News Summary

The Rotary Club of Gungahlin is dynamically involved in the local community.  These are some of the exciting upcoming and past events and meetings. 

* Please note all club meetings are held at the Raiders Club, Gungahlin, start time 6.30 to 7.00pm.

November 2011: Rotary Foundation Month

• Sunday 6th Nov: BBQ Magnet Mart
• Monday 7th Nov: Dewani Bakkum - Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services (ACT)
• Sunday 13th Nov: Trash & Treasure Clean up - Ian
• Monday 14th Nov: Annual Meeting & Board Mtg
• Monday 21st Nov: Speaker: Peter Battison: Friends of the Dead
• Sunday 26th Nov: BBQ Toyworld
• Monday 28th Nov: Speaker: TBA

December 2011: Family Month

• TBA: Ham Raffle
• Sunday 4th Dec: G9 Interclub Rotary Christmas Party - Jeir Creek Winery 11-3pm
• Monday 5th Dec: Club Assembly & Board Mtg
• TBA: BBQ, Christmas In Gungahlin
• Monday 12th Dec: TBA (Steve's last meeting)
• Monday 19th Dec: TBA
• Monday 26th Dec: Public Holiday - no meeting

January 2012

• Monday 2nd Jan: Public Holiday - no meeting 
  
• BBQ Summernats
• NYSF incl Receptions, Mock Interviews & Home Hostings

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PAST NEWS

September 2011: New Generations Month 

• Saturday 3rd Sept: Greenhills Working Bee
• Monday 5th Sept: Club Meeting: Speaker Nev Blyth, Rocketry/Aerospace hobbyists and enthusiasts. 

Thanks to Nev for a great presentation about the Canberra Rocketry Group.  All memeber were very impressed and looks like there could be some Rotary members at the next rocket launch.  Nev was also presented with some NASA souvenirs which a Rotary member obtained on a recent trip to the Kennedy Space Centre on the 'Space Coast' in Florida. More information about the Canberra Rocketry Group can be found at the following web link: http://canberrarocketry.no-ip.org 

• Monday 12th Sept: Club Meeting: Raiders Club: Speaker Jill Faullkner, Communities at Work
• Sunday 18th Sept: Trash and Treasure Clean up
• Monday 19th Sept: Club Meeting: Speaker Greg Sugden: Big Bang - Feral Physics

• Saturday 24th Sept: BBQ Toyworld, 5 Barrier Street, Fyshwick

• Monday 26th Sept: Speaker, Global Expert Lapidary Practitioner - A lapidary practitioner is an artist or artisan who forms stone, mineral, gemstones, and other suitably durable materials into decorative items such as engraved gems, including cameos, or cabochons, and faceted designs.

Note: A more comprehensive list of Rotary Club activities can be found in the Bulletin section of this website.

October 2011: Vocational Service Month 

• Saturday 8th Oct: BBQ Toyworld , Fyshwick
• Sunday 9th Oct: ** BIG PUSH at Yerrabi Pond **

• Sunday 16th Oct: Trash and Treasure Clean up 
• Monday 17th Oct: Club Assembly & Board Meeting
• Monday 24th Oct: Speaker Ian Sayers - Ranfurly Library Service  

Thanks to Ian Sayers for this great presentation.  

The Ranfurly Library Service is a charitable body devoted to the promotion of literacy in developing countries. It is named after Lord and Lady Ranfurly who had close family links with Australia.  Whilst Lord Ranfurly was Govenor of the Bahamas in 1954, his young wife was appalled to find that many people on the islands had lapsed into illiteracy (after having learned to read at school) simply because they had no books. She appealed to friends in England and received a generous response. With gifts of books she was able to ensure the future literacy of the young people. 

The Australian Ranfurly Library Service was established in 1986. It collects second-hand books from schools, libraries and individuals fro delivery, after sorting, to applicant schools, libraires, communities, welfare agencies and Rotary Clubs in PNG, the SW Pacific region and in special cicumstances further afield.

Literacy is a pre-requisite of effective health education, the development of public health programmes, the improvement of food production and the advancement of trade, technical and professional training. It has Tax Dedcutable Gift Recipient status.

Patron: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, KG, KT, OM

Contact Details: Building 501, NGO Precinct old Rozelle Hospital site, Leichhardt, NSW, 2020 (PO Box 1159, Rozelle, NSW, 2039)

• Monday 31st Oct: Member's Meeting - Halloween Theme