Annual Report

2018 - 2019

Rotary Club of Beaumaris 2018-2019 Annual Report Page One

 President’s Report 3

Treasurer’s Report 4

Membership, Marketing and PR 5

Indigenous Support, Club Service 6

Secretary & Foundation 7

Contents

Projects

Community 8

Youth Services 9

International 10

Fellowship 12/13

The Year in Pictures 14/15

Conference 16/17

Donations List 2018/ 19 18

Past Presidents, Themes & Members 19

Contact Information 20

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 PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Looking back on the year, so much has been achieved. erator Programs and World
Not only have we completed most of the projects planned, Challenge. Past and present
but we sought out and implemented new ones. participants attended our
meetings to share their experi-
Every member is involved in some way with club activities,
ences with us. Members and
and partners play an important role in these activities.
partners assisted with the
Their support is invaluable and offered whenever called
Mock Job Interviews at San-
upon to assist with fundraising or social events.
dringham College.
One of our priorities this year has been to attract new
Our International committee,
members. We have welcomed six new members, increas-
led by John Sime, has continued to support International
ing our total to 49. Thanks to Tony Phillips for his guid-
Rotary projects such as the eradication of Polio and Tra-
ance to prospective members.
choma, Rotarians Against Malaria (RAMS) and Disaster
Fundraising has always been of the utmost importance. Aid. Water Tanks have been installed and student sup-
Our two major fundraising activities, along with Grants port has continued in Sabu. John Beaty has kept us in-
from Bayside Council and Rotary District 9810, have ena- formed with information from Foundation and Rotary
bled our club to support the many projects that we spon- Health.
sor. Two Bayside Charity Golf Days were held this year at
I chose the Highlands Foundation as the President’s Char-
the Royal Melbourne Golf Club, the first in October 2018
ity this year. Members and partners have been generous
and then in May 2019. Martin Fothergill and his team,
with their support. My grateful thanks to Kerrie Geard,
along with the Black Rock Sports Auxiliary, planned for
Heather D’Arcy and Joy Lea for hosting ladies’ lunches,
months in advance to ensure the success of these events.
jewellery workshops, Mah-jong and Scrabble afternoons
A tremendous effort, and a sell out on both occasions.
during the year to raise awareness and funds for this
The Beaumaris Farmers Market has gone from strength to
worthwhile cause, which supports mothers and babies in
strength under the guidance of coordinator Bridget Hage
and her team. The quality produce and the relaxed at- PNG.
mosphere has created a pleasant meeting place for shop- Congratulations to District Global Grant Scholar Rani Kul-
pers. karni on receiving a Foundation Grant. Rani has been
admitted to the Columbia University Master of Law pro-
We are very fortunate with our relationship with Bayside
City Council I and take this opportunity to thank them for gram in New York, and will begin her studies in August.
their ongoing contribution to our club. Visitors to our club often comment on the friendly atmos-
phere and the fact that we clearly enjoy each other’s com-
The Beaumaris Concourse Christmas Carnival, the Black
pany. Fellowship events are an important part of our pro-
Rock Christmas Carnival and the Concourse Car Show,
gram and give us the opportunity to get together socially
offered family fun and enjoyment for the local community,
and have fun. Attendance at our weekly meetings has
while boosting business for local traders. Community Di-
been steady. Kerrie Geard selected a wide variety of in-
rector Chris Werner, Kerrie Geard, Tony Phillips and their
teresting speakers, including Keith Bulfin “Undercover”,
teams are to be congratulated on the success of these
and Debby Chaves, Principal of Beaumaris Secondary
events. Grants from Bayside Council enabled these
College. We are fortunate to hold our meetings at the Vic-
events to go ahead successfully. It is important to be visi-
ble in the community. Events such as these give people a toria Golf Club, the ideal venue to meet and dine.
chance to see what Rotary does. New opportunities came The Club’s financial position is sound, we are well regard-
to light through the Light Bulb Moment Project, initiated by ed in the community, our membership base is strong and
Martin Fothergill. We supported many community pro- active, and we continue to have fun.
jects, including the Sandy Beach Garden Renovation, My thanks to Board Members, Members, partners, family
Pantry 5000, Black Rock Sea Scouts, Beaumaris Bowls and friends for your support. It has been a privilege to
Club and the Author Accelerator Program, to mention a serve as President of our dynamic club for the past 12
few. months. My best wishes to David Hone and his Board for
Our Youth Service team, led by Chris Martin, sponsored a productive and fulfilling year ahead.
students to attend the National Youth Science Fo-
Heather Chisholm
rum (NYSF), Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA,),
Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN), the Accel-

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 TREASURER’S REPORT

Operating (General) Account Polio Plus. This includes regular recipients such as
This account is used for the administration of the Matts Place, as well as a number of new local recipients
Club, and is separate from all fundraising and project ac- such as the Sandybeach Centre. $10,000 was donated
tivities. Its main income is Members’ Dues and net raffle to Sandringham Hospital. A full list of organisations sup-
income (after paying for Club Guests and prizes) and it ported appears elsewhere in this Annual Report.
pays for dues to District, Rotary Downunder and Rotary Lynda Doutch
International plus the general running costs of the Club.
Members’ Dues have remained at $320 for the last sever-
al years.
Fundraising (Project) Account
The Club's fundraising activities and annual donations are
controlled through this account. All Farm-
ers Market receipts and payments, and
final distribution from the Bayside Charity
Golf Day.
General Comments
The year-end figures are estimates based
on unaudited accounts to the end of April.
This year the Sabu Solar Project was final-
ised and the Sabu Solar CBA account
holds a small amount to keep the account
open. The proceeds from the Bayside
Charity Golf Day held in May 2019 will be
credited to the Project account next finan-
cial year.
Indigenous Support was included in the
Community figures for last year .
The Board receives monthly Balance
Sheet, Transaction report and YTD Profit
and Loss financial summaries, as well as
Budget/Actual comparisons.
Highlights for the year were:
This year's fundraising income was boost-
ed by the extremely successful 2018 Bay-
side Charity Golf Day, which was held in
October. Without having to rely on ob-
taining grants, we were able to donate
over $68,000.
16 Community, 8 International, and 6
Youth recipients benefited from our giving
as well as The Rotary Foundation and

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MEMBERSHIP,
MARKETING AND PR

Membership
We have been fortunate to record one of our best years in
membership growth and thanks should go to those members
who have introduced potential new members to the club. We Our 2019 event was held on Monday 27 May with a full field of
are fortunate to have a great venue for our meetings and a wel- 386 players at the Royal Melbourne Golf Club (RMGC). There
coming group of existing members. was an extensive marketing campaign undertaken during the
year to help achieve this outstanding result. The campaign in-
During the year we were pleased to welcome Richard Potter,
cluded: liaising with RMGC, liaising with Bayside City Council
Mark Perelaer, Gail Anderson, John Turner, Jude and Simon
(BCC), brochures promoting the day, gaining extensive (a rec-
Kavanagh to the club. ord) sponsorships, liaising with sponsors and VIPs, promotion
All of the new members have quickly involved themselves in the on the day, photographic record, finalisation of arrangements for
club’s activities and what is even more important for the future is a day in May 2020.
that they have brought the average age of club members down
Liaison with Bayside City Council
bringing new vitality to the club’s endeavours.
Our relationship with Council, at all levels, remains excellent
Existing members are encouraged to continue looking for op-
and requires very regular inputs from the Club.
portunities to introduce friends and acquaintances to the club as
that continues to be our major source of membership growth. Branding
Tony Phillips Our Club members and partners continue to wear Club clothing
at all our events and activities.
Marketing and PR Bayside Business Excellence Awards
Beaumaris Rotary Farmers Market A new and exciting Bayside Business Awards program has
been developed to help celebrate outstanding businesses in
Our major activity during the year has been the promotion of our Bayside.
Farmers Market held the second Saturday of every month at
Beaumaris North Primary School. This program is currently underway, organised by the five Rota-
ry Clubs in Bayside and partnering with The Bayside Business
This market, together with our Bayside Charity Golf Day, are our Network and sponsored by the Bayside City Council.
major fund-raising activities contributing in excess of $70,000 to
our Club funds on an annual basis. There are 10 award program categories. Applications close on
30 June 2019 with award winners being announced in Septem-
The market needs extensive marketing on an ongoing basis. ber 2019. The initiative has involved significant input from our
Our promotions included: letter drops, active and increasing use Club.
of social media, on-site banners, A-frame signs in adjoining
streets, listings on Bayside Council’s Events website and bro- General Club Promotion
chures. It is imperative that our Club continues to effectively market
There is a need for these activities to continue and increase for itself and Rotary generally, including through social media. Our
our market to be a continuing success. The outstanding contri- website is an outstanding example.
butions of Bridget Hage and Heather Chisholm cannot be over- Beaumaris Rotary continues to punch well above its weight lo-
estimated. cally and in the District. Our membership numbers and activities
Bayside Charity Golf Day are a real example of an outstanding Club of which we should
all be very proud.
On Monday 1 October 2018 the first event in the newly config-
ured Bayside Charity Golf Day was successfully launched with There is a real need for us to assist further at a District level.
sold out fields on both the East and West Courses of The Royal Our sincere thanks to Club members for their ongoing great
Melbourne Golf Club (RMGC). A joint undertaking between support.
RMGC, the Black Rock Sports Auxiliary and Beaumaris Rotary
the event structure provides an opportunity for golfers to play Peter Flude Greg Every
this world renown course while raising money for local worthy
causes.
The 2019 event was bought forward because of the President’s
Cup being hosted at RMGC.

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 CLUB SERVICE & INDIGENOUS SUPPORT

Club Service by Indigenous Support having no

clear home in our club and indeed
Club Service as always has played an important role in within the whole Rotary system. We
our club, and our dedicated team listed below ensured created a separate Budget for our
that our meetings and other activities ran smoothly Indigenous Support Committee which enabled us to
throughout the year and are recorded in our newsletter, achieve another District grant at the last moment from the
web site and on Facebook left-over District grant money. We are once again funding
We had a strong speaker and fellowship program and the MITS camp.
once again a number of very successful golfing events As IS Committee Chair I took on the chairmanship of the
although it was disappointing there was no Conference District IS Committee and Chris Mara also joined this
Golf event this year as we have been a strong supporter Committee. This has led to the development of a Global
of this in the past and were lining up to be so again. Grant plan for IS within the District being led by our Club.
Fortunately, our almoners had a much healthier year in At this stage the major elements are falling into place; an
the club! overseas club to host the project has been found, several
likely projects have been identified, there has been real
The membership team deserves special mention as we interest from local clubs.
have inducted seven new members this year.
For the first time the Indigenous Support Committee Chair
David Lea's contribution also needs to be highlighted as will be on the Board as a Director to highlight the need for
he works behind the scenes to produce a quality and in- Rotary to make this one of it its priority areas along with
formative ‘In Gear’ each week, has spruced up our Web Youth, Community and International.
site front page and further developed our Google Club
calendar so that it be used to administer the club program. David Hone
Our strong relationship with Victoria Golf Club manage-
ment and staff continued, they have been willing and able
to meet our needs and make our more frequent use of the
main dining room a better experience.
Club Service & Administration
Almoners Jan Cooper/Roy Downes
Arts Community Liaison Max Darby
Assistant Treasurer James Glenwright
Auditor Tony Phillips
Club Photographer Max Darby / Chris Mara
Club Protection Officer Ken Mirams
Communications David Lea/Adrian Culshaw
Fellowship & Vocational Trish/Kerrie/Mary Cunnington
Foundation John Beaty
Light Bulb Moment Martin Fothergill
Program Kerrie Geard/Adrian Culshaw
Social Media Adrian Culshaw/Mary Sealy
David Hone

Indigenous Support
This year has been an important one for Indigenous Sup-
port by our Club. Building on the District grants we have
achieved to help the Melbourne Indigenous Transition
School (MITS) we have learnt from the difficulties caused

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 SECRETARY & FOUNDATION

Secretary
We have enjoyed another excellent year of fun and fellow-
ship encouraging good attendances at our social events
and a program of interesting speakers.
Consequently membership has grown to unprecedented
facility for members to add a voluntary $100 amount to
levels, with a reduction in the age profile and almost total
their annual membership fee.
Working with Children accreditation achieved.
The number of members making individual donations re-
Our administrative procedures are fully compliant and up
to date, with preparation for next year already underway mains at 21, being 46% of our membership
for Trish Smyth to take over the reins. There was a Club contribution to End Polio Now for $750.
Roy Seager John Beaty

Foundation
The Club and its members have made significant contribu-
tions to the Rotary Foundation this year through its annual
contribution of US$120 per member totalling US$5,520,
plus individual member contributions through the Every
Rotarian, Every Year program where members make
personal $100 donations to the Foundation. To assist
members for the 2019-2020 year the Club has provided a

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 CLUB PROJECTS: COMMUNITY,
YOUTH SERVICES & INTERNATIONAL
Community
The past year has once again
been both busy and productive
for the Community team. We
have a mix of ongoing and new
projects, the beneficiaries come
from a diverse and representative
cross-section of our community.
The Light Bulb Moment grant applications have resulted in
some great projects receiving funding. There has been
positive feedback from the Bowling club, the balls we pur-
chased for their Jack Attack program, which introduces
people to the sport of lawn bowling have been well used.
The Mentone Girls Grammar School Author Accelerator
Program had 14 girls from seven schools soon to publish
their own books with plans to launch the books in late Ju-
ly.  Beaumaris Art Group – ran the BBQ at their sale
Last year’s projects had a range of outcomes, some not 
as envisaged, success however can be measured in many 
 Sandy Beach Centre - help fund their garden rede-
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ways and they were all able to “make a difference” as was
hoped.
Projects/Events supported this year:
 .Family Life – Council grant obtained for Advocate
Training
 .Cancer Council Daffodil Day – ran the street stall
again raised about $2000, the Merchant fruit shop
were again most generous with donations of daffo-
dils
 Concourse Car Show – very successful again
 Cheltenham Children’s Festival – to help fund
amusements on the day
 Matt’s Place – to provide meals for disadvantaged
people
 Pantry 5000 - to replace failing freezer in their Chel-
sea food distribution centre
Concourse Traders Christmas Fair
Black Rock Traders Christmas Fair
velopment
 Light Bulb Moment Grants –
 Bee Happy
 Bayside Meditation
 MGGS Author Accelerator Program
 Beaumaris Bowling Club
 Beaumaris Sea Scouts
 Pending –
 Give a Care Foundation
 Chelsea Rotary Club Mobility scooter project
Thank you to the Community Team members, Club mem-
bers and Board members for your support and encourage-
ment.
Chris Werner
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YOUTH SERVICES & INTERNATIONAL
Youth Services
The 2018-19 Rotary Year was
once again busy for all in Youth
Service. I'd like to begin by ac-
knowledging the work and sup-
port of the members of our team,
Tony, Bridget, David, Lois, Jan,
Malcolm and Vivienne (and Anto-
ny for his moral support).
The year began once again with Rotary Youth Leadership
Award (RYLA) at Lake Dewar in July. We sponsored Jes-
sie Gwillim and leader Cindy Sun. Their enthusiasm for
the program is reflected in the fact that both are in training
as interns for the 2019 seminar.
In August, we were delighted to learn that our two Nation-
al Youth Science Forum (NYSF) candidates, Casey Bos-
well from Mentone Girls Secondary College and Khy Yie
Choo from MacRobertson Girls High School, were suc-
cessful in gaining places in the 2019 program in Canber-
ra. The girls and their parents, along with our 2018 NYSF
candidate, Eliza Gwillim, joined us for a special NYSF
dinner late in the month.
In September, we once again organised mock interviews
for Year 11 Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning
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(VCAL) students at Sandringham College. Feedback
from the students and the VCAL team was extremely pos-
itive and we, as always, were made to feel so very wel-
come.
We also supported the Enterprise Start-up Academy for
budding female entrepreneurs at Mentone Girls Grammar
School. We were delighted with the success of the pro-
gram with participants from right around the state.
It was a busy month with our Rotary Youth Program of
Enrichment (RYPEN) candidate, Max Penczes from San-
dringham College, off to camp. It was a pleasure to see
his interaction with participants and program leaders at Mt
Evelyn.
On November 1st, we held our Youth Services Dinner for
2019 with a focus on youth leadership. We were delight-
ed to hear from our RYLA and RYPEN candidates, Jes-
sie, Cindy and Max, and from Juliet, who took part in the
Enterprise Start-up Academy, about their experiences as
participants in the various programs. A very inspiring
evening!
The new year saw the return of our NYSF candidates,
Casey and Khy Yie, who spoke to us about their time in
Canberra over January and the impact of NYSF on their
future aspirations. We also began interviews for the 2020
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YOUTH SERVICES & INTERNATIONAL

program and wish our endorsed candidates, Justin Carino posal was prepared by the team and approved by the
from St Bedes College, and Isla Mcallister and Madeleine Board, allowing the redirection of Club funds previously allo-
Salisbury from Mentone Girls Secondary College, every cated to the Solar Panels Project.
success with their applications. In March, following on from We had received donations from seven other Rotary clubs
the success of the Enterprise Start-up Academy, we provid- (in addition to our own) for the Solar Panels Project and five
ed support in conjunction with Community for an Authorship of these also agreed that their donations could be redirected
Start-up program at Mentone Girls Grammar to the replacement Water Tanks Project. The remaining two
School which ran over the April school holidays. We are donations were returned to the donor clubs.
looking forward to receiving copies of the published works. During this year, the tanks have been ordered, supplied,
We continue to prepare for this year's RYLA, and David and installed and put into use - a major contribution to the well-
I continue to work steadily on what we hope will see the res- being of the local inhabitants on Sabu. Fred Hofmann also
urrection of the Primary Speech Contest in August this year. ensured that the installed water tanks displayed a Rotary
logo!
As I prepare to hand over to Vivienne Zoppolato as incom-
ing Youth Service Director, I take this opportunity to thank During the same time, we provided Sabu residents with 430
past presidents, board members, team members and all insecticide impregnated mosquito nets to enable many fami-
club members for their support and encouragement over the lies to sleep without fear of attack from malaria infected
past three years. mosquitoes. Ross Phillips drove this project which was com-
Chris Martin pleted on time and within budget, which included a A$3000
District Grant. We had budgeted to supply a further ship-
ment of mosquito nets to Sabu late this year but have re-
cently been informed that Rotarians Against Malaria now
(RAMS) operates in Indonesia, in partnership with the Indo-
International nesian Government, and that any further requirement for
nets would likely be met by them. We boosted our donation
At the start of this Rotary year, the
Board approved a budget for Interna-
tional of A$20,000 - a significant portion
of the Club’s income - to fund imple-
mentation of a set of carefully thought
out proposals. This year has been one
of completion of a number of major initi-
atives begun in earlier years and prime
among these was the Sabu Water Tank Project.
This was the replacement project, approved by the Board,
for the previously approved Solar Panels Project on Sabu
which we had cancelled when, against all previous local
advice, preparations for the extension of mains electric pow-
er were observed being made in the area.
Team member John Manks researched (with Pastor Franz
Lackner) the most outstanding unmet need of the people on
Sabu and was assured that it was lack of water. For a num-
ber of years, our Club had been funding the digging of wells
in this very dry part of Indonesia but, because of a pro-
longed drought, the water table had dropped and the wells
had become very much less productive. It was agreed that
the most urgent necessity was for a network of water tanks
to capture what little rain there was and to hold water which
an Indonesian government agency was having to supply in
tankers to keep the community viable. A costed project pro-

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YOUTH SERVICES & INTERNATIONAL

to RAMS and put aside the sum we had allocated for nets
for a replacement project on Sabu which has yet to be final-
ly decided.
Our increased donation to RAMS also recognises the role
that RAMS (and Rotary worldwide) is playing in the search
for an anti-malaria vaccine. One Australian initiative in this
area is being conducted by Queensland company Gly-
comics in conjunction with Griffith University with the
direct support of the Rotary Club of Southport and District
9640. The Australian government has recently provided this
initiative with A$500,000 to help fund early clinical trials.
Direct contribution to this initiative by our Club is something
we should also consider.
PP David Greenall had brought to our attention the plight of
a girls’ school on Tonga which had had its roof blown off by palate operations per year in Bangladesh alone and helps
a cyclone. The Board agreed that we should make a dona- train local surgeons to learn how to perform this surgery.
tion to the proposed re-building project, again in conjunction
Similarly, our donation of to Interplast (“Repairing bodies
with a matching District Grant successfully applied for. Da-
and rebuilding lives”) assists in training reconstructive sur-
vid was able to present our cheque for the repair cost to the
geons currently in Mongolia, Fiji, Indonesia, Niger, Bangla
Queen of Tonga in person. Another very valuable, complet-
Desh and Bhutan.
ed project.
The Club also donated to DisasterAid, a project started by Last year, we gave to a project called m-Adapt, introduced
the Rotary Club of Endeavour Hills, aimed at delivering safe to the Club by Bob McArthur and driven by Rebeccah Bart-
water for every child in places afflicted by major natural dis- lett, a previous Rotary Peace Fellow nominated by our Club.
asters, typically typhoon, cyclone, tsunami, earthquake. It is The aim of the project is to produce a phone app which can
set up to provide rapid response and is currently operating deliver women’s health advice to refugees and new immi-
in Indonesia (earthquakes on Sulawesi and Lombok), Pa- grants in their own languages. Rebeccah advises that the
pua New Guinea (earthquakes), Philippines (typhoon) and development of the app (named Shifra) is now well ad-
Myanmar. The program provides safe water to communities vanced and we have invited her to make a presentation to
via a sophisticated filter system known as SkyHydrant. the Club in the near future upgrading our understanding so
that we can evaluate whether / how our Club could be fur-
The scale of the need is shown by the statistic (from Disas- ther involved.
ter Aid) that the number of people made homeless by natu-
ral disasters and conflicts is presently a staggering 85 - 90 All in all, a busy and productive year for the International
million! team and I would like to thank them all—John Manks, Fred
We also continued our association with ROMAC (Rotary Hofmann, Geoff Stockdale, Ross Phillips, Clem Quick, Bob
Oceania Medical Aid for Children). ROMAC is a combined McArthur, Ken Mirams, Gail Anderson with extra assistance
project of Rotary Australia and New Zealand which aims “to and advice from Past Presidents David Greenall and
provide medical treatment for children from developing Malcolm Sawle.
countries in the form of lifesaving and/or dignity restoring
surgery not accessible to them in their own country”. It oper- John Sime
ates mostly in Pacific Rim countries (PNG, Solomon Is-
lands, Fiji, Timor Leste, Vanuatu, Vietnam) and brings chil-
dren referred from overseas to Australia or New Zealand for
first world surgical attention.
We also supported Operation Cleft (Gift a Smile for Life”),
an international project created by the Rotary Club of Box
Hill. Our donation helps the project deliver over 1,000 cleft

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FELLOWSHIP

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FELLOWSHIP

This year has been a team effort. Mary Cunnington, Kerrie Our last event for the year was an informative vocational
Geard and I have shared the ideas, the planning and the visit to the Sandringham Day Procedure Hospital which
fun of this area. We wanted to give a vocational, as well we have strongly supported through the proceeds of our
as local, focus. Golf Day.
Some of this year’s highlights include: Trish Smyth
Our first outing which was to Jim, Andrew and Judy
O’Brien’s business Surepak in Braeside. Jim and Andrew,
and their friend Steve McNaughton, were able to give us
informative tours, as well as us seeing a wrapping ma-
chine and other big machinery. Interesting for everyone,
and our thanks go to Jim, Andrew, Judy and Steve. After-
wards we went to the Dingley International to have a well-
priced pasta and wine meal.
In September Mary Cunnington, one of our resident wine
and food experts, orgainised dinner at a Greek Restaurant
in the Oakleigh Greek precinct, a rare trip out of the Bay-
side area. This was very enjoyable, and the food was fan-
tastic.
Bohemian Rhapsody: a joint function with Hampton Rota-
ry organised by Liz Ware was very successful as both fel-
lowship and a Polio fundraiser. This was part of a world-
wide Rotary event so, even as we had fun and channelled
Queen, we were giving to the world.
Over the Christmas to January period we had Twilight golf
at Woodlands, Golf at Sandhurst organised by Robert
McArthur and dining out at Sing Tao at The Concourse.
In February we went to Mirboo North for a golf weekend, it
was great fun, the golf was organised very capably by
Mary Cunnington. We had the traditional club meal on the
Friday night and the BBQ on Saturday night.
In March we had two events in one night! Beer, parmas,
pizza! That’s what the publicity should have said. We
started at True South in Black Rock we found we had real-
ly joined the glamour set as we had our own reserved
space at the front of the bar, in an open area, able to look
at the street and call out to passers-by. A bonus was that
it was happy hour till 6 pm, so our craft beer was a very
reasonable cost. We walked up to Sazio’s where the staff
looked after us very well, we had a great value menu and
really good food.
In April we supported local traders again and went to 3193
in the Concourse.

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 THE YEAR IN PICTURES

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 CONFERENCE

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 CONFERENCE

Twenty members and partners attended this year’s Multi- missed the fellowship we enjoy from “invading” a country
district Rotary Conference at the Melbourne Exhibition motel for two or three days and trying out local pubs and
Centre. Four of the five Victorian Rotary Districts joined restaurants. Our Conference in 2020 will be at Echuca /
together to stage this year’s conference which attracted Moama on 21 / 22 March. The conference venue looks
some 1500 Rotarians and their partners. The Conference excellent and I am told part of the time will be spent on
was preceded by a Rotary Peace Forum and ran concur- Paddle Boats on the Murray.
rently with a Youth Earlyactors / Interactors Forum. Also
featured was an excellent Rotary Showcase with 60 Chris D’Arcy
booths showing work Rotary does. This area was open to
the public on the Sunday afternoon.
From the point of view of interesting speakers this was the
best conference I have been to. The Lord Mayor of Mel-
bourne Sally Capp officially opened the conference and
spoke about homelessness in Melbourne. Other stand out
speakers were the Rotary International President’s Repre-
sentative Stephanie Urchick, Brittany Arthur who spoke
about connecting Rotary with Alumni and Youth, John Soe
who spoke about his personal experience with Polio, Dr
Edna Adan Ismail who spoke about Maternal Health in
Somaliland and Sheree Marris who gave a very entertain-
ing talk about Diversity in our underwater world.
Overall the conference organisation was first class, an
insight into what will be needed on a much larger scale
when the Rotary International World Conference with
15,000 to 20,000 delegates comes to Melbourne in 2023.
On Saturday evening a Gala Conference Dinner was at-
tended by some 1,100 conference delegates in the Mel-
bourne Room at the Conference and exhibition centre, a
significant improvement on last year’s basketball court!.
High energy entertainment was provided by the Baker
Boys. The theme for the dinner was Rock & Roll with a
touch of red, recognising the sponsors Red Energy. The
Beaumaris party entered into the theme with red accesso-
ries and stunning red face paint. Thanks to Shirley
Mirams and her team who put together the Beaumaris
“look” to support the dinner theme.
While the Multi District format was an exciting change, I
think we missed out on some of the aspects that make the
club’s attendance at District Conferences so much fun.
Because it was held in central Melbourne some club mem-
bers stayed at a number of locations in the city while oth-
ers stayed at home and travelled in on the two days. I

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DONATIONS LIST - 2018 / 19

Locally Globally
 Australian Rotary Health  Operation Cleft
 Bayside Community Care (Matt's Place)  Polio Plus
 Bayside Meditation  ROMAC
 Beaumaris Bowls Club  Rotary Foundation
 Beaumaris North Primary School  Sabu Island student support
 Black Rock Surf Life Saving Club  The Highlands Foundation
 Blue Ribbon Day
 Cheltenham Community Centre
 Disaster Aid
 District 9810 Partners Project
 Drought Relief
 End Trachoma
 Kids Under Cover
 Mentone Girls Grammar Project
 MITS
 National Youth Science Forum
 Pantry 5000
 RYLA
 RYPEN
 Sandringham Hospital
 Sandybeach Centre
 Wheelchairs for Kids

More detailed descriptions of specific donations can be found within this Report.

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PAST PRESIDENTS, THEMES AND MEMBERS

Members

Past President Years International Theme Gail Anderson

John Beaty
Heather Chisholm
Tim Ive 1985 1986 You are the key Jan Cooper
Russell Scott 1986 1987 Rotary brings hope Adrian Culshaw

Ray Taylor 1987 1988 Rotarians - United in service, dedicated to peace Mary Cunnington
Max Darby
David Rushworth 1988 1989 Put life in Rotary —you're life
Chris D’Arcy
Ron Ward 1989 1990 Enjoy Rotary Lynda Doutch
Malcolm Parks 1990 1991 Honor Rotary with faith and enthusiasm Roy Downes
Greg Every
Rod Gaskell 1991 1992 Look beyond yourself
Peter Flude
Mike O'Shea 1992 1993 Real happiness is in helping others
Martin Fothergill
Geoff Abbott 1993 1994 Believe in what you can do — do what you believe in Kerrie Geard
Tony Read 1994 1995 Be a friend James Glenwright
Megan Glenwright
Phil Kaufman 1995 1996 Act with integrity. Serve with love. Work for peace.
Bridget Hage
Robert Barker 1996 1997 Build the future with action and vision Fred Hofmann
Peter Quennell 1997 1998 Show Rotary cares David Hone

David Brown 1998 1999 Follow your Rotary dream Charmaine Jansz
Richard Jones
Jim O’Brien 1999 2000 Act with consistency, credibility, continuity
Jude Kavanagh
Hugh Forrest 2000 2001 Create awareness. Take action. Simon Kavanagh
John Beaty 2001 2002 Mankind is our business David Lea
Lois Lindsay
Kerrie Geard 2002 2003 Sow the seeds of love
John Manks
Ken Whitters 2003 2004 Lend a hand
Chris Mara
Richard Jones 2004 2005 Celebrate Rotary Chris Martin
Brian Kimpton 2005 2006 Service above self Robert McArthur
Tony McKenna
Rob Thomas-Hunt 2006 2007 Lead the way
Ken Mirams
Greg Every 2008 2009 Make dreams real Anthony Nixon
Roy Seager 2007 2008 Rotary shares Jim O‘Brien

Peter Flude 2009 2010 The future of Rotary is in your hands Mark Perelaer
Ross Phillips
David Greenall 2010 2011 Building Communities, Bridging Continents
Tony Phillips
James Glenwright 2011 2012 Reach Within to Embrace Humanity Richard Potter
John Manks 2012 2013 Peace Through Service Clem Quick
David Rushworth
Robert McArthur 2013 2014 Engage Rotary Change Lives
Malcolm Sawle
Ken Mirams 2014 2015 Light Up Rotary
Roy Seager
Trish Smyth 2015 2016 Be a Gift to the World Mary Sealy

Malcolm Sawle 2016 2017 Rotary Serving Humanity John Sime

Trish Smyth
Chris D’Arcy 2017 2018 Rotary: Making a Difference
Geoff Stockdale
Geoff Stringer
John Turner
Chris Werner
Vivienne Zoppolato

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 2019 2020 Meets Thursday
Contact Information 6.30 for 7 pm
Victoria Golf Club,

PO Box 7047, Park Road,

Beaumaris, VIC, 3193 Cheltenham,

Website;
http://beaumarisrotary.com/
Facebook;
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Club President
David Hone
djhone@netspace.net.au
0407 529 317

Club Secretary
Trish Smyth
tsmyth812@gmail.com
0407 820 552

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