President John Bolto welcomed Rotarians, and all joined for the Singing of the National Anthem.
Ian Ritchie’s funeral was well attended and some returned to NGC for a few drinks afterwards. Please engage with Jackie in the future.
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Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
Pres. John warmly welcomed the following guests;
- Greg Thurston (Rotarian – Global Grants)
- Mahes Pushpalingan (Rotarian - Scarborough Club)
- Ute Hauke (Guest of Peter Panek)
Apologies and LOA: 32 members and 3 guests were in attendance. 12 apologies & 9 LOAs. At least three were very late apologies.
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Question of the Week:
Q. What are the two types of Rotary grants now available as part of Rotary Foundation Grants?
A. District and Global. Answered correctly by Bruce Fiegert.
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Family & Friends Announcements:
Nil.
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Birthdays & Anniversaries: Bob Davis
Bob announced the following birthdays and anniversaries:
- Anita Bourke’s Birthday with flower award.
- Elizabeth Melville’s Birthday.
- Gary & Mary Dienhoff’s 50th wedding Anniversary.
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Club Announcements:
Charitable Trust: (Russell Hawkins):
Samaki School - $6k to provide freshwater, new toilet and washing facilities. Russell also noted that the Trust resolved to donate $7,000 to Scarlett Whitfield purpose made vehicle following on from last week’s talk. This is Rotary In Action!
Club Secretary’s Report (Craig James):
No report provided.
Club Treasurer’s Report (Leon Lorenzen):
Leon is chasing up last 10 members for Subs.
Members Attendance: 32 members at 54% attendance rate. Total of 35 for dinner.
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Committee Reports and Announcements:
Club Service: (Anthony McGrath)
- Guess who Coming to Dinner is on 31st August 2019 - a non-AFL weekend. AMcG will chase up last 9 who have not responded individually.
- Next week’s meeting is Anita Bourke’s life talk. A number of guests are proposing to be in attendance. As such, if guests are coming please book them in, website or phone, text, email or carrier pigeon to Anthony.
Community Service: (Tim Humphry)
Nothing to report.
Vocational Service: (Michael Bisset):
No report provided.
Foundation and International Service: (Peter Webb):
They had a meeting this evening. A guest from Perth Rotary Club (Wes) attended. Going forward they will be working with RC of Perth to progress a Grants Application for Nokor Tep Hospital.
Peter also noted that Anita Bourke will be visiting Cambodia from 17 Nov 2019 for a week. If any member would also like to accompany this party, please see Anita and let her know.
Public Image: (Kevin Jackson):
They had a meeting on 18 July 2019. On the horizon is a visit to the Harry Perkins Institute for the $35 pp visit and DNA investigation!
Also, for the GWCTD take some good photos and Kevin will see if they can get any into the Post!
Membership: (Peter Panek):
- Members, please consider inviting potential members to the club.
- The Men’s Shed is open from 1 pm Peter noted that Brad Noble is installing the Security System! Well done.
- Note that the first meeting of every month Peter will bring a box along for good quality Clothing Donations for Esther’s Shop. Please consider.
Youth: (Kim Smith):
Unavailable for a report as France is a long way.
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President’s Report: President John Bolto.
Rotary Leadership Institute – nominations, please? John will encourage new members along.
District Conference 2020 – call for ideas, speak to me and I will pass to DG - Graham Peden.
Aust Aid – Friendship Grants. They have $30mil to give away! Please consider. You don’t need a matching Grant.
RC North Perth Sportsman’s Dinner – Trevor Gleeson Perth Wild Cats – Monday 12th August
RC Swan Valley – Small mob shearing day - $10/sheep, cheap hair cut
District Insurance Workshop 4th August
RI Board Member Zone 8 nominations
FY20 New Projects – asking for feedback
Int’l – in addition to Nokor Tep
Ethiopia – orphanage and school in Addis Abba supported by Doctors for Africa
India – CINI Australia – Child health in India
Community
Homelessness Hub – District-wide collaboration
Cans for Christmas – District-wide initiative FASD – embryonic
Youth
Rotary Science and Engineering Challenge - expansion
EarlyAct at Dalkeith Primary
School Link Program at Shenton College
Rotary Global Citizen Award – International Student Assistance.
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Sergeant: Brad Noble
A debut for Brad as the Sergeant!
- Wine Table
- Tony Chien for a celebrity appearance in the Countryman.
- Neil Wilkie for two Footy Tipping wins.
- John Bolto for this week’s Tipping win.
- Overseas returns; John Hopkins, John Murdoch, Brad Noble et al.
- Anita’s Birthday.
- Any new tattoos and /or impure thoughts - did not get the coffers ticking!
- Prostate Checks - Get yourself checked!
A very entertaining session for a debutant!\
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Presentation, Guest Speakers: Greg Thurston - Global Grants
Kevin Jackson introduced Greg who has been a Rotarian since 2000. His daughter was an exchange student and since that time Greg has been an exchange student host family five times.
Greg noted that for Rugby tragics the City Club is having Michael Cheika at their morning meeting 7:15 for 7:30 am on 7 August 2019.
Greg spoke about the Rotary Foundation and specifically Global & District Grants.
The Rotary Foundation was founded in 1917 by Arch Klump. Since 1917 the Foundation has distributed US $4 billion. Another arm is the Polio eradication programme. This started in 1976 but took a little time to convince the WHO that it was real. In 1988 there were 350,000 polio cases per year. Last year there were 52!! These were in the Pakistani Border area. However, we need to keep this going until it is properly finished. We can’t stop.
Scholarships: These start from US $5k up to US $50k. You can apply for these like a District Grant. They can also be for post-grad works. Also, 50 peace fellowships are awarded per year at US $50,000 per year.
Grants: District & Global Grants are available.
Recently Solemen through Peter Panek was awarded a District Grant for their work in Bali. Applications for District Grants close 31 May each year. They are for small scale works and have to be completed in that year. Need to be matched dollar for dollar.
Global Grants: Currently one is in process for Nokor Tep Hospital. Min US $30k up to US $300k. They are long term and can be submitted at any time. One needs an international partner Club. You can get them for projects in Australia, you just need an International partner Club.
Examples;
- Vanuatu 2015-17 village water project.
- Vocational training Team to Chhattingarth State, India. (Freshwater Bay Club) The area had very high childbirth mortality. After training childbirth deaths fell 20% the following year.
Foundation Contributions; You can join the Paul Harris Society by contributing US $1000 per year. Russell Hawkins will coordinate this in the Dalkeith Club. It is different from being a Paul Harris Fellow.
See the website
www.charitynavigator.org which rates all charities in the US. The Rotary Foundation rates four stars - the highest level.
President John thanked Greg for the good information presented.
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Reminder of Coming Events:
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A reminder that all partners are encouraged to attend Anita Bourke Life Talk on 5 August 2019. Just ensure you book in or let Anthony McGrath know.
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Guess Who is Coming to Dinner - Saturday 31st August 2019
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Close:
President John thanked;
- NCG staff Denise & Tori.
- On Par Caterers
- Club Sponsors
- Our guests, Mahes, Greg & Ute Hauck.
Recognise 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.
