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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455 Page 1
Last Week’s
Meeting
Professor Ray
Wills and many
visitors and guests
Page 1,
GSE , community
service project
idea, Maiti Nepal
update, 4 way test
speaking
competition Page 2,
Young Cook
update,
Volunteers needed
for Science and
engineering
Challenge
Page 3
Bangkok
convention,
Rotary Friendship
exchange
Page 3
Microscope
update,
Aboriginal health
symposium,
Returned Services
League Page 4
Meeting 24th August
Our speaker last We
dnesday was Prof. Ray
Wills, CEO of Susta
inable Energy
Association of
Australia. Ray
provided a huge
amount of information
on Stainable Energy
and the Carbon Tax
along with a vast
amount of other
information.
Renewable energy
suitable to Australia is
Solar, Geothermal,
Wind, Wav e, Tidal and
Ocean Current.
Facts on Global
renewable from 2008 to
2011 are:
World invests
on average around 300
billion pa on energy
projects of any type –
conventional and
renewable.
2008 – world
invested more in total
on renewable energy
($155 billion) than on
traditional energy
($140 billion).
Almost 50% of
new generation built
around the globe in
2009 was renewable
energy – 80 GW of
renewable power
capacity built
compared to 83GW of
fossil fuel plants
2010 up 32%
with 211 billion
investment in 2010
China easily
the largest investor in
renewable spending
$48.9 billion
In Australia
renewable projects 24%
(from ABARE data)
The club welcomed a
number of visitors and
guests. They were our
Group study Exchange
applicant for the GSE
to D. 6910 in Georgia
USA next year, David
Gulland and his wife
Rachelle, Meryl Gould,
Jenny McNae, Jo Muir,
Carina Marshall and
Pat Shalhoub from the
RC of Godalming in
the UK.
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 District 9455 ABN: 99 602 195 617
Rachelle & David Gulland (GSE applicant)
Speaker Ray Wills & Rob Pearce
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455 Page 2
Meeting 31st August
Our speaker next week
will be our own
member Town Planner
Max Hipkins who will
inform us on the Perth
Waterfront
Development
Proposals.
GSE between Fiji &
Wiluna
After months of
requesting hosts and
drivers for the Group
Study Exchange Team
from Fiji, travelling to
Wiluna, it has now
been decided that this
Exchange will be
postponed until April
2012 so that the Team
can attend the District
Conference in
Geraldton.
Suggested Project for
Community Service
Meryl Gould, who
scans regional
Newspapers in her
position working in
MP Norman Moore’s
office, kindly drew our
attention to an article in
the Pilbara News. It is
a project being carried
out by the RC of
Karratha who are
supporting a re-entry
project for people
leaving Roebourne
Prison. It is a small but
important project
assisting women re-join
the community by
providing them with
Exit Packs. These
packs include a
backpack and a
number of female
hygiene products such
as a toothbrush,
shampoo and hand
sanitiser.
Meryl suggested it
might be a project that
the RCFB is interested
in emulating, Many
thanks Meryl, perhaps
Dir. Wilma McBain
could consider
including it on her
Agenda for her
Community /
Vocational Committee
meeting.
Maiti Nepal
Recently a Mrs. India
Australia dinner was
held in Sydney and the
Maiti Nepal
Foundation has
benefited by in excess
of $3,000 which will be
channelled through
RAWCS (Rotary Aust.
World Community
Service) before being
forwarded to the
Foundation in Nepal.
4 Way Test Speaking
Competition
MLC have informed
the Club that they have
three students who
would like to enter the
4 Way Test Speaking
Competition. Heats are
to be held by Clubs in
the week 19-23rd
September. Wednesda
y, 21st has been set
aside by the RCFB for
this heat to be
held. Two members of
the Club experienced in
Public Speaking plus
someone registered
with Rostrum are to
adjudicate and a $50.00
book voucher is to be
presented to the
winner on the night.
The competition is for
students to speak for
six minutes on any
topic but must weave
in Rotary’s Four Way
Test of the things
Rotarians think, say or
do which is:
1. Is it the
TRUTH?
2. Is it FAIR to
all concerned?
3. Will it build
GOODWILL and
better FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Is it
BENEFICIAL to all
concerned?
Young Cook 2011
Photo Competition
All information has
gone to over 320
Schools, however, in an
effort to ensure that the
information is passed
onto students,
members are being
sought to volunteer to
Meryl Gould & Jenny McNae
Gillian Yudelman, Jo Muir & Carina Marshall
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455 Page 3
phone a list of
schools. Sec Di has the
list of schools from Dir.
Jenny and she is happy
to provide a list to
members who are able
to assist. After all the
work put into this
fundraiser by Jenny
and her family, it
would be a pity to have
it not succeed due to
the schools not passing
on the information.
With the Microscopes
in Schools Project
getting Rotary’s name
into Primary Schools,
perhaps when
contacting the schools
this project could be
mentioned and it used
to encourage
participation in the
Young Cook
Competition.
Jenny has a press
release ready to send to
the Post for publication
on the project so that it
is promoted locally.
Please
visit www.youngcook.
com.au
Volunteers needed for
Science & Engineering
Challenge
The Science and
Engineering Challenge
is a competition for
year 9 high school
student that aims to
excite the imagination
of students and
provoke their interest
in science and
engineering through a
variety of well
designed tasks. For
more information visit
www.newcastle.edu.au
/challenge
This year the event has
already been held in
five WA country
centres, The Perth
event will be held in
the Perth Convention
and Exhibition Centre
ove4r five days,
Monday 12th to Friday
16th September (8.00am
to 3.00pm). Different
schools participate each
day with the State
finals held over two
days Tues. 20th and
Wed. 21st September,
2011.
Volunteers are sought
for any one or more of
the days. If interested
in volunteering please
email Ryan Smith at
Engineers Aust as soon
as possible.
rsmith@engineersaustr
alia.org.au (T. 9321
3340) with a copy to
DGE Phillip Skelton
philipskelton@optusnet
.com.au (0405 188
792) Please include:
Date(s) for
which you volunteer
Preferred
activity
Whether you
wish to be an activity
coordinator (training
required on Sunday
11th Sep)
T-shirt size (all
volunteers are
provided with a T-shirt
to wear on the day and
keep.
Activity List 2011- for
full details refer to the
email sent to all
members from Dist.
Sec. Wesley Sim (via
Sec. Di)
Full Day
Gold Fever
Mission to Mars
Eco-Habitat
Hover Frenzy
Half Day
Back to the future II
Flight of the navigator
Electracity
Puff Puff Golf
Attending the
Bangkok RI
Convention &
Cambodia
If attending the RI
Convention in Bangkok
6-9th May, 2012, a tour
is offered post
Convention to
Cambodia.
If interested, please
refer to the attachments
in Dist. Sec. Wesley
Sim’s email forwarded
earlier in the week.
Rotary Friendship
Exchange August 2011
This great Program of
RI is being looked after
by PDG Ian
Murray. For further
information contact Ian
on
m.au M 0414 927 79 H.
9276 7977
The way the program
works is that a team of
about four couples
travel to another
Rotary District for
about two weeks
staying with
Rotarians. The teams
usually have 4 different
hosts. They are hosted
by the local club, attend
meetings and visit the
tourist sights in the
area.
Pres Bryant & Pat Shalhoub (RC Godalming, UK)
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455 Page 4
A group of Rotarians
and partners have
recently returned from
the Cotswold area of
the UK. Negotiations
are taking place for
exchanges with Texas
and Scotland.
Further information on
an attachment in Dist.
Sec. Wesley Sim’s email
Microscopes in
Schools Project
The microscopes are
now in Peth and
should be available for
collection and
distribution early in the
week.
There are orders for
1,400 which will be
despatched as urgently
as possible as many
schools have been
patiently waiting for
up to five months.
Sponsors for a further
300 plus units (14
schools) are being
sought. Some clubs
respond rapidly to
requests for
sponsorship and others
take months of
negotiation and a never
ending stream of
communication.
Chief Scientist Lyn
Beazley has been
talking with and is
arranging a meeting to
blend an initiative of
Prof. Jo Ward, Dean of
Science at Curtin Uni of
Telescope Kits with our
Microscope project. A
meeting is being set up
with Lyn, Jo, John
Clarke (STAWA), Di
and Carina Marshall to
talk about how best to
work the two together.
Lyn Beazley is also
communicating with
David Venning who
has kindly offered to
prepare packs of native
seeds as teaching aids
for the students to
study using their
Microscopes in Schools
program.
Slides of ‘skin’
organised by Rob
Pearce were presented
to North Cottesloe
Primary School on
Friday, 26th at their
School Assembly and
they were eagerly
accepted. A show of
hands by students of
who had used the
microscopes was
almost the entire
Assembly.
Certificate of
Appreciation
The Certificate of
Appreciation which
was presented to
Principal Wayne Press
(North Cottesloe PS) at
the Club Changeover
on 30th June was
represented at a School
Assembly on Friday,
26th.
Rotary Leadership
Institute
Max Hipkins attended
Level 1 RLI last
weekend and has given
positive feedback on
the day. Rex Evans is
attending Levels 2 and
3 on Sat 27th and
Sunday 28th over this
weekend
Symposium on
Aboriginal Health
A Symposium on
Aboriginal Health is
being organised by the
Order of St John
Knights Hospitallers
(WA Commandery of
St George) on
Saturday, 1st October,
2011
It will be held in the
Conference Centre of St
John of God Hospital,
Subiaco, commencing
at 8.30am and finishing
about noon. Morning
tea will be provided
and there is no cost to
attend, however,
number are required so
if interested in
attending please RSVP
to Pres. Bryant, Sec. Di
or Des Bradley (9284
5156 or 0409 066 092).
The theme of the
symposium if to see
what small charitable
organisations could do
to respond to
what Aboriginal
people would like them
to do in this area.
Speakers will be Ken
Wyatt MP, Sue
Gordon,
D/Commission of
Police Chris Dawson
with negotiations in
process to procure John
Moriarty form Sydney
and Paula Arnold from
the Darwin Aboriginal
Medical Service.
It is hoped that Rotary
Clubs throughout WA
can work together with
the Order of St John
Knights Hospitaller to
bring about
improvement in the
health of our remote
indigenous
communities,
The Returned Services
League
The Frederick Bell VC
Annual Memorial
Principal North Cottesloe Primary Wayne Press & Ken Collins
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455 Page 5
Lecture will be held at
the Cottesloe Sub-
Branch on Thursday,
10th November, 2011
and all are invited to
attend.
Speaker will be PDG
Rabbi Dr. Shalom
Coleman CBE, AM, JP.
The lecture will be held
at the Cottesloe Civic
Centre War Memorial
Hall, 109 Broome St,
Cottesloe at 6.00pm for
a 6.30pm start.
For catering purposes
please confirm your
attendance to Hon. Sec.
Dr. Neville Green E.
or ph. 9304 5182.
Update on Members
Great to have Br. James
with us again.
Debbie Cash is back
from visiting her
daughter and family in
the USA. Look
forward to seeing you
next week Deb.
Warren Milner will be
home any day from his
time in the UK.
Paddy Ramanathan
will be in India with
projects he is involved
with for a week or so.
Birthdays and
Anniversaries
A very Happy
Anniversary to Paddy
and Zerina
Ramanathan for 29th
August.
Birthday wishes go to
Graeme Prior for a
great day on 29th
August.
Board Meeting
To be held on
Thursday, 8th
September at
5.30pm. Venue to be
advised
Reports from each
Director on their
Committee’s activities
is due to be in the
hands of President
Bryant and the
members of the Board
by 30th August.
Roster for Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for Month of August / Sep 2011
NB: ‘Duty’ responsibility is to set up venue and to pack away venue after meeting.
Board Rotary 2011-12
Bryant Stokes – President
Di Collins – Secretary
Toni James – Treasurer
Rex Evans –Club Service Director
Wilma McBain - Community/
Vocational Service Director
Ken Collins – International Service
Director
Hamish Mackie – New Generations
Director
Jim Gould – Membership Director
Jenny Gill – Fundraising Director
Date Program Duty Attendance Introduction Vote of Thanks
31st August Max Hipkins Wilma McBain Rex Evans Mignon Shardlow Toni James
7th September TBA Donna Bicknell Sue Hassell Paddy Ramanathan Debbie Cash
14th September TBA Bill Hassell Jim Gould Jill Henderson Warren Milner
21st September 4 Way Speaking
Contest
Rex Evans Wilma McBain Ken Collins Jenny Gill
28th September TBA Jim Gould Clifford Yudelman Gillian Yudelman Bill Hassell
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455 Page 6
Bill Hassell – Vice President
Club Details
The Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay,
Inc.
PO Box 168,
Nedlands,
Western Australia, 6909
Meetings
Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Café, Bethesda Hospital
Queenslea Drive
Claremont, 6010
President
Mobile
0419 919 572
Bulletin Editor
Clifford Yudelman/Di Collins
Website
www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
http://www.facebook.com/freshwater
bayrotary
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