President Jason van Straalen opened the meeting at 6.30 pm on 6th September 2021.
A very special night tonight with a large number of guests. Thank you all for attending. John Thornton may be able to assist us tonight in singing a chorus of Advance Australia Fair!
WELCOME to our SPEAKER and GUESTS:
Our special guest speaker tonight is Mr Mark Hatfield, CEO Chevron Australia who will let us know what is happening in the Oil & Gas Industry in Australia. Welcome!
Our other guests tonight.
Jean Hatfield
Kim Bolto
Terry Budge
Marion Cahif
Susie Davis
Tanya Ellis
Stewart Forbes
Anne Fraser
Sue Jeanes
Lee Little
Judy McMichael
Hamish Murray
Pablo Narvaez
Tuan Pham - Our Global Citizen awardee
Jaap & Margot Poll
Barbara Ranshaw
Peter Reading
Joan Rogers
John Saleeba - our old friend!
Lindsey Shepherd
Phil Simpson
Ryan Tozer
Jon & Arianne van der Peyl
Jomay Verrier
Brennan Wilson
Including our guest speaker 28 guests!! Welcome, All.
APOLOGIES & LOA:
We have 11 Apologies & Honorary, 10 LOA plus 28 guests hence around 69 people are in attendance tonight.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
Q: Why is 1st June important in WA’s history?
A: It commemorates the Foundation of The Swan River Colony.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Any Rotarian who has news they would like to share regarding Family or Friends?
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: (Richard Ranshaw)
Member’s Birthday
Partner’s Birthday
Anniversaries
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Charitable Trust: (Russell Hawkins)
No report.
Secretary: (Craig James)
No report.
Treasurer: (Leon Lorenzen)
No report.
Club Service: (John Murdoch)
No report.
Community Service: (Anthony McGrath)
A meeting is to be held at 8.30 am on Thursday 9th September at the usual venue.
International Service: (Michael Bissett)
No report.
Public Image: (Peter Robertson)
No report.
Membership and New Members: ( John Bolto)
No report.
Environment: (John Bolto)
No report
Youth: ( Kim Smith)
No report.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT: ( Jason van Straalen)
- On 11th & 12th September 2021 9:30 – 1:30 pm (AWST) there is the Rotary Zone 8 Virtual Conference ( Australia, New Zealand & Oceania)
The Theme is Learning, Leading, Action - Showcasing the wonderful Impact of Rotary.
SERGEANT’S SESSION: ( Jon Steward )
Fines meted out by our Sergeant included;
Peter Panek for his transportation skills
Kevin Jackson for incessant marketing of himself.
Steve Halbert (unfairly)
And others including the wine tables
GUEST SPEAKER: ( Mark Hatfield CEO Chevron Australia)
Mark gave an informative and enjoyable presentation to the Club. Chevron is very much committed to Australia and Western Australia having spent between 2009 and 2018 some
- $60 billion on Australian goods and services on Gorgon and Wheatstone
- Provided 1000 contracts to Australian businesses
At full capacity, both projects will provide a combined 500Tj/d of gas equalling nearly 50% of the current WA domestic supply
From 2016-2050 it is estimated Chevron will have generated
- 2600 jobs per annum
- $239 Billion in Tax payments
- $687 Billion boost to Australia’s GDP
Beyond LNG Chevron support our local communities in areas such as driving engagement in STEM, Aboriginal and Gender inequality, health and wellbeing, sustainable communities and delivering a lower carbon future.
Chevron, in different formats, has been in Australia for nearly 70 years starting in WA with West Australian Petroleum (WAPET).
The Gorgon project is one of the world’s largest LNG projects as is their carbon capture and storage system.
A well-attended meeting with some 70 attendees.
Many thanks to Mark and his wife Jean.
Pres Jason thanked Mark for his informative and entertaining talk.
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS: (Pres Jason van Straalen)
- 13th September 2021 – John Thornton OAM
- 20th September 2021 - District Governor’s Visit - Dee Buckland
- 27th September 2021 - NO Meeting - Queen’s Birthday Holiday
- 4th October 2021 - Joint Meeting with Freshwater Bay Rotary Club
THANKS TO:
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Thank you to the Staff of the Nedlands Golf Club. Thanks to on-Par Catering for a fine meal.
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WE RECOGNISE OUR VERY GENEROUS SPONSORS:
- Lizzy Bee-supplier of flowers
- Butler Settineri – Hon Club Auditors
- Paragon Consultants -Our Foundation’s Auditors
- Accura Accounting & Advisory Services for providing Xero Accounting software and
Sharesight Portfolio reporting software to the Charitable Trust.
Thank you to all our numerous guests who attended tonight.
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MEETING CLOSE:
Recognise RI President’s Shekar Mehta’s Presidential theme for the year "Serve to Change Lives " and acknowledge The Flag.
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Minutes: Steve Halbert
Photographer: Peter Robertson
Q of W: Tom Langley
Editor: Tom Langley
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