1. The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of
Freshwater Bay Inc.
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 District 9455 ABN: 99 602 195 617
Volume 4, Issue 19 11t h - 18th November 2011
Annual Rotary Foundation Dr.
Meeting 9th November Ken Collins Address Four Way Speech Contest
Meeting 16th November The Rotary Foundation John Fleming
Increase in cost of weekly Help for PNG Congratulations Bill Hassell
Catering
Pride of Workmanship Awards RC Belmont Legends Night
RCFBCFI Bulletins for the coming two
Board Nominations weeks
Christmas / Birthday Function
Vocational Visit to Cord Blood Birthdays
RI Presidential Citation & Bank
Changemaker Awards
Interact Meeting
Meeting 9th November which will be expanded upon
individually. Increase in cost of
The required AGMs for the Minutes of both meetings have weekly Catering
RCFBCFI and RCFBI were been circulated to all members.
conducted at the last meeting. Visitors were Maryam Hamzavi, Bethesda Hospitality Manager,
The AGM for the Charity Fund was Elham Teimouri, Pam Reynolds Roh Sirawadina has advised that
the first to be held. Chairman Bill and Vanessa Wood. weekly catering costs for our
Hassell reported briefly on the meetings will rise from $50 to
Fund, the Audited Financial $65.00 per week.
Meeting 16th November
Reports were reported on and the
election of Office Bearers took RCFBCFI
The speaker for next week’s
place.
meeting is well known Architect
They are: Ch. Bill Hassell, Sec. Di
Tony Brand After a ‘pros’ by Ken Collins and
Collins, Tr. Rob Pearce and
‘cons’ by Bill Hassell were
Committee Members,
presented on whether
Ken Collins and
or not the Club should
Bryant Stokes.
proceed with an
The AGM for the Club
application for
followed on with Pres.
extending the Charity
Bryant Stokes
Fund to obtain
thanking all Directors
Deductible Gift
for work done thus far
Recipient status for off
this Rotary year. Tr.
shore projects, the
Toni James reported
members
on the Audited
overwhelmingly
Financial Reports,
supported the ‘pros’.
Sec. Di advised of the
Solicitors Talbot
circulation of the
Olivier are generously
required
doing all work for this
documentation and
application pro bono.
four items were
brought up under
General Business
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2. Christmas Birthday uplift those less fortunate around Freshwater Bay has successfully
Function the globe and help eliminate the carried out a Matching Grant in
need for war by building bridges of Nigeria for resuscitators at the
friendship around the world, we as Children’s Hosp in Lagos and for a
This annual function has been
Rotarians do have the power to Dental bus in Cambodia.
booked for Thursday, 22nd
make a difference. The Club has nominated three
November, 2011 at the Nedlands
The RCFB, although less than people as Group Study Exchange
Golf Club, Melvista Ave, Nedlands.
three years old has been involved Team members. Two, Kylie West
Time will be 6.30pm for 7.00pm.
with the Rotary Foundation and David Gulland have been
Cost for a three course meal will be
though its members and projects successful.
$50.00 per person. Payment for
in the following ways. Rohallah Haidari was
this function can be done at any
weekly meeting leading up to the Bill Hassell was a Rotary unsuccessfully nominated as a
Ambassadorial Scholar in the Rotary Foundation Peace Fellow.
event or online into the Club’s
1960s, Warren Milner was a Justin Hewett was successfully
Westpac Operating Account
BSB 036034 A/c No. 304015 member of the very first Group nominated as a Rotary
Study Exchange Team from WA Ambassadorial Scholar and is
Please identify the amount with
(which exchanged with a District studying Chinese Law in Beijing.
your name and function.
To ensure the night is a success, in southern California) in 1967, A number of ‘Paint Your Pinkies’
Daniel Forsdyke went to D. 3300 for Polio have been successfully
please invite friends and family to
in Malaysia and Claire Forsdyke carried out at local Primary
attend.
Schools.
Fourteen of
RI Presidential our members
Citation & have made a
personal
Changemaker contribution
Awards to the Rotary
Foundation
Directors, you are to report and to
to CSD Rex Evans on a achieve a
monthly basis as to Presidential
progress made by your Citation this
Committees in these two year, ALL
areas. members are
required to
make a
Annual Rotary personal
Foundation Dr. Ken contribution.
Collins Address The Rotary
Foundation
If you have not already asks for
booked for this event which Every
will replace the regular Rotarian
meeting of the club on that same went to D. 9350 in South Africa on Every Year to contribute to the
night, please do so as soon as GSE. Ken and Di Collins have Rotary Foundation.
possible. Cost is $55 per person served as Rotary Volunteers (Ken “If you’re giving when you’re
and bookings are to be made on on countless occasions) the first living, then you’re knowing
line time being in 1983 to remote where it’s going” Word of
https://district9455.worldsecuresy villages in Indonesia and the wisdom from a British Lord.
stems.com/kencollins2011.htm Vietnamese Refugee Camps in
Hong Kong. Ken and Di have
represented the Rotary Foundation Help for PNG
NOVEMBER IS at Presidential Conferences, Peace
ROTARY FOUNDATION Conferences, Rotary Institutes and Tony Munday, for whom the RCFB
MONTH Polio National Immunisation successfully applied for a Rotary
Days. Ken has served as a Trustee Foundation Matching Grant for a
of the Rotary Foundation and been bus for Dentists in Cambodia,
involved with many areas and funded through his Goodeve
The Rotary Foundation Committees, especially Polio Foundation, has very generously
Eradication over the past 25 years. donated $5,000 to one of our
The Rotary Foundation is known Ken has been involved with almost RAWCS (Rotary Aust. World
as Rotary’s Foundation for Peace. 200 Matching Grant Projects in Community Service) Projects.
Though its humanitarian and numerous countries throughout
educational programs designed to the world and the RC of
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3. Those who attended the Dr. Ken Rotary’s gift to the people of WA number of teachers from local
Collins Address last year heard for its 50th Anniversary was the schools have indicated that they
former Rotary Foundation Scholar WA Medical School. will attend this meeting. Joy
Maryanne Tokome-Amu tell us of Shepherd, Principal of St Hilda’s is
her work in her village Enga (PNG) unable to attend, however, has
where she is building an asked if three of her teachers can
emergency medical come along.
centre. Maryanne is Please encourage
working tirelessly to anyone whom you
assist her people and think may be
the $5,000 will be of interested in
enormous assistance hearing John talk
to her. about his time with
A huge thank you to Bellfield PS and
our friend Tony his work with the
Munday. indigenous
schools.
Pride of
Workmanship Congratulati
Awards ons Bill
Hassell
Dir. Wilma has sent
an article and The RCFB has yet
photographs to the another Nedlands
Post on the recent Councillor
Pride of amongst its
Workmanship membership with
Awards to Kathy Lucas and Andre Bill Hassell being elected
Harris. Interact Meeting unopposed to fill the vacancy in
Dalkeith Ward left by Max Hipkins
With Dir. Hamish in the Eastern successful election as Mayor.
Board Nominations States and the Collins’ at another Congratulations Bill
Rotary Event, Clifford and Gillian
Nomination forms have been sent Yudelman kindly responded to the
out for the 2012-13 Board. call to assist with the Interact RC Belmont Legends
Currently nominations have been meeting last Thursday. Night
received for President Elect, Many thanks Clifford and Gillian.
Community/Vocational and For the past four years the RC of
International Directors. Still Belmont has honoured their three
required are nominations for Four Way Speech
remaining Charter Members (two
Treasurer, Secretary and Directors Contest now living) by awarding
for New Generations, Membership Scholarships to three outstanding
and Fundraising. The Semi Final in which Tiffany young people in their community
Chua from MLC will compete is in the name of these three
being hosted by the RC of Hillarys, members.
Vocational Visit to Cord Monday, 21st November, Hillarys On Thursday 10th November the
Blood Bank Boat Harbour, Sorrento. Members Wilf Jackson (Allwood Furniture)
able to attend the RC Hillarys Award was presented to a young
Dir Wilma booked a Vocational meeting (cost $27.00) to support innovative furniture maker, the
Visit to the Rotary Cord Blood Tiffany are encouraged to do so. Jim Reagan Award (a greengrocer
Bank on Sunday, 13th November at with a passion for horseracing)
the Blood Bank in Wellington was presented to an apprentice
Street, Perth. It was a very John Fleming
jockey who has already proven
interesting visit. Led by Gail herself in 8 months of riding
Lazzaro, senior scientist with the The man who is revolutionising
having won 20 races, despite being
Australian Red Cross Blood education in Australia, John
out of action for six weeks because
Service. Fleming will be addressing the
of an injury and the Stan Perron
The Rotary Blood Bank is Rotary’s RCFB on Wednesday 7th
Award (Perron Group of
gift to the people of WA for its December.
Companies) was presented to an
100th Anniversary (2005), however Although it is not the best time of
outstanding student from Belmont
it has taken time to fundraise and the year for many teachers as they
City College.
bring it to completion. are involved with end of year
The RC of Belmont, when deciding
school activities and functions, a
to honour their remaining Charter
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4. Members in this way did so Bulletins for the coming Any items members would like
because they wanted to do two weeks included, please forward
something in their name whilst information to the Yudelmans.
they were still living, having given Sincere thanks to both Clifford and
As Ken and Di will be in Malaysia
outstanding service to the Gillian for ensuring the
at a Rotary Conference for the
community through 50 years of information is disseminated to
coming two meetings, Gillian
Rotary service. members during Di’s absence.
Yudelman has kindly agreed to
compile a reduced size Bulletin
during the absence of Di. Birthdays
A very Happy Birthday is wished to
Jes Senathirajah (16th Nov), Luke
Marshall (20th Nov) Mandy
Symons (21st Nov), Gordon Hay
(29th Nov) Paddy Ramanathan and
Rex Evans (30th Nov)
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5. Roster for Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for Month of Oct / Nov 2011
Date Program Duty Attendance Introduction Vote of Thanks
16th November Tony Brand Bill Hassell Mignon Margaret Stuart Warren Milner
Shardlow
23rd November Ian Fairnie Clifford Gillian Toni James Rob Pearce
Yudelman Yudelman
30th November RIPE Sakuji Annual Dr Ken Laguna Veneto 7.00pm Book on Line
Tanaka Collins Address Club, Mt Lawley
7th December John Fleming Jim Gould Ken Collins Di Collins Alistair Brown
14th December TBA Gordon Hay Sue Hassell Jill Henderson Paddy
Ramanathan
NB: ‘Duty’ responsibility is to set up venue and to pack away venue after meeting.
Board Rotary 2011-12
Jim Gould – Membership President-Bryant Stokes
Bryant Stokes – President Director E-mail
bstokes@bigpond.net.au james@bizsuccession.com.au bstokes@bigpond.net.au
Mobile
Di Collins – Secretary Jenny Gill – Fundraising Director 0419 919 572
collinsd@bigpond.net.au jennypgill@gmail.com
Toni James – Treasurer Bill Hassell – Vice President Bulletin Editor
tonipjames@hotmail.com hassell@arach.net.au Clifford Yudelman/Di Collins
Rex Evans –Club Service Director, Club Details Website
President Elect
revans@powerplus.net.au The Rotary Club of Freshwater www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Bay, Inc.
Wilma McBain - Community/ PO Box 168, Facebook
Vocational Service Director Nedlands,
williemac241@hotmail.com Western Australia, 6909 http://www.facebook.com/freshw
Ken Collins – International aterbayrotary
Service Director Meetings
collinsk@bigpond.net.au
Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Hamish Mackie – New Café, Bethesda Hospital
Generations Director Queenslea Drive
Claremont, 6010 Chartered 19 December
hamish.mackie@optusnet.com.au
2008
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