The bulletin provides updates on the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay's activities including a letter from the club president on recent projects in Nepal and Cambodia, the election of the board for the next Rotary year, and details on the club's Christmas function and birthday dinner. It also previews upcoming speakers and provides information on the club's various committees and directors.

1. New Horizons
The Official Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 ! District 9450! ABN: 99 602 195 617
Volume 2, Issue 23 7th - 13th December 2009
Letter From the Club Magnifying Bannerettes AGM & Board Election Christmas Function Rotary Foundation
President Microscopes The Bannerettes have Being held on Details of the club’s Thought of the Week
A roundup of the clubs The latest news on the arrived. Thursday 10th Christmas Function. This week’s thought is
activities. project. Page 2 December. Have you booked? about the programs of
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Foundation.
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Debbie Cash who is working Academy’ which will later be for the less privileged
Letter From the with the Pilgrimage of Hope replaced by new building. children in Kathmandu.
as a volunteer. James and Working with the RC of Debbie will oversee the
Club President Debbie told us a little of the Kathmandu in Nepal and the project in our Club and we
project they are working RC of Freshwater Bay and look forward to her induction
Dear Fellow Rotarians, with, and with which our using Rotary Australia in the next week or so.
club will become involved in World Community Service
Prof. Bryant Stokes AM Nepal. Andrew Forest is Ltd to list the project and It was also a pleasure to
provided us with an funding a school in Nepal, process the funds tax welcome Tony Munday to
interesting account of time in commencing with an existing deductibly will result in our meeting. Tony is
South Perth during and post building ‘The Angel wonderful things happening involved with another Angel
World War II, his period in project, the ‘Cambodia Tooth
Adelaide studying medicine Angel Project’. Tony is
(with Ken in the same year), looking for a Toyota Coaster
going on to study at the bus which will assist the
Mayo Clinic in Rochester work of bringing medical and
then onto Switzerland and dental treatment to orphans
the UK before returning to and needy rural poor. Ken
WA. He also told us of his has communicated with a
time in Vietnam during the Past Director friend in Japan
terrible days of the war, the who manufactures paint for
training of neurosurgeons, Japanese vehicles to see if he
mainly from the Asian area, can assist with this project.
his work in the Health
Department and his interest For a new club we really do
in ‘human error’ and the have many worthwhile and
plight of our indigenous. The exciting projects in hand.
‘Life and Times’ of our Imagine what we’ll be able to
members are extremely accomplish when we are
enlightening and we are more established and have
privileged to have Bryant, a some funds behind us. Our
very eminent neurosurgeon Club Foundation is slowly
amongst us and we thank proceeding and once this is in
you Bryant for all you have place we are hopeful of
done through your attracting donations that will
profession to advance assist us in our mission of
medicine and benefit creating a better world.
mankind.
Next week is our AGM and
It was also a joy to have Br. election of the Board for
James back from his 2010-11.
Pilgrimage of Hope work and
travels. James has brought us Yours in Rotary Service,
a new member in Di Collins
Educational Psychologist Charter President
Professor Bryant Stokes
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or Di and email to indicate
your interest.
New Rotary
Club
Advice has been received
from DG Geoff Simpson that
a new breakfast club is in the
pipeline. It is to be called the
RC of Crawley, will meet for
breakfast at the UWA Club of
a Thursday morning and like
us plan to break with a
number of old traditions and
modernise their approach to
Rotary. They are aiming at a
membership mainly between
25-45 drawn predominantly
from the University.
Christmas
Function
L-R: Brother James, Debbie Cash, Professor Bryant Stokes, Toni James
Numbers for this event are
required (and payment) by
enjoy being part of the
Magnifying International aspect of Chris Winger Monday, 14th December. A
number of members are
Rotary.
Microscopes from RC traveling hence are unable to
be with us, however,
Due to the heavy AGM and Sacramento PLEASE register,
spouses and friends as we
bring
commitments of WA Chief
Scientist Lyn Beazley, the Election of Chris, who is the person
have a first rate speaker and
performer plus Helen
launch of this project has responsible for initiating our
been postponed until the 2010-11 Board Rotary Foundation Matching
Edmonds has kindly agreed
to accompany Richard on her
beginning of the new school Grant with Manna Industries keyboard. It will be a great
year. Teachers Manuals are Thursday, 10th December is is visiting her mother in night but we do need a huge
underway and the the day members elect the Perth. Chris will address the effort by members to attend
microscopes are being Board for the following club on Thursday and after to make it successful.
engraved with the Rotary Rotary year. At present we the meeting a casual meal is
emblem and the schools are have nominations to cover all planned with Ken, Di, Rob
all in place. These being Mt but the Secretarial position. and Rhonda and any other
Claremont, Claremont, North Daniel is doing a magnificent members who would like to
Cottesloe and Lesmurdie. job with the Bulletin and is come along. Please drop Ken
prepared to continue with
this vital job, however wishes
Bannerettes to relinquish Secretary. If
Club bannerettes which were
there is anyone in the club
prepared to take on this role,
Club Birthday & Christmas Dinner
manufactured in Bali are please contact Pres. Di or PE
now with us. They are Simone. Thursday, 17th December, 2009
somewhat ‘Indian’ and
‘glitzy’, however have been 6:30pm for 7:00pm at the Nedlands Gold Club, Melvista Ave,
made a little less so with Speedy Nedlands.
removing a very long fringe
and leaving the braiding. Recovery Sue Cost is $45.00 per person for a three course traditional
Any travellers, please take Christmas dinner (Vegetarian alternative available)
banners with you so that you Sue Hassell has been unwell,
can present a banner to a however is on the road to Speaker: WA Chief Scientist Lyn Beazley
club when visiting. It is a recovery. We all wish you a
wonderful experience to do speedy recovery Sue. Entertainment: Richard Symons
‘make-ups’ when you travel,
so please build these into
your travel plans as you’ll
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3. N E W H O R I Z O N S
brick and stone. If we work of the Foundation and
The Rotary upon marble, it will perish; if Rotarians should be proud to
Foundation we work on brass, time will
efface it....but if we work
yell it from the roof tops. We
will eradicate polio, hunger
upon immortal minds, if we and poverty. We will help the
Week 23: This week’s Rotary imbue them with the full world find peace.
Foundation Thought is about meaning of the spirit of
the Programs of The Rotary Rotary, we are engraving on By supporting the Rotary
Foundation. those tablets something that Foundation with an annual
will brighten all eternity. " gift you help build these
When the Foundation’s immortal monuments of
founder Arch C Klumph said: The Educational, Rotary.
“The Rotary Foundation is Humanitarian and PolioPlus
not to build monuments of Programs are the monuments
Program for December
Introduction
Date Details
Date Name
10th December AGM & Board Election
10th December Andrea Hayward Rob Rohrlach - Life & Times
17th December Margaret Stuart 17th December Club Birthday & Christmas Dinner -
Nedlands Gold Club - Speaker: Lyn
Vote of Thanks Beazley
Date Name
10th December Ken Collins
17th December Bryant Stokes
Welcoming Roster Board Club Details
Rotary Year 2009-10
Date Name Di Collins — President Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Inc.
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au PO Box 168,
Nedlands,
10th December Elizabeth Bain Ken Collins — Vice President / Western Australia, 6909
Membership Director
17th December Simone Carot Collins vicepresident@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Meetings
membership@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Thursday 5:45pm to 6:45pm
Cafe, Bethesda Hospital
Simone Carot Collins — President Elect / Queenslea Drive
Club Administration Director
Claremont
presidentelect@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
clubadmin@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au Email
president@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
Rajah Senitharajah — Treasurer Phone
treasurer@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au 08 9385 0471
Fax
Bulletin Contributions Daniel Forsdyke — Secretary
secretary@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
08 9385 0472
Website
Contributions for the weekly bulletin are Rob Rohrlach — Projects Director
www.rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
sought from members of the club. projects@rotaryfreshwaterbay.org.au
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Claire Forsdyke — International Director
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event. Toni James — PR & Marketing
Committee Director Chartered 19 December 2008
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