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NEXT MEETING: GUEST SPEAKER SANTA [?] ATTHE CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST

MEETING REPORT: 8th DECEMBER 2015

CHRISTMAS HAMPER NOTICE FROM PETER DURASGALLERY

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ChairVOICE, Mary

PresenterTHOMAS, Tony

GreeterZHANG, Yanpu

ReporterWELLS, Michael

PhotographerJONES, David

DoorAVRAMOPOULOS, Stella

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Bulletin EditorDRIVER, Allan

UpcomingEventsChristmas Party BreakfastRACV City ClubDec 15, 20157:30 AM – 9:00 AM

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NEXT MEETING: CHRISTMASBREAKFAST 15th DECEMBER 2015

CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST 15thDECEMBER 2015

GUEST : SANTA?

The annual get together for members, partners andfriends to celebrate the festive season is once againhere and members are encouraged to contact RogerThornton.

The invitation from Pres George is that "We hope youand your family will join us for a special Christmasbreakfast on Tuesday, 15 December 2015."

Join us for fellowship, carol singing, a few surprises andlots of laughs.Bring your Christmas hampers for distribution to StepsOutreach Service and Lentara Asylum Seekers Project.

SpeakersDec 15, 2015CHRISTMAS PARTY -booking essentialSee details under events

Dec 22, 2015NO MEETING THIS WEEK

Dec 29, 2015NO MEETING THIS WEEK

Jan 05, 2016NO MEETING THIS WEEK

Jan 26, 2016NO MEETING THIS WEEK- AUSTRALIA DAY

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Please be aware that you must book for this event. Either register on the website or advise Roger Thornton,by the end of Thursday, 10 December. Email: [email protected] Mobile: 0400 999 203$30 per person. Pay on the day.

MEETING REPORT 8th DECEMBER 2015

Posted by Michael WELLS

Meeting Report: 8th December 2015

Welcome President George Mackey opened the meeting andchaired the meeting welcoming guestsRotary Visitors:

Introduced by Tony Thomas – Ron Coleman fromthe RC of Point GellibrandAnnika Londomo from the RC of Stockholm inSwedenKatyrina Freidaka from the RC of Stockholm inSweden

Visitors:

Sarah Overton – heading to Florida soon (guestof Neville John who has previously attended)

Members’ ReportsAnnouncements:

Roger Thornton announced next Tuesday is ourannual Christmas Party. Numbers are low at themoment and he needs to know asap for cateringpurposes.

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Mik Wells announced SHINE for Kids calendars forsale (at hand) for only $2 and for those memberswho attended the Fitzroy Crossing trip in June2015, Mik sourced a kid’s animated book aboutthe Aboriginal legend of “Jandamarra” authored byMark Greenwood and Terry Denton butinterestingly that same guide for the Rotary team“Dillon Andrews” was influential in the guiding theauthors through the land and story as passeddown through the generations

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Tom Callander advised everyone to make surethey have current Working With Children Checkcard status coming into 2016. Tom also

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announced that our 2016 Silk Miller Scholarshipawardee has been determined and that they willbe presenting to our Club in 2016 David Jones announced that he is looking for avolunteer to be the photographer for January andFebruary while he is away

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Peter Duras announced last day to collectChristmas hamper bags for Steps Outreach andLentara for next week’s Christmas Partybreakfast.

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President's report delivered by George Mackey:

Update regarding current health of fellow RotarianDick Mitchell who is currently in a RehabilitationCentre and he is doing well. Also from MarjorieGerlinger that both Marjorie and Bernie will bevisiting this weekGeorge also talked about the highly successfulFestival of Giving at Docklands that wascoordinated by the Rotary Club of Docklands.


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Therewere 25volunteersin the endassistingwith 20 xstalls forkids

another 20 for food and 20 stalls for art and craft, thereas also music from legendary Australian rock artistsHunters and Collectors, the MFB was also there. George recounted that only a couple of weeks ago, theircapacity to coordinate the event was low but there wasstrong will. The moral of the story is that a small Clubcan achieve great things with some support.[PHOTO: Elias as one of the volunteers at the Festival ofGiving]

During the most recent Farmer’s Market, it wasreported that Marjorie has a stall selling World ofDifference items that received $700 plus in muchneeded funds.Garden Design discussions were recently held withthe RC of Kew and as a result given our capacityto support the event, at next years event our clubwill take on additional functions and proportionallyreceive more fundsCommunity Village, it was reported back throughNeil Savano that everything ran smoothly lastweekend.

Sergeant’s Session

Sergeant Tony Thomas introduced visiting Rotarian RonColeman to the microphone and conducted an interviewwith him.

Bothare fellowjournalistsand Ron


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talkedabout hisClub, RCofGellibrandthat has26 activemembersand they

raise 60k to 80K each year which is achieved withrelatively small numbers with the Club about 30 yearsold. But it was not always smooth sailing as Ronreported that in the early days, their Club was one ofthe first Clubs to go into overdraft! Their main fundraising event is the big bay swim (fromPort Melbourne to Williamstown – this elite swim getsOlympians and endurance athletes involved). Thesuccess of this initiative is supported by othercommunity organisations getting involved, for example,boat clubs, yacht clubs. The Club’s Pink Breakfastraises money for breast cancer. This year 160 womenattended and made approximately $10k for the Clubfunds where the men dressed up and were waiters forthe women!They also have a Kid’s Day for kids with cancer –“AVAST there ye lubbers and hoist the Jolly Roger! It’sSaturday afternoon in Melbourne. Sunlight dances overPort Phillip Bay as a ferry-full of excited kids dressed aspirates sets sail from the Royal Yacht Club inWilliamstown. But a second boat flying the skull andcrossbones pulls alongside - crewed by scary,eye-patched Rotarians disguised as Black Beards andCaptain Hooks. The kids are bombard their foes withwater balloons. They win and sail to port to claim theirtreasure and goodies and celebrate on a bouncingcastle.”Like many Club’s the RC of Gellibrand has the challengeof membership “we are all aging, no president elect yetand it is hard getting younger people to commit to theclub”.

Ron’s short Bio - Ron was managing editor of theWestern Times Newspaper Group for 25 years,previously senior reporter with Fairfax Suburban andoriginally a copy boy for the RACV magazine in QueenSt HQ, his boss being ex-editor of The Argusnewspaper.


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Guest speaker Herb GreenwoodThe Eastern Golf Club at Yering was relocated from theeastern suburbs and is Victoria’s newest golf course. Itis a Greg Norman designed 27 hole + 9 hole par 3private golf course. 18 holes are now open with thethird 9 and 9 hole par three due to be complete April2016. Herb Greenwood is the brains behind therecently-completed club house and performance centre.

Herbprovidedaninterestingbehind thescenesinsight intothecreation ofthe newEasternGolf Clubat Yering.

Herb was a key person in the planning and design ofthe building and landscaping around the important ClubHouse build and access to the Club House and he washumble in recognition for the part he played as he fullyacknowledged his team of workers.

Herb could not take credit for the design of the actualgolf course as this was something Greg Normandesigned. The course was actually opened by GregNorman in October 2015 – “he can still play golf and avery fit guy”. The Golf Club opened up membership fora short time and then it closed again a short time laterbecause of demand.

The focus of Herb’s presentation was the build of theClub House and facilities to support the needs ofgolfers, guest as well has having a multi-purpose facilitythat can hold large functions while also having quieterdining areas for other guests.The Eastern Golf Course was originally on DoncasterRoad in Doncaster and it sold for about $100 million toMIRVAC. Like all major projects there were a fewbumps in the road as Herb recounted that “Town


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Planning got involved and tried to stuff it up” ...“...Inundation problems initially – a lot of water on thecourse so the Club House located at the high point ...”“... There were consideration for a swimming pool butone was not constructed due to costs and the likelihoodof a poor ROI.”

Features included:

Kitchen similar to the one in the Hilton Hotel – inorder to be a function centre and sound proofwalls so the dining area can still be quiteTerrace windows offer magnificent views of thegold courseGrand entrance – stone panels and somethingthat could make a great backdrop of weddingphotos...Even designed some of the feature furniture andlight fittings and carpets ... Interestingly, Herb’steam was able to source and do the full interiordesign items which enabled them to get morefrom a limited budget.Also designed the hi-tech golf academy

According to Herb, it worked out better and cheaper todesign their own furniture and getting it made ratherthan buying it from someone else.In the design and build process the membership wasvery conservative in their approach “nothing above theskyline and nothing sticking up ....” so it blended betterinto the natural landscapeHerb also showed lots of photos and sketches toillustrate his points.To conclude this excellent presentation about a majorproject, Herb’s team was given a terrific accolade byGreg Norman who said, “this is equivalent to anythingin the world and across Australia – Well Done” (October2015)

The Swindler draw finally reached a conclusion

With only 35 cards left in the pack and speculation thatthis may be a scam of a fundraising initiative with noactual joker in the pack, Roger Thornton again earned


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the right to draw a card and he finally pulled the jokerfrom the pack!

To reporton thisexcitingmoment,RogerThorntonwho hadbeen aprolificticketbuyer toearn manyrights tohave acrack atwinning

the prize brought 6 tickets and drew the Ace of Spadesfrom the cut win the opportunity from other Rotariansto try and draw the Joker and on this occasion, it finallydid happen. Both Tony and Roger were pleased that the winnercame from our Club and that the funds did not go to anoutsider. Well done Roger, keep up the great work inbuying lots more tickets in 2016!

Exchange of banners


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The meeting drewto a close withPres George andtwo visitingRotarians fromSwedenexchangingbanners.

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CHRISTMAS HAMPERS NOTICE FROM PETERDURASPosted by Peter DURAS

CHRISTMAS HAMPERS: IMPORTANTMESSAGE FROM COMMUNITYSERVICES DIRECTOR PETER DURAS

Dear Members, Partners and Friends,

Christmas is almost upon us and we are again collectinghampers for Steps Outreach Service and LentaraUnitingCare Asylum Seeker project.

IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO BRING HAMPERS TO THECHRISTMAS BREAKFAST!

A flyer with some ideas on suggested items to include ineither your red or green hamper bag is available asfollows: Christmas Hampers

Bags will be available at the meeting on 1st December.

Once again, Margaret Thomas has offered to purchasespices/fruits in bulk for inclusion in the Christmashampers for the Lentara Asylum Seeker Program. Shewill then parcel up individual packs, which will includethe following:


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CUMIN 250grm

CORIANDER 250grm

PAPRIKA 250grm

CHILLI 250grm

ALMONDS (WHOLE) 250grm

WALNUTS (WHOLE) 250grm

LENTILS – RED 1 kg

LENTILS – GREEN 1 kg

DATES 1kg

The cost per pack is $26.00

Tony and Margaret will bring the packs to the Christmasbreakfast on December 15.

You can add this pack to the other items you aredonating. This is the best way to buy these items as pergram they are much more expensive from asupermarket.

Please bring your hampers to the Christmas breakfaston December 15th when we will present them to thetwo organisations.

Feel free to share the flyer with your friends, family andworkmates.

GALLERY

Some wonderful people at the meeting on 8thDecember. Left to right: Sarah, Katarina, Stella, Anne, Annika,President George and President Elect Justine


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