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District Governor
9465
2015/16
Melodie Kevan
Team 2015-16
President
Max Bird Secretary
Brian McCallum Treasurer
Bob Cooper
Attendance this week
Total Members 24
Apologies 4
Make-up 2
Attended 16
Honorary Member
LOA 3
Guests 6
Visitors 2
Partners 6
75.%
Facts & Figures
Raffle
Lee D & Sam W Bob C & Stephen C
Heads & Tails
Lee D & John W
Birthdays:
Stephen C 6th
Anniversary:
Norm & Karen 1st
Club Anniversary:
If you had any we hope
you had a good day
Meets Monday
6 for 6.30pm
At Rotary Hall
Brownell Crescent, Medina
Visitors always welcome
President Max
The Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc. District 9465 Western Australia Chartered: 22 April 1971
Coming Events April 2016 Water & Sanitation Month
April 2016 Mon 11th Club Meeting Ross Adam Yarloop bush fires Mon 18th Club Meeting Dave Beard Kwn/Rock SES Mon 25th No Meeting Anzac day May 2016 Mon 2nd Club Meeting ‘Daughters of Destiny’ Nicole Sun 8th Wellard Markets Mon 9 Club Meeting Kakoda Trail Stephen Castelli Mon 16 Club Meeting Recycle Bike Project Mon 18th Board Meeting Mon 23 Club Meeting Restaurant Meeting Marri Park Mon 30 Club Meeting Joint Peel Meeting Ocean Clipper Inn
Attendance Officer: Greg Williams 9419 5834
Apologies by Saturday pm please
Good meeting tonight, many guests and visitors.
Guest speaker was Morgan Gillham from Josh Byrne and Associates, the
company charged with putting together our $5 ml Adventure Playground.
Morgan gave us a very detailed look at how the project is starting to take shape.
Projection is it should be finished late 2016.
AG Barry Berger came along with PDG Liz Westoby who later encouraged our
club to follow up on the ‘Club Visioning’ we undertook some time ago. In fact
Liz says she will return in a few weeks to see what progress we have made.
We also welcomed along Peter and Lisa Fry from Autobahn Kwinana,
Paul Sutherland from Auto One, Rebecca Paice and Craig Standon from Sypher
Locksmiths, Hine Grey and Sam Winmar from Bendigo Bank, six of our partners
also attended. 29 in total.
PP Stephen Castelli reaches a significant milestone on the 6th
Happy 60th
Congratulations to Karen and Norm Mulchay, Silver Wedding Anniversary on
the 1st
No 32 4th April 2016
Bulletin
Rotary International President
K.R. (Ravi) Ravindran
Rotary Club of Colombo
Club President 2015/16 Max Bird
President’s Pen
4th
May 2016
President Report
1. A great time was held by all attending District Conference held in Bunbury, the conference was a
credit to DG Melodie and the great team behind her
2. All Service Managers have submitted their Budgets for the rotary year 2016/17 to the Project
Director, for Board approval and inclusion into the Club 2016/17 Budget. The next board
meeting 20th April will be held at john Iriks place and will be mainly devoted to the 2016/17
budget
3. Rotary Club of Kwinana attended the Foundation Seminar whilst in Bunbury renewing the clubs
ability to apply for future foundation grants, The MOU was signed and sent to foundation on the
26th March 2016
4. PP James Sharkey attended the district AGM at conference representing our club, I have not
heard anything from district so all must be good
5. Thanks to Bob Thompson we had a successful day Thursday 24th March @ Bunnings sausage
sizzle and raised a net profit of $474.44, A big Thanks to all the members and Partners that
attended, without them this is not possible
6. Lee Davis had the money the money Spinner at Motorplex and raised $12.55 on Saturday night
2nd
April 2016 Thanks Lee
7. The district Polio plus Movie night on the 13th April is fast approaching details in ClubRunner
and the invitation already sent to all, last time was a great night out
8. Palm Beach rotary clubs Gala Dinner and Auction will be held 30th April @ Garry Holland
Centre, please support them, we have 8 members and partners going and there are still some
tickets still left
International
The international Committee has carried out the following.
Our application for GG 1639026 has been authorized by the Dili Rotary club and our self’s
including both District Foundation Chairs authorizing their portions, now it’s up Foundation and
Rotary International
170 -180 Apple MacBook computers for Timor-Leste have been delivered to the warehouse for
shipping to Timor-Leste on the 9th April with an ETA in Dili of 1
st May 2016
A small team of Ted Evans & Max Bird will travel to Timor-Leste on the 8th May returning 25
th
May 2016 to scope future works and sign the water use agreements with Samalari and Gari-Uai
villagers, plus deliver the computers to Sol’s 24/7
A new Global grant will be applied for on our return to cover the village of Gari-Uai, this village
has a population of 4,500 people without potable water
Max Bird
Secretary: PP Brian McCallum
Nothing to report this week
Inward Correspondence
Outward Correspondence
Would members please note that any correspondence received or posted by yourself, please ensure a copy is forwarded to your Secretary.
Rtn Lee Davis, President Max Bird and Guest Speaker Morgan Gillham
Treasurer: PDG Bob Cooper
Bills paid, money in the bank
Club Service: PP Mike Nella
Please consider helping out with the bread project.
Bread is continuing to be picked up and distributed around Kwinana, please help out
with this worthy project if are able, please see Mike or Lorraine to be placed on their
roster.
Mike congratulated Lee Davis on her efforts in keeping our ‘guest speaker’ calendar
pretty much full.
Rotaract Club to be ‘Incorporated’ going very well, 2 new members and continuing to
be involved in a number of community projects.
It used to be only death and taxes were inevitable. Now, of course, there's shipping and handling, too.
Club Projects Director
PP Ian Critchley
PP Bob Thompson
Foundation Dir.
PP Genevieve Carr
Vocational
PDG John Iriks
Community
Project Director’s Report.
While Projects Director Ian C is away overseas, PDG John Iriks will
stand in and take over the role.
Joint Peel District Meeting at Ocean Clipper Inn on Monday May 30th
Anzac Day breakfast fast approaching, all hands will need to be on deck,
preparation on the 24th and an early start on the morning of the 25
th
Next Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings is on Sunday May 29th 2016
Material has been sourced for the installation of a plaque to be placed on
the Wildflower Reserve Tower to recognise the contribution of our late
and respected member Rodger Hamilton.
The next Wellard Village Markets to be held on Sunday 10h April
RC Palm Beach are holding a Gala Dinner and Auction on Saturday 30th
April at the Ocean Clipper Inn. $75 pp see flyer below.
Lorraine & Mike still looking for assistance with the bread project,
currently handling up to 700 loaves per week, we are able to help many
people in Kwinana.
Anyone able to help please see either Lorraine or Mike.
Neighbourhood Day was on the 3rd
April, Michael M had everything
organised except the locals to turn up, attendance although better than
last year was still rather disappointing. Indications were that the
promised letter-drop to the local area may not have taken place?
Michael wished to thank everyone who gave up their time last Sunday.
Lorraine L in touch with a couple of prospects from Gilmore College for
RYPEN.
Opportunities have become available to raise funds at the Motorplex by
having our money spinner there..
PP Ian C believes we should persevere with this opportunity.
Lee D took the money-spinner to the last meeting, slight improvement in
result.
Visit your club webpage.
http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Home.aspx?accountid=8106
or type Kwinana Rotary Club into ‘Google’
Pres. Max Bird
International
Lorraine Lucas
Youth
PP Matt White
Membership
PP James Sharkey
Public Relations Dir.
Fine Session Sergeant: PP Stephen Castelli
Barry and James: Went along to a Seniors establishment and probably forgot they had been
there.
Max B: Belated fine by the Sergeant because Max left for a trip to Timor on Valentine’s Day.
Eagles and Dockers copped a fine tonight.
Max B: Fined again for the saga of the undercooked roast pork.
James: Out driving, had a ‘motorbike’ run into the back of his car!!!!
When James investigated the rider turned out to be rather large ‘bikie’
Liz W: Shirt of the week.
Bendigo Bank girls: Fined just for coming along.
Bevan P: Sitting as ‘thorn between 2 roses’
Max B: Forgot some important guests tonight.
Sam C: Arrived late to the meeting, didn’t bother to find his seat, straight out for dinner.
Michael M: The sergeant had to help him tuck in his shirt.
John W and Sam C: Not much changes, they still would like ‘hungry boards’ on their dinner
plates.
Polio This Week 30th
March 2016
There are two weeks to go until the globally synchronized switch from the
trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine.
Wild poliovirus type 1 and Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases
Total cases
Year-to-date 2016 Year-to-date 2015 Total in 2015
WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV
Globally 9 3 21 1 74 32
- in endemic countries 9 0 21 1 74 3
- in non-endemic
countries 0 3 0 0 0 29
This Week in History
1513: Florida, USA, is discovered and claimed for Spain by Juan Ponce de Leon.
1633: Bananas first arrive in Britain
1644: The English Parliament orders all maypoles in the country to be removed.
1710: The first copyright law is passed.
1811: Australia's first toll road opens.
1815: 92,000 people are killed as a result of the eruption of Mt Tambora, Indonesia.
1817: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales (later Westpac) is established.
1829: William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, is born.
1835: Major Thomas Mitchell sets out on his second expedition, determined to discredit the discoveries
made by Sturt.
1846: The first payable gold discovery in South Australia, gives rise to the first Australian gold mine, five
years before the official discovery of gold in Australia at Bathurst.
1858: Big Ben, the bell in the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, is cast.
1865: Ruthless bushranger, "Mad" Dan Morgan, is shot dead.
1895: Astronomer James Keeler proves that the rings of Saturn are made up of particles, not solid as
previously believed.
1895: Banjo Paterson's 'Waltzing Matilda' is first sung in public.
1896: After 1500 years of being banned, the first modern Olympic Games opens in Athens, Greece.
1903: Australian navy ship HMQS Gayundah, previously involved in a mutiny on the Brisbane River,
transmits the first wireless message received from a ship at sea to an Australian wireless station.
1912: The RMS Titanic departs on its maiden voyage.
1929: The only dam-burst in Australia's history to cause loss of life occurs in Tasmania.
1932: Australia's best-known racehorse, Phar Lap, dies under suspicious circumstances.
1968: African American civil rights activist, Martin Luther King, is assassinated.
1990: A fire breaks out aboard the ship, Scandinavian Star, killing 159.
1999: Two Libyans accused of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie are
handed over for trial in the Netherlands.
2001: A Dutch lorry driver is jailed for his part in the deaths of 58 illegal Chinese immigrants.
2003: Iraqis and US troops pull down a massive statue of Saddam Hussein in a show of contempt for the
dictator.
2015: Australian cricket great, Richie Benaud, dies.
Guest Speaker: Morgan Gillham General Manager
Josh Byrne & Associates
Introduced by Lee Davis.
Morgan has been involved with various large commercial landscape firms where he has been
responsible for all facets of commercial landscape projects from design through to construction as
both an Operations Manager and Project Manager. With almost 20 years’ experience in the
landscape industry in Western Australia and having completed studies in agriculture and electrical
trades in his junior years, he has gained specialist expertise in irrigation, play spaces and community
spaces.
Morgan has a particularly strong interest in the promotion, encouragement and development of water,
power and cost efficient green developments throughout Western Australia; assisting regional
communities with training for the long term benefits of those communities; and the building of
sound, appropriate infrastructure that will support and promote the development of communities well
into the future.
Josh Byrne & Associates’ (JBA) team members Josh Byrne &
Morgan Gillham were on site for the ‘Turning of the Sod’ that officially
announced the commencement of works on the Kwinana Adventure
Playground.
The $5.2 million adventure playground project is due for completion in
late 2016 and will be a go-to destination for the south-metropolitan
region that features a wide variety or universally accessible play and recreational areas. The Kwinana
Rotary Club driven initiative includes funding from federal and local government.
The JBA design team assisted by Jeavons Landscape Architects, Civil Engineers – Tabec, Electrical
Engineers – Best Consultants, Traffic Engineers – DVC and expert arborists from the Arbor Centre
have been working closely with Dana Eidsvold from the City of Kwinana to design a unique facility
that utilises many of the original concept ideas developed by Fiona Robbé from Architects of
Arcadia. Fiona and her team conducted the initial community consultation with feedback forming
the basis of the original concepts.
JBA are now working as the superintendents with the Head Contractor – Environmental Industries to
deliver a project that integrates with the topography and natural features of the existing site. This
design approach reduces the need for tree clearing and opens up opportunities for natural shade.
Hundreds of salvaged Jarrah poles and large Tuart & Marri logs from local land clearing that would
normally have been mulched are going to be used within the project, which is in line with JBA’s
strong environmental design policies.
The Kwinana Adventure Playground will feature a main play structure that winds its way up and
amongst the existing large Jarrah and Marri trees that are a feature of the site. The facility also
includes a toddler area for younger children, a splash pad with universally accessible shower, toilet
and changing rooms, as well as a hireable entertainment facility currently known as ‘The Hub’. The
extensive playspace will include climbing structures, flying fox, musical instruments, slides and a
wide variety of other play elements for all ages and abilities.
As well as acting as the co-landscape architects for this project JBA conducted storm water
infiltration analysis. This work increased JBA’s understanding of the site and strengthens the overall
project design.
Thanks provided by PDG John Iriks
Meeting Monday 4th April 2016
Makeup opportunities
Rockingham: Monday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn
Palm beach: Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn
Cockburn Thursday 7.15am for 7.30 Cockburn Seniors Centre
Fremantle Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Villa Roma 12 High Street Fremantle
Byford & Districts Monday 6.15pm for 6.45 Byford Tavern, South W Hwy
Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc Contributions welcome: [email protected]
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