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 Next Meeting

No.47 05th June
 

Fellowship :  Steve McCoy
(greeting visitors)
Reception Phil McIntosh
(helps Treasurer)  
Furniture : Tim McMullen
(setup & pack away)

Rotary Information: Greg Conkey

 

Speaker:  Prof. Jim Pratley CSU

Bulletin Editor

 

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Jun 5,12,19  Doug Sutton

Jun 26 Jul 3, 10 John Egan

Peter Mackinnon

Paul Murray 

Michael Knight

Peter McKinnon

Paul Murray

 

 

Sergeants

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mark Hillis -      June 05. (may require a swap)
Peter Crozier June 12.
Peter Clucas -   June 19.
Changeover - June 26.
Laurie Blowes -
John Gray -  
Geoff Breust -
John Flynn -     
 
 
 
 
 Market Rosters
 
SPROUT AND ABOUT
 
Next Sprout and About Market is June 9th 2018.
 
Market Roster for Saturday June 9th
OIC - Pat Ingram has swapped with David Hodge
Team - Geoff Breust, David Byfield, John Egan, Gerry Gerlach, Peter Green, Tim Macgillycuddy, Peter MacKinnon, Robert Pearson,
Doug Sutton, Darren Wallace.
Confirmed Swap - Jeremy Riethmuller has swapped with James McNaughton.
 
 
 
Speakers
Jun 12, 2018
Antarctica
Jun 19, 2018
One Day in the Life of a Paramedic.
Jun 26, 2018
Induction of New President James Hamilton.
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Peter Green
June 3
 
J Gray Gray
June 6
 
John Hawkins
June 6
 
Paul Murray
June 10
 
James McNaughton
June 19
 
Paul Milde
June 20
 
Col Duff
July 2
 
Phil McIntosh
July 6
 
Wal Paton
July 10
 
Peter Clucas
July 14
 
Stuart Heriot
July 20
 
Michael Knight
July 25
 
Peter Crozier
July 26
 
Tim Hutchings
July 31
 
Spouse Birthdays
Lynette McIntosh
June 2
 
Jenni Duff
June 7
 
Kaz
June 13
 
Margo
June 17
 
Margaret
June 19
 
Dawn Georgiou
June 22
 
Lou Shuter
June 22
 
Isabel
July 2
 
Jenny Conkey
July 9
 
Dianne
July 12
 
Carol Obst
July 15
 
Brenda Byfield
July 19
 
Anniversaries
Stuart Heriot
Barb Heriot
June 10
 
Adrian Whiting
Rachel Whiting
July 5
 
Laurie Blowes
Dell
July 12
 
David Byfield
Brenda Byfield
July 21
 
Join Date
Darren Wallace
June 1, 2010
8 years
 
David Byfield
June 2, 1979
39 years
 
Peter Mackinnon
June 18, 2002
16 years
 
Timothy Macgillycuddy
June 19, 2012
6 years
 
Timothy McMullen
June 21, 2016
2 years
 
John Smith
July 1, 1991
27 years
 
Jonty Shuter
July 1, 2014
4 years
 
Bob Willis
July 30, 2013
5 years
 
Bulletin Editor
Peter Mackinnon
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Sue Najor - The Teacher's Teacher

Guest Speaker Sue Najor

Ken Taylor introduced the guest speaker Sue Najor, who is the Instructional Leader  at Ashmont Public School.  Sue has been a teacher for 43 years.   

Sue has been at Ashmont for six years.  Ashmont Public School has been recognized as the top school for academic growth  for Indigenous students.  Sue said despite what you hear from Parliament house, we are definitely closing the gap.

 

During Sue’s long teaching career, she has retired several times and does not do that well. When Sue came to Ashmont and at the first P and C meeting, 3 parents turned up.  Some of the experiences from his first time at Ashmont were seeing students out at 11:30 at night with out parents, kids using the roof of the school as a running track and general moment to moment behaviour problems. 

 

Sue gave several very warm examples of children improving in literacy and numeracy and  how proud they and  their parents were.  She plays outside games with a link to improving their grammar. They have changed the Parent teacher interview where the child runs the interview and sometimes they have ten people come for one child.

 

Sue provided charts and graphs that validated all of the test results of the Ashmont success story over the past two years.  Attendance at the school is now 90%.

 

Sue is very proud of being a teacher and has never regretted her decision. Her motto has been to ignore the behaviour and concentrate on the learning. Police play an active role in the school, both as authority and playing ball with the kids. She encouraged visitiation to the school by the club and she talked about going to the Wagga Wagga Rotary Club and getting two volunteers to come read.  And she also said that she learned to focus on what the kids are interested , ie, soccer and sport and let them read magazines about the sport.  They are learning to read.

There were a half a dozen questions from the crowd which reflects the high interest in Sue’s talk.  President Paul gave Sue a vote of thanks and a gift of H2O olive oil from the club.

 

Presidents Report May 29
We welcome Sue, Ward and Phil to our meeting today. Our Guest Speaker Sue Najor gave us a presentation on the Outreach Program at Ashmont Public School. Sue is a true professional and tackles her position with passion which is producing wonderful results. Only wish we had more time for Sue to answer more questions. 
 
Mark Hillis is now back in Wagga Wagga resting up at home. We wish Mark a quick recovery. Rob reported we are organising a members night for Wednesday 13th June. Details have been email to all club members. All members are invited to come along and if you know someone who would be interested in Rotary please bring them along. The members night only goes for a few hours.We need you support to make this night a success.  
 
Dates to remember: 24th June Tree Planting and 26th June Change Over Dinner.
Have a great week! Thank you for your support! See you Tuesday for lunch!
Secretaries Report May 31
Anniversaries:
 
Members Birthdays:  Peter Green (03/06)
                                       John Gray & John Hawkins  (06/06  -  D Day)
Spouse/Partners Birthdays: Lynette McIntosh (02/06)
Wedding Anniversaries:        None this week
Club Anniversaries:   
             Darren Wallace  01/06/2010    8 years
             Frank Fuller        29/05/2001  (today)  17 years
             David Byfield      02/06/1979    30 years
Reminders:
Next Sprout & About Market 9th June 2018 :
OIC -                                      Pat Ingram or David Hodge
Confirmed -                        Geoff Breust, John Egan, Peter Green, Doug Sutton, Darren Wallace
Confirmed Swaps -         
To be Confirmed -            David Byfield, Gerry Gerlach, Robert Pearson
Swaps needed  -               Peter MacKinnon, Tim Macgillycuddy (resigned)
Trailers :                              
BBQ : 
 
Next Rotaract Club meeting :      Monday 4th June 2018 at CSU    -  Rick Priest to represent
Next Gears & Beers C’ttee meeting :    Monday 11th June 2018,  Commercial Club, 5:30pm
 
New Members Night : Wednesday 13th June 2018, Duke of Kent Hotel, 6-8pm
(all members invited)
Next Board Meeting : Monday 18th June 2018,  Commercial Club, 5:30pm
Rotary Tree Planting : Kurrajong Reserve, Oura Rd.  -  postponed to June (pending rain)
Changeover Dinner  -   Tuesday  26th June 2018, Commercial Club, 6:00 for 6:30pm
DGE John Glassford visit  - Tuesday  10th July 2018
Lillier Lodge  - July 2018  -  cooking dinner
 
Responsibilities:
Please find a Replacement if any of your rostered duties cannot be fulfilled.
Please register an Apology by Monday 4pm if you are going to be absent from the next meeting.
Please register a Makeup for a meeting absence whenever you can.
Our Meeting May 22

Information Night

Rob Nicholson spoke about the upcoming Information Member night which will be held on Wednesday, June 13th at the Duke of Kent at 6:30 pm. Club will be providing nibbles and members will have BYO Drink.

Tim Macgillycuddy Resignation

 President Paul read off a very sincere and complimentary resignation letter from Tim Macgillycuddy. Tim is moving to Brisbane and gave a glowing and positive report of his experiences and involvement with Wollundry Rotary.
 
As the Editor of this week’s bulletin and Tim’s sponsor, I must say I am very proud to have been involved in bringing Tim into the club and he has been a significant contributor in both the Food and Wine and the Gears and Beers Festivals.  We wish Tim and Susan all the best in their future endeavors.

Fernanda deBarba Visit

Michael Knight came to the podium and gave a report about a returning exchange student from Brazil .. Fernanda deBarba.  Host parents were the Thomas, Cook, Hornibrooks and Watts. There was a social gathering to welcome Fernanda back to Wagga.  Michael said that Fernanda showed what an exchange student exhibits: confidence, personable and all things that we try to achieve through the program were very evident.

Shelter Box Letter

President Paul read out a letter from Shelter Box.  Shelter Box thanked Wollundry Rotary for contribution during 2016/2017.  Shelter Box has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2018.
John and Maria were active promoters of Shelter Box during John's year as DG. 

Sergeant

Sergeant of Arms John Flynn came to the podium talked about H20 olives and warned members about biting down too hard....as they have very hard pits.  He broke a tooth one and is goint to have it pulled.  He was frustrated that there were no H2O members or dentists there to heavily fine.
 
John asked how many cockies were in the audience and why are they concerned about the Rail Trails.  He has been wondering what type of exotic crops that the farmers are trying to hide from Rail trail hikers. 
 
Tim Macgillycuddy was accused of bailing to Brisbane to avoid explaining the new Recycling Industry processes and the Mayor was fined for being guilty by association.  
 
John related an experience he had asking Paul Murray for computer help.  Paul remotely accessed John's computer and the problem resolution conversation between John and Paul. Gradually it turned into a problem resolution conversation between Annette and Paul, to which John was more than pleased to retire to watch an AFL game.  The problem was resolved.
 
John ended his sergeant session with two Irish jokes which received mixed and sympathetic applause.


 

Attendance

Club Guests: Sue Najor, Phil Burgess, Ward Gater

Makeups:  James Ross, GB meeting 3 May

Apologies:  David Benn, Graham Burmeister, David Byfield, Ken Cook, Peter Crozier, John Ferguson, John Gray, David Hodge, Pat Ingran, John Irreland, John Mason, Phil McIntosh, James McNaughton, Robert Perarson, Malcom Robertson, John Smith



Markets Roster  July to Dec 2018

To download a A4 copy of this roster click here.

 

 

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