Peter Epov lives in semi retirement on a rural property near the township of Wingham. He is a current Councillor as well as a former Councillor (2012-16) with the Greater Taree City Council.
Mr Epov had a highly successful career as a business consultant working with Australian top 100 companies, to facilitate trade and joint ventures in Asia. His particular specialty is The Peoples Republic of China. He has visited China over 100 times between 1991 and 2005. Mr Epov has worked with the CEO’s and management teams of 10 former top 100 Australian companies and has visited over 1000 Chinese corporations.
Prior to moving to mainstream business, Mr Epov was a very successful professional sports administrator and coach. He was National Coaching and Competitions Director of the Surf Life Saving Association of Australia, between 1981 and 1985, where he directed major events such as the National Surf Life Saving Championships, The Coolangatta Gold Ironman Triaquathon, Australia Games.
He has extensive experience working with media, government, the corporate sector and volunteers.
He has also worked as a television commentator at two Olympic Games: Los Angeles in 1984 and Seoul in 1988.
In 1985 Mr Epov published the “Marketing and Public Relations Manual” specifically written for Sports, Charities and Community Service Organisations.
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World Extreme Medicine is launching an urgent fundraising appeal to supply desperately needed medical equipment and supplies to hospitals in Ukraine.
Our £100,000 appeal, Medics4Ukraine, is being co-ordinated by a team of medical professionals and extreme medicine experts from the network of World Extreme Medicine.
Mark Hannaford, founder of World Extreme Medicine states, “Hospital staff in Ukraine are working non-stop in dangerous conditions, with resources diminishing by each passing day. We have been in direct contact with Ukrainian medical professionals, and their current situation is only set to get worse.”
Drawing on the experience of organising successful medical equipment convoys to Syria and Myanmar the team are working to form contacts, medical expertise, and logistical setup to deliver convoys directly to hospitals on the frontline in Ukraine. However, funds are needed to secure these medical resources and ensure these life-saving medical convoys are ongoing.
Saleyha Ahsan, a Medical Doctor, involved in both the Syrian and Ukraine convoys added, “The People’s Convoy for Syria delivered £250,000 worth of medical equipment to a children’s hospital in Aleppo in 2016 with public support. I’m hoping we can match that for Ukraine and achieve our objective in sending over multiple convoys throughout the conflict, which will each time supply medical equipment that is most in demand.”
Every donation will go directly into purchasing life-saving medical equipment for Ukrainian medical professionals, and civilians caught in the conflict. With World Extreme Medicine underwriting any transport costs.
Guest Speaker: Kerry Guppy, On Land Conservation and Management
Meeting Chair: Anna Hutchinson
Meet & Greet: Herbie Ploder & Warren Blanch
FROM PRESIDENT SUSIE PLODER:
A big Thanks to our members come to help our COMMUNITY BBQ AT BUNNINGS last ANZAC DAY. Well done guys and we all had a great time . We raised around $300 plus we are getting a gift card from Bunnings.
Next BBQ EVENTS:
1. BUNNINGS Taree on MAY 7, 2022
2. RIVER STAGE CONCERT on MAY 13, 2022.
Our sign on sheet will be available at our meeting next Monday night at club Taree. Pls support our fundraising Activity.
We are dedicated to enhancing your Rotary experience by supporting what is important to you, our members. You have consistently told us that you want Rotary to be a place that celebrates diversity, that fully represents our communities, and that offers all members equitable opportunities to thrive.
You also recognize that embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) will allow us to do more meaningful work while engaging with people who know they’ll be valued for the qualities that make them unique. These sentiments were reinforced last year by the more than 31,000 members around the world who responded to our first DEI survey.
To ensure that the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion are ingrained in everything we do, the RI Board of Directors, guided by the DEI Task Force, has strengthened our commitment to DEI and is taking action in response to the survey findings.
Our DEI Code of Conduct
What we say and how we behave matter. Although free expression is important, we must take responsibility for how our words and actions may affect others. The Board has approved a new DEI Code of Conduct to help Rotary members create and maintain an environment that is collaborative, positive, and healthy for everyone.
Simply put, the DEI Code of Conduct asks you to:
Use respectful language
Be supportive
Foster a welcoming and inclusive environment
Celebrate diversity
All Rotary leaders, from club presidents and district governors to directors and trustees, are expected to apply the DEI Code of Conduct uniformly to help members recognize the impact that their words and actions can have on other people.
If you experience behavior that does not align with the DEI Code of Conduct, you have ways to respond:
If the situation can be resolved through discussion, please talk to the person directly. Often, the person who said something or acted in a way that made others feel excluded, marginalized, or targeted did not do so intentionally. Although there might be mistakes, missteps, and uncomfortable conversations along the way, having this dialogue will lead to a better and stronger Rotary.
If a discussion is not possible or the situation involves someone in a leadership role or another club, contact Rotary’s Club and District Support staff, who will review the information and follow up appropriately.
If you are in danger or your safety is in doubt, contact local law enforcement officers and notify Club and District Support staff.
As an organization, we are stronger when we embrace the diversity found in our clubs and communities. We are more effective when we offer a valuable, inclusive experience that provides equitable opportunities for people to serve, to lead, and to participate with us. To grow Rotary and become a more dynamic organization, we must take DEI seriously. And with your support, we are doing that.
Sincerely,
Shekhar Mehta, RI President
and the 2021-22 RI Board of Directors
From 6pm Friday 22 April, if you’re a household or close contact of someone who has tested positive to COVID-19 and don’t have COVID-19 symptoms, you no longer need to self-isolate.
You still must follow the rules in the Household and Close Contact Guidelines. If you’ve tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 12 weeks, you don’t have to follow the guidelines.
People who test positive for COVID-19: must self-isolate for 7 days from the date of your positive test and follow the managing COVID-19 safely at home advice.
Changes to workforce vaccination requirements
From 6pm on Friday 22 April the rules for essential vaccination for key workforces will end. Which workers need to be vaccinated will be based on workplace health and safety risk assessments.
Aged care and disability workers will still need to be vaccinated.
These changes mean the critical worker exemptions from isolation rules will no longer be required.
Steps for employers to consider in managing the risks associated with household and close contacts in the workplace
Employers may consider the following practicable control measures:
Household and close contacts should be allowed to work from home where practicable
Employers should undertake a risk assessment before approving a household or close contact returning to work if they can't work from home
Employers may ask household and close contacts to do a rapid antigen test before they attend work, even if they don’t have symptoms
Employers may direct all people in the workplace to wear masks except while eating or drinking or where a mask could create a safety issue
Employers may direct household and close contacts not to use shared facilities such as tea rooms at the same time as other people
Household and close contacts might be allocated work that involves minimal interaction with other people and/or in well-ventilated areas or outdoors, where possible.
Household and close contacts may be encouraged to maintain physical distance from others at all times
Employers should strongly encourage or, if lawful and reasonable, direct employees to receive a booster vaccination against COVID-19
Ensure COVID safe plans reflecting these, and other measures are signed off by or on behalf of the employer.
Unvaccinated international arrivals
From Saturday 30 April unvaccinated international arrivals won’t be required to stay in hotel quarantine. These passengers will need to take a rapid antigen test within 24 hours of arrival.
