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Rotary Club of Queanbeyan Inc District 9710 PO Box 155 Queanbeyan NSW 2620 Charter Date March 1952
qbnrotary@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/QueanbeyanRotary

Service above Self 6 June 2012

Presidents Report from Kristin Ballard

Two weeks ago we attended the meeting at the Helenic Club where with all the other clubs we welcomed Kalyan Banerjee President of Rotary International to Canberra. It was fantastic to see 400 Rotarians at one club meeting. Well done to everyone who organised it. And we certainly enjoyed the fellowship. Our first meeting for the Relay for Life was held last Wednesday 29 May 2012 Taras on the go again. Natalie should be able to report to us tonight. Last week Bill I were away with my Mum and doing some family history research around Maitland, Singleton and Newcastle areas no rain so far and our accommodation (the dairy cottage) was great. However, no internet! On our way back through Sydney we met with my daughters and families and celebrated my Mums and my daughter Angies birthdays fantastic not to have to do it long distance. Angie is in camp this week in Brisbane for the Paralympic Team and thinks that the team will be announced this week for the London Paralympics!!! Our guest speaker last week was Matt Napier from the Qbn Tigers AFL Club who was to talk about his charity ride from Perth to Canberra. This week our guest speaker is David Smith from The Mens Shed hope to see you all there.
What is happening this week Guest Speaker - David Smith from The Mens Shed

What is happening next week

Joke of the Week

Two young blonde women are sitting at a bar in such an obviously celebratory mood that the bartender drifts over intending to offer them a drink on the house. When he gets close he hears one say to the other, "Here's to 17 days!" Smiling, the bartender says, "Congratulations! What's so special about 17 days?" Eyes twinkling, one of the women explains, "Well, we've been spending our evenings working on a jigsaw puzzle! And it said 3-5 years on the box, but we finished it in only 17 days!"

If you have been saving your old postage stamps for us, please bring them to our Changeover dinner as Klaus will be collecting them on the night. If you have any questions you can email Klaus on klascha@gmail.com

What happened last week Guest Speakers - Matt & Wendy Napier

Matt did a charity bike ride from Perth to Canberra, with wife Wendy in the support vehicle. They were raising awareness for

Visit their website at

http://www.makepovertyhistory.com.au/the-long-ride/

Have you registered yet???

We still need the following to be donated to the Renal Unit

Magazine holders Books and Magazines

If you can help, please contact Natalie Jupe

2012 District Changeover - 1 July 2012

Where - The Abbey: O'Hanlon Place, Nichols ACT. (View Map). Time - 12.00 for 12.30pm. You are invited to the District 9710 Changeover to celebrate the great year we have enjoyed under the leadership of DG Rob and Beth Woolley. The winners of the District Awards will be announced thanks to the work of Anton Pemmer, Graham Kinraid and Noel Trevaskis. Lunch will be a 2 course meal with alternate meals of: Main - Pan seared barramundi or Prosciutto wrapped beef fillet, with bread and mix of sides. Dessert - Yellow nectarine & vanilla pannacotta or assortment of seasonal fruit. Tea and brewed coffee If you have special dietary requirements please register these on the registration form. The cost of the meal is $35 per person, wine, beer and soft drinks are available at the bar. Please try and arrange a table from your Club and help us celebrate the year that was. Phil Armstrong District Governor 2012-13

Hi There! My name is Lara and this year I am driving from Canberra to Darwin (5000kms) in my 1988 Toyota Corolla to travel and volunteer my way around this sunburnt country. For the entirety of my journey I will offer to send a postcard from anywhere I visit, or of a theme (such as the beach, reptiles, cheese - anything!), to anyone who wishes to donate to Shelterbox. Hence I have named my fundraiser "From Letterboxes to Shelterboxes" Those who wish to participate can request a postcard via my website (address below). My request is that once they receive their postcard, they make a minimum donation of the average cost of a postcard and stamp - AUD$1.60 for Australia or AUD$2.60 for overseas donors. I would LOVE it if you got involved and I got to send a postcard out to you! Or you could request to have one sent to a friend on your behalf (to anywhere in Australia, or the world). If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to drop me a line: letterboxshelterbox@hotmail.com I have a website: http://letterboxshelterbox.wordpress.com/ Facebook page: From Letterboxes To Shelterboxes Twitter feed: @lettertoshelter And now a video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwuDqadgMJ4 My friend and I just finished producing it - after 2 weeks and a heroic 12-hour stint on the last day, it is now live! Filmed on location in Canberra. It was great fun! Most of all please pass this onto anyone you know who would be interested in getting involved. I find that social media is a highly effective (and free) publicity tool, so even sharing this on your Facebook page would be ace. Thanks for reading, and I hope to be writing you a postcard soon! Cheers, Lara Marks-Nash

A 2 Day First Aid Course being run on the 16th and17th June 2012 at the Qbn Leagues Club is now fully booked out. If you are interested in doing a first aid course, please register your interest with Ross McConnell Queanbeyan Division Superintendent St John NSW 0401 101 913 Ross.McConnell@hp.com

Queanbeyan Division
2012-2013 Entertainment Books

It is not too late to order your Entertainment Book

You can now purchase your copy online at

https://www.entertainmentbook.com.au/orderbooks/24402p
Or see Joan, Kristin or Natalie

Do you know someone who could be our next Guest Speaker?

We are still looking for people to be guest speakers at our meetings.

If you know someone who might be suitable, please let Tim Brown know via email timandmarian@grapevine.com.au

The Great Australian Wine-Off

One of Marymeads largest fundraising events will be held on the 23rd of June, namely, the Oakton-Jim Murphy Market & Airport Cellars Great Australian Wine-Off to be held in Canberra at the Southern Cross Club at Woden. Tickets are just $85.00 or you can book a table of 10 for only $790. Considering this includes a three course meal and wines throughout the evening it represents sensational value. For information and bookings please contact Jeff Griffiths at Marymead on 6162 5824 or email Jeff at jeff.griffiths@marymead.org.au.

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Websites, Social Media and Rotary Clubs

Posted on March 24, 2012

by John Borst, Director Communications, District 5550

District 5550 has 48 clubs; 14 still do not have a website. Without a website, those clubs have no way of sharing the local Rotary story among their friends, relatives, other Rotarians or the rest of the World. Similarly, many of those who do have a Club website but have not kept them current are in the same situation. At the same time, Rotary in District 5550 has a membership crisis on its hands. Over the past five years we have had a net loss of over 100 members. Twice as many clubs have had net losses, as had net gains. Obviously this cant go on forever or Rotary in Central Canada will cease to exist. There is only one way to reverse this trend and that is for each one of us to put more effort into the recruitment of new members. The best way to do this is still to ask, and ask and ask again, community members in face to face conversations to join Rotary. But communication in the 21st Century has tools to get the message out about Rotary which have never before existed. As Rotarians if we really care about the continuation of this organization and what it stands for, we simply cant afford to ignore the new communication tools, provided by social media; not at the International level, not at the district level, not at the club level and especially not at the personal level. Yes at the personal level. Let me try to explain why this is really the most important level. The Internet has spawned a nomenclature based on numbers. First there was just The Web. But then a funny thing happened suddenly there appeared something called Web 2.0 programs. So now we often hear about Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. First, lets review how Rotary clubs communicate both internally to its members and externally to the local community. Although I do not have specific numbers, it appears every club has an internal newsletter. Today these are written on word processing software. This is pre-Internet technology but many clubs use e-mail to distribute it so we might classify this activity as Web 0.5; since they are using the web to send the newsletter out. Web 1.0 is where we are trying to get all clubs. A website is a Web 1.0 communications application. The club simply provides the content and people have to look for the website. In other words newsletters push information out to its members but websites have to pull readers to it. This means they have to be constantly updated, and have an attractive presentation layout.

Their advantage is that anyone in the world can find them even if the club is located in some remote corner of Saskatchewan, Manitoba or Northwestern Ontario. Now even the most remote club can promote Rotary. As such every Club becomes a spokesperson for Rotary throughout the whole world. The beauty of Web 2.0 however is that it combines aspects of push and pull. But most importantly it permits a two way exchange of information to occur. The first major application to take off in the early years of the 21st Century was the blog. Blogs were and still are pre-programmed almost free websites formats which permit individuals or groups of individuals to write articles or post pictures. They are interactive because a reader can leave a comment on the blog for the author and a conversation could follow. So Web 2.0 became a two way street. It also created a network. People who liked your blog would add it to their blog role. This way your number of visitors expanded. The more blog rolls your site appeared on the more readers you got and more importantly the higher was your placement on a new search engine called Google. In addition to blogs, sites like Yahoo created discussion groups where people could register for a group. Everyone, for example, who read some obscure magazine, could now talk to one another about the article they had just read and share other articles from anywhere on other websites. As the decade progressed these two systems merged into what we call social media. We know them as Facebook and Twitter. Facebook was conceived as a sort of electronic post-it board for university students while Twitter is known as a blog in 140 characters. Linkedin is a spin-off from discussion groups aimed at business professionals where your profile becomes as important as the discussions you have. Pinterest, Rotarys latest venture into yet another social media format uses the sharing of pictures pined to a bulletin board to share your likes. Each of these interactive formats is also linked to the other. In a sense each person who creates a post or links to another website creates the content of one or more social media sites. Hopefully what you can see happening is that there is an ever widening stream of content being created. Think of it as a river. At the source is the content of the Club newsletter. This can and should become the foundational content of the Clubs website. That content can now become the content of an individual Rotarians Facebook page or Twitter post called a tweet. At each level it is likely that more and more people will be exposed to the work of your Rotary club especially if collectively, every member was to have his or her own social media site where he or she promotes Rotary. Rotary has also been encouraging Clubs and districts to have their own Facebook and Twitter pages. The thinking is that more people will likely follow the Facebook page than the actual website or that it will lead others to the website. A more important reason for having a club or district Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest page is because it permits others to share the content links more easily with just one or two clicks. Again the best reason for having a club social media site is that it makes it easier for members to spread the Rotary message on personal social media pages. What is also important to comprehend is that the underlying organizational structure of social media is the very antithesis of the traditional pyramidal top down bottom up structure.

Think of a page with hundreds of individual cells representing clubs, districts zones, and individual Rotarians all sending messages across the entire playing field without regard to position, rank, or years of service and you get some idea of the kind of networking which is taking place within Rotary using social media. I call it a distributive communications system. But that same distributive system also permits us to get our story out to a much broader nonRotarian audience. In short the goal is to get Rotarys message out well beyond the playing field. As I see it this is where club websites come in. A club website provides the content for the local stories that make up Rotarys larger story. Rotary Internationals website provides the big story content, such as our efforts to eradicate Polio or exemplary literacy, water or medical initiatives. Only by RI & Clubs working in tandem can individual Rotarians find the content to share on their personal Facebook, Twitter, and now Pinterest accounts. We need to understand that it is really at the level of the individual Rotarian where the greatest distributive power lies. Think of it this way, each Rotarian is sharing with friends and acquaintances the work of Rotary when he posts a comment at his Facebook page about something his local club has done and then links it to more detail on the Clubs website. Clubs cannot depend on a District website to get their message out. Few districts actually structure themselves as a news site sharing club achievements. When I did a comparison of the most recent 200 visitors to a District site vs. a Club site, I found to my surprise, that although the 200 visitors took a longer period of time to accumulate at the Club site, they were actually more dispersed throughout the world than the District visitors. District visitors were far more likely to be from within the District than outside it. If Clubs wonder who their audience is and why they should have a website it is not good enough to think just about getting the message out to the local community. The reality is that local when it comes to Rotary is really the World, especially for a club. So even if you are a Rotary club in a small village, in an area big city people might call the middle of nowhere, you too need to share your unique Rotary stories with the World. And thats why 14 District 5550 clubs need to create a website and many others need to get cracken and get theirs current. And you never know we might just get some new Rotarians as a bonus.
According to a 2010 survey released by the British based Charities Aid Foundation, Australia and New Zealand are more charitable and volunteer more than any other country in the world. We ranked first out of 153 nations on the willingness of our citizens to donate time and money to charity!

End of May is Hats OFF Day -

http://www.actcancer.org/news/detail.aspx?id=232
Toward the end of May is when we start to experience 'low' UV levels (under 3) throughout the entire day in Canberra. The end of May is the time of the year when Cancer Council ACT reminds Canberrans, primary schools and early childhood services that they can once again safely shed their hats and sunscreen without worrying about increasing long term risks of skin cancer. Hats and other forms of sun protection including sunscreen are not really necessary in Canberra around the June and July period due to 'low' UV levels (under 3). Around the June and July period in Canberra, average daily UV levels fall, and stay below 3, every day, all day, a level that is not considered damaging to unprotected skin and eyes. ACT primary schools and eary childhood services do not need to implement their usual sun protection strategies during this time of the year. This is a good time of the year for teachers and educators to explain to children what sun protection is all about and why and when we need to be SunSmart- (Smart in the Sun). ACT schools and early childhood services can now upload the new SunSmart Web Widget to their website- this tool not only displays the time of the day to be SunSmart (or not)- but also the local weather forecast. Click hereto upload your SunSmart Web Widget today. However, there are a few exceptions to the "Hats Off" rule. If spending extended time outdoors (eg outdoor excursions and all day events etc) then wearing a hat and using shade is still advisable. Likewise, sun protection may still be neccessary if visiting Alpine areas or heading north. And whilst small amounts of direct sun exposure is considered safe for babies when UV levels are low (under 3), again, if spending time outdoors during this period then continue to protect your baby's skin with clothing and seeking out shade. Cancer Council ACT is conscious that Canberrans shouldnt compromise their winter vitamin D levels by adopting sun protection behaviour when its not really necessary. Vitamin D is largely created in the body as a result of exposure to the suns ultraviolet radiation (UVB), and is important for good bone and muscle development, and general health. Whilst the majority of Canberrans achieve adequate vitamin D levels through the sun exposure they receive during typical day to day outdoor activities throughout the year, there are groups in the community that may have difficulty maintaining adequate levels, especially during the winter period. Groups that are more likely to be at risk of low vitamin D levels include:

Naturally very dark skinned people who need more UV exposure to produce adequate levels of vitamin D as the pigment in their skin reduces UV absorption people who cover their skin for religious or cultural purposes the elderly and people who are housebound or in institutional care babies of vitamin D deficient mothers, especially those who are exclusively or partially breastfed people in occupations such as factory workers and night-shift workers, and indoor workers those who avoid the sun for cosmetic or health reasons

People in these groups, and others who think they may be low in vitamin D, should talk to their doctor. Low vitamin D levels may have no obvious symptoms, but without treatment, it can have significant long term health effects and supplementation may be required. The majority of Canberrans can maintain their vitamin D levels during June and July by getting approximately 2-3 hours of sun exposure to their face, arms and hands (or equivalent) spread over over each week. Canberrans should therfore be aiming to get outdoors during the middle of the day to enjoy some winter sun to maintain adequate vitamin D levels and to remain physical and active for general health purposes. To know when sun protection is and is not really recommended in Canberra each day and to maintain the balance between healthy sun protection and vitamin D, Cancer Council ACT encourages school teachers to get into the habit of accessing the daily SunSmart UV Index to see what time of the day sun protection is actually recommended in Canberra. For more information contact Cancer Council Helpine on 13 11 20

Support Go Red for Women at Riverside Plaza

Did you know heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Australian women? Most Australian women don't know that heart disease kills four times as many women as breast cancer. In fact, heart disease kills over 10, 400 women every year, or 29 women per day. We're here to change that - Riverside Plaza is a proud sponsor of the Heart Foundation's Go Red for Women campaign. The Go Red for Women campaign unites women in the fight against heart disease - together we can make a big difference in improving the heart health of Australian women. There is no single cause of heart disease, but risk factors can increase your chance of developing heart disease. Risk factors include high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol. In Australia, 90% of women have one risk factor and 50% of women have two or three risk factors. The good news is that heart disease is largely preventable, because most risk factors can be managed or reduced. Here's how you can help raise awareness and lower your risks. June is Go Red for Women month. Here's how you can make a difference at Riverside Plaza:

Be part of Go Red Week at Riverside Plaza Monday 25th June-Saturday 30th June Stay tuned, more details coming soon!

Massive Baby Goods Clearance

**** SATURDAY 9 JUNE 9am till 1pm **** 5 OGrady Place, Wanniassa
Baby/childrens clothes (hundreds of size 00000 - 2 years and some 2-10 years) Baby/childrens shoes, bootees and socks Bibs, mittens, hats and bonnets Cot/bassinette sheets/blankets/quilts Tea-tree mattresses and snuggle-bed Baby wraps including swaddlers Cloth nappies, liners and nappy covers/pants/pilchers Bottles, sipper cups, food containers and spoons Maternity clothes including bras and belly bands Childrens toys including Fisher Price, books, games, puzzles etc Baby toys, rattles, teethers including pram & cot toys Porta-cot, changetable, stroller, pram, highchair, baby-gate, baby baths Baby carriers bassinette, backpack and baby pouch types Plus much, much more Clothes mainly 50c (max $2) All bargain prices

***** ALL PROCEEDS TO MOTHERS & BABIES CHARITY ***** Items can also be viewed at other times by appointment phone Wendy on 6231 1190

Bollywood Bonanza Night @ Digress

Supporting

Saturday 17th of June

Come join us for a Bollywood-themed evening of fun, food, dancing, prizes and more! For your ticket price, you will: - enjoy delicious Indian finger food and a drink on arrival - be delighted by the elegant performances of Bollywood Dimensions, Canberra's premier Bollywood dance studio - learn a few Bollywood moves - if you feel like joining in! - kick on to the tunes of our Bollywood DJ The night will also feature prizes for best dancer and best dressed, Bollywood trinkets to add a touch of glitz and glamour, and a wine lucky dip. All profits will be used to support Room to Read's children's literacy programs. Room to Read is a charity that works to increase literacy and access to education in the developing world by building schools and libraries, publishing books in local languages, and providing scholarships for girls' education, across parts of Asia and Africa. For more information, visit http://www.roomtoread.org . Ticket price: $50 for a single ticket, $45 each for two and $40 each for three or more... so get your friends together for a fun night out! You can purchase tickets from http://www.outincanberra.com.au/products

Contact details for our members

Name Kristin Ballard Bill Hoare Joan Macdonald Bly Miers Tim Brown Michael Keys Natalie Jupe Dian Hollick Liana Dobson Nerida Dean Doug Mitchell Mobile 0418 450 126 0418 656 880 0428 382 501 0427 006 680 0428 623 995 0413 934 777 0419 161 974 0402 678 322 0416 216 450 0407 008 848 TBA Email kballard@westnet.com.au joan.macdonald@dfat.gov.au blymiers@hotmail.com timandmarian@grapevine.com.au mjkeys190877@optusnet.com.au nataliejupe@hotmail.com

tba lianakate@gmail.com
neridadean@iprimus.com.au

doug@mitchellfamilyonline.com Useful Links

Rotary Club of Queanbeyan on http://www.facebook.com/QueanbeyanRotary Rotary District Site Rotary in Australia Rotary International Rotary Club of Queanbeyan West Rotary Down Under http://www.rotaryd9710.org.au/ http://www.rotary.org.au/en/ www.rotary.org/ http://www.queanbeyanwestrotary.org/ http://www.rotarydownunder.com.au/ http://www.rotarysouthpacific.org/ http://www.ramaustralia.org/ http://www.rotaryaustralia.org.au/

Rotary New Zealand and South Pacific Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM)

Rotary Australia a gateway to Rotary clubs in Australia National Youth Science Forum This Close to Ending Polio

http://www.nysf.edu.au/ http://thisclose.net/index.php http://www.rawcs.com.au/

Rotary Australia World Community (RAWCS) The Rotary Leadership Institute

http://www.rotaryleadershipinstitute.org/

Facebook Update As at 5/6/2012 our Facebook page now has 40 likes Keep spreading the word

Upcoming Events
June 2012 Wednesday 6 June Wednesday 13 June Wednesday 20 June Wednesday 27 June Date to be confirmed Guest Speaker David Smith from The Mens Shed Board Meeting Planning and discussion for Changeover and the year ahead everybodys input is welcome th Changeover which will include the Clubs 60 Birthday Celebration and Hat Day The Rotary Club Vision Facilitation Program 1 x 4 hour session District Changeover Federation Square, Gold Creek, more details above Guest Speaker Anne Pratt Board Meeting Visit to Queanbeyan Ambulance meet Christy Blighton the station officer, 6.30pm, 7 Erin Street Friendship Dinners (as part of conference weekend) More details to come Rotary Success Conference - Hellenic Club Woden, $100 per person for full conference, visit website to register

July 2012 Sunday 1 July Wednesday 4 July Wednesday 11 July Wednesday 18 July Friday 20 July Sat 21 & Sun 22 July

http://rotarydownunder.com.au/events/AustralianRotaryConference2012/index.asp
Wednesday 25 July Guest Speaker - Bradley Carron-Arthur, telling us about his 131 days of solo running (4888km) from Canberra to Cape York

August 2012 Wednesday 1 August Wednesday 8 August Tuesday 14 August

Wednesday 15 August Wednesday 22 August Wednesday 29 August September 2012 Wednesday 5 September Wednesday 12 September Wednesday 19 September Wednesday 26 September

Official Visit from District Governor, Phil Armstrong Board Meeting Friendship Beyond Club Functions Movie night at Greater Union Cinema Manuka more details to come Guest Speaker Graham Waite, Projects Coordinator for Technical Aid to the Disabled ACT (TADACT) Guest Speaker Martin Fish from Menslink TBA

Official visit from Assistant Governor, Lynne Duckham Board Meeting TBA Guest Speaker from the Australian Electoral Commission, speaking about 2012 being The Year of Enrolment and also the work they do for electors and voters in the community.

October 2012 Date to be confirmed Wednesday 3 October Wednesday 10 October Saturday 13 October

Wednesday 17 October Wednesday 24 October Fri, Sat & Sun 26, 27 and 28 October Wednesday 31 October

Gnomes at Floriade TBA Board Meeting Friendship Beyond Club Functions Coffee & cake morning tea, 10am Gloria Jeans in Riverside Plaza all welcome TBA World Polio Day Dinner everyone welcome District Conference Batemans Bay & Moruya details TBA TBA