RI President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
District 9830 Governor John Dare
THE ROTARY LINE
JUNE IS
14th June 2016
Meeting # 1147
Volume 26, Issue 39
ROTARY CLUB OF
HUON VALLEY INC.
P O Box 19
Huonville Tasmania 7109
E: [email protected]
www,rotaryhuonvalley.org.au
2015-2016 Board of Directors
President:
Peter Clark
FELLOWSHIPS
MONTH
“The Foundation upon which Rotary is built is friendship; on no
less firm foundation could it have stood.” Paul P. Harris, 1935
www.rotaryhuonvalley.org.au
Tonight is
Please be prepared for a lively
discussion on the club’s plan for the
Rotary 2016-2017 year.
Club
The heartfelt sympathy of all our Members
is extended to
Past President Wesley Hazell, Belinda
and family for the loss of Wesley’s
Mum and Dad this past week.
Immediate Past & Vice President
Trudy Griffiths
Secretary:
Marcia Waller
Treasurer:
Ruth Rutherford
Avenues of Service Directors:
Club Service:
Ray Clements
Vocational Service:
Neil Purdom
Youth Service:
Ruth Rutherford
International Service:
Peter Collins
Community Service
Peter Clark
2015-2016
Rotary International Theme
“All of you have been given so many gifts. And you have now been given this great gift: one year to take all your talents, all your
gifts, everything that you are and can become—and Be a Gift to the World.” RI President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran
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Page 2, Volume 26, Issue 39
Fellowships Month
June is Rotary Fellowships Month... a fitting designation since
fellowship is a big part of Rotary changeovers in June.
Pictured above: The first four
Rotarians: Silvester Schiele,
Paul P. Harris, Hiram Shorey,
and Gustavus Loehr, circa
1905-1912.
Courtesy of Rotary International
A thesaurus
will tell us it
[fellowship] is an
association of
people who
share common
beliefs or
activities...
Fellowship is
one of the five
core values of
Rotary, the
others being
service, diversity, integrity
and leadership. Yet in so
many clubs
there is a real
objection to
the use of the
word fellowship, yet no
one seems to
have a word that comes close to all
that is implied in the word fellowship.
Certainly the term goes back a long
way – apparently to the twelfth
century from the Middle English word
felaweshipe or feolahschipe, meaning
companion!
Depending on which dictionary you
prefer, the definitions of fellowship
generally comprise common sentiments. Broadly fellowship can be
related to three areas of significance
– company, association and membership (or partnership). So it can refer to
a community of interest or activity but
also a company of equals or friends. A
thesaurus will tell us it is an association
of people who share common beliefs
or activities, as we do in Rotary.
Related words include accord, agreement, concord, harmony, oneness,
solidarity, togetherness, unity, affinity,
empathy, sympathy, understanding,
amity, companionship, friendliness,
reciprocity and symbiosis. No wonder
it is hard to find a word that might
come close to capturing the shades
of meaning suggested by fellowship.
Then there is another meaning widely
used in academia, but also in
Rotary—Fellow. In Rotary we have
Rotary Peace Fellows.
Rotary also has Fellowships in many
areas, which are based on a friendly
association of people who share a
common interest, or more broadly as
a group of people meeting to pursue
a shared interest or aim. Rotary
Fellowships are designated as
autonomous, international groups of
Rotarians, Rotarian spouses, and
Rotaractors who join together to:
 Share
a common interest in worthwhile recreational activities (sports,
hobbies, etc.)
 Further their vocational development through acquaintance with
others of the same profession
 Make new friends around the world
 Explore new opportunities for
service
 Have fun and enhance their
Rotary experience
Paul Harris was looking for friendship
when he conceived the idea of
Rotary. He wanted to develop friendships that went beyond the cordial
relationships of business connections.
It was of course a very different
society in those days and people
typically socialised by joining special
interest clubs or sporting associations.
The idea that Paul Harris had was a
club based on a very simple plan of
mutual cooperation and informal
friendship such as all of us had once
known in our villages. It was also
based on the expectation of reciprocal trade between the best single
representatives of each business. As
Rotary grew so did the sense of
special relationships. Again, it is hard
for people today to imagine life in
1913 but a Rotary meeting and
Rotary service was pervading. The
Rotary lunch, and the closeness of
Rotarians and their families meant a
special kind of fellowship, in which all
those definitions of fellowship
applied.
Whatever word individual Rotarians
may feel most comfortable with,
fellowship is alive and well in Rotary
and will be celebrated most demonstrably over the next month and into
July as club officers change over
and all Rotarians recommit to Service
Above Self.
Acknowledgement to PDG Dennis Shore,
D9800 for this article’s content
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Page 3, Volume 26, Issue 39
Tasmanian Flood Response
Letter from District Governor John Dare
involved in the process. The RABS
Project is relying on Rotary Clubs to
identify worthy distressed individuals
who could be the recipient of the
Projects funds.
As a result of the disastrous floods, the
loss of life, loss of stock and damage to
private infrastructure, Rotary Tasmania
has set up a Rotary Australia Benevolent
Society (RABS) Project which is
designed to provide DIRECT relief to
individuals or communities that need it
most.
The RABS Project will be broadcast
nationally via all Rotary District Governors across Australia. All donations to
this project will be tax deductible.
A specific Rotary committee will
develop criteria for application of funds
and to assess applications for funds.
Local Rotary Clubs and their members
are in the best position to identify
deserving people in distress so it is
important that Rotary Clubs are
Given the extent of the flooding and
the impact on lives, local Rotary
Clubs may decide to run fund raising
functions, organise working bee’s or
just plain helping out their neighbours. This is what a Rotary Club does
and it is up to the Board and
members jointly to determine what
can be done given the individual
clubs resources
This is a time of stress for many
people and it is important that cool
heads prevail and respect is shown
to each other because as Rotarians
we need to work together as we are
all there for the same reason “TO
ASSIST OUR COMMUNITIES AND
PEOPLE IN DISTRESS”
I am advised BLAZE AID will be setting
up three camps across the coast
and they are currently negotiating
with TT Line to bring their fencing
equipment to Tasmania
John Dare
Rotary Tasmania
Click here to
Did you know that Rotary
has a booklet on “Good
Manners in Rotary?”
Rotary also has a Rotary
Code of Policies and a
Manual of Procedure, and
while you would think good
manners are commonsense, it’s surprising what
this booklet on manners
reveals.
Everything from protocols at
functions to proposing a
toast, making public presentations, district governor
visits, email communication , the duties of the Sergeant-at-Arms and
meeting behaviour.
For all the latest news
on events and activities
during October
visit us on
Facebook
My Rotary Library
Club Activities & Updates

Good Manners
in Rotary
Pabina Devkota, our Rotary Overseas Youth Outreach Student has had her
visa approved and will be arriving in Australia on, or about 4th July.

Another shelterbox has been purchased.

Obsolete medical equipment from Hobart Hospital has been sent to the
Rotary Donations-In-Kind Store, Melbourne.
It’s a great book and in this
age of increasing
informality, a reminder
about decorum,
respect and good
procedure certainly helps
to promote smooth
meetings, good
relationships.
If you would like to see a
copy, let PP Tricia know.
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Page 4, Volume 26, Issue 39
Club Calendar
JUN
MTG CHAIR
ROTARY FELLOWSHIPS
14
1147 Tom Stevens
THINK TANK
Saturday 18th June—Mitre 10 BBQ (Brenda, John W.)
21
1148 Tom Stevens Guest Speaker: Peter Burton on Clean Water Project
26th June—District Changeover, Riverside Golf Club, Riverside (12 noon)
28
1149 Tom Stevens
Club Forum
JUL
MTG
PROJECTS
CHAIR
REG
REG
Saturday 2nd July CLUB CHANGEOVER
Saturday 2nd July—Mitre 10 BBQ (Chris, Tom)
Month 4th July Rotary Overseas Youth Outreach Student Pabina Devkota Arrives in Australia
5
1150
6 pm Board Meeting
12
19
26
1151
1152
1153
Club Forum
MTG CHAIR
Saturday 30th July—Mitre 10 BBQ
Sunday 31st July—Mitre10 BBQ
MEMBERSHIP & EXTENSION MONTH
1154
6 pm Combined Board Meeting
AUG
2
REG
Saturday 6th August—Mitre 10 BBQ
Sunday 7th August—Mitre 10 BBQ
9
16
1155
1156
23
1157
Friday 26th August — ROTARY YOUTH DRIVER AWARENESS (RYDA)
30
1158
Mini or Maxi...but have you booked?
RoTas-
tary