President Leon Lorenzen opened the meeting at 6.30 pm.
The meeting was opened by singing the National Anthem.
After singing, members remained standing to remember Barbara Ranshaw and think of Richard at this sad time for him and his family. Barbara contributed to Rotary Club events and attended many of our social occasions. She will be missed by us.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
In which year did the storming of the Bastille take place?
Answer: 1789
Correctly answered by Jonas Edner.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS:
Susan Watson – Susan is finally out of hospital with an injured shoulder, Please send her your best wishes.
Nigel Johnson – The Club has received a lovely card from Nigel’s daughter, Fiona. She writes that Nigel enjoyed the camaraderie, community service and fun that came with being an active Rotarian in our Club, which was a big part of his life. Fiona especially thanked Richard Gorham for eloquently noting Nigel’s many achievements at his funeral.
Thanks to Peter Panek for fixing the lectern; it has been a problem for many years, and now it is no longer wobbly.
CLUB AND COMMITTEE REPORTS
• Business lunch – The Business Lunch will be held on Friday 4 September 2026 at the Royal Perth Golf Club. This year’s speaker is Professor Jacques Eksteen, talking about critical minerals and metals. A flyer has been sent out about it to all members, please get your tables together and let John Bolto or John MacKinnon know names and numbers, thank you.
• Subistrand – John Bolto advised that there will be another opportunity to help with this pollinator garden project in early August. Please let John know if you are able to assist on rj.bolto@gmail.com
• Bottles and cans collection – John Bolto let members know that they can drop off bottles and cans for the ten cent collection directly to the Nedlands Golf Club. They can be left inside the gate, on the right-hand side upon entering, ensuring that all passageways are clear. Susie Rich advised the meeting to be careful upon opening the gate as it can swing off its hinges if opened hastily.
BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: The following birthdays were announced by Stephanie Fryer-Smith:
Members’ birthdays
Richard Gorham 75 years old on 20 July 2026
Geoff Cahif 83 years old on 26 July 2026
ROTARY MOMENTS:
• Sailability WA Inc – The Club has received a letter of thanks from the President of Sailability, Gary Griffiths. The Club recently gave $2,500 to the organisation, and the President reported that the sum will help provide a sailing experience that will improve the lives of many less fortunate people.
• Foodbank –The Club has received a letter of thanks from the CEO of Foodbank, Kate O’Hara, who states that the generous donation of $5,000 given by the Club will provide ten thousand meals for West Australians. In the past financial year, Foodbank provided 9.3 million meals in Western Australia.
• Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation
You may recall that in March this year we heard from two volunteers, Nancy Chiam and Janet Reynolds, who have worked for the Perth Children’s Hospital Foundation for over twenty-five years each. Nancy has reported that through generous donations of goods, the stall that she and Janet run made over $43,000 in the last financial year. Nancy asked especially that Paul Kestell, Susan Watson and Nicole Khangure be thanked as they have donated really good quality items which sold well.
ACTING SERGEANT JILL SESSION:
The following members were fined:
· Everyone who hadn’t yet applied for their $100 from the State Government yet (that brought in quite a pretty penny);
· Peter Panek for not putting out the President’s chain;
· Michael Snell for not tipping his birthday date which would have been a winner.
SPEAKER: DAVID MILLER – introduced by John Lindquist:
· David spoke about the golf day, usually run in April of each year. It has been an event for at least 42 years. David has been organising the event for the past few years.
· 64 players pay $100 each to enter, of which $70 goes towards the Angelman Syndrome Foundation, the rest goes to the golf club for its green fees and for catering. Some very generous prizes are donated by Club members as raffle prizes and in the end, over $5,000 goes to the charity.
· This year the winner of the David Foulkes trophy was Susie Rich.
David also organises, with Michael Bisset, a book drive for Buk bilong Pikinini in Papua New Guinea. David knows the librarian at North Cottesloe Primary School, who is able to coordinate with other primary schools for David and Michael to collect books from them which would otherwise be thrown away.
· The books are delivered to Sadliers, a transport company which sends the books to Papua New Guinea free of charge.
· David also spoke about selling daffodils on behalf of the Cancer Council. Last year, the two stalls manned by Rotary members brought in over $11,000 over three days.
· This year the daffodils will be sold at Bunnings Subiaco and Bunnings Claremont from Friday 14 August to Sunday 16 August. Please let David know on miller@iinet.net.au if you are available over that weekend.
· Thanks to David for explaining about the activities that he organises.
REMINDER OF COMING EVENTS:
Monday 27 July 2026 - Paul Parizel, WA National Imaging Facility
Monday 3 August 2026 - Julia Spark, ROMAC
Monday 10 August 2026 – Leonie Browner, Mayor of Nedlands
ROSTER:
Monday 27 July 2026
Michael Snell Welcoming members and guests
Susie Rich Table duty
Peter Panek Registrar 1
David Miller Registrar 2
Mark Khangure Introduction of guest speaker
Bruce Fiegert Pass the microphone
THANKS:
Thanks to the Staff of the Nedlands Golf Club, Shino and Joel, 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 Leon closed the meeting by recognising the Rotary International presidential theme for 2026-27, "CREATE LASTING IMPACT "
