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19 June, 2014

This week is Pres Pat’s last meeting and we have

Man Behind the Badge New Member John Osborn Fresh from his induction last week we have John Osborn to tell us his story. At last week’s meeting he had his family along for support with father Greg, mother Yvonne and doting grandma Wyn who hid her 97 years very well. She made a of few of our members look slow by bounding up the stairs at Milanos last week.

John Osborn (BA, MBA, MAICD) is a Canberra and Melbourne based corporate public affairs specialist and leading Australian advocate for free enterprise. Should be great addition to our club.

BULLETIN

LAST MEETING: Passionate chairman PP Alan Pinkus is seen here with President Pat Kearns and equally passionate speaker Russell Zimmerman. See page 2 for a brief summary of his talk.

MAYER PAGE HEALTH WALK HIGHLIGHTS p8

June is Rotary Fellowships Month

UPCOMING EVENTS: l ‘CHANGEOVER’ - Frid 27 June - Sandy Yacht Club p4l ‘Bayside Art Show’ - Aug 20-24 - Sandy Yacht Club

It was all hands to the BBQ at the Mayer Page

Health Walk last Sunday.Norm Thomas and

PP Ron Sher are seen here assisting

PP Peter Shermanwith the cooking or was it with the eating? More

highlights page 8.

NO MEETING NEXT WEEK: IT’S CHANGEOVERAT THE SANDY YACHT CLUB

Friday 27 June - Come & give Pres Pat a big send off& welcome in Bill Howley & his board!

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This doesn’t do justice to Russell’s talk but the Editor ran out of time to put in the full version. Suffi ce to say there were many great questions asked from the fl oor and great answers given by Russell. At the end of the questions President Pat presented Russell with the Club tie that he hoped he would wear at one of his next press conferences.

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PP Brett & Belle ran the raffle and it was Ladies night so there were more prizes and the prizewinners were:

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3 NEW MEMBERS INDUCTEDand more to come!!!

Chairman Alan Pinkus handed over to PP Ron Sher to introduce the three new members to be inducted last week - Peter Sneddon, John Osborn and Daniel Tenaglia. Ron said to be a member of Rotary is a privilege and to be a member of the Rotary Club of Brighton is a real honour. PP Ian Mence proposed Peter Sneddon, Russell Zimmerman proposed John Osborn and PP Alan Pinkus proposed Daniel Tenaglia. Each proposer got up to say a few words about their inductee and then Pres Pat was called forward to commence the process.

Peter comes in under the designation of Buyers Advocate Real Estate;John comes in under the designation of Business Advocacy;Daniel under Hairdressing supplies.Each gave a short speech to the Club. There will be 3 more inductions next week.

Peter Sneddon

John Osborn

Daniel Tenaglia

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

SECRETARY’S ANNOUNCEMENTS

Presented by President Pat Kearns

• PP Robert Ward - Firstly welcomed the new members to the

Club and said he had been a member for over 40 years and suggested that they should enjoy themselves and have a lot of fun. He then asked if we remembered the old ‘Bug House’. The Brighton Historical Society are putting a plaque there on Friday 20 June at 2pm where the old Prince George was. Afterwards you can go to the Town Hall at 2.30pm and have a silver service tea courtesy of the ‘‘Hysterical Society’.

• Glenn Ross - The Mayer Page Health Walk Spoke briefl y on the Walk which was to be

on last Sunday 15 June at the Hampton Pavilion at the end of Small Street at Beach Road. He suggested that it would

be a great way for the new Members to meet with current members. All are welcome and even those who wanted to come for lunch only. Glenn also thanked everyone involved for their help in organising the day.

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• Pres Pat welcomed Rotarians and guests.• Pat said that at the previous meeting we

had a great speaker Prof Rob Moodie who gave us his Recipe for a Good Life. There were many questions asked by members.

• Pat said we had a very busy night coming last week including donations for 2 worthy charities, 3 inductions and of course our exciting speaker.

• Pat then introduced his front table comprising Chairman PP Alan Pinkus, special guest speaker Russell Zimmerman, Secretary Bill Howley and Vice President PP Ron Sher. Pat then asked for a very warm Brighton Rotary welcome for Russell. Pat then asked for Members to introduce their guests. He also thanked PP Tony Nanfra for looking after the ladies with a glass of bubbly on arrival.

• Pat then asked PP Paul Nicholson and Cameron Ward to come forward to present cheques to Ron Shields of RMH Monash (Ronald McDonald House) and Jim Campbell of the Epilepsy Foundation which were proceeds from the Sportsman’s Night this year. Paul and Cameron also acknowledged the major sponsorship of Brighton BMW.

• Pat then asked Peter Sneddon, John Osborn and Daniel Tenaglia to come forward to be inducted into the Club. See article previous page.

• At the end of the meeting Pat summed up the night and spoke about the upcoming Mayer Page Health Walk which was held last Sunday (see report and photos back page) and of course the Changeover Dinner which will be next week at the Sandy Yacht Club. He then thanked the speaker Russell Zimmerman for his talk and said he was proud to have 3 new members inducted into the Club. He acknowledged wives of past members and also sponsor Brett Jakes of Brighton BMW and also Jim Campbell and Ron Shields.

Front Desk Report Thursday 12 June, 2014Attendance (Members): 44 Percentage: 42%Member’s Make-ups: Jim Hay @ RC Ballan;Member’s Apologies: George Jerzyk;Club Guests: Jim Campbell;Member’s Partners: Helen (PP Tom Buxton), Sue (Roger Fairlam), Kathleen (Jim Hay), Lesley (Pres Pat Kearns), Maria Hicks (Brendan Kierce), Robin (Phillip Mellett),

Marion (Rob Nicholes), Belle Kirwan Hamilton (PP Brett Parkin), Helen (PP Robert Ward, Jan (Norm

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Highlights of 12 JUNE

IT’S GOOD TO INTRODUCE SOME MORE BLUE BLOOD

TO THE CLUB!

DRINKSLADIES?

HEY THAT’SMY JOB PAT!

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Ron Shields (RMH Monash) and Jim Campbell (Epilepsy Foundation) receive cheques from the

proceeds of the very successful Sportsman’s Night 2014 from PP Paul Nicholson and Cameron Ward.

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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.”

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s Birthdays June 2014:

Alan Marks 04 JuneArthur Hubbard 09 JuneKavin Crundell 11 JuneDamien Hellard 19 JuneJulian Goglia 21 June Geoff McGeary 26 JuneDavid Eden 25 June Keith Cameron 29 June

Anniversaries June 2014:

Jim & Roly Hill 07 JuneJohn & Helen Doyle 12 JuneRob & Marion Nicholes 12 June Max & Martha Martin 14 June

With only one week to go to the Winter Solstice, it was a dark and dim start to the day as a hardy group of nine Hackers lined up for the Pre-Game Putting Competition, won decisively by Bill Howley. However it was all breaking bad for Bill thereafter, seemingly suffering from symptoms of dendrophilia.

It was a great morning for golf - mild, overcast and no wind. Competition was keen. David Lee was a model of consistency, winning both Longest Drive and Lowest Score. Ron Stark got Nearest the Pin while Ivan Vojlay excelled in narrowly winning the Handicap Trophy from an improving Ray Street. At the Venus trophy hole, Arthur Hubbard surprised himself by successfully negotiating the water hazard while Acting Captain Bruce Crossley drove on to the green only to narrowly miss a birdie putt. Sven-Erik Bredenberg and Tom Buxton played solid rounds and were close, but no cigar.

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Highlights of 15 June

Mayer Page Health WalkOn Sunday 30 plus Rotarians, partners

and wives (not forgetting the dogs!) and one fitness trainer braved the

chilly conditions on the foreshore at Hampton Pavilion to enjoy an afternoon

of fellowship and gentle exercise. All except the Editor managed to touch

their toes in the warmup conducted by Pete Beaumont. This was followed by a slow walk to Green Point and on return

tunnel ball and tug-of-war. We all felt we deserved a good feed after that and that’s

what we got. A BBQ with salads and desserts followed. Many thanks to Glenn

and Suzie Ross, Sue Fairlam, Vera Sherman and Sally Morris for organising such a great day!

GREAT TO SEE YOU WEARING THE CLUB CAPS GUYS!

Rotary International Conference SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA 1-4 JUNEThe 105th Rotary International Convention was held at Sydney’s Olympic Park from Sunday 1st June to Wednesday 4th June. Approximately 18,000 people from around the world attended, including about 170 people from District 9800. It was a wonderful experience. With 4000 clubs from around the world represented the Convention created a real awareness of being part of an international organization. The opening ceremony was a particular highlight. (There were actually two ceremonies to cope with the numbers of people attending.) The Premier of NSW and the Prime Minister of Australia both made great welcome speeches. PM Tony Abbott received a standing ovation when he announced that Australia would make a $100 million dollar donation to the End Polio campaign. Life savers rowed the Rotary flag from Manly to the Allphones Arena and paraded the flags of the 200 nations represented. Human Nature then entertained with an hour long show of Motown songs. Ron Burton summed it up by saying “It was the best RI Convention ever”.At right top: - Prime Minister Tony Abbott at the Convention. Bottom: RI President-elect Gary C.K. Huang, accompanied by his wife, Corinna, shares his membership goals with the audience at the closing plenary of the 2014 Rotary Convention in Sydney, Australia. Photo Credit: Rotary International / Alyce Henson