President John Bolto welcomed Rotarians and all joined for the Singing of the National Anthem.
John Thornton was present hence the singing was acceptable.
Business Lunch – Thank you to Michael Bisset & John MacKinnon for organising a wonderful lunch. Craig James did a great job as MC. The numbers were down a bit most likely due to members travelling overseas. We also should be aware of school holidays. Perhaps next year have it a little later in the year.
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Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
Pres John warmly welcomed our guest speaker to our meeting;
- Alice Mabin
- Mahes Pushpalingam
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Apologies and LOA: 33 members and 2 guests were in attendance. 14 apologies & 8 LOAs, 1 late apology!
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Q: What is the 5th Avenue of Rotary?
A: Correctly answered by Peter Panek on the top table.
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Family & Friends Announcements:
None.
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Birthdays & Anniversaries: Bob Davis
Bob announced the following birthdays and anniversaries:
Member’s Birthdays;
Partners Birthdays
- Pippa Hegvold
- Jomay Verrier
Anniversary
- Brian & Faye English - 60 years (even though Brian thought it was only 59 !)
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Members Attendance: 32 members at 54% attendance rate.
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Committee Reports and Announcements:
Charitable Trust (Russell Hawkins)
Trust audit is being done at the moment.
Wilson Asset Management – who help the trust, have offered a ticket to lunch. See Ken after the meeting if you are interested.
Secretary (Craig James)
Nothing to add.
Treasury (Leon Lorenzen)
Some payments are outstanding for the Holmes a Court visit this Thursday. Please pay asap.
Club Service: (Anthony McGrath)
No report
Community Service: (Tim Humphry)
Coin Collection- 4 collection points, 24 volunteers but need two more. UWA mentees are assisting and making new signs. Point of Sale machines will be used. Training of the use of these is offered after tonight’s meeting.
Nigel J mentioned Cans for Xmas - 46 Volunteers will be required. Stay tuned.
Vocational Service: ( Michael Bisset)
Nothing to add.
Rotary Foundation & International Service: (Peter Webb)
Anita will report on the Cambodian Hospital on her return.
Public Image: (Kevin Jackson)
Holmes a Court collection visit on 10 Oct 2019, this Thursday! It is a sell-out.
Youth Service: (Kim Smith)
No report
Other Announcements
Nil.
President’s Report:
Pres John noted the following
Greenbatch collaboration partner opportunity, access to a portion of the $160m pa to be distributed to the community through the Container Deposit Scheme commencing in June 2020. Want to raise $150k by Nov with our contribution $3.5-4k on a per capita basis.
St Yarad’s School, Addis Ababa – new school assoc with the orphanage of the same name that has been running for some time and supported by Jacqui Gilmour, speaker 21st October 2019.
Christmas Cocktail Party booked for the 9th Dec 2019 at the Weld Club.
Men’s Shed – Later in the year we will have a meeting and meal there.
Breakfast event to hear from the WA Auditor General - Ms Caroline Spencer - about “Access to State Managed Mental Health Services in Western Australia”, 7 am 9th Oct at UWA Club.
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Sergeant: (Brian English)
Fines were as follows;
- Wine Table
- Brian English - Fined himself for not knowing which anniversary it was!
- John Hopkins – for making an appearance
- Trevor Gorey - winning a case of wine at the lunch
- Kim Smith - winning the beautiful side table at the same lunch.
- Bruce Fiegert - spilling wine
- Peter Panek - Jomay’s Birthday
- Any Rooster supporters, especially those who thought the umpiring was good
- Win Jones – Bought the box and pointed out the sergeant doesn't have a clue as in NRL they are Referees NOT umpires!
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Guest Speaker: Alice Mabin
Craig James introduced Alice. She describes herself as an agribusiness speaker and author. She is from Linthorpe, Queensland. In 2015 she won the BEFA Asia Pacific Female Entrepreneur of the Year and is recognised as Australia’s #1 Rural Lifestyle Photographer. Alice has self-published two books, “the Drover” and “The Driver”. She has visited over 500 farms around Australia. Soon to be released a third book “ The Winding Road”.
Alice said she has been lucky in life. She grew up in NZ and now lives on a large property in Queensland. She has always made her own decisions. In one year she visited 365 farms - one a day! Rotary has been a great support to her over the years and she has been a guest speaker many times around Australia.
Her first book, “The Drover” is now in Schools and has been very popular. A publisher could not be found with any interest so she self-published. Initially tried cold-calling (including Twiggy Forrest) but didn’t work very well. Bookshops wouldn’t sell her book until she dropped them off at no charge. After this orders soon flooded in. However, initially, she sold her car to fund the sale of the books. To date, she has sold over 60,000 copies.
One of her most memorable photos was an aerial shot of a large number of harvesters working together. The farmer just happened to have a helicopter in his shed which she used for the aerial shot!
Books were available for sale after the meeting with part monies going to the Men’s Shed.
Pres John Bolto thanked Alice for her interesting talk and her advocacy of agribusiness which is vital but probably misunderstood.
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Future Events: President John Bolto
- October 10th - Holmes a Court Visit
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- October 14th - District Governor Graham Peden
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President John thanked;
- NCG staff Denise & her team
- On Par Caterers
- Club Sponsors
- Our guest speaker Alice Mabin
Recognised our very generous Sponsors;
- Lizzy Bee-supplier of flowers
- Butler Settineri – Hon Club Auditors
- Paragon Consultants -Our Foundation’s Auditors
- PSZ Accounting for providing Xero Accounting software and Sharesight Portfolio reporting software to the Charitable Trust.
He called on members to recognise RI President Mark Maloney’s Presidential theme for the year, “Rotary Connects The World” and to Salute the Flag.
