This document provides information about upcoming events for the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay including speakers at weekly meetings, committee meetings, volunteer activities, and social events. It summarizes recent club activities including a presentation by guest speaker Pamela O'Cuneen about her experiences living in various African countries. It also announces an upcoming BBQ at Dot Bennett Park on March 18th for club members, Interactors, and residents of Access Housing to socialize. Additionally, it shares messages from Rotary International leaders about the organization's commitment to peace and helping those in need through The Rotary Foundation.

1. The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of
Freshwater Bay Inc.
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 District 9455 ABN: 99 602 195 617
Volume 4, Issue 29 11th – 17th February 2012
Club Forum – date to be advised
Meeting Wednesday, 8th Upcoming Functions Wed. 14th March Vocational Visit
February and Events for your to Claremont Museum, Victoria
Diary Ave, Claremont. Speaker Dr. Sue
Our speaker this week was Pamela Graham-Taylor AM. NB No
O’Cuneen, a friend of Gillian and Thurs. 16th February, Board meeting at Bethesda
Clifford’s. Meeting 5.00pm, Yudelman’s Hospital
Pamela was born in Perth, studied Dental Surgery, lower level, 16-18th March – Presidents Elect
English and Education at UWA, Broadway Fair. Training Seminar (PETS)
taught in Perth High Schools for Sat. 18th February, Sunday 18th March BBQ Dot
several years before leaving on a Community/Vocational Bennett Park, for Members,
working holiday in the late 1960’s. Committee meeting, 2.00pm family, Interactors and families
She went on to study psychology Collins residence. along with residents of Access
and did specialised studies in the 23rd February, Rotary’s 107th Housing.
field of Culture Shock and birthday – World Understanding Sunday 1st April, District
adaptation. and Peace Day. Assembly NB 2012-13 Board
Pamela married a Diplomat and Wed. 7th March, Dinner Meeting, Members to attend
spent a good bit of her life living Nedlands Golf Club, 6.30pm for 20-22nd April. D. 9455
in African countries and moving 7.00pm, Anuradha Koirala, Conference, Geraldton
every couple of years. She has Maiti Nepal Foundation. Almost 6-9th May, Rotary International
written a book which will be fully subscribed. Convention, Bangkok, Thailand
coming out on 5th April which Thurs. 21st June, Club
is called Culture Shock and Changeover Dinner, Nedlands
Canapes, a result of her Golf Club. 6.30pm for
adventures as the wife of a 7.00pm.
Diplomat.
It was a delight to welcome
our visitors AG Angus Questionnaires and
Buchanan, Susan Carew, Club Forum
Claudia Renner, Meryl Gould,
Peter Nedley and Elham PE/CSD Gillian has
Teimouri. Elham has been ill distributed a Questionnaire to
and returned to Iran. Now all members, via Pres. Bryant,
she is in Perth again we’ll look which she would like to
forward to having her at our receive back completed by
meetings regularly. 15th March.
A Club Forum is being
arranged for a suitable date as
Speaker next there will be a number of
meeting, 15th members away the date it was
February originally set down for.
Nedlands Councillor Joe
Porter will be our speaker
Name Change for
next week. Joe will be telling RYDA
us about his ‘Life’s Interests’
A new name – same
commitment to saving young
lives.
Pamela O’Cuneen
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2. The Rotary Youth Driver Our Rotary work speaks to our
Awareness project is belief that a better, more
undergoing a name change to peaceful world is possible, and
Rotary Safety Education. An we need to be sure that our
article is being published in an voices are heard.”
upcoming edition of the Rotary Kalyan Banerjee
Down Under Magazine. RI President
Whilst the name is changing,
the way business is done and
the commitment to help saving Message from TRF
young lives is not changing. Chairman PRIP Bill
Road Safety Education Boyd
Limited will continue to work
closely with Rotarians to make “ A Rotarian who is an Arch C.
RYDA available to senior High Klumph Society member
school students across remarked that through the
Australia and New Zealand. Rotary Foundation he is able
Newman College have book for to share his success with people
a further 200 Yr 11 students to who have no ability to help
participate in RYDA again this themselves. “ The Rotarian told
year. Bill “As someone born poor on
a farm during the Depression,
I can confirm that when you
BBQ 18th March, Dot have nothing, a little goes a
Bennett Park long way to help. Those
neighbours and relatives who
The members of the helped our family of nine gave
Community / Vocational us support and
Service Committee will be Peter Nedley
encouragement. In essence
organising a BBQ at Dot this is our Foundation’s mission”.
Bennett Park on Sunday, 18th organisations can – into homes, Bill goes on to say, ”Another
March. It will be a social function into schools and into quote that impressed me from a
to allow members and families to communities, with the trust and Rotarian was ‘I joined Rotary for
get together, the members of our confidence of the people we serve. business and fellowship. I stayed
Interact Club and their families When we work for peace, we to change the world.”
will also be invited to join us, don’t do it by negotiating treaties RFC Bill continued on to say “If
along with residents from Access or demonstrating in the streets. you are one of this generation
Housing. Instead, we build peace by who has been blessed with
The Club has (still in boxes) a example – by working together success, then you can help by
wonderful marquee, BBQ, trestle and putting others’ needs above making resources available
tables (3), six chairs and a trailer, our own. We build peace by through the Rotary Foundation”.
which have all been purchased dealing with the problems that
from a Federal Govt. Volunteer disrupt people’s ability to live
Grant. It will be the christening of normal, peaceful lives – whether Presidential Citation
our new Club equipment. those problems are a lack of
Please put the date in your diary. water, or sanitation, or safe, For the Club to qualify this year
More information will be supplied affordable housing; whether they for a Presidential Citation, ALL
once the committee has met. stem from a shortage of members must make some kind of
education or health care, or a personal contribution to the
need to build productive and Rotary Foundation.
February is World positive connections between Contributions can be small or
Understanding Month communities. In everything we larger, depending of members
do we rely on our good name. circumstances. All contributions
Message from the RI President This is why all of us have a are to go through PRID Ken
“So much of what we do in responsibility to be sure that our Collins and are tax deductible.
Rotary to build peace depends on good name is indeed known. We All contributions must be
public awareness of who we are. need to not just work through received by the end of
Why have we been so successful Rotary, but to talk about Rotary February. Please treat this
in our work to eradicate polio? – letting the world know about matter as a priority as time is
Because Rotary is able to go the work we are doing, the running out.
where no government and few difference we are making, and
other non-governmental the benchmarks we are setting.
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3. Group Study Exchange
Team from D. 1880,
Germany
To date there has been a NIL
response in regard to members
taking the visiting Team to
Fremantle for the day on
Thursday, 5th April.
If just a couple of members should
volunteer to participate they
would enjoy the wonderful
experience of the value of the
Group Study Exchange Program.
Another of the Rotary
Foundation’s programs for
building goodwill and peace
between peoples of the world.
PRID Ken and Di will participate,
however, they have a long history
of involvement with this program,
and would like other members in
the Club to benefit from the Susan Carew, Elham Teimouri and Claudia Renner
firsthand experience. Our
members Warren Milner and all Primary School aged students.
She is also happy to run From the District
Claire and Daniel Forsdyke have
all been members of GSE Teams. workshops for Teachers from the Directory – Attendance
Please contact PRID Ken ASAP if Primary Schools so that they Requirements
you are prepared to share your obtain the best use from the
day on 5th April with our visitors microscopes. She may even be It is extremely important that
from Germany. able to assist with other Rotarians attend their Club’s
educational areas with the weekly meetings to show
microscopes, that of DVDs. commitment to the Club’s weekly
Assistance for Felix Carina and Deborah are setting up goals, to facilitate fellowship and
Schulze meetings. the dissemination of Club and
Rotary information.
The young German man, Felix Members should attend at least
Dummy Batteries for 50% of Club regular meetings in
Schulze has communicated his
acceptance of the Internship for 5-
Microscopes each half year to maintain active
6 months kindly offered to him membership of a Rotary Club. At
through VP Bill Hassell’s contact, To overcome the potential of least 30% of these attendances
Hon. Consul for Germany, blown globes in the Microscopes, should be at the member’s own
Torsten Ketelsen. Luke and Carina Marshall club. Attendance at Board or
Another example of how recommended the use of one other Club meetings can be
successfully things can work dummy battery with one other AA credited to meet attendance
through Rotary. Thanks Bill and battery of any kind. The batteries levels.
Hon. Consul. Torsten. are available for around $1.00 Absence from four consecutive
each (via a website) and schools meetings may initiate loss of
are advised to purchase these. membership.
Regional Centre of Another solution and activity that If prolonged absence is likely, for
Expertise WA can be undertaken by schools is to good and sufficient cause, leave of
make their own ‘dummy battery’ absence must be applied for in
Carina Marshall and Di Collins from cutting a piece of dowel and writing and the Club Board’s
met with Deborah Bowie, Project covering it in alfoil. Carina is approval obtained. Members on
Manager for the RC of EWA happy to create an activity sheet ‘Leave of Absence’ cannot be
‘Sense of Place’ Network Faculties on this. Also creates a mini credited on a Club’s monthly
of Science, UWA. science lesson for students at the Attendance Report (See article 9
Deborah is keen to work with the same time. of the Recommended Club
RCFB with the Microscopes Bylaws). ‘Excused Absence’ of a
project. Deborah offered to assist member may be approve by the
Carina with developing activities, Club Board in circumstanced
within the curriculum, for use for outlined in Article 8, Section 3, of
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4. the Standard Rotary Club the custom, Senior Rotary
Constitution, of the standard Leaders (Past RI Presidents,
Rotary Club Constitution, in Directors and PRIDs) were
which case the absence of the advised by the General
approved EXCUSED Secretary of RI of his passing
MEMBER is not computed in on 7th February, 2012
the attendance record.
Apologies must be
tendered if unable to First for Argentina
attend your club
meetings, particularly when Another snippet of Rotary
the meal costs are charged to history is that Celia Giay, wife
the club. of Past RI President Luis Giay,
Your attendance record can be who in 1996-97 gave the world
maintained by attending the the Theme ‘Build the
meeting of another Rotary Future with Action and
Club within two weeks before Vision’ has been selected as
or after the meeting missed. a Director of the Board of
Full details of attendance Rotary International for 2013-
requirements are contained in 15.
your Rotary Club’s A PDG of D. 4825, Argentina,
Constitution or in the Manual Celia will be the first spouse of
of Procedure. a Past RI President to serve on
the Board of Rotary
International.
District Directory
Every member has been given Update on Members
a copy of the current District
Directory. A number of members are
Please look at it regularly as it, away at present, most are
along with a lot of other travelling with their jobs.
material all our members have Leonie Still has had a brief
been presented with at their sojourn in St John of God
Induction into Rotary, is an Hospital. A speedy recovery
excellent source of to you Leonie and we look
information on Rotary’s forward to having you back at
requirements, projects, out meetings.
in October she would be happy to
programs plus contact details on
come along to the Club and tell us
members and clubs in the District.
her story of how the Rotary Youth Birthdays and
WA History of Early Exchange Program commenced. Anniversaries
As she says, she was the ‘Guinea
Rotary Programs
Pig’. She also still has one small Birthday wishes are sent to
banner from that Exchange which Zsuzsanna Hay and Alan Stewart
In 1961 Helen Shilkin was sent to
she would like to bring along to for 11th March.
Sycamore, Pennsylvania as the
the Club. Anniversaries will be celebrated
very first Rotary Exchange
Student, to see if the program by Ken and Di Collins on 13th and
would work. Her father, Nate Passing of PRIP Glenn Simone and Marcos Carot Collins
Shilkin, from the RC Fremantle on 17th March.
Estess Congratulations and happy days
was District Governor in 1967-68
and he sent out the very first GSE to all.
The Rotary International
Team from WA. Our member
President who lead the Rotary
Warren Milner was a member of
world in Rotary’s 100th year and
that Team.
gave us the theme ‘Celebrate
Helen set up a business in New
Rotary’ was Glenn (along with
York State, married an American,
his wife Mary) Estess. Glenn was
however is now widowed and
a quiet, caring man from the RC of
shares her time between the USA
Shades Valley, Alabama. As is
and WA. When she is back here
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5. Roster for Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for Month of February/March 2012
Date Program Duty Attendance Introduction Vote of Thanks
15th February Joe Porter Rex Evans Margaret Stuart Max Hipkins Toni James
16th February Board Meeting Clifford 88, Broadway Lower Level 5.00pm
Yudelman Broadway Fair
Dental Care Nedlands Shopping Centre
22nd February ‘Peacefull’ Max Hipkins Joyce Wong Lee Di Collins
message on World
Understanding
and Peace
23rd February Rotary’s 107th Birthday UNDERSTANDING & PEACE DAY
WORLD
29th February Club Jim Gould Debbie Cash Mignon Shardlow Paddy
Assembly/Forum Ramanathan
7th March Anuradha Koirala Ken & Di Ken Collins & Rob TBA TBA
Dinner 6.30pm Collins Pearce
14th March Vocational Visit to N/A Clifford Yudelman Graeme Prior Bill Hassell
Claremont
Museum – Dr Sue
Graham-Taylor
AM
18th March BBQ Dot Bennett
Park
NB: ‘Duty’ responsibility is to set up venue and to pack away venue after meeting.
Gordon Hay - Community/
Vocational Service Director Bill Hassell – Vice President
gordon.hay@dsd.wa.gov.au hassell@arach.net.au
Board Rotary 2011-12
Ken Collins – International Club Details
Bryant Stokes – President Service Director
bstokes@bigpond.net.au collinsk@bigpond.net.au The Rotary Club of Freshwater
Bay, Inc.
Di Collins – Secretary Hamish Mackie – New PO Box 168,
collinsd@bigpond.net.au Generations Director Nedlands,
hamish.mackie@optusnet.com.au Western Australia, 6909
Toni James – Treasurer
tonipjames@hotmail.com Meetings
Jim Gould – Membership
Gillian Yudelman –Club Service Director Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Director, President Elect james@bizsuccession.com.au Café, Bethesda Hospital
yudelman@westnet.com.au Queenslea Drive
Jenny Gill – Fundraising Director Claremont, 6010
jennypgill@gmail.com
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6. President-Bryant Stokes
E-mail
bstokes@bigpond.net.au
Mobile
0419 919 572
Bulletin Editor
Clifford Yudelman/Di Collins
Website
www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/freshw
aterbayrotary
Chartered 19 December
2008
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