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Club of Brighton
Rotary Club of Brighton IncP.O. Box 206 Brighton VIC 3186District 9800 Club Number 18309Chartered: 24 September, 1973www.rotarybrighton.com.auNo. A23508S ABN 29 236 561 983
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Meeting & Event Photography: Cameron WardPP Ivan Vojlay
Your Club Board for 2015-2016President Barry HickmanMentor PP Julian Goglia Vice President Damien HellardSecretary Keith CameronTreasurer PP Arthur HubbardPresident Elect Dale HoyMarketing Norm ThomasMeetings Graeme WallaceFundraising Cameron WardFellowship Bruce Crossley International Erik VandenbergCommunity Service Dale HoyNew Generations Stuart McMillanMembership Alan Jarrott
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You can now get back copies on the website at: www.rotarybrighton.com.au under Bulletins or contact the Editor by email to be sent a pdf of a back issue. You can also get a copy from the Editor who collects leftovers after meetings.
April is Maternal Child & Health Month
INSIDE: Colin Stimpson - ‘Man Behind the Badge’ page 2 Two students speak on their RYPEN experience page 4 Presidents Report page 5 Sergeant’s Session page 6 Secretary’s Announcements page 6 Brighton Lunch ‘Brave Heart’ page 12
HIS WEEK’S MEETING
EXT WEEK 21 APRILt last week’s meeting we had two Brighton Secondary students who spoke about RYPEN and they brought along a parent each. From left Julia & Siobhan Kelleghan-Tasker and Sarah and Rob Mott. A summary of their talk is on page 4.
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Guest Speaker: Tim Wilson Public policy analyst and a commentator who was the Australian Human Rights Commissioner from 2014 until his resignation in 2016. He was a policy director of the Institute of Public Affairs for seven years and has since been appointed to represent the Liberal Party in the seat of Goldstein in the forthcoming election.
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Colin Stimpson: Man Behind the Badge
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t’s always enlightening hearing the story of the Man Behind the Badge even if he is to be forgiven for being a Hawthorn supporter!
Colin started out conservatively as a Mechanical Engineer who grew up in humble beginnings in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne. He began a 22 year stint of his working career with Mobile Oil and Exxon where he was stationed originally in Altona. After a variety of roles he became responsible for logistics and operations. He took a while to discover his sense of purpose and eventually discovered that project management, and management in general, was his niche. Having applied himself well he earned the opportunity to work overseas, following the trend of many engineering graduates. Colin was fortunate enough to work in every Asian country except Myanmar.
While working overseas his long-term girlfriend decided to join him on a holiday to Thailand when he convinced her to live with him in Singapore. They soon got engaged and married, spending the next 10 years in Asia, immersed in a variety of fascinating different cultures. Amazingly Colin managed to supervise teams who spoke little to no English by being resourceful and a true manager: one who understands his reports. He soon learned that despite the language gulf these guys were similar to Aussies: loving their sport, never turning down the opportunity to have a drink and always ensuring that they go to all lengths to be available to hang out with the boys. The funniest extreme was the night the boys were drinking away in bliss when suddenly a colleague jumped up, looking horrified he ran out of the pub to return about 20 minutes later explaining that he’d realised that is was his anniversary and he’d forgotten his wife. But all was well. He went home and told her that he was out celebrating his anniversary with his workmates - and that was all in order! With this ability to connect with people Colin is naturally able be an effective motivational manager. This innate skill to understand and mentor others led Colin to establish the social enterprise Picking and Warehousing Solutions (PAWS). As observed by Colin, the mindset of the young today is very different, even in Asia, with chopping and changing jobs being viewed positively as the quickest and easiest way to get ahead. Gone are the days of the 20 year golden watch reward.
Working with marginalised youth who are referred by the juvenile justice system and registered care providers, the essential PAWS’ mission is to convert unemployable young people into successful job seekers in the logistics sector.It operates a warehouse and distribution centre in Dandenong South. Donations from clothing retailers of end of line stock are sorted, classified and marketed via the PAWS website and on eBay. PAWS employs those referred, teaching them work skills, life coping skills and restoring self respect.
Colin’s characteristic nature that led him to engineering is part of an ingrained thinking that carries him in every success. He is driven by managing each enterprise like a project with strict measurables. It took some time for Colin to get used to the Not-For-Profit sector but after determining that he was a Not-For-Loss also and applying his techniques he grew PAWS into another thriving venture.
Likewise, it has been quite an eye opener for Colin to see how much Rotary, as a charitable organisation, achieves.
Colin hasn’t abandoned his involvement with Asia. His enterprising mind has turned to establishing a business utilising the huge network he created whilst living there. He now marries venture capitalists from Australia who wish to invest in Asia so that Australian businesses can expand to that region.
A further project we did not get time to hear about fully was the property development in Rosebud. Colin is grounded at times by his teenage daughter (15) and son (13), who still manage to challenge his sense of control. Like all parents who ride this wave he gets great satisfaction of witnessing their growth, literally and figuratively, into terrific young adults. The family has only been in Brighton since 2002 but have developed a keen interest in all the bay activities offered.
Colin looks forward to connecting individually with club members.
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Thurs 21 April 2016 - Milanos Bayview RoomChairman: PP David GrodskiSpeaker: Sandra Morris & Phoebe ReidSergeant: Alan JarrottHosts: Catie Kirke, Colin StimpsonProperty: PP Tom Buxton, Cameron WardFront Desk: Computer: Graeme Wallace - Cash & Visitors: Stephen WestRaffle: Brett Parkin
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HIS WEEK’S MEETING - 14 April 2016 ORTHCOMING MEETINGS/EVENTSAPRIL 2016 - MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH MONTHFrid 15 - Sun 17: Marysville weekend @ El Kanah Thurs 21: Speakers - Sandra Morris & Phoebe Reid - Donate LifeThurs 28: Club Night w/o external guest speaker + Angie’s Ladies’ Dinner @ West Brighton ClubMAY 2016 - YOUTH SERVICE MONTHThurs 5: Guest speaker - John Bertrand AM - “Road to Rio” (Olympics Theme Night?)Wed 11: Meeting@Two Brothers Brewery - Guest Speaker - Paul SalmonThurs 12: No MeetingThurs 19: Guest speaker - Asher Judah, author of The Australian Century
- “The Future” Thurs 26: Guest speaker - Hon Andrew Robb AO MP + Angie’s Ladies’ Dinner @ Marine HotelFrid 27: The Brighton Lunch ‘Brave Heart’ - See page 12 for details
Chairman: PP Ian MenceSpeaker: Tim Wilson
Location: Milanos Bayview Room
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TUDENTS FROM BRIGHTON SECONDARY SPEAK ABOUT THEIR RYPEN EXPERIENCE
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Last week we heard from two girls from Brighton Secondary College Sarah Mott and Siobhan Kelleghan-Tasker who went to a RYPEN Camp and who were introduced by Stuart McMillan. Here are some notes from their presentation: Things they learnt: - Leadership- Communication- Acceptance- OpportunitiesThings they did:- Set goals and behaviours for the weekend- Crate stacking and rock climbing- Values Auction- Guest speaker about leadership and different kinds of leadershipThey learnt lots about themselves, leadership, confidence and more about Rotary and all the opportunities it provides. They thanked us again for the chance to present at our meeting and said they were very grateful. Sarah and Siobhan
arry thanked Chairman Stuart and welcomed everyone to the Rotary
Club of Brighton. Barry then welcomed Sarah Mott and Siobhan Kelleghan-Tasker who recently attended a RYPEN camp and were there to share with us their experiences. Barry said at the previous meeting our guest speaker was our very own PP Geoff McGeary who provided a very entertaining talk about his entrepreneurial life. At 19 he began driving buses in his father’s business and from that day forward Geoff became a master at identifying and capitalizing on business opportunity after opportunity and today runs a global tourism empire. Barry said it had been 3 weeks since he had presided over a club meeting and he had to say that he was delighted with what had been achieved in his absence and should probably go away more often. Last week was our ‘Night of The Stars’ fundraiser and once again PP Paul Nicholson and his team did not disappoint the guests, delivering a very entertaining night. Barry said If we don’t believe him, ask David Finney who one could have been forgiven for thinking he was stalking the photographer and special guests all night. Paul had a terrific line up of sports stars including Brian Lake who replaced Essendon’s Dyson Heppell, which was a blessing in disguise as Barry thought he was the most entertaining of all the stars, and gave rise to some healthy banter among the panel of stars. Our Platinum sponsor Mercedes-Benz Brighton really added to the excitement of the night. They brought down a fleet of wonderful cars including a very sexy sports car that was parked in the dining room and admired by the guests all night. Basketball sensation Lauren Jackson was delightfully engaging and cheeky. Especially when she had her photo taken with our vertically challenged member PP Tony Nanfra. Tony quickly rose to the challenge by drawing in his own team of gentle giants in Colin Stimpson and Dale Hoy. Not sure where Wayne Sanderson was but had he been there they would definitely have had enough tall timber to have the baseline on the basketball court covered. Barry thanked Paul for all of his hard work and thanked his committee who Barry knew put a huge amount of effort into pulling together such a terrific night. Last week Director of International Erik Vandenberg also launched the clubs crowd funding campaign. A campaign which is a wonderful legacy of PP Bill Howley’s year. Why has this project come about? Barry said we wanted to ensure that the late Gerhard Sommer’s legacy lived on – which Barry was sure we would agree we are doing. Barry said we wanted to provide deserving university students with an opportunity to do some good which in turn would enable us to do some good. We have achieved that and now the final step is over the next three months we hope to crowd fund by sending our message out as far and wide around the world as possible. The ultimate plan is to raise funds through crowd funding, from other clubs and the general public, and then look to double our money with a global grant through Foundation. To make this ambitious plan come true they will need our help to spread the word as far and wide as possible via email and if we have it via Linkedin and Facebook. Barry will send us an email next week with some information on how we could help and hopefully by many investing a small amount of time, together we will make an ambitious plan come true.
Barry then invited Geoff Bentley to the lectern to brief the members on what he had planned this year for the Brighton Lunch and also invited Community Director Dale Hoy to address the membership about the proposed distribution of funds from Geoff’s event.
Geoff Bentley: The Brighton Lunch - “Brave Heart”Geoff gave us an update on the lunch. He said it was named ‘Brave Heart’ for a very good reason having keynote speakers in Rosie Batty, 33rd most inspirational leader in the world, Tom Elgin Paralympic amputee athlete won 4 medals at 3 Paralympics, Sam O’Sullivan a talented VFL footballer is one of only seven people worldwide to survive super aggressive flesh-eating bacteria and Emma Murray mother of Will Murray who jumped off a pier which resulted in him suffering from quadriplegia. The local community has got behind this appeal for Will’s family and Geoff wants to help the Will Murray Foundation and the Rosie Batty Foundation and he feels our Rotary club will get good recognition for our event and Rotary in general being seen as a good avenue for raising funds for good causes.
Dale Hoy: The Brighton Lunch - What will happen with the proceeds.Dale said that the board recently approved that 50% of the proceeds raised from the lunch will go to the Will Murray Foundation which has a recently setup website: www.wheretheresawill.com.au/ The foundation was set up by Greg Miller CEO of Richmond Football Club and Martin Jolly who is on the board of Hawthorn. Dale expects our event will have a lot of Bayside support. Dale then asked for a show of hands and the motion on the fund allocation was carried.
Barry thanked Dale and Geoff. He wished Geoff all the best with what he thinks is going to be a spectacular event. The annual golf weekend at Cape Schank was held on the 18 & 19 of March and Barry believed congratulations went to Nic Mardling for winning day one, PP Ivan Vojlay for winning day two and Nic won the overall event on a countback. While talking of Ivan, he hosted the Hackers annual awards lunch on Saturday 2 April. There were many awards given out on the day but the two of significance were PP Arthur Hubbard for winning the Most into the water award which Barry understood was an award for hitting the most golf balls into the water. Congratulations also goes to Ron Stark who won the Hacker of the Year Award. Well done Ivan and Judy for hosting such a lovely afternoon and thanks to Bruce Crossley for being a sterling team Captain for the year. The Rotary Youth in Sailing weekend was held while Barry was away and this year with the support of Mercedes-Benz Brighton, 11 children came to Brighton from regional Victoria to experience sailing on the bay. Unfortunately gale force winds made it unsafe to sail. The young people still got a great deal out of the trip and thanks to Bronwyn Stephens who gave a terrific presentation on how Rotary makes a real difference in third world countries the kids walked away with a terrific insight into the power of Rotary and some look forward to going on one of her World of Difference tours. Barry also said well done to Norm Thomas. Barry also played a clip of the sailing event, which was kindly filmed and produced by our very talented prospective member Amaro Amro and his company Amaro Media. Barry was sure we would all agree, that the video painted a wonderful picture of the great work our club does. Barry said Amaro was going to be a real asset to our club.
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RESIDENT’S REPORTPresented by President Barry Hickman
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ERGEANT’S SESSION - Sgt Trevor MartynSTony Rouse’s table: All on Tony’s table talking during Geoff Bentley’s Brave Heart talk. Poor show. All put in;
Tony Rouse: “Goldfinger Tony” had surgery on his knuckles and they were filled with graphite;
PP Geoff McGeary: Sarg heard he gave quite a good talk last week and on the strength of it Sarg is off on one of Geoff’s cruises in August with 150 people;
PP David Efron: Sarg asked why he didn’t get raffle tickets last week. David replied that he was an old man and didn’t deserve some. Sarg said “Guess how much that is going to cost you”;
Jodi Ryan: Sarg apologised for not being around for her induction but noted that she and Graeme Watson were meant to be catching up over coffee and Graeme didn’t turn up. Sarg fined Graeme;
David Finney: Sarg said David’s photos taken at the ‘Night of Stars’ was everywhere in the Bulletin;
Ron Stark: Won Hackers golf award and Sarg thought you shouldn’t get awards for just playing 9 holes each week;
PP Arthur Hubbard: Did he win an award for hitting the golf ball in the water too many times?;
Tony Rouse: Marine Hotel sold for just under $13mill previous week and Sarg thought that underbidders Graeme Watson and PP Ian Mence could have put up a better bid;
Secretary Keith Cameron: Left early and left a fine for the Sarg;
Keith Cameron & Des Thomas: Have had a lunch date every week for the last 25 years and Sarg fears there must be a problem with Des at home as he needs to talk to his lawyer so often;
Bill Jeans: Managed to get his wife the Mercedes-Benz she wanted and would be delivered shortly. Sarg insisted on folding money;
PP Julian Goglia: His mobile phone went off during Sarg’s talk. Julian said he didn’t hear it but Sarg did and fined him;
PP Alan Pinkus: Sarg asked if the orange coloured jumper he was wearing had something to do with the iSelect advertising. Somebody said he looked like one of the Wiggles;
Alan Jarrott: Sarg noted that he must have had help tying the knot his bow tie the previous week;
PP Ian Mence: Having his car serviced more regularly and wants to check it all out himself to see if they do a proper job;
PP Des Thomas: Complained to Sarg that the wrong date was put in Bulletin for his anniversary. Editor Max fined;
Anniversaries: PP Des Thomas, Graeme Wallace, PP Arthur Hubbard, Ron Stark, PP Paul Nicholson.
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PP Paul Nicholson: ‘The Night of Stars’:Paul started off by thanking resident Graphic Designer Max for his work on the flyers, raffle tickets menu etc. Paul also thanked his committee comprising Graeme Watson (he had 2 tables), Bill Jeans (auction items), Jim Hill (Auction), Cameron Ward, (Paul’s 2IC and photographer), Ivan Vojlay (photographer), Roger Fairlam (general tables), Alan Jarrott, Brett Parkin, Rob Foster, Dale Hoy and Geoff Bentley. He also thanked Mac Chapman, Norm Thomas for signing up Mercedes-Benz Brighton in the first place, Jodi Ryan for the virtual table idea, Stuart McIntyre & Geoff Shaw (backroom boys), Arthur Hubbard (Treasurer), Damien Hellard and more.Many thanks also to Geoff McGeary for his European River Cruise live auction prize which really helped the bottom line. They were still counting but it looks like around $52,000 profit.
Alan Jarrott: Footy TippingAlan said there have been a few transitional issues with ESPN and they have solved most of them but he and Pat are quickly losing their hair through stress. If you have any issues please contact Alan or Pat and keep on tipping and please don’t give up.
S ECRETARY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS Presented by Secretary Keith Cameron
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IGHLIGHTS OF MEETING 07 APRILH
DON’T LOOK NOW ARTHUR. I THINK THE BUS DRIVER IS AFTER
A FEW MORE BOB!
YES A FINNEY THING HAPPENED AT
THE ‘NIGHT OF STARS’
SO YOU HAVE GIVEN UP WRESTLING
CROCODILES CHRIS?
WHY ARE WE ARE ALWAYS BEING
INTERRUPTED BY THE PAPARAZZI LINDSAY?
DON’T KNOW STAN. MUST BE SLOW NEWS
DAY I GUESS!
YOU DON’T THINK I LOOK LIKE A WIGGLE
DO YOU CATIE?
HMMM!!!!WELL???
WELL TELL HIM HE CAN CRUISE
OFF SOMEWHERE ELSE GRAEME!
HMMM!!!!YOU DIDN’T GIVEIT TO MAX DID
YOU?
YES ITS BACK TO WRESTLING
MELBOURNE’S TRAFFIC INSTEAD GEOFF!
NOT A WORD JIM
RING, RING,RING, RING!!
DID YOU HEAR SOMETHING KATHLEEN?
YOU KNOW ITS TAKEN ME YEARS TO
GROW AND GROOM MY BEARD DARYL
YOU KNOW ROB I CAN’T REMEMBER
WHAT I DID WITH MY BADGE
I HEARDTHAT JULIAN!
HERE NORM AND TELL THE SARG TO
GET KNOTTED!
YOU KNOW I WON HACKER OF THE
YEAR JIM!
WELL IT TOOK MEALL OF 5 MINUTES TO SHAVE MINE OFF THIS
MORNING PADDY
YESHE DIDROB!
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affle results 07 April
PP David Efron and PP Julian Goglia presented the raffle last meeting and the winners were:
1. PP Ian Mence2. Guest Siobhan3. Jim Hill
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Attendance: 47 Percentage: 41%
Member’s Make-ups: Jim Hay (Ballan);
Member’s Apologies: Greg Biggin, Bruce Crossley, George Jerzyk, PP Pat Kearns, Paul Laband,
PP Ivan Vojlay, Stephen West;
Club Guests: Sarah & Rob Mott, Siobhan & Julia Kelleghan-Tasker;
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PART 38 OF THE 50 THINGS EVERY ROTARIAN SHOULD KNOW:
“ROTARY FLOAT IN ROSE PARADE”The Rotary International float in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade is undoubtedly the largest public relations project of the Rotary clubs of the United States and Canada. Since 1924 a Rotary float has been entered 18 times including every year since 1981. The famous Pasadena, California, parade is seen by an estimated 125 million people via worldwide television.
Funds for the construction of the Rotary parade entry are voluntarily given by Rotarians and clubs in the U.S. and Canada. The cost of designing, constructing and flower covering a Rose Parade float begins at about $120,000.
A multi-district Rotary committee in Southern California coordinates planning of the Rotary float and provides hundreds of volunteer hours of service. The Rotary float must portray the annual parade theme, usually depicting one of the worldwide service programs of Rotary International.
Each New Year’s Day, Rotarians take pride in seeing their attractive float and realize they have shared in its construction by contributing a dollar or two to this beautiful public relations project.
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Thursday 28 April Ladies (end of the month) Dinner at West Brighton Club.
Remember that wives and partners are always welcome at the Club meetings.
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Rotary Grace “For good food, good fellowship
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Rotary Toast “To Australia, The Queen of Australia,
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Saturday 09 April 2016
IVAN’S HACKERSIVAN’S HACKERSELCOME TO ALL VISITING ROTARIANS & GUESTS
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11 members of the Group arrived at Brighton and headed into a morning of “highs and lows” (in terms of scoring that is) and onto the Pre Game Putting competition to begin the round. Tom Buxton, cooly, produced a clear winner with his “hole in one” for which he was duly congratulated. That was where the award plaudits finished for all except for David Lee who blitzed us. David was awarded the morning’s Vojlay-Cole Trophy for his Long Drive, along with his Nearest The Pin drive and for is Off The Stick score, 37 shots for the round, which converted to a winning Handicap score of 27. Commendable Off The Stick scorers included Cameron Spence (41), Ron Stark and Ian Cole (both 46), Daryl Forge (47) and Graeme Watson (48 ) who was also 2nd to David Lee, on Handicap (29) and 3rd on Handicap, was Ron Stark. It was back to the coffee break, when once again David Lee was to the fore and awarded the trophy for his prowess in the Summer Eclectic Competition. From there it was revealed that Ivan Vojlay had joined the “in The Water” club on the Venus hole. A playing partner (no name mentioned in case of retribution) noted that Ivan had taken aim at the green, 153 metres ahead of him and his stance, determination, focus and steely approach to the ball, produced a shot that he could almost be proud of, except that it rested some 115 metres short of the target, in Arthur Hubbard’s Lake. Not to be deterred, Ivan soon forgave himself and on the next hole, the last of the round, he produced a “gobbler” to end on a “high”. Ron Stark’s group reported that he had almost come up with a reason to add his name to the Venus Trophy but his shot to birdie, missed by a whisker. Next time eh Ron? When asked about his joy on the course, Paul Nicholson was quick to respond... “good, except for the last 7 holes”. Graeme Watson, whilst playing well, produced a driving highlight that he may wish to forget, but sadly we can’t let him off the hook. On the 5th, Graeme, fired off what appeared be very well struck, except that the ball ended up 2 metres in front of him. He had hurtled into a sturdy tree which sent the ball directly back to him as quickly as it was dispatched. Some housekeeping. We understand that Bruce Crossley’s injured shoulder may be repairing well enough to see him back with us next Saturday. We hope so in order to tell him about our thanks for the past year as Captain and for the good will and enjoyment (and the biscuits and fruit initiatives) that he adds to the Saturday mornings. This coming week, we understand that a number of our Ivan’s Hackers Group will be honing their skills at Marysville. For those not going to Marysville..... We will be at Brighton at the usual time and we expect the return of our Team photographer, whose place has been ably taken this last week, by David Lee. Thanks David. Ray Street
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resulting in quadriplegia.
● Don Elgin - Australian Paralympic amputee athlete who won 4 medals at 3 Paralympics.
● Sam O’Sullivan - A talented VFL footballer one of only seven people worldwide to survive super aggressive � esh-eating bacteria.
● Michael Roberts - MC.
● Phil Ceberano - Entertainment.
The Brighton Lunch 2016
Friday 27 May - 12.00 noon start
at The International of Brighton81 Bay Street, Brighton Vic 3186
This year’s fantastic line up of speakers:
Rosie Batty
Emma Murray
Luke Batty Will Murray
Sam O’Sullivan
Don Elgin
Tickets: $145Corporate and Celebrity packages available [email protected] Geo� Bentley - 0408 991 641 www.trybooking.com/192369Proudly supporting:● Will Murray Cause - www.wheretheresawill.com.au/ ● Luke Batty Foundation ● Rotary Club of Brighton Charities
Club of Brighton
www.rotarybrighton.com.au
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