BULLETIN 17 MAY, 2012

Rotary Club of Brighton IncP.O. Box 206 Brighton VIC 3186District 9800 Club Number 18309Chartered: 24 September 1973www.rotarybrighton.com.auNo. A23508S ABN 29 236 561 983

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Last Meeting - 10 May, 2012.With the unfortunate sudden illness of our intended speaker John Moncrieff, two of our members stood up and did ‘Man Behind the Badge’ presentations. Pictured are PP Robert Ward & Roger Fairlam who gave great talks. A summary of these is on page 2 as well as a health message from Tony Rouse.

This week’s Speaker:

Gary Johnsl Born in Melbournel Bachelor of Economics &

M.A., Monash Universityl Elected as member for Petrie

in 1987 & held it for the Australian Labor Party until his defeat in 1996.

l Served as Asst Minister for Industrial Relations from Dec 1993

l Special Minister of State & Vice-President of the Executive Council from March 1994 until the defeat of the Keating government in 1996

l From 1997 to 2006 - senior fellow at the neo-liberal/conservative think tank the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA).

l 2006-2009 worked with a consultancy firm, ACIL Tasman. l 2009 he was appointed Associate Professor of Public Policy at the

Australian Catholic University’s Public Policy Institute.l President of the Bennelong Society,l 2004 appointed part-time Associate Commissioner of the

Commonwealth Productivity Commission,l Awarded a PhD in political science in 2000, Uni of QLDl 2002 the Fulbright Professional Award in Australian-United States

Alliance Studies, Georgetown Uni. in Washington D.C.l 2003 the Centenary Medal for ‘service to Australian society through

the advancement of economic, social and political issues’. l Columnist for The Australian newspaperl Author of numerous papers and three books, Waking up to

Dreamtime: the illusion of Aboriginal self-determination, Media Masters (2001), and Aboriginal self-determination: the whiteman’s dream, Connor Court (2011) & A Culture Condemned.

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Last meeting’s speakers - 10 May, 2012

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Man Behind the Badgel When Sound came in in the 30’s the speed was too

slow and it was increased to 24 frames per second, fast enough to handle the sound and yet not too fast to waste the costly film. We have been that way for the last 80 years.

l Then along came Digital when Texas Instruments, a US company finally got the quality to be better than film with 2000 line resolution (HD TV 1080).

l Cinemas started experimenting with Digital about 5 years ago and during that time quality has improved more and more and prices are getting less.

l It is going to cost each cinema screen about $100,000 to install a single digital projector and say take Southland with 15 screens there goes $1.5m

l I am on the film industry board which has been dealing with the financial aspects of the problem for the past 4 years, the parties saving the big money are the Hollywood studios who currently pay about $2000.00 each time they deliver 35mm film to a cinema. Now it will cost them with Digital about $50.00 and soon it will be cheaper via satellite.

l Our Industry body has negotiated with the 6 Major Hollywood studios to pay around 75% of that cost, removing a massive burden from the cinema owners.

l A Digital file contains one film is about 300 megabytes.

l Now with 3D it Jumps to 600 megabytes. l Famous filmmaker Peter Jackson in 6 months time

will be releasing the HOBBITT in 3D at 48 Frames per second, a file of 1.2 terabytes. Where does it stop? Steven Spielberg is now doing a new movie at 66 Frames per second amazing quality.

l Now comes a bigger expense with 3D Sound and I’m now equipping the first cinema in Australia with this system of 3D Sound, an extra 25,000 watts, extra 42 speakers and a cost of $100,000 plus...the result is AWESOME.

What’s Hollywood doing about it l New Movies that are really looking great. Last week “THE AVENGERS” broke all records, over $40m in less than two weeks in Australia.

l To look forward to - Johnny Depp in “Dark Shadows”l Sacha Barren Cohen in a laugh a minute “The

DICTATOR”.l The most awaited film Ridley Scotts “Prometheus”.l Not to be outdone Christopher Nolan brings bursting

out of the digital screens “The Dark Knight Rises, Batmans Back”.

l And Batman not to be outdone has his mate following in “The Amazing Spiderman”.

l Disney and Pixar have for the Families “BRAVE” a film about the Scottish Highlanders.

Robert Wardl Cinema Industry has

been alive and well for over 115 years.

l Lumiere Brothers invented the Camera and Projector in Paris.

l Along with others they came up with 35mm film which was decided to be the industry standard over 9mm and 16mm.

l It ran at 16 frames per second and that’s why it was called the Flickers or the Flicks.

l And if you want a real laugh don’t miss Mark Wahlberg in “TED”.

l There’s also ”MIB3” and Oliver Stones “SAVAGES”.l Baz Lurhman brings to life “THE GREAT GATSBY”. l And for the end of the year two amazing films which

I had the opportunity to view section Ang Lees “THE LIFE OF PI” and Peter Jacksons “THE HOBBITT” in HFR3D and for those that love the Theatre Hugh Jackman and “Les Miserables”.

Roger Fairlam

Roger was one of two members who agreed to give brief ‘Behind the Badge’ presentations following the unfortunate illness of guest speaker, John Moncrieff.

Roger spoke of his life in England before he migrated to Australia many years ago. A ‘Jordi’, having been born in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Roger grew up in London. He hated school and left at the age of sixteen. Subsequently, he became and articled accountant and qualified through attending night school, as did many of his contemporaries. Roger was a keen sportsman and heavily involved in the sport of rowing.

He met his wife, Sue, on a blind date in England and later married her in Australia. Sue had travelled to England on the ‘Fairstar’ but arrived with two broken ankles after a severe fall on board ship during the voyage to England.

As well as working in accounting and auditing, Roger worked in the steel industry and later in building supplies and in property maintenance. He has also been secretary of a small publically listed company. Roger is once again working as an accountant and developing a new business in Brighton.

Roger and Sue have four children, two of whom are married and three grandchildren.

A Health Message fromTony RouseAt the end of the ‘Behind the Badge’ presentations from Roger Fairlam and PP Robert Ward, Tony Rouse delivered a health message to all Members.

Tony, a diabetic since around 1990 spoke of life with diabetes which, he says, affects more Australians than cancer, stroke and heart disease combined. He spoke of the changes observed by others in his personality and moods which led to their ‘encouraging’ him to have tests which resulted in his diagnosis with type 1 diabetes. Since then he had to ‘self-inject’ four times a day to control his insulin levels.

Tony says it is now fifteen years since he has tasted an ice cream and ten years since he has had a beer.

He encouraged all Members to have the blood tests that check for and diagnose diabetes.

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MAN BEHIND

THE BADGE

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S E R G E A N T ’SS E S S I O N

Front Desk Report from last meeting 10 May:

Attendance: Members: 52 Percentage: 51% Make-ups: 3

Member’s Partners: Nil

Member’s Guests: Nil

Club Guests: Nil

Visiting Rotarians: Nil

Raffle - 10 MAY

Jim Moore and David Efron ran the raffle and unfortunately the Editor only knows about one winner and that was PP Ian Mence who seemed very happy with his bottle of wine.Apologies to the other winners.

Sgt Geoff Bentley* All Audi owners: including Erik Vandenberg, Julian Goglia

and David Efron;* Pres Tom Buxton - Failing to meet the Presidential dress code

of coat and tie this evening;* All members of Ivan’s Hackers;* Bruce Newham - Leading in the Footy Tipping Competition and organising it. Maybe Club Auditor, Eric Barr, needs to audit

the process;* Low attendance numbers for the night. Pat Kearns was ‘crowd controller’ for the night. Maybe he was denying some

Members entry;* Bruce Newham - Officially ‘unemployed’ from this Friday;* Rob Nicholes - Fashion critique of his outfit for the night given

by Alan Pinkus;* Bob Challis - Commenting on the superior taste of New Zealand

‘whitebait’ after he arrived in Australia. Informed that Australian ‘whitebait’ was intended for fishing not eating;

* All people wearing cardigans. Cardigans should be banned under the dress code;

* Pres Tom Buxton arranged to speak with the CEO of Alzheimer’s Australia but had to be reminded to follow up;

* Gerhard Sommer recently visited Phnom Penh. Fine for all those Members who cannot spell the name of the Cambodian capital city;

* Recently absent on trips: Merv Deutsher in Hawaii; Robert Ward in Las Vegas; Nic Mardling in the Philippines; David Smyth; Robert Foster; Ivan Vojlay;* Ron Stark - Has a new car with the number plates ‘ART24/7’

alluding to his software program for art shows;* Raffle barrel missing at the start of the night. Suggested location

was ‘ronstark@home’;* Norm Thomas has purchased a new home;* Ken Gallaher - Flyer for Changeover Lunch includes notation

“BYO’. Is this a mistake?* Rob Tucker and others travelling to Vietnam;* Glen Ross - Failing in the ‘fashion stakes’ wearing striped tie

with striped suit;* Julian Goglia - Photographer for the week at the last meeting.

No photograph of President Tom’s daughters;

* Ian Mence - Choice of

tie for the evening noticed by many;

* Late arrivals - Rob Tucker, John McKell, Cameron Ward and Mark Buckley

(of course!);

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• Mark Buckley - Promoted The Brighton

Lunch that is coming up on Friday 15 June and encouraged Members tell their wives, partners and friends and get them to book a table for this wonderful Event that raises money for Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre Appeal.

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PRESIDENT’S REPORT

SECRETARY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Secretary Bill HowleyPresident Tom Buxton

• Pres Tom welcomed all to the meeting.

• Our guest speaker, John Moncrieff, CEO of MONJON Security Services unfortunately suffered a heart attack the day before the meeting. His secretary Jenny Roche assured Tom he will make a full recovery and is very keen to address our Club in the future.

• Tom thanked Robert Ward, Roger Fairlam and Tony Rouse who all heroically volunteered at such short notice to give us brief

segments on topics of their choosing. So thank you very much guys!

• Tom didn’t want us to forget The Brighton Lunch - only 5 weeks away and the last important event of this Rotary year and all for a marvellous cause - Women’s Health and Well Being.

• Tom also mentioned that Graeme Watson, a really keen, dedicated and popular relatively new member is an apology tonight as his lovely wife Julie is taking him out to celebrate his 39th and 336 months Birthday.

• It was great to see Doug Cummins at last week’s meeting said Tom and we all hope to see him again as often as he likes.

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Some Highlights of Meeting 10 May...BUT SURELY

SERGEANT GEOFFTHIS IS A FINEABLE

OFFENCE?

SO YOU LIKE WHITEBAIT BOB?

YOU’RE LUCKY YOU DON’T OWN AN AUDI MARK. YOU WOULD

HAVE GOT FINED TWICE!

HMM... MAYBEI SHOULDN’T HAVE HAD A GO AT ROB’S OUTFITAS THE EDITOR MIGHTHAVE A GO AT MINE!

YEAH BUT ON THE END OF MY FORK NOT ON A FISHING

LINE JIM!

AUDI, SMORDI...I DRIVE A RANGE ROVER

BUT THE AUDI MIGHT HAVE GOT ME HERE

QUICKER!

COME ON PAUL, PAY UP! I’LL NEEDTHE MONEY AFTER

FRIDAY!

LOOK AT THE POT CALLING THE

KETTLE BLACK!

YOU KNOW YOU ARE HARDLY A BARREL OF LAUGHS

24/7 RON

I THINK YOU NEED TO PUT THAT JOKE

TO BED KEN!

DID YOU LIKE MY HEALTH TALK

PAT?

YEAH BUTWATCH THAT HAND

IF YOU WANT TOSTAY HEALTHY!

I DIDN’T MAKE THE FUNNY PHOTOS

AGAIN!

YOU BETMAN INBLACK!

LOOKBEHIND YOU

PETER!

IVAN’S HACKERSSaturday, 12 May

IVAN’S HACKERS

Gents, Mark Trafford is away at a conference but will be back for Tony Hawkins farewell lunch at the New Bay Hotel from 12.30 next Saturday. All Hackers are invited and expected to attend to give Tony a good send off. We will also present David Kearns with his Venus Trophy (won last week) and David and Ian Cole with the Bruce Crossley inspired Venus Trophies which they keep. Saturday turned out to be Cameron Spence’s special appearance scoring a magical 37, with 6 pars. He, as we will all agree, is a model of consistency and just keeps on getting better. David Lee is also a big mover with a 43 including 2 Pars. We had a total of four groups playing, where the other scores were, Sven Eric 48, Graeme Wallace 48 (1 Par), Tony Hawkins 49 (1 Par), Daryl Forge 49 (1 Par), Ken Gallaher 51 (1 Par), Oswin Slade 52 (1 Par), Jim Donnelly 52. Paul Nicholson 54 (1 Par) Ivan Vojlay 55. Ron Stark 59, Peter Whitechurch 57, Ron Stark 59.Peter Whitechurch was happy with his improving form following his coaching classes, and no doubt we will expect that from Daryl Forge who was seen to go off for private lessons with head golf Coach Trevor Harrison, after the game. Ivan Vojlay

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Birthdays & Anniversaries

The Club meets Thursdays at 6pm for 6.30pm at Milanos Hotel, The Esplanade,

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Rotary Toast “To Australia, Rotary International and the Rotary Club of Brighton.”

Rotary Grace “For good food, good fellowship

and the privilege of service, we give you thanks O Lord.”

Welcome to all visiting Rotarians & Guests

The Objects of RotaryTo encourage and foster the ideal of service as the basis of worthy enterprise and in particular, to encourage and foster:- First The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for

service.

Second High ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations and the dignifying of each Rotarian’s occupation as an opportunity to serve society.

Third The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian’s personal, business and community life.

Fourth The advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service.

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DG’s Weekly Message: From Networker 36 Building the Ideal Club In Rotary, every Club is different. There is no “ideal” Club model, but we know that successful Clubs share some things in common. So if we were to build an “ideal” Club or be bold enough to look at our own Club and say “let’s make this great”, where would we start? Let’s take a look. A Starting Point Some might think that members would be the first place you start. Let’s get lots and lots of members. But the truth is, you could start with hundreds of members, but unless you engage them and give them some sort of feeling that what they are doing is worthwhile, you would quickly lose them. A Club with even a few members can quickly grow if it has purpose and passion. These are the two ingredients any Club must find if it wishes to meet its potential. Unleashing Passion A Club that has purpose and passion has a message, a vibe, an image, a culture and a climate straight away that it can convey to the outside world. It says “we LOVE doing THIS” and immediately positions the Club as the place to be if others love doing THIS as well. Ask people anywhere about what sort of people they like to meet and they will often tell you “people who are passionate” - they are inspired by them. The same goes for organisations - people are more attracted to organisations that are passionate and inspire the same in them. The secret for every Club is to ensure your Club’s passions aren’t locked away only to be seen once a year during a momentary project and to ensure that those inspired by your passion are able to develop and pursue their own passions when they join your Club. There is no better way to increase passion in your Club than to help those with fresh inspiration to pursue something they are passionate about. Make it a priority to launch the dreams of your new members and you will likely soon see not just more new members, but more inspired and passionate long-term members. Convey A Purpose What is the point of your Club? If you can’t answer this question in a simple sentence or two, let alone a word or two, then you’ve probably lost the attention of those on the outside. Whether it’s stating that your Club “is the most efficient and effective way to give back”, that “giving has never been this much fun!”, or that you provide “A close network of people who help each other make the world a better place”, your purpose should be a clear reason why others would want to be part of your Club. Show Your Most Attractive Side Think of any advertisement you’ve recently read, watched on T.V., heard on the radio or have seen out and about. Marketeers have worked hard to bring you information wrapped in an attractive packaging with a clear call to action. They convince you that a simple formula exists: You + The Product = Ideal You. And they’re smart about it – they pitch the message to the target audience they wish to attract using attractive models that their target audience can relate to or wish to emulate. In advertising Rotary, we need to be doing the same – use attractive depictions of our “product” to attract our target audience. We won’t capture an idealistic and community minded 27-year old female who has a passion for ending polio by showing her pictures of someone she cannot relate to who is depicted doing things that don’t inspire her. Think about where you are depicting this image too - it’s not just your website, but your public projects, club meetings, brochures and introductory material, social media and everything else you do. If it ain’t attractive, it ain’t ideal. Always ask, is there a better alternative? If nothing else, remember that big warm smiles, happiness and a welcoming attitude are things that everyone can relate to, are attractive and are products that most people would love to possess themselves. Include them in everything! Don’t Forget a Call to Action Don’t forget to ask people to come and visit, to share their dreams with you, to volunteer alongside Rotary in your projects, to take part in your initiatives, to come and speak at your Club, to “like” your Club on Facebook and subscribe to your news feeds or to simply join your Club. It All Adds Up to a Simple Formula Decide what you want to be great at. Be passionate about being great at it. Do great things and do them often. Show great people the great things you do and invite them (in great ways!) to do great things too. ...and that’s the simple formula to an ideal Club.

Yours in Rotary Keith RyallDistrict Governor 2011-2012Rotary District 9800

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