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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 23 3 December 2012

Next Meeting

THURSDAY 20 DECEMBER

ROTARY CHRISTMAS PARTY

VICTORIA GOLF CLUB,

6.30 FOR 7.00

PHOTO ON VGC STEPS, 6.40

$50 / HD, CARVERY SELECTION + CHRISTMAS PUDDING

WEAR A CHRISTMAS HAT, PRIZES FOR BEST LADY’S

AND MAN’S

A SPECIAL CHRISTMAS RAFFLE WILL BE HELD IN SUP-

PORT OF CAMBODIAN ORPHANS (SEE PAGE 2)

CHRISTMAS BREAKUP

RESUME WITH TRADITIONAL GOLF AND BBQ

EVENING AT VICTORIA GOLF CLUB

WEDNESDAY 16 JANUARY

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PRESIDENT’S COMMENT

Everything seems to be crazy this time of year – just trygetting a car park at Southland! We all seem to be run-ning around getting our last minute shopping done, catch-ing up with friends, sending off Christmas cards, gettingthe house ready for the family visiting from overseas orinterstate, and so on.

But let’s hope it is a time of joy and happiness, regard-

less of the craziness. I believe we can also make it a timeof reflection – thinking about how blessed we are andhow hard it must be for many less fortunate in the world.

We as Rotarians do make a difference to those less for-tunate. Let us continue to do so in 2013 and beyond.

At our last meeting we had a most enlightening speaker,Neil Cole, talk to us about something that is a major issuein our society – mental illness. Neil spoke from first hand

experience as he has suffered from bipolar mood disor-der from a young age. See Neil’s story inside this In

Gear.

Mary Sealy’s Mum Anne was a guest our meeting, as was

Roy Norris, who has visited us previously. It is always apleasure to have guests come to our meetings, whether itis a family member visiting from overseas, or a possiblefuture Rotarian!

We were delighted to receive a letter from Aileen Arija,

a student living in PNG. Beaumaris Rotary has been sup-porting Aileen since 2005 in her studies. She has goneon to graduate from university with a degree in tropicalagriculture, and is now working with Mainland Holdingsin Lae in their Crocodile division. This is a wonderful suc-cess story. See a copy of Aileen’s letter in this bulletin.

This week we will be winding up the year with our Christ-mas breakup party at VGC. Don’t forget to wear your

Christmas hat!

Stay safe and have a wonderful week

President John

Contents1 President’s Message 2 Rotary Brightens Christmas / Notices3 This Week’s Speaker 4. A Successful Outcome / CoA5 Club Structure / Sight of Week



R O T A R Y C L U B O F B E A U M A R I S B U L L E T I N – S E R V I N G T H E C O M M U N I T Y S I N C E 1 9 8 5

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Special Christmas Raffle

A special raffle will be held at our Christmas partyto support Peter Gray’s project in Cambodia – allproceeds will be sent to Peter in Cambodia so thathe can provide a treat for the kids under his care

at Christmas.

We ask that a minimum purchase of 3 tickets for$5 be made. There will be many prizes, thanks togenerous donations from many of our members.

,

Hocking Stuart Sandringham62-64 Station StreetTelephone: 03 9521 9800

TRAILER AVAILABLE TO RCOB MEMBERSA “6X4” steel box trailer is availa-

ble to all RCOB Members for casual

use. It has a 7 pin round plug, lights

etc. . Please contact Geoff or Kerrie

if you wish to borrow it. No regis-

tration / insurance; all responsibility

with the user.

OVERSEAS MODEL

Note; As part of our arrangement with HockingStuart discounts on agents fees are available toRCOB members.

PRE-LOVED CAR NEEDED: MUST BE AUTOMATIC

SMALL/MEDIUM SIZED SEDAN BUDGET UP TO $5,000

This is for my sister who has a manual car, but can-not drive this due to her health situation

Please contact me if you can help President John

ROTARY BRIGHTENS CHRISTMAS

Community Service handled the Annual Christmas giftsthis year. With funds from - Beaumaris Community BankBranch of Bendigo Bank we sponsored two tables at theBayside City Church and at the Uniting/Anglican Lunchlast Friday, each person was given a beautifullywrapped box of Shortbread to take home. The photoabove shows David Greenall handing over the presentsat the Lunch.

The boxes were beautifully wrapped by Megan with thelabels produced by Malcolm Sawle.

Don Cullen's 2013 Tibetancalendar - Cost is $15 each

The Calendar shows selectedpictures from Tibet in a deskunit with it's own stand.Proceeds go to his TibetanVillage Project, which he

spoke to our club about some time ago.

Don, as a member of Brighton North Rotary, has beenresponsible for initiating his clubs contribution to our Sa-bu project ($2,700 per year for next 3 years, plus pos-sible additional donations).

See John Manks if you want a copy.




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This Weeks Speaker; Neil ColeTopic; Stability in Mind

Stability In Mind:‘This memoir is the story of the first politician in Aus-

tralia to publicly admit tohaving a mental illness -bipolar mood disorder.Neil Cole was a lawyer, aMelbourne City Councillorand a Member of the Vic-torian Parliament. Afteronly five years in parlia-ment he was diagnosed with bipolar mood disor-der and put onto lithium.The revelation, the cathar-tic experience of this di-agnosis changed his lifeforever. Having lived withthe unpleasantness of theillness, the lack of diagnosis over a period of seventeenyears since he first sought treatment, and the onset of theillness, made it difficult to adjust.

Finally whether it is his early life, school, university, familyupbringing, politics or the stage it is all interesting, novel,lots of humour, pathos, and revelation about living with amental illness. The memoir will offer hope and an explana-tion of how to live with bipolar mood disorder’.

Neil is a member of the Rotary Club of Albert Park.

Neil’s talk was a fascinating insight into the complex-

ities of mental illness and the extent to which individ-uals and society struggle to manage satisfactorily.

With the initial signs of the illness occurring at aboutthe age of 16 it took until the age of 35 before aproper diagnosis was established and a path to-wards appropriate medication ( a combination of

lithium and anti-depressants) begun. This was de-spite seeing many medical practitioners who simplymisdiagnosed (or often did not bother to even ascer-tain) the symptoms.

His illness was made public as part of a factionalpower battle within the State Labor party. But thisfailed, at least initially, and he found strong supportwithin his election and was returned with an in-creased majority. Ultimately he narrowly lost Partyendorsement for the seat and left parliament.

Since then he has worked for the Mental Health Re-search Institute as an Associate Professor and as alay expert working with clients. He has extensively

studied mental illness and can speak with authorityfrom both a theoretical , practical an personal expe-rience; a rare and powerful combination.

In addition Neil found that, once his illness was stabi-

lised by appropriate medication, his latent creativityblossomed and he has become a playwright andauthor. Academic studies have shown that a signifi-cant proportion of creative people have mental ill-nesses (Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illnessand the Artistic Temperament, K. R. Jamison). How-ever not all people with mental illness are creative.

Neil’s main message was the lack of knowledge that

still surrounds mental illness in most of the community.In his experience open discussion of the extent towhich such illnesses can raise libido, disinhibit sexual-

ity and spending control tend to be trivialised asmatters for laughter. Melancholia, pointlessness, lackof sleep lead to a 13% suicide rate amongst suffer-ers. However, often the real cause of such suicide isignored by family and by the media in search of abetter headline.

Since leaving politics, Cole has written over twelveplays, most of them performed by La Mama Thea-tre.His first play, Alive at Williamstown Pier, won theGriffin Award for New Australian Playwriting in

1999.[ In 2001, he was awarded the CentenaryMedal for service to Australian society and litera-ture.

Cole's debut novel, Colonel Surry's Insanity, was pub-lished in 2010. The novel, about a fictional soldier(John Surry) who pleads not guilty to a charge oftheft on the grounds of insanity, was based on inter-views with twenty sufferers of manic depression, aswell as his own perspective.

Ed. I read Neil’s memoir over the weekend. High-

ly recommended for its insights into both mentalillness and politics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Mama_Theatre_(Melbourne)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Cole_(politician)#cite_note-5


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenary_Medal










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A SuccessfulOutcome

Some six or so yearsago the Club startedsponsoring the educa-tion of Aileen Arija. Asoften happens overtime such sponsorshipsbecome routine andjust keep rolling on to-wards un unsure out-come. But as you cansee from this letter theoutcome was a success.So well done to thosewith the foresight to

start the process allthose years ago.

Ed. Unfortunately Icould not locate aphoto of Aileen.




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BEAUMARIS ROTARY 2012-13 CLUB STRUCTURE

BOARD CLUB SERVICE

President John Manks Director Bob McArthur

PE, VP, Exec Sec Bob McArthur Auditor Tony Phillips

Secretary Roy Seager Program David HoneTreasurer Richard Shermon Meeting Attendance Greg Every

Foundation Richard Jones Newsletter Editor David Lea

International Fred Hofmann Fellowship Heather Chisholm

New Generations Rob Fenton Sergeant Tony Phillips( David R.standby)

Membership and Marketing Trish Smyth Webmaster David Lea

Community Adrian Culshaw Photographer Greg Every

Fundraising Harry Roberts Almoner Harry Wolfe

PP and On to Conference James Glenwright Host(s)/Cashiers Roster

ARH representative John Beaty (non board) Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks

Vocation Coordinate with program

TEAM MEMBERS

International Community New Generations FundraisingDavid Langworthy Malcolm Sawle Chris Martin Geoff Abbott

Geoff Stockdale David Greenall Glenda Laughton Kerrie Geard

Ross Phillips Martin Fothergill Heather Chisholm Charmaine Jansz

Tony McKenna Greg Every John BeatyRoy Seager/James G. (Golf park-ing)

Zillay Batool Mary Sealy John Van Dyk

Larry Jackson Mike Hede Geoff Stringer

Ken Mirams Geoff Stringer Greg Every

Mal Parks Vratka Pokorna

Ken Mirams Susan De Bolfo

Judi Hall (TBC) Membership and Marketing Golf Day

Peter Flude (Marketing) Jim O'Brien

Police car project Antony Nixon Peter Flude

Roger Frewen Tony Phillips

Rob Fenton (Banker)

Penguins|Emperorpenguins canbolt awayfor any num-ber of rea-

sons, as pho-tographerPaul Nicklendiscoveredwhen hespooked thisgroup. "Atenth of asecond afterI took thispicture, all I

could seewere bub-bles."

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