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A Japan Photo Tour
Feb 24, 2020
This talk will be about how much smartphone photography has progressed - the limitations of what we can achieve are endless. Alfonso will show the audience some basics on how to use their mobile, recommend free fabulous apps for editing. Also, he will talk about creativity and composition while showing images of Japan.
The focus will be on Travel Photography in Japan and the locations will include Tokyo & Hokkaido. While in Tokyo he will speak about how you can use your smartphone and still capture beautiful images of street portraits, architecture day and night. While in Hokkaido in Northern Japan, landscapes and wildlife will be the focus. |
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Dreams2Live4
Mar 02, 2020
Nadine works with a charity called Dreams2Live4 that grants dreams for adults with cancer that have spread, relapsed leukaemia, relapsed lymphoma and high-grade brain tumours. The only charity of its kind in Australia, Dreams2live4 brings, joy, hope and happiness back into people’s lives when they are at their most vulnerable. Dreamers range from 17 years old, from all walks of life and with all types of cancer. Many just want to escape endless medical procedures and spend precious time with their loved ones. Others want to start ticking off their bucket list – like Jason who just wanted a puppy to call his own or Maria who wanted to skydive. They are based in Belrose and would like to share their story with us. To find out more about Dreams2Live4 please visit our website www.dreams2live4.com.au. |
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Destiny Rescue Up-Date
Mar 16, 2020
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Potential Projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Apr 20, 2020
Joanna organisation has recently been speaking with our overseas ministry partners about projects that might be of interest to our club and to the international rotary body. There’s one in particular that seems to be a shining light – it’s the building of 10 flush toilets in a school for deaf people in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It’s one that Joanna has personally volunteered at for an extended period of time so can attest to the incredible work they do in a country which has enormous developmental needs – especially for children with disabilities. The school, called Ephphatha Centre for the Deaf, is based in Goma and has a pre-existing relationship with the local rotary club in Goma, who are keen to be involved in this project, so it could be a great option for international grant-matching. |
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FOKE - Friends of Kolkata Elderly,East Timor
Apr 27, 2020
Kerry began her working career in IT as a programmer/analyst in Sydney. The skills gained from those days have helped her in many ways, from being a mother involved in her children's education to working in her husbands small business, all the way through to making herself useful in volunteering positions in India.
Since 2004 she has spent about 2 months each year volunteering in Kolkata and at home, she holds several fundraisers each year . The funds raised go towards some of the running costs for two homes for the destitute elderly in Kolkata plus the salaries and teaching materials for 12 teachers across 6 schools, for the children of fisherfolk in villages on the Bay Of Bengal. Friends of Kolkata Elderly, as the name suggests cares for the destitute elderly, but also encompasses support for the communities around each of the two homes for residential care.The second is the Fisherfolk Project where I supply the funds for the teaching costs for six small schools on the Bay of Bengal. There are about 300 students, the children of fisherfolk, itinerant workers living in isolated villages withl limited access to education. Often these children are the first generation of their family to be education.
I could rattle on about both for hours, but as there is limited time, perhaps you could advise me as to which subject might be of more interest to your group. The old people are my first love as I’ve been involved with them for about 14 years, for the Fisherfolk this is my 5th year.
The website for FOKE is www.foke.in where you can see more about our work. The website for the fisherfolk project is that of the umbrella organisation Kajla Janakalyan Samity, www.kjksindia.org.in . It’s a wonderful charity, but sadly their website may not reflect all of the wonderful work that they do.
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Give yourself a VoiceLIFT. How to anti-age your voice
May 04, 2020
Michael's working career is fairly simple. He was sponsored as a speech pathologist to immigrate to Australia from the United States in 1982 due to a skills shortage and worked in that career until 1992. From 1992 he transitioned from speech pathology to his own business in business communication training and has been focused on that work until the present.
- To be clear the presentation will be tailored to retirees improving their voice communication, and not focussed in any way on pitching for work.
Our speaker Michael Kelly is a former speech pathologist and now business communication trainer. Michael immigrated from the United States in 1982 and has been working in his own business since 1992. The title of his talk is Give yourself a voiceLIFT. How to anti-age your voice.
Michael holds a Master of Science degree in speech pathology and a Bachelor or Arts degree in English.
For over 10 years Michael has been interested in how older people can change their speaking voice so they sound younger and attract other people to want to interact with them. He'll share practical techniques to achieve this change
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Better Timor
May 11, 2020
Better Timor's Vision is to create quality education in East Timor that enables young people to have a BETTER future, subsequently creating a ripple effect among the community and society at large. And,their Mission is to educate capable Timorese students to become moral and intellectual leaders among their community, creating a BETTER future for their country. |
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Research Project at the RNS
May 18, 2020
Dijana is a current PhD student working at Royal North Shore Hospital.She is investigating swallowing difficulties in stroke patients to better help Speech Pathologists treat people who can’t eat and drink following a stroke. She is having some trouble recruiting older people for my healthy participant study.Dijana needs healthy people to come in to RNSH for a study to establish norms so that they can be compared to people who have swallowing difficulties following stroke. Dijana would like volunteers to join in the study |
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My Story
May 25, 2020
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The Western Harbour Tunnel
Jun 01, 2020
The Western Harbour Tunnel will deliver a new crossing of Sydney Harbour and creates a western bypass of the Sydney CBD. The project includes upgrading four kilometres of one of Australia’s busiest roads, the Warringah Freeway. This will address congestion, improve safety and provide more choice for how to move around Sydney.
This talk will explain · The high level plan for the project including the environmental considerations, and · The status of the project
Tim Kwok is the Senior Community and Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Transport for NSW. He has over 15 years of experience in marketing and communications, specialising in communications on major infrastructure projects such as WestConnex and Western Harbour Tunnel and Beaches Link. Tim has expertise in proactively identifying potential issues within the community and delivering effective solutions to mitigate them. |
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The NBN Role Out
Jun 22, 2020
NBN Co was established in 2009 to design, build and operate Australia’s wholesale broadband access network. Underpinned by a purpose to connect Australia and bridge the digital divide, nbn’s key objective is to ensure all Australians have access to fast broadband as soon as possible, at affordable prices, and at least cost. To achieve this objective, nbn has been structured as a wholesale-only, open-access broadband network. nbn provides services on its local access network on equivalent terms to retail phone and internet providers, to provision for end-user needs. This is intended to level the playing field in Australian telecommunications, creating real and vibrant competition within the industry and providing choice for consumers. This presentation will include: · What is the nbn™? · How does it impact your fixed line phone and internet connections? · What do you need to do to get connected? · How to avoid scam calls related to nbn
Raj Bagpai currently represents nbn as a community ambassador. In his role, he is responsible for having conversations with a wide variety of community groups so as to help them better understand the nuances of nbn roll out.
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How to maintain Momentum in Tough Times
Jun 29, 2020
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Personal Presentation
Jul 06, 2020 12:30 pm
Past President and Incoming President Elect 2020-21, Ian Pocock; Ian has been a Rotarian for many years and this year has agreed to 'go the rounds again', and accept the position of President once again. Ian is working on the theory, that the second time around you can achieve a great deal more, because you know all the 'ropes' and can 'pull all the strings' and 'call in all those favours', so Club Members are looking forward to an eventful 'Ian's Year'. 6 July 2020, Ian starts his year by presenting himself to all. Welcome back to the President's position Ian! |
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Jul 13, 2020 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
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Impact of COVID19 on the people of Nepal
Jul 20, 2020
The President of the Rotary Club of Kathmandu, is appealing to Australia for funds to assist with the impact of COVID19 on the people of Nepal. Currently, funds are needed to install mechanical hand washing Stations in Hospitals and communities. Also their Club is distributing essential PPE to disabled and deprived community people. In Australia District Grants are being considered under the guidance of the RC of Northbridge and assistance has also been sought from the RC of Lane Cove, and Chatswood Sunrise. Luke Keighery and Liz Grey from the RC of Northbridge will present the project with photos.
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Retirement or visit? to Orange, NSW and its Region.
Jul 27, 2020 7:30 pm
Glenn Mickle, Tourism Manager for Orange City Council, has kindly agreed to 'enlighten' us on the attributes Orange and its Region has to offer the Retiree, (tree changer) or occasional visitor/tourist.
Orange is a New South Wales city located on 254 km west of Sydney. With a population over 37,000, the city is 13th most populous place in NSW. It also ranks 34th largest urban centre by population in Australia;
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Future Plans for the 2020-21 year, both District and Club plans.
Aug 03, 2020
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Apollo 11 Exhibition and the Museums space collection
Aug 10, 2020 7:30 pm
Join Powerhouse Volunteers; Mike Leslie and Gail Luthy, for a virtual exploration of the Apollo 11 Exhibition. Named after the spaceflight that was the first to land astronauts on the Moon’s surface in 1969, this talk explores this defining moment in history, its lasting impact on science, society and design, and the crucial role Australia played in transmitting the famous footage. |
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