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Agenda - 31 october
meeting #2405
6:30 pm
RCWL Invocation - Chair
"We are proud members of Rotary International where we can serve our community and those needing help across the world.
We enjoy meeting together for meals and mutual service in the convivial company of other Rotarians and guests."
Record of Attendance
Apologies:
Guests: Past District Governor - Tim Klar
Toast to the People of Australia - Chair
International Toast - Peter Shaw
Heads & Tails - Brian White
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Secretary Report - Lyn
Christmas dinner on Tuesday 19 December @ Largs Pier Hotel
$55/head (members/partners)
$75/head non Club members
Melbourne Cup @ the Carousel on 7 November
$20 ea for pizza & nibbles, BYO drinks
Payment details with name:
BSB 105 142
Acc 532 006 340
RCWL Admin Acc.
Please ensure Guest's meal is put on the RCWL tab at the bar
Club Image & Communications - Scott
Coming up
Continue posting
To do
Any ideas from members gratefully received
Social media pages to be updated
Community & Fundraising report - Ros
Done
"Kids on the Lake" coming together, sponsors & activities almost locked in
Coming up
Melbourne Cup night @ the Carousel
Tuesday 7 November
- Events Folder for registration
NextCarousel 2 & 3 December
Summer shift will start
2.0 - 2.5h shifts (11:00 to 21:30)
To do
Christmas Fun for Kids - Sunday 10 December
PLEASE KEEP THIS DATE FREE!
Accommodation for 2024 District Conference @ Loxton, is getting very short
Please update in Events folder
International report - Andrew
Done
DIK, 5 members attended on Saturday, with 9 for lunch
progressing AED tracking
Coming up
There is also a District DIK (RARE) event on Sun 19 November. Please register in Events Folder.
To do
End Polio Now fundraising
Vocation & Environment - Alison
Done
Donations paid to both Tennyson Dunes & Frederick Miller Community Garden from the BBQ.
Coming up
Looking to set a date for assisting FMCG with furniture building - great opportunity for us to show-case Rotary to a different, like -minded group who may just have time on their hands.
Barry has suggested assisting Lions Club with unwanted spectacles that they re-purpose for underprivileged people (not sure if overseas or in Aus). I would like to invite Barry to address the club with this idea when he returns from holidaying.
To do
follow-up on Watchhouse Wardrobes
Youth report - Robin
Done
NYSF - National Youth Science Forum Year 12 Program January 2024
Samuel Berry will be attending with RCWL 50% sponsorship ($1,425).
Denis Ralph has arranged signing of the appropriate Contract. Len has arranged payment direct to the family account.
Coming up
Outbound Youth Exchange - Abby O'Brien (ITALY)
Abby will come and practice her speaking to us on Tuesday 12 December
To do
Dianne Parcel Awards - 2023 Year 6 Graduation ceremonies at Christian Family Centre
West Lakes Shore School.
@ Thursday 7th of December - 6:15 for a 6:30 pm start.
Westport Primary School
@ Friday 8th December - time tbc
Volunteers to attend and present our cheques at both events
Youth Safari BBQ request - Saturday 24th February @ West Beach Big4 Caravan Park. Details closer to date.
Program (please refer to Calendar)
7 November: Melbourne Cup @ Carousel with RC Henley Beach. Cover charge of $20 for pizza with BYO drinks. Please confirm in Events Folder and pay this week.
14 November: Puddle Jumpers (recipient of Xmas Raffle)
New transferee member Bill Singleton had a farewell from the Rotary Club of Clare on Sunday 29 October.
Twas a beautiful day at Mintaro, particularly so in the beer garden of the Magpie & Stump Hotel.
Ros, Alison, Yvonne and Andrew made the trek from Adelaide to join in. Only a 100 min drive!
We had been expecting about 20-30, there was a convivial group from RC Clare, however RC Peterborough pulled the pin. We got there a little late, and by the time we got our meals, most people were leaving.
Nevertheless, we did have a good chat with Bill, and his wife Maggie made her first outing since her medical episode. We made sure that she will be invited to RCWL events.
We also had a discussions with AG, and current RC Clare President Ian Howlett (no relative as far as we know). This covered the health of the Clubs in the Area, and also about Regionalisation!
Mintaro is a great little spot, and well worth a visit, but plan to stay a night or two....
Donations In Kind (DIK) has changed its name to Rotary Australia Repurposing Equipment (RARE).
But nothing has changed out at the Edinburgh warehouse!
On Saturday 28 October 5 members enjoyed the glorious weather by doing good things.
Yvonne unpacked, sorted and repacked clothes into smaller bags so that they could be stuffed into any nook'n'cranny in containers heading overseas.
Ros & Alison sorted shower chairs. The good were stacked neatly for a project, and the bad were pulled apart for recycling purposes. They also collated parts that may be of future use.
Robin and Andrew emptied a container of chairs (restocked elsewhere), demolished unusable desks for recycling and generally cleaned the container for refurbishment.
As usual we enjoyed a morning tea with the regular volunteers.
The team were most grateful for out work - next one will be planned in March-May next year.
As usual, afterwards we retired to the Slug'n'Lettuce, and ALH pub where we met up with Brenda & Neil, Pam & Barry, and Louie.
Tuesday, 24 October is World Polio Day, a chance to raise awareness and resources to help deliver a polio-free world in the very near term. If you would like to make a personal, voluntary donation towards the effort, we would invite you to contribute via Rotary International’s End Polio Now campaign, a key partner alongside WHO and others in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Each donation made to Rotary’s End Polio Now effort is matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to maximise its effect. As such, if you give US$10 to the effort, as an example, the amount becomes US$30, and with that, 60 children will be vaccinated in the remaining affected countries. Thank you for everything that you do! We wish you a very successful World Polio Day!
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative would like to offer our heartfelt congratulations to Professor Rose Leke for receiving the 2023 Virchow Prize for Global Health, for her outstanding contributions to advancing global health, including polio eradication. Professor Leke is the Chair of the Africa Regional Certification Commission and member of the Global Commission for Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication (GCC).
Wild Polio Virus (WPV) is only endemic in 2 countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan
- number of cases are diminishing
- surveillance and vaccination is increasing, despite geopolitical issues
You could be part of a team that eradicated the second disease from the planet! Smallpox was declared gone in 1980, and has not been seen since!
RI history In 1979 Rotary International started a multi-year project to immunize 6 million children in the Philippines.
In 1988, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to eradicate polio – to achieve its permanent reduction to zero, with no risk of reintroduction – and in the same year, the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) was launched.
The Assembly’s work towards this milestone was complemented by the efforts of Rotary International, who wanted to keep the momentum of smallpox eradication going to ensure that no child was unnecessarily paralysed for life ever again.
Vaccination The Centre for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that all children get polio vaccine to protect against polio, or poliomyelitis, as part of the series of routine childhood vaccines. Inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) is given by shot in the leg or arm, depending on the patient’s age. Oral polio vaccine (OPV) is used in other countries.
CDC recommends that children get four doses of polio vaccine.
Most adults in the developed world have been vaccinated as children and are therefore likely to be protected from getting polio. In general, unless there are specific reasons to believe they were not vaccinated, most adults who were born and raised in the developed world can assume they were vaccinated for polio as children.
Unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adults who are at increased risk of exposure to poliovirus (see below) should receive and complete their polio vaccination series with IPV. Other adults who are unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated should talk with their doctor to understand their risk for polio and need for polio vaccination. Adults who completed their polio vaccination but who are at increased risk of exposure to poliovirus may receive one lifetime IPV booster.
Injectable (IPV) v Oral (OPV) A second type of polio vaccine, the oral polio vaccine (OPV) was developed by physician and microbiologist Albert Sabin. Sabin’s vaccine was live-attenuated (using the virus in weakened form) and could be given orally, as drops or on a sugar cube.
The ease of administering the oral vaccine made it the ideal candidate for mass vaccination campaigns.
- OPV had an added benefit that paved the road to eradication. While IPV protected the vaccinated child, it did not stop the poliovirus from spreading between children.
- OPV, on the other hand, interrupted the chain of transmission, meaning that this was a powerful vaccine to stop polio outbreaks in their tracks.
We now know that in areas with poor sanitation and low vaccination rates, a circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Virus (cVDPV) can arise, which can cause paralysis. Fortunately this can be easily prevented by increasing the vaccination dose rates in such areas.
This is why continuing vigilance is imperative to ensure that Polio is eradicated.
Let's celebrate a century of Rotary in South Australia with lunch on the 4th of February 2024 at the William Magarey Room, Adelaide Oval.
This very special lunch will be a celebration of the people of Rotary, Rotaract and Interact that have made up the rich and diverse tapestry of Rotary in South Australia and the current District 9510. Guests will include members past and present from around Australia and the world. Everyone is invited to come and hear about the story of Rotary in South Australia.
The event will be held 100 years to the day from when the first Rotary Club in South Australia, the Rotary Club of Adelaide was officially chartered by Rotary International on 4 February 1924. This was the start of the Rotary movement in South Australia.
Today there are around 2,200 Rotary, Rotaract and Interact members in over 90 Clubs across South Australia and District 9510.
What you can expect
Amazing guests and speakers
Dynamic entertainment
Magnificent food
Fabulous company
A Rotary experience on a grand scale
Please register by Sunday 28 January 2024. Unfortunately no late bookings will be accepted.
$80.00 includes a 2 course meal, coffee, tea, guest speakers and entertainment. Drinks are at own cost and available from the bar. Adelaide Oval is a cashless venue, so card payments only.
Rotary centenary merchandise will be available for purchase.
