New Horizons Vol 4 Issue 4

Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455

Weekly Newsletter Last Week’s Meeting Broadband effects on households.

End of Polio Breakfast October 5th. Page 2

Koro Scholarship Fund Schooling for kids. Page 3

RYDA Volunteers needed. Page 4

Presidential Citation & Changemaker Award Page 4

Last

Wednesday’s

Meeting

Kevin Campbell AM

was the speaker at last

week‟s meeting. Kevin

commenced his

working life as an

engineer, moving into

the Broadcasting

industry early in his

career. He went on to

become the Managing Director of the

Seven Television Network, Managing

Director of TVW Enterprises Ltd, has

held many honorary board positions.

He is currently non-executive

Chairman of Q Ltd and heavily

involved with the broadcasting of

sport.

Kevin gave all present a broad-brush

picture of the beginnings, present

and future of the communications

industry. From its early days until

now it is almost incomprehensible to

have predicted the advancements

and growth in this area. Discussed

was the use of fibre optics, the cost of

upgrading the country to Broadband

and the benefits this is able to

produce.

DGE Phillip Skelton from the RC

Perth came along to listen to Kevin as

they are long time friends.

Meeting Wednesday, 27th July

Unfortunately, due to illness, Ian

Fletcher is unable to attend as our

speaker next week.

Rex Evans will present a „Life and

Times‟ also providing some feedback

on the Rotary Leadership Institute he

attended last week.

It is hoped that Martha Forrest, our

Interactor who attended the Rotary

Youth Program of Enrichment in

June, will come along to tell us of her

experience at RYPEN in the next

week or two.

PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 District 9455 ABN: 99 602 195 617

The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club

of Freshwater Bay Inc.

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Volume 4, Issue 4 21th - 27th July 2011

Speaker Kevin Campbell and DGE Phillip Skelton.


Rotary Leadership Institute

Rtn. Rex Evans attended last

weekend‟s Level 1 RLI and reports

favourably on his experience.

Rex has registered for Levels 2 and 3

while Rtn. Hamish Mackie has

registered for Level 1 on 21st August

and Dir. Wilma McBain has indicated

she would like to do all three levels

and is planning on registering for

Level 1 in August.

Club Service Director

Rex Evans has accepted

the position of Club

Service Director thus

the Club has almost a

full Board in place for

the 2011-12 Rotary

year.

Rex is a former Charter

Member of the RC of

Kambalda hence has come to us with

some Rotary experience.

Many thanks Rex for taking on this

important and vital role.

Welcome New Member

Next week Jill Henderson will be

inducted into the Club and will hold

the classification of Psychology.

Jill was nominated by Toni James.

Her details are 53 Federation Street,

Mt Hawthorn 6016

H. 9242 3354

M. 0414 368 594

E. [email protected]

and her partner is Eddy Pope.

Welcome Jill, delighted to have you

as part of the „Family of Rotary‟.

Membership

August is Membership month.

A good start has been made to the

new Rotary year with four inductions

since Changeover and another next

Wednesday.

All members are encouraged to seek

out suitable business and

professional people whom they

consider would make good Rotarians.

Please pass names onto Membership

Director PP Jim Gould.

Polio Eradication

PRID Ken Collins will be travelling to

Canberra for a meeting with Foreign

Minister Kevin Rudd‟s office on

Monday morning 25th July.

The meeting is to lobby for funds

from the Australian Government for

Rotary‟s PolioPlus Program plus also

to further request that Polio be put

on the Program for CHOGM in Perth

in October.

A function with politicians is

organised in Canberra for Monday,

19th September, at which Ken will

also talk on Rotary‟s Polio

Eradication Program.

Polio Breakfast 5th October

A number of Rotarians have

indicated their intention to

attend, however, several more

are required to make up a

table of eight.

Please register per the

attached flyer. Cost is $50

per ticket or $380.00 for a

table of 8

Monday, 25th July

Dr Rob Barber who works in

Tanzania will be speaking at PLC on

Monday 25th July.

Currently a RAWCS (Rotary

Australia World Community Service)

Project Application is being put

together for projects in Tanzania and

his assistance will be sought in

securing signatures from a Rotary

Club in Tanzania and a Government

Official so that the application is able

to be progressed.

Mignon Shardlow with colleagues at Koro Island High School in 1994.

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Koro Scholarship Fund

New Freshwater Bay Rotary Club

members Mignon Shardlow and

Alistair Brown are excited about

receiving Rotary Australia World

Community Service registration for

the Fijian education charity they set

up three years ago.

The couple started the Koro

Scholarship Fund to help capable

students on the Fijian outer island of

Koro to attend high school when

their parents were unable to afford

school fees.

The RAWCS registration enables

donors to the scholarship fund to

make tax-deductible donations. At

the moment the Fund supports 13

students at the Koro Island High

School but Mignon and Alistair hope

they can raise more money so that

the Fund can extend the dream of

education to children from all of the

villages on the island.

“Parents on Koro Island value

education and want to send their

children to school but they find it

very difficult to raise the $100

necessary to pay annual school fees,”

Dr Shardlow said.

The former volunteer teacher on the

island said the island was still a very

traditional subsistence economy with

families growing enough crops and

catching just enough fish to feed their

families. Selling surplus crops at

market was uncommon on the island

largely because transport services to

the island were irregular and

expensive.

“In Australia we often take the

universal provision of education for

granted but on Koro Island every

child considers themselves extremely

lucky if their parents manage to pay

for their school fees.”

Mignon and Alistair plan to hold a

fundraising function this coming

summer to raise money for the Fund.

“We haven‟t decided on the type of

event we will hold but whatever it is

we will be inviting our fellow club

members to join us in making it a

success,” Dr Shardlow said.

“We are grateful to the Freshwater

Bay Rotary Club and the North Suva

Rotary Club in Fiji for being partners

in the project and wish to thank Dr

Ken Collins for his work in making

the RAWCS registration possible.”

For more information about the

scholarship fund

visit www.koroscholarship.com or

contact Mignon

on [email protected].

Slides for Microscope Project

We have in hand 100 slides of skin

which Rob Pearce arranged to be

made up for use by schools with their

Magnifying Microscopes.

When school recommences the slides

will be distributed, starting with the

local schools.

Many thanks Rtn. Rob. The schools

spoken to are excited about your

slides.

District Governor Jodie Sparks. RID 9465

With the many enquiries which come

in on the microscopes project, I rely

heavily on both District Directories

so this week I communicated with

DG Jodie Sparks to congratulate her

on her excellent District Directory. It

is clear, well put together and user

friendly.

Jodie‟s husband Colin is the graphic

designer responsible for the

Watercorp Teacher‟s Manual for our

Students at Koro Island High School

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Microscope project and he has put a

huge amount of effort into upgrading

the D. 9465 Directory.

In her response Jodie wrote

“Congratulations on the success of

the Microscope project – I have

heard so many positive comments

from clubs in District 9465.”

Both Jodie and Colin commenced

their Rotary life as Rotaractors.

Colin in the Rotaract Club of Subiaco

and Jodie in the Rotaract Club of

Ascot, both moving into Rotary in

their 20s.

Access Housing Project

As VP Bill Hassell will be away, Dir

Wilma McBain will look after this

project in his absence.

A few responses have now come in

from letters recently sent to the

residents.

A further reminder on Dues

A further reminder that the RDU

Subscriptions and RI Semi Annual

Dues are awaiting payment so

members who have not yet paid dues

are requested to please do so as soon

as possible.

Working With Children Cards

At the Board Meeting held this week,

it was agreed that all members would

be encouraged to obtain Working

with Children Cards. Forms can be

obtained from any PO or Sec. Di.

Application forms are to be

completed and then signed by Pres.

Bryant. Cost is $10.00.

RYDA

More Volunteers are required to help

on the day.

Hamish is doing a fantastic job

organizing this event. Details are that

it will be held between 9.00am and

4.00pm at Lathlain Park Oval,

Tuesday, 16th August and Newman

College have 200 students

participating,

October is Vocational Service Month

“Pride of Workmanship Awards‟ will

be presented to businesses in our

Community who have given

outstanding service or excellence

through their business or profession.

Any member wishing to nominate a

business or individual for such

recognition should do so in writing to

Director Wilma McBain, with a short

write up on why the nomination is

worthy of a Pride of Workmanship

Award.

Fundraising Activities

Director Jenny Gill reported that she

is progressing with the Young Cook

and Rtn Donna is working on a Quiz

Night.

Fundraising Movie RC Willetton

Marcos Carot Collins, who is now a

member of the RC Willetton has

notified us of a fundraising movie the

Club is having on Sunday, 14th August

at 4.30pm. The movie Red Dog will

be screened at the Cygnet Theatre,

Preston St, Como at a cost of $15.00

per ticket with proceeds going to

Community projects. Further

information can be

found http://www.reddogmovie.com

Group Study Exchange to Georgia, USA

Applicants are being sought for a

GSE Team to Georgia in May / June

2012. Team Members should be

between the ages of 25-40 years.

Closing date for applications to be

with the District GSE Chair, Rebecca

Moore, 24A Mengler Ave, Claremont

6010 is 15th August. They can be sent

electronically, via PRID Ken Collins

to [email protected].

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Applications close 15th August.

Ambassador for Geraldton District Conference

DG Liz Westoby is seeking an

„Ambassador‟ from every Club to

promote and seek ideas on a range of

issues to do with the Conference in

Geraldton 20-22nd April, 2011.

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Please advise Sec Di if you are willing

to take on this role.

RI Presidential Citation and Changemaker Award

Since its inception, the RCFB has

achieved RI Presidential Citations.

Each RI President develops criteria

that he considers important in

assisting him to achieve a better

world through Rotary Service.

For Clubs to achieve a Citation, it is

important that goals are set by each

Committee before the new Rotary

year commences or very early in the

new year.

RI Pres. Kalyan Banerjee has split the

usual Presidential Citation into two

awards this year. The first continues

to be called the 2011-12 Presidential

Citation and focuses on two key areas

of Rotary – the Rotary Foundation

and Membership.

The second is a new recognition

which he has named 2011-12

Changemaker Award and this is for a

balanced program achieved though

working with each of the Avenues of

Service which are Club, Vocational,

Community, International and New

Generations.

Below is the criteria for a

Presidential Citation and next week

the Changemaker Award criteria will

be written up in the Bulletin.

Criteria for the 2011-12 Presidential Citation

Focused on membership and

continued support of The Rotary

Foundation, BOTH criteria must be

attained for recognition.

Club recognition has TWO Rotary

Foundation components

and FOUR membership

components.

MANDATORY: The Rotary

Foundation (two components)

· 100% Annual Programs Fund

participation ( with EVERY active

member to personally contribute

some amount between 1.7.2011

and 31.3.2012) and

· US$100 minimum per capita in

club contributions to the Annual

Programs Fund.

MANDATORY:

Membership (four components)

· Minimum net increase of one

member; and

· 85% minimum retention rate.

And achievement of two of the

following four components:

· 2% increase in qualified women

· 2% increase in qualified younger

professionals (under age of 45)

· Induction of one or more

RI/Rotary Foundation program

Alumni

· Increased diversity (e.g.

classification, gender, age).

A major change in RIP Kalyan‟s

criteria is that it is MANDATORY for

a PERSONAL donation to be made

by EVERY member to the Rotary

Foundation. This amount is tax

deductible. Please see PRID Ken re

how this is done.

Updates on Members

Good to have Rtn. Paddy

Ramanathan back with us last

Wednesday. Welcome back Paddy.

VP Bill and Rtn Sue Hassell will join

the ever increasing number of

members who are travelling. Enjoy

your travels and we look forward to

seeing you again in a few weeks.

Unfortunately, due to personal

reasons Bronwen Tyson has resigned

from the Club for the rest of this

year. She hopes that circumstances

will allow her to return at the

beginning of 2012. We‟ll miss you

Bronwen and look forward to having

you back with us in the New Year.

Alistair Brown has classes on

Wednesday evenings this Semester

so look forward to having you back at

meetings next Semester Alistair.

Thank You Ella

Ella James has stepped in and helped

out with the Bulletin this new Rotary

Year by compiling the Bulletin this

month.

From next month, new member Rtn.

Clifford Yudelman has kindly agreed

to assist with putting the Bulletin

together.

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Board Rotary 2011-12 Bryant Stokes – President [email protected]

Di Collins – Secretary [email protected]

Toni James – Treasurer [email protected]

Rex Evans – Club Service Director [email protected] Wilma McBain - Community/ Vocational Service Director [email protected]

Ken Collins – International Service Director [email protected]

Hamish Mackie – New Generations Director [email protected]

Jim Gould – Membership Director [email protected]

Jenny Gill – Fundraising Director [email protected]

Bill Hassell – Vice President [email protected]

Club Details

The Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, Inc. PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909

Meetings Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm Café, Bethesda Hospital Queenslea Drive Claremont, 6010

President E-mail [email protected]

Mobile 0419 919 572

Bulletin Editor Ella James

Website www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au

Facebook http://www.facebook.com/freshwaterbayrotary Charted 19 December 2008

Roster for Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for Month of July 2011

NB: „Duty‟ responsibility is to set up venue and to pack away venue after meeting.

Date Program Duty Attendance Introduction Vote of Thanks

27th July Rex Evans

Rob Pearce Donna Bicknell Ken Collins Wilma McBain

3rd August Dr. Leesa Payne Paddy Ramanathan

Jim Gould Gillian Yudelman Jenny Gill

10th August TBA Max Hipkins Toni James Margaret Stuart Jill Henderson

17th August Voc Visit to EmbroidMe TBC

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