New horizons vol4issue9

Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, District 9455

Last Week’s

Meeting

Professor Ray

Wills and many

visitors and guests

Page 1,

GSE , community

service project

idea, Maiti Nepal

update, 4 way test

speaking

competition Page 2,

Young Cook

update,

Volunteers needed

for Science and

engineering

Challenge

Page 3

Bangkok

convention,

Rotary Friendship

exchange

Page 3

Microscope

update,

Aboriginal health

symposium,

Returned Services

League Page 4

Meeting 24th August

Our speaker last We

dnesday was Prof. Ray

Wills, CEO of Susta

inable Energy

Association of

Australia. Ray

provided a huge

amount of information

on Stainable Energy

and the Carbon Tax

along with a vast

amount of other

information.

Renewable energy

suitable to Australia is

Solar, Geothermal,

Wind, Wav e, Tidal and

Ocean Current.

Facts on Global

renewable from 2008 to

2011 are:

World invests

on average around 300

billion pa on energy

projects of any type –

conventional and

renewable.

2008 – world

invested more in total

on renewable energy

($155 billion) than on

traditional energy

($140 billion).

Almost 50% of

new generation built

around the globe in

2009 was renewable

energy – 80 GW of

renewable power

capacity built

compared to 83GW of

fossil fuel plants

2010 up 32%

with 211 billion

investment in 2010

China easily

the largest investor in

renewable spending

$48.9 billion

In Australia

renewable projects 24%

(from ABARE data)

The club welcomed a

number of visitors and

guests. They were our

Group study Exchange

applicant for the GSE

to D. 6910 in Georgia

USA next year, David

Gulland and his wife

Rachelle, Meryl Gould,

Jenny McNae, Jo Muir,

Carina Marshall and

Pat Shalhoub from the

RC of Godalming in

the UK.

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

Rachelle & David Gulland (GSE applicant)

Speaker Ray Wills & Rob Pearce


Meeting 31st August

Our speaker next week

will be our own

member Town Planner

Max Hipkins who will

inform us on the Perth

Waterfront

Development

Proposals.

GSE between Fiji &

Wiluna

After months of

requesting hosts and

drivers for the Group

Study Exchange Team

from Fiji, travelling to

Wiluna, it has now

been decided that this

Exchange will be

postponed until April

2012 so that the Team

can attend the District

Conference in

Geraldton.

Suggested Project for

Community Service

Meryl Gould, who

scans regional

Newspapers in her

position working in

MP Norman Moore’s

office, kindly drew our

attention to an article in

the Pilbara News. It is

a project being carried

out by the RC of

Karratha who are

supporting a re-entry

project for people

leaving Roebourne

Prison. It is a small but

important project

assisting women re-join

the community by

providing them with

Exit Packs. These

packs include a

backpack and a

number of female

hygiene products such

as a toothbrush,

shampoo and hand

sanitiser.

Meryl suggested it

might be a project that

the RCFB is interested

in emulating, Many

thanks Meryl, perhaps

Dir. Wilma McBain

could consider

including it on her

Agenda for her

Community /

Vocational Committee

meeting.

Maiti Nepal

Recently a Mrs. India

Australia dinner was

held in Sydney and the

Maiti Nepal

Foundation has

benefited by in excess

of $3,000 which will be

channelled through

RAWCS (Rotary Aust.

World Community

Service) before being

forwarded to the

Foundation in Nepal.

4 Way Test Speaking

Competition

MLC have informed

the Club that they have

three students who

would like to enter the

4 Way Test Speaking

Competition. Heats are

to be held by Clubs in

the week 19-23rd

September. Wednesda

y, 21st has been set

aside by the RCFB for

this heat to be

held. Two members of

the Club experienced in

Public Speaking plus

someone registered

with Rostrum are to

adjudicate and a $50.00

book voucher is to be

presented to the

winner on the night.

The competition is for

students to speak for

six minutes on any

topic but must weave

in Rotary’s Four Way

Test of the things

Rotarians think, say or

do which is:

1. Is it the

TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to

all concerned?

3. Will it build

GOODWILL and

better FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Is it

BENEFICIAL to all

concerned?

Young Cook 2011

Photo Competition

All information has

gone to over 320

Schools, however, in an

effort to ensure that the

information is passed

onto students,

members are being

sought to volunteer to

Meryl Gould & Jenny McNae

Gillian Yudelman, Jo Muir & Carina Marshall


phone a list of

schools. Sec Di has the

list of schools from Dir.

Jenny and she is happy

to provide a list to

members who are able

to assist. After all the

work put into this

fundraiser by Jenny

and her family, it

would be a pity to have

it not succeed due to

the schools not passing

on the information.

With the Microscopes

in Schools Project

getting Rotary’s name

into Primary Schools,

perhaps when

contacting the schools

this project could be

mentioned and it used

to encourage

participation in the

Young Cook

Competition.

Jenny has a press

release ready to send to

the Post for publication

on the project so that it

is promoted locally.

Please

visit www.youngcook.

com.au

Volunteers needed for

Science & Engineering

Challenge

The Science and

Engineering Challenge

is a competition for

year 9 high school

student that aims to

excite the imagination

of students and

provoke their interest

in science and

engineering through a

variety of well

designed tasks. For

more information visit

www.newcastle.edu.au

/challenge

This year the event has

already been held in

five WA country

centres, The Perth

event will be held in

the Perth Convention

and Exhibition Centre

ove4r five days,

Monday 12th to Friday

16th September (8.00am

to 3.00pm). Different

schools participate each

day with the State

finals held over two

days Tues. 20th and

Wed. 21st September,

2011.

Volunteers are sought

for any one or more of

the days. If interested

in volunteering please

email Ryan Smith at

Engineers Aust as soon

as possible.

rsmith@engineersaustr

alia.org.au (T. 9321

3340) with a copy to

DGE Phillip Skelton

philipskelton@optusnet

.com.au (0405 188

792) Please include:

Date(s) for

which you volunteer

Preferred

activity

Whether you

wish to be an activity

coordinator (training

required on Sunday

11th Sep)

T-shirt size (all

volunteers are

provided with a T-shirt

to wear on the day and

keep.

Activity List 2011- for

full details refer to the

email sent to all

members from Dist.

Sec. Wesley Sim (via

Sec. Di)

Full Day

Gold Fever

Mission to Mars

Eco-Habitat

Hover Frenzy

Half Day

Back to the future II

Flight of the navigator

Electracity

Puff Puff Golf

Attending the

Bangkok RI

Convention &

Cambodia

If attending the RI

Convention in Bangkok

6-9th May, 2012, a tour

is offered post

Convention to

Cambodia.

If interested, please

refer to the attachments

in Dist. Sec. Wesley

Sim’s email forwarded

earlier in the week.

Rotary Friendship

Exchange August 2011

This great Program of

RI is being looked after

by PDG Ian

Murray. For further

information contact Ian

on

[email protected]

m.au M 0414 927 79 H.

9276 7977

The way the program

works is that a team of

about four couples

travel to another

Rotary District for

about two weeks

staying with

Rotarians. The teams

usually have 4 different

hosts. They are hosted

by the local club, attend

meetings and visit the

tourist sights in the

area.

Pres Bryant & Pat Shalhoub (RC Godalming, UK)

http://www.youngcook.com.au/

http://www.youngcook.com.au/

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/challenge

http://www.newcastle.edu.au/challenge

mailto:[email protected]







A group of Rotarians

and partners have

recently returned from

the Cotswold area of

the UK. Negotiations

are taking place for

exchanges with Texas

and Scotland.

Further information on

an attachment in Dist.

Sec. Wesley Sim’s email

Microscopes in

Schools Project

The microscopes are

now in Peth and

should be available for

collection and

distribution early in the

week.

There are orders for

1,400 which will be

despatched as urgently

as possible as many

schools have been

patiently waiting for

up to five months.

Sponsors for a further

300 plus units (14

schools) are being

sought. Some clubs

respond rapidly to

requests for

sponsorship and others

take months of

negotiation and a never

ending stream of

communication.

Chief Scientist Lyn

Beazley has been

talking with and is

arranging a meeting to

blend an initiative of

Prof. Jo Ward, Dean of

Science at Curtin Uni of

Telescope Kits with our

Microscope project. A

meeting is being set up

with Lyn, Jo, John

Clarke (STAWA), Di

and Carina Marshall to

talk about how best to

work the two together.

Lyn Beazley is also

communicating with

David Venning who

has kindly offered to

prepare packs of native

seeds as teaching aids

for the students to

study using their

Microscopes in Schools

program.

Slides of ‘skin’

organised by Rob

Pearce were presented

to North Cottesloe

Primary School on

Friday, 26th at their

School Assembly and

they were eagerly

accepted. A show of

hands by students of

who had used the

microscopes was

almost the entire

Assembly.

Certificate of

Appreciation

The Certificate of

Appreciation which

was presented to

Principal Wayne Press

(North Cottesloe PS) at

the Club Changeover

on 30th June was

represented at a School

Assembly on Friday,

26th.

Rotary Leadership

Institute

Max Hipkins attended

Level 1 RLI last

weekend and has given

positive feedback on

the day. Rex Evans is

attending Levels 2 and

3 on Sat 27th and

Sunday 28th over this

weekend

Symposium on

Aboriginal Health

A Symposium on

Aboriginal Health is

being organised by the

Order of St John

Knights Hospitallers

(WA Commandery of

St George) on

Saturday, 1st October,

2011

It will be held in the

Conference Centre of St

John of God Hospital,

Subiaco, commencing

at 8.30am and finishing

about noon. Morning

tea will be provided

and there is no cost to

attend, however,

number are required so

if interested in

attending please RSVP

to Pres. Bryant, Sec. Di

or Des Bradley (9284

5156 or 0409 066 092).

The theme of the

symposium if to see

what small charitable

organisations could do

to respond to

what Aboriginal

people would like them

to do in this area.

Speakers will be Ken

Wyatt MP, Sue

Gordon,

D/Commission of

Police Chris Dawson

with negotiations in

process to procure John

Moriarty form Sydney

and Paula Arnold from

the Darwin Aboriginal

Medical Service.

It is hoped that Rotary

Clubs throughout WA

can work together with

the Order of St John

Knights Hospitaller to

bring about

improvement in the

health of our remote

indigenous

communities,

The Returned Services

League

The Frederick Bell VC

Annual Memorial

Principal North Cottesloe Primary Wayne Press & Ken Collins


Lecture will be held at

the Cottesloe Sub-

Branch on Thursday,

10th November, 2011

and all are invited to

attend.

Speaker will be PDG

Rabbi Dr. Shalom

Coleman CBE, AM, JP.

The lecture will be held

at the Cottesloe Civic

Centre War Memorial

Hall, 109 Broome St,

Cottesloe at 6.00pm for

a 6.30pm start.

For catering purposes

please confirm your

attendance to Hon. Sec.

Dr. Neville Green E.

[email protected]

or ph. 9304 5182.

Update on Members

Great to have Br. James

with us again.

Debbie Cash is back

from visiting her

daughter and family in

the USA. Look

forward to seeing you

next week Deb.

Warren Milner will be

home any day from his

time in the UK.

Paddy Ramanathan

will be in India with

projects he is involved

with for a week or so.

Birthdays and

Anniversaries

A very Happy

Anniversary to Paddy

and Zerina

Ramanathan for 29th

August.

Birthday wishes go to

Graeme Prior for a

great day on 29th

August.

Board Meeting

To be held on

Thursday, 8th

September at

5.30pm. Venue to be

advised

Reports from each

Director on their

Committee’s activities

is due to be in the

hands of President

Bryant and the

members of the Board

by 30th August.

Roster for Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for Month of August / Sep 2011

NB: ‘Duty’ responsibility is to set up venue and to pack away venue after meeting.

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]

Date Program Duty Attendance Introduction Vote of Thanks

31st August Max Hipkins Wilma McBain Rex Evans Mignon Shardlow Toni James

7th September TBA Donna Bicknell Sue Hassell Paddy Ramanathan Debbie Cash

14th September TBA Bill Hassell Jim Gould Jill Henderson Warren Milner

21st September 4 Way Speaking

Contest

Rex Evans Wilma McBain Ken Collins Jenny Gill

28th September TBA Jim Gould Clifford Yudelman Gillian Yudelman Bill Hassell











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

Clifford Yudelman/Di Collins

Website

www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au

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