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New HorizonsThe Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
From the PresidentFrom the Club President. Page 1
This Week’s MeetingFind out what is happening this week. Page 1
District ConferenceHave you registered for the conference this month.Page 3
NZ EarthquakeRotary Shelterbox responds to NZ disaster.Page 2
RYPENNominations are now open.Page 2
Last Week’s MeetingDid you miss last week’s meeting? Find out what happenedPage 1
Volume 3, Issue 31" 28th February - 6th March 2011
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 ! District 9455! ABN: 99 602 195 617
Letter from the PresidentThis week we enter “Literacy Month”, the designation given by Rotary International to March.
March is an extremely busy month. We'll have 5 meetings in March, and we'll have 2 speakers focusing on literacy, as well as a youth segment and a fascinating vocational guest speaker.
March is also the month when the President Elects Training Seminar (PETS) is held, on March 12th & 13th. With the recent resignation by Rob Rohrlach, at this point in time we do not have a President Elect attending PETS, which is a little troubling, as an incoming President must have attended a PETS to be able to take office. If we are unable to confirm a new President Elect by then, we will need to select someone who has served as a Rotary Club President previously, whether in our club or another.
I will be attending PETS as an incoming Assistant Governor, so will hear about DGE Liz Westoby's plans for our district in 2011-12, but that will not assist our club
establish its own goals during the time alloted for that purpose. If anyone is willing to serve as President in 2011-12, please let me know urgently, as DGE Liz is trying to finalise numbers for PETS.
Claire Forsdyke and Bill Hassell are organizing a club forum to discuss our club's future, currently scheduled for Sunday 20th March at 10 am at Bill and Sue's home in Nedlands. It is vital that as many members as possible attend.
The District Conference is also coming up at the end of March, and I am not aware of anyone from our club aside from Marcos and myself having registered. It would be wonderful to have some more members from our club attending, even for part of the conference, as there is a great programfocusing on some very important areas, especially youth and science.
Yours in Rotary,Simone
Last Week's MeetingWe celebrated Rotary's 106th birthday with a special guest, John Shephard, the Dean of
Perth. John is a member of the Rotary Club of Perth, and spoke a b o u t R o t a r y ' s achievements over the y e a r s , including the funding of the UWA Medical School by the WA Rotary Clubs, as well a s w h a t Rotary meant t o h i m personally.
It was lovely to have many other guests join us that evening, with most staying on to share some cake and have a c h a t a f t e r w a rd s . Thank to you all of you who did invite others to celebrate with us.
This Week's MeetingWe're opening Literacy Month with our first literacy speaker, the much anticipated Ms Rebecca Cody, Principal
of Methodist Ladies College.
We would like to cement a great working relationship with MLC, and are very much looking forward to meeting Ms Cody.
InteractThe first interest meeting for
Photo (L-R): John Shephard and Simone Carot Collins cutting the Rotary Birthday Cake
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our proposed community-based Interact club was a huge success, with 16 prospective members, several parents, 5 members from our club, the District Interact Chairperson and a couple of other guests in attendance, filling the entire classroom granted to us by Christchurch Grammar School.
Although many of the students were from MLC, there were several different schools represented by students in years 7 – 12. We already have sufficient students to charter a new club (a minimum of 15 is needed), however we plan to hold 2 more interest meetings to gather more students and give them time to elect their initial board before submitting the paperwork to Rotary International to charter the club.
Hamish Mackie has kindly agreed to be our Interact co-ordinator.
The next Interact meeting will be held on Thursday 10th March at 7:00pm, at the same venue. The District Interact Chair has promised to supply pizza, so Hamish needs to know numbers in advance.
A big thank you to Ken Collins for all his hard work in organizing the initial meeting and liaising with the schools and individual parents to gather so many students for the club.
RYPENThe Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) camp for students aged 14-17 is coming up in May, and nominations are now open.
The board has agreed to fund the full cost of 2 participants; if parents are willing to meet part of the cost, we can sponsor more.
First preference will be given to our Interactors, particularly those who are in the upper age bracket who will not have the opportunity to apply again.
Club FoundationIf anyone would like to make a tax deductible donation to our Club Foundation, the bank details are:
Account name: RCFBCFI Gift Fund AccountBSB: 036-034Account no: 34-3962
Club ChangeoverOur Club Changeover Night has been booked for Thursday 30th June at the Nedlands Golf Club.
More details to follow.
Vale Maurice HillLabels and Badges badge maker PDG Maurice Hill passed away this morning after his 2 ½ year battle with bowel cancer.
Maurice was very generous when supplying our badges, not passing on the cost of GST or postage, and often replacing badges at no charge.
New Zealand EarthquakeShelterBox already has response team personnel and equipment in Christchurch. They have arranged commercial freight of 100 ShelterBoxes (5.5 tonnes) and a further 200 family size disaster relief tents be air freighted to New Zealand.
A further 140 ShelterBoxes are currently available in Melbourne, and ShelterBox are seeking assistance from the Australian government to transport them on government aircraft as they did for the Solomon Island tsunami.
Georgia Rotary Student ProgramThe Rotarians of Georgia, USA, Districts 6900, 69l0 and 6920 extend to you their warmest greetings and friendship. We request the cooperation of your Club in a project designed to further
Photo: Ken Collins addresses the Interact interest meeting
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international peace and understanding through acquaintanceship with international students. To further the International Service object of Rotary, we invite your Club to submit to us the name of a suitable student candidate(s) from your community to be considered for an award of a scholarship under the Georgia Rotary Student Program. This is not an exchange program and your Club will not be obligated to accept a student from our country. The scholarship covers one scholastic year, from August to May, and is for study ONLY in colleges and universities in the State of Georgia, USA. The school to be attended in Georgia will be selected by the Rotary Club and processed for admission by the Georgia Rotary Student Program. The Scholarship pays all scholastic costs including tuition, book allowance, campus housing, and food. The student must provide transportation to and from the U.S., medical insurance, spending money and any income taxes imposed on the scholarship by the US Treasury. Applicants must be at least 18 but not 25 years of age by August 1 of the year they begin class. Applicants cannot be married, and those persons who have previously studied in the U.S. for a period exceeding four months cannot be considered. In addition, we cannot grant scholarships to students in the medical, dental or nursing fields. There will be no exceptions to these r e q u i r e m e n t s ! O n l y a p p l i c a t i o n s f o r undergraduate students will be accepted. It is permissible, but not necessary, that a candidate for one of the scholarships be a son or daughter of a Rotarian. It is of primary importance to select someone who would be a good "Ambassador" of your country. We request that you give the program all the necessary publicity needed to secure acceptable candidates.
Applications must be received by October 1 each year to be considered for the following academic year that begins in August. Please visit our website www.grsp.org where you will find our application which must be filled in and submitted online along with a digital picture.
District ConferenceClub Presidents (cc Secretaries, AGs, Board) Attached for your members’ information is the Programme for the upcoming District Conference to be held on 25-27
March, together with notes on the Keynote Speakers. I warmly invite and encourage you and your fellow Rotarians to register for the Conference, which this year is a joint event with District 9465 - a registration form is attached. This Conference promises to be not only informative and interesting, but also exciting with
Photo: Sue and Helen Hassell
Photo: Jim Gallagher and Robert Pearce
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BoardRotary Year 2010-11
Simone Carot Collins — President
Di Collins — Secretary / Vice President
[email protected]@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
TBA — Club Administration Director
Toni James — Treasurer
TBA — President Elect / Projects Director
Claire Forsdyke — International Director
Ken Collins — Membership Director
TBA — New Generations Director
Club DetailsRotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909
MeetingsWednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pmCafe, Bethesda HospitalQueenslea DriveClaremont
Email [email protected] 08 9385 0471Fax 08 9385 0472
Website www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/freshwaterbayrotary
Chartered 19 December 2008
Bulletin ContributionsContributions for the weekly bulletin are sought from members of the club.
Why not use the bulletin to update the club on the projects your committee is working on or promote the clubs next fundraising event.
Please forward articles and photos to [email protected]
Date Name
2nd March Robert Pearce
9th March Jenny Gill
16th March Paddy Ramanathan
Welcoming Roster
Program for FebrauryDate Details
2nd March Ms Cody - MLC Principal
9th March Marilyn Krawitz - Rotaract
16th March Geoff Hourn
Date Name
2nd March Max Hipkins
9th March Ken Collins
16th March Bill Hassell
Host - Introduction & Thank You
New Horizons: Winner of the District 9450 Bulletin Award for 2009/10
a livewire MC, excellent speakers and some very special guests. The Saturday evening function will be a fun-filled nautically themed Pirates and Wenches night and there will no doubt be many Rotarians keen to dress for the occasion with cutlasses at the ready; while a polished and entertaining live band will fill the Burswood Ballroom with toe-tapping rhythms till late. I look forward to seeing you there! RegardsIan Hutton
D i s t r i c t G o v e r n o r 2010-11
R o t a r y International District 9455
Photo: (L-R) Max Hipkins, Margaret Hipkins, Ken Eastwood, Kaye Eastwood, Toni James
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Friday, 25th March 2011 Archie’s Bar, South of Perth Yacht Club 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome to Conference Presentation on the “Sail Into Life” Rotary project
& Evening BBQ Social Function.
Saturday, 26th March 2011 Burswood Convention Centre 7:30 am Registration Desk Opens 8:30 am Plenary Session 1 Opening Ceremony Welcome to Country Dr Richard Walley Welcome to Victoria Park Mr David Ashton, Deputy Mayor Official Opening His Excellency, Dr Ken Michael AC,
Governor of Western Australia Address by Rotary International President’s
Representative Past Rotary International President,
Mr Bill Boyd Plenary Session 2 Key Note Speaker
“Media Triggers and How Rotary can Work with the Media”
Mr Brett McCarthy,Editor of “The West Australian”
National PR Initiatives Ian Hutton “Rotary Ramble” - A project of the RC of Mill Point Mark Horwood Key Note Speaker
“Square Kilometre Array” Professor Peter Quinn,Director at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)
National Youth Science Forum (NYSF) Kevin Trent Rotary Youth Exchange Peter Durrant and Imogen Lievense
Lunch
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Saturday, 26th March 2011 Burswood Convention Centre Plenary Session 3 Key Note Speaker
“The Raising of the Sydney” Glenys McDonald Interact, and
Rotaract Shayne Sherman, and
Tristan Kolay GSE (D9455 Outbound Team) Hugh Lavery Matching Grant Project (D9455) Rotary Oceania Medical Aid to Children (ROMAC) Kamahl Australian Rotary Health (ARH) Daniel Hunt Rotarians Against Malaria (RAM) Dr Tim Inglis Plenary Session 4 4 Way Speaking Contest – State Final Graham Wheeler Youth Programmes
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) & Rotary Youth Progamme of Enrichment (RYPEN) Handicamp Mock United Nations Assembly (MUNA)
Liz Westoby
Jodie SparksColin Brand
4:30 pm District Break Out Sessions
Governors Banquet – 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm until late Theme - Nautical / Pirate
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Sunday, 27th March 2011 Burswood Convention Centre 7:30 am Registration Desk Opens 8:00 am Reflections The Very Reverend, Dr John Shepherd
Dean of Perth 8:30 am Plenary Session 5 Address by Rotary International President’s
Representative. Includes an overview of The Rotary Foundation
Past Rotary International President,Mr Bill Boyd
GSE (D9465 Inbound Team) Portugal Foundation Scholars:
Ambassadorial Scholar Peace Scholar
Claire LittonLisa Craig
Membership Development Jim Bailey John Curtin Leadership Academy (JCLA) Dr Ian Fairnie Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) Geoff Simpson Rotary WA Cord Blood Bank John Iriks Plenary Session 6 Key Note Speaker
“ShelterBox” Lasse Petersen, General Manager Waist Disposal Challenge Awards Professor Samar Aoun Probus Winston Marsh GSE (D9465 Inbound Team) Texas District 9455 Conference 2011-12 Liz Westoby District 9465 Conference 2011-12 Jodie Sparks Conference Summary Past Rotary International President,
Mr Bill Boyd Closing Comments & Ceremony District Governors
Lunch 1300
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HIS EXCELLENCY DR KENNETH COMNINOS MICHAEL, AC GOVERNOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Dr Ken Michael AC is a distinguished engineer in his own right, but is better known for his tirelessand respected contribution to many aspects of government, business and community activitywithin Western Australia spanning more than 40 years.
He was born in Perth in 1938 and is the son of migrants from the island of Castellorizo in Greece.His father arrived in Australia in the 1890s as a young boy, was naturalised in 1905, soon afterFederation, and served with the 11th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces in the First WorldWar. His mother arrived in the mid 1930s and married his father soon after.
Dr Michael attended Highgate Primary School. He was eight years of age when his fatherpassed away, placing a major burden on his mother and family, a situation replicated inmany other cases.
He was fortunate to have support from his family, Perth Legacy and the then Department of Repatriation (now Veterans' Affairs), whichgave him the opportunity to pursue his education.
He studied at Perth Boys�’ High School and Perth Modern School before embarking on his educational pursuits at The University of WesternAustralia. He completed a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours in Civil Engineering in 1961, and in doing so received the JamesA Wood Memorial Prize.
BILL BOYD, SPECIAL GUEST TO CONFERENCE ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT’S REPRESENTATIVE PAST ROTARY INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT 2006-07
Bill Boyd joined the Rotary Club of Wellington South in 1971 and was club President in 1978/79. Hewas District Governor of District 9940 in 1983/84 and he and Lorna moved to Auckland thefollowing year. He has been District 9920 Trainer, Rotary Foundation chair, Quiz chair and DistrictArchivist and Historian.
His first international appointment was in 1991 as Regional Rotary Foundation Co ordinator, andhe has been a member of or chaired a RI or Foundation committee every year since. He was a RIDirector from 1998 to 2000 and Treasurer in 1999/2000. In 2004 he was Moderator of theInternational Assembly. Bill has conducted two Rotary Foundation project audits and wasChairman of Rotary Down Under for several years. He is Chair elect of The Rotary Foundation.
Bill was President of Rotary International in 2006/2007, only the second New Zealander to hold that position. In that capacity Bill and Lornavisited 40 countries, some several times.
Bill left school at 15 to work in his father�’s bookshop and retired in 1995 as General Manager of Gordon and Gotch Magazines. He still doessome consulting work in the industry. Bill and Lorna [and their families] have always been interested in sport. Lorna played tennis andbowls and Bill was a rugby referee for 31 years. They have four children and twelve grandchildren.
Bill has been awarded the Rotary Foundation�’s Distinguished Service Award and Citation for Meritorious Service, a Distinguished ServiceAward by Rotary Down Under and was named a member of the Queens Service Order for Community Service in the 2007 New Year�’sHonours List.
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BRETT McCARTHY EDITOR, THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
Brett McCarthy started his journalism career in 1984 as a cadet reporter with TheTelegraph, Brisbane�’s then afternoon newspaper. He joined the Brisbane DailySun two years later and then moved to Sydney as a reporter with The DailyMirror, which merged with The Daily Telegraph in 1990.
Brett was appointed assistant day editor of The Daily Telegraph in 1992, then dayeditor and assistant editor (sport) before becoming the Sydney paper�’s assistanteditor in 1997. He was promoted to deputy editor of The Sunday Telegraph in1999 and moved to Perth in 2001 as editor of The Sunday Times.
In 2007 he left The Sunday Times to become involved in a Perth based familybusiness. Brett was appointed editor of The West Australian in March 2009.
He has a graduate certificate in management and has recently stepped down as adirector of Tennis West.
PROFESSOR PETER QUINN DIRECTOR AT THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR RADIO ASTRONOMY RESEARCH (ICRAR) AND PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Prof Quinn was born in Australia and received his BSc (Hons) in Mathematics andPhysics from the University of Wollongong in 1978. He conducted graduatestudies in astronomy and astrophysics at the Australian National University andreceived his PhD in 1982.
Prof. Quinn is a world leader in data intensive science, the design, developmentand operation of super science facilities, the theory of galaxy formation and thesearch for Dark Matter.
His scientific career covers 25 years of research in Australia, the US, Europe and South America and has produced more than 300publications and articles which have received broad international recognition and acclaim. His work on computational astrophysics wasawarded a NASA High Performance Computing and Communications Grand Challenge Award in 1992 and in 2005 he was awarded theComputerworld 21st Century Achievement Award for his work at the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), the world�’s largest optical andinfrared observatory.
Prof. Quinn has held positions at the California Institute of Technology (1982 1985), Space Telescope Science Institute (1985 1989),Australian National University (1989 2006) and the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Munich. Prof. Quinn took up the position ofProfessor of Astronomy at the University of Western Australia in August 2006 and was awarded a Western Australian Premier�’s Fellowship.He was appointed the Director of ICRAR in 2008.
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GLENYS MCDONALD AM JP
Glenys McDonald has varied a career as a midwife, sports administrator, local governmentexecutive, and carer, with that of researcher and author.
In 2001 she was acknowledged in the Queen�’s Birthday list with an AM for her contribution toMasters swimming in Australia and community development.
It is her passion for HMAS SYDNEY II however, that led to her involvement with theconstruction of the beautiful memorial in Geraldton; the location of the body of the unknownsailor on Christmas Island, and ultimately to her becoming a Director of the Finding SydneyFoundation.
She was on board the search vessel on that fateful day in March 2008 when HMAS SYDNEYwas found.
Glenys is President Elect of the Rotary Club of South Bunbury.
LASSE PETERSEN SHELTERBOX INTERNATIONAL DIRECTOR
Lasse has managed over 50 disaster relief operations for ShelterBox including leading fieldteams in major disaster responses for Haiti, Myanmar, China, Somalia and many others.
Experiencing several disasters, Lasse challenged the organisation to grow tenfold in 5 years, tohelp more people needing emergency shelter and basic survival items. Since then, 20Countries have now joined �‘ShelterBox�’ and the organisation is poised for further stronggrowth in its drive to become the Leading organisation for the provision of disasteremergency shelter.
Lasse serves on the Boards of ShelterBox Australia, Canada and USA and is a member of theRotary Club of Cober Valley.