ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 26, 21 December 2015 Next Meetings CHRISTMAS/ NEWYEARBREAKRESUMEWEDNESDAY13 JANUARYWITHTRADITIONAL9 HOLESOFGOLFANDBBQ ATVGC. DETAILSPROVIDEDINTONYPHILLIPSEMAILOF12 DECEMBER. MA YYOUHA VEAMERRYCHRISTMASANDAHAPPY, HEALTHYNEWYEAR20142015 1985 Presidents Report What a great meeting fo r the last one for the year was. Our speaker Rachel, known to some of us through Sandybeac h Centre was able to enlighten us about WIRE and their ap- proach to helping women and hence their families. It was great to welcome so many partners to our final meeting, Greg certainly has kept up a high standard all year, the interest we have had is a tribute to his work. Earlier I was able to deli v- er the cheque for the gratuity to the VGC staff to thank them for their care and kindness to us at our meetings. Welcome back to Peter and Maureen Flude who have just returned fr om Cruising. Peter will be tal king to the Educa- tion Department staff this week just to check the date when we will be restarting the Farmers Market in 2016. The usual day for the Farmers Market would be very early in January so Pe- ter will be talking that through. It's been a very busy and fulfilling six months so far, the Past Presidents say it is an easy run after the New Year; I will look forward to the New Year as always but perhaps even more this year. Thank you all for the contribution you have made this year, everything you do for Rotary helps to ensure peace and har- mony in our community, and the world over. Wolf and I wish you a Merry Christmas and hope that the com- ing year brings you happiness and good health. Y ours in Rotary Trish 1 Presidents Report 2 Notices 3 / 4 This Week’s Speaker 5 District Golf Day 6 RC of Dingley Village Golf Day 7 Club Structure / Picture of the day Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00
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What a great meeting for the last one for the year was Ourspeaker Rachel known to some of us through SandybeachCentre was able to enlighten us about WIRE and their ap-proach to helping women and hence their families
It was great to welcome so many partners to our final meeting
Greg certainly has kept up a high standard all year the interestwe have had is a tribute to his work Earlier I was able to deliv-er the cheque for the gratuity to the VGC staff to thank themfor their care and kindness to us at our meetings
Welcome back to Peter and Maureen Flude who have just returned from Cruising Peter will be talking to the Educa-tion Department staff this week just to check the date when wewill be restarting the Farmers Market in 2016 The usual dayfor the Farmers Market would be very early in January so Pe-ter will be talking that through
Its been a very busy and fulfilling six months so far the PastPresidents say it is an easy run after the New Year I will lookforward to the New Year as always but perhaps even more thisyear
Thank you all for the contribution you have made this yeareverything you do for Rotary helps to ensure peace and har-mony in our community and the world over
Wolf and I wish you a Merry Christmas and hope that the com-ing year brings you happiness and good health
Excerpt from Sandringham Hospital LifeNewsletter Summer 201516
ldquoWe have received wonderful support from our communitywhich has enabled new equipment to be purchased andfacilities improved In particular I would like toacknowledge the many generous donors and communitygroups who have supported us in 2015 including thePRG 24-hour charity bike ride the Bayside CompanionDog Training School the Black Rock Sports AuxiliarySandringham Yacht Club Royal Brighton Yacht Club theLions Club of Moorabbin All Souls Opportunity Shop theRotary Club of Beaumaris and the Brighton Golf ClubLadies Charity Day
Judy Reeves
Director of Nursingrdquo
Letter from Pastor Franz
Many thanks for Your emails concerning the hostel to-gether with the advice how to keep some money back atthe concrete ring workshop so that in the future we canpay for expenses to keep it running Thank You verymuch for the latest email where You informed me aboutthe help to cover the costs of the new concrete mixer and
the two molds still not yet delivered to us by Bapa Yo-hanes Yap in Kupang Please convey my thanks to MrGeoff Mr Fred and Mr Malcolm Parks who donated itall I will send You the receipts of all this Many thanksfor the so needed support of AUD$ 2500 - for studentsrsquoassistance As the demand by the students in Kupang isgreatest I ask You to advise Tarsi to send it all to Agusti-nus Kadja SPd in Kupang who is looking after the stu-dentsrsquo affairs there There the money will be used forfood clothing transportation as well for the study feeseach semester
Surely You will have received all the latest informationfrom Mrs Dr Genevieve Duggan concerning the newhostel in Kupang the involvement of Rotary Kupang tooas well as the lawyer According to all their efforts thefuture shape of the needed legal framework to determinethe affairs with the students the establishment of a foun-dation (yayasan) is essential and lawyer Albert as well asthe lawyer from Rotary Kupang are ready to work it allout
I already read about yayasan foundation in Indone-sia and it sounds not too complicated to establish andfinally to manage it There has to be a yearly session bythe members too regularly reports to the government
authorities Only to operate it it will need a strong andregular financial foundation too Formerly the yayasans inIndonesia had been blossoming during the days ofSoeharto but as after the Vera Cruz disaster in DiliEast Timor the foreign support mostly stopped and theyayasans had to close Furthermore as Soeharto mis-
used his yayasans as magic boxes to cover up his finan-cial adventures the name yayasan itself got a bad nota-tion and just now it seems to have recovered and againyayasan can become a vehicle as a legal framework tochannel support to people in need For this I ask that notonly Rotary in Australia but Rotary in Kupang too to beinvolved as supporting entities from the very beginningbesides of course our former students here who mustcontinuously play a role not only as advisers but of courseof donors too Will still need some time until all that fitstogether All I can do at this moment is only to pray forsupport from above so that especially the former stu-dents should feel glad if that Yayasan has been estab-lished as it gives them a trusted framework to becomehelpers after themselves have been helped
Lately there had been some rain after too long draughtmost wells still empty Just a few days ago temperatureshere in our house over 38 degrees Celsius Roads onSabu nearly all unfinished The concrete ring makerssometimes work until midnight as during the day it is veryhot Just recently the former Bupati Head of Sabu-District had been reelected As formerly too all the con-testants were not showing anything written concerningtheir programs they only made speeches and promisesnothing else All what they looked for ways to get electedand grab power Surely not for all eternity the people willallowed to be fooled and cheated Might be too the localBupatis cannot promise anything as they entirely dependon what they are given from Jakarta But at least theyshould have told the public how much money they gotfrom Jakarta and what it had been used for Even this
they did not doFor all Your and Your friends in the Rotary and out-side help during this year I say thousand thanks WishYou all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2016As our Wifi System does not work properly I can operateit only in the early morning
Each day we and the girls remember You all and mentionYou in our prayers Until next time I remain Yours with all
4 Developing strategic partnerships with other servicesand government and non-government agenciesAdvocating for change on issues that impact on womenrsquosability to engage equally in society
Service model listening supporting and empowering
womenWIRE is a service for and by women in Victoria We workwithin a feminist framework where we recognise womenrsquosresilience and resourcefulness as a starting point Wetake time to listen to womenrsquos stories and we always re-spect and acknowledge womenrsquos diverse experiencesand the different ways they choose to resolve their lifesituations
As part of our feminist framework we also understand thestructural inequalities and differences women face be-cause of their gender and the social and economic influ-ences affecting women We work to influence socialchange and act to overcome structural inequalities forwomen and strongly believe that women have a right toinformation to enable them to make decisions and choic-es in their lives
WIRE considers the way we operate to be as importantas the outcomes achieved WIRE values co-operationand collaboration with all the women with whom we inter-
actOur storyWIRE Womenrsquos Information was formed in 1983 by thecombined efforts of many organisations such as theWomenrsquos Electoral Lobby Lifeline the Victorian Policeand the YWCA Women had many questions concerningmajor life choices and their basic human rights and wereseeking complex support and information from a non-
judgmental and rights-based perspective to help them findsolutions
WIRE was established to provide a generalist informationand referral service to women as well as to affirm andsupport womenrsquos human rights and advocate for womenrsquosissuesbull WIRE officially opened on 8 March 1984 above Flin-ders Street Stationbull In 1984 and 1985 our core funding was $208000and we received 2500 callsbull In 1993 we moved to Ross House on Flinders Lanebull In the 1990s we established online services provid-ing information through the Internet and email enquiriesbull In December 1999 we opened the Womenrsquos Infor-mation Centre (WIC) to give women access to informationat a central city location at Ross House on Flinders Lane
Rachael had prior experi-ence in IT with JP Morganand as the CEO of theSandyBeach Centre Shebrings to the role a strongbackground in financial andproject management infor-mation technology partner-ship building and revenuediversification She has anMBA from the Open Univer-
sity in London
The Following extract from the WIRE website summariseswhat WIRE is all about and some of its history
WIRE stands for Womenrsquos Information and Referral Ex-change Inc We are the only Victoria-wide free generalistinformation support and referral service run by women forwomen
We have been listening and giving voice to womenrsquos ex-
periences since 1984 Every year we answer over 12000requests for information and assistance through ourWomenrsquos Support Line drop-in Womenrsquos InformationCentre and via email and online chat
We offer a range of gender-specific training programsand also research and advocate for womenrsquos issues suchas financial literacy and economic security out-of-school-hours childcare work-life balance and violence againstwomen
Vision amp StoryVisionOur vision is that of a society where women are safe re-spected valued informed empowered and free to makegenuine choices in their lives
We aim to achieve this in the following ways by1 Providing information referral and support by phoneemail or in person to individual women2 Enabling women to develop new skills and knowledge
necessary to increase control and decision making in theirlives3 Providing information through our seminars andonline resources
bull In 2003 WIRE was recognised as a RegisteredTraining Organisationbull In 2004 we moved to our current location at QueenVictoria Womenrsquos Centre on 210 Lonsdale Streetbull In 2007 WIRE won the state NAB Volunteer AwardIn February 2012 WIRE started our online Livechat Sup-port Service at wwwwireorgau bull In 2012 WIRE received ASICrsquos MoneySmart HighlyCommended Award for the Women and Money Month program
In November 2012 WIRE moved to larger premises at372 Spencer Street West Melbourne 3003 Thirty yearson WIRE has evolved into the comprehensive infor-mation support and referral service it is today
Apart from the background of WIRE the key pointsRachael made were
Funding is $700k from the State DHS and a similaramount from donations
It is a State based service The support line volunteers handle a wide range of
queries from what hand luggage you can take on aflight up to suicide
Domestic violence related calls are about 25 ofall calls
Callers are handled anonymously no names aretaken or details retained
Volunteers give information and options but notadvice
Volunteers are all women but men are involved inorganisation
Men do call the service Similar organisations are being defunded in other
States Victorian Government is committed to implement
all the recommendations of the Royal Commission
into Domestic Violence Despite all intentions the gender pay gap is in-
creasing Have about 12 000 calls annually Would like to increase visibility in rural areas
Excerpt from Sandringham Hospital LifeNewsletter Summer 201516
ldquoWe have received wonderful support from our communitywhich has enabled new equipment to be purchased andfacilities improved In particular I would like toacknowledge the many generous donors and communitygroups who have supported us in 2015 including thePRG 24-hour charity bike ride the Bayside CompanionDog Training School the Black Rock Sports AuxiliarySandringham Yacht Club Royal Brighton Yacht Club theLions Club of Moorabbin All Souls Opportunity Shop theRotary Club of Beaumaris and the Brighton Golf ClubLadies Charity Day
Judy Reeves
Director of Nursingrdquo
Letter from Pastor Franz
Many thanks for Your emails concerning the hostel to-gether with the advice how to keep some money back atthe concrete ring workshop so that in the future we canpay for expenses to keep it running Thank You verymuch for the latest email where You informed me aboutthe help to cover the costs of the new concrete mixer and
the two molds still not yet delivered to us by Bapa Yo-hanes Yap in Kupang Please convey my thanks to MrGeoff Mr Fred and Mr Malcolm Parks who donated itall I will send You the receipts of all this Many thanksfor the so needed support of AUD$ 2500 - for studentsrsquoassistance As the demand by the students in Kupang isgreatest I ask You to advise Tarsi to send it all to Agusti-nus Kadja SPd in Kupang who is looking after the stu-dentsrsquo affairs there There the money will be used forfood clothing transportation as well for the study feeseach semester
Surely You will have received all the latest informationfrom Mrs Dr Genevieve Duggan concerning the newhostel in Kupang the involvement of Rotary Kupang tooas well as the lawyer According to all their efforts thefuture shape of the needed legal framework to determinethe affairs with the students the establishment of a foun-dation (yayasan) is essential and lawyer Albert as well asthe lawyer from Rotary Kupang are ready to work it allout
I already read about yayasan foundation in Indone-sia and it sounds not too complicated to establish andfinally to manage it There has to be a yearly session bythe members too regularly reports to the government
authorities Only to operate it it will need a strong andregular financial foundation too Formerly the yayasans inIndonesia had been blossoming during the days ofSoeharto but as after the Vera Cruz disaster in DiliEast Timor the foreign support mostly stopped and theyayasans had to close Furthermore as Soeharto mis-
used his yayasans as magic boxes to cover up his finan-cial adventures the name yayasan itself got a bad nota-tion and just now it seems to have recovered and againyayasan can become a vehicle as a legal framework tochannel support to people in need For this I ask that notonly Rotary in Australia but Rotary in Kupang too to beinvolved as supporting entities from the very beginningbesides of course our former students here who mustcontinuously play a role not only as advisers but of courseof donors too Will still need some time until all that fitstogether All I can do at this moment is only to pray forsupport from above so that especially the former stu-dents should feel glad if that Yayasan has been estab-lished as it gives them a trusted framework to becomehelpers after themselves have been helped
Lately there had been some rain after too long draughtmost wells still empty Just a few days ago temperatureshere in our house over 38 degrees Celsius Roads onSabu nearly all unfinished The concrete ring makerssometimes work until midnight as during the day it is veryhot Just recently the former Bupati Head of Sabu-District had been reelected As formerly too all the con-testants were not showing anything written concerningtheir programs they only made speeches and promisesnothing else All what they looked for ways to get electedand grab power Surely not for all eternity the people willallowed to be fooled and cheated Might be too the localBupatis cannot promise anything as they entirely dependon what they are given from Jakarta But at least theyshould have told the public how much money they gotfrom Jakarta and what it had been used for Even this
they did not doFor all Your and Your friends in the Rotary and out-side help during this year I say thousand thanks WishYou all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2016As our Wifi System does not work properly I can operateit only in the early morning
Each day we and the girls remember You all and mentionYou in our prayers Until next time I remain Yours with all
4 Developing strategic partnerships with other servicesand government and non-government agenciesAdvocating for change on issues that impact on womenrsquosability to engage equally in society
Service model listening supporting and empowering
womenWIRE is a service for and by women in Victoria We workwithin a feminist framework where we recognise womenrsquosresilience and resourcefulness as a starting point Wetake time to listen to womenrsquos stories and we always re-spect and acknowledge womenrsquos diverse experiencesand the different ways they choose to resolve their lifesituations
As part of our feminist framework we also understand thestructural inequalities and differences women face be-cause of their gender and the social and economic influ-ences affecting women We work to influence socialchange and act to overcome structural inequalities forwomen and strongly believe that women have a right toinformation to enable them to make decisions and choic-es in their lives
WIRE considers the way we operate to be as importantas the outcomes achieved WIRE values co-operationand collaboration with all the women with whom we inter-
actOur storyWIRE Womenrsquos Information was formed in 1983 by thecombined efforts of many organisations such as theWomenrsquos Electoral Lobby Lifeline the Victorian Policeand the YWCA Women had many questions concerningmajor life choices and their basic human rights and wereseeking complex support and information from a non-
judgmental and rights-based perspective to help them findsolutions
WIRE was established to provide a generalist informationand referral service to women as well as to affirm andsupport womenrsquos human rights and advocate for womenrsquosissuesbull WIRE officially opened on 8 March 1984 above Flin-ders Street Stationbull In 1984 and 1985 our core funding was $208000and we received 2500 callsbull In 1993 we moved to Ross House on Flinders Lanebull In the 1990s we established online services provid-ing information through the Internet and email enquiriesbull In December 1999 we opened the Womenrsquos Infor-mation Centre (WIC) to give women access to informationat a central city location at Ross House on Flinders Lane
Rachael had prior experi-ence in IT with JP Morganand as the CEO of theSandyBeach Centre Shebrings to the role a strongbackground in financial andproject management infor-mation technology partner-ship building and revenuediversification She has anMBA from the Open Univer-
sity in London
The Following extract from the WIRE website summariseswhat WIRE is all about and some of its history
WIRE stands for Womenrsquos Information and Referral Ex-change Inc We are the only Victoria-wide free generalistinformation support and referral service run by women forwomen
We have been listening and giving voice to womenrsquos ex-
periences since 1984 Every year we answer over 12000requests for information and assistance through ourWomenrsquos Support Line drop-in Womenrsquos InformationCentre and via email and online chat
We offer a range of gender-specific training programsand also research and advocate for womenrsquos issues suchas financial literacy and economic security out-of-school-hours childcare work-life balance and violence againstwomen
Vision amp StoryVisionOur vision is that of a society where women are safe re-spected valued informed empowered and free to makegenuine choices in their lives
We aim to achieve this in the following ways by1 Providing information referral and support by phoneemail or in person to individual women2 Enabling women to develop new skills and knowledge
necessary to increase control and decision making in theirlives3 Providing information through our seminars andonline resources
bull In 2003 WIRE was recognised as a RegisteredTraining Organisationbull In 2004 we moved to our current location at QueenVictoria Womenrsquos Centre on 210 Lonsdale Streetbull In 2007 WIRE won the state NAB Volunteer AwardIn February 2012 WIRE started our online Livechat Sup-port Service at wwwwireorgau bull In 2012 WIRE received ASICrsquos MoneySmart HighlyCommended Award for the Women and Money Month program
In November 2012 WIRE moved to larger premises at372 Spencer Street West Melbourne 3003 Thirty yearson WIRE has evolved into the comprehensive infor-mation support and referral service it is today
Apart from the background of WIRE the key pointsRachael made were
Funding is $700k from the State DHS and a similaramount from donations
It is a State based service The support line volunteers handle a wide range of
queries from what hand luggage you can take on aflight up to suicide
Domestic violence related calls are about 25 ofall calls
Callers are handled anonymously no names aretaken or details retained
Volunteers give information and options but notadvice
Volunteers are all women but men are involved inorganisation
Men do call the service Similar organisations are being defunded in other
States Victorian Government is committed to implement
all the recommendations of the Royal Commission
into Domestic Violence Despite all intentions the gender pay gap is in-
creasing Have about 12 000 calls annually Would like to increase visibility in rural areas
4 Developing strategic partnerships with other servicesand government and non-government agenciesAdvocating for change on issues that impact on womenrsquosability to engage equally in society
Service model listening supporting and empowering
womenWIRE is a service for and by women in Victoria We workwithin a feminist framework where we recognise womenrsquosresilience and resourcefulness as a starting point Wetake time to listen to womenrsquos stories and we always re-spect and acknowledge womenrsquos diverse experiencesand the different ways they choose to resolve their lifesituations
As part of our feminist framework we also understand thestructural inequalities and differences women face be-cause of their gender and the social and economic influ-ences affecting women We work to influence socialchange and act to overcome structural inequalities forwomen and strongly believe that women have a right toinformation to enable them to make decisions and choic-es in their lives
WIRE considers the way we operate to be as importantas the outcomes achieved WIRE values co-operationand collaboration with all the women with whom we inter-
actOur storyWIRE Womenrsquos Information was formed in 1983 by thecombined efforts of many organisations such as theWomenrsquos Electoral Lobby Lifeline the Victorian Policeand the YWCA Women had many questions concerningmajor life choices and their basic human rights and wereseeking complex support and information from a non-
judgmental and rights-based perspective to help them findsolutions
WIRE was established to provide a generalist informationand referral service to women as well as to affirm andsupport womenrsquos human rights and advocate for womenrsquosissuesbull WIRE officially opened on 8 March 1984 above Flin-ders Street Stationbull In 1984 and 1985 our core funding was $208000and we received 2500 callsbull In 1993 we moved to Ross House on Flinders Lanebull In the 1990s we established online services provid-ing information through the Internet and email enquiriesbull In December 1999 we opened the Womenrsquos Infor-mation Centre (WIC) to give women access to informationat a central city location at Ross House on Flinders Lane
Rachael had prior experi-ence in IT with JP Morganand as the CEO of theSandyBeach Centre Shebrings to the role a strongbackground in financial andproject management infor-mation technology partner-ship building and revenuediversification She has anMBA from the Open Univer-
sity in London
The Following extract from the WIRE website summariseswhat WIRE is all about and some of its history
WIRE stands for Womenrsquos Information and Referral Ex-change Inc We are the only Victoria-wide free generalistinformation support and referral service run by women forwomen
We have been listening and giving voice to womenrsquos ex-
periences since 1984 Every year we answer over 12000requests for information and assistance through ourWomenrsquos Support Line drop-in Womenrsquos InformationCentre and via email and online chat
We offer a range of gender-specific training programsand also research and advocate for womenrsquos issues suchas financial literacy and economic security out-of-school-hours childcare work-life balance and violence againstwomen
Vision amp StoryVisionOur vision is that of a society where women are safe re-spected valued informed empowered and free to makegenuine choices in their lives
We aim to achieve this in the following ways by1 Providing information referral and support by phoneemail or in person to individual women2 Enabling women to develop new skills and knowledge
necessary to increase control and decision making in theirlives3 Providing information through our seminars andonline resources
bull In 2003 WIRE was recognised as a RegisteredTraining Organisationbull In 2004 we moved to our current location at QueenVictoria Womenrsquos Centre on 210 Lonsdale Streetbull In 2007 WIRE won the state NAB Volunteer AwardIn February 2012 WIRE started our online Livechat Sup-port Service at wwwwireorgau bull In 2012 WIRE received ASICrsquos MoneySmart HighlyCommended Award for the Women and Money Month program
In November 2012 WIRE moved to larger premises at372 Spencer Street West Melbourne 3003 Thirty yearson WIRE has evolved into the comprehensive infor-mation support and referral service it is today
Apart from the background of WIRE the key pointsRachael made were
Funding is $700k from the State DHS and a similaramount from donations
It is a State based service The support line volunteers handle a wide range of
queries from what hand luggage you can take on aflight up to suicide
Domestic violence related calls are about 25 ofall calls
Callers are handled anonymously no names aretaken or details retained
Volunteers give information and options but notadvice
Volunteers are all women but men are involved inorganisation
Men do call the service Similar organisations are being defunded in other
States Victorian Government is committed to implement
all the recommendations of the Royal Commission
into Domestic Violence Despite all intentions the gender pay gap is in-
creasing Have about 12 000 calls annually Would like to increase visibility in rural areas
bull In 2003 WIRE was recognised as a RegisteredTraining Organisationbull In 2004 we moved to our current location at QueenVictoria Womenrsquos Centre on 210 Lonsdale Streetbull In 2007 WIRE won the state NAB Volunteer AwardIn February 2012 WIRE started our online Livechat Sup-port Service at wwwwireorgau bull In 2012 WIRE received ASICrsquos MoneySmart HighlyCommended Award for the Women and Money Month program
In November 2012 WIRE moved to larger premises at372 Spencer Street West Melbourne 3003 Thirty yearson WIRE has evolved into the comprehensive infor-mation support and referral service it is today
Apart from the background of WIRE the key pointsRachael made were
Funding is $700k from the State DHS and a similaramount from donations
It is a State based service The support line volunteers handle a wide range of
queries from what hand luggage you can take on aflight up to suicide
Domestic violence related calls are about 25 ofall calls
Callers are handled anonymously no names aretaken or details retained
Volunteers give information and options but notadvice
Volunteers are all women but men are involved inorganisation
Men do call the service Similar organisations are being defunded in other
States Victorian Government is committed to implement
all the recommendations of the Royal Commission
into Domestic Violence Despite all intentions the gender pay gap is in-
creasing Have about 12 000 calls annually Would like to increase visibility in rural areas