President Jason van Straalen opened the meeting at 6.30 pm on 20th September 2021.
John Thornton provided a clear note to start us off tonight in singing a chorus of Advance Australia Fair.
WELCOME to our SPEAKER and GUESTS:
Our guest speaker tonight is our own District Governor, Dee Buckland, and her husband Jonathan Weir. Welcome!
No other guests tonight.
APOLOGIES & LOA:
We have 19 Apologies & Honorary, 9 LOA plus 2 guests hence around 35 people are in attendance tonight.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
Q: What is Rotaract?
A: Rotaract (which stands for Rotary in Action) is a Rotary-partnered service club for young people aged 18 to 30.
Answered by John Bolto correctly from the head table.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Any Rotarian who has news they would like to share regarding Family or Friends?
Bruce Jeanes, his stepson’s finance’ had a baby girl! Congratulations.
Neil Wilkie; RCD has organised and supplied a “Peace Pole” to the Dalkeith Primary School as part of our support of the school. Tomorrow is World Peace Day and he will be going there to attend the commemoration. All are welcome to attend. The Pole has messages in four languages, Noongar, Vietnamese, Balinese, and English.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: (Richard Ranshaw)
Member’s Birthday
- Steve Halbert 20 Sept
- Ray House (Hon)
Partner’s Birthday
Anniversaries
- Jock & Jennifer Laurie 3 Oct 35 years
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Charitable Trust: (Russell Hawkins)
Nil.
Secretary: (Craig James)
Nil.
Treasurer: (Leon Lorenzen)
Nil.
Club Service: (John Murdoch)
Nil.
Community Service: (Tim Humphry)
Tim gave an update on a proposed vocational visit on 18th Oct 2021 to the Wearne Living New Aged Care facility. Visit before the meeting and then at our meeting the CEO will address us. For full disclosure, Tim noted he was on their Board.
International Service: (Michael Bissett)
International Committee had their meeting this evening. The PNG book drive is well underway. One Primary school has already donated 350kg of books!
They are looking at a new OS project in Uganda. Also will support Nokor Tep once they know how it will work. Look out for a new fundraising event and looking at a Metso concert later this year.
Public Image: (Kevin Jackson)
Kevin attended a brilliant Aust Ballet performance last night. Highly recommended.
Also, he has organised a 6 Oct 2021 visit to ANZAC house with RC Perth. It should be great.
He is working with John Thornton (following his wonderful talk last week) to arrange a visit to the Regal Theatre. Stay tuned.
On 30th Oct 2021 – Blue Sky will be running a one-day flight to Kalbarri for 68 people (25 already booked). It will include a 5-course dinner at the Skywall! Let Kevin know if you are interested! Quickly!!
Membership and New Members: (John Bolto)
JB went on a Men’s Shed photography trip last week to “High Valley”. The astounding diversity of wildflowers. He highly recommended a trip there.
Environment: (John Bolto)
Nil.
Youth: ( Kim Smith)
Nil.
Other Announcements:
Nil.
PRESIDENT’S REPORT: (Jason van Straalen)
- Australian Rotary Health is celebrating “World Mental Health Day” - 10 October 2021 with their HAT DAY!
- Rotary Foundation Australia (RFA) is one of The Rotary Foundation’s eight Associated Foundations around the World.
RFA has just launched a new website with all sorts of information and inspiration regarding the Rotary Foundation. Have a look!
rotaryfoundationaustralia.org.au
SERGEANT’S SESSION: (John Steward)
Fines meted out by our Sergeant included;
- David Ellis - Pushed Sergeant out of the way!
- Jock Laurie - His wedding anniversary.
- Wine Table - But NOT guests.
- Michael Bisset, John Thornton, Nigel Johnson, Anita Bourke, David Miller, & Trevor Gorey (last one some controversy) - No Rotary Badges.
- The President fined The Sergeant for NOT doing better!
GUEST SPEAKER: (District Governor 9455 - Dee Buckland)
Lindsay Dry introduced our guest speaker tonight, current District Governor 9455 Dee Buckland.
Dee started by presenting the Club with a book of 100 years of Rotary Action in Australia!
She commended the BlueSky tours and has attended a number and enjoyed the friendships made.
Her club the Rotary Club of Kalamunda has taken over from us looking after The Esther Foundation. She thanked our Club for the number of years that we supported this group and now they have relocated to her patch they will try and emulate our great work.
The Rotary International President - Shekhar Metha is a very inspiring man. His motto which we can learn from is “Service is the rent I pay for the space I occupy on this Earth”! His theme is “Empowering Girls” which is a big call coming from someone in India.
From our District point of view, our focus for 2021-2022 is the following areas.
- Homelessness - The My Homes project has finally started.
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Particularly reaching out to the LGBT community.
- Aboriginal Cultural Awareness - She has started her journey in learning more. Wherever you are on this journey is ok but she personally enjoys being outside the comfort zone and opening up to new lessons and thinking.
- Partnerships - Particularly with ECU. We have signed an MOU with ECU. They have asked Rotary to support some Student Services. A number of Clubs have stepped up!!
- Protecting our Environment - This is the latest Area of Focus for Rotary.
Dee then spoke about Rotary Brand awareness. Only 20% know what Rotary is. To ensure a consistent Brand ensure you use The RI Brand Centre for all logos. Always use the approved Logos!!
Jonathan Weir then promoted the 2022 District Conference to be held on 11 -13 March 2022 in Kalamunda.
He also promoted ARH Indigenous scholarships (which RCD has supported). These ensure indigenous communities have their own doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals. The DG target is to raise $10k for four places this year. Looking at $250 per 9455 Club. Pres Jason was given a pledge form to take to the next Board Meeting.
Pres Jason thanked Dee & Jon for their talks and information tonight and presented Dee with a fine bottle of wine!!
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS : (Pres Jason van Straalen)
- 27th September 2021 - NO Meeting - Queen’s Birthday Holiday
- 4th October 2021 - Joint Meeting with Freshwater Bay Rotary Club
- 11th October 2021 - David Carter - Austral Fisheries CEO Sustainable Fishing
- 18th October 2021 - David Cox MD - Curtin Heritage Living
- 25th October 2021 - Neil Wilkie - Interesting People London 1969 -78
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.
- Dee Buckland - DG 9455
- Jonathan Weir
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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: Ant McGrath
Q of W: Tom Langley
Editor: Tom Langley
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