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PAUL FRASER INDUCTED1.

NEXT MEETING2.

CAN YOU HELP? Urgent3.

CAFE INTERNATIONALE4.

SISTER TRISH - RETIRED?5.

MICRO CREDIT EXAMPLE6.

MEETING REPORT 19th MAY7.

GALLERY8.

WELCOME PAUL

NEW MEMBER PAUL FRASER, INDUCTED BY PRESIDENT ROY19th MAY.

GUEST SPEAKER TUESDAY 26th MAY

Zac Lewis"Back from the Brink: Restoring Australia’s Lost and DecliningBiodiversity"

DUTY ROSTER 26thMayChairMURPHY, Justine

SergeantGERLINGER, Bernie

GreeterO'BRIEN, Frank

ReporterVOICE, Mary

PhotographerLOVE, Kevin

DoorWALKLATE, Kevin

Director ReportCUTHBERT, Greg

Bulletin EditorJONES, David

Upcoming EventsRC Echuca Moama SteamRallyRotary ParkJun 06, 2015 – Jun 07, 2015

Board MeetingRACV City ClubJun 18, 20156:00 PM – 7:30 PM

28th Club Changeover DinnerJun 26, 20157:00 PM – 11:30 PM

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Across the continent, many ofAustralia’s precious naturalassets are in steep decline:25 native terrestrial mammalshave gone extinct sinceEuropean settlement, givingAustralia the worst rate ofrecent mammal extinctions inthe world. A further 1,700surviving animals and plantsare threatened with extinctionand every year more speciesare being added to this tragiclist. Even our most heavilyprotected natural areas havenot escaped: Kakadu National Park for example has experienced a75% decline in species richness in the last 15 years. This highlights anurgent need for a new approach to conservation in Australia.

Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) is an independent, non-profitorganisation that is transforming conservation on the ground. AWC isdedicated to saving Australia’s threatened wildlife and habitats. Duringthis presentation you will learn the key factors that are driving thedecline of Australia’s natural assets and about some major newinitiatives that are stopping and reversing the decline of Australia’sbiodiversity.

Zac Lewis is a Development Executive with AWC. Before joining AWC,Zac was a natural resource manager with the Victorian stategovernment, where he gained significant experience in environmentalmanagement and policy. Prior to that, he was an environmentalscientist undertaking a number of research projects across Victoria andNew South Wales.

CAN YOU HELP

Can you help?

We have a male Rotary exchange student from JapanDistrict 2610 [Honshu, central west coast] who has not

yet been placed in Melbourne.

Hosts are sought to share an Australian experience withthis young man who will be undertaking possibly the

SpeakersMay 26, 2015Zac LewisBack from the brink: restoringAustralia’s lost and decliningbiodiversity

Jun 02, 2015Darren Eger and MarcusMaguireDrone technology adapted forbusiness

Jun 09, 2015Dr Cecily NeilKiribati and the dilemmasassociated with the provisionof international aid

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most exciting experience so far in his life.

Hosting will be shared between [say] four homes over thetwelve months this student will have in our great city.

Hosts do not need to be Rotarian members - maybe youhave children who will be pleased share their home and

benefit from this two way and worthy exchange.

Can you help?

Please contact President Roy ASAP

'BREAK A LEG'

Around 40 Rotarians from Kew, Melbourne Central Sunrise, Carlton,Melbourne and Balwyn Rotary clubs were among the 160 guests atInternational House, Parkville, for its Festivals of the World cabaretevening on May 9th.

The evening featured nineacts ranging from a Hawaiiandance quartet to blues andfolk numbers by Internationaland Australian participants.

Café Internationale is theannual fundraising event runentirely by the students ofInternational House. Cafécoordinator Amelia Boland(aged 20 and aPatisserie/ProfessionalCookery Student) said theevening raised about $6000from tickets, the raffle, and asilent auction, to be equallysplit between the IH StudentClub and WWF Australia.“Previously we’ve beenputting the proceeds toRotary’s End Polio Now andwe thought we needed fresh goals this year,” she said.

SISTER TRISH AND LORETOPosted by Tony THOMASLoreto Sister Trish Franklin retires in July 2015 after 18 years runningthe Loreto Vietnam-Australia Program (LVAP) for poor anddisadvantaged Vietnamese children.

The Program has been helped


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by Rotary Clubs acrossAustralia. Many Loretoschools, other interestedschool bodies and an array ofinterested donors in Australiahave continued to supportLoreto Program in Vietnam.The Program has alsoreceived support from manycorporate bodies withinVietnam. With Trish’s retirement, the Program will be run by herVietnamese Team.

Trish has no retirement plans as yet.

One remote “kindergarten” she came across was a shack previouslyused for buffalos. LVAP improvements to such conditions typicallyinclude 3 – 4 classrooms for children of kindergarten age, toiletsattached to each classroom, safe electricity systems, each room wellresourced with educational supplies and a kitchen and eating area toensure that the kindergarten children have at least two nutritiousmeals per day.

SUCCESSFUL MICRO CREDIT SCHEMEPosted by Tony THOMASA further example of how fellow clubs are applying Rotary.

Down with kerosene! Go solar electric!

That’s how Melbourne RotaryClub is helping people onTanna Island, Vanuatu to lifttheir living standards andhealth.

The club is financing solarpower there throughcommunity micro-loans.They’ve done this sosuccessfully that Arlington RC,Texas templated the systemfor solar-light conversions in Honduras, involving USD30,000.

Remarkably, the same entrepreneur is behind both the Vanuata andSolomon projects – Stewart Craine, a Sydney-based Australian whofounded Barefoot Power for affordable solar energy in the third world.Stewart on-lends to villagers and handles the repayments. MelbourneRC solar project manager Wolfgang Kissel says Craine initially soughtfunding for African villages, outside Melbourne RC’s reach, but the clubswitched him to Vanuatu where it was already running a school bookproject.

MEETING REPORT 19th MAY 2105Posted by Kevin LOVE


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VisitorsVisiting Rotarian Neville Page, District MUNA ChairInductee Paul FraserProspective member Dr Cecily Neil

Announcements

Alan Driver reminded members of the opportunity to attend the Echuca SteamRally on the June long weekend to assist the RC of Echuca-Moama in runningthis event.George Mackey advised that there were still a couple of places available for thewine lunch at TarraWarra on Sunday May 24.President Roy informed the meeting that the Board will be meeting on Thursdayand asked for contributions to the annual report by the end of the month.

Foundation Director Doug Robertson provided a report on recent activities, includingthe recommendation to the Board to donate $2250 to Polio Plus that will be matched 2for 1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He reminded members of theopportunity to donate directly to the Foundation.

District MUNA Chair Neville Page thanked the club for hosting the upcoming ModelUnited Nations event that will be attended by 56 local students and 4 exchangestudents. He extended an invitation to interested members to attend some of thesessions.

Induction of Paul FraserPresident Roy inducted Paul Fraserto the club. Paul will join theCommunity Service Committee andwill be mentored by Roger Thornton. Paul thanked the club for theinvitation to join and said that whilehe had worked professionally for anot for profit organisation, he waskeen to experience work as avolunteer. [photo]

Launch of Membership DrivePP Richard Stone officially launched our membership drive with the goal of gettingback to a membership of 60. Three potential markets have been identified, potentialbusiness leaders, business executives and people contemplating a transition toretirement. Specific materials to support the drive have been produced.

Guest SpeakerHerb Greenwood “Trends in Residential Architecture in Melbourne”Herb has practiced as an architect for over 40 years in Melbourne and China and hasbeen involved in the design of some of the most significant buildings in Melbourne.

Herb observed that inner Melbourne is in the middle of a residential propertyconstruction boom, a shift from the traditional commercial / retail construction in thisarea.

He put this down to increased demand for convenience and ease of travel but also topermissive standards – requirements here are much less onerous than in China.


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GALLERY

YOUR BOARD IN ACTION

CAFE INTERNATIONALE - "FESTIVALS OF THE WORLD"


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THE DINING ROOM WAS TRANSFORMED

SOME OF THE CAST, INCLUDING ALWIN ON CRUTCHES


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CONNOR ROSS, AN AUSTRALIAN, PERFORMING ONE OF HISOWN SONGS "THE CHAIN" TO REPRESENT AUSTRALIAN BLUES AND FOLK FESTIVALS.


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