Wynpress
The Rotary Club of Wynberg
2017-18 RI President Ian Riseley President: Alan Jackson 0835248724 Secretary: Rob Murphy 0837267060 Treasurer: Mike Schreiber 0834140462 Editorial Board: Barry Cleveland, Lina Howard, Hugh Maunder, Keela van Niekerk
Vol: 68 No: 37
1st June 2017
Rotary’s June focus is Fellowship
EDITORIAL 2017-18 RI President Ian H.S. Riseley announces his presidential theme -
Rotary: Making a Difference Rotary International President-elect Ian H.S. Riseley made the case on Monday that protecting the environment and curbing climate change are essential to Rotary’s goal of sustainable service. Riseley, a member of the Rotary Club of Sandringham, Victoria, Australia, unveiled the 2017-18 presidential theme, Rotary: Making a Difference, to incoming district governors at Rotary’s International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA. Environmental degradation and global climate change are serious threats to everyone, Riseley said. “They are having a disproportionate impact on those who are most vulnerable, those to whom Rotary has the greatest responsibility. Yet environmental issues rarely register on the Rotary agenda,” he said. “The time is long past when environmental sustainability can be dismissed as not Rotary’s concern. It is, and must be, everyone’s concern,” he said. The president-elect challenged every Rotary club to make a difference by planting a tree for each of its members between the start of the Rotary year on 1 July 2017 and Earth Day on 22 April 2018. Trees remove carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases from the air, which slows global warming.
“It is my hope that the result of that effort will be far greater than the environmental benefit that those 1.2 million new trees will bring,” Riseley said. “I believe the greater result will be a Rotary that recognizes our responsibility not only to the people on our planet, but to the planet itself.” Securing Rotary’s future In his address to the 2017-18 class of district governors, Riseley also urged clubs to improve their gender balance and lower the average age of their members. Only 22 percent of Rotary’s members are women, up from 13 percent 10 years ago. At that rate, Riseley said, it will take another three decades for Rotary to achieve gender parity. We know that we can do more together than we could ever hope to do alone. “Three decades is far too long to wait to achieve a Rotary that reflects the world in which we live. We need to make it a priority now,” he said. Noting that 103 of the 539 incoming governors are women, Riseley said they are the type of women we need in Rotary, “leaders who will help Rotary connect with, and represent, and better serve, all of the members of all our communities.” Riseley also believes it is imperative that clubs find ways to attract and engage younger members. Today only 5 percent of reported members are under 40, and a majority of members are over 60, Riseley told the audience. “Consider what Rotary stands to look like 10 or 20 years from now if we don’t get very serious, very soon, about bringing in younger members,” Riseley said. Clubs will make a difference this year through their own decisions, said Riseley, but it will take teamwork on a global scale to move Rotary forward and secure its future. “We know that we can do more together than we could ever hope to do alone,” he told incoming governors. “I ask you to keep that spirit of teamwork and cooperation always in your minds and to take it back with you to your districts.” Submitted by Candice Klotz-Gleave (for Karen Overbosch)
Minutes 25th May 2017 Compiled by Barry Cleveland Attendance
17 members present
Fellowship
Stephanie Thomas (for the last time as Visitor!), Stephanie’s parents Richard and Olga, Erika (Rotarian) and Karim Hajaji, Kevin Simpson (Guest Speaker). 21st Keela’s birthday
(in hindsight!)
22nd Stephanie’s birthday
Visitors
- Enjoyed this week’s editorial on wine sniffing; and is anxious to be included in the next panel elected to retest the results – especially the drinking part afterwards.
- Attended Wynberg Rotaract induction last Saturday.
- Reminder to diarise the Quiz evening on 26 September. From the
- Visitors Richard and Olga Thomas are actually ex Rotarians, which explains President Stephanie’s interest!
- The highlight of a President’s year is the induction of a new member. Stephanie Thomas has been visiting Wynberg Rotary Club for a number of months and, happily has accepted the invitation to join the club. Pres. Alan conducted the formalities and warmly welcomed her as our newest (and youngest) Rotarian. Biffy: Keela damaged her knee at the FNB ‘Gun Run’ last Saturday. Dennis (from first hand experience last Saturday) warns owners of cars with ‘run flat’ Slots tyres to be wary of rough gravel roads! Justin: Reminder of First Aid course 3rd and 4th June Level 1 – subsidized for Rotarians. New gifts for guest speakers: Maths sets to be donated to schools. Barry identified ‘Both Sides Now’. President’s song Security had to be summoned to quell the spontaneous standing ovation – Ed. Kevin Simpson’s interest in bee keeping stemmed from observing a swarm in their garden while in Dubai in the ‘90s. He then bought 4.5Ha near Sedgefield, and currently also has a number of hives in the Kogelberg (near Betty’s Bay) and Franschhoek. Some interesting facts emerged: the queen bee can lay 2000-2500 eggs per day; Eucalyptus is highly prized, as it is a source of pollen for 12 months of the year; fynbos takes 4 years to produce pollen again after a veld fire; honey badgers Speaker don’t go for the honey, but the bee brood in a hive. Kevin is an amateur bee keeper, but says the professionals will manage 1500-5000 hives – which includes transporting the hives many kilometers during pollination of especially fruit trees in the W Cape. This is also stressful for the bees, and can result in mortality of up to 20%. Dennis introduced, and Justin thanked our most interesting speaker. Swindle
R885 in the kitty. Stephanie drew Dennis’ name but he only found the Queen of hearts (ah shame!) Attendance prize of R20 went to Monique.
Duty Roster June 1st
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22nd
Sergeant
Cleveland
Hovstad
Murphy
Overbosch
Wynpress Editorial
Schonegevel J
Schreiber
Smith
Todd
Wynpress Minutes
Maunder
Howard
Van Niekerk
Howard
Door Duty
Todd
Van Niekerk
Bayes
Barnard
Grace
Murphy
Overbosch
Schonegevel J
Schonegevel R
Loyal Toast
Danckwerts
Cleveland
Dietrich
Gowdy
International Toast
Van Niekerk
Barnard
Bird
Cleveland
Speaker Intro
Danckwerts
Cleveland
Dietrich
Gowdy
Speaker Thanks
Bird
Barnard
Danckwerts
Dietrich
Schonegevel R, Entertainment for the Howard, Hovstad, month James, Maunder
Going Forward Dates To Diarise 1st June
James Hurford, who is a public speaking coach, will share some of his valuable training tips.
8th June
Planning for the 2017-18 year.
15th June
Planning for the 2017-18 year.
22nd June
Hugh Maunder: ‘Some Highlights of my World Cruise’. (Hugh’s Crughs? - Ed).
29th June
Induction of Rob Murphy as President.
6th July
Special meeting to hand over charity funds from Proms. Representatives from the performers also invited to attend.
13th July
Business Meeting
20th July
‘Christmas in July’ (details to follow).
Tailpiece The Y chromosome! People born before 1946 are called The Greatest Generation. People born between 1946 and 1964 are called The Baby Boomers. People born between 1965 and 1979 are called Generation X. And people born between 1980 and 2010 are called Generation Y. Why do we call the last group - Generation Y? Y should I get a job? Y should I leave home and find my own place? Y should I get a car when I can borrow yours? Y should I clean my room? Y should I wash and iron my own clothes? Y should I buy any food? But perhaps a cartoonist explained it most eloquently below…
Just thought you might want to know “Y”