Our next meeting will be 6:00pm for 6:30pm Wednesday 11 Sept 2024
at the Graphic Arts Club, 182 Coward Street Mascot
Visitors are very welcome.
Members are reminded that half-yearly Membership Fees are now due.
President's Message
Welcome to this Newsletter of the Rotary Club of Botany Randwick Inc. Our club has been serving the local and international community since 1948.
Rotary promotes the ideal of service through fellowship. Attending our meetings allows members to enjoy the fellowship of other club members, enrich their professional and personal knowledge, and meet other business leaders in their community.
As a Club we support a wide range of projects. As well as having a broad range of local and international community projects, we are particularly focused on the Rotary projects, Australian Rotary Health, Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) and Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children (ROMAC) together with The Rotary Foundation.
We welcome everyone to come along to any of our meetings to join in the fellowship and to learn more about what we do.
Our guest speaker at this meeting will be Scott McClintock, with his topic being "Detecting Deception in Language" - this is not to be missed!
Scott has over 16 years’ of forensic experience specialising in the areas of investigations, fraud and corruption risk, hotline implementation & management, and forensic accounting experience both in Australia and abroad including the US, Europe and Asia. He has worked across law enforcement (QLD Police and SFO London), regulatory (ASIC), corporate (BP) and consulting with one of Australia’s largest forensic practices.
Scott‘s approach is to collaborate with clients and other forensic experts to provide the most efficient and comprehensive solution to complex issues that our clients face while at the same time being cognisant of the commercial sensitivities that come with running a business and managing complex issues.
He maintains a strong work ethic and prides himself on the quality of his work and the strength of relationships he has forged over his career. He is adaptable and sensitive to cultural nuances when working across jurisdictions and industries.
His areas of specialisation include fraud & corruption investigations, code of conduct investigations including bullying and harassment, fraud risk & prevention services, hotline implementation and management, interviewing and preparation of briefs for both criminal and civil proceedings.
Our last meeting
There was no meeting on 28 August as many of our members attended the Prince of Wales Hospital Foundation Gala Dinner on the following night.
The venue for this event was the Winx Stand at Randwick Racecourse - a fantastic night, with the Club supporting the Foundation by sponsoring two tables of 10 - most made it into the group photo, but others were too busy enjoying themselves!
By attending on the night, the Club was supporting the great work that the Hospital and its staff are doing. We are very fortunate in having such a world class medical facility in our own backyard. We heard during the night about some of the great research that is being done at the Hospital to produce better outcomes for their patients, and the inportance of the Foundation in supporting these endeavours.
Special Guest Speaker was well known media personality Dr Karl Kruszelnicki.
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2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month at the Graphic Arts Club,
182 Coward Street,
Mascot.
6pm for pre-meeting drinks and chat. The meeting, with dinner, starts at 6:30pm and normally concludes by 8:30pm.
Members Christine and Greg recently met Kim Miller from the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation to hand over some of the foreign currencies collected through our Rotary bins located at Sydney Airport before she goes back to Vietnam next week. We could donate the Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Lao money, which amounted to approximately $500 Australian Dollars.
Kim has been with the Foundation for ten years, and she talked about the positive changes they are making for the Vietnamese people. She told us about how and why the Vietnamese people are lured into places like Cambodia to work for ‘scam factories’; they are targeted because they are taken away into locations where they do not have contact with people who speak the same language and put into areas that they do not know how to escape from or learn how to return to their own countries. These young people are held under guard, beaten and tortured (and sometimes) have their organs removed if they do not comply with what they are told to do.
Kim said that it costs about $1,000 to rescue one person. The cash we gave will be used to purchase petrol, food, drink and emergency supplies like shoes worn during rescues. (At times, people need to walk out of places like Myanmar through jungles at night and hide during the day to get back to Vietnam, and this can take up to 28 days)
The Paul Harris Fellow is named for Paul Harris, who founded Rotary with three business associates in Chicago in 1905. Paul Harris Fellow recognition was established in his honour to express appreciation to those who support the humanitarian and educational programs of the Rotary Foundation. Those programs include an array of projects that save and invigorate the lives of people around the world and enhance international friendship and understanding.
Rotarians often designate a Paul Harris Fellow as a tribute to a person whose life demonstrates a shared purpose with the objectives of The Rotary Foundation, and to build world understanding and peace.
Dr Michael Plaister and Grant Olufson were both recognised for their support of our Club and Rotary - see details under. It is because of gifts like the one made in their honour by this Club that The Rotary Foundation can carry out an array of programs that achieve beneficial changes in our world; improved living conditions, increased food production, better education, wider availability of treatment and rehabilitation for the sick and disabled, new channels for the flow of international understanding, and bright hopes for peace.
Members of our Club, Mark Swain and Phillip Paraggio, received Paul Harris Sapphire Pins to recognise their substantial personal contributions to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.
Win a great holiday in Fiji and support the local and international projects of the Rotary Club of Botany Randwick.
5 night’s accommodation in a Beachfront Hotel Room
Full buffet breakfast daily
Return Malolo Cat transfers
Complimentary use of non-motorised water sports equipment
2 kids under 12 stay and eat free
1 night in a Deluxe Room at Fiji Gateway Hotel, across from Nadi Airport
Plus AUD1000 cash toward travel or spend as you wish. The prize is valid for 18 months. The prize is transferable to friends - your receipt will have a gift certificate to share.
backyard. We heard during the night about some of the great research that is being done at the Hospital to produce better outcomes for their patients, and the inportance of the Foundation in supporting these endeavours. 
Members Christine and Greg recently met Kim Miller from the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation to hand over some of the foreign currencies collected through our Rotary bins located at Sydney Airport before she goes back to Vietnam next week. We could donate the Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Lao money, which amounted to approximately $500 Australian Dollars. 
The Paul Harris Fellow is named for Paul Harris, who founded Rotary with three business associates in Chicago in 1905. Paul Harris Fellow recognition was established in his honour to express appreciation to those who support the humanitarian and educational programs of the Rotary Foundation. Those programs include an array of projects that save and invigorate the lives of people around the world and enhance international friendship and understanding. 