Thursday 6 March 2014 - Rotary Club of Brighton

View from Milanos Hotel balcony Brighton Beach at last week’s meeting - photo Max Martin
B ULLETIN
6 M arch, 2 014
This week’s speaker:
Jim Clarke
Rotary Club of Marlow UK
“A close Shave in
the Sudan”
LAST MEETING: Barry Hickman pictured presenting
his informative talk on Violence Free Families and our
Club’s service overseas. Story page 2.
NEXT WEEK: SPORTSMAN’S NIGHT
Thursday 13 March. See details page 8
RCB LAWN BOWLS
Sunday 16 March Details page 6
THE MAD HATTERS TEA PARTY Details page 8
Rotary Club of Brighton Inc
P.O. Box 206 Brighton VIC 3186
District 9800 Club Number 18309
Chartered: 24 September, 1973
www.rotarybrighton.com.au
No. A23508S ABN 29 236 561 983
Jim will talk to us about his
experiences in Africa and about
a short story he wrote “A Close
Shave in the Sudan”. Many have
said he should tell this story out
loud. Don’t miss this one.
RCB FRENCH THEME NIGHT
Thursday 3 April 2014
Sacré Bleu it will be
magnifique!
See back cover for details. BOOK NOW!
MARCH IS LITERACY MONTH
Missed an issue of the Bulletin?
You can find it on the website
at www.rotarybrighton.com.au
or contact the Editor by email
to be sent a pdf. The Editor also
picks up leftover copies after
the meeting.
www.rotarybrighton.com.au
[email protected]
Editor, Designer: Max Martin
Phone: 0409 822 378
www.maxmartindesigns.com.au
[email protected]
Photography: Max Martin
Last meeting’s Speaker - 27 February, 2014
Barry Hickman
Violence Free Families
& Our International Service
Violence Free Families’ Activities
After reading an article in 1995 about a young boy who had died
at the hands of his violent father, Rob Tucker decided the club needed
to do something. So Stuart McIntyre and he engaged the services
of professional counsellors, sourced funding and began one of the
first Men’s Behavior Change programs to re-educate perpetrators of
domestic violence. The club funded and ran the program for seven
years before transferring it to Lifeworks for ongoing management.
Domestic violence is one of Australia’s biggest social problems.
• 1 of 4 families suffer
• Greatest cause of injury and death for women 15 to 44
• Leading cause of youth homelessness
• A 70% chance that a child exposed to domestic violence will
repeat it as an adult.
Over the last five years, the number of incidents reported
to the Victoria Police increased from 31,660 to 50,382 (63%).
Unfortunately these statistics are reported incidents and therefore
only the tip of the iceberg.
In 2009 David Smyth
challenged the Club either to get
bigger in this space or get out. The
Club decided to get bigger, and
Violence Free Families was formed,
an organisation whose primary
objective is the reduction of family
violence.
VFF has now started three quite large and pioneering initiatives,
using the services of highly qualified people from the sector:
1. We are developing the world’s first online interactive Men’s
Behavior Change Program. The program is for men who can’t
access a face to face program, e.g. rural dwellers, shift workers,
local program full etc. (there are very few programs outside the
capital cities). Investigations and preparations took two years, and
the consortium created for the project has spent a further nine
months developing the new program.
2. A Long Term Study into Men’s Behaviour Change Programs that
aims to improve their effectiveness by comparing the outcomes
of different types of program in the short and long term. The aims
of this project were endorsed by a Commonwealth Government
survey of all agencies in Australia providing MBC programs. The
study topics proved to be their top priorities and VFF received a
$100,000 Commonwealth grant. Monash University is carrying it
out. Preliminary results indicate that it will lead to a fundamental
re-assessment of programs in all States. $349,000 has been
raised for the research and an additional $150,000 is required to
complete this project, in three years’ time.
3. A Youth Education Program to deliver relationships education to
primary school children nationwide is under negotiation. If we can
teach the children about respectful relationships, then hopefully,
they will not repeat what they witness at home.
“It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men”
- F. Douglas
This project is being championed by the Rotary Club of
Melbourne and funded by the Rotary Club of Balwyn North.
What VFF is doing is very much at the leading edge, and when
complete, will be of significant benefit to the community. Not just to
our local community, not just at a State level, not just at a national
level, but at international level, and our club has every reason to be
proud of its initiative.
Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS)
Over the last 10 years the club has sent teams of Rotarians to many
parts of Asia and the Pacific.
WESTERN SAMOA
Two teams visited
Western Samoa.
The first helped to build
a school and the second
laid four concrete slabs
and erected water tanks.
VANUATU
In Vanuatu, the team
laid a concrete slab to
extend a hospital.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
The trip to PNG
renovated a run-down
school.
continued page 4
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ROSTERS:
THIS WEEK’S MEETING 6 MARCH 2014
Chairman: Graeme Watson
Speaker: Jim Clarke - ‘A Close Shave in the Sudan’
Location: Milanos Bayview Room
Upcoming Meetings/Events:
Thursday 13/03/14
- Sportsman’s Night - International of Brighton
Sunday 16/03/14
- Bowls Day at WBC
Meeting: Thursday 20 March - DAMIEN HELLARD
Meeting 03/04/14
- Ladies Night - ‘French Theme Night’
Friday 13/05/14
- The Brighton Lunch - International of Btn
Thursday 6 March 2014
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Thursday 13 March 2014
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SERGEANT’S
SESSION
Sgt Geoff Shaw
* Sgt Geoff: When the Editor saw Sgt
Geoff with his note book he said “You’re
not Alan Jarrott!” and the Sarg agreed
he wasn’t as he had swapped with
Alan last week but....... Sarg then said
he had a lot in common with Alan. Their footy careers are well behind
them (Geoff didn’t have one), both are on the Sergeant’s panel and they
are both very good looking!! - Sarg paid a $2 fine for that remark;
* Eric Barr, Dale Hoy, Geoff Bentley & Des Thomas: Definition of an
economist: sees something working in practice and wonders if it will
work in theory. All members mentioned above were at a NAB breakfast
with Jim Hoy last week where an economist was speaking who was
really good;
* Noel Williams: He wasn’t at that function but its never too late to learn
something;
* Anyone who doesn’t work for Qantas: They haven’t been retrenched
last week so put in a fine - $1;
* All those who own Qantas shares or FF points: Admit it - they were
OK once. Asked to put in another dollar whilst they can afford it;
* Melbourne supporters & if your footy team has won in the last
18 days: For once Richmond supporters can keep their money in their
pockets;
* Bob Challis: Sarg asked how he was feeling. Had a late night and
missed 7.45am meeting at White Rabbit;
* Feb Fast: Anyone who wasn’t drinking alcohol last week but had fallen
off the wagon last meeting;
* Golfers off to the Peninsula last Friday: Fine should be double
but the Saturday game has been stuffed up so an extra fine for
Eric Barr;
* Marcus Bastiaan: Many of the members live in Goldstein. The Libs
have a committee which runs the branch. They elected a new member
of that committee, Ian Mence’s candidate, by a big margin. Yes it was
Marcus;
* PP Ian Mence: The heavies at State level are trying to overturn it so $1
fine for PP Ian Mence for not squaring off before hand;
* Bulletin Editor: On photo page 3 of last Bulletin a photo of a boat had
Pisces on it which was the current star sign for Feb. Sarg expects a
photo every month now showing star sign on the back of a boat. Darren
Donnellan took the photo and he now knows what he must do;
* Phil Mellett - non fine: Update on his 3 dented cars. All booked in, all
insurance jobs and Phil assured the Sarg he wasn’t driving any of them.
Not fined as he paid last week;
* PDG John King: At GSE dinners the Germans up and entertained with
singing and as the song ended, up piped a voice “Well that was OK for a
start. Maybe they’ll be better on the next one”. That was PDG John King;
* Dress Code Violations: When the Sarg joined Rotary it was shirt and
tie and black pants. John Doyle and speaker Barry Hickman fined for
wearing jeans;
* Eric Barr: Bought a bottle of wine to a friends place and it was very
nice. With that quality of wine you can either buy the wine or a small car;
* Alan Pinkus - non fine: Warning to us all: Alan sold his business
recently and sold his house and downsized. When 2 removal trucks
arrived at his new apartment he couldn’t fit everything in. The
electrician couldn’t get passed the boxes in the bedroom to put in a new
powerpoint. Moral of this story: downsize years before you move!
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Barry Hickman - (RAWCS) continued from page 2
EAST TIMOR
Four teams have visited East Timor.
Three helped to build two new
schools and the fourth installed
a children’s playground. The
materials came from recycled
buildings from the Bendigo region,
facilitated by the Bendigo, Kyneton
and Eaglehawk clubs and the
Bendigo council funded the shipping.
CAMBODIA
Working in the village of Bossala
was an inspirational project. It will
have far-reaching effects.
When a Cambodian man named
Rithy Lay first introduced Rotary to
the village of Bossala, the villagers
were in dire straits. Their only water
source during the dry season was a
river that was contaminated with
arsenic; hygiene was poor, cholera
and typhoid were rife, and many
villagers were dying of starvation.
With funds from Rotary clubs, a
District grant and personal Rotarian
donations, the village now has three
dams for fish farming, 6 x 5000 litre
water tanks to get them through the
dry period, 25 water urns, 20 solar
moonlights, a two-bay Asian toilet,
3,000 fish, 20 mango trees and a
variety of vegetable seeds for crops.
The villagers now produce enough to
eat, and some to sell. Cholera and
typhoid have been eradicated and
the villagers have a brighter future.
A number of clubs from District
9800 have come together to expand the work done in Bossala to
neighbouring villages and we are currently awaiting an International
grant from Rotary.
CONCLUSION: These achievements through RAWCS, and in family
violence, demonstrate what can be achieved when our club leads the
way and mobilises the resources of the wider Rotary network. These
projects will make a real difference in the community.
At the end of Barry’s talk PP Peter Sherman stood up and asked us
to recognise the wonderful work that Gerhard Sommer had done in
service overseas especially Cambodia for which he was awarded a Paul
Harris Fellow.
PRESIDENT’S
REPORT
SECRETARY’S
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Presented by
President Pat Kearns
Presented by
Secretary Bill Howley
Pres Pat welcomed all to the
meeting and said that Prof Kate
Auty was our Speaker last week.
Kate talked to us in a very dedicated
and detailed way (see the Bulletin
article last week).
Her talk resulted in many questions from the floor.
Pat said it was also good to see Joanne Stewart from Swim
Vietnam and that we were proud to present Joanne with a cheque
for $15,000. This will be a big help and go towards teaching
children to swim in Vietnam and save lives.
Pat then introduced his Head Table which included: Chairman Dale
Hoy, Special Guest Barry Hickman (Speaker), Secretary Bill
Howley and Sergeant Geoff Shaw.
Pat the officially welcomed the Guest Speaker, our own Barry
Hickman and welcomed guests of members and visiting Rotarians.
Dr John Sherman (PP Ivan Vojlay) and Jim Clarke, Rotary Club
of Marlow UK (Graeme Watson).
Presidential Announcements: In the Bulletin it mentioned the
special memorial service for Royce Abbey that was to be held at
the Melbourne Town Hall 28 February at 2.30pm. Also on page 8
was the DG Ross Butterworth’s message on Royce’s passing. Royce
was a leader mentor and friend of many distinguished Rotarians.
There’s a new name for
Mercedes-Benz on Nepean Highway.
• Geoff Cunningham: Spoke about the
Lawn Bowls Day at the West Brighton Club
and said it was one the great fellowship
events of the year. Its on Sunday 16 March
starting at 10.30am. You will need to book
with either Brendan Kierce of Geoff and you
can now book online on the website. There
will be a break for lunch at 12.30pm and
then the finals will be played.
• PP Paul Nicholson: With the Sportsman’s
Night coming up on 13 March, Paul
impressed upon us to consider coming
along. With the great line up of celebrities
(see advert back cover) that we have booked
for the night it should be a great event. Paul
wanted us to get a group together of friends
and partners and take a table. Paul said
that at the Sportsman’s night meeting the
previous night that he and Brett had decided
to take a corporate table between them and
he hoped that others would follow their lead.
Last Week’s Raffle
PP Brett Parkin was helped by the David ‘Davina’ Efron in last
week’s raffle and there were 3 bottles of white wine on offer.
The winners were:
1. Wayne Styles
2. Dr John Sherman
3. Des Thomas
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Front Desk Report Thursday 27 January
Attendance:
Member’s Make-ups:
Member’s Apologies:
Member’s Guests:
55
Percentage:
54%
PP Rob Tucker@Sorrento,
PP Robert Ward@Seabourn Odyssey;
PP Tom Buxton, Rob Foster, Jim Hay,
George Jerzyk, Rob Nicholes, Alex Spear;
Dr John Sherman (PP Ivan Vojlay),
Jim Clarke, RC of Marlow UK (Graeme
Watson).
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Highlights 27 February
THANKS FOR THE
BACKING IAN BUT IT
LOOKS A BIT DICEY!
YEAH MAYBE
I SHOULD CALL
MY MATE TONY!
HOW DID
THAT SONG GO
AGAIN JOHN?
HEARD YOU ARE
THE SPEAKER NEXT
WEEK JIM!
NO DR JOHN IS
NOT MY FATHER
SARG!
YES ITS ABOUT MY
CLOSE SHAVE IN
THE SUDAN PETER!
I RECKON HE LOOKS
LIKE PETER THOUGH
JULIAN
THAT’S A LONG
WAY TO GO FOR
A SHAVE JIM!
Rotary Club of Brighton
LAWN BOWLS
LOOKS LIKE ‘DAVINA’
IS OFF TO DRAW OUT
THE BALLS AGAIN!
Sunday 16th March 2014
Where: West Brighton Club
Park Street, Brighton.
Time: Drinks from 10.30am
Bowling Starts 11.00am
Come along, partners included, for a fun day!
The following will be provided:
• Finger food and refreshments
• Buffet lunch
• Lawn Bowls
No experience required. You can bowl in
sandshoes or bare feet.
Cost: $55.00 per head
RSVP: Geoff Cunningham: 9592 4953
Brendan Kierce: 9592 1083
[email protected]
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ALL I COULD FIND
WERE MY JEANS
AND SLIPPERS SARG!
IVAN’S HACKERS
Welcome to all visiting
Rotarians & Guests
The Club meets Thursdays at 6pm for 6.30pm at
Milanos Hotel, The Esplanade, Brighton Beach.
Rotary Grace
“For good food, good fellowship and the privilege of
service, we give you thanks O Lord.”
Rotary Toast
“To Australia, The Queen of Australia,
Rotary International & the Rotary Club of Brighton.”
Highlights - 1 MARCH 2014
Although many Hackers were away at Moonah Links for the
weekend 7 Hackers played on what is the start of the Hackers year
(1st March to 1st March).
Ron started very well with 2 pars, a birdie and winning Nearest The
Pin in the 1st 4 holes, but after he told how well he was playing he
soon fell away. Graeme Wallace was star of the day winning the
Pregame Putting competition, the Long Drive, Best Off The Stick
and sharing Handicap honors with Arthur and Ron. Early bunker
issues and unplayable balls saw Ian’s score revert to more normal
after his last weeks personal best. Well known In The Water Club
members Graeme, Arthur and James all successfully cleared the
dam. Shot of the day was Arthur’s magnificent 250m drive on the
last hole which helped him get an easy par.
Statistics for the past year show 45 players played a total 507
games over 50 weeks. Average handicap score was 33.35 (seems
handicaps are about right) and the off the stick average was
47 strokes.
Report: Capt Ian Cole
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15 March
17 March
18 March
20 March
23 March
Anniversaries March 2014:
Erik & Charmaine Vandenberg 01 March
Michael & Kathryn Cassar
05 March
Chris & Debbie Sparrow
07 March
John & Pat Akhurst
11 March
Tony & Kim Naughton
14 March
Alex & Lois Spear
14 March
Philip & Robin Mellett
17 March
Gerhard & Rosemarie Sommer 20 March
Eric & Jill Barr
21 March
Wayne & Jenny Styles
31 March
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François du Bourse & Pierre le Commercant
are pleased to present the Rotary Club of Brighton’s
‘The French Theme Night’
Thursday 3 April 2014
This will include a 2 course
French inspired dinner and
French wine.
Ladies will be greeted with
French sparkling wine on
arrival and the evening will
be dedicated to all things
French. Followers of the arts
and gastronomes will be well
satisfied with the evenings
activities and there are
surprises throughout
the evening.
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Sacré Bleu it will be
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The Italian Night sold out quickly so please
RSVP to the club website - Cost is $45 pp.
HURRY or you will désappointé!!!
JUST ONE WEEK TO GO! DON’T MISS OUT!
Down the Rabbit Hole at Church Hall, St Andrews Church, Brighton
Sunday 30 March 2.00-5.00pm
$25 per adult Includes high tea and a complimentary glass of wine
The Silliness includes an Insanely Mad Raffle, Auction Items, Curious Games and more muchness
Book tickets at violencefreefamilies.org.au by 23rd March or call Kate Strain on 0400 600 169
All proceeds go to Violence Free Families and Lifeworks
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District 9800 has pre-booked a package of accommodation based in Darling Harbour for our District attendees
to the Rotary International Convention wishing to stay. Free transport to and from the Convention Venue is
provided 3 days before and 1 day after the Convention with a number of Convention activities planned in and
around both Darling and Sydney Harbours. Our block booking has reserved a limited number of rooms at two of
the official Host Venues. Flexibility of booking dates apply and first in rules apply or you or your Club may do
your own bookings, including using the accommodation options shown on the Convention website.
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A joint District Dinner between the two oldest Districts and Clubs in Australia is planned for Sunday 31st May
with the Sydney Host District with more details released soon along with a Happy Hour on Darling Harbour each
night 1st to 3rd June to gather together in fellowship. District accommodation is available at Novotel on Darling
Harbour at $319.00 per room per night or IBIS on Darling Harbour at $260.00 per room per night. Bookings and
enquiries can be made through AG Austen Burleigh on 0429 882 025 or email: [email protected].
Rooms can be booked directly with AG Austen until 31st January 2014. Deposits will be required to confirm
bookings by 2nd February 2014 or Rooms may be released by Event Organizers without further correspondence.
Go to the RI Convention website http://www.riconvention.org and navigate yourself around for
comprehensive details.
Congratulates the Rotary Club of Brighton on their sustainable approach to printed material.
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