MARY HAWKINS Disability Discrimination

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1 For Friday 17th January 2014 MARY HAWKINS Disability Discrimination

2 The Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Inc Visit our Club on the Web Visit our District on the Web Visit Rotary International: Make ups: District 9550 Chartered 26 th July 1989 Club No: All Correspondence to: The Secretary GPO Box 994 Darwin NT Object of Rotary Advance Australia Fair The object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster: FIRST: The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service; SECOND: High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian s occupation as an opportunity to serve society. THIRD: The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian s personal, business and community life; FOURTH: The advancement of international understanding and goodwill and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. Australians all let us rejoice, For we are young and free; We ve golden soil and wealth for toil, Our home is girt by sea; Our land abounds in nature s gifts, Of beauty rich and rare; In history s page, let every stage, Advance Australia Fair. In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair. Beneath our radiant Southern Cross We ll toil with hearts and hands To make this Commonwealth of ours Renowned of all the lands; For those who ve come across the seas We ve boundless plains to share; With Courage let us all combine To Advance Australia Fair. In joyful strains then let us sing, Advance Australia Fair

3 Your Club Bulletin Volume 24Issue 24 Friday 10th January 2014 Today s Program 7.00: Fellowship Meet & Greet Michael Goodrich Attendance Maurice & Angela 7.15:Meeting Commences Chair Denise Dickson Grace Loyal Toast Introductions Visiting Rotarians Members Guests 7.20: Mary Hawkins Disability Discrimination 7.40: Reports 7.50 Foundation Draw 7.55 Sergeant s Session Asha McLaren 8.10 International Toast Quentin Kilian RI WORLD PRESIDENT Ron Burton DISTRICT GOVERNOR Tony Goddard CLUB PRESIDENT: Ainslie Ward CLUB SECRETARY: Martyn Wilkinson Reminders The Board meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month. 5.30pm at the Electoral Office of Michael Gunner in Parap January is Rotary Awareness Month Australia Day Sunday 26th January The Nightcliff Sports Club Great Duck Race Sunday 9th February Foundation Movie Fundraiser Weds 19th February Final details from Denise Rotary Shares Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 1.

4 Members Duty Roster Planning for the next three weeks. DUTY FOLLOWING 24th JANUARY FOLLOWING 31st JANUARY FOLLOWING 7th FEBRUARY Meet & Greet Diana Leeder Julie Nicholson Roger Pocock The Chair Betti Knott Marilyn Marshall Sandy Oldroyd Attendance Judy Chan & Joy Passmore Allison Hooper & Anne Pike Lloyd Blinco & Morgan Ewing Guest Speaker/s Natalie Arthur Rohan Thwaites TBA Program Topic NT Medicare Service Delivery Feedback Volunteering with DASSAN TBA Sergeant Asha McLaren Neil Fraser Lorraine Corowa International Toast Warren Leeder Malika Okeil Frank Stewart If you are unavailable please arrange your replacement and advise your friendly Bulletin Editor Frank Lead the Way Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 2.

5 A Message From President Ainslie Hello Friends, It was so lovely to catch up with everyone at breakfast last week after a great break It felt so good to have a laugh! So today I am going to make a list of why I love being a Rotarian: 1. I can go to breakfast and have a laugh with a great bunch of friends 2. I am inspired by the things Rotarians do, like, how good was that Ludmilla project!!! 3. Rotarians are compassionate and generous and I like being around those kind of people 4. Rotarians think big and then act on their ideas, like Ending Polio, what a huge goal! And we are a part of achieving it. 5. I am a huge fan of bacon and breakfasts, especially ones where you can also win wine. 6. I love duck races and selling stuff at the markets for good causes 7. It feels good to give. 8. Rotarians make the world a better place. It is nice to remind ourselves that we Engage Rotary and Change Lives all the time!!!! Thank you Ainslie Service Above Self Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 3.

6 The Week That Was Attendance Data 10th JANUARY 2014 Members Present: 23 Honorary Members 0 Associates Present 1 Apologies 4 Silent 15 Leave of Absence: 3 Make Ups Registered: 1 Attendance for the Meeting: 24 Our Percentage for the Meeting: 58% Visiting Rotarians: Nil Club &Member s Guests The Program: Vicki VIS ROB, Kiran VIS Asha Welcome to 2014 and the Year of the Horse - individual contributions from members on their Christmas and New Year experiences. Heads and Tails: Susan Foundation Kitty $27.20 Rotary Foundation: $40.80 Fines: $ International Toast Rotary Club of Chicago USA Celebrate Rotary Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 4.

7 Our Guest Speaker We extend a warm Rotary welcome to Mary Hawkins who will talk to us about Disability Discrimination. Mary is a solicitor with the Darwin Community Legal Service, specialising in disability discrimination. She was admitted to practice in NSW in 1993 and has lived and worked in Darwin since Mary served for four and a half years as an elected Local Government Councillor in Ashfield NSW with a focus on working for disadvantaged members of the community. She has recently joined the board of the Forster Foundation for Drug Rehabilitation Inc. Territory and federal legislation prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in areas such as employment, provision of goods and services and education. Mary provides legal advice to people who consider that they have been discriminated against on the basis of a disability and undertakes casework where appropriate. Mary has several matters pending in the Anti Discrimination Commission involving discrimination in employment and discrimination in provision of goods and services. Mary works closely with community groups to lobby for improved services for people with disabilities. Currently Mary is assisting parents of deaf and hearing-impaired children to lobby for an increase in the number of Teachers of the Deaf, reduced at the end of 2013 from 5 to 4 Territory wide. Mary is also working with the National Disability Co-ordination Office to develop a seminar series on employment of people with disabilities. Mary will give an overview of the work of the Darwin Community Legal Service and her role as disability discrimination advocate Lend a Hand Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 5.

8 Rotary Awareness Make a special effort to become more familiar with Rotary its history and its diverse programs as we work together to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. JANUARY IS ROTARY AWARENESS MONTH Why I am a Rotarian? It is not for the money, It is not for the fame, It is not for any person gain, It is just for the love of fellow man It is just to lend a helping hand, It is just to give a little of self, It is to do something you can't buy with wealth, It is not medals worn with pride, It is for the feeling deep inside, It is the reward down in your heart, It is the feeling you've been part of helping others far and near, That makes you a Rotarian These days I am retired and am active in the Rotary Club of Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast and still enjoy the great sense of pleasure and reward I personally get from my Rotary Involvement. Garry Krischock Rotary Club of Runaway Bay Queensland, Australia Sow the Seeds of Love Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 6.

9 Our Board PRESIDENT Ainslie Ward SECRETARY TREASURER CLUB PROTECTION Martyn Wilkinson Joseph Aladin Lloyd Blinco CLUB ADMIN SERVICE PROJECTS MEMBERSHIP PRES ELECT Jeff Borella Lorraine Corowa Ian Berry FOUNDATION Asha McLaren IP PRESIDENT Roger Pocock Mankind is our Business Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 7..

10 Around the Traps THE LUDMILLA SCHOOL COOKING PROJECT THE MOTIVATORS AND ORGANISERS THE GOODIES JUST SOME OF THE HELPERS ABLE TO ATTEND THE Create Awareness Take Action Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 10.

11 Our Honorary Members NAME PHONE JOINED Removed for Privacy Our Associate Members NAME PHONE JOINED Removed for Privacy Consistency, Credibility, Continuity Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 11.

12 Follow your Rotary Dream Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 12.

13 Celebrations and Congratulations! JEFF BORELLA Happy, Happy Birthday Saturday 18th January MAVIS & ANDREW LEO Wedding Anniversary Saturday 18th January SCOTLAND Up Helly Aa Viking Fire Festival Thursday 23rd January UKRAINE Independence Day Tuesday 21st January WORLD RELIGION DAY Tuesday 21st January Show Rotary Cares Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 13.

14 India Free of Polio India declares vaccination program a success, looks to be 'polio-free' by March Key facts: Polio mainly affects young children Severe cases of polio can lead to paralysis and death The World Health Assembly embarked on a global eradication program in 1988 Australia was declared poliofree in 2000 In 2013 polio was endemic in only three countries: Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan "We look, say, to 1995 when the eradication program actually started to move, we were having more than 200,000 cases annually in India so it was a huge number finally eradicate, Rotary helps to provide and administer polio drops through its PolioPlus program. India's government has declared its success in eradicating new cases of polio is a "monumental milestone". A massive vaccination program achieved what was once thought impossible - no new polio cases in three years - a result that puts India on the verge of being considered polio-free. India will likely receive its official World Health Organisation (WHO) endorsement as being polio-free in March Build the Future Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 14.

15 Just for Fun The History of the Middle Finger: By Courtesy of Hattey Well, now...here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it, I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope that they, too, will feel edified. Before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French, anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of fighting in the future. This famous English longbow was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of drawing the longbow was known as 'plucking the yew' (or 'pluck yew'). Much to the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and they began mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying, See, we can still pluck yew! Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant cluster at the beginning has gradually changed to a labiodental fricative 'F', and thus the words often used in conjunction with the onefinger-salute! It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as 'giving the bird.' And yew thought yew knew every thing! Act with Integrity Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 15.

16 Member s Rotary Service President: Ainslie Ward Immediate Past President: Roger Pocock President Elect: Ian Berry CLUB ADMINISTRATION Director Ian Berry Deputy Director/Programs Susan Penfold Secretary Martyn Wilkinson Treasurer Joseph Aladin Club Protection Lloyd Blinco Public Officer Sue Gumley Sergeant at Arms Roster System Attendance Roster System Bulletin Editor Frank Stewart Audio-Visual Martyn Wilkinson Deputy Editor Purdey Eades Warren Leeder Public Relations Judy Chan Web Master Purdey Eades Club Historian Frank Stewart SERVICE PROJECTS Director Jeff Borella Deputy Director Denis Carroll Ken Hatfield Sandy Oldroyd Joy Passmore Judy Chan Malika Okeil Heather Traeger Julie Nicholson Michael Goodrich Rob Dorgelo Jan Conti Quentin Kilian Allison Hooper Morgan Ewing MEMBERSHIP Director Lorraine Corowa Deputy Director Lloyd Blinco Marilynne Marshall Sue Gumley Vidula Garde Di Borella Ghani Anwar Betti Knott Neil Fraser Roger Pocock Hana Morrissey ROTARY FOUNDATION Director Asha McLaren Deputy Director Denise Dickson Diana Leeder Sivaram Vemuri Warren Leeder Maurice Sgarbossa Purdey Eades Patrick Ball Angela Nanson Rotary Club of Darwin Sunrise Bulletin Page 16.

17 Where to Make-up in the Northern Territory MONDAY Alice Springs- Mbantu Darwin North Tennant Creek Katherine Ibis Hotel Raging Bull Steakhouse Parap Hotel, Parap Road Eldorado Restaurant Paterson Street Knotts Crossing Resort Pinelands 6.45 am for 7.00 am 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm Dili Timor Hotel 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm TUESDAY Alice Springs Stuart Madigans Restaurant 6.45 pm for 7.00 pm Darwin South Alice Springs Litchfield/ Palmerston Nhulunbuy Darwin Free Spirit Resort Trower Road WEDNESDAY Alice in the Territory 46 Stephens Road Palmerston Game Fishing Club Catalina Rd, Palmerston The Arnhem Club Town Centre THURSDAY Novotel Atrium The Esplanade, Darwin Service Above Self 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm 6.30 pm for 7.00 pm 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm 6.00 pm for 6.30 pm

18 Our Sponsors - with thanks. Grace For good FRIENDS, for good FOOD and the opportunity to SERVE We give thanks Rotary s Four-way Test of the things we think, say or do Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and better friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? Acknowledgement: Our thanks to Real Estate Institute of the NT for their generous assistance in the production of our weekly Club Bulletin