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President: Boris M Struk Editorial Logistics: Daryl Lee

Volume 79 Issue 43 - Tue May 27th, 2014.

Today’s Meeting:

RCE welcomed guest speaker Doreen Schwegler from All Degrees Health, talking about genetic testing and how we can test for all sorts of diseases before we even know we have them. This will tie in very well with our forthcoming tour of the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI).

Guest Speaker Doreen Schwegler with President Boris

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Visiting Rotarian from Manila Anito Leong with Michael Portelli

Visitors: Anito Leong (Andy) a member of The Rotary Club of Manila Metro is visiting Melb. between Mon May 26th & Sat May 31st. He then flies to the Rotary International Conference in Sydney.

Andy and the RC Manila Metro have been wonderful partners in supporting our club projects with Bahay Tuluyan Philippines, so he would like to meet club members especially those that will be attending the World Conference. Please do introduce yourself to Andy at our meeting and in particular, if you are going to Conference. Please contact Cathy Nicou if you are available to take Andy out for dinner on Tue and / or Thu evening? If you are in a position to do so, please contact Cathy Nicou.

President Boris accepts the Rotary Club Manila Metro banner from Andy Leong during his RCE visit.

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RCE Board and Committees for 2014-15: President Lisa Lowcock Vice president Shirley Kukk Secretary Rob Thomas Treasurer Sam Tartaglia Ass. Treasurer Michael Pepi

CLUB SERVICE Lino Airo-Farulla; CHAIR John Chadderton Tony Colicchia John Gorman Jack Honson Neil Henderson Roger Leask Norman Mollica Maurice Mollica Sam Morello Michael Pepi Margie Sheldon Ian Thomas

COMMUNITY Glenn Smith; CHAIR Jane Carbone Simon Cookson Wal Dibben Jenny Foster Alistair Fraser Michael Mahoney Pat O'Connell Sunil Perera Roger Priestley Bernadette Schwerdt Graeme Wood

FELLOWSHIP Stephen Chandler; CHAIR Colin Bell Michael Cariss John Gilbert Peter Halaseh Don Knee Maria Kouppas Ray Landgren Fong Loong Eileen Ray Grant Stephenson Boris M Struk

INTERNATIONAL Steve Roe; CHAIR Tim Anderson Daryl Lee Connie Maina Cathy Nicou John Odgers Michael Portelli Alf Puglia Anne Ramsay Anne Rogers Anthony Taranto

YOUTH/VOCATIONAL Veronica O'Sullivan; CHAIR Peter Baker Peter Condos Andrew Ha Denis Kosnar Richard Lawrence John Marshall Matt O'Brien Henry Randell Grant Sheldon Barbara Wyatt

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Shoe Boxes for Caroline Chisholm Society President Boris announced on behalf of Maria Kouppas and the Community

Committee, that Glenda Rumble, volunteer coordinator, from CCS had taken

delivery of more than 100 Shoe Boxes full of appropriate ‘goodies’ donated by

Rotarians and supporters. Well done Community Committee, Maria and

Sunil.

Meeting Program:

June 3 – Jim Currell, Police Prosecutor at Broadmeadows Station will

discuss ‘a day in the life of a police prosecutor’ – what he does, how he

does it, challenges he faces, highlights of the job – and demystify how a

case comes to court, what happens on the day and how the process works.

June 10 – Fiona Skene, from Wise Self Defence on how important it is to

know how to deal with conflict in a public place. Using the Ron Barassi

incident as her example, where an innocent bystander (Barassi) stepped in

to break up a fight and got badly hurt, Fiona will outline how and why

situations escalate, how to manage them if they do and how to avoid them in

the first place.

June 17 – President Boris and his team will talk about Burma.

June 24 – President Boris’ penultimate meeting

July 1 – President Change Over

July 8 – Allis’s final presentation to Rotary as she prepares to depart

Australia.

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Making a Difference in our Rotary World with Operation Cleft Palette

with Thanks to Steve Roe & Team.

Another gentle reminder, if

you have not yet registered

for Meetup, please do so,

sooner than later.

Managing communications

and dissemination of

information to and between

RCE Members will be

significantly easier and

more streamlined once all

Rotarians, Friends of

Rotary, partners and

supporters join our group

The web addy is: www.meetup.com/Rotary-Club-Essendon

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Meeting Attendance Can we do better than a 57% Meeting Attendance for May? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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For Your Diary: Sun Jun 1

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Rotary International Convention – Homebush Sydney Barbara Wyatt for details or http://rotary2014.com.au/

Sat Jun 7th

Multi District luncheon with PRIP John Kenny

INVITATION - ROTARY PARK TREE DEDICATION - PRIP JOHN KENNY - 7TH JUNE

A tree in Rotary Park will be dedicated to John Kenny, Past President of Rotary International, 2009/2010 on Saturday, 7th June 2014. The ceremony commencing @ 10 am and will take less than 40 mins. Rotary Park is in the Royal Botanic Gardens

Melbourne on the corner of Domain Rd. and Anderson St, South Yarra, (Melways 2L:D2). Rob Thomas has circulated an email on the subject from District Secretary.

Sat Jun 7th

Multi District luncheon with PRIP John Kenny

Venue: Ultima Function Centre Cnr Keilor Park Drive and Ely Court, Keilor Melway Map 15 B8 Date: Saturday 7 June 2014 Arrival: 12:30pm for 1:00pm Cost: $50.00 per person (2 courses including drinks) EFT Payments (preferred) to: Rotary Club of Glenferrie BSB 633 000 A/C number 1447 13757 (please include your name) Enquiries contact: PP Ian Salek (Rotary Club of Glenferrie) (M) 0418 176 493 (E) isalek@bigpond.net.au

Thu Jun 19th

3.30pm – 7pm approx. finish

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) RCH Parkville – Vocational Visit & Fellowship Dinner after @: Mercure North Melbourne, Cnr Flemington Rd & Harker St, Nth Melb. Please visit www.meetup.com to confirm your attendance.

Sun Jun 29th

President’s Day

Neil Henderson announced today that this year’s event will be Sunday lunch from Noon for 12.30pm to 3.15pm. Neil assured us all it will have all the usual Fun & Frivolity with a ‘Faulty Towers’ dining experience and involvement for members @ $70/head for 3 courses + drinks at bar prices @ The Aegean Restaurant, 19 Brunswick St, Fitzroy with Parking. Neil advises public transport is an option.

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Lino & Family’s Other Interests – Presenting @ Como Recently

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IMPORTANT THINGS

Anniversaries Jack Honson celebrates 47 years in Rotary with 100% attendance! Wow! Well done Jack. Grandapa Register: Michael Pepi, Rob Thomas and Neil Henderson will all shortly ascend to being Grandpas. Well done boys. Makeups: Daryl Lee attended the RC Sunbury for a Paul Harris Ruby recognition for Terry Grant PDG, PHF and significant contributor to Rotary Health. Jack Honson did a make up to Doncaster. President Boris drove all the way to Port Fairy (a return trip exceeding 800km) to present on Muscular Dystrophy to a joint RC Port Fairy & RC Mortlake. Is that worth two (2) makeups Neil??? TODAY’S RAFFLE Margie Sheldon pulled the 9 of Diamonds and missed the $1,000. Which will Jackpot to even more next week ‘Thomo’. Almoner’s Report Neil Henderson has non-life threatening Prostrate Cancer which is operable and so Neil may be a bit thin on the ground in July after the Op. Best wishes Neil to you and yours for a successful Op and speedy recovery.

One Liner of The Week:

Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, ‘In case of emergency, notify: ’I put ‘DOCTOR.’

Boris’ Thought for The Week:

There is the Rotary ‘Four Way Test’ and there are also

four pillars on which you can build the platform to reach

the zenith of success:

Dedication, Devotion, Discipline and Determination!

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