The document summarizes activities of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay, including: 1) A guest speaker, Dr. Bernard Bowen, provided insight into the vast Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project and nominations were confirmed for club board positions for the upcoming year. 2) Fundraising efforts by club member Calum Foulner through his charity Upside were discussed, which helps rural communities in Nepal through a boarding house and planned orchard/coffee plantation. 3) An update was provided on knitted toy distribution efforts as well as a request from the MS Society of Western Australia for assistance supporting a family new to the area dealing with MS.

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 24 18th – 24th December 2011
industrial partners in the areas of
15 December Guest computing, communications and
Speaker -Dr Bernard radio frequency. The SKA project,
Bowen he said, would open up The nominations for
opportunities in science, Board Members for the
The highly-awarded speaker for technology, engineering and 2012/2013 year
this week’s meeting of the Rotary education. It would help drive
Club Freshwater Bay, Dr Bernard innovation in green energy, data On the 14 December 2011 the
Bowen, provided Rotarians with a processing, communications and nominations for the RCFB were
valuable insight into the vast systems engineering. confirmed The positions are as
magnitude of the Square Kilometre follows:
Array project. Dr Bowen is the Chair of the President: Gillian Yudelman
International Centre of Radio Secretary: Di Collins
The SKA will be the largest radio Astronomy Research – a Treasurer: Toni James
telescope ever built and scientists collaboration between Curtin Community/Vocational
around the world are anxiously University and The University of Director: Gordon Hay
waiting to find out on February 7, Western Australia. He was International Service Director:
2012 if Boolardy Station in the inducted into the WA Science Hall Clifford Yudelman
Murchison will be chosen as the of Fame last week. There are only Membership Director: Ken
key site for the observatory. two other scientists that have Collins
received the honour - Professor PR and Fundraising:
Boolardy Station, now more Fiona Stanley, inducted in 2010 for Vanessa Wood
commonly known internationally her lifelong work in medical Bulletin: Pam Reynolds
as the Murchison Radioastronomy research, and Professor Barry
Observatory, has only one other Marshall, inducted in 2007 for his Also, an automatic position is that
competitor – a site in South Africa. Nobel Prize winning cure for the immediate Past President
peptic ulcers. (Bryant Stokes) will remain on the
Dr Bowen said that the winning Board and will fill the role of VP.
site would attract a dramatic surge If you would like to find out more The only position vacant at this
in international researchers and about the SKA project, visit the time is the Club Service
website at www.ska.gov.au. Director/President Elect for
2013/2014 which the Board will
address early in 2012.
Upside is new Direction
for Calum’s NGO
If you haven’t seen the article in
the Western Suburbs Weekly last
week, Calum Foulner is continuing
his good works seeking support for
Upside, a charity program which
helps rural communities in Nepal.
Since Calum began his fundraising
to build a boarding house for
children in Nepal under the CMF
Project banner in 2008, he has
raised$100,000, built the boarding
Dr Bernard Bowen
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2. house, is establishing an apple slow down for a couple of months. MS is a disease that affects the
20 units have just gone off for the central nervous system and can, to
our schools in Northam, a set of 30 varying degrees, interfere with the
units are ready for mailing to transmission of nerve impulses
Tweed Heads in NSW, 25 have throughout the brain, spinal cord
been mailed to Albany with a and optic nerves, MS has been
further set ready for collection for perplexing medical science since
Dunsborough PS, sponsored by the 1968.
RC Busselton- Geographe Bay. A
few schools are still waiting for Marcus Stafford, CEO of the MS
sponsoring Rotary Clubs to Society of Western Australia has
respond to their requests for units; written to the RCFB requesting
however, the vast majority have some assistance for a special
now been filled. family needing some Christmas
cheer this year. Leah is a 47 year
old mother of 3 children; a 12 year
Knitted Toys for old girl and 2 boys aged 11 and 9.
Cambodia Leah was diagnosed with MS in
1993. Moving to Perth this past
Margaret Brawley, an October, Leah and her family had
accomplished knitter who has previously been living in ACT.
provided us with beautiful knitted Following a recent
increase in the severity of
the disease Leah now uses
President Elect Gillain Yudelman a wheelchair and needs
assistance with personal
orchard and has plans for a care. Leah’s husband is a
coffee plantation to fund self employed tiler but
medical facilities for a work and money is very
community. A Rotary tight. They have no other
Australia World community family in WA to offer any
Service (RAWCS) listing has support. The house is
been applied for Calum’s poorly accessible; an OT
project and Debbie Cash has assessment and referral for
volunteered to be the liaison modifications underway.
form the Club for Calum. The family is without
many of the simple
necessities. The MS
Calum Foulner Society is very keen to help
North Cottesloe toys for children, has given the this young family and
Primary School Club a further 80 charming and while staff is seeking a donation of
creative creations of various furniture and some gifts for the
The young boy whom the RCFB shapes, sizes and colours. parents and a Christmas tree is
gave a small contribution to assist being donated, the family is still in
with providing lunches and They will be delivered to the need of much more and has asked
stationery for North Cottesloe Awareness Cambodia office this the RCFB to assist. At the 15
students who are in ‘necessitous week, after which Dr Gary Hewitt December meeting the members of
circumstances’ has been presented and his wife Kim will take with the RCFB agreed to provide $200
with a book for Christmas. The them when they return to to Leah and her
Nedlands Councillors each Cambodia. The toys will be family to assist with their needs. It
contributed a book for a distributed to the beautiful is our wish that their Christmas
disadvantaged child as a part of children they work with who are can be just a bit brighter.
their annual Christmas function. crippled by endemic poverty and
Also, fruit mince pies for the victims of ongoing exploitation
function were purchased from the Upcoming Events:
Red Kite Committee who raise
funds to assist families with Multiple Sclerosis takes Christmas Break
children with cancer. its toll There will be no meeting of the
RCFB on Wed 21 December. This
It is estimated that 21,000 meeting will be replaced by the
Microscopes Project Australians have Multiple Christmas Function on Thurs, 22
Sclerosis. December at Nedlands Golf Club.
With the schools now on holidays The RCFB will be in recess until
until next year, this project will
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3. meetings recommence on Wed, 18 036034 A/c No. 304015. Please
2011 identify amount with your name
and function. A very happy December
Alternatively, a cheque can be birthday
Christmas/Birthday mailed to Sec. Di Collins 1 New
Court Green, Mt Claremont. Guest Gillian Yudelman (22nd),
·Thurs,22 December 2011 speaker for the evening will be Marcos Carot Collins(23rd),
Nedlands Golf Club – MelVista Faith Richardson (nee) Clayton, Eddy Pope (30th)
Ave Nedlands 6:30pm for 7:00 pm one of WA’s most cherished
Dinner $50 per person for 3 course performers with numerous film,
meal with bar service available· television and stage credits
Payment is requested in advance “Christmas Thoughts from Home
Westpac Operating A/c BSB and Abroad”.
Directors Wilma McBain & Jenny Gill with Pres. Bryant Stokes
Warren Milner, Mignon Shardlow and her son
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4. Roster for Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for Month of Oct / Nov 2011
Date Program Duty Attendance Introduction Vote of Thanks
22nd Faith Rex Evans Jim Gould Bill Hassell Sue Hassell
December Richardson
CHRISTMAS NEW YEAR BREAK
18th January MEETINGS RESUME
19th January BOARD MEETING 5.30PM VENUE TBA
NB: ‘Duty’ responsibility is to set up venue and to pack away venue after meeting.
Board Rotary 2011-12
Jim Gould – Membership President-Bryant Stokes
Bryant Stokes – President Director E-mail
bstokes@bigpond.net.au james@bizsuccession.com.au bstokes@bigpond.net.au
Mobile
Di Collins – Secretary Jenny Gill – Fundraising Director 0419 919 572
collinsd@bigpond.net.au jennypgill@gmail.com
Toni James – Treasurer Bill Hassell – Vice President Bulletin Editor
tonipjames@hotmail.com hassell@arach.net.au Clifford Yudelman/Di Collins
Rex Evans –Club Service Director, Club Details Website
President Elect
revans@powerplus.net.au The Rotary Club of Freshwater www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Bay, Inc.
Gordon Hay - Community/ PO Box 168, Facebook
Vocational Service Director Nedlands,
gordon.hay@dsd.wa.gov.au Western Australia, 6909 http://www.facebook.com/freshw
aterbayrotary
Ken Collins – International Meetings
Service Director
collinsk@bigpond.net.au Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Café, Bethesda Hospital
Hamish Mackie – New Queenslea Drive
Claremont, 6010 Chartered 19 December
Generations Director
hamish.mackie@optusnet.com.au 2008
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