Five Minute Forest Hill

You may notice an accelerated pace for this week's episode. I've used an audio effect to get it juuust under the five minutes I have left on my free access to podcast hosting. A decision will have to be made shortly. This link will take you to Claudia Trave's 'side gig' of creating artistic, informative scientific illustrations to assist academic and industry report writers and paper authors in communicating their ideas in a way that text alone cannot. https://illustrave.wordpress.com/ Enjoy. As always- Contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ AND the new Twitter: twitter.com/RCForestHill PLUS our page for the Blackburn Station Craft Market: www.facebook.com/BlackburnStationCraftMarket As always. Contact me personally at: mmfinke@gmail.com Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

Some information about CF, and some musings on regrets, apologies, and amends. The Cystic Fibrosis Community Care organisation can be found here: http://www.cysticfibrosis.org.au/vic/ When Bruce "Stretch" Jarvis isn't volunteering his time to educate people about CF, he runs 'Stretch the Boundaries', a Personal and Business Development service: stretchtheboundaries@gmail.com A list of the twelve steps as recommended by AA (other self-help groups use similar steps): http://www.hazeldenbettyford.org/articles/twelve-steps-of-alcoholics-anonymous As always- Contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ AND the new Twitter: twitter.com/RCForestHill PLUS our page for the Blackburn Station Craft Market: www.facebook.com/BlackburnStationCraftMarket As always. Contact me personally at: mmfinke@gmail.com Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

A link to an article that explains the term "The Angel's Share" while reviewing the Ken Loach film of the same name: https://www.bruichladdich.com/article/the-angels-share The 2018 theme announced by Rassin here: https://www.rotary.org/en/rotary-international-president-rassin-theme-2018 As always- Contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ AND the new Twitter: twitter.com/RCForestHill PLUS our page for the Blackburn Station Craft Market: www.facebook.com/BlackburnStationCraftMarket As always. Contact me personally at: mmfinke@gmail.com Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

Wasting less of what's valuable. It's a proposition against which it is difficult to argue. This week, in an overly-long episode, I talk about physical waste and more, mention the Unicef program that takes the shrapnel left in your pocket after your overseas jaunts, and mention a hobby of mine. Thanks to our fantastic speaker, Helen Kerley, for providing some fantastic information for us. Links abound. Whitehorse Council's waste services information here: http://www.whitehorse.vic.gov.au/waste-recycling.html Unicef's Coins for Kids project explained here: https://www.unicef.org.au/blog/unicef-in-action/june-2015/this-spring-give-kids-a-fresh-start-with-coins-fo Shane punches a bad guy here: https://youtu.be/4aRryzzZLTI As always- Contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ AND the new Twitter: https://twitter.com/RCForestHill PLUS our page for the Blackburn Station Craft Market: https://www.facebook.com/BlackburnStationCraftMarket As always. Contact me personally at: mmfinke@gmail.com Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

If we try to do too many things at once, we rarely do any one of them very well. Getting back into the habit of focusing on one task at a time could be the secret to better productivity. And paying attention to what's going on, both around us and within ourselves, just might save our lives. The work Dr Craig Hassed of Monash University does in explaining the practice and benefits of mindfulness is worth investigating. Here's a link to a talk he gave in 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O7vd2uGO0w As always. Contact me at: mmfinke@gmail.com And contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ AND the brand new Twitter handle, RCForestHill">RCForestHill">twitter.com/@RCForestHill Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

If things aren't the way you think they should be, maybe give them a gentle shove in what you think is a helpful direction. Then see what's happened. As always. Contact me at: mmfinke@gmail.com And contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ AND the brand new Twitter handle, RCForestHill">twitter.com/@RCForestHill Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

It was the 42nd Anniversary of our club. We celebrated and had a visit from DG Malcolm Chiverton. He gave us some encouragement and a verbal slap on the back. I also talk about LAARF, and Leon Moore who came to talk to us about it. Find out more here: http://manninghamrotaryclub.org.au/event/7724/the-laarfs-choir or at their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/laarfsingers/ As always. Contact me at: mmfinke@gmail.com And contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ AND the brand new Twitter handle, https://twitter.com/@RCForestHill Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

Action Plus Purpose The new "People of Action" ad is available to view here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaCtNqourr4 And info on the South Sudan school here: https://southsudanschool.org/team/ As always. Contact me at: mmfinke@gmail.com And contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

Yet another podcast where I talk about talking about Rotary. This is a link to the Deafness Foundation, and their CEO Jenny Coburn's information: http://www.deafness.org.au/about-us/staff/ Just for fun, here's some information about LaunchVic: http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/launchvic-unveils-4-9m-to-boost-victorias-startup-sector/ As always. Contact me at: mmfinke@gmail.com And contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

This week, I talk a little about seed corn, our fantastic speech night, and the balancing act required by serving current needs while planning for the future. Learn more about the Rotary Foundation here: https://www.rotary.org/en/about-rotary/rotary-foundation And some information about the Nunawading Club's medical imaging project here: http://www.rotarynunawading.com.au/medical.htm As always. Contact me at: mmfinke@gmail.com And contact the Rotary Club of Forest Hill at: foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Our online presence is www.foresthillrotary.com and https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ Any ideas about projects in the local area? Drop a line at whatwhitehorseneeds@gmail.com

It's hard to make a difference if you're not keeping track of what's changed. I talk briefly on the requirement to make sure our projects are serving a need, and that we're not just making ourselves feel good. As always, contact me at mmfinke@gmail.com The Club of Forest Hill is reachable at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com And our website at www.foresthillrotary.com And social media presence is www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ Let us know what we should be doing in the Whitehorse area, really: WhatWhitehorseNeeds@gmail.com

We're firing on all cylinders again. I muse a bit about publicity, better ways to get our message out, and play a clip from Annie Wysham, our speaker from the club meeting on the 17th of July. Annie is an accomplished poet and riveting storyteller. Her performances are worth seeking out. She describes herself as providing "old-fashioned entertainment" in the form of poetry recitations, storytelling, and story reading. You can get in touch with her at "Poems 'N More" annie.c.w@bigpond.com As always, contact me at mmfinke@gmail.com The Club of Forest Hill is reachable at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com And our website at www.foresthillrotary.com And social media presence is www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ Let us know what we should be doing in the Whitehorse area: WhatWhitehorseNeeds@gmail.com

After a rather extended hiatus, we're back "on air". After changeover and with some busy times ahead for Rotary Club of Forest Hill, we'll be bringing you these more regularly, and with more content from our fantastic speakers. This week, a discussion about retention, treating Rotary like the diva it is, and ego suppression. As always, contact me at mmfinke@gmail.com The Club of Forest Hill is reachable at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com And our website at www.foresthillrotary.com Plus our newly refreshed, ready-for-engagement facebook page www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ Let us know what we should be doing in the Whitehorse area: WhatWhitehorseNeeds@gmail.com

Hiatus by RCFH

Find Monash Rotaract Club's Facebook at @MonashRotaract. Get in touch with the Rotarian Action Group Against Slavery (RAGAS) here at http://ragas.online/ As always, find me at mmfinke@gmail.com Our Facebook is www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ , website at www.foresthillrotary.com/.

This week, we hear from Greg Wragg of RC Dingley, and Gloria Hargreaves of RC Emerald and District. Greg discusses the Fiji Scholarship Fund, a project of his previous Hampton club. Gloria is the district chair of Rotarians Against Malaria, and discusses the work of that organisation. Get more information on the Fiji project at http://hamptonrotary.org.au/index.php/projects/international-projects/176-fiji-scholarship-fund or by emailing Greg at hwragg@globalwisetravel.com. Find out more about RAM at http://www.ram.rawcs.com.au/ or by contacting Gloria at egharg@netspace.net.au. As always, find me at mmfinke@gmail.com Our Facebook is https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ , website at http://www.foresthillrotary.com/.

Back from Christmas break, we heard from Jim McPhee (RC Monbulk) talk about his experiences making his way through life after an illness left him with one leg. We take some guidance from him on stubbornness, pragmatism, and using what you have to get what you need. Find info on the book here http://tinyurl.com/jj9bf68 Track down Jim himself to get your hands on a copy. As always, contact me at mmfinke@gmail.com The Club of Forest Hill is reachable at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com And our website at www.foresthillrotary.com

After an extended delay, a less than impressive Christmas Eve podcast. I mention the benefits of giving your time, play a clip from the Whitehorse Young Citizen of the Year 2016, and mention Walter Matthau in Hello Dolly. Have a great Christmas, everybody. As always, contact me at mmfinke@gmail.com The Club of Forest Hill is reachable at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com And our website at www.foresthillrotary.com Plus our newly refreshed, ready-for-engagement facebook page www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ Let us know what we should be doing in the Whitehorse area: WhatWhitehorseNeeds@gmail.com

Still overshooting the five minute target. Past President Bob Williams discusses a trip to the York Peninsula, and I attempt to use the basic drive to not be eaten by crocodiles to make some kind of point. As always, contact me at mmfinke@gmail.com The Club of Forest Hill is reachable at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com And our website at www.foresthillrotary.com Plus our newly refreshed, ready-for-engagement facebook page www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ Let us know what we should be doing in the Whitehorse area: WhatWhitehorseNeeds@gmail.com

An overlong discussion of travel and its benefits, the promotion of peace in many ways, club membership, leading questions, changing demographics and honesty. New club flexibility guidelines here: https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/club-flexibility Information about Rotary Peace Fellowships here: https://www.rotary.org/myrotary/en/get-involved/exchange-ideas/peace-fellowships As always, contact me at mmfinke@gmail.com The Club of Forest Hill is reachable at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com And our website at www.foresthillrotary.com Plus our newly refreshed, ready-for-engagement facebook page https://www.facebook.com/RotaryClubForestHill/ And our "squatter's rights" email address to provide us with your hopes, desires, and complaints about life in Whitehorse Council: WhatWhitehorseNeeds@gmail.com

This week, I lose the audio clip of the previous week's speaker and attempt to cover for that. John Bindon is the YMCA's official historian and works in conjunction with the AWM to recover and catalogue documents which detail the volunteers who supported Australian troops during their wartime efforts. Here's a link to a piece of YMCA's history on the AWM's site : https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RELAWM05467.001 And a link to the YMCA's own site: https://ymca.org.au/who_we_are/Pages/History.aspx As always: mmfinke@gmail.com www.foresthillrotary.com foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com And the poem by RCFH's own Bob Williams: It all started with a phone call to Bill from our local City of Whitehorse, Would we help an elderly lady with a fallen tree and Bill replied, of course. Bill sought volunteers for this outside work at her nearby Forest Hill home site, So four of us ventured out to heed this damsel in distress’s needy plight, Bill, John, Ron and Bob with combined ages you need a calculator to compute, Sallied forth with saws and digging tools but not one of us had a tradies ute, Ron brought his chain saw and started sawing the tree with meaningful blows, The rest of us gave him space as we valued keeping all our fingers and toes, Bill sawed up each branch Ron cut, small enough to handle and all with a grin, While John and Bob bent to bundle them up, that is until their backs gave in, They had some trouble tying them with knots undoing, causing comment about, Unkind remarks were heard such as “I bet neither of you were ever a boy scout”, Finally, all the tree was cut up, bundled up and backyard tidied nice and neat, Barbara the grateful resident then provided afternoon tea and cake as a treat, We yarned with this charming eighty five year old widow now living on her own, It was good doing some hands- on work although our knees all gave a groan, We four thought better of starting up business as the “Geriatric Gardeners” though, With oxygen bottles, massages, bandages and liniment costing too much dough.

Episode nine in an ongoing series. Dr Joanne Watson works in the field of inclusion and autonomy within the disability sector. Her Deakin University profile is here : http://tinyurl.com/jqfddhk And this is a Vimeo link to a speech she did for Scope several years ago: https://vimeo.com/23019913 There are always disasters, and always a need for the work done by DisasterAid. Find out how to donate, get involved, and spread the word here: http://www.disasteraidaustralia.org.au/ As always, contact me at mmfinke@gmail.com The Club of Forest Hill is reachable at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com And our website at www.foresthillrotary.com Get excited. Our Facebook page is ready for a relaunch soon.

This week, Leadership and Fun. As always, mmfinke@gmail.com to get in touch with me. RCFH website at foresthillrotary.com and email at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com Learn about what the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards are for, and how they prepare young people for leadership roles in their community and their lives here: http://www.9810rotary.org.au/get-involved/ryla/ And watch a TV ad for Crazy Eddie's from the eighties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rer9W58-qQQ

Repaired Track Now Available Forest Hill's Website at www.foresthillrotary.com Email at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com My own email at mmfinke@gmail.com Information on Prison Ministry at https://www.prisonfellowship.org/

Hope Katolo Nursery School's Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/hopekatolo/. Link to details for the fundraising night screening of The Girl on the Train (Balwyn Cinemas, Friday October 14th) here https://www.facebook.com/events/1704042633249404/. As always, mmfinke@gmail.com, foresthillrotary.com, direct email to the club at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com.

Episode Five in a continuing series about Rotary Club of Forest Hill and the greater Rotary organisation. As always, mmfinke@gmail.com to get in touch with me. RCFH website at foresthillrotary.com. Learn more about the organisation that was involved in social enterprise before it was cool, at rotary.org.

Link to Rotary's polio effort here: http://www.endpolio.org/take-action Link to Days for Girls (Australia) here: http://www.daysforgirls.org/australia Forest Hill Club's page, as always is here: http://www.foresthillrotary.com/ And any complaints, ideas, or congratulations to me, Mike Finke, at mmfinke@gmail.com This podcast not officially endorsed by RC Forest Hill or the greater Rotary organisations.

This week's podcast examines ideas around member recruitment. As always, email at mmfinke@gmail.com for Mike. Website for Forest HIll Club at http://www.foresthillrotary.com/. Direct email to our club at foresthillrotary1975@gmail.com.

This Week's Podcast, please follow this link to a pic from 2013 when the Larry the Lorikeet project started: http://boxhillhs.vic.edu.au/articles/212 My email at mmfinke@gmail.com. Forest Hill Club's website at http://www.foresthillrotary.com/

My email at mmfinke@gmail.com. Forest Hill Club's website at www.foresthillrotary.com/