President Jonas Edner opened the meeting at 6.30 pm.
Welcome to our guest speakers, Jeff Leach and Bronte Parkin.
The meeting was opened with the singing of the National Anthem.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
The three astronauts of Apollo 11 astronauts who flew and landed on the moon first were all born in the same year —Which one?
Answer: 1930
Correctly answered by Lindsay Dry
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Geoff Cahif – Richard Ranshaw visited Geoff Cahif recently, he has had a back operation which was successful and has alleviated much of his pain. Geoff hopes to be back at Rotary soon. Marion has also been ill. We wish them both speedy recoveries.
First aid administered – After reporting last week that Peter Panek and Jomay Verrier had helped an injured person in their street, Peter reported that Jomay was tripped by a dodgy Perth footpath and has a broken elbow. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to Jomay.
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS:
• Business lunch – The business lunch will be held on Thursday, 20 November 2025, at noon at the Royal Perth Golf Club in South Perth. Please organise your tables as soon as possible through John Bolto, or come along alone or with a friend, you do not need to organise a whole table. John’s email is rj.bolto@gmail.com The guest speaker is Amanda Lacaze, CEO and Managing Director of Lynas Rare Earth.
• ‘Cinderella’ – Please let Craig James know at craig.james50@outlook.com or Kevin Jackson know at kevinjj44@hotmail.com as soon as possible if you can attend the ballet Cinderella on Friday, 5 December 2025, at His Majesty’s Theatre. Tickets are $159 and limited to 20 Club members and partners.
• Fruit cakes and puddings – Richard Ranshaw has fruit cakes and puddings available, $25 per cake or pudding, please email Richard with your order on richard@ranshaw.com.au before they sell out like, well, hot cakes!
• National Youth Science Forum – Anita Bourke reported that the Club will sponsor a student, Lara, at the National Youth Science Forum in January 2026.
• Cans for Christmas – Anthony McGrath reported that the bags and flyers will be distributed to members from next week. Distribution of the bags and flyers is suggested for Wednesday, 26 November, with collection on Sunday, 30 November.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: The following special birthday was announced by President Jonas:
Member’s Birthday
Jason van Straalen 55 years old on 22 October 2025
.ROTARY MOMENTS:
• Oxford Scholar – You may recall that two years ago, the Club donated funds to Emanuel Radici as he went off to Oxford University to study law. We have heard that he is doing very well, has just commenced his third year of study, and has secured a job at a London law firm upon completing his degree next year.
• Polio Fund – Please contribute the equivalent of the dinner amount of $45 to the project account towards the eradication of polio. Please put your name and ‘polio’ in the description line.
World Polio Day is this Friday, 24 October 2025.
*****Thank you to all those generous members who have donated already.*****
• District Conference – The District Conference is being held in Northam from 13 to 15 March 2026. There is an early-bird offer: the registration fee for two people can be won if registration is completed by 15 December.
SERGEANT JASON SESSION: The following members were fined by The Birthday Sergeant Jason:
The guest speaker, Jeff Leach, for entering through the fire escape door tonight;
President Jonas for appearing on LinkedIn at a swanky legal firm cocktail party;
President-Elect Leon Lorenzen for being spotted in Bunnings buying equipment for his moonlighting business of carpet steam cleaning, ask for his business card;
Kim Smith for a dubious connection between becoming a French citoyen and for the theft of the priceless jewels from the Louvre;
Mark Khangure for leaving his car windows down on a rainy day.
GUEST SPEAKERSJeff Leach and Bronte Parkin - introduced by Paul Kestell
In 1996, Club members of the Rotary Club of Lane Cove founded what is now known as the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA). Its main aim is to raise funds for research, to raise awareness of the cancer and to supply information and support to tens of thousands of Australian men affected by the disease. It is a broad-based community organisation, and Rotary representatives serve on the national and State boards.
PROST! Exercise 4 Prostate Cancer Inc. is a Western Australian not-for-profit group exercise programme started in 2012 which currently serves 600 members at six outlets at Crawley, Fremantle, Joondalup, Leederville, Loftus and Mandurah. It encompasses the motto of Mateship. Muscle. Mood. Tailored exercise benefits most men with prostate cancer before, during and after treatment and managing side effects. The sessions are run by exercise physiologists. Participants pay $12 a session which covers the basic costs of running the programme.
As Jeff was on the State Board of PCFA he was offered a PSA test each year. Despite being asymptomatic his results three years ago showed he had a PSA of six. His prostate was removed, and luckily the cancer had not metastasised.
Bronte is the secretary of PROST! and he reported that the recent generous donation of $12,500 from the Charitable Trust would be used for two new outlets: the first country site, based in Busselton, and a site at Curtin University.
The main aim of talks like these is to get men to know their PSA. It is a disease with a 96% survival rate if caught early enough.
Thanks to Jeff for his personal talk and to Bronte for the information.
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS:
Monday 27 October 2025 - Don Burnside, Cactus hunting at Leonora.
Monday 3 November 2025 - Matthew Meszaros, Integration of renewable energy Project Ohm.
Monday 10 November 2025 - Rob Laurie, Strategies for Cyber Security.
ROSTER:
Monday 27 October 2025
John Murdoch Welcoming members and guests
Anthony McGrath Table duty
Ross Mackellar Registrar 1
Kent Warburton Registrar 2
Susie Rich Introduction of guest speaker
Kent Warburton Pass the microphone
THANKS:
Thanks to the Staff of the Nedlands Golf Club, Anton and Claire, for their service tonight and Chef Alvin for dinner.
WE RECOGNISE OUR VERY GENEROUS SPONSORS:
Lizzi Bee - supplier of flowers.
Dry Kirkness Chartered Accountants (Butler Settineri) – Club Auditors.
Accura Accounting & Advisory Services for providing Xero Accounting software and Sharesight Portfolio reporting software to the Charitable Trust.
Dirk Vanderstruyf from Euroz Hartleys.
MEETING CLOSE:
President Jonas closed the meeting by recognising the Rotary International presidential theme for 2025-26, "Unite for Good"
