Invocation

Oh lord and giver of all good, we praise thee for our daily food.

May Rotary friends and Rotary ways help us to serve thee all our days.

Quote of the month

The Rotary Foundation is not to build monuments of brick and stone. If we work upon marble, it will perish; if we work on brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds, if we imbue them with the full meaning of the spirit of Rotary as expressed in our Objects and with the just fear of God and love of our fellowmen, we are engraving on those tablets something that will brighten all eternity.

The Rotary Foundation, THE ROTARIAN April 1929

Words of Arch C. Klump World President 1916-17

Theme for the Month of November

Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

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President Bill's Burbles

President Bill welcomed everyone to the meeting, in particular our guest speaker Oscar Seppelt, who recently attended the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards.

He thanked Keith and Steve and all the others who assisted with moving the plane from St Jakobi at Lyndoch to Rowland Flat.

President Bill also congratulated Ian Mader on his version of the Invocation, which everyone might use as inspiration for their own version if they wish.

The Donations in Kind working bee will be on Saturday 27th November and members were reminded that they must register per the email sent earlier in the week.

Our AGM will be held during the meeting on Thursday 2nd December, at which time Board positions of 2022-2023 President-Elect, Treasurer and Secretary will be declared vacant. Nominations were invited via the forms on the tables; the forms also will be in the Bulletin, and will be emailed to all members. Nominations must be given to Secretary Sandie before the start of the meeting on 2^nd December.

Also at the meeting on 2^nd December Area Governor Craig Dowling will tell us about the Interact Club established with the help of the Loxton Rotary Club.

President Bill will be having another throat procedure on 29^th November and will need to keep quiet for a couple of weeks (difficult!) and Past President Keith M will run the meeting on 2^nd December.

Members are encouraged to register for the Rotary District 9510 Conference running from Friday 1^st to Sunday 3^rd April next year – get in before the end of November for your registration Early Bird discount.

In May 2022 it’s our Club’s turn to host the Sir Condor Laucke Oration. We will need a small working party to help organise the event, so please advise President Bill if you can help.

At the last Board meeting we agreed we need a Public Relations Committee, so if you’re interested in being part of that group, please see Sandie or Keith M. The first task for this group will be to replace signage which does not display the correct Rotary wheel.

On behalf of Community Director Peter Perkins, President Bill asked for assistance at the opening of the new Barossa Enterprises “Activity Centre” on Friday 3^rd December. A total of twelve volunteers are needed for sausage sizzles and car parking.

The Combined Probus Club has invited our club members to their Christmas lunch on 21^st December. The invitation will be forwarded to everyone so if you want to attend please respond directly to Jan Jenner, per the invitation.

There was an open discussion about the very important issue of securing a new venue for our meetings. We have only one Club meeting left here at the Clubhouse, on 2^nd December.

The Vine Inn can accommodate us on the first & third Tuesday nights of the month, however changing to a Tuesday night would be problematic for some members.

Members are invited to assist in the search for alternatives and put forward feasible suggestions to Secretary Sandie before the Board meeting on Thursday 25^th November.

Thursday 25th November is a Board meeting, and Board will be meeting again on Thursday 9th December to finalise our Club’s strategic plan.

Roxane needs numbers for our Christmas dinner which will be at the Vine Inn on Thursday 16th December, and for the Soiree, our first meeting for the year on 6^th January 2022 (venue TBA).

Before closing the meeting, President Bill called for someone to recite the Rotary Four Way Test, and John Tunnicliff stepped up to the plate, thanks John!

President Bill thanked everyone for coming along to the meeting before declaring meeting number 3264 closed.

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Members please note

See below for form required to be forwarded to Secretary Sandie no later than 2nd December if applying for a Club Board position.

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Guest Speaker – Oscar Seppelt
Prue introduced well known Oscar to members and friends.
It was a privilege to have this young man address the club yet again. This time he spoke of his experiences at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Camp.

He began by paying his respects to the Indigenous Lands we meet upon being that of the Ngadjuri people. They were Australia’s first Story Tellers, Navigators, Scientists and leaders.
The RYLA camp was over seven interesting days and covered quite a few activities.

Day one was spent getting to know each other and enjoying a small group task.

Day Two started with a workshop about different leadership styles. Finished the day with some team building activities to learn the practical side of leadership.

Day three Rotarian Catherine Logue presented and interesting talk on Goal setting, and later an enjoyable lecture from Neal Sutton on Teamwork.

Day Four was one of more lectures and started with Rosslyn Cox talking about First Impressions. This was followed by Public Speaking presented by Fiona Beidermann and later a fascinating Ethics Discussion.

Day Five was a day of Resilience and Creativity. During a number of mentor sessions some subjects that were covered included Risk Taking and Avoiding Conflict. The afternoon was spent exploring our Creative Side.

Day Six. The day started with a lecture on Attitude. This was followed by a lecture from Doctor James Muecke on eyes. A great day wound up with a fantastic Graduation Dinner.

Day Seven. The final day began with some enjoyable physical exercise, followed by a lesson on how to use our leadership, presented by Rotarian Damien Leach.
Oscar finished up by letting us know that he was shortly heading to Tasmania and the Antarctic.
Finally members showed their appreciation and Prue presented him with the usual gift. No one could doubt that Oscar is a young man going places.

Rotarian Prue with a slightly taller Oscar.

Rotary Info. PP Keith Millington

Rotary where I grew up.

I came from a small village called Wistaston on the border between the towns of Crewe and Nantwich in Cheshire. The river Weaver flows between the two towns.

There are three Rotary Clubs, the Rotary Club of Crewe, The Rotary Club of Nantwich and the Rotary Club of Crewe and Nantwich Weaver.

The Crewe club is the biggest and oldest club who meet weekly on Thursdays, at a venue to be decided as their regular meeting place has closed and a new one has not yet been finalised. They meet at a different place each week.
They are involved in lots of projects, School Science presentations, collecting Food Bank donations, the End Polio Now campaign and Forever Angels, which is a project to feed children in Tanzania. The Crewe club was very active in the planting of thousands of crocuses as part of the “Purple for Polio” campaign.

The Nantwich club is also a nomadic club but by choice. They meet by Zoom often but also meet at different venues around the district, with an occasional evening meeting but mainly Tuesday lunchtime meetings. They support a lot of community activity with raffles. In 2019 the Nantwich club sponsored the Rotary Club of Wych-Malbank which went from its initial meeting to being chartered in 12 weeks, with 23 charter members, 12 male, 11 female.

The Nantwich and Weaver club has only recently resumed face to face meetings in September after 18 months of Zoom meetings. Despite the pandemic restrictions, they achieved a Presidential Citation for 2020/21.
Their main fundraising event is a Classic car and Sportscar Rally called the Weaver Wander. They have had to postpone the one scheduled for September 2021 to May 2022 due to the pandemic. At the last Weaver Wander, over 150 cars took part. They can choose either of two routes, one is 70 miles, the shorter one is 40 miles. The “Best Car” award went to an E-type Jag and a Model T Ford won the “Spirit of the Weaver” award. Total funds raised was over 3000 UK pounds.

Just from looking at their websites, the three clubs cooperate on joint projects and appear to be very supportive of each other's activities.

While we are in two different countries, there are a lot of similarities in the challenges faced by the Barossa Valley and Weaver valley

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ATTENDANCE MEETING 3264

Total Members 29

Total friends 2

Guest Speaker 1

Total attendance 32

Apologies/LOA 11

Birthdays for the month of November

Lisa Ackeroyd Nov 3rd

Beverley Stephenson " 5th

Ray Fiebiger " 10th

Geoff Schrapel " 16th

Keith Millington " 22nd

Prue Maitland " 27th

Brian Graetz " 28th

Date joined Rotary

Brian Graetz 1/11/80 41 years

Keith Millington11/11/98 23 "

Just a Thought

A person's true wealth is the amount of good he/she does in this world

Rotary Club of Barossa Valley - see below the various committees where each member/friend is represented.

Vocational Committee

Team Leader, Bryce Lillecrapp, Members David Adams, Mark Graetz. Bronwyn Lillecrapp, Grant Schuyler, David West

Friends Karin Bosomworth, Peter Flaherty, Phil Graetz

Community Committee

Team Leader, Peter Perkins, Members, Hans Haan, John Little, Philip Martin, Craig Rogasch, Geoffrey Schrapel, Peter Sich, Geoff Zerk

Friends, David Braunack, Peter Manning, Vicki Manning

Membership Committee

Team Leader, Sue Graetz, Members, Peter Perkins, Marie Rothe, Bryce Lillecrapp, Bronwyn Lillecrapp.

International Committee

Team Leader, Gavin Sidhu, Members, Keith Adams, Ray Fiebiger, Brian Graetz, Rick Kessner, Max Rasmus, Robert Sloane, Peter Thomas

Friends Bruce Dutschke, Russell Johnson, Mary Martin

New Generations Committee

Team Leader, Catherine Lawler Members, Donald Farley, Ian Mader, Beverley Stephenson, Anne Tunnicliff. John Tunnicliff. Prue Maitland.

Friends Sandy Carruthers, Kevin Hoskin

Fellowship Committee

Team Leader Roxane Canning Members, Peter Canning. Roxane Canning, Patrick Ritchie-Haydn, John Semmler, Peter Frazer, Keith Millington.

Friends Elly Monfries, John Monfries, Chris Woidt,

Rodney Woidt,

Barossa Valley Foundation Trustees

Chair Grant Schuyler, Secretary John Semmler, Treasurer Rick Kessner Trustees Mark Graetz, Don Farley, Prue Maitland, Sandie Simons, Club President, Club Vocational Chair.

Sergeants. Ray Fiebiger, Mark Graetz, Sue Graetz, Bryce Lillecrapp, John Little, Philip Martin, Peter Sich, Sandie Simons, Robert Sloane, Keith Millington, David West. Patrick Ritchie-Haydn.

Website, Media, Keith Millington, John Tunnicliff, Catherine Lawler

PHF Recommendations President, Peter Sich, John Little, Peter Canning.

Friends of Rotary Sue Graetz

Police Checks Recorder Prue Maitland.

Bulletin Editor Robert Brookes

Clothing Bin Roster Peter Thomas

Child Protection Officer Prue Maitland

Club History Grant Schuyler

Great Revival Shop Rep. Peter Perkins

Ring Pulls. Bryce Lillecrapp, Bill Simons, Mark Graetz

Awards Committee PDGs Robert Brookes, Peter Thomas.

Sheds and Trailers, Mark Graetz, Peter Sich

Assistant Secretary Marie Rothe

Program. Team Leaders

Duty Roster
	Meeting 3265 Clubhouse Thurs Dec 2nd	Meeting 3266 Vine Inn Thurs Dec 16th
Invocation	Peter Perkins	Marie Rothe
Loyal Toast	Patrick R. Haydn	Peter Sich
Sergeant	Ray Fiebiger	David West
Rotary Info.	Bryce Lillecrapp	Not required
Chairperson	Keith Millington	As required
Speaker	Craig Dowling	Fellowship Christmas Dinner
Bulletin	Robert Brookes	Robert Brookes
Setting Up	Fellowship	Fellowship
Cashiers	Marie Rothe Bev Stephenson	Marie Rothe Bev Stephenson
ClothingBins Angaston Nuriootpa Tanunda	25/11-9/12 P Canning P Perkins R Kessner	9/12 - -23/12 P Flaherty B Lillecrapp W.Simons