The Liverpool Western Bulletin for Tues 31 May 2011

The Liverpool Western Bulletin

For Tues 31 May 2011- Members’ Draw $80.00.

Our next issues will be for 21 June then 5 July

Fun, Fellowship and the Opportunity for Community Service

TONIGHT’S MEETING –

Tues 31 May 2011 – Miller College Awards Night – 6.30 for 7 pm, LCC Function Room 2

Our 31^st annual Awards night is a partners, guests and friends night. Nominees for outstanding achievement will be treated to a meal for themselves and a guest and will be presented with a plaque and a cheque for a $250.00, before unveiling the overall winner who will receive an additional $250.00 and have their name and faculty added to the honours list board on display at the College.

Tonight is also attended by College teachers, students, partners, family, friends and employers. The Liverpool catholic Club has afforded us $100.00 worth of Raffle Prizes. The board has topped this up with a further budget of $200.00, plus a Meat Tray and a Breakfast Tray. We welcome all and look forward to an enjoyable night.

A certificate has also been afforded at their College Graduation nights as held by the individual faculties.

The Rotary Club of Liverpool West Student’s Honour Role, which now consists of 2 wooden plaques, is displayed at Campus listing chronologically each winner and the faculty since 1978, following the Colleges establishment in 1977. The first overall winner then recorded is I. Pollard of Electrical in 1978.

The Honour record in recent years is then as follows;

 Tonight we welcome the following nominees vying to have their name and faculty engraved on the board for 2010;

Aydin Seckin for Electro Technology/Electrical

Justin Laird for Engineering Fabrication

David Fernandes for Stonemasonry

Nathan Wilshire for Plumbing

Ngoc Thanh (Sally) Quan, Child Studies

Trent Steed for Carpentry & Joinery

Gregory Benge  for IT (General)

We also welcome partners family and friends.

Only one Student from each Faculty is chosen by their teachers in any one year. Teachers consider Academic results, the personal contributions made by the student to the classroom learning environment and the initiatives of the student to further advance their own education and/or standing in the community. There is no obligation of a teacher to choose an outstanding student, meaning all of the students chosen are more than likely deserving of their name and faculty being added to the honour board. Rotarians interview the students and are left to split hairs and make a selection and or draw straws.

The awards are considered prestigious thanks to the outstanding support of the Miller College Teachers and Staff, with Inga Milenkovic of Administration having coordinated the awards for many years. In 2011 we welcome attendance tonight of the following teachers;

From Child Studies;

Head Teacher: Sherelyn Overson, Teachers: Gillian Poynting-Gorn and Jan Moffatt

From Information Technology;

Head Teacher: Allison Irvine, Teachers: John Dixon, Eric Tsingos, Walter Alvarez and Technical Assistant Information Technology: Tony Lim

Head Teachers for Carpentry & Joinery: John Quine, for Engineering Trades: Kelvin Halls and wife and for Electrical: Allan Fryer with apologies from Michael Landers normally here each year.

We also welcome from Nepean Engineering general Manager Dushyant Sangar and Phil King who are hear proudly to support their employee and nominee for Sheet Metal: Justin Laird.

Along with our members including Satellite members we thank all for their support.

CLUB REVIEW

Miller Graduation Nights – Thankyou to David Goldston, Shann O’Connell and Jim Rudling for Attending Miller Graduation nights to present Pride of Workmanship Certificates. Jim Rudling also produced the certificates and Bob Groat has organised the plaques to be presented tonight.

Miller IT Graduation night – On Wed 18 May, President Peter Beadle presented Pride of Workmanship nominee Gregory Benge with a Laptop and mobile Broadband package to the value of $1,500.00 including 1 year internet subscription. President Elect Ted Mlynarz also attended the night with Camera in hand. A full article is than in this issue under News and Reports.

The submission to the Rotary Club Board was to purchase Greg a wireless broadband USB with 13 GB of data expiring over 12 months initiating from interviews of all 7 nominees conducted by members Geoff & John Gibbs and Treasurer David Goldston. The Board then also supported our President and IT Professor’s motion to include a Laptop.

As Vocational Services Director, my thanks is offered to all involved and to all for the Support I have and will receive making the event such a success – John Gibbs

On 24 May – we received presentations from RYPEN attendees, Daniel Aranda- Joe Cimino’s grandson, Jessica Perry - Alan Hall’s granddaughter and   Sarah Stokes nominated by Valerie Hili - Sarah attends Fairfield High. All three gave a glowing report of an enjoyable weekend with Daniel sounding ready to take on role as a professional guest speaker working circuits. RYPEN stands for Rotary youth Program of enrichment and is for 14 to 17 year olds.

We also received presentations from National Youth Science Forum Applicants: Ms Diem Nguyen, Ms Nilasi Seneviratne and Mr Andrew Xu as to why they should be selected to attend the Forum in January. All 3 were year 11 students from Hurlstone Agricultural School and our club will support their applications to district where they will then face a selection panel in July. The district is then said to have about 40 applicants with 14 of them from Hurlstone Agricultural School. We look forward to our applicants doing their best when they face the Selection Panel in July.

President Peter beadle inducted Louise Smith and Trudy Ho into our Club. We welcome and congratulate both ladies and look forward to their involvement.

Jane Thompson, the National Fundraising and Marketing Manager of Drug Arm, was then on hand to receive a massive injection as reported in News and Reports.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

POY Committee Meeting Transferred to Hunts Comfort Inn – and now Thurs 2 June, details in Event Review. Nomination Forms are available for distribution. The Secretary’s position remains vacant.

Club Role Vacancies – President Elect Ted is seeking to secure replacement New Generations (Youth) Services Director for the 2011/2012 Board as well as a replacement Bulletin Editor.

Carols by Candlelight – proposed as Joint Fundraiser between Liverpool West and Satellite Club. Committee to be formed, Members interested to be on the committee to advise President Elect Ted Mlynarz. Dr Vo has proposed same could be held at the Cabramatta Swimming Pool area and believes the event could attract 3000 people. Dr Vo, Dr Le Duc Hong, Dr Xuyen Tran and Ted Mlynarz nominated as organising committee members. Initial planning is to commence in near future. The Council is to be approached to determine requirements to conduct such events.

Group Study Exchange (GSE) District Committee Member Vacancy – Next Destination is Finland. Margaret Favelle has confirmed she will be on the committee and is looking for someone from our club to join her on the district committee. Having a representative from our club on the committee in the past has proved most worthwhile and past representatives have enjoyed the liaisons and benefits very much. The club has then relished our involvement. Representation will result in furthering establishing contacts with the Finish. No representation will likely mean their visit will finish without our involvement. Contact Margaret Favelle on 0418 667 829 or email: margaret.favelle@sbjc.com.au

Vietnam Vision Project (VVP) Fundraiser Night – Fri 17 June – details in Events Review. Ted has tickets on hand for club members attending and is collecting the dues as he hands out same.

RYPEN District Committee Members wanted – Our Club has enjoyed great mileage from this program nominating about 6 youths every year to participate. Representatives are sort for the District committee which is going through regeneration and assessing viable solutions for the program as announced by President Peter Beadle.

Liverpool West Changeover – Sat 17 July, invitations have now been sent. A variety of female singers with a backing group will entertain us. $65.00 pp includes dinner, drinks and entertainment. The night is open to your friends and it will be an enjoyable night. RSVPs to TED

Rotary Xmas Weekend Away – the annual Xmas weekend will be to Batemans Bay over the weekend of 8, 9 &10 Dec11. Members are asked to indicate their interest to enable sufficient bookings at this time. Full details of cost and accommodation are to be provided.  - Members, partners, family invited to attend for full three days, or overnight on Saturday, as convenient.

Rotary International Convention Bangkok, Thailand Sun 6 to Wed 9 May 2012

Sa-Wat-Di Khap from 2011/2012 Rotary international President Kalyan Banerjee as he and his wife Binota invite you to celebrate the spirit of Rotary and the spirit of Thai people as you explore the wonders of the land of smiles: www.rotaryconvention2012.com & www.kalyanbanerjee.com

A number of members have indicated their interest in attending the convention and President Elect Ted Mlynarz is currently recording that interest.

Golf Day – Our Golf Day will be held on Wednesday 19 Oct 2011 at Camden Lakeside Golf Resort with proceeds going to Australian Rotary Health in support of medical research. Details will be provided as they become available.

Australian Rotary Health - the Rotary Club of Liverpool West in conjunction with the Satellite Club has commenced discussion regarding the establishment of a research PhD Scholarship. Further discussion will take place to determine the viability of the project and availability of funding.

Oz Harvest – As a result of Golf day in October Last October we raised $2,000.00 for Oz harvest to feed the poor in the Liverpool Area, which was presented to Oz Harvest at our meeting on 23^rd of November together with donations from the Rotary Club of Liverpool. As a result of our Board meeting of 29 April, a further $3,000.00 from other Fundraising has been realised. Community Services Director; Shann O’Connell will attend a Liverpool Rotary Club meeting when Oz Harvest is organised to attend to present our further funding for this worthwhile cause.

BREAKING NEWS – Our youth Exchange Presentation from Henni Niemi will now be held 14 June.

JOKES

How did I get hear?

A fifth grader asked her mother the age-old question,
'How did I get here?'
Her mother told her, 'God sent you.'
'Did God send you, too?' asked the child.
'Yes, Dear,' the mother replied.
'What about Grandma and Grandpa?' the child persisted
'He sent them also,' the mother said.
'Did he send their parents, too?' asked the child.
'Yes, Dear, He did,' said the mother patiently.
'So you're telling me that there has been NO sex in this family for 200 years?
No wonder everyone's so grouchy around here!'

The Algebra Movement and Weapons of Maths Instruction

At Sydney airport yesterday an individual, later discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a square, a slide rule, and a calculator.

The Attorney General believes the man is a member of the notorious Algebra movement. He is being charged with carrying weapons of math instruction.

"Algebra is a very fearsome cult, indeed", the Attorney General said. "They desire average solutions by means and extremes, and sometimes go off on a tangent in a search of absolute value. They consist of quite shadowy figures, with names like "x" and "y", and, although they are frequently referred to as "unknowns", we know they really belong to a common denominator and are part of the axis of medieval with coordinates in every country.

"As the great Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, there are three sides to every triangle." When asked to comment on the arrest, Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, said, "If God had wanted us to have better weapons of math instruction, He would have given us more fingers and toes."