Albin visits Mount Buller

Albin took some time out from his heavy school workload to sample the ski fields in our own Mt Buller. Not exactly the Swedish alps but close enough.

The question we ask is: "are there signs in Sweden that advertise black ski runs as "Blooody Hell?"

We don't think so.

Give a Kid a Hand Charity Auction Monday 18 August 2008

Last night, over 60 Rotarians, guests, families and friends gathered at Cafe Arco in Heatherton for the annual Give a Kid a Hand Charity Auction.

The Charity Auction has been running for twelve years thanks to organiser Laurie Cincotta.

It's a great night where our Club Members get together with members of Bayside Inner Wheel, other local Rotary Clubs, friends and family to raise money for the Myoelectric Limb Bank of the Royal Childrens Hospital.

The myoelectric limbs which look and feel lifelike operate by having the child place the prosthesis like a glove the stump and manipulate it with electrical impulses triggered by muscle contractions.

A small electrical field is generated by the child's arm muscle, which triggers a signal and turns on a motor in the prosthetic hand, which causes it to open or close.

Thanks to the people who bought items and supported this worthy cause!

Gary is a Pearler...

That's PRLS... Potential Rotary Leaders Seminar. Gary is now one of the 17 Presidents in our District who has completed this leadership development course.

So how about you? Are you one of the 93 Rotarians who have completed this course?

If you answered ‘no’ AND you don’t know what this is about then you simply, “must be part of the team” – that’s the Potential Rotary Leaders Seminar team or PRLS for short.

Gary was one of the twenty eight participants undertook the challenge to learn leadership and communication skills and undertook the Basic Potential Rotary Leaders Seminar on Sunday 10th August 2008 at the Mulgrave Country Club in Wheelers Hill.

Twelve Rotary Clubs from the District were represented along with two members from Inner Wheel, two husband and wife teams, seven President Elects and one Assistant Governor.
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Participants learned communication and leadership skills that they could apply as future leaders in their workplace, community or Rotary Club. Lessons learned included how to speak effectively in public, how to lead with vision, effective communication and how to conduct a meeting.

Feedback was positive and many commented that they found the course was engaging, informative but most importantly, fun. Many were looking forward to their club or district leadership roles with the new knowledge, hints, tips and techniques they learned on the day.

Greg Caughey from RC Chelsea said, ‘I had a brilliant day. My wife and daughter will be in the next group if I had my way! I’ll definitely promote PRLS at our next meeting.”

Helene Browne from RC Chelsea attended with her husband Peter and said, “I really enjoyed this training day and I’ll be able to use the information in different business areas and not just Rotary.”

Megan Glenwright from RC Beaumaris also attended PRLS with her husband James. She found the “seminar excellent and extremely useful.”

The next step for all Basic PRLS graduates is to continue their studies and undertake the Masters level program commencing with Master PRLS1 Impromptu Speaking.

So eager were participants to continue with their studies that Master PRLS1 is now fully booked.

If you want more information about PRLS and how to get yourself on the next Basic PRLS on Sunday 15 February 2008 and Saturday 14 March 2009, see Helen and she'll give you a registration form.