In Gear R O T A R Y C L U B O F B E A U M A R I S W E E K L Y B U L L E T I N Number 10 2 September 2019

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THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER CLUB FORUM 2

CHAIR: PETER FLUDE AV SUPPORT: DAVID LEA

CASH DESK: FRED HOFMANN, CHARMAINE JANSZ HOST: TONY MCKENNA

THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER

SPEAKER: ANDREW COOGAN, TOPIC: RAISE MENTORING

CHAIR: JAMES GLENWRIGHT AV SUPPORT: CHRIS D'ARCY

CASH DESK: RICHARD JONES, JUDE KAVANAGH HOST: KEN MIRAMS

THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER SPEAKER - JEFF SHAW,

GIVE A CARE FOUNDATION CHAIR: SIMON KAVANAGH

AV SUPPORT: BRIDGET HAGE CASH DESK: JOHN MANKS, CHRIS MARA

HOST: ANTHONY NIXON

THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER FELLOWSHIP DETAILS TBA

2018—2019

Serving the Community since 1985

President's Report

We had a relatively quiet week for our Club with a great night of 10 Pin Bowling on Thursday night. This was not a quiet night as we all strove to knock those pins down. Once again it was well supported by members, partners and friends and was well organized by Richard Jones who is rolling out a great Fel-lowship program (see photos on pages 6 /7).

If you want to check out your bowling style you can see all 120 photos which Max Darby took on the evening on the Photos 2019 2010 page of our private Members section of the Club website. Contact David Lea if you need access details.

This week is again a busy one with The Sandringham College Interviews on Monday, the usual meeting at VGC with John Manks telling us about his Antarctica trip and the International Services Seminar on Friday at 6:30 pm for 6:45 pm start, at the Melbourne Baseball Club - Surrey Park, Surrey Dr, Box Hill. The theme is “The most Good you can do for your Rotary $”. I will be attending I hope with a few other members! Then on Sunday we have the Beaumaris Concourse Car and Bike Show.

Again well done to Cunnington and her Daffodil Day team for another good result (see page 2). And thank you again to Mer-chant Beaumaris for donating the flowers.

In my last report I failed to comment Gabe Denemark who came to speak to us about the NBN which was reported on fully by IN GEAR. My lack of comment in no way reflects a lack of interest in, or appreciation of, Gabe's presentation which was yet another jewel in the Speaker program Gail An-derson has arranged for us.

David Hone

Contents

1 Presidents Report 2 / 5 Notices 6/ 7 Bowls Night Photos 8 / 9 Club Sponsors 10 Club Structure / Photo of Week

Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

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Daffodil Day Stall Outcome

Thank you to all who volunteered and worked on the stall last weekend. And especially to Ken for moving the items to and from storage for us.

Fortunately, the weather was kind to us.

We raised $ 2,441.35 for the Cancer Council.

Although a little lower than last year it was still a good re-sult.

Mary Cunnington

Highlands Foundation

Packing Day

Around 20 volunteers came along to the Highlands Foun-dation packing day. Dozens of Mother & Baby Packs were loaded into the container, bound for the hospital in Kompain, PNG. Many thanks for your donations, Rachel (the Jones' daughter), Mary C, Heather C, Fred & Monica and Joy. Keep on collecting items, another packing day is planned for later this year.

baby blankets

t-shirts for women (size 12+)

new underwear (size 14+ full brief preferable)

gifts for women (beads, small mirrors, comb)

toothbrush and toothpaste

baby clothes (size '000' - '0')

towels

linen

flannel sheets and PJs to make reusable hygiene kits (preferably darker colours)

Heather Chisolm

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Feeling Adventurous: See SW India With Rotary Dear Rotarian, Greetings from RID 3181 for the New Rotary Year! At the outset let us congratulate you for being elected as the President/Secretary of your Club. We from the Rotary District 3181 are conducting an Inter-national motorcycle ride/four wheel drive event called Ride for Rotary. The first 3 editions of Ride for Rotary was a great success to which we have closely 50 participants from 12 different countries attended and had a wonderful experience. This year we are planning to make it bigger and better by add-ing four wheel drive too. Our aim is to promote International fellow-ship, exchange of Rotary views & the funds raised by this event will completely go to The Rotary Foundation. Event will be from 16th to 28th January 2020.Below mentioned are the event highlights: A 12 days event commencing from Mangalore (India) that can either be a motorcycle ride or a four wheel drive. The ride will cover 4 Rotary Dis-tricts, many Rotary Clubs along with temples, churches, Tiger Reserves , forests, Beaches and via some breath taking beautiful roads in the lap of nature. The route map is Mangalore-Madikeri-Mysore-Wayanad-Ooty-Coimbatore-Munnar-Thekady-Allepey-Kochi. Participants/ Riders will be pro-vided motorcycles/cars, fuel, stay, food, riding gears, mechani-cal support, medical support for the event period.

Showcasing Indian Heritage, Culture & Diversity. Cultural activities and fellowship will be part of the event. Participation Fee: For Individual: 3000 USD + 18% Tax For Couple: 5000 USD + 18% Tax We request you to register for this event and make the event a great success. For more information please log on to www.rideforrotary.com Regards,Rtn, Kanthraj CSecretaryRide for RotaryRID 3181

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Indian Opportunity Number Two: We invite you, your club members and families to join us in India in Feb. 2020, to participate in a Water Conserva-tion project: the construction of a check-dam at the edge of the Thar Desert. Note: Your club’s contribution to the project costs is not required, as it will be funded by a Global Grant from the Rotary Foundation, with generous DDF participation from RI Districts in Australia and USA. Benefits Check-dams, once built, require little or no mainte-nance or recurring costs. Each year, the Dam will trap monsoon rainwater which otherwise flows away without benefitting the local people. The retained water will trickle down through the Earth’s layers to raise the Groundwater table in this area over the next few months: well in-time to boost crop production over a ten sq.km radius from the very next year - and for many decades ahead! With one Masterstroke, this mega-project will strike at the core of social deprivation to provide:

Sustainable Incomes Sanitation & Health Education & Equal Opportunity

For Rotarians and their families, this project will provide a unique opportunity to: Discover Incredible India Connect the World Make a Difference Be the Inspiration for local communities Centuries of failed crops had crushed the Will of the local people to participate in projects for the general good of their communities. Since 2010, Rotarians from around the world have joined us on these projects to help the local people for a few days in the construction these dams. Our hands-on participation, as well as the success of these projects, is changing this defeatist perception. Many Rotarians have enjoyed these projects, and the con-nect with India, so much that they come year after year. Nearly twenty years ago, when I traveled to India for the very first time to immunize children against polio, I found a part of my soul in Incredible India! Each year since then, I have led these teams of Rotarians from all over the world

for hands-on work on multiple projects in India. We have changed the lives of thousands of villagers. Our Lives, too, have been changed forever - by the warm welcome and rich traditions of the people of India that reveal ancient, abiding, universal Truths. For those with a time constraint, one of the trip options includes only the Project section. For others who would like to explore more of the magic of India, a combination of extension tours is available before and after the project. The extension tours have been carefully crafted to present not only the fabled Art & Architecture of ancient India but also the Living Cultures of India today. Please share the attached document with all the members of your club! Those who wish to join the project – please email the Trip Application before Sep. 15, 2019 to inbound@hipoints.com. The Trip Application form is provided on the last two pag-es of the attached document (see below). We look forward to working with you on this fun project!

Documentation has been circulated along with a prior In Gear.

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Here is the Trybooking URL link to use for ticket purchase/registration:-

https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=532505& Here is the link to the BBN Awards page:-

https://www.baysidebusiness.com.au/businessexcellenceawards/

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Above: The winning team: The orange M&Ms, Max, Mark, Monica, Megan and ring in James.

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Above: Mark Perelaer picks up the prize for the team that needed most improvement. Left: Chris Mara won the award for most stylish.

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1.5% of any travel bookings from Beaumaris Rotary Club Members, family and friends at Destination HQ Beaumaris will be returned to the

Beaumaris Rotary Club at the end of the year.

PLEASE make the consultant aware that you’re from the Rotary Club at the beginning of the booking. This ensures that the booking is tracked

and reported back to their admin at the time.

Special Notice From Destination HQ

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RCOB Board Membership, Marketing & Media - Chair James Glenwright President David Hone Peter Flude Megan Glenwright Secretary Trish Smyth Greg Every Mark Perelaer Treasurer Lynda Doutch Mary Sealy Malcolm Sawle Club Service & President Elect Adrian Culshaw Martin Fothergill Adrian Culshaw Max Darby Past President Heather Chisholm Club Service & Administration Community Roy Downes Almoner Mary Sealy International Fred Hofmann Archivist Roy Seager, David Lea Youth Vivienne Zoppolato Attendance, dining & duties roster Adrian Culshaw Indigenous Chris Mara Auditor Tony Phillips Club Photographers Max Darby, Chris Mara Community- Chair Roy Downes Club Protection Officer Ken Mirams John Beaty Max Darby Newsletter, Web site, Facebook David Lea Mary Cunnington Martin Fothergill Fellowship & Vocational Richard Jones Kerrie Geard Chris Mara Foundation John Beaty, Chris D'Arcy Robert McArthur Mary Sealy On to Conference Heather Chisholm Tony Phillips Chris D'Arcy Social Media Officer Mark Perelaer Chris Werner John Turner Speaker Program Administrator Gail Anderson Bridget Hage Jude Kavanagh Speaker Program Assistants Kerrie Geard, Richard Potter International - Chair Fred Hofmann John Manks Geoff Stockdale District Officers Ken Mirams John Sime Assistant Governor for Monash A Cluster Chris D'Arcy Ross Phillips Clem Quick District Compliance Officer Ken Mirams Richard Potter Simon Kavanagh District Community Chair Trish Smyth District Indigenous Support Committee David Hone (Chair) Chris Mara Youth – Chair Vivienne Zoppolato Jan Cooper Tony Phillips Club Fundraising Tony McKenna David Rushworth Antony Nixon Lois Lindsay Bayside Charity Golf Day - Chair TBA Malcolm Sawle Chris Martin Peter Flude James Glenwright Richard Jones Jim O’Brien Lynda Doutch Tony Phillips Indigenous - Chair Chris Mara David Hone Fred Hofmann Farmers Market – Co-ordinator Mark Perelaer Robert McArthur Chris Werner Peter Flude Chris Mara Charmaine Jansz Geoff Stringer Ken Mirams Vivienne Zoppolato Bridget Hage Heather Chisholm

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On a cold Janu-ary morning in Rishīkesh, India, commuters make their way across Lakshman Jhula bridge. The sus-pension bridge is for pedestrians only, stretching 3 miles long across the Ganges Riv-er. PHOTOGRAPH BY TRIKANSH SHARMA, NA-TIONAL GEO-GRAPHIC YOUR SHOT