The Newsletter of Jerrabomberra Rotary

RI District 9710




Volume 18 No. 12
Rotary Information
Night
Meeting 810 18 September 2014

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Weekly Headlines
Fun Run Update
Anton gave an update on the progress of the fun run.
New Member Inducted
Our new member, Carolyn Hackett was inducted tonight.
German Presentation
Hannah gave the Club an insight into her home and her family.







RAWCS Team

The RAWCS Team have headed to
Tonga for our Rotary Project and
arrived safely. One of our computer
savvy brethren has set up a Blog
which to date is providing some great
photos and updates on the progress
thus far. More details under
International.
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Firstly apologies for not being
as prompt as our Editor in
getting the Jerraganda out
early. Unfortunately I have
been suffering from a viral
infection and have struggled
to focus on the computer and
concentrate on trying to
follow in Pauls footsteps. My
effort will be minimal
unfortunatley, as I am having
to do the Jerraganda in small
doses and my formatting isnt
as slick as Pauls.
Again, still no recipes, but
there continues to be hope.
Enjoy this weeks reading.
A/Editor Mez


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Weekly Meeting Summary
Meeting Number 809 11 September 2014
To
Welcome:
President Paul opened the meeting by inviting
someone, unfortunately memory is not flash and
cant remember who, to read the Charge and
Glenda to toast Rotary International. President
Paul then welcomed Carolyn for the last time as a
guest and also Bev McKay, another prospective
member who has attended a few meetings and Gavin and Juanita,
guests of the Spencers who are travelling to Tonga with our Club.
Pres Paul also welcomed Hannah, our youth Exchange student, and
Vera our everlasting supporter.
Apologies:
Mez advised that apologies had
been received from Marie-Claire,
Kerry, Lynne and Sue Roger.
David, Chris and Liz are on LoA.

Hannahs German Presentation
We originally hit a glitch with Hannahs presentation due to the program being in German and an inability to get the
presentation going. However Chilly to the rescue, Hannah was able to share photos of her family and her home and gave us a
great insight into her life in Germany. I didnt take notes, (forgot I was doing the Jerraganda) and sat back and enjoyed the
presentation. Pres Paul firstly thanked Hannah for her insightful talk about her home and family and then presented the usual
book to be donated to the school library.

Thankyou Hannah Is he done yet? Nope Finally!
Business Reports
Presidents Report
President Pauls Introduction for tonight:
We have the pleasure of welcoming a new member to our Club
It is the last meeting before our Tonga team departs,
led by our Team Leader Chilly Chilman for two
weeks to work on the Lapaha Primary School; and
We will hear the first planning details of the
forthcoming fun run walk which will be the next
major event run by Jerra Rotary
There are also a few church notices from me and the other
Directors
Pres Paul wasted no time in converting our guest Carolyn
Hackett into a fully-fledged member of our Club. Pres Paul
asked Mez to assist with the induction as the Club Service
Director.
Pres Paul read out the charter for Rotary and voila! Carloyn is
now a fellow Rotarian. Welcome Carloyn!

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President Paul advised that he attended the opening of the ACT Sports Hall of Fame last Friday
Jon Wells officiated a very pleasant and well run ceremony attended by various government
ministers and sports names.
Monday lunchtime Chilly and Pres Paul attended the Canberra Rotary Club meeting where they
thanked them for their donation of $2,000 for the Tonga RAWCS venture and discussed their
possible future involvement in next years follow-up trip. Both boys even wore ties to find that a
few of their members did not!
Monday evening Pres Paul also attended the AGs 6 weekly meeting with the other reps from our
Rotary cluster Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan West and Bungendore.
Kevin Pippard, Pres Bungendore Rotary is running a Car and Bike show on 4 Oct which will take
over much of the town all of our club members are invited to attend wearing their club
shirts.
Pres Paul advised that you should have seen an email from Paul Roger about the
Queanbeyan by Moonlight Cocktail Party on Sat 27 Sep raising funds for the Queanbeyan
Childrens Special Needs Group.
Finally, meetings while I am away? Its all good Pres Paul; we have the program in hand.
Check Farmers Markets swap?? Yes, Mez is doing your Market duty for you.
Rotarian of the Year.
As Bruce was absent for our Changeover Dinner, gallivanting around the States, he was absent for the presentation of his
trophy. Paul Roger asked that Pres Paul present both the individual trophy and the perpetual trophy to Bruce on his behalf.
Photos say it all!



Secretarys Report
NTR.
Treasurers Report
We thought Jon was a no show; however he did put in an appearance (in time for dinner) but too late to provide a report.
International
This is the last meeting for the Tonga Team. Chilly advised that they were excited and looking forward to finally getting the
Project underway. Talking is over. action here we come.
Anyone wishing to keep updated with the Teams progress can check out the Tonga Team Blog at:
http://jerrarawcs2014tonga.blogspot.com.au
Community
NTR.
Youth and Vocational
Peter fessed up that he forgot the school assembly to present the certificates. He has noted the Dec 16 Assembly in his diary
and Sue will make sure he doesnt miss another one.
Club Service
Mez reported that next weeks meeting will be a mystery night and likely a very short meeting. The planned German night has
been postponed until the Tonga Team return.
This week our two grumpy old men (The
Muppets) thought they were a couple of
mushrooms, sitting in the darkmaybe they
were worried the harsh light would make
them look older.
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Mez reiterated again the need for all members regardless of whether they have a meal or not to provide their apologies to the
Attendance Officer if they cannot make the meeting.
General Business:
Fun Run 01 Nov 14. Anton advised that Glenn and Bruce are doing the lions share of the work at the moment. There will be a
need to jig some of the running route to mitigate risk. Anton advised that he met with the CEO from Children with Special
Needs, the recipients of the event. They are very happy to be the beneficiary. Flyers with a spiel on the organisation will be
produced.
Anton advised that they will need one more person to join the committee. Please contact Anton if you are interested. Terry
suggested that it might be a good idea for Pres Paul to contact some of the MS Mega Swim Organisers to see if they can get
some interest going.
Wine Tour. Online registration is up and running and the process seems seamless. Canberra Club are also interested in coming
along. Reminder to all to register for the wine tour. See a couple of Jerragandas back for details.
Rotary Leaders Institute Level 2. Strategic Planning, Club Communication, Foundation. There will be less grants for the 14/15
financial year. Only $33000.00 for District designated funds. Applications must be in by 01 Mar for the following year.
Caption Comp Presentation. Mez was presented with a bottle of wine with the winning caption for
the caption comp. Yay!!
Jon Wells advised that they had moved into the University of Commons Building. They can measure
Elite Athletes. It is a state of the art complex and Jon advised that he would be happy to take our
Club Members through the facility. There are 119 inductees in the Hall of Fame.

Market Master:

Anton has organised a small brochure stand to place flyers for Rotary at the market information stand.


Joker
A total blank here I do know though that the joker was not won and takings for the night was $44.00.



SGT Fines:

Paul Roger was the fines Master and took $97.00.










Unfortunately no new quotes in Pauls absence, my word version just doesnt like it.
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Attendance: The acting attendance officer Mez, assessed that with Make Ups the attendance figure for the night
was 90% and it was back to Baileys and Port from the President once again.


This weeks report was submitted by Mez.
Despite the car park constantly looking full, the markets were relatively quiet this week with quite a
number of stall holders absent.
Where is the ATM? Despite the fact that the ATM was relocated quite some time ago, is was still the most asked question.
An extremely honest market goer handed in a wallet and Mez made an announcement to the market goers. Despite David S
complimenting Mez on how clear and concise the message was, it wasnt until the owner of said wallet went to pay for her goods that she
discovered her wallet was missing. She was very relieved when we were able to reunite her with the wallet.
Tamara had her usual panic prior to doing the weekly radio interview.
Bruce took the first parking duty shift and shocked both David and I with his short sleeves, no jacket and the temp was 4.1c.
Our favourite lady in the ute was up to her usual obnoxious standards, not only demanding entry and flashing the card with Ians name on
it, but also caused quite a ruckus at the stall near our information stand. So much so, that the stall holder came over and asked for some
assistance with sorting her out. Both Tamara and Vic ended up having stern words with her. From what I can gather, she is allowed
entrance and is allowed to park near the toilets. I think Vic found it was less controversial than arguing with her every week.
Anyone who read the Market report last week will remember little 4 year old Elka. Well she certainly remembered me and called out hello
as they passed our table. She seemed delighted to see me, so no lasting effects of being lost last week!
The little red dinosaur handed in two weeks ago remained our companion again for the morning and is still unclaimed
Someone from next week shift needs to buy some water, we are quite low.
20 Sep
2014
David S, Bruce and
Mez
Tables
$85.00
Bags
$97.00
Water
$8.00
Total
$190.00




Little Known Facts
This Weeks Member Profile Cathy Hobbs
Date of Birth? 23 Apr 61

Birth Place? Sarnia, Ontario, CANADA
A Rotarian for? 9 years
Favourite colour? Red (of course!)
Favourite place? Anywhere with Colin, sappy, ya
Favourite sport? Depends, at the moment probably Rugby (but I actually like most sports, I even watch golf)
Favourite author? Barbara Taylor Bradford
Favourite film? Casablanca, but at Christmas time it is White Christmas
Favourite actor? Judy Dench
Favourite food? Chocolate
Favourite car? A red one
Inspired by? Anyone that beats the odds to overcome adversity
Dislikes? Whingers
A place I would like to visit? Anywhere with Colin but I havent been to The Kimberleys so that would be a good place to visit
Do you have a Pet? If you call fish pets
Two things on your bucket
list?
I dont think I really have a bucket list
Market Roster
Date Members
27 September Jan, Mez and Jon
4 October David S, Rebecca and Ian
11 October Anton, Terry and Lizzie
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Recipe Section

Sorry No recipe again this week. We need members to submit recipes to keep this section of the Newsletter going. So come
on folks send in your favourite recipe. We know there are some good cooks out there, so why not SHARE.






Intentionally left blank, waiting for scrumptious and exciting recipes from our members.











Dont forget to send your
Jerraganda contributions to the Editor.
A thought for the week









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The Last Page

Program
Meetings Social & Special Events
Date Description Date Description (Contact)
25 September Mystery Night 22 Sep 7 Oct RAWCS Project Tonga (Chilly)
9 October German Night 12 October Bunnings BBQ
30 October Club Forum 22 October Queanbeyan Rotary Polio Day Dinner
13 November Vocational Visit Bottles of Australia 26 October Wine Tour (Anton)
26 October Jerra School Fete
1 November Inaugural Jerra Fun Run (Anton)
13 December Our Christmas Party (tba)
* Compiled from information provided by the Program Mistress

OUR HISTORY
In 1998 the Rotary Clubs of Queanbeyan and Queanbeyan West Rotary decided to sponsor a new Rotary Club based in Jerrabomberra. Bill
Lilley, John Snedden and Peter Jarvis from Queanbeyan West took on the joint roll of mentoring the development of the new club. (Peter
Jarvis went on to become our Charter President).
Advertising for potential members began in March 1998. After a successful campaign, the Club was chartered on 18 November 1998 with 26
members.
Initial meetings were held at the Jerrabomberra General Storethe venue was very good until we grew in numbers. We then moved to the
Jerrabomberra Community Centre for a few years, and we now meet at the Jerrabomberra Public School Staff Room, on Thursdays (6.15 for
6.30 pm).
(Charter) President Peter Jarvis ran competitions to select a name for our Club Newsletter and a design for the Club banner. There were some
good and some not so good suggestions. Pam Spencer suggested the winning bulletin name Jerraganda and David Stevens was the
successful designer of our club banner. The design incorporated a goose and the windmill associated with the original entrance to the estate
adjacent to the Community Centre. Both the Jerraganda and the Club logo have evolved to keep pace with modern times.
We have always been, and continue to be, a vibrant and fun loving club providing valued community service, both locally and internationally.
Our motto is,
Doing Good and Having Fun


BOARD OF MANAGEMENT - 2013-2014
President Paul Robey
President Elect Mez Mulvaney
Vice President Paul Roger
Secretary Glenn Wahlert
Treasurer Jon Wells
Club Service Director Mez Mulvaney
Community Service Director Jan Pettigrew
International and Foundation Director Robert Chilman
Youth and Vocational Service Director Peter Jarvis
CURRENT CLUB MEMBERS
David Bailey, PHF. PP Anton Pemmer, PHF, PP
Robert Chilman Paul Robey, President
Marie-Claire Egan Jan Pettigrew, PHF, PP
Cathy Hobbs Paul Roger PHF, PP
Colin Hobbs, PHF, PP Sue Roger
Chris Hunter, OAM, PHF, PP Pam Spencer, PHF, PP
Peter Jarvis, PHF, PP Terry Spencer, PHF, PP
Sue Jarvis, PHF David Stevens, PHF, PP
Lynne McPherson Glenda Wahlert, PP
Kerry McPherson Glenn Wahlert
Bruce Miller Jon Wells
Liz Mulvaney, PHF Rebecca Whitehouse
Mez Mulvaney, OAM, PHF, PE Ian Wholohan


HONORARY MEMBERS SUPPORTERS
Alex Alexander Vera Alexander
Robert Cooke Vickie Still
Anne Davis
CLUB DETAILS
Rotary Club of Jerrabomberra Incorporated
PO Box 8, Jerrabomberra NSW, 2619
www.jerrarotary.org.au
Email: secretary@jerrabomberra.rotarnet.com.au
Meets
Thursday 6.15 for 6.30 8.30pm
Jerrabomberra Public School (Staff Room)
Attendance &
Apologies
Mez Mulvaney by 12 Noon Tuesday
T: 0419 121 128 E: maryrose.mulvaney@gmail.com
Newsletter
Contributions
Paul Roger
T: 0418 786945 E: paul.roger@instralis.com