Bulletin Volume 87 No 01 July 06 2015

Rotary Club of Sale www.rotaryclubofsale.org.au Rotary District 9820

Incorporated

Each week our Club will be publishing a series in the weekly bulletin describing qualities which make people

mentally strong and therefore better Rotarians.

Quality number 8: They accept full responsibility for their past behaviour. They don’t make the same

mistake over and over.

Last meeting 06 July

Changeover

Oneills

Chair: Daniel Smolenaars

Sergeant: No sergeant’s session.

Guest Speakers: President David’s Annual report and President Elect Rachel’s acceptance speech.

Guests: Past DG Charlie Speirs and Janne, AG John Caruana, Rotary Club of Sale Central, President

John Cartlidge, Peter and Julie Simcock, RC Traralgon Central, Ross and Lyn Neilson, RC Maffra, Eric

Greenaway and Reinhard Hennig, RC Yarram, Helen Lanigan, RC Maffra, Brian and Sue Gray, RC Maffra,

Peter Synan, Lachlan Dixon.

Apologies: Christina Lewis, Kim McLaughlin, Danny O’Brien, Monte Olson, Mike Smith, Robert

Wallace, Bishop Kaye Goldsworthy and Jeri.

An excited President Elect Rachel chats to Bob before the meeting

Well what a great night of celebration for everyone. We acknowledged the wonderful contribution made by

the Rotary Club of Sale under the leadership of President David Strauss and his board and welcomed our

new President Rachel Strauss in what may have been a first for Rotary: a husband handing the reins to his

wife.

Chairman Daniel Smolenaars commenced the meeting by calling upon Rod Exton for the Koori

acknowledgement.

Rod presents the Koori Acknowledgement with A.G. John Caruana in the background

Daniel then invited David Tulloch to deliver the Rotary

Invocation which proved to be a meaningful and quite moving

part of the evening.

Don Ripper, D.G. Nominee, then presented an interesting and

instructive Rotary Toast which was replied to by past D.G.

Charlie Speirs who used the opportunity to acknowledge the

great work accomplished by the Club under President David.

Chairman Daniel then announced the apologies for the evening

before everyone enjoyed the excellent main course provided by

Oneills.

David delivers the Rotary Invocation.

Don toasts Rotary International

Following the main course, Presidents David presented his

Annual Report with lots of cheerful reflections and referred

everyone to the printed version detailing a wonderfully

successful year.

Charlie responds to the toast

David presents his Annual report

As part of his presentation, David had the great pleasure in announcing our latest Paul Harris Fellow,

no other than past President and long serving secretary Laurie Smyth. David outlined

Laurie’s long and meritorious Rotary career, especially this year as David’s secretary/ “wing man”. Laurie

was also acting treasurer, and has had a long history of service to the community in many capacities

including the Historical Society and Touch Football. Laurie’s wife Jill and son Cameron helped Laurie

celebrate his well-deserved honour.

A stunned Laurie Smyth PP, PHF listens to President

David outline his Rotary career and community

involvement..

Past DG Charlie inducts Laurie as a Paul Harris Fellow

Laurie responds.

President David enjoys Laurie’s special moment

The evening concluded with the induction of new President Rachel Strauss by past DG Charlie, ably

assisted by husband David. Rachel outlined her exciting plans for the coming year and introduced her new

board before unveiling the new Rotary Theme, “Be a Gift to the World”.

Charlie inducts Rachel

Rachel presents her program.

President Rachel presents her new board and the new Rotary theme.

President’s Announcements:

See annual report

Next Meeting:

Monday July 13

Bishop Kay Goldsworthy

At The Bowling Club

6.00pm for 6.15pm

Bishop Kay Goldsworthy, the first woman consecrated a bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia, was

installed as the 12th Bishop of Gippsland on Saturday 21 March 2015.

It is the latest “first” for Bishop Goldsworthy, who is an Assistant Bishop of Perth,

where she has worked since 1988. She was among the first women in Australia to

be ordained deacon in 1986, priest in 1992 and, in 2008, became a bishop.

Bishop Goldsworthy is the first woman to lead a diocese in Victoria and only the

second in Australia, after Bishop Sarah Macneil was appointed to the Diocese of

Grafton early in 2014.

Raised in Melbourne, Bishop Goldsworthy studied for the ministry at Trinity

College, Parkville, and served in the parishes of Thomastown-Epping and Deer Park-St Albans in the

Diocese of Melbourne before moving to Western Australia in 1988 as Chaplain of Perth College. She was a

Canon of St George’s Cathedral, Rector of suburban Applecross, Area Dean of Fremantle and Archdeacon

of the Southern Region of Perth diocese. At the time of her appointment as bishop in 2008, she was

Administrator and Registrar of the diocese.

Bishop Goldsworthy, 58, is married to Benjamin James and the couple has twin adult sons, Tom and Ben.

Chair: David Tulloch

Sergeant: David Strauss

Please note that all our regular meetings are now to be held at the Bowling

Club. For all meetings, members will need to advise Laurie if they are an

apology or are bringing a guest:

0419 132 824

All members will be charged $17.00.

Announcements:

Secretary Laurie.

Nil.