In Gear 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 44, 19 May 2014

Next Meeting

THURSDAY 22 MAY

SPEAKER: LINDSAY BELL

TOPIC: CHELTENHAM GOLF CLUB

JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM

CHAIR: DAVID LANGWORTHY

AV: DAVID LEA

CASH DESK: KERRIE GEARD & MARY SEALY

HOST: GEOFF ABBOTT

THURSDAY 29 MAY

SPEAKER: DAVID RAND AM

CHIEF RESEARCH SCIENTIST CSIRO

TOPIC: ENERGY TECHNOLOGY

CHAIR: ROGER FREWEN

AV: ADRIAN CULSHAW

CASH DESK:KERRIE GEARD & MARY SEALY

HOST: MIKE HEDE

THURSDAY 5 JUNE

FELLOWSHIP EVENT

TBA

2013—2014

Serving the Community since 1985

Presidents Report

No doubt you will remember that Tony Phillips and Rog-er Frewen won the Conference Golf day and RCOB is currently the proud holder of the magnificent Perpetual trophy. However the Rotary Club of Forest Hill also donates the Ford Davis Golf Award of $500 to the winner’s charity of choice. Tony and Roger, in consultation with Communi-ty Director Chris D’Arcy have agreed that the recipient of the $500 is the Sandringham Hospital Birthing Unit. At the Board meeting on Wednesday night Chris D’Arcy advised the Board that the hospital’s focus areas are maternity and neo-natal emergency care and is looking at an upgrade of the hospital’s birthing area and waiting rooms as a project for 2014/15. This is a very worthy project and we thank President Chris Tuck and the Ro-tary Club of Forest Hill for this donation which will give the project a kick start. Talking of donations, the Board also approved the fol-lowing:

Interplast $500 St Judes $500 which includes a member’s dona-tion of $100 and ROMAC $500

Other matters of interest from the Board meeting are:

Agreement to explore the opportunity of our own Farmers Market. This follows a discussion with Phillip Heath (Hampton) and the interest ex-pressed by the group behind the Markets in a specific suitable location within our postcode. There is a considerable amount of evaluation, negotiation and discussion regarding the availa-bility of this land before we can move forward. Adrian advised that the Trivia Night is planned for the 8th of August and that sales of the Peoples Choice Credit Union tickets will result in a contri-bution of $2,000 to the club. A reminder also that Hocking Stuart pay a referral fee of $1,000 for any new business where RCOB is listed as the referrer.

Contents

1 Presidents Report 2 Notices 3-5 This Weeks Speaker 6 Club Structure / Picture of Week

SERGEANT’S HOMEWORK TOPIC;

COSSACKS

Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

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Congratulations to Jenni Beaty who led her team of John, Malcolm and Louise Sawle, James and Me-gan and Jim and Judy to victory at the Brighton North Q & A night. Well done Jenni.

Last Thursday night David Hone, supported by Di and with Susan Hayden as a guest, gave an excel-lent presentation on the life and times of George Washington.

Among lots of very interesting facts, we learnt for example, that George Washington did not have a middle name, did not attend college, wanted to join the navy but his mother would not let him, was known as an energetic and excellent dancer and was considered by some to be the best horseman of his time. Washington made provisions to free all his slaves in his Will – the only slave-owning president to do so and apart from all his battles, his presidency found-ed the United States Navy, established the nation’s official currency, created the State Department and established the Supreme Court and helped estab-lish a number of charitable organizations, schools, and colleges. Maybe we need David to return and continue his dissertation on the first American Presi-dent.

Sunday morning saw PE Ken and some of his team; Trish, James, Malcolm, Chris, Adrian and the FDE (Feather Duster Elect) attend the District As-sembly at Parkdale Secondary College. As DGE Tony Monley noted, the teams have been selected, the training has all happened and it’s nearly time to run onto the field.

A Club Resources Guide was again made available to all attendees. The guide is a very comprehen-sive (75 page) document detailing all projects cur-rently being undertaken within D9810, projects that are looking for support from clubs or need a home or projects that would benefit from clubs or clusters working together. This is an excellent planning guide which will greatly assist Ken and the incoming Board in determining where our donations should be directed as well identifying opportunities to work with other clubs or have clubs support one of our projects.

Roy has distributed the invitation to the District Changeover Dinner on June 28, please let me know if you would like to attend by Friday June 6 and I will co-ordinate the response.

Next week Lindsay Bell from Cheltenham Golf Club will be talking about their Junior Golf program.

See you at VGC,

Robert

Winter and Changeover Night

is Coming

Hocking Stuart Sandringham 62-64 Station Street

Telephone: 03 9521 9800

Note; As part of our arrangement with Hocking Stuart discounts on agents fees are available to RCOB members.

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Speaker: David Hone

Topic: George Washington, an Inspi-

ration for Modern Times

As expected David pro-

duced an extremely com-

prehensive, well illustrated

review of the life of George

Washington.

Below are are a series of

notes from his presentation

along with some selected

illustrations.

Family background Born 1732 in to the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia - grows to be six foot three tall His planter family owned tobacco plantations and slaves. Both his father and older brother died when he was young. Death of his father at 11 meant that George was not edu-cated in England and he always thought he had an inferi-or education. Has strong connections with the powerful Fairfax family, who promoted his career as a surveyor and soldier 1752 At 20 his elder brother Lawrence dies and George becomes head of the family 1752 Joins Freemasons

Colonial Officer (age 20 - 26) 1752 Appointed a Major in Virginia militia 1754 - 1758 Officer in Virginian Regiment- ap-pointed Colonel in French Indian War Applied to be an officer in British Army – Turned down Brave officer but no great victories or exploits Negative experience with militia His experience was lim-ited to command of at most 1000 men, and came only in remote fron-tier conditions Resented Superior attitude of British officers to Colonials

Marriage, Farming and Maturing 1759 – Washington (27) married the wealthy wid-ow Martha Dandridge Custis, then 28 years old. This increased his holdings to 18,000 acres in Virginia 300 + Slaves Now one of the wealthiest planters in Virginia and one of the elite in Colonial America Speculator in Western Lands The newlywed couple moved to Mount Vernon, near Alexandria, where he took up the life of a planter and political figure. Known as good dancer He loved the landed gentry's life of horseback riding, fox hunts, fishing, and cotillions. Saw himself as part of the English landed gentry Great Horseman Thomas Jefferson once referred to George Washington as "the best horseman of his age, and the most graceful figure that could be seen on horseback." A very successful planter and business man

Mont Vernon was his great love He always hated being away from it An 18th Century Gentleman of good character A man of few words Polite – civil – well mannered Commanding presence

The earliest authen cated

portrait of George Washing-

ton . Charles W Peale 1772

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Moved easily Well dressed His honour and good name his top priority Duty to serve his Country Totally honest and trustworthy Becoming a revolutionary As a leading planter George Washington served in the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1758 -1775 ( 17 Years)

Opposed the Stamp act, leader in boy-cott against Townsend duties Rejected Intolerable Acts 1774 Elected delegate to the First Con-tinental Congress 1775 Elected delegate to the Second Continental Congress Has become a rebel

General of the Continental Army June 15th 1775 Selected by the Second Continental Con-gress as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army The Revolutionary CO of Continental Army Removes British from Boston Brings some discipline into Continentals Has to rely on volunteers His boss was the Continental Congress All 13 States had 1 vote 9 states had to agree to any action No executive Government by Committee No power of taxation Each State has its own Militia Aug/Sept 1776 Loses Battle of Long Island Facing 25,000 Red Coats with some 19,000 at Long Is-land is outmaneuvered and has to retreat through New York Washington escapes from New York with the remnants of his army into New Jersey and has learnt a vital lesson. He cannot afford to lose the rebel army Won Battle of Trenton December 26th 1776 Won Battle of Princeton January 3 1777 The Commander in Chief 31 Major - Generals under his Command during war Maintains unity and cooperation

Selects excellent re-gional commanders Develops a Continen-tal outlook Use of foreign Officers Cooperation with French Battle of Saratoga Oct 1777 Battle of Valley Forge 1777/8 Winter British Surrender at York Town 1781 Prevented mutiny of officers in Newburg NY 1783 “As the sword was the last Resort for the preservation of our Liberties,” the victori-ous general told his countrymen, “so it ought to be the first thing laid aside when those Liberties are firmly established.” General George Washington resigned his Commission 1783 “What astonishing changes a few years are capable of producing! I am told that even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. From thinking proceeds speaking; thence to acting is often but a single step. But how irrevocable and tremendous! What a triumph for our enemies to verify their predictions! What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find that we are incapable of governing our-selves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal and fallacious. Would to God that wise measures may be taken in time to avert the con-sequences we have but too much reason to appre-hend.” Said little but his support for a stronger union vital to its completion Washington as President Election of President 1789 The 1st United States Congress voted to pay Washing-ton a salary of $25,000 a year—a large sum in 1789. Washington declined the salary, since he valued his im-age as a selfless public servant. At the urging of Congress, however, he ultimately ac-cepted the payment, to avoid setting a precedent where-by the presidency would be perceived as limited only to independently wealthy individuals who could serve with-out any salary. President He was aware that everything he did set a precedent. He established the dignity, prestige and ceremony of the office, while making sure that the titles and trappings were suitably republican. Title "Mr President” Washington established many forms and procedures such as messages to Congress and a cabinet form of government. President negotiates treaties

Washington with his Officers

Washington 1787, James Peale

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He made excellent appointments He set the standard for tolerance of opposition voices. He reluctantly served a second term. Refused a third term. Washington urged the American people to take ad-vantage of their isolated position in the world, and avoid attachments and entanglements in foreign affairs, especially those of Europe, which he argued had little or nothing to do with the interests of America. Washington argued that the country should avoid perma-nent alliances with all foreign nations, although tempo-rary alliances during times of extreme danger may be necessary. Washington advocated free trade with all nations ar-guing that trade links should be established naturally and the role of the government should be limited to insuring stable trade, defending the rights of Ameri-can merchants, and any provisions necessary to insure that the government is able to insure the conventional rules of trade. Became privately opposed to slavery after the war. Washington freed all his slaves in his will. Made provi-sion for their welfare as freemen Died 1799, aged 67

Top Right, Washington (then at 64 years old) renouncing a third

term as U.S. President, Gilbert Stuart - 1796

Below British Surrender at York Town 1781

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Amazing Storm Super Cell

Wyoming, 19 May 2014.

Supercell thunderstorms are

a special kind of single cell

thunderstorm that can persist

for many hours.

Supercells are highly orga-

nized storms characterized by

updrafts that can attain

speeds over 160 k/h able to

produce extremely large hail

and strong and/or violent tor-

nadoes, downdrafts that can

produce damaging outflow

winds in excess of 160 k/h–

all of which pose a high threat

to life and property.

CLUB STRUCTURE 2013 - 2014 UPDATED 18/03/2014

CLUB SERVICE

President Bob McArthur Director Ken Mirams

PE, VP Ken Mirams Auditor Tony Phillips

Secretary Roy Seager Program Greg Every

Treasurer Malcolm Sawle Mee�ng A�endance Ken Mirams

Founda�on Mar n Fothergill Communica�ons David Lea

Membership & Marke�ng Trish Smyth Fellowship Judi Hall

Interna�onal Fred Hofmann Sergeant David Hone

Youth Service Rob Fenton Photographer Greg Every, John Beaty

Community Chris D'Arcy Almoner Antony Nixon

Fundraising Adrian Culshaw Hosts & Cashiers Roster

On to Conference John Manks Youth Protec�on Officer Malcolm Parks

New Visions David Greenall

TEAM MEMBERS

Interna�onal Community Youth Service Fundraising

Harry Wolfe Geoff Abbo4 Kerrie Geard John Beaty

David Langworthy Richard Shermon Chris Mar n Heather Chisholm

Geoff Stockdale Geoff Stringer Mary Sealy Roger Frewen

Ross Phillips Tony Phillips Megan Glenwright

Malcolm Parks David Greenall Golf Mike Hede

Tony McKenna Jim O'Brien David Rushworth

Roy Seager Charmaine Jansz

James Glenwright Antony Nixon

Susan De Bolfo

Membership and Marke�ng

Peter Flude

Richard Jones