Serving the Community since 1985 IN GEAR 2012-2013 R O T A R Y C L U B O F B E A U M A R I S W E E K L Y B U L L E T I N Number 43 13 May 2013 Presidents Report It is always a pleasure to hear from one of our members when they give their Person behind the badge talk. I believe some of our most interesting speakers have been our own members, especially when a new member shares his or her life s experiences with the other members of our club. So we heard from Martin Fothergill, who is already one of our more industrious and active members. We learnt that what Martin does for enjoyment seems highly dangerous to most of us! For a bit of fun he races cars at high speed and jumps out of aeroplanes (with or without his glasses). He is obviously an adrenalin junkie! Thank you Martin for your informative and entertaining presentation it is a privilege and a pleasure to have you in RCOB. Martin s wife Theresa joined us for our meeting, as well as Kathy Every. As I have said many times, it is always a delight to welcome partners to our meetings. Thank you Greg for being our stand-in Chairman and host for the evening. Also a big thank you must go to Heather who did so much to make the district MUNA event so successful (as well as all the other things she is organising!). It is members like Greg and Heather who help keep the Rotary wheels turning. I attended the district Presidents meeting last Friday night, where I received a good insight into what is happening in district and other clubs. There are some interesting projects that other clubs are involved with, and particularly projects along the lines of Peace through Service, the Rotary International theme for 2012/2013. For example, Doncaster Rotary have a project to help combat family violence, Hampton are building a Peace Pavilion and Dingley Village are assisting an Afghanistan refugee to assimilate into our society. We also got an update on the Rotary International Council on Legislation recently held in Chicago and attended by PDG Jenny Coburn. There were a lot of resolutions Next Meeting THURSDAY 16 MAY SPEAKER; LUCY LIU TOPIC; RENAISSANCE OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE CUL- TURE CHAIR: MALCOLM SAWLE CASH DESK: GLENDA LAUGHTON & CHRIS MARTIN HOST: ZILLAY BATOOL AV: DAVID LEA THURSDAY 23 MAY BEAUMARIS ROTARY ON THE WEB CHAIR: MARY SEALY CASH DESK: GLENDA LAUGHTON & CHRIS MARTIN HOST: GEOFF ABBOTT AV: DAVID HONE THURSDAY 30 MAY AMAZING OPPOR- TUNITY The Amazing Jonathon Usher Magician / Comedian 30 July 2013 See Page 5 Contents 1 Editors Report 2 Notices 3 BRAGG /Facebook 4 This Week s Speaker 5 The Amazing Jonathon Fundraiser 6 The Great Gatsby Fundraiser 7 Club Structure / Sight of Week
passed, too many to mention here, but I am sure we will be formally told sometime soon what changes we need to make to our Constitution and Club Rules. To give you a taste, there will be different rules for what constitutes attendance, the 85 rule will not have an age component, and New Generations will become Youth Service. This week (16 May) we meet again at VGC where we will learn about traditional Chinese culture from a Shen Yun performer. Not sure what Shen Yun is but I can t wait to find out! Stay safe everyone. President John Come dressed in style for the opening of The Great Gatsby Prizes for best hat. 30 May 5:15 See page 6 for details. Remember tickets are $2 each and the buyer must fill in their name, address and a contact phone number. Each member is to complete the front page of their books and that front page is to be returned with their books. Please put the money in an envelope with your name on the front and return to Susan or Tony. Our raffle prize winners Charmaine and Geoff along with Sergeant Tony Please note; 1) Sales to Date; $1260 2) We have until end May to sell the tickets. 3) We have 3 spare books if anyone wants to sell more 4) In Susan s absence please return money and books to Tony and Charmaine. TRAILER AVAILABLE TO RCOB MEMBERS A 6X4 steel box trailer is available to all RCOB Members for casual use. It has a 7 pin round plug, lights etc.. Please contact Geoff or Kerrie OVERSEAS MODEL if you wish to borrow it. No registration / insurance; all responsibility with the user. Note; As part of our arrangement with Hocking Stuart discounts on agents fees are available to RCOB members. Hocking Stuart Sandringham 62-64 Station Street Telephone: 03 9521 9800 Page 2
BRAGG (Beaumaris Rotary Amateur Golf Group) Our BRAGG group ventured down to the RACV Cape Schanck Resort last weekend. We played at two great golf courses, Cape Schanck and Flinders. The weather was a little windy, and both golf courses were challenging. We got together for dinner each night to socialise and support our "Rotary Problem". Congratulations to the winners. Rotary on Facebook Next week we will be talking about this topic. You might find it helpful to look at Facebook sites from the three levels of Rotary before that event. Saturday at Cape Schanck: Men Winner: Michael Hede (38) Runner Up: Bob McArthur (35) Ladies Winner: Megan Glenwright (35) Runner up: Joan Dugan (31) Team Event: Michael Hede & Ken Dugan (42) Megan Glenwright & Heather Chisholm (42) https://www.facebook.com/rotary Sunday at Flinders Golf Club: Team Event: Winners: Ken Dugan & Fred Hofmann (66) Runners Up: Di Hone & Geoff Stockdale (65) Thank you to all BRAGGERs who have taken part in the golf days and weekends during the year. I hope you have had some fun and enjoyed the golf and the fellowship. I'm handing over the reins to BRAGG Man James Glenwright who will have some exciting golf events planned for the year ahead. Your BRAGG Lady, Heather. https://www.facebook.com/pages/rotary-district- 9810/264557880313084 https://www.facebook.com/pages/rotary-club-of- Cheltenham/212329722131079?fref=ts Page 3
ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS BULLETIN SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 This Week s Speaker; Martin Fothergill Topic; The Person Behind the Badge Martin chose to begin his talk in a unique participative style complete with prizes (see photo below). From this we gather he thinks he is a male (but is possibly a bit unsure), born in the early 1950s in a County adjacent to London. We do know that he has been married to Theresa (on the left in photo) for 38 years and they have two sons. Martin fills in his week with; Grandson Golf Sailing Volunteer Sandybeach Plumbing Business (doing the accounts for his son s business) Rotary His hobbies include; Golf, where he recently had a hole in one! Fast Cars, Photography, Adrenalin Activities Martin challenged the education system and attended the University of life. Starting in the paper industry in 1970 in the sample department as post boy of a paper merchant and ended up running one of the most successful and profitable merchants in Europe. The UK and Irish merchant where he was MD was eventually taken over by an Australian business. Martin moved to Australia in 2005 and headed up the Australian, NZ and Asian business. After retiring in 2010 Martin and Teresa decided to stay on in Australia and recently became Australian citizens. Page 4
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BEAUMARIS ROTARY 2012-13 CLUB STRUCTURE BOARD CLUB SERVICE President John Manks Director Bob McArthur PE, VP, Exec Sec Bob McArthur Auditor Tony Phillips Secretary Roy Seager Program David Hone Treasurer Richard Shermon Meeting Attendance Greg Every Foundation Richard Jones Newsletter Editor David Lea </body></body></body></body>http://www.collaborativelaw.us/articles/the_development_of_collaborative_law.pdf International Fred Hofmann Fellowship Heather Chisholm New Generations Rob Fenton Sergeant Tony Phillips( David R.standby) Membership and Marketing Trish Smyth Webmaster David Lea Community Adrian Culshaw Photographer Greg Every Fundraising Harry Roberts Almoner Antony Nixon PP and On to Conference James Glenwright Host(s)/Cashiers Roster ARH representative John Beaty (non board) Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks Vocation Coordinate with program TEAM MEMBERS International Community New Generations Fundraising David Langworthy Malcolm Sawle Chris Martin Geoff Abbott Geoff Stockdale David Greenall Glenda Laughton Kerrie Geard Ross Phillips Martin Fothergill Heather Chisholm Charmaine Jansz Roy Seager/James G. (Golf parking) Tony McKenna Greg Every John Beaty Zillay Batool Mary Sealy John Van Dyk Larry Jackson Mike Hede Geoff Stringer Ken Mirams Geoff Stringer Greg Every Mal Parks Susan De Bolfo Ken Mirams Don Cullen's 2013 Tibetan calendar - Cost is $15 each Judi Hall (TBC) Membership and Marketing Golf Day The Calendar shows selected pictures from Tibet in a desk unit with it's own stand. Proceeds go to his Tibetan Chris Village D'Arcy Project, which he spoke Peter to our Flude club (Marketing) about some time Jim ago. O'Brien Police car project Antony Nixon Peter Flude Roger Frewen Tony Phillips Rob Fenton (Banker) Shelf Cloud, Saskatchewan Photograph by Gunjan Sinha, The day began as any other storm-chasing day in the Canadian Prairies. I followed this particular storm from its birth and observed as it formed this gorgeous shelf structure eight hours later, at the end of the day. Page 7