Club bulletin 20 August (Aug 20, 2020)

August is

Membership and New Club Development Month

Board Meeting August

Aug 26, 2020 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Club Night

Sep 03, 2020 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Board Meeting September

Sep 23, 2020 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Club Night

Sep 24, 2020 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

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Member Birthdays

Mark Long

August 3

Spouse Birthdays

Val Hosking

August 8

Jenny Dart

August 23

Anniversaries

Harry Ziegerink

Trudy

August 21

Join Date

Ian McIntosh

August 17, 2017

3 years

Aug 20, 2020

Denis McKeegan and John Whalley

Safety Beach Dromana Mens Shed

Aug 27, 2020

Bernard Dobson

Refugee Support

Sep 03, 2020

Club night, no guest speaker

Sep 10, 2020

Janette Etherington

Interplast Australia

Sep 17, 2020

Justin MacFarlane

Technology for the community.

Sep 24, 2020

Club night, no guest speaker

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Last Meeting

Guests:

D.G Mark Humphies

Paul Mee

President of Rosebud Rye

and his wife Adele

Chairman

Byatt, Colin

gig

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Old Shire Office.

Point Nepean Rd
Dromana, VIC 3936
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Hi all
I hope you and yours are all safe and well and are keeping bodies fit and your brains active

RING A MEMBER
It is a shame we are losing contact with some of our members that we have not seen on a Zoom meeting. Please don't hesitate to ring members from time to time, that we otherwise don't see, and help keep them in the loop.

A REFRESHER
You will remember that Greg Fitzgerald and a number of other members are keen to support the Lucas Mill Project
I also am keen to suggest at we donate some of our ”Lazy funds” say $5000 toward this project. This is part our our investment account that has been sitting there earning less and less each year. It was originally put aside to provide further funding for the Hillview reserve; but nothing seems to happen there due to local Shire delays. Furthermore there are alternative ways open to us in funding this project if it ever gets the green light. In the mean time farmers in the east of our State have immediate needs and to me $5000 is better spent there . This matter will be brought up a the next board meeting so I am interested in members' opinion on this matter

The task is to jointly purchase an item of equipment called a “Lucas Mill”. The best way to describe the unit is to refer you to the website – www.lucasmill.com – which provides full details and a video demonstration of the unit. The Mill is a portable unit that can be moved from property to property. There are many properties that have fallen trees, generally ASH TIMBER, that could be cut and used for fencing. Lack of fencing is a big issue in East Gippsland, given that so much was destroyed by the fires. On many properties, boundary fencing has been replaced, thanks to the help of many people and organisations such as BlazeAid. However, much more fencing is still required and costs to provide fence posts can be beyond the resources of individual land owners.

SLEEP IN MY CAR
We raised $643. not as much as some clubs managed but better that nothing by far in fact it is $643 better than nothing.

WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING?
We are still looking for some bright ideas as to how we as a Club can aid our community during this difficult time ANY IDEAS don't be shy.

BAYTRAIL – CENTENARY PROJECT
Peter Rawlings, Steve Daly and Ross Kilborn of RC Mornington met with MP Shire Mayor
Sam Hearn (Honorary RCMM member) and CEO John Baker on Wednesday to discuss
Baytrail Missing Links. Suffice to say they got a very receptive hearing and the MPSC are
delighted to be partnering with Rotary on this major project.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BULLETIN
If any members wishes to contribute to the bulletin I whether it be personal Rotary related or just funny or hints on how to have fun during LockDown. Please submit your copy to the editor Rod Troutbeck if he approves it will be published.

HELP WITH YOUR ZOOMING OR GENERAL COMPUTER PROBLEMS.
Julie Barnes and I had a very fruitful time last Sunday sorting out some of John and Julie's IT problems. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience; and hopefully John and Julie did also. Technology is such that I was able to remotely control the Barnes' PC and simultaneously run a Zoom session with them so the we could chat through the process while I was able to demonstrate procedures on her computer.
I am happy to provide assistance in the same way to any member as long as it is a Microsoft PC. This is similar to the help I provide with my U3A computer Class.

RAWKS
We have just received RAWCS Annual Report. The RCGS Fund (Dick Smith’s Donation) still has more than $200,000
available funds. The criteria is simple .1. Grants are for Australians in need, not organisations, individuals. 2. Grants
will be matched dollar for dollar 3. Minimum project value $2000. 4 Maximum project value $15,000.
I raise this as Coronavirus is going to cause a lot of hardship.

AND JUST IN CASE YOU ARE BORED
Nothing to do with Rotary but an interesting link to explore while you are stuck at home. I became aware of this when my alarm woke me with my favourite radio station Radio National.
Where art and maths collide!

https://www.beautifulsymmetry.onl/info

Hope to see and hear you on Thursday; we have an interesting Session with speakers for the Dromana and Safety Beach Men's shed

Rick

Happenings at the last meeting

Terry O’Day gave a very humorous “man behind he badge” talk entitled “Tales from the tax man”.

Terry is married to Bernadette, better known as Dette. Being one of five children, family functions are hilarious as everyone wants to be the funniest person in the room.

Terry joined the ATO in 1964 and stayed for 42 years. Here were a couple of gems from his talk.

He wondered “how will you be remembered for what you have done… will he be remembered for his role into the implementation of the tax file number system, what about the HECS system? what about the Australian Business Register?” He expects not! “What about am I going to be remembered for in the tax Office? Well may be the infamous Hungry Jacks affair, that might come up from time to time.” Well we can assist here Terry! Terry was in Perth and, with the US sixth fleet in town, he found it difficult to find a table-for-one in Northbridge. He grabbed a bottle of whisky and decided to go back to his hotel instead . Passing Hungry Jacks, there were a couple of tables free and he thought a hamburger and chips would be OK. “So I sat down had a couple of chips and I thought this Pepsi could do with a bit of a tickle up, so I screwed the top off and gave it a little tickle-up and was promptly frog marched to the gutter. There were that many sailors in there from the sixth fleet and the Military Police who did not take too kindly for me setting a bad example.” He ended up getting an article in the internal “Tax Topics” magazine for being an executive turfed out of Hungry Jacks for drinking out a brown paper bag. Terry, this should ensure that the moment lives on!

He spoke about being asked to address a number of constituents for a local member who thought that there would be four to five hundred people attending. At the meeting there were only 4 came along and these included two reporters.

Bob indicated that the Zone 8 Conference is going to be by zoom in September, that DG Mark Humphries will have regular fireside chats. and RAWCS annual report was recieved. The DG gave a further details of the Zone 8 conference and the expected national and international speakers .

Treasurer said that we have made a contribution to the Dromana Community House. We hope for additional district support.

Greg, spoke about an area on Arthurs Seat that could be rehabilitated to improve animal habit, particularly koala habitat. DG Mark though it would a good idea for Rotary international to be involved through the Robin Stewart, of Frankston Rotary club and chair of the Environment action group (ESRAG).

Greg suggested that we could pay donations for the Lucas Mill into the club to be passed to lakes entrance club.

Thanks to our guests Paul and Adele Mee from Rosebud-Rye Rotary Club and the District Governor Mark Humphries.

Carol's News
After staying in Roger McMillan's holiday home in Southport in Tasmania, I have much more interest in that Island state. Many Rotarians have a love of and desire to conquer Cradle Mountain. The book I am reading tells the story of a couple who built a rustic log cabin, then an Austrian-style Guest house. The book also mentions Truganini who along with other aborigines, had been coaxed, cajoled and probably enforced to lead these white people up the mountain in winter wearing rags and being without shoes. At best they were viewed as slaves. The book Kindred by Kate Legge.

Short History of Julie Barnes

I was brought up in East Brighton. My parents had a holiday house at McCrae and as a teenager, I played tennis in Rosebud each weekend. Working life was in the City at Queen Victoria Hospital in Pathology and afterwards in Pathology at a London Hospital for a couple of years, travelling to Europe with friends and 3 of us living in a combi van for 3 months.

I was back in Melbourne for a short period of time when I met John, after which we were married and I shifted to Boort, a small town of 800 people, lOO kms north of Bendigo. Golf in the winter and tennis in the summer was a good way to meet new people. We really enjoyed our camping days beside Country Victoria's lakes, as our family was growing up. After a while I took a Brownie Pack each week and later graduated to joining Rotary for many years.

We had a son and daughter, both going to Boort Primary and Secondary to year 10, after which they were boarders, Mark at Caulfield Grammar and Sara at Firbank.

It wasn't a very big decision to retire to McCrae, as my parents still had their holiday home, where we lived for one year before deciding to rebuild. Geoff Taylor was our builder.

Since retiring, we have enjoyed travelling to various places in Australia and overseas. Four overseas highlights were, a visit to Japan, to visit our Rotary Exchange student, Junko; a cycling trip to New Zealand with our mates from U3A and to the Austria Alps with friends, we caught a train to the top and cycled down. Our last trip was to Portugal, where we walked the Camino.
My interests are walking and leadlighting.
We have four grandchildren, who we enjoy spending time with.
We have been on the Peninsula for 22 years, enjoy what we are doing, even though we have slowed down a bit.

Ginny McMillan is the next contributer for FORD

August is

Membership and New Club Development Month

Happenings at the last meeting

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