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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 47 18 June 2018

Presidents Report Next Meetings

On Tuesday evening we held our changeover board meeting THURSDAY 21 JUNE
where the outgoing board briefs the incoming team on current SPEAKER: MICHELLE RIDSDALE
actions. Some of the items discussed were: TOPIC: GECKO HANGOUT
 Community Lightbulb Moment Initiative will continue in CHAIR: CHRIS MARTIN
2018 -19. AV: DAVID LEA
CASH DESK: LOIS LINDSAY & FRED HOFMANN
 A speaker from District has been booked for 26th July to
talk about the Rotary Foundation and the Centurion pro- THURSDAY 28 JUNE
gram and clarify how we can make personal contribu- CHANGEOVER NIGHT
tions. John Beaty will manage this area in 2018 - 19.
 We are continuing to review and clarify our possible in-
volvement with the Council’s Bayside Business Awards
project.
 We will continue to support the re-establishment of a
Black Rock Traders Association and their Christmas
event.
 Hampton RC is undertaking the Primary Schools
Speech Contest project next year, we will assist in any
way we can.
 Following on from confirmation of requirements, the final
specification for the Sabu Water Tanks project is being
prepared. We should be able to give the final go ahead 6:30 FOR 7:00 @ VGC
this week to get this important project underway.
 The board approved payment of $5,000 to support the
Queen Salote School in Tonga, which was badly dam-
aged by the recent cyclone. PP David Greenall met with
the King and Queen of Tonga on Thursday evening to
present a letter confirming our donation. David will man- Unless stated otherwise venue is
Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00
age this project on behalf of the International Commit-
tee. The money will be spent on basic equipment for
the school including books and desks. Contents

 Confirmed that all District Grant final reports have been 1 Presidents Report
2/3 Notices / Photos
completed and monies due received. 4 This Week’s Speaker
All the individual reports and the minutes of the meeting will 5 Beaumaris Secondary College Open Day
6 Club Structure / Photo of Week
shortly be available in the password protected section of the
Member’s Page
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Un rappel que le club prévoit une soirée à thème français Rotary annual dues are now due. If you have not already
lors de notre réunion du 19 juillet de cette année. Nous paid please do so as soon as you can. Payment should
aurons un diaporama en arrière-plan des photos de va- be made direct into the club general account with your
cances prises par les membres lors de toute visite en name as reference.
France au fil des années. S'il vous plaît e-mail Adrian
We are at Victoria Golf Club on Thursday. Our guest
avec vos photos ou laissez-lui avoir des tirages qu'il va
speaker is Michelle Ridsdale, founding Director of Gecko
scanner et vous revenir. Hangouts, a social group for teens and adolescents with
Beaumaris Secondary College’s Community Open Day is high functioning autism. Our involvement with Gecko
on Saturday 23 June from 10.00am – 12.00pm. Along Hangouts was made possible by the Community Group’s
with other community groups we have been invited to at- Lightbulb Moment initiative.
tend. If you are not going to a certain house auction, it
would be good if we could get as many members as pos-
Yours in Rotary
sible along to have a look at the new school and its facili-Chris
ties. There will be student led tours between 10am and
11.45 followed by the official College opening at 11.45 in
the Gymnasium.

President Chris and PP Robert presenting a donation to

speaker Mandy Sandford and Kerry Stratford from
Sandringham Hospital

237 Bay Road,

Cheltenham VIC 3192
03 8535 7980

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Donation to Queen Salote College, Tonga following devastation by Cyclone Gita.

After the decision of Directors on Tuesday to Donate $5,000, and some quick footwork by Treasurer Richard, David
Greenall made a presentation to the visiting Queen of Tonga, Her Majesty Queen Nanasipau’u in Melbourne on Thurs-
day.
For some time, the club has contemplated making a grant to a Special School in Tonga, following David’s visit with the
Rotary Club there, but no firm proposal had been received in the last two years.
The Directors therefore agreed on the grant to Queen Salote College, following representations by David on behalf of
the College, where Lyn Greenall has taught for short periods over the last 20+ years. The money is to be spent on li-
brary books, sewing machines, storage furniture and desks. The Queen is a past student of the College of the Free
Wesleyan Church (FWC) and asked me to convey her thanks to the Rotary Club for their generous support.
The occasion was a visit by the King and Queen to personally thank some 34 people (including David - FWC Auditor-
and Lyn – 1993-2005) who had worked for the Church in Tonga during the last 70 years.
PP David has organized other Tongan projects when he was a member of the Rotary Club of Camberwell.

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Speaker: Mandy Sandford The facility will provide an improved experience for patients
needing surgery, including:
Topic: Sandringham Hospital
 Orthopaedic, Ophthalmology, Gynaecology, General
Mandy is the Acting Director of Nursing at Sandringham Hospi-
tal and was at the meeting to talk about the new Day Proce-
dure Centre and thank RCOB for its donation.

Improving Surgical Services

Why a day procedure centre?
Since expanding the surgical program in 2014, Sandringham
Hospital has seen a 55 per cent increase in same day proce-
dures.
With a growing and ageing population, the need for local
healthcare is increasing.
In February 2016, a capital appeal was launched to raise $2.5
million to build a dedicated day procedure centre.
Thanks to the support of the community and state government
the $2.5 millio needed to build the day procedure centre has
been raised.
The centre will be known as the Sandringham Community
Bank Day Procedure Centre.

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RCOB Club Structure 2017 - 2018 Club Service & Administration.

RCOB Board. Attendance & Dining. Heather Chisholm
President. Chris D’Arcy Foundation. John Manks
President Elect. Heather Chisholm Program. Lynda Doutch
Hon Secretary. James Glenwright Membership. Adrian Culshaw
Hon Treasurer. Richard Jones Fellowship. Megan Glenwright
Projects Director. Roy Seager Auditor. Tony Phillips
Immediate PP. Malcolm Sawle Club Protection Officer. Ken Mirams
Independent Director. Vivienne Zoppolato Communications. David Lea
Social Media. Kerry, Lynda & Trish
International. John Sime (Chair) Archivist. John Beaty
Fred Hofmann John Manks Almoners. Lois Lindsay, Charmaine Jansz
Ken Mirams Ross Phillips Marketing & PR Peter Flude
Robert McArthur Clem Quick Club Photographer. Max Darby
Youth. Chris Martin (Chair) Community. Chris Werner (Chair)
Jan Cooper Lois Lindsay Mary Cunnington Max Darby
Tony McKenna David Rushworth Martin Fothergill Kerry Geard
Vivienne Zoppolato Bridget Hage Tony Phillips Roy Downes
Event Management. Mary Sealy John Beaty
Jim O’Brien Martin Fothergill Richard Shermon Chris Mara
Robert McArthur Geoff Stringer Market Management.
Antony Nixon Vivienne Zoppolato (co-ordinator)
District Service. Heather Chisholm Ken Mirams
Youth Services. Tony McKenna Greg Every Peter Flude
Membership. Trish Smyth Indigenous.
Assistant Governor. Ken Mirams David Hone (Chair)
Heather D’Arcy (Trachoma)
GOLDEN PAVILION
The sun lights up the
gold leaf that adorns
Kinkaku-ji, a Zen Bud-
dhist temple in Kyoto,
Japan. While the site
dates back to the 14th
century, the current
pavilion was built in the
1950s after the original
burned down.
PHOTOGRAPH
BY MUBARAK AB-
DULRAZZAQ, NA-
TIONAL GEOGRAPH-
IC YOUR SHOT

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