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Meeting Notes
20th May 2024
Guest Speaker
Adam Hewber
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President Jill Elias opened the meeting at 6.30pm, held at St Catherine’s College on the Park.
Welcome to our speaker, Adam Hewber and guests Joe Hewber, June Larwood, Michael and Annabelle Elias.
The meeting was opened by singing the National Anthem. We were lucky that John Thornton was able to be there to lead us off so that our singing was deemed Jolly Good!
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
What does Namaste mean?
Answer: I bow to you.
Correctly answered by John Murdoch
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: Susan Watson announced this week’s celebrations:
Anniversaries:
Ron and Michele Wilson 49 years on 21 May 2024.
Craig and Colette James 48 years on 22 May 2024.
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
- A private four hour first aid course will be held for our Club on Saturday 13 July, 9am to 1pm at Osborne Park for Dalkeith members and their partners and families. The Board has agreed to pay $500 towards the course, depending on numbers the cost per participant will be worked out. The required minimum of ten have registered to attend already to a maximum of 20, there are still some places. Please let Jill know on jandmelias@hotmail.com if you are interested, please invite partners and friends too, if they would like to participate. An email has been sent out about the course to all members with the details.
- The Business Lunch will be held on Friday 9 August at the Royal Perth Golf Club in South Perth. This year’s speaker is Paul Holmes a Court. Please start spreading the word and organising your tables.
- David Miller is making orange and grapefruit marmalade at $7 a jar. All profits go to the Rotary Club. Please email David on miller@iinet.net.au to order your jars, specifying the quantities of either orange or marmalade. If you have any empty jars please take off the labels and bring them to Rotary for David.
- A 2009 Semillon and a 2010 cabernet merlot have been sourced from down south and are exceptional value at $140 for a dozen. To order please email Russell Hawkins on russell@chippenham.com.au THERE ARE ONLY A FEW DOZEN OF EACH REMAINING. Thank you to the Club members who have ordered the wine already. Only after receiving the invoice, please transfer funds to the Club account and put your name and ‘wine’ in the description line. Please support the Club by purchasing these special wines. Thanks to John Hopkins and Russell for sourcing the wines.
ROTARY MOMENTS:
PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP AWARD
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As an annual donor to the Rotary International Foundation, the Rotary Club of Dalkeith can nominate members or supporters of Rotary for recognition of their contributions to Rotary. The acknowledgement comes in the form of Paul Harris Fellowship recognition.
RECIPIENT – Steve Arthur Halbert
Steve joined Rotary and the Rotary Club of Dalkeith on 5 May 2016. He was sponsored by Tom Kendall.
Steve has been willing from his earliest days to contribute to the Rotary Club of Dalkeith. He was the Director of Membership and has always actively looked for opportunities to recruit new members to the Club. Steve is the District Insurance Officer and gives much time to ensuring all Clubs are compliant with and have knowledge of their responsibilities and obligations. He works very hard to look after all Rotary Clubs in the District.
Steve is a strong supporter of the Rotary Club of Dalkeith’s activities; he is generous with his time and knowledge to the betterment of the Club and Rotary and thoroughly deserves this recognition. Congratulations to Steve.
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ARTICLE IN THE POST
Thank you to Jason for organising another article in The Post, celebrating the success of the Science and Engineering Challenge.
GUEST SPEAKER: Adam Hewber – introduced by Geoffrey Cahif
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- Adam was born with a degenerative muscle disease and whilst he had issues with balance and strength when he was growing up, he was able to walk and move around. It has got to the stage where he can no longer walk.
- Adam’s family were told that he would not be able to attend school or achieve much in life but he debunked both those theories. He went to Christ Church Grammar School, obtained many certificates from TAFE and other institutes and has been able to work.
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Adam Hewber
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- Adam founded and is the CEO of Ability Heroes. Its motto is ‘enabling people – empowering communities.’ The company is a registered charity, and its mission is to design and maintain a comprehensive website and app, delivering local access and inclusion information for people with physical and psychological restrictions to plan outings with dignity and respect.
- Adam and his father, Joe, are at stage one in developing the project and hope to develop the website and app so that fees for services can be a regular source of income for the company.
- Thank you for speaking to us, Adam and Joe, about your venture.
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Adam and Joe
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REMINDER OF NEXT ROSTER:
Monday 27 May 2024
Bruce Fiegert Welcoming members and guests
David Ellis Table duty
Lindsay Dry Registrar 1
Tony Chien Registrar 2
John Bolto Introduction of guest speaker
Neil Wilkie Pass the microphone
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS:
Monday 27 May Ken Everett, The Internet of Things
Monday 3 June Public Holiday, no meeting
Monday 10 June Megan DePiazz, CWA and Mathilda Hontoir, presentation on her stay in Australia
THANKS:
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Thank you to the staff of St Catherine’s College on the Park.
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RECOGNISE OUR VERY GENEROUS SPONSORS:
- Lizzi Bee - 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.
- Dirk van der Struyf from Euroz Hartleys.
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MEETING CLOSE:
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Recognise RI President Gordon McInally's Presidential theme for the year: Create Hope in the World.
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Photography: Jill Elias
Meeting notes: Jill Elias
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Q of W: Jill Elias
Editor: Tom Langley
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