Rotary Club of Beaumaris 2012 2013 Annual Report Page One

Rotary Club of Beaumaris

2012 2013 Annual Report

Rotary Club of Beaumaris 2012 2013 Annual Report Page Two

President’s Report 3

Treasurer’s Report 4

Secretary’s Report 5

Membership & Marketing 5

International 6

New Generations 7

The Year in Pictures 8/9

Community 10

Membership & Foundation 12

On to Conference 12

Fund Raising 13

Club Service 14

Past Presidents and Themes 15

Members 15

Contact Details 16

Rotary Club of Beaumaris 2012 2013 Annual Report Page Three

What a good year we have had at the Rotary Club of

Beaumaris!

We enjoyed enlightening and entertaining meetings,

many excellent fellowship events, and a successful year

of fundraising and project implementation. All this with

our finances in good shape and another carry-over sur-

plus into the next Rotary year.

We are fortunate to have a wonderful venue for our

meetings, the Victoria Golf Club, which makes our

meetings that much more pleasurable. I trust this rela-

tionship with the Victoria Golf Club will continue for

many years to come.

Congratulations must go to District Governor Brian Mar-

tin and his team for the organization of the district con-

ference this year. It has to be one of the best ever,

with the right balance of speakers, formalities and en-

tertainment. There was an excellent turnout from

Beaumaris to enjoy this annual event, which was held

at Wangaratta.

The 5th Avenue of service, which was introduced into

Rotary in 2010, is New Generations. Our club has been

active in this area, sponsoring local students for partici-

pation in such events as National Youth Science Forum,

Rotary Youth Leadership Award and Model United Na-

tions Assembly. Our youth hold the key to Rotary’s

future, and I believe that it is essential to support them

as much as we can.

Our membership is in good shape, where we are now

47 members. Retaining this high level of membership

has a lot to do with providing an enjoyable environment

where members want to come to our meetings and fel-

lowship events, as well as being able to participate in

fundraising and project activities.

We have had many successful projects during the

2012/13 year, both internationally and locally.

On the international front we are continuing with our

projects on Sabu Island (Indonesia), where our focus

has been on water and sanitation, health and educa-

tion. To assist in our work on Sabu, we have received

generous support from the Rotary Clubs of Brighton

North, Seminyak (Indonesia), and Feldbach (Austria).

Our international portfolio has also included providing

support for disaster aid and water and sanitation pro-

jects, and sponsorship of at-risk children.

A significant effort has been

made by our Community team

to make a difference locally, but

also to raise Rotary’s profile in

the local community. Both the

Bayside City Council and the

Bendigo Bank have helped us

make a difference with their generous grants that go

towards our community projects.

With our community work, relationships have been

formed with local organizations that we are supporting.

These include Beaumaris Life Saving Club, Bayside

Community Church, Berendale School, Evolve (assisting

disadvantaged youth) and Sandringham hospital.

We cannot carry out our projects without funds, so suc-

cessful fundraising is an integral part of our club’s oper-

ations. There were our usual annual fundraising pro-

jects this year, such as car parking for the Masters golf

tournament and the Mayoral Charity Golf day at Royal

Melbourne. The fundraising team was also able to raise

funds by combining with fellowship events, so we were

able to raise money while having a good time!

When I look at the success of our projects and fundrais-

ing, I can’t help but notice that a very important reason

for this success is the many external partnerships and

relationships we enjoy.

Of course the main reason for our success is the hard

work and dedication of our members who contribute so

much, as well as the important role their partner’s play,

where they are often active in fundraising events and

project work.

I wish to pass on my appreciation to the Board, all

members and their partners and our friends of Rotary

for making this the successful year that it was. And a

special thank you goes to my wife Sue, who has always

been with me on my journey. It has been a privilege

and an honor to serve as your President for the year

2012/13

My best wishes go to incoming President Bob McArthur

and incoming First Lady Sue.

Our International President’s theme for 2012/13 is

Peace through Service. I believe we have helped pro-

vide this as we work to bring health, safety and human

dignity to those in need.

John ManksJohn ManksJohn ManksJohn Manks

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

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OPERATING (GENERAL) ACCOUNT This account is used for the administration of the Club, and is separate from all fundraising and project activi-ties. Its primary income is Members Dues and net raf-fle proceeds (after paying for Club Guests etc.) and it pays for Dues to District, Rotary Downunder and Rota-ry International plus the general running costs of the Club. We also notionally show the amounts paid for meals in this account. This year we were able to hold Members dues at $320 pa, payable annually in July. Highlights from the Operating Account: FUNDRAISING (PROJECT) ACCOUNT The Club’s fundraising activities and annual giving are maintained in this account. It also receives a payment from the “Golf” account representing the Club’s share of the net proceeds of the Annual Charity Golf day.

Highlights from the Project Account:

GENERAL COMMENTS

The year-end figures above are based on unaudited accounts to end April, plus an estimate for May and June.

The Board receives monthly Balance Sheet, Transaction Report and YTD Profit &Loss and budget/actual finan-cial summaries.

All figures are subject to audit. (E&OE)

Richard ShermonRichard ShermonRichard ShermonRichard Shermon

*Estimate to Year End

THIS YEAR*

LAST YEAR

Starting Balance $11564 $11,836

Members’ Dues Received

$15310 $14915

Raffle Proceeds $ 3100 $ 2211

Dues paid to Rotary

$10305 $9402

General running costs (net)

$ 6169 $7996

Closing Balance $13500 $11564

THIS YEAR*

LAST YEAR

Starting Balance $33856 $24624

INFLOWS

Fundraising (net) $35500 $37326

Grants $ 7000 $ 4883

Sergeants fines $ 2150 $ 2201

Other income (net)

$ 1578 $ 542

OUTFLOWS

International $17300 $10119

Community $ 8826 $ 7944

New Generations $ 7450 $ 5603

Donations $ 4200 $ 6939

Rotary Foundation & Polio Plus

$ 5608 $ 5115

Closing Balance $36700 $ 33856

TREASURER’S REPORT

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SECRETARY

Club administration was all complet-ed expeditiously and our records are up to date.

Roy SeagerRoy SeagerRoy SeagerRoy Seager

MEMBERSHIP AND MARKETING

Committee Membership comprises: Trish Smyth (Director), Peter Flude, Anthony Nixon Peter and Anthony have been very supportive and it is a pleas-ure to have them on the Committee.

Our Membership Goal for 2012/13 was 50 members by 30/6/2013, currently we are at 47. At the start of the year we had 46 mem-bers, and 4 honorary members.

Three new members have joined the club, Susan De Bol-fo, Judi Hall and Chris D’Arcy. Susan was previously a member of 2 other Rotary Clubs and both Judi and Chris joined us via a personal invitation from an existing mem-ber.

Two members have left active membership the Club, Vratka Pokorna has moved to Tasmania and joined a club there; Brian Kimpton has become an honorary member, and brought their numbers up to 5.

All Honorary members have been contacted to ensure that they would like to retain this status and all have confirmed this.

Looking at past years between a 5% to 10% attrition rate is standard, so the importance of our initiatives to retain and recruit members is highlighted.

Retention strategies have included via the Board, an em-phasis on all members being involved, e.g. the Hosting and Cash Desk rosters, requesting feedback of new members, and contacting members when they haven’t attended to assure them of our support and letting all know of the Leave of Absence provisions. Statistical analysis of membership profiles, length of service, etc. has also been undertaken.

As part of recruitment the initiative of interviewing po-

tential members and informing them of the expectations, costs and potentialities of membership, has been contin-ued.

Marketing initiatives also form part of long term member-ship recruitment, and these have included, publicity in newsletters, press releases and presence at Community Events to promote Rotary and its membership and con-tact potential members. Two events particularly “got our name out there” the Dog’s Breakfast in January 2013 at Rickett’s Point and the Playground Launch at Black Rock in February 2013,

I would particularly like to thank the partners of Rotari-ans who have are always very supportive of events like these, and who are also a very important part of the re-tention of our membership. Without partners who sup-port the membership of Rotary, we would not be able to maintain and grow our wonderful club.

Trish SmythTrish SmythTrish SmythTrish Smyth

SECRETARY’S REPORT

MEMBERSHIP AND MARKETING

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The International Team of Geoff Stockdale, David Lang-worthy, Ross Phillips, Zillay Batool, Larry Jackson and Director Fred Hofmann had a very busy year.

One Aqua box and two Disaster boxes were donated. The Moradabad Slum project was supported in conjunc-tion with the RC of Sandringham.

A tax deductible RAWCS Account was opened for the fi-nancial support of students on Sabu and in Kupang – so far more than $ 8,000 has been collected for this pur-pose.

Olive Oil was donated by Joan and Ken Dugan and conse-quent sales resulted into more than $1400. This amount was sent to Sabu for the building of another Water Well.

The RC of Seminyak (Bali) donated $6000 for the pur-chase of 600 Mosquito nets which were sent to Sabu.

A donation was made to support education of two chil-dren to the Cambodian Children against Starvation and Violence Association (CCASVA)

We sent four ROTA POTA Water filters and made pay-ment to build more Water Wells on Sabu.

We received donations from the Rotary Clubs of Feldbach (Austria) and North Brighton for the purchase of a new Jackhammer and Chainsaw for Pastor Franz on Sabu. Goods were shipped to Sabu with the assistance of our friends at Balicamp surfing tours.

Funds were donated (from existing RAWCS account) to Pastor Franz on Sabu for the building of two new houses for the accommodation of teachers and students on Sa-bu.

Donations have been collected to purchase a new Motor-bike for Pastor Franz on Sabu.

A visit to the RC of Feldbach resulted in donations from them to build a new Toilets at the Girls Hostel on Sabu Island.

A Team of six Rotarians (four from Beaumaris and two from North Brighton) visited Sabu Island in Oct/Nov 2012. Plans to improve the sanitary situation were es-tablished and a plantation of Vetiver grass was estab-lished. Furthermore we inspected the building progress of a new house for teachers accommodation donated by RC Beaumaris.

This trip resulted in a much closer co-operation between RC Beaumaris and RC North Brighton who consequently have pledged regular donations to our Club over the next three years.

We have contacted other overseas Rotary Clubs with the aim obtain additional donations for our Sabu Student support program.

Fred HofmannFred HofmannFred HofmannFred Hofmann

INTERNATIONAL

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New Generations has always been an area of service which has been well supported by our Club, and I’m pleased to report that 2012 -13 has been another suc-cessful year for New Gens.

Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) is a 6-day leader-ship programme held in July each year for community-minded youth. We had little time to look for a suitable candidate for the 2012 assembly so agreed to sponsor a leader instead. I’m very happy to report that Sallie Geary, who is well known to our Club from her participa-tion in NYSF and various events, will be attending RYLA in 2013 at the YMCA camp at Myrniong. We will have her come along after the camp to let us know all about it.

Our Club has a long association with the Beaumaris cam-pus of Sandringham Secondary College, and we have held mock job interviews with the Year 10 students there on an annual basis for many years. As we are all aware the campus is in the middle of much uncertainty at pre-sent, leading to dwindling enrolments at all year levels, and we did not hold the interviews in 2012.

Given the uncertainty around the future of the Beaumaris campus we are looking at developing relationships other schools in the area, and approached Mentone Girls Sec-ondary College to look to establish an Interact Club there. The school was positive about it, but on the basis that a female leader was appointed from our Club. We understand their reasons for this, but our Board agreed that it would be difficult to provide a firm ongoing com-mitment in this regard and we decided that it would be prudent not to pursue Interact at MGSC at this time if we could not assure the school that we could fuldill our com-mitment.

Mentone Girls has always actively encouraged their stu-dents to attend National Youth Science Forum (NYSF), held over 2 weeks each year in Canberra for year 11/12 science students. This year our Club sponsored Olivia Tunks and Liza Onat to attend the Forum.

The Model United Nations Assembly (MUNA) is a wonder-ful programme, where year 10 students from schools at-tend the Victorian Parliament building over a weekend in early May. The students form teams of two and repre-sent a country and debate issues of global significance on behalf of their country. We sponsored a team from Kil-breda College this year, and some of our members helped in the running of the event. I encourage anyone interested to volunteer to help on the day if given the opportunity – it is amazing to see, and wonderful to hear the debates evolve.

We will be carrying on with many of these programmes this year, and I look forward to our team getting stuck in again to participate as much as we can to help our youth fulfil their potential.

Rob FentonRob FentonRob FentonRob Fenton

NEW GENERATIONS

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES—1

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THE YEAR IN PICTURES—2

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In keeping with our strategic objective of raising our profile within the community, the club has assisted at numerous events this year, namely:

- The 6th annual ‘Mental Health Awareness Walk’ held in October 2012, where the club pro-vided hot and cold drinks for all the participants in this community event. The aim of the day was to reduce the stigma of mental illness and to raise awareness of ‘Act, Belong, Commit’ for our own mental health.

- The Bayside Youth Services ‘Skate Jam’ at Donald McDonald Reserve in Beaumaris. This free event, aimed at 10 – 25 year olds provided music, skating, refreshments and giveaways, and was enjoyed by all. Getting young people to be involved and active in community events is an effective way of promoting good mental health and it was great to see the older skaters helping and encouraging the younger ones. Our members cooked up a heap of sausages and helped give out refreshments and givea-ways/prizes (thanks to our friends at MIND).

- The Dog’s Breakfast at Ricketts Point; One of the most important features of Beaumaris is the wonderful Rickett’s Point Marine Sanctuary, protected home of many marine plants and ani-mals. In January Parks Victoria conducted a series of events called ‘Summer by the Sea’ to promote the park and educate the public about the local habitat – and also to encourage sensi-ble dog walking in this delicate environment. Beaumaris Rotary club were asked to help at the event in January, providing man power to make this run smoothly and provide catering. Five of our members assisted at this event

- The February 2013 – Black Rock Playground Opening, Seven members of the club helped out at the official opening of this renovation. It has gone from a being a tired and neglected looking space to a brand-spanking-new pirate themed park, with fencing, landscaping, bike racks and play equipment plus the original barbeques dontated by the club. Over 300 sausages and onions were cooked up by the club and handed out to the visitors, which, along with party entertainment made this a very happy, and enjoyable local community event.

- The Beaumaris Christmas Fair, where the club was out in force to provide man-power to help with the running of this large local community event. The concourse was closed from traffic with rides, entertainment, interesting stalls and shops and lots of food and drink making a won-derful festive atmosphere!

The club has continued this year with our support of Beaumaris Life Saving Club, by the donation of new pink rashies; These are a mandatory requirement now from Life Saving Victoria after the disappearance of a competitor at the Australian titles a couple of years ago. The new ones will carry the Rotary emblem.

COMMUNITY SERVICE

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Another popular club project that was continued this year was Xmas puddings; This year, we partnered with Bayside Community Church and the Bendigo Communi-ty Banks to sponsor Christmas lunch for 20 people in need, as well as providing delicious shortbread gifts for the elderly residents attending Christmas lunches or-ganised by Beaumaris Church groups.

The club also donated 60 shoeboxes to Operation Christmas Child, and took part in Literacy month with the gift of a new book for all babies born in Sandring-ham hospital during a week in March.

In November 2012 the club contributed a 50% donation to the provision of a converted wheelchair for Beaumar-is Bowls Club, to enable disabled bowlers to participate in the sport.

In April 2012 the club donated $2,000 to Sandringham hospital to assist with the facilities for a new post-natal depression facility for the community. It is anticipated this work will continue next year with the proposed cre-ation of a ‘reflection garden’ at the hospital to be built by the club. Further support for Mental Health initia-tives this year has been the donation of new footwear valued over $2,000 for the Evolve outward bound cen-tre, where troubled youths are helped back to a positive outlook and approach to life.

As the Rotary year closes, a number of projects are in train that will continue into next year; these are the development of a new garden for the Fairview care home, and the running of a Mental Health First Aid course.

Adrian CulshawAdrian CulshawAdrian CulshawAdrian Culshaw

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Grants

While no Rotary grants were ob-tained during the year, $5,000 was received from Bayside Coun-cil and $2,000 from the Bendigo Bank.

Centurion Club

Membership was promoted through In Gear, at meet-ings and by direct contact with members. At this time RCOB has 19 paid up Centurions, a significant increase from prior years.

RCOB Donations to Rotary Foundation

RCOB donated $5,508.20 to Rotary Foundation, plus $500 specifically to Polio Plus.

Group Study Exchange

We were proud to have our very own Kerrie Geard, fill the role of team leader for the outgoing GSE team’s trip to Malaysia.

ON TO CONFERENCE

Well, what a fantastic con-

ference! If you thought

the previous ones were

good, think again. Some

highlights.

Wednesday, ploughman’s lunch at Fowles Wine at

Avenel, then on to Wangaratta Golf Club for a lazy nine

holes, followed by dinner at Watermarc on the river.

Thursday we fielded 15 players for the Conference Golf

Day, plus Greg Penaluna from Noble Park as a substi-

tute Beaumaris Rotarian, which made up about 45% of

the field for a fun 2-ball ambrose, followed by drinks

and BBQ. Second prize was won by David and Di Hone.

Well done to John Williams and Gary Amott from RC

Noble Park for organising a fantastic day.

The conference got underway at 1pm Friday at the fab-

ulous Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, with around

500 attendees from the 50 odd Clubs in the District.

DG Brian had decided on a low-key, no-fuss style which

was much appreciated by many. The format, extended

breaks, excellent speakers, entertainment and the en-

thusiasm of the attendees made for a great conference.

I have never seen so many seats continue to be filled

throughout the Friday afternoon, Saturday and Sunday

morning sessions.

Trying to summarize, Brian Tydin was a wonderful MC

as always, we were entertained on several occasions by

a fantastic Magician/comedian Jonathan Usher from NZ,

who is a Rotarian and DG Nominee as well as a profes-

sional magician and successful businessman. The

speakers included an Artist, six Rotary partners who

went to India for the 24 hour mass child Polio immun-

isation program, a talk on cyber bullying, insights into

this year’s Chelsea Flower Show contribution from Aus-

tralia, talks about how health promotes peace, and how

diet can influence anxiety and depression, especially in

children, an insight into how the Foundation grants will

work, and many other enthralling topics. Of these our

very own Kerrie Geard was on stage with the Australian

GSE team, who demonstrably showed the benefits of

this wonderful Rotary program.

Friday night started off with pre-dinner drink drinks

(G&T’s) courtesy of David and Joy Lea, followed by

more pre-dinner drinks and nibbles provided by Pres

John and Sue, Heather and others, then a walking bus

to café Martini Restaurant. Our Club entertained Chel-

sea, Hampton and Huntingdale Clubs as well as the 35

of our own Club, a total of 59.

Saturday Night’s District Gala Dinner, under a huge

marquee in the Park, was all about fun, food, wine and

dancing, with two great bands playing Irish and tradi-

tional dance music till the wee small hours.

On behalf of the Club, I would like to congratulate DG

Brian Martin and Sue, and the huge team who put the

conference together, for a wonderful, entertaining,

thought provoking and enlightening conference.

Your On-to-conference organisers

James and MeganJames and MeganJames and MeganJames and Megan.

FOUNDATION

CONFERENCE

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The Fundraising Committee consisted of Harry Roberts,

Susan De Bolfo, Charmaine Jansz, Judi Hall, Geoff Ab-

bott, Jim O’Brien, Greg Every, Roy Seager, James Glen-

wright, Kerrie Geard, John Van Dyk and Geoff Stringer

Susan De Bolfo took over from Harry Roberts as Director

when he went overseas to work in October 2012.

Our total funds raised this year are as follows:

Donation Button on Web Site

Completion of a donation button on the Rotary Club of

Beaumaris web site occurred by October. It has been

tested and found to operate correctly

President’s Cup Golf Car Parking Huntingdale

Car parking at Huntingdale was once again organised by

Roy and Pat Seager. They and their team of helpers are

to be commended for their efforts on the day. Pat and

Roy once again were there at 5:30am to marshal the

troops and make sure all activities were covered. They

did not leave until 6pm.

Sausage Sizzles at Bunnings Mentone - 24 Decem-

ber 2012 and 17 June 2013

The December event was organised by Susan De Bolfo,

Charmaine Jansz and Judi Hall. As first timers they did a

great job getting the event organized on the day. A

special thanks to Charmaine who was the “official gofer”

for the day and returned several times to Southland on

Christmas Eve and her home to bring and buy more sup-

plies as it was a very busy selling day.

The June event is being held on a Monday as a trial by

Bunnings and as it is not a public holiday it is not antici-

pated to be very busy. As Bunnings have been very

good to the Club providing dates it was felt we should

assist them with this trial.

Mayoral Charity Golf Day at RMGC

Jim O’Brien and team helped the RC of Sandringham with

the Mayoral Charity Golf Day at Royal Melbourne. It was

a very successful day that like last year was fully booked

out and had excellent sponsorship from local communi-

ties. The weather was terrific and already some players

have indicated they will be returning again to next year’s

event. An excellent effort by Jim and his team of help-

ers.

The Great Gatsby Film Night

Around 60 members, partners and friends attended the

opening night of the film at the Dendy Brighton. Thanks

go to Heather for following through with this event as

Susan went on holidays in May. Heather organised and

prepared food and liaised with the Dendy Brighton Thea-

tre. Also thanks to those who donated raffle prizes for

the night. The night raised $1000.

People’s Choice Community Lottery

The Credit Union made contact with James Glenwright in

January 2013 and he passed on details to Susan. The

Club, after suitable investigation agreed to order 135

books at $2 a ticket and 260 prizes. All costs for prizes

and printing are borne by the Credit Union. Nearly all

members have taken 3 books to sell. All profits, $2700,

from the sale of the tickets will come back to the Club in

September. Thanks to all members for taking on this

fundraising activity.

Susan De BolfoSusan De BolfoSusan De BolfoSusan De Bolfo

Activity Amount

President’s Cup Golf Car Parking Huntingdale

$5000

December Bunnings Sausage Sizzle $1800

Donations Via Web Site $100

Farmer’s Market $400

Mayoral Charity Golf Day at RMGC $11000TBC

The Great Gatsby Film Night $1000

Beaumaris Concourse Event $288

Beaumaris Traders $300

People’s Choice Community Lottery $2700

June Bunnings Sausage Sizzle $800 TBC

TOTAL $ 23288TBC

FUNDRAISING

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What makes a club successful, keeps the members inter-ested and returning week after week? Ron Burton, in-coming Rotary International President wrote that he once considered leaving Rotary. Less than a year and a half after joining Ron claimed that attending weekly meetings were a waste of his time, that the food was ordinary and the program not that great.

The same cannot be said of Beaumaris. The interesting program, the fellowship, fun and camaraderie at meet-ings, the other activities; theatre nights, golfing after-noons and weekends and nights at good local restaurants has providing plenty of opportunity for members to enjoy the social aspects of Rotary whilst contributing their time to raise money and support the various directors in a wide range of local and international activities.

To run a club in this fashion requires a dedicated team; often behind the scenes.

In 2012 – 13 Tony Phillips as sergeant, controlled the meetings with a good joke and an interesting quiz. Every member and guest had the opportunity to win chocolates (usually dispersed amongst their table and rarely being taken home) with questions that became increasingly harder which required (more often than not) sheer luck to pick the right option.

Tony continues to insure that the clubs accounts are cor-rect in his role as auditor and this year completed a reg-ister of the clubs assets. This will be regularly main-tained by the Sergeant each year.

David Hone had a wide range of speakers including; Yvonne Beadle and How to Run a Spellathon, Peter Van Rompaey spoke about the Lort Smith Animal Hospital, we heard about a People Smuggler, Collaborative Law, Emo-tional Intelligence, Chris De Fraga explained how to Avoid Fatal Car Accidents, Rod Ingham spoke with passion about the Yarra River, Oscar Yildiz spoke about a Bully Free Australia and Brooke Squires blew us away with her stories of saving the white Rhinoceros. David also main-tained the duty roster and keeps members up to date with the club calendar.

Newsletter editor and webmaster David Lea has continued to improve both as well as setting up the clubs social media. David always finds interesting articles and great photos.

Heather Chisholm kicked off the fellowship program by arranging a Tropical in July night at Cerebus (apart from the appropriately tropical attire worn by members and guests there was nothing tropical about the night with freezing gale force winds causing havoc when everyone arrived). We attended Hope Springs Eternal at Dendy theatre and the Vicar of Dibley at Beaumaris. Golfing weekends included 13th Beach and Cape Schank, barbe-ques and 9 holes at Victoria and Royal Melbourne and we dined at both Cafe 3193 and 6 Keys. All fellowships were well attended.

Greg Every maintained an excellent relationship with Vic-toria Golf Club whilst organising the attendance numbers. This is a difficult role as often some members will not turn up after booking whilst others will turn up without advising anyone.

Harry Wolfe was the Almoner for the first half of the year but after moving to Mt Eliza found the role a little difficult to maintain and handed over to Antony Nixon. The role of the Almoner is to keep an eye on the welfare and health of members and keep the club informed on any problems with members or their families.

John Beaty, David Lea and Greg Every also contributed the bulk of the photo’s that adorn the newsletter and web site.

A job well done by all the Club Service team

Bob McArthurBob McArthurBob McArthurBob McArthur

CLUB SERVICE

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PAST PRESIDENTS, THEMES AND MEMBERS

Members

Geoff Abbott

Zillay Batool

John Beaty

Heather Chisholm

Adrian Culshaw

Chris D’Arcy

Susan De Bolfo

Greg Every

Rob Fenton

Peter Flude

Martin Fothergill

Roger Frewen

Kerrie Geard

James Glenwright

Megan Glenwright

David Greenall

Judi Hall

Michael Hede

Fred Hofmann

David Hone

Charmaine Jansz

Larry Jackson

Richard Jones

David Langworthy

Glenda Laughton

David Lea

John Manks

Chris Martin

Bob McArthur

Tony McKenna

Ken Mirams

Anthony Nixon

Jim O‘Brien

Malcolm Park

Tony Phillips

Ross Phillips

Harry Roberts

David Rushworth

Malcolm Sawle

Roy Seager

Mary Sealy

Richard Shermon

Trish Smyth

Geoff Stockdale

Geoff Stringer

John van Dyk

Harry Wolfe

Past President Years International Theme

Tim Ive

1985 1986 You are the key

Russell Scott

1986 1987 Rotary brings hope

Ray Taylor 1987 1988 Rotarians - United in service, dedicat-ed to peace

David Rushworth 1988 1989 Put life in Rotary —you're life

Ron Ward 1989 1990 Enjoy Rotary

Malcolm Parks 1990 1991 Honor Rotary with faith and enthusi-asm

Rod Gaskell 1991 1992 Look beyond yourself

Mike O'Shea 1992 1993 Real happiness is in helping others

Geoff Abbott 1993 1994 Believe in what you can do — do what you believe in

Tony Read 1994 1995 Be a friend

Phil Kaufman 1995 1996 Act with integrity. Serve with love. Work for peace.

Robert Barker 1996 1997 Build the future with action and vision

Peter Quennell 1997 1998 Show Rotary cares

David Brown 1998 1999 Follow your Rotary dream

Jim O’Brien 1999 2000 Act with consistency, credibility, conti-nuity

Hugh Forrest 2000 2001 Create awareness. Take action.

John Beaty 2001 2002 Mankind is our business

Kerrie Geard 2002 2003 Sow the seeds of love

Ken Whitters 2003 2004 Lend a hand

Richard Jones 2004 2005 Celebrate Rotary

Brian Kimpton 2005 2006 Service above self

Rob Thomas-Hunt 2006 2007 Lead the way

Greg Every 2008 2009 Make dreams real

Roy Seager 2007 2008 Rotary shares

Peter Flude 2009 2010 The future of Rotary is in your hands

David Greenall 2010 2011 Building Communities, Bridging Conti-nents

James Glenwright 2011 2012 Reach Within to Embrace Humanity

John Manks 2012 2013 Peace Through Service

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2013 2014 Contact Information

PO Box 7047, Beaumaris, VIC, 3193

www.beaumarisrotary.com

Club President

Bob McArthur 0400 121 469

bobmcarthur@hotkey.net.au

Club Secretary

Roy Seager 0408 348 682

roy.seager@bigpond.com

Meets Thursday

6.30 for 7.00

Victoria Golf Club, Park Road,

Cheltenham,