Garden Expo 21 and 22 September 2019
9 am to 3 pm
Guest Speaker: Matt Thomas MSC Tourism & Events
Matt was appointed to his 2 year role at MSC in May 2018 . Currently his role focuses on building public awareness and recognition of the Murrindindi Shire’s great natural assets. Council has commissioned a tourism plan working with agency partners. It is hoped that the initial draft will be pulled together with the plan adopted by September 2019.Emphasis is around building exposure on social media (Facebook and Instagram - check out Discover Dindi on FB).
Matt also referenced :
· A new Visitor Guide to be published shortly
· Tourism Info. boards have been relocated at the Yea toilets and updated to capture greater interest from passing traffic.
· Restructuring of where MSC sits within regional tourism boards
· Council hosting the Victorian Visitor Information Services Summit at Eildon in August which brings together tourism industry professionals from across Victoria.
Guest Speaker: Sean Teer Envision Hands
Sean spoke of his career of 30 years working in disability employment. A focus has been on helping longer term jobless gain employment through recycling items such as: caravans, computers, laptops, wheelchairs etc with the support of Rotary and Donations in Kind. Research into processing plastic bottle caps into ‘mobility aids’ such as hands continues. The hands provide a psychological boost and basic hand movement for children, enabling them to ride a bike, pick up a ball etc.A Go Fund me page has been established to purchase commercial equipment (3D printing and injection moulds) so that the hands can be produced in 3 hours compared with the current 2 weeks timeframe. A future goal is to also provide standard filament plastic to schools and community groups so they can also produce hands.
Guest Speaker: Anna Paix MSC
Anna provided an update on the Murrindindi Shire Community Planning Pilot Project in which community groups have put forward ideas and identified priorities for their community’s future. The project’s aim is to enhance well being & resilience and strengthen communities by cooperating and working better together. A wish list of over 100 ideas (eg a fenced dog park, recording oral histories, signage for RVs, honouring the Taungurung, electricity micro grid etc) has already been created and the next step over the coming months is to document ideas and write a vision for the community.Interest in this pilot project was evidenced by the many questions from the members.
100’s of ideas were put forward at the Community Planning Dinners.
Nerissa Carter: Moving Murrindindi Project
Nerissa spoke about this program which assists those in need of transport to medical appointments etc and how our club may be in part a source of the volunteer driver pool.2 new cars have been purchase by MSC and are located at Yea & Alexandra with an existing car already at Kinglake. Cost to clients will be low, dependent on the distance travelled. Clients will be able to access local, country and metro appointments. The Shire has paired with Community Accessibility to run the program. Information about the program and how to volunteer was made available to members
The first meeting of the new Rotary year - Club Assembly
President Sue welcomed all and expressed her thanks for a most enjoyable evening at last week’s changeover. She was most gratified to receive such wonderful support. Sue provided a few reminders about the year ahead• Patience with each other as we are all volunteers striving to do what we can.
• She encouraged members to bring concerns & ideas to her.
• Club Assemblies to be productive and as open as possible.
• She strongly emphasised the need to respect the speaker and some ways to achieve this.
• Joint Board meeting considered ideas for a project for the centenary of Rotary in Australia in 2021. Members invited to consider ideas for a ‘centenary project’ and bring to next Club Assembly.
Changeover at Beaufort Manor
Complimentary champagne for all and lovely music from RYLArian Julian Laucius set the tone for a lovely evening of celebration, reflection and fellowship. President Ken welcomed a long list of guests including; State Member for Eildon Cindy McLeish, Councillor Rebecca Bowles, DG Malcolm Kerr and Jill, DG nominee Anne Reid, PDG David Anderson, AG Elizabeth McCormick, Rotary Guests from other clubs, members, partners and friends. There was also a list of apologies acknowledged. The RC of Yea’s 48th member, Sandra Davey was inducted by President Ken in his almost last task as President.
Presentations were made to Donations in Kind and Australian Rotary Health. Community Service Award—presented to David Ralph by Rick Long.
Paul Harris Fellow Recognition—presented to community members Janet Forde and Terry Chaplin and PHF sapphires to Rotarians Julie Lynch, Glenda Woods, Les Hall and Terry Hubbard.
Ken Foletta's Changeover Photos
President Ken's penultimate meeting - Pie Night
The penultimate meeting for President Ken is all about Pie, Pies and more Pies! We had lamb, beef and chicken pies and lemon meringue pies for our evening meal and then Bobbie Dewar had an excellent array of pies to purchase if you were prepared to dip into your pocket for the privilege! Beef and ale, Rabbit, Venison, Chicken, Goat curry, Lamb marsala and pasties were the choices. After an entertaining auction led by Ando, complete with phone bids from Terry, the pies were all sold for the grand total of $924. What a fantastic outcome for both members and the club. Thanks Bobbie for such a generous gesture and all members for being prepared to buy!Les Hall and President Ken
Guest Speaker: Constable Eva Mercier - Cyber Awareness and Security.
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onstable Eva Mercier is stationed at Seymour. She often speaks to students at schools about cyber awareness and security. She works in Crime Prevention, works the van, including night shift. Her role is part-time and she has been in the police force for 8 years.
onstable Eva Mercier is stationed at Seymour. She often speaks to students at schools about cyber awareness and security. She works in Crime Prevention, works the van, including night shift. Her role is part-time and she has been in the police force for 8 years.Eva is involved in the ’education of online safety’. A great deal of her work involves under 18 year olds sharing explicit images online. One of the biggest issues with Face-book is keeping online profiles out of the public eye. She spoke of some of the issues that she comes across in her role, and the things that people need to think about and act upon in order to keep their information secure from identity thieves, hackers and scammers.
FAREWELL KIMBERLEY - Our Swiss exchange students year on exchange
Kimberley gave a wonderful talk on her year as an exchange student in Australia. She made some great comparisons between Australia and Switzerland, sharing some funny anecdotes and realisations, and her message conveyed a great deal of gratitude to Rotary, her host families, and her experience overall. We will surely miss you Kimberley. Best of luck from all at Yea Rotary.Kimberley is now back in Switzerland
Kimberley and President Ken
Kimberley, Host Families and President Ken
The 5th. Thursday of the Month - Time for a Social - Friendship Evening.
A fun night was had by all, which included a celebration cake for 33 years of the Yea Rotary Club. Marj and Patty organised a surprise night, which included Rotarian Don McQueen, who recited a few famous and hilarious poems.
Dinner was served up by Limestone Fresh. This was followed by some trivia, which entailed identifying hidden animals, became a competitive battle for a bottle of wine for the winner.
Bush Balladeer Don McQueen - Evening Organisers Marj and Patti
