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2014—2015

Serving the Community since 1985

Presidents Report Thanks to everyone who came to the District Gov-ernor’s night on Thursday. It was a pleasure to welcome David and Alison for the annual visit. James, Roy, Malcolm, Ken and I had a good talk with David prior to the meeting and really enjoyed his strong and clear focus on the directions which are important to Rotary locally as well as to the Clubs and Rotary as a whole. When we got to the questions part of David’s presentation it was great to hear his thoughtful and reasoned approach to the issues.

It was also a privilege to hear of Alison’s decision to concentrate on basic food security and education issues for remote indigenous communities; Wolf is intending to contribute some of the President’s part-ner budget to this very worthwhile initiative. David Hone was also able to have some very good dis-cussion with Alison regarding District indigenous initiatives. Kerrie’s golf outing obviously impressed Alison, I’m sure if we ask her back for any golf outings we’ll have an eager attendee. Thanks Kerrie. As always, lots been happening this week, Commu-nity had a meeting on Friday 24th and are now ex-ploring how we as a Club can provide support around the issues of family violence. As David said

Contents

1 Presidents Report 2 Notices 3 / 4 This Week’s Speaker 5 Make a Girl’s Day Flyer 6 RC of Caulfield Monash Concert 7 Club Program 8 Fellowship Night; La Cucina 9 Club Structure / Picture of Week

Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

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there are many ways we could support and do good work in this area, Community are now look-ing at this. It was my pleasure on Wednesday the 22nd to have a discussion with Vivienne Zoppolato, Me-gan and Malcolm, regarding potential member-ship of the Club. Megan is really concentrating on the process of membership application being beneficial for both sides, thanks Megan. For those who weren’t there on Thursday we had the flyer for the “Days for Girls” afternoon tea cir-culated. It will be on the 22nd of August, I can’t think of anything more enjoyable than cakes, champagne and the opportunity to raise money for a worthwhile cause. For any members whose partners would like to attend please let them know of this date. I have asked David to include an item in the Bul-letin, if there’s room, this is Greg’s notes on Pro-gram from the Forum, as I think it gives a good overview for members and partners.

Board meetings have found a new home since we had to leave Beauie RSL. The Beaumaris Senior Citizens rooms at the back of Beaumar-is Library - we don’t have to pay, it’s a con-firmed regular booking and its close for most members of the Board. Win: Win, thanks Ker-rie. It will be a busy week again coming up, as we have another Membership discussion on Wednesday, an extraordinary Board meeting on Tuesday regarding the Sabu project, and our looked forward to Fellowship night on Thursday. On Friday Megan, Lynda and I go to the District membership seminar. Once you join Rotary there’s always an oppor-tunity for service, fun and learning, thanks Ro-tary!

Trish

Hocking Stuart Sandringham

62-64 Station Street

Note; As part of our arrangement with Hocking Stuart discounts on agents fees are available to RCOB members.

Please note updated

Club and Team

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David and Alison Tolstrup District Governor and Partner David first came into contact with Rotary in1970 when he was selected by the Rotary Club of Box Hill to attend RYLA, the club he joined in 1982. David was President in 1993-94. He has also served at District level as an Assistant Governor, GSE Committee Chair, Secretary and Treasurer In his business life David was an insurance broker, being an equity partner in a brokerage based in Surrey Hills. He retired from business in 2006. Da-vid served on many business committees and was for two years President of the Insurance Institute of Victoria.

Community involvement has always been a part of David’s life. He has served in a variety of capacities and leadership roles in a diverse range of communi-ty organisations including the board of a TAPE col-lege. David is justice of the Peace, and previously served as an Honorary Bail justice. \ Alison, owned her own Pharmacy before retiring. She has always supported David’s Rotary involve-ment. Alison recently served a two year term as Ladies President of the Box Hill Golf Club. Alison and David have two adult sons, a lovely daughter-in-law and a very new Grandson. David and Alison both spoke with great enthusiasm and clarity about their respective messages. These are summarised below. My aim as District Governor is to make every mem-ber proud to be a Rotarian It is a pleasure for Ali-son and me to be here and enjoy the hospitality of such a vibrant club. I am going to going to talk about three things:

1. Message from Ravi 2. Big picture: Internationally and District 3. Your Club

This year’s Rotary International theme “Be a Gift to The World”

By this RI President K.R. “Ravi” Ravindran means we should give of our talents, time, resources, gifts and passions. In essence we should could contin-ue to do what we are doing. Some of Ravi's main areas of focus are; Polio; a deeply personal issue as his Mother died of polio. He personally brokered a cease fire in Sri Lanka’s civil war to allow an immunisation program to be implemented. Support Foundation: the engine room of Rotary around the world. Clubs should support it but also actively use it to implement projects. Global Rewards; Members of the Rotary community work hard to create positive change at home and around the world. And because of this, they’re mak-ing clubs stronger, communities better, and peace possible. Thank them for their dedication and valua-ble contributions by recognizing them with one of the many Rotary awards. Foundation Foundation global grants have been moved on to a more professional sustainable footing. Projects must be properly documented and proven to by their host community to be of ongoing value. Cul-tural fit and 5 to 10 year life spans will be essential criteria for Foundation global funding in the future. District grants District $9810 now has $150K for allocation to Dis-trict grants for local / national / or international pro-

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jects. There are now less restrictions on what this money can be used for. Australian Rotary Health Starting with its pioneering work with SIDS ARH is a major Rotary initiative. It is now the largest private funder of mental health research in Australia. Indigenous Scholarships Indigenous Health scholarships of $2500 can re-ceive matching Federal grants. District initiatives Details on District Seminars can be found in the Di-rectory. Recommended are; Service Membership Foundation Conference Acknowledge RCOB as very strong supporter of the Conference. Membership Key needs are to focus on relevance, engagement and retention. Key District emphasis areas for the year are;

Domestic Violence Mental health Men's health RYDA Indigenous projects Interplast

Hoping to sponsor one Team at a cost of $45k

Alison's Project Food Security for Indigenous Schoolchildren in the Kimberley Area Adequate nutrition is essential for a healthy body and mind. Children denied this basic right cannot live and learn well; many resort to stealing food to fill their hungry stomachs. This project addresses this in two ways; Training program at Feed the Little Children (FTLC) _ www.feedthelittlechildren.org.au FTLC is an emergency food relief charity in Broome that was created to address the problem of starving young children stealing food. It provides a nutritious evening meal to about 300 Broome children, 75% of whom are under 10 years old. In partnership with the Rotary Club of Broome this pro-ject will fund development of a course at the Kimberley Training Institute to train community members to conduct

workshops in the homes of families of FTLC clients giv-ing them adequate skills to feed their own families. Fund an Aboriginal Education Worker to maintain the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden at Purnulu-lu Independent Aboriginal Community School www.purnululuschool.com.au This school addresses the issue of adequate nutrition by providing breakfast, morning tea and lunch for its stu-dents: a more expensive exercise due to the cost of transport to its distant location. The school is establishing a Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden, a program well recognised for its many benefits to schools and commu-nities. At Purnululu it will grow the fresh produce for the children’s meals - a huge cost saving. Providing employ-ment for a community member is also very valuable.

Feedback on Beaumaris Rotary Marquee projects / activities’

Sabu—Indonesia, with programs being con-tinually reviewed for sustainability Farmers Market Youth Programs; Resilient Youth, Speech Contest Strong local visibility

Golf parking; Concourse activities etc.

Excellent website / Facebook page /Bulletin /Annual Report District personnel

Kerrie Geard GSE Robert McArthur ROMAC - Committee Tony McKenna RYLA - Chair

Strong Future of Club based on Strong Leadership Impressive documentation Clear strategies Engaged committed members / partners Strong membership with target Sustainability

Challenged the Club Rotaract (along with Cluster Clubs) Interact, seek to reactivate at another school. Encouraged members to remember Rotary as a beneficiary in Will. Enjoy Rotary BE A GIFT TO THE WORLD

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Bioluminous Larak Photograph by Pooyan Shadpoor, National Geo-graphic While walking along the shore of Larak, Iran—an island in the Persian Gulf—Pooyan Shadpoor came across this lumi-nous scene. The “magical lights of [the] plankton ... enchanted me so that I snapped the shot,” he writes.

CLUB STRUCTURE 2015 1016 UPDATED 27/07/2015

BOARD CLUB SERVICE

President Trish Smyth Director Malcom Sawle

PE, VP Malcolm Sawle Auditor Tony Phillips

Secretary Roy Seager Program Greg Every

Treasurer James Glenwright Meeting Attendance Malcolm Sawle

Foundation Mike Hede Communications David Lea Branding / PR / Member-ship Megan Glenwright Fellowship Richard Jones

International John Beaty Photographers Max Darby, Greg Every New Generations Kerrie Geard Almoner Charmaine Jansz & Geoff

Stringer

Community Chris D'Arcy Chair /Host /Cashiers /AV Roster

Fundraising Adrian Culshaw Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks

On to Conference Ken Mirams

TEAM MEMBERS

International Community Youth Fundraising

Fred Hofmann Geoff Abbott David Rushworth Harry Wolfe

John Sime Mary Sealy Richard Jones Heather Chisholm

David Langworthy Richard Shermon Tony McKenna * Roger Frewen

Geoff Stockdale Tony Phillips Chris Martin Geoff Stringer

Ross Phillips David Greenall David Hone

Malcolm Parks Lynda Doutch Charmaine Jansz

John Manks Max Darby Royal Melbourne Golf Antony Nixon

Concourse Festival Ken Mirams Jim O'Brien Mike Hede

Richard Shermon Branding / PR / Memb. Adrian Culshaw Peter Flude^

Kerrie Geard Lynda Doutch David Hone#

Masters Golf Parking David Lea Robert McArthur* MUNA / NYSF

James Glenwright Martin Fothergill Heather Chisolm^

^ Farmers Market # Indigenous Project * District