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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 21 18 November 2019

Next Meetings
President's Report
What a fabulous night we had last Thursday at the Buddy Holly THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER
SPEAKER - ELSPETH BLACK,
Show. The Beaumaris Theatre Company put on a really pro- PET THERAPY
fessional performances of this great musical which had us all CHAIR: CHRIS WERNER
singing and clapping in the finale. Thanks to Richard Jones for AV SUPPORT: CHRIS D'ARCY
organizing it all and it is also a great thing for our Rotary Club CASH DESK: JOHN TURNER AND GEOFF STOCKDALE
to support the local Theatre Company. They are a wonderful HOST: ROSS PHILLIPS
local institution. THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER
Bridget Hage came to the Board last Tuesday to tell us about a DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISIT
CHAIR: RICHARD JONES
an exciting project she wants to start called Zero School AV SUPPORT: BRIDGET HAGE
Dropouts. The Board liked the whole idea and agreed to CASH DESK: CHRIS MARTIN AND SIMON KAVANAGH
sponsor it. So donations will be tax deductible, Bridget has HOST: TONY PHILLIPS
registered the Project with RAWCS where the project is de-
scribed in these words: THURSDAY 5 DECEMBER
SPEAKER - JESSICA TURNER,
School retention is a national education measure. The VICPOL FORENSICS OFFICER
underlying barrier to school retention is school drop- CHAIR: MEGAN GLENWRIGHT
outs. School dropouts occur more frequently from AV SUPPORT: JOHN MANKS
CASH DESK: ROY DOWNES AND HEATHER CHISHOLM
Year 7/8, with an increasing trend from Year 10 to HOST: CLEM QUICK
Year 12. Many young people fail to find a job because
of inadequate reading and writing skills as a result of THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER
leaving school early. The fiscal and social cost of loss DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED
opportunity for disengaged youth is enormous. This
THURSDAY 19 DECEMBER
Project seeks to enhance education participation and
to assist with educational need of young people in a
timely manner so that young people in Australia are
equipped with basic life skills to make a living and to
live to their full potential. School has full autonomy to
identify students in need of help and request assis-
tance to support at-risk or disengaged students.
Generally you can find out more about our upcoming
We will be hearing more about this project from Bridget shortly.
speakers, including Bios, in the Club Calendar
The Board also approved changing the Global Grant project for on our website.
funding the Melbourne Indigenous Girls Dorm furniture into a Unless stated otherwise venue is
District Grant. The Global Grant Project came out of the Dis- Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00
trict Indigenous Support Committee in consultation with MITS.
It was explained up front to MITS that the $75,000 needed Contents
might be beyond our reach which could be around the $40,000 1 Presidents Report
US minimum Global Grant size. MITS welcomed a major con- 2/9 Notices
tribution and could handle a short fall. We also said the Glob- 10 1 14 Club Sponsors
al Grant required an International Club. The Global Grant had 12 Club Structure / Photo of Week
to be completed by December 2019 so MITS could buy the
Furniture. Through Fred Hofman, RC Felbach in Austria
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signed up to project with 5000 Euros (AUD8,000). We

Committed $10,000. RC Bentleigh Moorabbin Central
committed $4000. We recently found out that a new Ro-
tary International rule requires 30% of Global Grant money
to come from International sources and that it had also
changed the Basic Literacy and Numeracy area of focus.
We have been unable to find more international support at
this stage and are running out of time. So that the many
hours put in by me, Fred Hofman and Chris Mara are not
entirely wasted, to keep faith with MITS and partner clubs
and to protect Rotary's reputation the Board, with District
encouragement, decided to move to a District Grant. This
means we are replacing a planned $3000 matching district
grant proposal for MITS next year, with the Furniture Pro-
ject. With additional Local Club support in the pipeline this
should reach around $30,000. All the clubs involved sup-
port the change and I have spoken with Ed Tudor at MITS
and he is delighted for the significant support Rotary will
be making.
Invitations to our Christmas Party on Thursday 19th De-
cember at VGC will be going out shortly.
Thanks to those Rotarians who helped run the BBQ at the
Beaumaris Art Show. My Secretary tells me it all went
well.
This week we are back at VGC and the Speaker is El-
speth Black on Pet Therapy
David Hone

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Special Notice From Destination HQ

1.5% of any travel bookings from Beaumaris Rotary Club Members,

family and friends at Destination HQ Beaumaris will be returned to the
Beaumaris Rotary Club at the end of the year.

PLEASE make the consultant aware that you’re from the Rotary Club at
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and
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RCOB Board Membership, Marketing & Media - Chair James Glenwright

President David Hone Peter Flude Megan Glenwright
Secretary Trish Smyth Greg Every Mark Perelaer
Treasurer Lynda Doutch Mary Sealy Malcolm Sawle
Club Service & President Elect Adrian Culshaw Martin Fothergill
Adrian Culshaw Max Darby
Past President Heather Chisholm Club Service & Administration
Community Roy Downes Almoner Mary Sealy
International Fred Hofmann Archivist Roy Seager, David Lea
Youth Vivienne Zoppolato Attendance, dining & duties roster Adrian Culshaw
Indigenous Chris Mara Reviewer—Financial Statements Tony Phillips
Club Photographers Max Darby, Chris Mara
Community- Chair Roy Downes Club Protection Officer Ken Mirams
John Beaty Max Darby Newsletter, Web site, Facebook David Lea
Mary Cunnington Martin Fothergill Fellowship & Vocational Richard Jones
Kerrie Geard Chris Mara Foundation John Beaty
Robert McArthur Mary Sealy On to Conference Heather Chisholm
Tony Phillips Chris D'Arcy Social Media Officer Mark Perelaer
Chris Werner John Turner Speaker Program Administrator Gail Anderson
Bridget Hage Jude Kavanagh Speaker Program Assistants Kerrie Geard, Richard Potter

International - Chair Fred Hofmann

John Manks Geoff Stockdale District Officers
Ken Mirams John Sime Assistant Governor for Monash A Cluster Chris D'Arcy
Ross Phillips Clem Quick District Compliance Officer Ken Mirams
Richard Potter Simon Kavanagh District Community Chair Trish Smyth
District Indigenous Support Committee David Hone (Chair) Chris Mara
Youth – Chair Vivienne Zoppolato
Jan Cooper Tony Phillips Club Fundraising
Tony McKenna David Rushworth
Antony Nixon Lois Lindsay Bayside Charity Golf Day - Chair TBA
Malcolm Sawle Chris Martin Peter Flude James Glenwright
Richard Jones Jim O’Brien
Lynda Doutch Tony Phillips
Indigenous - Chair Chris Mara
David Hone Fred Hofmann Farmers Market – Co-ordinator Mark Perelaer
Robert McArthur Chris Werner Peter Flude
Chris Mara Charmaine Jansz
Geoff Stringer Ken Mirams
Vivienne Zoppolato Bridget Hage
Heather Chisholm

ANCIENT
PRACTICE
A Buddhist monk
practices a puja, or
Buddhist devotion,
in the city of Mus-
tang, Nepal. 700
years ago, Mus-
tang was a bustling
kingdom and a
centre of Buddhist
scholarship and
art.
PHOTOGRAPH
BY CORY RICH-
ARDS, NATIONAL
GEOGRAPHIC

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