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Number 13 23 September

2013

Next Meeting

THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

SPEAKER: MICHAEL HEFFERNAN

TOPIC: POLITICS & THE FINANCIAL MARKET

CHAIR: RICHARD JONES

AV: ROY SEAGER

CASH DESK:

RICHARD JONES & DAVID LANGWORTHY

HOST: TONY MCKENNA

THURSDAY 3 OCTOBER

SPEAKER: IAN MCLEOD

TOPIC: COMMUNITY RADIO

CHAIR: SUSAN DE BOLFO

AV: MALCOLM PARKS

CASH DESK: GEOFF STRINGER & JOHN MANKS

HOST: FRED HOFMANN

THURSDAY 10 OCTOBER

DG MERV ERICSON

TOPIC: DG MESSAGES

CHAIR: MALCOLM PARKS

AV: GREG EVERY

CASH DESK: GEOFF STRINGER & JOHN MANKS

HOST: CHRIS DARCY

Presidents Report

The Foundation meeting for the Monash, Kingston andBayside clusters was hosted by the RCOB last Thurs-day evening with 72 attendees from 20 of the 22 clubsinvited. Martin Fothergill sent out invitations and liaisedwith each of the clubs, collecting names and money andtogether with Ken Mirams did a great job with keepingVGC and all parties aware of numbers. Tony McKennaprepared a report which appears later in the bulletin.

We received notification from Harry (Minimus) Robertsthat he has taken another long term contract in the Mid-

dle East; as such he will not be renewing his member-ship.

Confirmation has also been received from Harry(Maximus) Wolfe that the outcome from the move to thePeninsula has not allowed him to make meetings at thistime and was offered and has accepted Honorary Mem-bership and will attend meetings whenever he can.

We are now down to 44 members so it is important thatall members endeavour to find and invite potential mem-bers to achieve our target of 50 members.

The Bayside Council plans to participate in a GarageSale Trail on October 26 and would like to provide acentral registration point for those wishing to 'follow the

Contents

1 Presidents Report2 Notices3 Second Foundation Seminar4 Jewellery Workshop Photos5 Second Jewellery Workshop Details / Notic-

es6 Club Structure / Picture of Week

SERGEANT'S TOPIC; TONY ABBOTT!

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trail'.

The Council would like to provide a BargainHunters breakfast and have enquired whether theRotary Club of Beaumaris have a food van and beinterested in providing the breakfast but of course

we do not have a van but we are following up withCouncil to determine whether the Black Rock Parkfacilities would be suitable and could be used in asimilar fashion to the opening of the Park whereRCOB club worked with the Council.

Speaking of the Bayside Council, Martin Fothergillwill be presenting to the Bayside Council Tourismgroup on Thursday evening. They are still lookingfor a major project to replace Sculptures by the Bay.

It seems that the jewellery workshop was a great

success on Saturday with lots of great necklacesbeing produced by Susan, Kerrie, Penny Culshaw,Heather Chisholm, Pat Seager and others underthe expert tutelage of Heather DArcy. A follow upsession is planned for Saturday October 4 at SusanDe Bolfos abode.

On a sadder note Jill Phillips lost her motherthrough the week. Our thoughts and sympathiesare extended to Jill and her family.

Michael Heffernan is the guest speaker with a re-freshed Richard Jones (after a couple of weeks inthe Queensland sun) in the chair.

Robert

Hocking Stuart Sandringham62-64 Station Street

Note; As part of our arrangement with Hocking

Stuart discounts on agents fees are available to

Once in a Rotary lifetimeopportunity! Visit an RIconvention just downthe road.

For more details visit;

http://rotary2014.com.au/

First Jewellery Workshop

This event was hosted and led by Heather DArcyat her house and was very successful with the la-dies having a great time and doubling their ex-pected production.

Photos of the event are on page 4.

Details of the Second Jewellery Workshop to beheld at Susan De Bolfos house on Saturday 4 Oc-tober may be found on Page 4.

From John Manks' FaceBook page On the Caminoand hasn't stopped raining for two days

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Beaumaris Hosts the Second Founda-tion Seminar

By Tony McKenna

On Thursday, 19

th

September President RobertMcArthur and the Rotary Club of Beaumaris had thepleasure of hosting the second District 9810 RotaryFoundation Information Seminar attended by some72 representatives of the clubs which make up thesouthern and central clusters of our district. Themeeting was chaired by John Barnes, District Foun-dation Committee Chairman and informed the audi-ence about raising funds and the recent changesregarding Rotary Grants.

In the first segment Graham Richardson gave us an

insightful overview of how Rotary Grants work andthe new requirements. Rotary Grants now fall underone of two categories District Grants or GlobalGrants and naturally each has a different set of crite-ria to qualify. We then heard from several speakerswho spoke passionately about some of the projectscurrently being undertaken.The projects included a medical centre in Fiji, com-puters for schools, water filters and health testing inIndonesia, Interplast projects in the Pacific Regionand water & sanitation projects on West Sumba Is-land in Indonesia. Speakers were Greg Wragg, Gra-

ham Woolacott, Glenda Sherwin-Lane and BillChapman.

In the second segment John Barnes and GrahamWoolacott spoke about fund raising for the Founda-tion and the various ways members can contribute.Funds received by the Rotary Foundation basicallycome from two sources Club Giving and PersonalGiving. There are several ways individuals can con-tribute, each involving different levels of giving.These are the Arch C Klumph Society, Major Do-nors, Bequest Society Members, Benefactors, Paul

Harris Society andthe Centurion Club.

John was pleased

to advise that Dis-

trict 9810 raised a

district recordUS$286,000 last

year for the Annual

Programs Fund.

Our district was #1 in Australia for per capita giving

and #15 in the world. Congratulations and keep up

the good work.

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Railway Bridge,Japan

Photograph by TeruoAraya,

On an early summer morn-ing, Teruo Araya capturedthis image of a train onJapan Rail's Tadami lineas it passed through Fuku-shima Prefecture. "Thehaze generated by the rivercreated a fantasy world,"as the train crossed therailway bridge, Araya says.the sight expressed therecovery of the people ofFukushima, defying the

earthquake and nuclearaccident of March 2011."But it is like an endless

journey."