What’s new?
What’s the buzz?
We’ll get around to it, in a roundabout sort of way . . .
Rotary Specialist
Dorothy Gilmour has been appointed as a Rotary Specialist for RI Zone 8.
Situated in the South Pacific, the Zone includes Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste, Tonga and Vanuatu.
Dorothy’s areas of expertise are listed as:
Rotary SAFE Families
Gender equity
Prevention of family violence to any community or diversity
Her name and details will be included in the Specialist database available to all members in Zone 8.
Congratulations Dorothy: we wish you every success in your new position. What a lovely birthday present to receive!
And get well soon! (we hear you are still a little "fuzzy" after your accident)
May is . . .
. . . Youth Service Month. 
Rotary believes in developing the next generation of leaders. Our programs help younger leaders build leadership skills, expand education and learn the value of service.
Rotary Youth Exchange builds peace one young person at a time. Students learn a new language, discover another culture, and truly become global citizens. Exchanges for students ages 15-19 are sponsored by Rotary clubs in more than 100 countries. Our current exchange student, Evie Flynn, is in France, and we enjoy her regular reports on her experiences.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards: RYLA is a leadership development program for young people who want to learn new skills, build their confidence, and have fun. Events range from one-day seminars to weeklong camps. Hawthorn Rotary Club is a long-term supporter of RYLA.
RYLA, RYPEN, MUNA, NYSF: don’t you love the acronyms?
Keep an eye open for an article on Youth Service in our next Bulletin.
Missing in Action?
One of th
e delights of being Club Secretary, is that members will ring you from time to time, with: “Do you have Joe Blow’s phone number?” or similar requests.
Of course members details are available in the Member Area of the Club’s Website, or even handier, in the ClubRunner Phone App. Just download it, free of charge, from the App Store. It contains members contact details, along with a photo in case you forget what we look like. Once you have the ClubRunner App, it will transfer those details (if you wish) to your normal contact list. The Club Secretary will no doubt be delighted.
Oh no! Some members haven’t loaded a photo of themselves in the ClubRunner App! Don’t you have nice photo of yourself?
Get on with it boys and girls, or we may name and shame you in the next bulletin. Even worse, we could load a photo of you blinking, squinting or looking your worst.
No Lingua File Today
The Bookwor
ms found some strange words when reading A Country of Eternal Light by Paul Dalgarno.
Wikipedia gives us a brief explanation:
“Doric” the popular name for the Scots language as spoken in the northeast of Scotland. There is an extensive body of literature, mostly poetry, ballads, and songs, written in Doric. In some literary works, Doric is used as the language of conversation while the rest of the work is in Lallans Scots or British English. A number of 20th and 21st century poets have written poetry in the Doric dialect. - Wikipedia
“Scots” is a Wast Germanic leid o tha Anglic varietie that's spaken on tha Lawlands o Scotland an en tha stewartrie o Ulster en Ireland an tha leids o Scots. En maist airts, it is spaken anent tha an Inglis leid. - Wikipedia.
We hope this helps.
Photos by Pixabay.
TTFN
