Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455 Page 1 Meeting 28 th September Meeting 5 th October Meeting 12 th October Board Meeting Committee Meetings Official Visit of the District Governor President 2012-13 Welcome New Member Aboriginal Health Symposium Pride of Workmanship Awards Volunteer Grant Council on Legislation Change of Venue for RC of North Perth Next Social Function Annual Address on the Rotary Foundation Microscopes for Subiaco Primary School Article on Microscopes in Post 8 th Asia Pacific Regional Rotaract Conference Film Night Koro Scholarship Fund Quiz Night for McCusker Alzheimer Research Foundation Letter of Thanks to Margaret Brawley from Awareness Cambodia Update on Members Birthdays Meeting 28 th September At our meeting on 28th September Garry Baverstock AM, an Eco Architect, spoke on ‘Climatic, Economic and Sustainability Challenges for this Century’ and the importance of the built environment. In an illustrated talk, Garry clearly demonstrating that climate change was real and that we are facing severe resource constraints in the future. He showed how significant advantages could be gained in heating and cooling of buildings with sensitive orientation and selection of appropriate materials, at the same time conserving energy. He emphasised providing inducements to encourage adaptive behaviour and achieve desired improvements. Due to extremely poor attendance with many members away plus a change in location in the Hospital for the meeting, Garry has offered to come back at a later date to present the address again. Meeting 5 th October The Club’s regular meeting was transferred to the ‘End Polio Breakfast’ on the morning of 5 th October. It was a sell- out event, professionally run and a quality program. President Shiva Senathirajah and members of the Rotaract Club of Subiaco are to be congratulated on the way they filled the venue, gathering together Rotarians, Rotaractors, Politicians and people from the Corporate sector to hear about Rotary’s major global project, commencing back in 1979 and on the brink of being brought to a successful conclusion. Videos were shown from RI President Kalyan Banerjee and Assistant Director General of WHO Bruce Aylward, a brief overview was presented by PolioPlus Zone Coordinator PRID Ken Collins and a personal story was presented by PP David Goldstone on his life as a Polio victim. The morning was a resounding success as a PR exercise on Rotary’s role in the eradication of Polio and hopefully, some of the much needed funds to complete the job will be PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 District 9455 ABN: 99 602 195 617 Iron Lung at the End Polio Breakfast
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Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455 Page 1
Meeting 28th September
Meeting 5th October
Meeting 12th October
Board Meeting
Committee Meetings
Official Visit of the District Governor
President 2012-13
Welcome New Member
Aboriginal Health Symposium
Pride of Workmanship Awards
Volunteer Grant
Council on Legislation
Change of Venue for RC of North
Perth
Next Social Function
Annual Address on the Rotary
Foundation
Microscopes for Subiaco Primary
School
Article on Microscopes in Post
8th Asia Pacific Regional Rotaract
Conference
Film Night Koro Scholarship Fund
Quiz Night for McCusker Alzheimer
Research Foundation
Letter of Thanks to Margaret Brawley
from Awareness Cambodia
Update on Members
Birthdays
Meeting 28th
September
At our meeting on 28th
September Garry
Baverstock AM, an Eco
Architect, spoke on
‘Climatic, Economic
and Sustainability
Challenges for this
Century’ and the
importance of the built
environment. In an
illustrated talk, Garry
clearly demonstrating
that climate change
was real and that we
are facing severe
resource constraints in
the future. He showed
how significant
advantages could be
gained in heating and
cooling of buildings
with sensitive
orientation and
selection of appropriate
materials, at the same
time conserving
energy. He
emphasised providing
inducements to
encourage adaptive
behaviour and achieve
desired improvements.
Due to extremely poor
attendance with many
members away plus a
change in location in
the Hospital for the
meeting, Garry has
offered to come back at
a later date to present
the address again.
Meeting 5th October
The Club’s regular
meeting was
transferred to the ‘End
Polio Breakfast’ on the
morning of 5th
October. It was a sell-
out event,
professionally run and
a quality program.
President Shiva
Senathirajah and
members of the
Rotaract Club of
Subiaco are to be
congratulated on the
way they filled the
venue, gathering
together Rotarians,
Rotaractors, Politicians
and people from the
Corporate sector to
hear about Rotary’s
major global project,
commencing back in
1979 and on the brink
of being brought to a
successful conclusion.
Videos were shown
from RI President
Kalyan Banerjee and
Assistant Director
General of WHO Bruce
Aylward, a brief
overview was
presented by PolioPlus
Zone Coordinator
PRID Ken Collins and a
personal story was
presented by PP David
Goldstone on his life as
a Polio victim.
The morning was a
resounding success as a
PR exercise on Rotary’s
role in the eradication
of Polio and hopefully,
some of the much
needed funds to
complete the job will be
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 District 9455 ABN: 99 602 195 617
Iron Lung at the End Polio Breakfast
Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455 Page 2
forthcoming as a result
of the breakfast. Our
State Governor
Malcolm McCusker,
whom PRID Ken had
approached a few
months back re a
contribution to Polio,
immediately pledged
$20,000 to the Fund at
the breakfast. The final
amount raised from the
raffle and breakfast
will be known when all
the accounts are in for
the function.
Meeting 12th October
The speaker will be
Carina Hoang, author
of ‘Boat
People’. Carina is a
friend of Gillian
Yudelman’s and a
survivor of escaping
Vietnam in a small boat
at the age of 16.
In 2011 Carina was
honoured as one of
WA’s most courageous
and inspiring women
and is one of 100
women who has been
inducted into ‘WA’s
inaugural Hall of
Fame’.
Board Meeting
Is set down for
Thursday, 20th October
at 5.30pm. Venue to be
advised
Committee Meetings
Directors, please advise
Sec. Di of when your
meetings are to be held
so that they can be
published in the
Bulletin
Official Visit of the
District Governor
The Official Visit of DG
Liz Westoby is on
Wednesday, 26th
October.
The Board are to meet
with her at 5.00pm
for a Club Assembly,
which is where each
Director will report on
the activities and plans
of each Committee for
the 2011-12 Rotary
year.
At 6.00pm the regular
Club meeting will take
place. This will be
followed by a meal at a
local restaurant for
members wishing to
join President Bryant
and DG Liz for dinner
after the meeting.
President 2012-13
Only one nomination
for President 2012-13
has been received by
Sec. Di by the date
indicated on the
Nomination Form.
CSD Rex Evans has
been nominated for
this position so
immediately becomes
President Elect of the
RC Freshwater
Bay. Congratulations
Rex. All members look
forward to supporting
and working with you
in your capacity of PE
and President next
Rotary year.
Rex has already
completed all three
levels of the Rotary
Leaders Institute so has
a broad working
knowledge of Rotary in
the short time he has
been with the Club,
although he was a
Charter member of the
Rotary Club of
Kambalda in the 1990s
hence comes with
Rotary experience.
Welcome New
Member
The RCFB is delighted
to welcome new
member Gordon Hay
into the Club and he
will be officially
inducted at the next
meeting 12th October.
Gordon’s classification
is International
Business Development
and his contact details
are Mobile 0418 789 483
Email:Gordon.hay@dsd
.wa.gov.au
Gordon is married to
Zsuzsanna and they
have two young
children. Zsuzsanna
and the children will be
joining Gordon from
their current home in
Hungary in the new
year.
Aboriginal Health
Symposium
Pres. Bryant Stokes has
reported that 25 people
attended the
Symposium. All
speakers were very
worthwhile and further
information on the
event will follow.
Pride of Workmanship
Awards
Written nominations
for these should
already be in to
Director Wilma McBain
so that she and the
Community/Vocational
Committee can meet to
select the business that
will be recognised with
a Pride of
Workmanship Award
on 26th October at the
visit of the DG.
Enough notice to invite
the recipients to the
meeting after selection
to enable them to
attend should also be
considered, hence the
necessity for all
nominations to be in
immediately.
Volunteer Grant
The final amount left
from the Volunteer
Grant the Club
received last year has PP David Goldstone, Rotaractor Tegan Smith, Rtn.
Michael Sheldrick, Rotaract Pres. Shiva Senathirajah