt attention of the audience and the
questions that followed, Andrew’s guided tour of his family’s company hit the right
chord.
Membership Chair Geoff Angus brought Anne Hawthorne to the lectern and
introduced her to the Club. It was then my great privilege to induct Anne into the
Club in her classification of “Printing—Commercial”. Anne then spoke warmly about
her journey towards membership of our Rotary Club. We look forward to her
service.
Next week is Club Forum to be led by PE Graeme Hope .
Its your chance to build your own Rotary Club
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Ron Lear
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Anne Murphy
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Richard Stewart
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Patrick Docherty
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Syd Warneke
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Three days to Albury. Conference 2013.

Congratulations to our Royce Abbey Medallion recipients
Kerryn Dickinson-Rowe and Chris Howell recognised at the Albury District Conference
One of the great pleasures of the
presidency of a Rotary Club
happens on those occasions
when there is an opportunity to
recognise a member or members
for their notable contributions to
the life of their club. That
pleasure is amplified when the
recognition takes place at a
district conference. And that’s
how it was at Albury last Sunday.
Following the “Royce Abbey Oration”
delivered by Kevin Gosper AO, a
citation for Kerryn Dickinson-Rowe
and Chris Howell was read by the
Rotary International Presidents’
Representative David Harilela . Then it
was my turn—to pin on the medallions to Kerryn and
Chris in the presence of DG Dennis Shore.
The purpose of the Royce Abbey Award and its
medallion is to encourage members who are relatively
new to Rotary to encourage them to further develop
and benefit from using the talents they have
demonstrated in furthering the object of Rotary at
Club, District and International level.
About the Royce
Abbey Awards
Royce Abbey has been a
member of the Rotary Club
of Essendon since 1954. He
was President of Rotary
International in 1988/89.
On completion of Royce’s year
as World President the District
Governors established the fund that Royce and Jean Abbey
decided would be used to provide agricultural scholarships
directed to the less developed countries in the Asia-Pacific.
The Royce Abbey Award encourages clubs to contribute
AUD$1000 through the Rotary International Permanent
Fund to the Royce and Jean Abbey Agricultural Scholarship,
a program which assists in the training of agricultural
techniques (here in Australia) to young men and women
from developing countries.
Kerryn Dickinson Rowe and Chris Howell
display their citation certificates a few
minutes after the on stage presentation.
Kerryn has over the past several
months managed the at times
challenging role of keeping our club’s
staffing obligations to the Camberwell
Market well under control . She is a
valuable voice in the Horizons and
Projects Committee and a willing
volunteer at fund raising events.
Chris stepped outside of her comfort
zone at my request to take up the
role of Art Show Secretary, a
challenge that she has accepted and
managed admirably Chris readily
admits to her pleasure in being a
Rotarian and the “good fun” that
membership involves. She is readily
available to answer the call when
volunteers are needed.
At last night’s meeting it was a great opportunity to
share the good news with the whole Club and it was
received with great enthusiasm. Within the next few
weeks we will spend some more time in a club meeting
to celebrate the successes of these two great new(ish)
members.
Peter Allen - 21st March 2013
Build your own Rotary Club
Next week’s Club Forum
Next week the club will conduct its second
members’ forum for this Rotary year. (Not to be
confused with Club Assemblies that also happen
twice each year when committee leaders report on
their teams’ programs.)
This is every member’s opportunity to influence the direction of
their Rotary Club. Longer term members remind us of
enthusiastic forums of the past. Forums could be feisty affairs
that extended well into the night. Perhaps we might recapture
some of that vigour.
The forum will be led by PE Graeme Hope who is now a mere
three months from his term as President. Graeme and his
incoming board are keen to hear your views about your Club—
the good and the not so good, the issues and the opportunities.
You are encouraged to email PE Graeme with
subjects that you would like addressed in the forum.
It’s your Rotary Club. Let’s all help to guide it.

VOLUNTEER WORK KON TUM DECEMBER 2012
Camberwell Rotary Funds donated to Kon Tum
Projects were distributed as follows:
Scabies
Treatment –
Painting the
Kids
Lunch at the
Orphanage
$575 – 250
150 Tooth
brushes
Toothpaste
and 30kg
washing
power and
paste
$70 – 20
Blankets for
Boys
Boarding
School
Blanket
Delivery
$4752 - 364
School
Uniforms for 4
Orphanages
$177 - 159
Books for
Orphanages
(including
texts, novels,
exercise
books)
$2865 - 3000
Birthing Kits
Traditional
Jarai
Ceremony
$120 – Bread Project
$200 – Dentist for 7 children including fillings and
tooth extractions
$47 – To send child from Kon Tum to
Cardiologist in HCMC
$45 – Pots to boil clothing and paint brushes for
Scabies treatment
$2700 – Towards building projects (Kitchen and
Dormitory at Orphanages)
$991 – 7 adult size bunk beds for orphanages
$330 – To send 2 children to Infectious Diseases
Consultant in HCMC (one had surgery) for
assessment of Lymphatic TB status.
$399 – Pharmacy supplies for Orphanages and
clinics held in villages
Thankyou for your generous donations and
ongoing support Sue Gray

As we have all noticed, March has arrived and in the
cycle of the Rotary theme months, March is Literacy
Month. When the concept of theme months
commenced back in 1983 literacy was considered so
important that it was the theme to start the Rotary year
and July was the dedicated month. Along the way, the
penny dropped that there was rather a lot happening in
July with changes of administration and new club Boards
settling in.
Literacy is not only a
significant goal for Rotary but
it is also a special goal for
Rotary because we know that
literacy is a key factor in
overcoming poverty and all
that goes with it. Rotary
considers it to be so
important that it is one of the
6 areas of focus for The
Rotary Foundations Future
Vision – basic education and
literacy.
The statistics are really
shocking. UNESCO estimates
there are 860 million illiterate adults in the world and
about two thirds of them are women. Millions more are
functionally illiterate, without the reading and writing
skills necessary for everyday life. The United Nations has
identified illiteracy as a major obstacle to economic,
political, and social development.
UNESCO notes that literacy contributes to peace as it
brings people closer to attaining individual freedoms and
better understanding of the world, as well as preventing
or resolving conflict. The connection between literacy
and peace can be seen in unstable democracies or in
conflict-affected countries where it is harder to establish
or sustain a literate environment. How appropriate that
in this year of Peace through Service we try harder to
make a sustainable difference.
Irina Bokova, UNESCO Director General notes that
“Education brings sustainability to all the development
goals, and literacy is the foundation of all learning. It
provides individuals with the skills to understand the
world and shape it, to participate in democratic
processes and have a voice, and also to strengthen their
cultural identity”.
I’m quoting from UNESCO as they succinctly identify
that “Literacy is a human right, a tool of personal
empowerment and a means for social and human
MARCH IS LITERACY MONTH
development. Educational opportunities depend on
literacy.
Literacy is at the heart of basic education for all, and
essential for eradicating poverty, reducing child
mortality, curbing population growth, achieving gender
equality and ensuring sustainable development, peace
and democracy. There are good reasons why literacy is
at the core of education for all.
A good quality basic
education equips pupils with
literacy skills for life and
further learning; literate
parents are more likely to
send their children to school;
literate people are better able
to access continuing
educational opportunities;
and literate societies are
better geared to meet
pressing development”.
UNESCO does have a major
focus on International
Literacy Day on September 8
each year. By making it a focus for a whole month
Rotary puts the matter into real perspective, a day is not
nearly enough.
It is not enough to have focus without action. All
through the Rotary year clubs are involved in many
projects that have education as a priority but in March it
is an opportunity to take a closer look at the challenge.
I hope that individual clubs will look at how they can
make a difference in raising literacy standards and adopt
significant programs that will make a difference.
As a district in recent years we have probably not
provided the sort of support for literacy programs that is
provided for clubs in many important other program
areas. This Rotary year through our Club Service
Committee we have tried to raise the profile of literacy
programs and have provided many suggestions for how
this could be achieved.
This year we have found the facts confronting. We know
and expect that there is a major problem in developing
countries but for too long we have ignored a problem
right on our own doorstep, and that is the problem of
illiteracy amongst our own indigenous people. Did you
know that national literacy testing shows that 80% of
aboriginal children in regional and remote communities
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are in the bottom 5% of all Australian children?
As a District we have an opportunity to work together in a
really simple program that has the capacity to make a
significant impact in addressing this issue.
The idea is to purchase and/or collect
new picture story books, easy fiction and
non-fiction books for children 0-12
years. To make it easier, bring them
along to the Literacy Stall in the Albury
Conference Market Place. We will add a
sticker to indicate that they have been
given by your club and at the conclusion
of the Conference they will be donated
to the Aboriginal Literacy
Foundation.
Why the Aboriginal Literacy Foundation.
This Foundation provides weekly one-on-one literacy
tutoring to Indigenous children struggling to make literacy
gains at school. They provide Indigenous Literacy and
Heritage Camps to fast track literacy and numeracy
learnings for significantly disadvantaged students. These
programs are provided by a dedicated team of volunteers
WOMEN - MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA
MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR OF VICTORIA
2013 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY GLOBAL
BREAKFAST
For over a century, women have been observing
International Women’s Day as an opportunity to
celebrate the extraordinary
achievements of women in our society.
Across the globe, women have had the
courage and determination to dream
large. Over the years, they have worked
tirelessly to outline their agenda for
independence, inclusion and equality
and have achieved impressive, tangible
advancements in this regard.
A local example of this can be seen in
the increased number of women
studying at Australian universities.
Recent statistics show that women have
more higher-education qualifications than men – 54.8%
women compared with 45.2% men. More specifically,
women are leading the way in postgraduate study in
areas of general and business management. If this trend
continues, the landscape of our workforce is set to
change dramatically. I expect that this and many others
and paid tutors. The Patron of the Foundation is Her
Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce AC, Governor – General of the
Commonwealth of Australia
The Foundation also supplies books and literacy backpacks
to children in remote communities to encourage them in
their educational journey. They fund education scholarships
for Indigenous young people to give them
the best possible start and greater
educational opportunities.
They conduct literacy testing for
Indigenous children to enable early
intervention and tailored support. Through
many of the Foundation’s campaigns they
create community awareness with the aim
of closing the poverty gap.
Here is an opportunity to partner with
another organisation that can make a
direct impact through the direct effort of Rotary and
Rotarians.
It would be a wonderful show of our commitment to
“Literacy for All” if every club made a contribution; and it
would certainly help to address the problems faced by
many aboriginal children.
topics will be discussed as you ponder career success
within this morning’s breakfast theme “Is it all in The
Genes?”.
As Patron of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, I am proud
that women can participate in the work of this
remarkable community organisation.
The work of Rotary has a positive
impact on many aspects of our society,
advocating for those less fortunate and
thus achieving significant change in
many areas that require it. Women in
Rotary are in a unique position to
identify issues and challenges that are
of particular importance to women and
can therefore steer the work of Rotary
in this direction, ensuring that Rotary
better represents the community which
it serves.
I wish you all the best as you celebrate International
Women’s Day for 2013 and every success for lively
debate around the breakfast table.
HE The Hon. Alex Chernov AC QC
Governor of Victoria 20 February 2013

Wed.03 April
Garry Moore
The Victorian Border
Chair : Gary Goldsmith
Wed: 24 April
Marcus Fielding
ANZAC day program
Chair : Graham Hope
Wed.27 March
CLUB FORUM
Chair : Graeme
Hope
COMING EVENTS
Wed. 10 April
Sue Grey
Volunteer Work Kon Tum
December 2012
Chair : Jim O’Hara
Wed.01 May.
Peter Leggett
Our Future World
Adrian Campbell
Wed. 17 April
Bob Glindemann
DIK
Wed. 08 May
Netta Griffin
RACV
QUOTE FOR THE WEEK:
“The thing to do with good advice is to pass it on.
It is never any good to oneself” [O. Wilde]
Welcome to our latest member
HAWTHORNE, Anne [Christopher]
Proposed: D. Baker, 20.03.13
Printing – Commercial
Kwik Kopy Printing Centre,
45 William Street, Melbourne, 3000
9629 9811
13 Walsh Street, Deepdene, 3103
9817 7802 MOB: 0419 887 760
Email: annefhawthorne@gmail.com

Birthdays Club Anniversaries Wedding Anniversaries
Richard Stewart Mar 21
Dennis Coleman Mar 23
Denise Oppy Mar 24
Geoff Angus Mar 21 22 years
Warwick Heil Mar 22 6 years
Gary Goldsmith Mar 25 25 years
Robert Davies Mar 27 22 years
Malcolm & Pamela Munro Mar 20
Geoff & Denise Angus Mar 24
Gerry & Heather Lavender Mar 24
Warwick & Elizabeth Heil Mar 24
SUNDAY MARKET ROSTER
Rotary Club of Camberwell INC. A0020974E) PO Box 178 Canterbury 3126 www.camberwellrotary.org.au
President
Peter Allen
0412 035 247
pallen@netspace.net.au
Treasurer
Loreto Resubal
0425-751-281
info@jrj.com.au
LAST MEETING STATISTICS
APOLOGIES
Anderson(P) Anderson(M) Atkinson Blood
Coleman Daniels King Davies Farmer
Hookey Landsberg Leigh Matthews
Munro O’Hara Peat Pavey
Reid Santosa Stewart Tamlyn
Gooch
Club Meets
Wednesdays 6.15 for 6.30
Canterbury Centre, 2 Rochester Road
Canterbury
GUESTS
Anne Hawthorne
Lee Gleeson
President Elect
Graeme Hope
9848-1158
graemehope@bigpond.com
Bulletin Editor:
Bern Connell
0418 129 347
berna84@bigpond.net.au
24 March Jim O'Hara
31 March Samuel Santoso
7 April Lesley Daniels-King
14 April Andy Spry
21 April Chris Howell
28 April Neil Hookey
5 May Mike Pavey
12 May Alan Lorenzini
19 May Michael Blood
26 May Patrick Docherty
2 June Richard Stewart
9 June Neil Hookey
16 June Rob Davies
23 June Lesley Daniels-King
30 June Nick Pane
LATE APOLOGIES: Catering Officer, Alan Lorenzini, will accept apologies until 9am each Wednesday.
Late Apologies can be made to the Secretary [9836 7241] between 9am and 5.45pm on Wednesday.
Members making a late apology may be charged the cost of the meal depending on the number of meals ordered and
extra meals provided.
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Secretary
Richard Gray
0412 389 889
rh_gray@optusnet.com.au
District Governor:
Dennis Shore
04122 332 226
dg@rotarydistrict9800.org
Apologies—Bookings
Alan Lorenzini
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