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THE UNLEY ROTARIAN: Meeting 4298 - 12 July 2022 Website: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/2039/
 Rotary Club of Unley Inc.

 District 9510 - Chartered 17 April 1935

 President:  Ken Haines 0407 696 184
 Secretary:  Greg McLeod 0417 811 838
 Address:  PO Box 18, Unley SA 5061
 Email:  secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
 Meetings:  Tuesdays at 6.00 for 6.30pm
 Venue:
 Damien on Fisher, 123 Fisher Street, Fullarton SA
President Ken Haines
 

NEXT WEEK WE ARE INTO COMMITTEES

Last Meeting
 

 
Venue:                      Damien on Fisher
 
Guest Speaker:       Niki Gent
 
Attendance:            24 members  1 guest
 
Bob Mills was the MC for the night. President Ken welcomed everyone and held a period of silence in memory of Pam Trimmer.
Patsy exhorted lovers of red wine to taste a new offering in the quest for a good club bottling.

Guest Speaker: Niki Gent - Family Violence and Juvenile Justice

Bob Mills introduced Niki who has a Bachelor of Criminal Justice, Master of Social Work and MBA. She is MD of Family and Child Consultants Pty Ltd and has worked in Child Protection, Family Law, Juvenile Justice and NDIS for over 16 years. Niki has trained staff, government and non-government, both nationally and internationally on child safeguarding against exploitation. She has also negotiated and developed reconciliation action plans between local indigenous communities and mentored students, professionals and business leaders to assist them in reaching desired goals. Action and Outcome based theory allows people to achieve their goals efficiently.
 
Miki grew up in Canberra with strong Rotary ties in her family and the one she married into. Her early working life was in Child Protection. She was appointed as the child protection officer of the Australian Government to the hot and steamy small island of Nauru. There were then 60 different  cultural groups among the refugees and asylum seekers with a wide range of social values. While there was an understanding/agreement that kids were not to be beaten, this did not extend to wives.
Niki worked in family law service in Qld and was proud of the improvements she helped achieved through insisting that, in cases of family breakdowns, children needed to be listened to....the children's voice. This has enabled 80% of custodial disputes to be settled through negotiation and conciliation, thus avoiding the distress of court battles.
 
Niki specialises in significant incidences. and cited the case of a 'normal' kid committing murder under the influence of drugs, which  traumatised his family. Niki was asked to work through a pathway for the family to support him through his 17 year sentence and upon his release. There was another case involving a child of 12 who committed murder. Navigating the system is all important to achieving the best outcomes. And optimal results are achieved through outcome based therapy which enables people to move forward. Niki has been training specialists in Australia and NZ. Tough nuts to crack are the generational offenders who come from families where crime has been a way of life and pathological offenders. Young aboriginal offenders make up 46% of juvenile incarcerations. There has to be a better way. through working with the elders.
 
Nike was applauded for her address.

SPOT......something wrong.....only two

Paul Duke is in charge of the guest speaker program and would appreciate any suggestions! 
 
President Ken announced $1760 being banked from Bunnings BBQ on Sunday.
 

Behind the Badge

Valerie Bonython went into overdrive and left the editor way behind..... So here are some titbits. Born in Payneham in 1944, schooled locally, was married in 1966 (obviously a child bride), produced 4 children and they have presented 5 grandchildren. Her first job was with the Grand Lodge of Masons. She and her husband ran a horticultural farm in the hills....he died in 2007. Her talents were widely utilised as a councilor for 16 years, regional development, -  hills and southern region, disaster management, fire services, Torrens Catchment, water monitoring, company manager, promotion of women and business development..............
Nice work Valerie...........she joined Rotary 10 years ago and still going strong. 

Finale 

Trevor repeated his dose of lottery gifts from last week but this time 6......maybe 7 next time. And the winners were Vera Ann X 2, John Kikkert, Valerie, John Russell and Leonie.
Bob Mills announced that Wendy was having a birthday tomorrow (HBW).
Trevor (unhappy story) related how his 20 year old grand-daughter returned to her car after attending Frozen to find some bastard had broken her window and stolen her work clothes.
 
The meeting closed with a vaguely passable story from Bob at 7.50pm

Rotary International News. 

The universal language of photography: Rotary Magazine’s Photography Awards 2022

By 

Rotary magazine’s annual photo awards recognize and celebrate the best photography produced and shared by Rotary members around the globe.

If Service Above Self is the vision that unites Rotary's 1.4 million members around the globe, photography is the language that expresses that vision without need for translation or interpretation. A great photo — such as one that captures Rotaractors planting trees in Uganda or freezes in time a man bicycling through rainwater near a Taiwanese landmark — transcends geographical and cultural barriers. It narrates a story and depicts a way of life in one part of the vast Rotary world. A language that is universally understood, photography can amuse, educate, and inspire, all in the same instant.
It is for this reason that Rotary magazine devotes much of this issue to the works of Rotary members who have distinguished themselves with the images they submitted for our annual photo awards.
The magazine received more than 600 entries from across the family of Rotary. Bekah Raleigh, who leads the Visual Media team at Rotary International, began by looking at the images and discussing them with other RI photographers. Among other things, they checked each photo's technical specifications — to ensure the pictures would hold up to reproduction on the printed page — and carefully weighed a crucial requirement: consent.
"Beautiful photography requires the subject's consent," says Raleigh. "At Rotary, we manage this issue through a series of releases. I know that not every amateur photographer is walking around with photo releases in their back pocket, but when taking photographs of people that you don't know, it's important to make sure that they're comfortable with it."
Finally, Raleigh and her team evaluated the photos' aesthetics — things such as color, composition, and subject matter — that subtly shape an image's impact. The team then forwarded about 10 percent of the 600-plus submissions to the selection committee, which consisted of the magazine's staff and other members of Rotary's communications team. The committee deliberated for hours before making its final choices.
This year's winning entries represent a wide range of subjects and regions: silhouettes of children playing in Tondo, a poverty-stricken municipal district of Manila, Philippines; a Vietnamese artisan drying magenta-tipped incense sticks near Hue, the country's spiritual capital; a fisherman casting his net into a river in Benin; and the glowing tents of a climbers' base camp in the snowy peaks of Nepal. Collectively, all these photographs endow us with a rich, varied, and humbling view of our planet and its people.
Each photo also contains a powerful visual narrative that sparks our curiosity. In some instances, we marvel at the photographer's ability to find beauty in our everyday lives and, through their lens, to capture things that we might otherwise have overlooked. In other cases, while the color and composition move us emotionally, the exotic landscapes evoke a spirit of adventure and exploration.
These photos are our eyes on the world.

Winner

Photographer: Heinz-Gerd Dreehsen
Rotary Club of Oberhausen, Germany
 
           
Sunset in Manila, Philippines. Judges say: The playful, organic shapes of the kids’ bodies make a stark contrast with the hard lines of the electric poles and wires. Despite the photo’s limited color palette, you feel like there is an explosion of color.
 

Coffee Chat at Impressa, Unley Shopping Centre

10.30 am on the first Friday of the month is good for a chat with Rotary friends and a caffeine fix! Next one is Friday 5 August 2022              

Upcoming Meetings

Tuesday 19 July 2022 6 for 6.30pm Damien on Fisher
Event: Committees consultations
Attendance and welcome: Virginia Cossid & Chris Davis
 
Tuesday 26 July 2022 6 for 6.30pm Damien on Fisher
Guest Speaker: Jane Gascoigne Rotary's Indigenous Health Scholarship
Attendance and welcome: Virginia Cossid & Chris Davis
 
Apologies and Meeting Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838  or email to secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
Venue Set-up Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015
 

Saturday Thrift Shop Roster

Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm    Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm 
 
Week 1: 6 August 2022  
Early:  (Jerry Casburn) & (Haydn Baillie) |  Late: Robyn Carnachan & Leonie Kewen
 
Week 2:  13 August 2022
Early: Greg Mcleod & Virginia Cossid|  Late: Wendy Andrews & Heather Kilsby
 
Week 3: 16 July 2022  
Early: David Middleton & Nathan White  |  Late: Vera Ann Stacy & Virginia Cossid (Vera Holt)
 
Week 4: 23 July 2022      
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran |  Late: Jason Booth & Rhonda Hoare
 
Week 5: 30 July 2022
Early: Bob Mullins & Wendy Andrews |  Late: Virginia Cossid & Greg McLeod (Paul Duke)
 
Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact: Vivienne Wood 0408 819 630; e-mail: vwood#ozemail.com.au

Mitre 10 and Bunnings Barbeques 

The Mitre 10 BBQs are the first and third Saturdays of each month. Morning shift 8.30am - 12 noon; afternoon shift 12.00 - 3.30pm, then clean-up.....next one is Saturday 16 July 2022
 
ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm
Morning shift: 8.00am – 12.30pm | Afternoon shift: 12.30 – 5pm
We have been allocated the last Monday of each month.....next one is Monday 25 July 2022 

The Tale End.....  

Another true story

 
A RETIREE'S LAST TRIP TO Costco


Yesterday I was at Costco buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Scotty, the Wonder Dog and was in the check-out line when a woman behind me asked if I had a dog.  What did she think I had - an elephant?
 
So because I'm retired and have little to do, on impulse, I told her that no, I didn't have a dog, I was starting the Purina Diet again.  I added that I probably shouldn't, because I ended up in the hospital last time but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IVs in both arms.
 
I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and the way that it works is, to load your pants pockets with Purina Nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry.  The food is nutritionally complete (certified), so it works well and I was going to try it again.  (I have to mention here that practically everyone in line was now enthralled with my story.)
 
Horrified, she asked if I ended up in intensive care, because the  dog food  poisoned me?  I told her no.   I had stopped to pee on a fire hydrant and a car hit me.
 
I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so hard.  Costco won't let me shop there anymore.

Trevor's last bit of fine signage

                                 

 
 
                          
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