1. Healthcare

Rotary Club of Brisbane High-Rise
R.I. No. 29520
rotarybrisbanehighrise.com
HOT AIR
District 9600
Serving the Heart of Brisbane
29 January 2015
LINDSAY’S LINES
One thing I have always enjoyed about our club meetings is the variety of amazing speakers. Over the years I
regularly have turned up not knowing who will be speaking or what the topic would be. I have actually enjoyed this
as so often the unexpected have delivered memorable presentations.
Last week, I knew the topic and the person speaking, having met him before. But, when I met Michael Pini
previously, I didn’t know his background or achievements. I am now aware Michael is a sports fanatic, especially with
cricket where he has umpired. But being a sports fanatic with permanent seats at Lang Park was not the reason
Susan Rix asked Michael to meet a young man, a son of a work colleague of Susan, who has a disability. Professionally
Michael has forged a successfully career where he currently holds a very senior position with the Australian Taxation
Office. After meeting and being inspired by Michael, this boy apparently said he had never met anyone with a
disability before who had a job, let alone one that has had a successful career. Oh, I forgot to mention that not only is
Michael on the Board of the Cerebral Palsy League, he is also one of their clients!
Michael chose to speak to us last week as a “consultant on employing people with a disability”. Combining his dry
wit with firsthand experience, Michael spoke of the opportunity and benefits for us all to tap into the vast
employment capability pool available from those with a disability as the skill set is significantly under-utilised.
Michael’s story has humbled but inspired us to consider developing a leadership program for those with a
disability along the lines of our Rotary RYLA and RYPEN programs so watch this space led by Mark Molesworth.
ROSTER
Chair
Set Up
Close Down
Sergeant
29-Jan
5-Feb
12-Feb
19-Feb
26-Feb
Bill P
Yvonne
Steve S
Jane
Angela
Yvonne
Steve S
Jane
Angela
Craig
Steve S
Jane
Angela
Craig
Chris
Jane
Angela
Craig
Chris
Wen
Angela
Craig
Chris
Wen
John A
Rob
Greg
Wendy
Kit
Barbara
INTERNATIONAL TOAST
The Rotary Club of Kettering Huxloe is one of 1840 clubs in Rotary in Britain & Ireland. It was chartered in 1983 and today
has 51 members, drawn from a wide variety of business and professional backgrounds. The club meets every Tuesday
evening (except after bank holidays) at the Park Hotel in Kettering. They have also donated equipment to Dr Hamlin's
hospital.
GUEST SPEAKERS
Date
Name
Sylvia Gregory
29 January
Sasha Paterson
5 February
Paul & Gabrielle Quilliam
12 February
ATTENDANCE
MEMBERS:23
VISITING ROTARIANS:0
GUESTS:6
PERCENTAGE OF MEMBERS
ATTENDED: 40%
Topic
Ovarian Cancer
My Year Abroad
Hummingbird House
APOLOGIES / GUESTS and MAKEUPS
Direct Debit
ROTARY GRACE
NOTIFY OUR CLUB BY 1700 TUESDAY PRIOR
TO THAT WEEK’S MEETING AT:
PREPAY FOR OUR MEETINGS,
EVENTS, SUBSCRIPTIONS AT:
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Account Number
559347857
O Lord and giver of all
good,
we thank you for our
daily food. May Rotary
friends and Rotary ways
help us to serve you all
our days.
DIARY DATES
Date
Event
Details
Thu 26 Feb
High Rise movie night
2nd Best Marigold Hotel
New Farm cinema in the Private 30
seat room. More details to come
Sat 28 Feb
Rotary Million Dollar
Dinner
See below for more details (or
check with Susan)
Sun 1 March
7:30am
Clean Up Australia Day
Followed by brunch in New Farm.
See John L for more details.
6-8 March
Rotary Youth Program of
Enrichment (RYPEN)
New Farm Park.
rypen5.wix.com/rypend9600
14-17 year olds
See page 4 for m ore details
22 March
2-5pm
Opera in the gardens
Tues 21 April
An evening at the
Maritime Museum
In place of our regular meeting
there will be a special function at
the Queensland Maritime Museum
at South Brisbane to present the
replica bell to the Museum.
1-3 May
District 9600 Rotary
Conference
www.rotarydistrict9600conference
2015.info
Mt Cootha Botanical Gardens
Mr Cowley, Michael Pini
(Guest Speaker), Susan and
Helen Darch.
District 9630 are actively promoting the very first ROTARY MILLION DOLLAR DINNER to be held in Australia Our goal
is to raise in excess of $1,000,000 for The Rotary Foundation.
The Pullman Brisbane King George Square
on Saturday the 28th of February 2015.
Dinner will be $125 per person – OR $1100 for a table of ten. There are already have a number of tables booked and
ALL DONORS will receive an invitation to the dinner gratis.
http://rotarymilliondollardinner.org or www.facebook.com/rotarymilliondollardinner
This is a joint venture of Districts 9600 and 9630.
Positions Vacant
Some of you may have already heard the
sad news that Christa will shortly be leaving
us to return to New Zealand.
Not only are we losing a valuable member it
also means that we no longer have a
secretary.
It’s a great position to get a better
understanding of how the club runs and you
get to be one of the first to know what’s
happening.
While we are on the topic of positions
vacant we are also in need of a volunteer (or
two) to maintain the attendance register
and membership database.
Training is available.
If you are interested in any of the roles (or
even if there’s an area of the club you’d like
to be more involved in) please have a chat
to Lindsay, Rosemary or any of the board
members.
Shelterbox's work in Malaysia has
been recognised by the Malay Mail
Online with a great article:
http://www.themalaymailonline.com/
malaysia/article/after-floodsshelterbox-builds-modern-sheltersfor-displaced-families
The Grand
Poobah - Mr
Bill farewells
another herd
of cats
Thanks for the
evidence
Caroline
Greg and Lindsay at the Toowong Rotary
Citizenship ceremony on Australia Day
THE ROTARY CLUB OF WILLIAMTOWN INC.
DISTRICT 9670 N.S.W. AUSTRALIA IS
INITIATING R-R-A-A-A-M
(ROTARY RIDE AROUND AUSTRALIA AGAINST MALARIA)
Motor-cyclists from the Hunter Region will form the crux of a fund raising
ride around Australia. It will commence at Williamtown on Monday 2
March 2015, and finish at Newcastle Civic Centre 24 April 2015.
They will average 400 kms per day stopping at as many towns as time
allows and will be in Brisbane in early March.
For more info - Steve & Dorene Carroll [email protected]
The current board
President
Lindsay Marshall
President Elect
Rosemary Meadows
Secretary
Christa George
Past President
Wendy Protheroe
Treasurer
Russell Postle
Fellowship
Greg Pearson
Youth
Susan Rix
Community Service
John Lee
Rotary Foundation
Jennifer Eathorne
Speakers
Ros Mumford
Membership
Barb Leddy
PR and Hot Air
Sarah Osborne
On 24 January 1924 Elinor
Catherine Hamlin was born at
home in Sydney, Australia. In 2015
Dr Hamlin AC celebrated her 91st
birthday. Dr Hamlin co-founded
the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital
with her husband Reg and spent
more than half a century living in
Ethiopia, serving some of the most
marginalised women in the world.
Inspiration for this weeks international toast
Eddies Epilogue
I really enjoyed my first week of
childcare – so much I didn’t realise dad
was there to pick me up the first day!
Please email contributions for Hot Air to [email protected]
From the travelling desk of John A
I just had the most amazing Australia
day celebration you could imagine -after my seminar at Catherine Hamlin's
hospital she wanted to chat with us for
a while on the ward, and then asked us
to sing Waltzing Matilda again (after
first rendition on her birthday on Sat).
So we did all 4 verses, then Louise and
I danced Gay Gordon down the ward
on last chorus, to cheers from all staff
and patients. The senior ward sister
then wanted me to do it again --then
did the 'Esksta" Ethiopian national
dance -- then finally Gay Gordon again
(Shuffle) with Catherine herself!
Leaving now for airport
John
Hallo High Risers,
Greetings from Corvara in the
Italian Dolomites. This was from
our helicopter skiing from the
Marmolada (the highest mountain
in Italy) attending (from left)
Sabine Thiel-Siling, Heinz Kostner
(mountain guide), Jan Manton
(from Brisbane) and Frank
Leschhorn).
Cheers
Frank
Bryce and Sue send greetings from Prague
A little birdie (aka facebook) tells me that
Bryce should get an extra fine when he
returns because this trip coincides with his
birthday. Happy Birthday Bryce!