What a great night last night - informative, educational and fun. I don't know about you but I found the tour and presentation of Caltooling quite an eye opener. For someone who works behind a desk and in front of a screen all day, it was great to learn that a 'tool maker' isn't someone who makes tools - it's someone who makes the machines that makes the tools!
On behalf of RCMM, thanks to Joe and Cheryl Calvo for organising the tour and inviting us all into the plastic injection mould world. I now have a greater appreciation of the trade and the craft. A big thanks also to RC Braeside who hosted a shared Rotary club meeting at the Dingley International Hotel. Not only did we socialise but we also shared some ideas about how our clubs can help each other out. I'll get into contact with them again to see what we can do about a fundraising night for ROMAC.
If you have any other ideas and contacts for future vocational tours please let Greg know. These behind-the-scenes tours are obviously enjoyed by everyone because they take us out of the meeting room and into another world of vocations that we don't see everyday. I also believe that they are a main attraction for people interested in joining Rotary because of the appreciation of vocational diversity.
I hope everyone has a great week in Rotary!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Helen's Headlines - Monday 19 September
Thanks for everyone's help and assistance last night collating the Membership Packs for our upcoming Rotary Business Month. Slowly but surely, the event is coming together and over the coming month, we will all need to start promoting it to our family, friends, colleagues, business networks and even your local tradesperson. Let's all get behind this initiative and bring a guest or three, along to these events in November. (Then, we all need to let our hair down and have a social activity on the last Monday of November to celebrate - or, is that just me?)
I've had a few enquiries already from people out 'there' (non Rotarians) who have heard about our business month and have offered to be guest speakers. I have been collecting their names and inviting them to attend the sessions first but if there is such interest now, there's nothing stopping us from continuing these sessions into 2012 and focussed around industry sets. Already, I've got a couple of speakers from the health and medical fields so we can target this industry in the future. Effectively, I want to get the word out there that Rotary is about being a community volunteer through using our vocations, networking and shared expertise. It's also about enjoying the company of people who have different professions, come from all walks of life and who also would like to serve the community as best they can.
In the next month, we will need to get busy promoting the event. This means that I need your support and assistance to spread the word to your colleagues, family, friends and tradespeople you may know. You should have a few of the handouts already to give out but if you need some more let me know. Geoff and I will be busy getting on the phone to call businesses to invite them along but we also need to do a flyer drop at some local businesses. The hard stuff is going to be in October until such a time we get a 'name out there' and a bit of publicity so that people can find us and then look us up to come to more in the future. It's just like promoting a new business I guess you can say...
It was a relatively quiet night and the quickest board meeting we've had but it just goes to show that we are all working away on our respective committees and doing good work which is greatly appreciated.
Some good news about the Calcutta Night and the cost has been slashed by half to $30pp. With this price, we will sell all the tables easily and once it gets promoted to the District over the next week or so, the tables will disappear. Currently there are 24 tables of ten in total but 10 of them have already been sold. If our club want to have this as a Club Night then I would suggest we buy a table of ten - if we can get ten people there asap and I can book the table on my credit card through the online registration process.
I'm looking forward to next week - not only to share the evening with a fellow Rotary Club but to see a vocation-in-action and visit Caltooling. I believe these vocational tours are what stands us out from other clubs and frankly, it's interesting to see what businesses are doing in our area as well as strengthen our relationship with these businesses and learn something new in the process.
Have a great week!
I've had a few enquiries already from people out 'there' (non Rotarians) who have heard about our business month and have offered to be guest speakers. I have been collecting their names and inviting them to attend the sessions first but if there is such interest now, there's nothing stopping us from continuing these sessions into 2012 and focussed around industry sets. Already, I've got a couple of speakers from the health and medical fields so we can target this industry in the future. Effectively, I want to get the word out there that Rotary is about being a community volunteer through using our vocations, networking and shared expertise. It's also about enjoying the company of people who have different professions, come from all walks of life and who also would like to serve the community as best they can.
In the next month, we will need to get busy promoting the event. This means that I need your support and assistance to spread the word to your colleagues, family, friends and tradespeople you may know. You should have a few of the handouts already to give out but if you need some more let me know. Geoff and I will be busy getting on the phone to call businesses to invite them along but we also need to do a flyer drop at some local businesses. The hard stuff is going to be in October until such a time we get a 'name out there' and a bit of publicity so that people can find us and then look us up to come to more in the future. It's just like promoting a new business I guess you can say...
It was a relatively quiet night and the quickest board meeting we've had but it just goes to show that we are all working away on our respective committees and doing good work which is greatly appreciated.
Some good news about the Calcutta Night and the cost has been slashed by half to $30pp. With this price, we will sell all the tables easily and once it gets promoted to the District over the next week or so, the tables will disappear. Currently there are 24 tables of ten in total but 10 of them have already been sold. If our club want to have this as a Club Night then I would suggest we buy a table of ten - if we can get ten people there asap and I can book the table on my credit card through the online registration process.
I'm looking forward to next week - not only to share the evening with a fellow Rotary Club but to see a vocation-in-action and visit Caltooling. I believe these vocational tours are what stands us out from other clubs and frankly, it's interesting to see what businesses are doing in our area as well as strengthen our relationship with these businesses and learn something new in the process.
Have a great week!
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Helen's Headlines - Monday 12 September
Wow, what a great night last night and I hope we have many more meetings like this one. It was rowdy, it was fun and everyone had a good time. This is what Rotary is about!
Our guest speaker Hamish Curry from the State Library gave us a wonderful presentation that re-inspired the need to visit the library once again. Many years ago, when I had lots of time, I used to spend hours in the library just perusing books and sitting in a quiet corner reading and flicking through the books. Nowadays, this seems like a luxury for me when there's so many things that fill up my day such as long hours at work, chores at home and committments with my family. But I promise myself that when I have a lazy day of nothing to do soon, you will find me at the State Library.
Thanks also to Yvonne who gave out Certificate of Appreciation to our club members who helped out with the Spellathon. Her initiative is receiving much attention in the local primary and secondary schools and we look forward to reading about it in the local newspaper. Our visitors Intha, Nola, Jason and Anne from the Bentleigh Secondary College also have been instrumental in making these spellathons at the school a success to raise money for Operation Cleft. This fundraising initiative promotes literacy but is a fabulous way to connect with the schools in our local area.
We welcomed Andrew from Lewis Engineering too. He is applying for the GSE 2012 to Fort Worth Dallas Texas and our club will give him all the support that he needs to be selected for this opportunity. In that short time Andrew had with us last night, he presented well and spoke passionately about his job and how the GSE would help him vocationally. We will see Andrew again soon at the club where he will give us a 5 minute presentation as a practice run before the selection interviews.
One of the things I forgot to mention last night is that I attended the Naturalisation Ceremony at City of Kingston with Laurie and Sven. I was surprised to learn that Laurie has been doing this role of supplying the trees for over 40 years and only missing out on two ceremonies. When he calculated how many trees he has given out over the years, it was 48 000. It's an amazing feat and value Laurie's contribution to this community service role.
Next week we will have a Club Forum and Discussion Night. During this time, I will ask for your help to create a quick working bee to make up Membership Folders for our Business Month in November.
In October I will ask all Rotarians to actively promote these events and to get as many people to attend. All your friends who are in business, your tradespeople, your colleagues, your family and friends. Anyone who is in business for themselves, or who have an active interest in the small to medium business enterprise and how to network and socialise with like-minded people should come along.
I've seen that the City of Kingston has already advertised these events on the Calendar of Events on their website and soon to be in their Business Newsletter as well as having the flyers distributed in their Business Packs that they give out to all attendees during their seminars. Closer to the date, I will write up a press release and get it to the local Leader newspaper for further promotion as well as hit the pavement Saturday morning door knocking the factories along Chesterville Road. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Have a great week.
Our guest speaker Hamish Curry from the State Library gave us a wonderful presentation that re-inspired the need to visit the library once again. Many years ago, when I had lots of time, I used to spend hours in the library just perusing books and sitting in a quiet corner reading and flicking through the books. Nowadays, this seems like a luxury for me when there's so many things that fill up my day such as long hours at work, chores at home and committments with my family. But I promise myself that when I have a lazy day of nothing to do soon, you will find me at the State Library.
Thanks also to Yvonne who gave out Certificate of Appreciation to our club members who helped out with the Spellathon. Her initiative is receiving much attention in the local primary and secondary schools and we look forward to reading about it in the local newspaper. Our visitors Intha, Nola, Jason and Anne from the Bentleigh Secondary College also have been instrumental in making these spellathons at the school a success to raise money for Operation Cleft. This fundraising initiative promotes literacy but is a fabulous way to connect with the schools in our local area.
We welcomed Andrew from Lewis Engineering too. He is applying for the GSE 2012 to Fort Worth Dallas Texas and our club will give him all the support that he needs to be selected for this opportunity. In that short time Andrew had with us last night, he presented well and spoke passionately about his job and how the GSE would help him vocationally. We will see Andrew again soon at the club where he will give us a 5 minute presentation as a practice run before the selection interviews.
One of the things I forgot to mention last night is that I attended the Naturalisation Ceremony at City of Kingston with Laurie and Sven. I was surprised to learn that Laurie has been doing this role of supplying the trees for over 40 years and only missing out on two ceremonies. When he calculated how many trees he has given out over the years, it was 48 000. It's an amazing feat and value Laurie's contribution to this community service role.
Next week we will have a Club Forum and Discussion Night. During this time, I will ask for your help to create a quick working bee to make up Membership Folders for our Business Month in November.
In October I will ask all Rotarians to actively promote these events and to get as many people to attend. All your friends who are in business, your tradespeople, your colleagues, your family and friends. Anyone who is in business for themselves, or who have an active interest in the small to medium business enterprise and how to network and socialise with like-minded people should come along.
I've seen that the City of Kingston has already advertised these events on the Calendar of Events on their website and soon to be in their Business Newsletter as well as having the flyers distributed in their Business Packs that they give out to all attendees during their seminars. Closer to the date, I will write up a press release and get it to the local Leader newspaper for further promotion as well as hit the pavement Saturday morning door knocking the factories along Chesterville Road. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Have a great week.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Our Business Events are Now On Kingston Website
Hello everyone
Our business events are now on the City of Kingston website directory and calendar of events. Here's how it looks like....
http://www.kingstonbusiness.com.au/Content/Pub/ContentDetail.asp?lngContentID=672
Our business events are now on the City of Kingston website directory and calendar of events. Here's how it looks like....
http://www.kingstonbusiness.com.au/Content/Pub/ContentDetail.asp?lngContentID=672
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Helen's Headlines - Monday 5 September 2011
It is with sadness to inform our club members that our friend Jim passed away last night peacefully. Jim suffered a severe stroke and unfortunately did not recover from it. During this difficult time, our thoughts and prayers are with Varee and family and we will offer any support to the family. Jim will be remembered as the one who, with his quiet manner and smile, participated in all events and functions and got on well with everyone. He will be sorely missed.
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Despite a week of sad news for our club that weighed heavily on all of us and its members, we were delighted to have a wonderful and inspiring talk from Stephanie Davy, our sponsored Rylarian last night. Stephanie is in her last year of a combined Engineering and Arts degree majoring in Materials Engineering and English Literature. She is indicative of the youth of today who are passionate about her studies, her friends and how she can make her mark in the world through community service. She told us about her experiences on RYLA in July this year and saw it as an opportunity to learn about herself and how to communicate and work with teams. She had a wonderful time learning skills and techniques to make her a better person and make some new friends in the process. She is now looking to join Rotaract Monash and we hope to see her again soon at our club.
Thanks also to the people who helped out Yvonne at the Spellathon last week. I know that sometimes it is difficult to attend and represent the many functions and events that occur but your presence undoubtedly would have made a good impact with our community partners.
Our Membership and Marketing Committee also had a meeting last night to cover off on a couple of items. The first one is to identify a President for the 2011/2012 year. I would strongly encourage those who haven't tried Presidency to give it a go as we would provide all the necessary support to ensure that it is not only a fruitful year for you but also an enjoyable one for you and the club. Alternatively, those who have been President before and would like to savour the experience once again, please let me know.
Secondly, we went through some event co-ordination for the Rotary Business Month and we can foresee that when it comes around, we'll be asking members to be gracious 'meet and greeters' of the non-Rotarians and visiting Rotarians who will be coming to all the events. The evenings will be slightly modified in format to enable the guest speakers, visitors and Rotarians to network with each other as well as learning about Rotary and how vocational service has inspired them in their personal, professional and business development. The consistent message we'd like to get across is that Rotary is an opportunity for all vocations to be able to give something back to the community as well as establish new friendships.
There will be heavy promotion of this event across various media but I would strongly urge every one of us to bring along a friend (non Rotarian) on the night. Think about people who you know who are in small business, industry, trades or professions. This may be someone you know, a friend, a colleague, a neighbour.
Already I have advertised these events across our Cluster and invited a couple of representatives from each of our cluster group to attend the evenings to be able to participate. Who knows, they may even get interest for their clubs. Also, this morning I have sent an email out to the President and the Membership Member for RC Braeside to approach partnering in these events with us. The events have also been uploaded into the City of Kingston webpage (Under Calendar of Events) and closer to the date, we will advertise in local press and radio.
I hope that each of you are as inspired as I am to promote Rotary and to connect with businesses in our local area so that we can achieve our community service ideals and in the process, make new friends.
Have a glorious week and see you next week.
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Despite a week of sad news for our club that weighed heavily on all of us and its members, we were delighted to have a wonderful and inspiring talk from Stephanie Davy, our sponsored Rylarian last night. Stephanie is in her last year of a combined Engineering and Arts degree majoring in Materials Engineering and English Literature. She is indicative of the youth of today who are passionate about her studies, her friends and how she can make her mark in the world through community service. She told us about her experiences on RYLA in July this year and saw it as an opportunity to learn about herself and how to communicate and work with teams. She had a wonderful time learning skills and techniques to make her a better person and make some new friends in the process. She is now looking to join Rotaract Monash and we hope to see her again soon at our club.
Thanks also to the people who helped out Yvonne at the Spellathon last week. I know that sometimes it is difficult to attend and represent the many functions and events that occur but your presence undoubtedly would have made a good impact with our community partners.
Our Membership and Marketing Committee also had a meeting last night to cover off on a couple of items. The first one is to identify a President for the 2011/2012 year. I would strongly encourage those who haven't tried Presidency to give it a go as we would provide all the necessary support to ensure that it is not only a fruitful year for you but also an enjoyable one for you and the club. Alternatively, those who have been President before and would like to savour the experience once again, please let me know.
Secondly, we went through some event co-ordination for the Rotary Business Month and we can foresee that when it comes around, we'll be asking members to be gracious 'meet and greeters' of the non-Rotarians and visiting Rotarians who will be coming to all the events. The evenings will be slightly modified in format to enable the guest speakers, visitors and Rotarians to network with each other as well as learning about Rotary and how vocational service has inspired them in their personal, professional and business development. The consistent message we'd like to get across is that Rotary is an opportunity for all vocations to be able to give something back to the community as well as establish new friendships.
There will be heavy promotion of this event across various media but I would strongly urge every one of us to bring along a friend (non Rotarian) on the night. Think about people who you know who are in small business, industry, trades or professions. This may be someone you know, a friend, a colleague, a neighbour.
Already I have advertised these events across our Cluster and invited a couple of representatives from each of our cluster group to attend the evenings to be able to participate. Who knows, they may even get interest for their clubs. Also, this morning I have sent an email out to the President and the Membership Member for RC Braeside to approach partnering in these events with us. The events have also been uploaded into the City of Kingston webpage (Under Calendar of Events) and closer to the date, we will advertise in local press and radio.
I hope that each of you are as inspired as I am to promote Rotary and to connect with businesses in our local area so that we can achieve our community service ideals and in the process, make new friends.
Have a glorious week and see you next week.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Spellathon at Bentleigh Secondary College
Rotary Club Moorleigh Moorabbin members at the Operation Cleft Noticeboard
Operation Cleft: a Wothy Cause and one in which our Spellathons (thanks to Yvonne) has raised thousands of dollars from local primary and secondary schools
Bentleigh Secondary School Teachers get on board with the Spellathons
A group effort for great rewards to little children with cleft palates
Rotarians wondering how to actually spell that word
Thank you to Yvonne for organising a successful Spellathon, our first for a secondary school at the Bentleigh Secondary College on Thursday 1st September. Thank you also to the Rotarians from our club who attended to support Yvonne and promote our club and this wonderful project that raises money for Operation Cleft.
A Smile
It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it lasts forever. None are so rich they can get along without it and none so poor but are richer for its benefits. It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends. It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and nature's best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given away! If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of yours. For, nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none to give.-----Anonymous
SMILING
Smiling is infectious,
you catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today
I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner,
and someone saw my grin.When he smiled I realized,I'd passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile,
then I realized its worth.
A single smile just like mine,
could travel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin,don't leave it undetected.
Let's start an epidemic quick,and get the world infected!
It costs nothing, but creates much. It enriches those who receive, without impoverishing those who give. It happens in a flash and the memory of it lasts forever. None are so rich they can get along without it and none so poor but are richer for its benefits. It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign of friends. It is rest to the weary, daylight to the discouraged, sunshine to the sad, and nature's best antidote for trouble. Yet it cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is no earthly good to anybody till it is given away! If someone is too tired to give you a smile, leave one of yours. For, nobody needs a smile so much as those who have none to give.-----Anonymous
SMILING
Smiling is infectious,
you catch it like the flu.
When someone smiled at me today
I started smiling too.
I passed around the corner,
and someone saw my grin.When he smiled I realized,I'd passed it on to him.
I thought about that smile,
then I realized its worth.
A single smile just like mine,
could travel round the earth.
So, if you feel a smile begin,don't leave it undetected.
Let's start an epidemic quick,and get the world infected!
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