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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS – SERVING THE COMMUNIT Y SINCE 1985
President’s Message
Hi All,
At our meeting last week, a number of members told us of their
sig-nificant challenges arising from the return to Stage 3
restrictions, and our thoughts are with them. No doubt, we are all
being negatively impacted to a lesser or greater extent and I hope
you are managing to cope. Please don't hesitate to call on fellow
members of the Club if there is any help you need.
Our first Board meeting of the Rotary year is on Tuesday, 14
July. This is where we would normally set out our stall for what we
will do in the year ahead; however, this year is anything but
normal! With no income in the near future and major restrictions on
what we are phys-ically able to do, we will be focusing on how we
best manage the serious impacts to the Club. I'll provide an update
at our weekly Thursday meeting.
We have Alison and Kieron giving their new member talk then,
too. These are often the most interesting talks of the year (no
pressure, guys) so one not to be missed. In honour of Bastille Day,
we will give the whole meeting a French theme so please try to join
in with appro-priate backgrounds / props / outfits! Hope to see you
then,
Yours in Rotary
Adrian
Next Meetings
Tuesday 14 July
Board Meeting 6.00 pm Venue TBA Thursday 16 July
Speakers: Kieron & Alison Letts New Members’ Talk Thursday
23 July
DG Alma Reynolds Thursday 30 July
Speaker: David Rushworth History of Beaumaris Rotary
Thursday 6 August
Fun Night, Details to Follow
Thursday 13 August
Speaker: Rani Kulkarni Rotary Scholarship Recipient
All Meeting Via Zoom 5:50 for 6:00 pm unless otherwise
stated.
ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN | Number 3 13 July
2020
Contents 1) President’s Message 2) Fundraising, Secretary,
Indigenous Updates 3) Meeting Photos 4) This Week’s Speaker 5)
Vanuata Malaria Elimination Program 6) Dr Jessie Harman Zoom
Meeting 7) Club Sponsors 9) Club Structure / Photo of Week
My goodness it’s hard to capture good photos dur-ing a Zoom
meet-ing but we need some for the historical record so will keep on
trying. Some more later in this edition. Ed.
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Fundraising Committee Update
Farmers Market Update
With another lockdown upon us, the earliest date for the Black
Rock Farmers Market will be Saturday, 12 September. The Beaumaris
Primary School Oval ‘refurbishment’ is tracking ahead of schedule
so, hopefully, we can restart Beaumaris Farmers Market soon subject
to COVID-19.
COVID-19 Plan – we will continue to work with Regional Farm-ers
Markets to prepare and submit a COVID-19 Plan to Bayside City
Council to obtain a permit for the Black Rock Farmers Mar-ket.
Marketing – once a date is confirmed, we will ramp up our
so-cial media activity with a blitz two to three weeks beforehand.
We would like to use images of members on our website, social media
and in the Neighbourhood Watch leaflet and will request your
permission by email shortly.
Golf Day Update
Pre-planning – the Committee continues to action sponsors,
prizes and background activities, prior to ramping up detailed
planning towards the end of October.
Liz Tanzimat
Secretary Notes
The Centenary of Rotary in Australia will be celebrated on 21
January 2021. There will be a baton relay as part of the
cele-brations. There will be more publicity about this in future
com-munications.
Alma Reynolds the District Governor has said that the dates for
the Conference will be 1 / 2 March 2021. They are planning for both
a face to face and a Digital Conference. A definite decision about
the medium will be made by 1 February 2021.
In my Zoom visits to other clubs I have found that Glen
Waver-ley Rotary has produced a one-day food package, of food you
can eat straight away. It is intended for the homeless, as well as
being used by other relief agencies. The Police have cur-rently
requested some of the packs.
Trish Smyth
Indigenous Committee Report:
2021 Arnhem Land Progress Aboriginal Corporation (ALPA) and
other projects
ALPA Project
ALPA, an indigenous owned and operated CoOp, owns 9 remote
community stores and manages another 20 across the Kimberley to
Cape York region. ALPA has been operating successfully in the
retail and food distribution business for over 40 years with 95% of
its staff being Aboriginal.
The ALPA Project is one of the options outlined to last year’s
Board and refined this year following further discussions with ALPA
and Darwin Rotary Club.
The purpose of this Project is to expand opportunities from
purely retail (stores) to administration, buying and financial
support for its stores. These roles are largely undertaken in
Darwin where the work-force is predominantly non-Aboriginal.
The Project entails employing two young (school leavers)
Aboriginal people in their Darwin HQ. ALPA would hire and guarantee
place-ments after appropriate training, with the two placements
rotating through various ALPA Head Office functions (e.g.
Purchasing, HR, IT, Operations and Training) to assist the network
of stores and suppliers (mainly Metcash) across the top end of the
Northern Territory.
To secure the two placements, Darwin Rotary Club, in
collaboration with District 9810 Clubs (led by Beaumaris Rotary
Club), aims to raise $30k during 2020/21, with ALPA fulfilling any
shortfall. Post the first year, ALPA would continue to employ the
successful individuals (if mutually agreeable), as part of its 1200
people workforce. Subject to success of this Project, it is hoped
that future placements for young aboriginals can be secured.
Currently, subject to Board approval (following Darwin Rotary
Club and District being on board), we are contributing $12k, with a
similar amount being contributed by other District Clubs.
Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS), Indigenous Art
and Trachoma support
This year, support will continue for MITS, based in Richmond,
with a contribution of circa $3k.
With Bob McArthur’s lead, we are hoping the sale of Indigenous
art-work, through Club-related events, will prove to be a good
fundraiser this year.
The ‘End Trachoma’ fundraiser also targets Indigenous support,
given the prevalence of this condition in some remote communities.
The Committee will want to play its part in this as well.
Chris Mara
Club News
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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS BULL ET IN – SERVING THE COMMUNIT Y
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Club News: Meeting Photos
Clockwise: Roy Seager, Heather & Chris D’Arcy
Lois Lindsay, and Charmaine Jansz
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This Week’s Speaker
Speaker: Lisa Grant Topic: Bayside Community Hub (BCH) Success
Lisa was born in the Kingston/Bayside area and is now happily
living in the suburb of Beaumaris with her husband and 3
children.
With a Bachelor of Information Technology from Swin-burne
University, and 20 years working in the IT industry, Lisa has
forged a path from Programmer through to Program Manager, working
in Australia, Asia, and the UK. Lisa has also followed her passion
for supporting small businesses with post-graduate qualifications
in Business Management and Business Coaching, and a number of years
of running her own small business and supporting others. She has
recently worked extensively in Social Me-dia and Social Media
Marketing and can provide a wealth of current knowledge within
these areas of expertise. She knows how daunting it is to start
your own business, and to suddenly need expertise in marketing,
sales, finance, law and more, and can help you to overcome some of
those hurdles with your own small business.
Before starting her family in 2006, Lisa spent 6 months doing
volunteer work in Africa, and it was there that her love of
supporting the local community began. She no-ticed that, despite
all of the hardships faced by the people she was helping, the
community bonded together to help each other through “thick and
thin” in a way she had never experienced before.
BCH provides Lisa with the perfect opportunity to continue
exploring her passion to help both the community and
small businesses. Lisa hopes that the support provided through
Bayside Community Hub can help the Bay-side Community to thrive and
prosper!
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Other Club’s Events
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Zoom meeting details will be sent separately to Club
members.
Other Club’s Events
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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS BULL ET IN – SERVING THE COMMUNIT Y
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Club Sponsors
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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS BULL ET IN – SERVING THE COMMUNIT Y
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Club Sponsors
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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS BULL ET IN – SERVING THE COMMUNIT Y
SINCE 1985
RCOB Board President Adrian Culshaw Secretary Trish Smyth
Treasurer James Glenwright Club Service & PE Lynda Doutch Past
President David Hone Fund Raising Liz Tanzimat Community Richard
Jones International Mark Perelaer Youth Vivienne Zoppolato
Indigenous Chris Mara Community- Chair Richard Jones Jan Cooper Max
Darby Mary Cunnington Jude Kavanagh Roy Downes Julie Reith Mary
Sealy Malcolm Sawle (Sustainability) Chris D'Arcy John Turner
International - Chair Mark Perelaer John Manks Geoff Stockdale Fred
Hofmann John Sime Clem Quick Simon Kavanagh Richard Potter
Youth – Chair Vivienne Zoppolato Bridget Hage Simon Kavanagh
Tony McKenna David Rushworth Antony Nixon Lois Lindsay Jeanette
Limbach Denise Grocke Indigenous - Chair Chris Mara David Hone
Jeanette Limbach Alison Letts Robert McArthur Marketing &
Membership Kieron Letts Greg Every Megan Glenwright Club Service
Lynda Doutch Almoner Fred Hofmann Archivist Malcolm Sawle
Attendance, Dining & Duties roster Lynda Doutch Financial
Reviewer Tony Phillips Club Photographers Max Darby, Club
Protection Officer Ken Mirams Newsletter, Web site, Facebook David
Lea , Alison Letts Fellowship & Centenary Kerrie Geard
Foundation John Turner, John Beaty On to Conference David Hone
Speaker Program Robert McArthur Secretary Assist Roy Seager
District Officers Assistant Governor for Monash A Cluster Chris
D'Arcy Assistant Governor for Kingston A Cluster Heather Chisholm
District Compliance Officer Ken Mirams District Community Chair
Trish Smyth District Indigenous Support Committee David Hone Club
Fundraising Liz Tanzimat Bayside Charity Golf Day Peter Flude James
Glenwright Jim O’Brien Richard Jones Farmers Market John Turner
Peter Flude Chris Mara Charmaine Jansz Geoff Stringer Ken Mirams
Vivienne Zoppolato Bridget Hage Heather Chisholm Julie Reith James
Glenwright
Club Structure
Sign of the Times
Courtesy of Bob McArthur’s brother