President s Message. Secretary: John Martin Ph President: Bruce McDonald Ph District 9790

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1 Date 30th November Volume 56 Issue 23 PO Box 95, Bright Vic Grapevine Editor Terry Gibbons President: Bruce McDonald Ph District 9790 Secretary: John Martin Ph President s Message Congratulations to Graham Cocks on your election as President for 2015/16, and Michelle Chalwell as President Elect for 2015/16. They will be supported by some experienced members who have accepted positions on the Board Meeting attendance numbers just keep getting better as last week s attendance topped the best for the year to date! And it was good to welcome John Pook to the meeting. Patrick O Shea updated works required to be completed at the waterslide and advised that the roster is being prepared. Steve Gilliver s presentation of a snapshot of His Life was enjoyed by all, Geoff Tually presented Rotary Information, and Stuart Hargreaves reported on his favourable inspection of Bright s new water reservoir.

2 Fraser McNaught will follow up on sponsorship and signage for Christmas Carols; attendances for Christmas Dinner on December 18 commenced to be taken, and the Club agreed to cook and serve breakfast on Australia Day. Wayne Phillips has ARHRF Christmas $10 per 10 packs. Please note that next week s meeting CPR Training will commence at 6pm and conclude at 8pm in readiness for the waterslide season. Light Up Rotary in 2014/15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looking Ahead. Club Programs for December December 4...First Aid for the Waterslide TBC December 11...Guest Speaker TBC December 18...Christmas Dinner...Partner s Night ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ Attendance for Thursday 27 th September Steve Gilliver Terry Gibbons Michelle Chalwell Bruce McDonald Stephen Webb Lindsay Jolley Diane Gibbons Geoff Hall Wayne Phillips Bob Lease Ken Hart Ron Kool Stuart Hargreaves Bruce Kilpatrick Patrick O Shea John Martin Sid Dalbosco Fraser McNaught Dee Hedley Andrew Pook Geoff Tually Ray Borschmann Minori:- Our exchange Student Apologies:- Ela Tually Rob Moore Michelle Sharpe Ian Graig Alan Poyner Andrew Mior Sue Manning

3 Date Cook Server Cashier Dec 6 Terry Michelle Chalwell Allan Poyner Dec 13 Ken Lindsay Chris Dec 20 Sid Sue Ron Dec 27 Graham Pony Club Dee ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~

4 Date From Regarding 22/11/2014 Rotary 9790 RC Strathmore - Invite to dinner 14 Jan Club 23/11/2014 Rotary 9790 RYLA clubs sponsoring 31 youth leaders Club 24/11/2014 Rotary 9790 Proposed Resolution 2016 Council on Legistration Club 24/11/2014 Mind Australia Mind Australia & Typo Station have merged Club 24/11/2014 Rotary 9790 ROMAC Request for donation Steve 25/11/2014 Rotary 9790 Conference House of Friendship Bookings Club 26/11/2014 Rotary 9790 President Elect Info Graham 27/11/2014 Alpine Shire Council electrical trailer unavailable Geoff 27/11/2014 Rotary 9790 Food Plant Solutions Newsletter Club 27/11/2014 Goulburn Valley Water Licence Renewal Sec 27/11/2014 Bright RSL Thank you letter & Cheque $ Treasurer 27/11/2014 RDU Magazine Club 27/11/2014 Alpine Shire Bright Australia Day 2015 Board ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rotary Information -- Nov-December Rotary s 4 Way Test of the things we think, say or do 1. Is it the TRUTH? TRUTH or FACT. 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? JUSTICE. 3. Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships? FRIENDLINESS. 4. Will it be Beneficial to all concerned? HELPFULNESS. Rotary has used this 4 Way test as a basic tenant of what we stand for many years. Back in 1932, Herbert J. Taylor, developed the test as a way of saving his bankrupt company. He needed to relook at how the company did business and find a way of developing something which his competitors would not have a similar competitive weapon. The competitive weapon involved Character, Dependability and Service Mindedness of the personnel. The company had a code of ethics, but was too long and nobody took any notice of it as they could not remember it. We need to develop a simpler standard, which would not tell the employees what they must do, but ask them questions which would make it possible for them to find out whether their proposed plans, policies, statements or actions were right or wrong. All personnel were asked to memorise the 4 Way test and words such as better, best, greatest and finest disappeared from the companies advertising. Herbert Taylor found that by a simple change from telling people to asking them to look at what they were doing made the change necessary to regaining the community s confidence and sales gradually increased to the extent that the company s misfortune was gradually turned around. Putting it simply, it s about credibility and not making enemies. Enemies are a waste of time and serve no useful purpose! Rotary is more than a Service Organisation it s a way of life. Thus the importance of the 4 Way Test.

5 The New Rotary Community Information board located in Ireland St. next to Wayne s World ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A father buys a lie detector robot that slaps you when you tell a lie. He decides to try it out on his son at dinner, Where were you last night? I was at the library. The replied. Wack! The robot slaps the son. Ok, I was at a friend s house, the son admits. Doing what? asked Dad. Watching a movie, Toy Story. Wack! The robot slaps the son again. Ok Ok, It was porn. What. Yells the Father. When I was your age I didn t know what porn was. Wack! The robot slaps the Father. The Mother laughs and says. He certainly is your son. Wack! The robot slaps the Mother.