President John Murdoch opened the meeting at 6.30 pm on 22 May 2023.
John Thornton led the meeting in singing the National Anthem, which was much better than our usual standard (which is relative).
WELCOME to our Guests:
David Martin, Jenny Martin, Michael Elias, Alice Thomas, Tina Baker.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
Q: What is the name of the new regional airline launched in Western Australia this week?
A: Nexus Airlines.
Won suspiciously by the President’s table for a third week in a row. Just saying….
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Craig James shared with us that he celebrated on the weekend with his father on his father’s 97th birthday.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: (Jill Elias)
Anniversaries
- Craig and Colette James 22 May 47 years
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Secretary (Craig James) Craig attended the District grants seminar yesterday. He reminded the meeting that $50 per member is a minimum requirement to contribute to Rotary and, therefore, please consider donating when the subscription fees are due.
International Service (Michael Bisset) Michael spoke of the book drive starting soon. This year eight schools will be donating books, and 1.2 tonnes of books are anticipated to be collected. The books will be sent to the PNG Foundation and the West Papuan Black Pearl organisation.
Public Image (Jason Van Straalen) Please keep sending stories for publication to Jason.
Membership Services If John Mortimer is in attendance next week, he will be inducted.
Environment Services (John Bolto) – Thank you to John Hopkins and John Mackinnon for organising the Business Lunch date and speaker, which will be held on Thursday, 12 October, at Royal Perth Golf Club. The guest speaker will be Fiona Hick, the CEO of FMG.
The Club has a new CDS recycler, allowing us to put our bin into Dalkeith Primary School.
ROTARY MOMENT: (John Murdoch)
Rotary International Convention in Melbourne 27-31 May.
SERGEANT’S SESSION: (Graeme Sansom)
- Geoff Cahif for not providing gossip from bowling.
- Lindsay Dry because all premiums have increased since he retired from the insurance broking.
- Peter Marfleet for owing the Sergeant commission for getting him a job in 1968.
- Bruce Fiegert for the success of the Dockers.
- Craig James for being on time.
- Win Jones for not being fined for the past three months.
- Steve Halbert, for being a good driver, out of luck.
- Anita Bourke for wearing riding boots to the meeting. Does she have a pony in her backyard?
- Tony Chien for wearing a cowboy shirt but not cowboy boots.
- Nigel Johnson for wearing slippers and bed socks.
SPEAKER: (David Martin) – introduced by David Miller
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- David spoke about the Little Creatures story, 25 years of fun and friendship.
- He started by giving an overview of the brewing business in the 1980s when regional breweries were all the rage. In 1983, the Matilda Bay Brewery was the first new brewery since World War II and the first craft brewery in Australia. By 1990 the breweries in Australia were mainly consolidated into CUB/Fosters and Lion Nathan, with only the South Australian Coopers as an independent brewery. The Matilda Bay Brewery was bought by the Fosters Group in 1990.
- The founders of Little Creatures were Phil Sexton, Nic Trimboli and Howard Cearns, and the funders were Adrian Fini, John Atkinson and David Martin. David was about to finish in Hong Kong when asked if he would like to join the new brewery venture. The plan started in 1997.
- In 1998 the group bought the property that housed a crocodile farm in Fremantle, and the first two beers were brewed and launched in November 2000, being Pale Ale which has fresh hops and is thirty-six on the bitterness index, and Rogers’.
- Little Creatures was listed on the Stock Exchange in November 2005, and $21 million was raised.
- In the 2010s, Little Creatures was the fifth-largest brewery in Australia and had a 0.5% beer market share.
- In 2012 Lion Nathan took over Little Creatures for $360 million.
- Little Creatures opened the craft beer market in Australia; now, there are 500+ small breweries and 350 distilleries in Australia.
- The company was called Little Creatures because live yeast is added to the bottled brew and looks like little creatures.
- Thank you to David for the interesting talk.
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REMINDER OF NEXT ROSTER:
Monday 29 May 2023
- Michael Snell Welcoming members and guests
- Richard Gorham Table duty
- Ivor Roberts Registrar 1
- Richard Ranshaw Registrar 2
- Peter Panek Introduction of guest speaker
- Pek Goh Pass the microphone
- Meeting Notes
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS: (Pres John Murdoch)
May
- 29 May Lorrie Gray WA Ostomy Association.
June
- 5th June NO MEETING Public Holiday
- 12th June Katie Stokes Paraplegic Benefit Fund. CHANGE OF VENUE Hollywood Subiaco Bowls Club, Smyth Road. Buffet dinner – two courses - $40 per head.
- 19th June Jill Elias – Incoming President - Life Talk.
- 26th June Change Over Dinner.
THANKS:
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Thank you to all our guests who attended tonight and the Staff of the Nedlands Golf Club.
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RECOGNISE OUR VERY GENEROUS SPONSORS:
- Lizzi Bees - supplier of flowers
- Dry Kirkness Chartered Accountants (Butler Settineri) – Hon Club Auditors
- Accura Accounting & Advisory Services for providing Xero Accounting software and
Sharesight Portfolio reporting software to the Charitable Trust.
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MEETING CLOSE:
Recognise RI President Jennifer Jones’ Presidential theme for the year. "Imagine Rotary "
“We all have dreams, but acting on them is a choice. Imagine a world that deserves our best, where we get up each day knowing we can make a difference.”
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