Chairman for the night was PP Alan Harris and Guest Speaker was Trish Williams.
PP Brian Burt welcomed PP Warren Dibben back to the club for the first time after many months of ill health.
A get well card was circulated for members to sign to send to Milton Vadoulis who has been a supporter of Rotary projects and has Leukaemia.
Rotary Fines were directed to Polio Plus.
PP Jacqui Atyeo highlighted the “In Search of Safety” event on July 31 between 7pm and 8.30pm run by Red Cross. Attendees will learn about why people leave their country and seek refugee status.
PP Brian Burt circulated a list for members to volunteer for fellowship roster. PP Wayne Murphy mentioned the importance of next weeks meeting asking all members to bring along a potential new member and also listed the program for coming weeks.
Stan Roulston mentioned he and Marie-louise had attended the Service Clubs Forum at Café Nova. Both Rotary Clubs attended, as well as Gawler Lions, Kiwanis, Zonta and CWA Bottlebrush Ladies. There will be a joint fundraiser Quiz Night on October 12, Venue TBC. A proposal for Light Young Achievers Awards in 2020 was made. Several clubs agreed to participate. Applications to open in Youth Week in May and Awards made on Youth Day in August. There was a request from Gawler and District College for support with incentive prizes for home reading.
PP Barry Stewart as Sergeant-at-Arms filled the fines box with help from members.
President Steve reminded members of the Gawler Show Parking on the 24th and 25th August. He also mentioned the Conference with the note that if enough people who interested he will arrange a bus and he is willing to drive.
Guest Speaker TRISH WILLIAMS
PP Alan Harris introduced Trish. Alan met Trish 10 years ago and invited her to Rotary where she eventually joined as the first Associate Member and in 2012 became a full member of the club inducted by PP Kim Potger.
Trish related that her Grandparents on her mother’s side were farmers in Denmark, came to Australia in 1851 on the same boat as Pastor Kaval and went to Rosedale. They are buried at Rosedale Pioneer Cemetery.
Trish was an only child who did her first schooling in Victoria and attended 10 different schools.
She married in Australia to an Englishmen who was in the RAF and they lived in many places including Cyprus for 3 years, Kenya for 3 years and travelled widely in South Africa. She lived in England for about 6 years and Scotland for 1 year before migrating back to Australia in 1977.
In SA she worked in Insurance as shorthand typist, In Parliament as Hansard Typist. In Police Department as Shorthand Typist.
She retired in 2007 and then worked for TAFE as a Principal Lecturer in Business Studies and Office Management. She set up Business Studies and Office Management in Pt Pirie, Whyalla, Mt. Gambier, Naracoorte, and Gawler.
She has written books for Publishers McGraw and Hill on Learning to Type and How to Conduct Meetings. She has been a Girl Guide Leader.
She is now a member of the Rose Society and The Gawler History Team.
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In Search of Safety
On Wednesday 31st July a group of approximately 20 people attended the club's event with Red Cross "In Search of Safety". The evening was thought provoking and presented in a neutral, non-judgement, factual and well balanced fashion. The group heard first hand experiences from Tati Turcinov (Rotarian with RC of Adelaide and Red Cross Volunteer) and participated in a challenging exercise of selecting 6 items to take with you if you had to leave your home in a hurry. You also had to choose only 6 people to take with you. Selecting the items and companions was difficult and then you had a key item taken from you and your group split up - these choices are made by people who are forced to flee and seek asylum every day.
Thank you to all club members who provided supper, and PP Jacqui Atyeo assisted by PP Tony Atyeo for organisation of the night.
Red Cross Presenters Karyn Gillard and Tati Turcinov with PP Jacqui Atyeo
A sample slide from "In Search of Safety"
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FROM AUGUST 2019 THE ROTARIAN
I wish Rotary would bring the Four Way Test into the current century. Most of the world now recognises that while there might be some truths such as 2 by 2 = 4, most of what we think is true is not true for sure. Not long ago, most thought that the sun revolved around the earth. We didn’t think that bad things happened to you and today when we hear politicians speak, we instinctively know that what they are saying is not true.
Instead of asking “Is it the truth?” the right question is “Am I honestly conveying what I believe to be true, while still leaving open the possibility that I am wrong.?
And the line that says that something is “fair to all concerned” flies in the face of reality. Any good negotiator knows each side has to give something in order to reach a compromise, and the result will likely be slightly less than “fair to all concerned”
WOULDN’T UPDATING THIS TEST BE A GOOD PROJECT FOR 2019?
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us –
What we have done for others, and the world, remains and is immortal.
TOMORROW’S ROTARY WILL BE WHAT WE MAKE IT TODAY.
