Just letting all members know that our club has established a subcommittee, comprising of Peter Coote, Mark Staples, Howard Sullivan, Angelo Raveane, Tiffiny Kellar, Claire Pryce and myself to study two potential International Grants. One is an agricultural sustainability project in East Timor through AFAP, and the second one, a sustainable rainwater harvesting and greenhouse installation project in Kenya through So They Can.
For these projects to have the best chances of success, we are trying to get other clubs in our area interested also.
As the scope of the projects evolve and the global grants are finalised for submission, presentations will be made at club meetings in the near future.
Cheers, Ian
SAVE THESE DATES
Monday 6 June 6.30 for 7pm- Our first periodic evening meeting will be held on 6 June at Stuyvesant’s House Restaurant, 45 Alexander Street, Crows Nest. Cost $30 Register here. Partners and friends are most welcome.
Monday 4 July 6.30 for 7pm - our Club's Changeover celebration. Partners and friends are most welcome. Registration available shortly.
OUR NEXT LUNCHTIME MEETING IS ON MONDAY 30th May
Our Guest Speaker is Adrienne McLean speaking on Carers and our Society.
Adrienne's presentation brings awareness to the care workers in our society that assist the elderly to be at home instead of in an aged care facility. The benefits to the government are enormous as well as the elderly would prefer to stay at home. It's about her journey having her father live with her and her family along with the challenges of the sandwich generation, for 7 years.
A Thank You to our Guest Speakers Sue Haerteh and Alex Lawrence.
Sue is a land use planner for the Sydney Metro City and Southwest team and gave a fascinating talk on the rollout of the Sydney Metro.
1. Sydney Metro Northwest-Completion 2019
Stations at Cudgegong Road-Rouse Hill. Kellyville, Bella Vista , Norwest, Showground, Castle Hill , Cherrybrook, Epping, Macquarie University, Macquarie Park, North Ryde, Chatswood.
2. Sydney Metro City & Southwest-Completion 2024 with a capacity to run a metro train every 2 minutes.
Stations Chatswood, Crows Nest, Victoria Cross(North Sydney), Barangaroo, Martin Place, Pitt Street, Central, Waterloo then most stations to Bankstown.
Sue focused her talk on the Sydney Metro network.
Key Benefits
Including enabling the transport network to better cater for growth. Increased capacity through the city.
City Building –increased economic activity.
Sue also covered construction methods with the use of up to 5 tunnel boring machines.(TBM). A specialised TBM to tunnel under Sydney Harbour will tunnel from Barangaroo for 1 kilometre to Blues Point.
All in all one of the most relevant & fascinating talks we have had in a while.
Crows Nest Hotel negotiations are progressing. Watch this space!
President Ian reported that Shore school (who we sponsor) won the top 3 places in the state MUNA (Model United Nations Assembly) competition, and all 3 teams progressed to the Nationals.
Sue Wakefield has been nominated as the District Governor Elect for 2018/2019.
For those travelling to East Timor in September Angelo Raveane is arranging a meeting for Sunday 5th June. Details to follow.
Angelo Raveane is seeking volunteers for this year Melbourne Cup trifecta.
Next BBQ is Saturday June 4th, and volunteers are required for the afternoon shift.
Our first evening meeting is Monday June 6th @ Stuyvesants House.(6.30pm) Please register so we have an indication of numbers. (details below)
Reminders
Volunteers are required for the Red Shield Appeal on Sunday May 29th. Working with Children clearance is required. Cyril, Les & Ian are starters.
Club members are welcome to visit East Timor in September. As well as progressing Tiffany’s “agricultural sustainability” project, there will be 15 students & 15 Rotarians visiting. Please see Angelo Raveane for details
District Changeover dinner on Saturday June 25th. RSVP by June 17th.
Six young musicians from the six local high schools will compete for prizes of $3,000 as they showcase their musical talents.
Many of the past winners are now studying at The Conservatorium or playing professionally in Australia and Europe.
The event is free ... so if you enjoy excellent music and are close to Chatswood at 7pm on Wednesday 8 June .... our colleagues at Chatswood Rotary would enjoy your company.
Congratulations to the students who took part in the Model United Nations Assembly on the weekend of 14-15 May. Very impressive work to represent your assigned countries so passionately.
In the end it was the delegates of Colombia (SHORE School) - sponsored by Crows Nest Rotary - who took out the competition and will now go on to compete in the National MUNA this August. Congratulations Columbia!
Saturday 4 June marks the last scheduled BBQ at Bunnings Artarmon for the current six months. It will be the 11th occasion this half-year that Bunnings customers have had the opportunity to taste how great are our snags! The aroma simply brings the crowds.
Fundraising is integral to the success of any charitable organisation. The Rotary Club of Crows Nest is no exception.
In addition to the regular barbecue at Bunnings, Artarmon, the club coordinates the sale of Melbourne Cup Trifecta tickets There will be more news about the latter shortly.
These events not only help us raise money to assist others, but it also increases awareness in the community of Rotary and our Rotary Club of Crows Nest.
Our members have great fun being chefs and shop attendants every few weeks and the club as a whole owes all its volunteers a debt of gratitude. We look forward to seeing you again at Bunnings in the next six months.
There certainly is more to Rotary than just great sausages.
Dudley Mercer, Chair of the district Australian Rotary Health Committee has just had some great news from ARH Director PDG Graeme Davies. District 9685 is one of the TOP donors to ARH this year with around $66K being exceeded by only two other districts.
On looking at the statistics he is even more excited because there are still about 40 clubs yet to send on their donations to ARH. A lot of clubs are yet to finalise their donations, so we may in fact double the $66K. If each club donated $500 of their hard earned funds we would, as a District, donate some $35K to ARH – we are well on the way to achieving this.
Keep in mind that ARH funds research ONLY in Australia BUT that the results of that research is made available to the whole world – what a wonderful gift we help make come true.
On 31 May* you are invited to a presentation at Rotary Club of Northbridge by Gillian Lewis, from the Australian National Maritime Museum, about the THE JAPANESE MIDGET SUBMARINE ATTACK ON SYDNEY HARBOUR IN May 1942. Coming ready or NOT....Find out the details of how the attack was carried out by courageous Japanese Naval personnel and the inadequate harbor defences. It will be the 75th anniversary of the attacks so come along and prepare to be part of an amazing story.
* 6:00 PM at Northbridge Golf Club, Sailors Bay Road, Northbridge.
Interested? Register here so we can tell Northbridge how many are attending.
Your attendance at this talk entitles you to a SPECIAL OFFER of 20% discount for group tours of over 10 people and 1 year membership. 1 year concessional membership is available for $48 and has the following benefits:
Free entry to the museum every day
Two guest passes
20% discount for 4 guests
Free tea and coffee in the members lounge
Subscription to the SIGNALS magazine
Invitations to events at discounted prices
A great opportunity to take friends and any grandchildren on an exciting day out in a beautiful location..
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Chatswood Rotary is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the 
Dudley Mercer, Chair of the district Australian Rotary Health Committee has just had some great news from ARH Director PDG Graeme Davies. District 9685 is one of the TOP donors to ARH this year with around $66K being exceeded by only two other districts. 
Susan Wakefield OAM of the Rotary Club of the Lower Blue Mountains has been appointed District Governor for the year 2018-2019.
