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District Conference 25 - 27 May 2012 Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart -
Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart ---Information on key note speakers.
Download registration form download (pdf) , Registration has been extended to Friday 18 May
May is Rotary Tasmania's Bowelscan Month
more information here
Group Study Exchange (GSE) Action
Two GSE Teams in our state in May. Follow their adventures, check our GSE page for their blog addresses.
Shane states
Made it!! I started my stopwatch as the wheels left the ground in Billings and stopped it again when the wheels touched down in Launceston, Tasmania. 27 hours and 5 minutes. Man this place is far away. Can't wait to meet the first round of host families and maybe a shower .Our GSE Team to District 5580 Canada / USA have returned home.
"Day one of the big adventure... animal spotting!
Our rest day turned into a day of short hikes and spotting the wildlife of Canada including Canadian Geese, deer, eagles and ground hogs... yes you read that correctly ground hogs!!! This photo from Emma's camera."You can still read about their experiences on their facebook page.
SOUTHERN club members -
A Workshop on "The Finer Points Of Running A Meeting" Saturday 19 May 9.30-12.30 am
To be held in the Hobart area- no cost attached .
RSVP by 10th May gewphysio@southcom.com.au
The following New Generations Programs are about to happen ---
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) 18 - 30 year olds, in Ulverstone 20 - 25 May 2012 Application here Closes 11 May 2012
National Youth Science Forum, (NYSF) Year 11 students. Canberra ( 7 - 19 January 2013) and 21 January - 1 February 2013 , Perth 14 - 26 Januray 2013, 20 students to be selected.
This year a pilot Tasmanian program (20 -23 January 2013) will be held for those not chosen for the interstate trips. 35 students will be needed for this to happen.
Wynyard's 41st Music Hall in July 2012
Pictured are Mike Cook, Pat Walkley and Mike Dixon performing as a trio.
(Picture from - ABC Open )
Latest News
Model United Nations Assembly 2012
This was held at Deloraine on 27-28 April It was a very successful weekend with 52 students representing 26 countries. The students were extremely well prepared and engaged in the debate from the start giving us a weekend of great spirited debate.
The overall winners were from St Brendan Shaw C
ollege representing USA.(pictured)
The Runners-up were from Star of the Sea Catholic College representing Ethiopia.
The Most Improved Team were from St Brendan Shaw College representing France.
Honourable Mentions were extended to Ogilvie High School and Scottsdale High School.
The costumes continue to be exceptional which makes the judging difficult.
Best National Costume came from Prospect High School representing Japan.
Honourable Mentions were awarded to St Brendan Shaw representing Ethiopia and Sheffield School representing Libya.
The Rotary Foundation Cadre of Technical Advisers
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Presidential Citations and Changemaker Awards. Applications from Clubs for these awards closed on 15 March.
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Rotary New Zealand World Community Service is seeking support for the Fiji Flood disaster. More details about how you can help here.
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Disaster Aid Australia (DAA) as an Australian Rotary Club project, together with its international partners, (also all Rotary Club projects) is on the ground in Cagayan de Oro, the worst hit region following Cyclone Sendong in the Philippines. It has taken more than 1,500 lives, with 1,000s still missing, and left nearly 250,000 people without homes or basic belongings. Read DAA's 3 January release.
Rotarian technical expertise is used throughout the planning,implementation, and monitoring process to enable better and more productive use of Rotary Foundation Funds in making grants. The cadre is involved in these discussions. Read their February Newsletter.
Rotary Tasmania's Family Day
Rotarians and friends from all Tasmanian Clubs joined at Ross on 26 February to celebrate Rotary€s birthday and have a relaxing day.
Rob Pennicott€s circumnavigation of Australia for Polio Plus resulted in him handing over a cheque for $264 800 to DG Peter Murfet (pictured) and clubs offered around $80 000 for the Rotary Foundation.
District Directory
Check updates to the printed version and download the 2011-2012 District Directory here... Amendments to 1 March 2012 included.
Queeensland Flood Appeal
IPDG Ted Richey advises Tenders documentation progress for the Community Centre at Murphys Creek . - update February 2012
The proect is to be built entirely with funds raised by Rotary clubs in Tasmania, with help from the Tasmanian Government, in January to May this year, following the disastrous floods in the Lockyer Valley.
This money was raised by Rotary District 9830 and will be used to replace a Community Centre at Murphys Creek Queensland's Lockyer Valley.
More details of the project here.
This is Rotary...
What would it take to change the world? Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide.
Why join Rotary? Some reasons here.. Interested ---,You can get involved with Rotary, District 9830 in Tasmania. Make an online membership enquiry..
Find a Tasmanian Rotary Club near you
Donate to Rotary Tasmania's Polio Plus Appeal
- help Rotary achieve a polio-free world.
Make a secure, tax deductable donation via credit card to Rotary Tasmania, District 9830 End P
olio Now Campaign.
Donations to the Polio Appeal will be forwarded to our Australian Rotary Foundation Trust
ABN 55 218 421 934 (Endorsed as a Deductable Gift Recipient )
Circumnavigating Australia for Polio
Rob Pennicott's from the Rotary Club of Kingston, circumnavigation of Australia in two outboard powered 5.4 metre dinghies raised more than $200 000
for Rotary's Global Polio Challenge. The two yellow - hulled dinghies finished in Sydney on Sunday 11 September.
At Wrest Point on Saturday 24th September 2011 a celebration dinner was held and over $31000 raised for the project. The Rotary Club of Kingston presented Rob Pennicott with a Paul Harris Fellowship which was awarded by DG Peter Murfett.
The support of clubs and the public in general was fantastic whenever Rob touched shore and the outcome was an amazing $259,604.81 raised for the Polio war chest. Much of this money came from public subscription but clubs rallied to the cause in a strong and positive way. From the information supplied to me, the total of club contributions amounted to $80,036.40 with a further $2,925 coming from the pockets of generous and supportive Rotarians.
Rob addressed a breakout group at the May 2012 World Conference in Bangkok.
Rotary Response to Disasters
Rotary International in Australia sees it's major role in disasters as a "second line "approach. Rotary will normally leave first response to the emergency authorities.
Our role is seen to be in the recovery process. With Rotary Clubs spread throughout most areas that experience disasters we are well equipped to support recovery initiatives after the immediate disaster has passed.Examples of this are Rotary District 9830, Tasmania's response to the Queensland 2011 Floods and the Victorian 2009 Bushfires ,
However there are two Rotary endorsed organisations that do support immediate emergency relief
1 Disaster Aid Australia (DAA) Disaster aid Australia who are represented in Tasmania by the Rotary Club of Youngtown
2 Shelterbox Australia Contact Ian Routley at Rotary Club of Launceston More detail from Shelterbox Australia .
An example of how Rotary covers The Rotary Foundation in the U S A has established the Rotary Japan and Pacific Islands Disaster Recovery Fund to support long-term recovery in areas devastated by the massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan in 2011. Rotarians and non-Rotarians can donate online. Similar funds are Clubs and districts can contribute cash and District Designated Fund (DDF) allocations to the fund.
Bowelscan
BOWELSCAN is a Rotary community service awareness program that promotes bowel cancer screening and makes easy to use test kits available at an affordable price. 34 Rotary clubs in District 9830 were involved with the programme during March 2011. This year Rotary Tasmania will hold the event in May. Kits are not available outside that time.
Contact Rotary Bowelscan Tasmania
beyondblue - District 9830
Rotary Tasmania, District 9830 has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the beyondblue organisation.
A "Gala Dinner " on Saturday 16 October at Ulverstone launched this Community partnership. Guest speaker was Nathan Thompson (pictured ) ex Hawthor
n and North Melbourne AFL player who told of his struggle and recovery from depression.
Street Swags
The Rotary Club of South Launceston has been purchasing swags for the past three years and they have been distributed in Launceston, up the north west coast and also recently to Hobart.
There are some 1,020 or more people sleeping rough in Tasmania each night - State MP Cassy O’Connor has stated only 210, however it is believed that the Salvation Army who work ‘closer to the trenches’ may have a better knowledge of the current realistic figures.
The swags cost $60 each and South Launceston purchase them from a Queensland company who work with the Woodford Correctional Centre, Qld, and the Grafton Correctional Centre, NSW, where prisoners produce them gaining work readiness skills along with tertiary qualifications.
At present the Rotary Club of South Launceston are covering the whole of Tasmania and are experiencing some difficulty raising the necessary $6,000 to purchase 100 swags at a time. Together with South Launceston’s Les Grant, it is requested that clubs around the district seriously consider making funds available to purchase swags for the needy in each club’s particular area.
There is a transport company willing to pick up the swags and deliver them to Tasmania at no cost.
Rotary Youth Driver Awareness in Tasmania
This is the 10th year of this Rotary program.
RYDA (Rotary Youth Driver Awareness) is a road safety education program aimed at reducing death and injury amongst young people on Australian roads. The Program in Tasmania targets grade 10 students who are at the stage of their lives where they are close to starting to drive or ride in a vehicle driven by their peers.
Between October 10 and 21 2011 there were 1800 students listed to participate at Symonds Plains near Launceston and there is every indication we will exceed the record numbers of 2010. Across the State we will had around 5000 students participating in 2011 including 40 from King Island who were able to be involved as a result of an enthusiastic group from the NW Coast travelling to the Island with financial support from MAIB. THe 2012 season has begun and its reach will be dependant on funding.
Learn ♦ Grow Program now supported by a Rotary Action Group
Global food shortages are looming as the single greatest threat to mankind! But there is a simple solution €“ food plants that grow and thrive naturally where they are best adapted.
Learn ♦ Grow is a visionary project based on the lifetime work of agricultural scientist, Bruce French, from Tasmania. He has compiled the world's most comprehensive food plant database, creating a simple yet powerful tool to address hunger and malnutrition in developing countries globally. Learn ♦ Grow's prime objective is to provide resources, information and technical support to food aid providers so they can help people in need learn about and grow the best local plants to match their nutritional needs.
Learn ♦ Grow is a project of Rotary District 9830 which is utilising the global networks of Rotary International to realise the huge potential that this solution offers.
This project can truly help the hungry feed themselves.
Rotahomes - "The real work has begun
A contract has been signed by NZAID with R.C Lautoka ready for commencement of the infrastructure for the new K2 village in Fiji. Many Tamanian Rotarians have participated in stage 1 of this Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) project which builds low cost homes in Fiji.
To date 105 teams with 805 volunteers have worked on this project.
Read the Fiji Rotahomes press release
Find out more about the K2 village project.