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Yarra Bend Rotary Bulletin Page 1
Volume 15 Issue 16 3 November 2014
Rotary Year 2014 – 2015
President: Tony Boyd Vice
President: Bob Lambert
Secretary: David Shave
Treasurer: John Pocock President
Elect: Justin Wibrow
Rotary International President
Gary C.K. Huang
District Governor Murray Verso
Assistant Governor Gabe Hau
Club Avenues of Service
International: Isabel Armer
Community: Bob Lambert Club Service: Matt Pollard Foundation: Clint Sceney
Youth Service: Anne Brown Vocational: Justin Wibrow
Club Protection: John Orr
Bulletin: Matt Pollard
PLEASE REMEMBER
Apologies and guests to David Shave
by Tuesday on 0408 511 615
President’s Message
The Club’s inaugural Boroondara Emergency Services Awards night held last Wednesday
illustrated how fortunate we are to have people in our emergency services that are
committed to serving our community. Each of the four winners from the individual
services have gone out of their way to serve our community by providing “Service Above
Self” consistent with the ideal of Rotary.
We are pleased to be able to be able recognise and thank our individual winners:
David Smith from the SES
David Nicholson from the MFB
Claire Oliveri from Ambulance Victoria
Det Senior Sergeant Daryl Cullen from Victoria Police
With four outstanding candidates, the Club Committee had a very difficult taste in
selecting an overall winner. However, the overall 2014 Boroondara Emergency Services
Award winner was David Smith from the SES.
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Postal
Address:
P.O. Box 271 Kew East ,
3102, VIC, Australia
Meet Wednesdays
6:30p.m. for 7:00p.m. at
The Amora Hotel
649 Bridge Road
Richmond Victoria
Tel: 03 9246 1200
Website: www.yarrabendrotary.com.au
Email: [email protected]
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President’s Message continued
David has worked as a tireless volunteer since 1995 and has provided emergency assistance and specialist search and rescue leadership in
the local community and beyond for nearly 20 years. Our Committee considered David’s tireless service over such a long time indeed
exemplified the ideal of “Service Above Self” and that David is very worthy winner of this years perpetual trophy. The award has an
accompanying prize of $5,000 which David has indicated will be utilised for the purchase of much needed equipment at the SES Depot.
I congratulate David and the other winners on their awards.
On a sad note we note the passing of Bronwen (Faz) Farrawell, the daughter of Bob and Barbara Farrawell, died on Sunday 26 October
after succumbing to a prolonged illness. Bob was the Charter President and is an Honorary Member of our Club. On behalf of our
Members I extend our deepest sympathy to Bob, Barbara and their family. Bronwen was a much respected teacher at the Parkdale
Secondary College as was evident by the many tributes given at her funeral last Friday. We never know what life has in store for us. As
noted at her funeral:
Yesterday is history; Today is a gift; Tomorrow is a mystery.
I hope you all back a winner during the Melbourne Cup carnival.
Remember to spread the word to Light Up Rotary. Regards Tony
Boroondara Emergency Services Awards The inaugural Boroondara Emergency Services Awards were presented at a formal dinner meeting of Yarra Bend Rotary on 29 October 2014. The Mayor of the City of Boroondara Councillor Coral Ross made the presentations to four recipients. The meeting heard from the Mayor of her support for the event and on behalf of the citizens of Boroondara she expressed her appreciation for the members of the police, fire, ambulance and state emergency services and the families that support them. Their services make a major contribution to making the City of Boroondara such a safe and attractive place to live. District Governor Murray Verso gave the toasts to Australia and Rotary International. The meeting also heard a keynote address from Deputy Commissioner Joe Buffone of the newly formed umbrella body responsible for emergency services Emergency Management Victoria. Mr Buffone also paid tribute to the work of our local emergency service workers and explained what was intended to be achieved by the new management arrangements put in place with the formation of EMV. Mr Buffone also congratulated Yarra Bend Rotary on its initiative in establishing the awards which are founded on recognising Service Above Self. The winners of the category awards were: State Emergency Service – David Smith - in recognition of his tireless work as a volunteer since 1995 providing emergency assistance and specialist search and rescue leadership in the local community and beyond. Metropolitan Fire Brigade – David Nicholson - in recognition of his tireless work as a volunteer promoting fire safety to the most vulnerable people in the community to ensure they can live safely at home. Ambulance Victoria – Claire Oliveri - in recognition of her commitment not only to the development of excellence in paramedical performance through training and leadership of others, but also for her significant role facilitating participation in community health and fund raising programs. Victoria Police – Daryl Cullen - in recognition of your outstanding leadership and professionalism in managing the Criminal Investigation Unit at Boroondara and in providing exemplary service to the citizens of Boroondara in that role for a period in excess of 20 years. The overall award carrying a perpetual trophy and $5,000 prize was presented to David Smith of the SES. His nomination document appears below.
David Smith joined Whitehorse SES (formerly known as Nunawading SES) which covers 50% of Boroondara LGA in 1995. He quickly rose to a management position in
November 1996 as a unit section leader, and then again in 2008 was promoted to Deputy Controller. In mid-2009 David was promoted again to Controller by the Regional
Manager of Central Region. This involves the day to day running and management of the busy unit with over 70 volunteers, 4 vehicles and over 1000 requests for assistance
per year.
During David’s volunteer time with VICSES he has achieved numerous qualifications in not only everyday SES emergency activities but also Management positions in Incident
Control Centres along with Management roles out in the field such as Crew Leader and Divisional Commander to name a few.
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He is seen in the eyes of not only members in his SES Unit but throughout VICSES as a senior leader and not only his abilities but his knowledge and skills in SES activities to
be outstanding.
David has been involved in numerous large scale operational activities such as
Black Saturday fires- Crew Leader and strike team leader for over two weeks
Kinglake fires in a response capacity
Whittlesea relief centre
Searches in Boroondara area including missing persons in the Yarra River, along with bush and field based searches
Crimes scenes
2001 Micro burst in Camberwell and Kew
Hailstorm and significant wind events
2 x separate deployments to Sydney during their Hailstorm events
He has coordinated and responded to over 10,000 requests for assistance in his time with the unit which is an amazing statistic.
David’s specialist skills and qualifications include Alpine Search & Rescue, Divisional Commander, Boat coxswain. He is also a VICSES workplace trainer and assessor; all of
these qualifications have been gained in his volunteer time representing his SES unit. These skills and qualifications are utilised not only by Whitehorse SES but he has also
given up his spare time to assist neighbouring SES units.
Whitehorse SES instigated a yearly training challenge called the “Bush Navigation Day” this day enables VICSES volunteers from throughout the state to participate and
utilise their training and skills in navigating around a large scale course. David has been a big part of this challenge and without his support would not be made to occur.
David has also been involved in numerous VICSES taskforces such as-:
Internal Communications taskforce
Cultural pathways taskforce
LGA BCP table facilitator for collaboration
A worthy recipient of the inaugural Boroondara Emergency Service Award for 2014. David Smith further demonstrated Service Above Self
by indicating that the prize money should be directed to his SES unit for needed equipment.
The function was attended by 87 people from across the community and a number of Rotarians. The Editor of the Progress Leader also
attended and we hope for good coverage of the awards in the local paper. We were grateful for sponsorship from Folie `a Deux, Bendigo
Bank, The Well shopping centre and Sceney Family Pty Ltd. The brief videos summarizing each of the winning nominations was produced
and directed by Stephen Protuder of Folie `a Deux and we acknowledge his great support of the event. The staff of the Amora Hotel
looked after our guests well and we appreciate the great support the Hotel and its people provide to our Club. Thanks are also due to
District Governor Murray Verso and his wife Irene for attending the event signaling the support of D9800 leadership.
Member and VIP feedback has been very encouraging and the board will consider the future of the program at its next meeting.
David Smith receives the SES Award nominated by
Ray Jasper David Nicholson receives the MFB award nominated
by John Rampling Claire Oliveri receives the Victorian Ambulance award
nominated by Jon Byrne and Simon Thomson
Daryl Cullen receives the Victoria Police award
nominated by Steve Frost Overall award goes to David Smith an outstanding SES
volunteer Award recipients group photo
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Club News - Upcoming Events
Event: When and where: Contact: Oakes Eve Wednesday 5 November
6.30 for 7.00pm 19 Manniche Ave Mont Albert
Please advise David Shave the names of those attending
District Governor’s Official Visit Wednesday 26 November 6.30 for 7.00pm Amora Hotel Richmond
Members, their partners and guests are asked to advise David Shave of their attendance
Christmas Dinner Wednesday 17 December 6.30 for 7.00pm Amora Hotel Richmond
Diarise now!
Useful websites
Websites with information about: The Club’s Bright Future Project in Nepal (at Isabel
Armer’s blog); Rotary Foundation; Rotary partnering and resources.
Websites of other Rotary organisations: RC Yarra Bend;
District 9800; Rotary Downunder; RC Woodend (sister club of RC Kew on Yarra).
Other Rotary Events
Those attending need to book soon to get the “early bird’ rate
Members are asked to advise Matt Pollard if they are able to attend morning or afternoon shifts on 15 and 16 November as
Yarra Bend Rotary will assist managing garden access and collection of admission fees.
Camberwell Market Duty Roster - If you have arranged a swap please advise Bill Chow
Date Member Date Member
9 Nov Ed Brown 7 Dec Ken Maher
16 Nov Mark Miller 14 Dec Darren Grevis-James
23 Nov Irene Leung 28 Dec Jane Stott
30 Nov Bob Lambert
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Diary Notes
Upcoming Program Anniversaries
5 November Oakes Eve 5 December William and Kim Liew
12 November Antiques
Sheridan Brown
19 November Annual General Meeting Birthdays
26 November District Governor’s Visit 5 November Bob Lambert
3 December Kenya
Karli Williamson
16 November Julie Wibrow
Meeting Duty Roster
Meeting Date 5 Nov 12 Nov 19 Nov 26 Nov
Chairman Oakes Eve Ed Brown David Shave Tony Boyd
Thought & Gong Calcutta Mark Miller Justin Wibrow David Chivers
Member’s Moment*
Advise David Ken Maher Bob Lambert None
Set Up/Pack Up of numbers please Clinton Sceney Bill Chow Bob Lambert
Bulletin Notes David Shave David Chivers Clinton Sceney
Some photos from the BESA Dinner on 29 October 2014 – Thanks to Bill Chow and Gordon Cheyne
DG Murray Verso proposes the toast to RI President Tony Boyd announces the winner of the major award
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Guest keynote speaker Joe Buffone of EMV Mayor of Boroondara Cr Coral Ross
Matt Pollard explains the awards structure and thanks sponsors Bob , DG Murray and the fabulous MC Jonathon Shepherd
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Boroondara Emergency Services Awards 2014
With thanks to our sponsors
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Kew High School working bees