District Governor

9465

2015/16

Melodie Kevan

Team 2015-16

President

Max Bird Secretary

Brian McCallum Treasurer

Bob Cooper

Attendance this week

Total Members 27

Exempt

Apologies 3

Make-up 2

Attended 20

Honorary Member 1

Guests 1

Visitors 1

Partners

82 %

Facts & Figures

Raffle Greg W & Stephen C

Heads & Tails

Lorraine L

Birthdays:

Anniversary:

Club Anniversary:

If you had any we hope

you had a good day

Meets Monday

6 for 6.30pm

At Rotary Hall

Brownell Crescent, Medina

Visitors always welcome

President Max

The Rotary Club of Kwinana District 9465 Western Australia Chartered: 22 April 1971

Coming Events July 2015

July 2015 Mon 27th Club Meeting DG Visit Partners Night Aug 2015 Sat 1st Kwinana City Markets Mon 3rd Club Meeting Sun 9th Wellard Markets Mon 10

th Club Meeting

Sat 15th

Kwinana City Markets

Mon 17th

Restaurant Meeting John Iriks

Wed 19th

Board Meeting

Mon 24th

Club Meeting 4 Way Test Heats

Mon 31st Club Meeting

Attendance Officer: Greg Williams 9419 5834

Apologies by Saturday pm please

First club meeting for the new Rotary year, President Max has disappeared to

East Timor on a reconnaissance exercise and will be away a couple of weeks, so

PP Mike Nella is back in control in Max’s absence.

PP Mike welcomed visiting Rotarian Michael Taverner from Rotary Club of

North Wirral in the United Kingdom, Michael is in WA visiting family.

Guest Speaker this week was Donna Brahim, Donna is the daughter of well-

known local Aboriginal Elder Reg Henry. Donna spoke to us on her role with the

Kwinana Red Cross.

Next week Monday 27th

is the official visit by District 9465 District Governor

Melodie Kevan, the meeting is timed 6 for 6.30pm and as always a partners

night, please let Greg know numbers early.

PP Mike Nella reminded members that the ‘dress code’ applies.

DG Melodie will meet with the board at 5pm.

No 03 20th July 2015

Bulletin

Rotary International President

K.R. (Ravi) Ravindran

Rotary Club of Colombo

President 2014 15 Mike Nella President 2015 16 Max Bird

President’s Pen

Club Meeting 20

th July 2015

Past President Mike welcomed everyone to our meeting in the absence of President Max

who is on a quick trip to East Timor forward plan the working trip later in the year.

Mike welcomed Michael Taverner from the RC of Wirral North, Cheshire in the UK.

Link to RC Wirral North http://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=1089

Mike also had a very special welcome for guest speaker Donna Brahim from Red Cross

Kwinana. Donna is the daughter of well-known Kwinana Aboriginal Elder Reg Henry.

Donna will tell us about the very innovative youth programs presently being run in Kwinana.

Middle Age: That time of life when you'd rather not have a good time than recover from it.

Nothing makes a smoker happier than to see an older person smoking.

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

Secretary: PP Brian McCallum

Inward Correspondence.

Gilmore College. In Touch Newsletter.

Commonwealth Bank. Society Cheque A/C.

Bendigo Bank. Cheque Book.

The Rotary Foundation. Polio Plus. Receipt 05290639.

Ogawara Rotary Club Japan. The Noble Peace Prize.

Synergy. Price Application.

Bendigo Bank. Term Deposit Review Confirmation A/C 151798527.

Bendigo Bank. Term Deposit Review Confirmation A/C 151799277.

Wellard & District Probus Club. Letter.

Rita & Andy Valk Scholarship. Larissa Whittingham-Smith. Semester 1 & 2.

Rockingham/Kwinana Rotaract Club. District 9465 Directory 2015-2016.

Rotary Adventure in Citizenship. Delegates for 2016.

Global Hand Charity Inc. Certificate of Appreciation for Laos.

Outward Correspondence.

Nil

Would members please note that any correspondence received or posted by yourself, please ensure a copy is forwarded to your Secretary.

Treasurer: PDG Bob Cooper

Bills paid, money in the bank

Members please note that invoices have been handed out for your

‘members dues’ 2015 16 which remain at $200

Bob wished to inform members that the Coopers new contact details are

available for members to view in ClubRunner (members area)

Make sure when you provide me with your banking details for a

payment or whatever that the details are correct!!

I Haven't Lost My Mind - It's Backed Up On Disk Somewhere

20th July 2015

Re Club service

27th July DG Official Visit (Partners Night)

1. I was extremely proud to be a member of the Rotary Club of Kwinana at the District Change Over on

Saturday 4th July, our table was littered with award certificates

Michel Nella Presidential Citation, Bob Cooper Distinguished Service & Eric Blogg District Bulletin

2. 27th July DG Melodie will make her first visit to our club as the District DG, the visit will be in the

traditional rotary Style with club business etc meeting prior or after the meeting

3. A draft succession plan for the rotary club of Kwinana management team up until the rotary year 2019,

has been submitted to the board for their consideration and hopefully implementation, this was bought out

at pets where there are a number of clubs with no officer bearers or with only two or three people

nominated (bet they didn’t think it would happen to them)

4. Dome markets are going well Bettina Gall is doing a great job, the weather again was not good to us and

only 10 stall holders turned up 16 booked

Re: International

The international Committee has carried out the following

The Global Grant GG 15262296 that that submitted in January 2015 has been approved and we are now

waiting payment into our account

Have had a long talk to Ern Dawes from Doncaster and given him a list of materials that hopefully East

Timor roofing can supply for the Timor-Leste work program in September / October 2015 at no cost to our

committee

13th June 2015 International Committee meeting was held at my place to ensure all members of the

committee are aware of the current position, and all is in place for the upcoming trip by Tom Hoyer & Max

Bird, Departing 19th July to 8

th August 2015

1st July 2015 we had a further International Committee meeting to discuss new information coming out of

Timor-Leste of increasing Civil Unrest within Timor-Leste, Taking advice from the people within Timor-

Leste, we cancelled the July trip to Baguia until 6th September 2015, Max will still go to Dili on the 19

th July

2015 to talk to the contractors

Opened new bank account for the Surplus School Computer program to isolated the funds as they come in,

also arranging a meeting with PDG Brain Eddy on his return from the wilds of Borneo, I did however give

the head hunters (Dyak’s) his address

Still waiting on Southern Districts to Confirm they are joining the project believe it has been approved at

their board level

The Rotary Clubs of Fremantle, Willetton & Cockburn have also shown a great interest and I will offer to

speak them as the Guest Speaker in the near future

Max Bird

President 2015/16

President 2015/16 Max Bird

Rotary Club of Kwinana; Club Service Director

Kwinana Rotary Club International Manager

Project Manager for RAWCS 21-2011-12 project

Club Projects Director

PP Ian Critchley

PP Bob Thompson

Foundation Dir.

PP Genevieve Carr

Vocational

PDG John Iriks

Community

Project Director’s Report.

PP Mike Nella represented our club at the Rockingham Rotary

Club Changeover, some 55 people in attendance. Great night.

PP Mike Nella informed us that Rotaract are planning another

‘Monster Garage Sale’ scheduled for September 2015, please let

me have anything you no longer require and we will sell it on the

day.

PDG Brian Foley from the Mordialloc Rotary Club has some

members of their club offering to home host any members from

our club travelling to Melbourne in September for the Grand Final.

The next Wellard Village Markets will be held on

Sunday 9th

Aug. 2015. PDG John Iriks is now the Markets Manager for both the Wellard

and the City Markets.

Budgets have been received for the Wellard Markets from

Creative Communities for the year ahead, looking good.

John is to mount a big push to promote the September Wellard

Markets.

City Square Markets

The next scheduled City Market day will be Saturday 1st Aug.

Safety Coordinator Ian C will ensure traffic signs and road closers

are in place by 7am.

We will push ahead with planning for the Kwinana Festival, this

year being held on Thomas Oval because work should be

underway at Calista Oval for the Adventure Playground, it’s all

happening.

In 2 weeks’ time PP Ian C and PP John B will present a

‘Succession Planning Draft’ to our club, President Max is keen

that we have such a plan in place this year.

Visit your club webpage. http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Home.aspx?accountid=8106

or type Kwinana Rotary Club into ‘Google’

Pres. Max Bird

International

Lorraine Lucas

Youth

PP John Brennan

Membership

PP James Sharkey

Public Relations Dir.

Fine Session

Sergeant: PP Stephen Castelli

Norm: South must have won, wearing the red and white tie!!

Mike N: Back in the ‘Chair’ already

Genevieve: Your team lost!!!

Errol Mc: Looking rather ‘wounded today’ had a nasty cut removed from his face.

John W: Trying to reject his Members’ Dues Invoice by saying “it’s not mine”

Sam C: Moved name places. Also fined again for ‘special meal’ tonight.

Genevieve: Last to arrive.

Michael Taverner: Visitor from UK Pay up ‘you lost the cricket’

John I: Phone call!!

Bob C: Arrived to the hall at 5pm, thought tonight was the DG meeting with the

board.

Greg W: Got his dinner, forgot to get the mashed potato and corn.

Norm: For clapping after the Treasurer’s report????

Mike N: Why weren’t the Sergeant’s Sash and the Wooden Spoon presented at

our Changeover????

Polio this week 15th July 2015

The National Emergency Action Plan (NEAP) for

Pakistan has been officially endorsed by the Prime

Minister, outlining the actions that must be taken to stop

polio transmission. It is now vital that the commitment

and efforts of the government, the partners, and the

community as well as funding, be sustained throughout

the coming months to keep cases of polio low during the

high season for polio transmission.

In the first half of 2015 we have seen the lowest number

of cases ever during this period, with just 33 cases in 2

countries as opposed to 122 cases in 9 countries at this

time in 2014. This progress needs to be maintained

through hard work to end transmission in endemic

countries and to prevent future outbreaks.

- See more at:

http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothiswee

k.aspx#sthash.qRUOzGHm.dpuf

Guest Speaker: Donna Brahim

Kwinana

Red Cross staff member Donna Brahim, Kwinana Aboriginal Person of the Year 2014

Daughter of well-known Kwinana Aboriginal elder Reg Henry, Donna grew up in Kwinana.

On reaching adulthood Donna originally joined the WA Police Force but found it difficult to

adjust and sensed a degree of racism. She Joined Centrelink for a period but didn’t feel she

belonged their either. 10 years on Donna has a very challenging but satisfying position with Red

Cross Australia.

Donna works primarily with Kwinana Aboriginal youth through a number of programs set up by

Red Cross.

Since the mid 1980’s Red Cross has had programs operating in Kwinana, from Youth Programs,

Financial Counselling, Financial literacy and Budgeting and Family Support Program.

Opened a Drop-in Centre, they also have ‘Good Start Breakfast’ program operating very

successfully. They also have a Food Literacy Program teaching local families how feed a healthy

meal to their children on a ‘budget’

They have an ‘Emergency Relief Program operating with the help of Lotterywest.

The program Donna is most enthusiastic about is the ‘Late Night Youth Program’

The funding for the Late Night Youth Program, which commenced on 22nd

August 2014 ended

on June 20th

2015.

Local Aboriginal elders went out into the community at night in an attempt to reduce the anti-

social behaviour occurring in trouble spots around Kwinana.

One of the aims of the program was to reduce the harms young people may experience or be

exposed to when out late at night and to divert young people away from potential antisocial

and/or criminal behaviours by engaging them on the street, providing safe transport home (or to

another safe place as appropriate) and to providing engaging and targeted youth activities at

community locations and/or Medina Aboriginal Centre.

Data collected over the course of the Late Night program:

Over 116 nights 775 instances of safe transport to young people.

96% of young people transported were Aboriginal young people.

40% of young people were aged under 12 years, 55% aged 12-15 and 5% were 16-17

The majority of young people were transported home or to a another family members

home. On 49 occasions young people were provided with alternative, suitable

accommodation which had previously been checked out by Late Night Program Staff.

A total 51 young people aged 9-15 years have utilised Medina Aboriginal Cultural Centre

including 27 females and 23 males, 90% of whom were Aboriginal young people.

Young people attended the program at Medina Aboriginal Centre on 447 occasions.

Towards the end of the program there were very few young people who were street

present at night, in comparison to the numbers at the start of the program and most young

people are now coming directly to the centre for activities rather than hanging out in

parks and at fast food outlets as before.

PP Mike thanked Donna for her very interesting and informative presentation.

Makeup opportunities

Rockingham: Monday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn

Palm beach: Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn

Cockburn Thursday 7.15am for 7.30 Cockburn Seniors Centre

Fremantle Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Villa Roma 12 High Street Fremantle

Byford & Districts Monday 6.15pm for 6.45 Byford Tavern, South W Hwy

Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc Contributions welcome: eblogg@bigpond.com

An older, white haired man walked into a jewellery store one Friday evening with a beautiful young lady at his side. He told the jeweller he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend. The jeweller looked through his stock and brought out a $5,000 ring and showed it to him. The old man said, "I don't think you understand, I want something very special." At that statement, the jeweller went to his special stock and brought another ring over. "Here's a stunning ring at only $40, 000," the jeweller said. The young lady's eyes sparkled and her whole body trembled with excitement. The old man seeing this said, "We'll take it." The jeweller asked how payment would be made and the old man stated, by cheque. “I know you need to make sure my cheque is good, so I'll write it now and you can call the bank Monday to verify the funds and I'll pick the ring up Monday afternoon," he said. Monday morning, a very teed-off jeweller phoned the old man. "There's no money in that account." "I know”, said the old man, "but can you imagine the weekend I had!?"

A brunette, a redhead and a blonde are in a breast stroke race.

The starter's gun goes off and the three girls dive into the pool.

The brunette and the redhead shoot across the pool and get out;

20 minutes later the blonde reaches the end and gets out.

The judge says, "The gold medal goes to the brunette, the silver medal goes to the

redhead, and the bronze goes to the blonde"

The blonde says, "I don't want to be a sore loser, but I think the other girls were using

their arms."