ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN | Number 12 14 September 2020

President’s Message Next Meetings

Hi All,
Thursday 17 September
It is a privilege to be a member of Rotary. It enriches our lives
by not only providing a way we can make a positive contribution Fellowship
to society but also by giving us a wider circle of friends and ac- Spring Garden Celebration
cess to interesting and enjoyable events. We want our Club to Thursday 24 September
be an enjoyable experience for all our members and we should Speaker: Associate Professor Tui McKeown
always treat each other with dignity and respect. To this end, the
Board recently agreed to adopt a 'Code of Conduct' and this has Work in Challenging and Uncertain Times,
been uploaded to our website on the Private Members page. I
ask all members to read it in the near future. You can find it by Thursday 1 October
following this link: Speaker: Daniel Woodrow
https://beaumarisrotary.com/board-decisions-policies-and- Motor Neurone Disease Association of Victoria
procedures/
News hot off the press from Peter Flude is that Royal Melbourne Thursday 8 October
has confirmed our Charity Golf Day is now locked in for Monday Speaker Liz S
24th May 2021! Something for us to look forward to in the not
An industry in Chaos
too distant future.
We'll be having a bit of Spring- based Fellowship fun this Thurs- All Meeting Via Zoom at 6:00 pm
day, a little later than usual, a 7pm start. Hope to see you then Unless otherwise indicated
Yours in Rotary
Adrian

Contents
1) President’s Message
2) District Events, Board Meeting Summary,
Kerrie's Collection
3) Covid Quips
4) Virtual Wine Tasting
5) Energising Rotary
6) This Week’s Speaker
7) Club Sponsors
9) Club Structure / Photo of Week

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Club News
District Events them, October had been proposed as a start date, as all
approvals, permits etc. are in place, however further re-
Please note the following events (further notification will strictions mean that this is delayed again.
be coming by email): Staffing concerns will be shared with members and their
· Chats with DG views sought. Members should be aware there is an ex-
pectation of support from all, for whatever minimum num-
Every second Tuesday at 10.30 am from 18 August, and
ber of markets there are. Liz is currently looking at a staff-
for those not available during the day, Sunday Sundown-
ing review for both markets, with committee input, and a
ers at 5.00 pm every second Sunday from 23 August.
roster via Google up to six months in advance so mem-
The sessions are informal chats about anything and eve- bers can plan their attendance around other commit-
rything Rotary – BYO topics or take up those brought by ments.
others. No need to RSVP just turn up.
ClubRunner:
Keep an eye out for the emails with the links.
It appears Club should move towards use of ClubRunner,
initially at the least for membership data recording and
Board Meeting Summary communication. It is the platform of preference for Rotary/
District and many clubs. Current methods of XLS spread-
Tuesday 8 September 2020
sheet, centralised data capture and individual email lists
for each member is not efficient.
Malcolm Sawle attended to discuss Club Record
Keeping-Paper:
Highett North Community Health is proposing a Direc-
Hard copies in existence will be retained. Digital platform
tory of support organisations for distribution to the com-
will be created for current/future documents and data.4
munity and has asked us to be included. RJ will provide
digital platforms may be used:
details.
Malcolm has done an outstanding job so far on structur-
ing, and it will continue to evolve.
Date and venue of next meeting: - 13th October 2020, 6
Board thanked Malcolm for his hard work.
pm, by Zoom.
All members are welcome.
District Conference: Trish advices it is now proposed as
a multi-district conference at Melbourne Showgrounds,
with a target date of May 2021. Kerrie's Food Collection for
WWC certificate review: Some to be followed up and
some may have expired. Roy Seager has this in hand. International Students
36+ cans of chick peas. Look out for the next round.
Annual Financial Report for year end 30 June 2020
accepted for circulation to members.

International Report:
SABU: Committee has assisted with design of a water
pump for a village in the south of the island. Pastor Franz
has secured funding via donation from a source in Java.
Pastor Franz has advised that all funds sent last financial
year for student support have been utilised for the 80 stu-
dents in Kupung. Food alone costs AUD1500 per month
and they must also buy water and other essentials. We
currently have $2500 budgeted. These funds will be trans-
mitted to the Sabu bank account.

Fundraising Report: Liz Tanzimat-circulated.

Farmers Markets: Committee is of the view we should
proceed with two markets, subject to being able to staff

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Covid Quips

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Other Clubs’ Events

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Other Clubs’ Events

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This Week’s Speaker
Speaker: Mark Allen His blood tests originally came but clean but said those
results shouldn’t solely be relied on.
Surviving Golf and Cancer
“Don’t rely on the blood test if you have a history of can-
cer,” he said.
“I was in disbelief because I was feeling so good. To this
day I don’t feel sick.
“When they told me it had migrated to my lungs, then it
was game on.
“We have got some good doctors and chemotherapy
drugs are really good these days.
“I was lucky I reacted really well to it.”
The clear lesson from Mark’s story is to never delay medi-
cal assessment if you have any inkling of a problem.

Highett Neighbourhood Community House

Radio host Mark Allen spoke about two aspects of his life. Preparing Dahl for International students. We have the
Firstly he talked to us about his life as a professional golf- recipe if you like, just ask the Editor.
er. His career started out promisingly. However, a few
years after starting he started to tinker with his swing and
his early good form deserted him, never to return. He
struggled on for a total of about 14 years but by then was
in debt and could see little prospect of changing things.
Having decided to retire his last round was as at the Open
in the UK. Paradoxically, with all the pressure of he had
the best result in years.
Also, as luck would have it he was asked to provide com-
mentary on the tournament to a radio station in Mel-
bourne. This was the start of a new career which has
lasted for two decades.

Then Mark talked about his cancer fight his five month
battle with stage four bowel cancer.
Diagnosed in December2018 , the former golfer and radio
host urged others to get checked. He was scheduled for
a colonoscopy in late January 2019 but a lucky meeting
with a cancer specialist at the golf course resulted in a
checkup within days. If he had waited he may not have
survived as the cancers in his rectum and lungs were so
advanced.
“The warning sign unfortunately was way too late, they
suspect I’ve had a tumour in my rectum for three and half
years.
“You can’t just hide and hope.”

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Club Sponsors

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Club Sponsors

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Club Structure
RCOB Board Youth – Chair Vivienne Zoppolato District Officers
President Adrian Culshaw Bridget Hage Simon Kavanagh Assistant Governor for Monash A Cluster
Secretary Trish Smyth Tony McKenna David Rushworth Chris D'Arcy
Treasurer James Glenwright Antony Nixon Lois Lindsay Assistant Governor for Kingston A Cluster
Club Service & PE Lynda Doutch Jeanette Limbach Denise Grocke Heather Chisholm
Past President David Hone Indigenous - Chair David Hone District Compliance Officer Ken Mirams
Fund Raising Liz Tanzimat Chris Mara Jeanette Limbach District Community Chair Trish Smyth
Community Richard Jones Alison Letts Robert McArthur District Indigenous Support Committee
International Mark Perelaer David Hone
Youth Vivienne Zoppolato Marketing & Membership
Indigenous Chris Mara Kieron Letts Greg Every Club Fundraising Liz Tanzimat
Megan Glenwright
Community- Chair Richard Jones Bayside Charity Golf Day
Jan Cooper Max Darby Club Service Lynda Doutch Peter Flude James Glenwright
Mary Cunnington Jude Kavanagh Almoner Fred Hofmann Jim O’Brien Richard Jones
Roy Downes Julie Reith Archivist Malcolm Sawle
Mary Sealy Malcolm Sawle Attendance, Dining & Duties roster Farmers Market
(Sustainability) Lynda Doutch John Turner Peter Flude
Chris D'Arcy John Turner Financial Reviewer Tony Phillips Chris Mara Charmaine Jansz
Club Photographers Max Darby, Geoff Stringer Ken Mirams
International - Chair Mark Perelaer Club Protection Officer Ken Mirams Vivienne Zoppolato Bridget Hage
John Manks Geoff Stockdale Newsletter, Web site, Facebook Heather Chisholm Julie Reith
Fred Hofmann John Sime David Lea , Alison Letts James Glenwright
Clem Quick Simon Kavanagh Fellowship & Centenary Kerrie Geard
Richard Potter Ross Phillips Foundation John Turner, John Beaty
On to Conference David Hone
Speaker Program Robert McArthur
Secretary Assist Roy Seager

VIEW FROM
HERE

Astronaut Tracy
Caldwell Dyson
looks down on
Earth while serving
as the flight engi-
neer on Expedition
24 to the Interna-
tional Space Sta-
tion.

PHOTOGRAPH
BY NASA, NAT
GEO IMAGE COL-
LECTION

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