District Governor

9465

2015/16

Melodie Kevan

Team 2015-16

President

Max Bird Secretary

Brian McCallum Treasurer

Bob Cooper

Attendance this week

Total Members 24

Apologies 4

Make-up 2

Attended 16

Honorary Member

LOA 3

Guests 6

Visitors 2

Partners 6

75.%

Facts & Figures

Raffle

Lee D & Sam W Bob C & Stephen C

Heads & Tails

Lee D & John W

Birthdays:

Stephen C 6th

Anniversary:

Norm & Karen 1st

Club Anniversary:

If you had any we hope

you had a good day

Meets Monday

6 for 6.30pm

At Rotary Hall

Brownell Crescent, Medina

Visitors always welcome

President Max

The Rotary Club of Kwinana Inc. District 9465 Western Australia Chartered: 22 April 1971

Coming Events April 2016 Water & Sanitation Month

April 2016 Mon 11th Club Meeting Ross Adam Yarloop bush fires Mon 18th Club Meeting Dave Beard Kwn/Rock SES Mon 25th No Meeting Anzac day May 2016 Mon 2nd Club Meeting ‘Daughters of Destiny’ Nicole Sun 8th Wellard Markets Mon 9 Club Meeting Kakoda Trail Stephen Castelli Mon 16 Club Meeting Recycle Bike Project Mon 18th Board Meeting Mon 23 Club Meeting Restaurant Meeting Marri Park Mon 30 Club Meeting Joint Peel Meeting Ocean Clipper Inn

Attendance Officer: Greg Williams 9419 5834

Apologies by Saturday pm please

Good meeting tonight, many guests and visitors.

Guest speaker was Morgan Gillham from Josh Byrne and Associates, the

company charged with putting together our $5 ml Adventure Playground.

Morgan gave us a very detailed look at how the project is starting to take shape.

Projection is it should be finished late 2016.

AG Barry Berger came along with PDG Liz Westoby who later encouraged our

club to follow up on the ‘Club Visioning’ we undertook some time ago. In fact

Liz says she will return in a few weeks to see what progress we have made.

We also welcomed along Peter and Lisa Fry from Autobahn Kwinana,

Paul Sutherland from Auto One, Rebecca Paice and Craig Standon from Sypher

Locksmiths, Hine Grey and Sam Winmar from Bendigo Bank, six of our partners

also attended. 29 in total.

PP Stephen Castelli reaches a significant milestone on the 6th

Happy 60th

Congratulations to Karen and Norm Mulchay, Silver Wedding Anniversary on

the 1st

No 32 4th April 2016

Bulletin

Rotary International President

K.R. (Ravi) Ravindran

Rotary Club of Colombo

Club President 2015/16 Max Bird

President’s Pen

4th

May 2016

President Report

1. A great time was held by all attending District Conference held in Bunbury, the conference was a

credit to DG Melodie and the great team behind her

2. All Service Managers have submitted their Budgets for the rotary year 2016/17 to the Project

Director, for Board approval and inclusion into the Club 2016/17 Budget. The next board

meeting 20th April will be held at john Iriks place and will be mainly devoted to the 2016/17

budget

3. Rotary Club of Kwinana attended the Foundation Seminar whilst in Bunbury renewing the clubs

ability to apply for future foundation grants, The MOU was signed and sent to foundation on the

26th March 2016

4. PP James Sharkey attended the district AGM at conference representing our club, I have not

heard anything from district so all must be good

5. Thanks to Bob Thompson we had a successful day Thursday 24th March @ Bunnings sausage

sizzle and raised a net profit of $474.44, A big Thanks to all the members and Partners that

attended, without them this is not possible

6. Lee Davis had the money the money Spinner at Motorplex and raised $12.55 on Saturday night

2nd

April 2016 Thanks Lee

7. The district Polio plus Movie night on the 13th April is fast approaching details in ClubRunner

and the invitation already sent to all, last time was a great night out

8. Palm Beach rotary clubs Gala Dinner and Auction will be held 30th April @ Garry Holland

Centre, please support them, we have 8 members and partners going and there are still some

tickets still left

International

The international Committee has carried out the following.

Our application for GG 1639026 has been authorized by the Dili Rotary club and our self’s

including both District Foundation Chairs authorizing their portions, now it’s up Foundation and

Rotary International

170 -180 Apple MacBook computers for Timor-Leste have been delivered to the warehouse for

shipping to Timor-Leste on the 9th April with an ETA in Dili of 1

st May 2016

A small team of Ted Evans & Max Bird will travel to Timor-Leste on the 8th May returning 25

th

May 2016 to scope future works and sign the water use agreements with Samalari and Gari-Uai

villagers, plus deliver the computers to Sol’s 24/7

A new Global grant will be applied for on our return to cover the village of Gari-Uai, this village

has a population of 4,500 people without potable water

Max Bird

Secretary: PP Brian McCallum

Nothing to report this week

Inward Correspondence

Outward Correspondence

Would members please note that any correspondence received or posted by yourself, please ensure a copy is forwarded to your Secretary.

Rtn Lee Davis, President Max Bird and Guest Speaker Morgan Gillham

Treasurer: PDG Bob Cooper

Bills paid, money in the bank

Club Service: PP Mike Nella

Please consider helping out with the bread project.

Bread is continuing to be picked up and distributed around Kwinana, please help out

with this worthy project if are able, please see Mike or Lorraine to be placed on their

roster.

Mike congratulated Lee Davis on her efforts in keeping our ‘guest speaker’ calendar

pretty much full.

Rotaract Club to be ‘Incorporated’ going very well, 2 new members and continuing to

be involved in a number of community projects.

It used to be only death and taxes were inevitable. Now, of course, there's shipping and handling, too.

Club Projects Director

PP Ian Critchley

PP Bob Thompson

Foundation Dir.

PP Genevieve Carr

Vocational

PDG John Iriks

Community

Project Director’s Report.

While Projects Director Ian C is away overseas, PDG John Iriks will

stand in and take over the role.

Joint Peel District Meeting at Ocean Clipper Inn on Monday May 30th

Anzac Day breakfast fast approaching, all hands will need to be on deck,

preparation on the 24th and an early start on the morning of the 25

th

Next Sausage Sizzle at Bunnings is on Sunday May 29th 2016

Material has been sourced for the installation of a plaque to be placed on

the Wildflower Reserve Tower to recognise the contribution of our late

and respected member Rodger Hamilton.

The next Wellard Village Markets to be held on Sunday 10h April

RC Palm Beach are holding a Gala Dinner and Auction on Saturday 30th

April at the Ocean Clipper Inn. $75 pp see flyer below.

Lorraine & Mike still looking for assistance with the bread project,

currently handling up to 700 loaves per week, we are able to help many

people in Kwinana.

Anyone able to help please see either Lorraine or Mike.

Neighbourhood Day was on the 3rd

April, Michael M had everything

organised except the locals to turn up, attendance although better than

last year was still rather disappointing. Indications were that the

promised letter-drop to the local area may not have taken place?

Michael wished to thank everyone who gave up their time last Sunday.

Lorraine L in touch with a couple of prospects from Gilmore College for

RYPEN.

Opportunities have become available to raise funds at the Motorplex by

having our money spinner there..

PP Ian C believes we should persevere with this opportunity.

Lee D took the money-spinner to the last meeting, slight improvement in

result.

Visit your club webpage.

http://www.clubrunner.ca/Portal/Home.aspx?accountid=8106

or type Kwinana Rotary Club into ‘Google’

Pres. Max Bird

International

Lorraine Lucas

Youth

PP Matt White

Membership

PP James Sharkey

Public Relations Dir.

Fine Session Sergeant: PP Stephen Castelli

Barry and James: Went along to a Seniors establishment and probably forgot they had been

there.

Max B: Belated fine by the Sergeant because Max left for a trip to Timor on Valentine’s Day.

Eagles and Dockers copped a fine tonight.

Max B: Fined again for the saga of the undercooked roast pork.

James: Out driving, had a ‘motorbike’ run into the back of his car!!!!

When James investigated the rider turned out to be rather large ‘bikie’

Liz W: Shirt of the week.

Bendigo Bank girls: Fined just for coming along.

Bevan P: Sitting as ‘thorn between 2 roses’

Max B: Forgot some important guests tonight.

Sam C: Arrived late to the meeting, didn’t bother to find his seat, straight out for dinner.

Michael M: The sergeant had to help him tuck in his shirt.

John W and Sam C: Not much changes, they still would like ‘hungry boards’ on their dinner

plates.

Polio This Week 30th

March 2016

There are two weeks to go until the globally synchronized switch from the

trivalent to bivalent oral polio vaccine.

Wild poliovirus type 1 and Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus cases

Total cases

Year-to-date 2016 Year-to-date 2015 Total in 2015

WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV WPV cVDPV

Globally 9 3 21 1 74 32

- in endemic countries 9 0 21 1 74 3

- in non-endemic

countries 0 3 0 0 0 29

This Week in History

1513: Florida, USA, is discovered and claimed for Spain by Juan Ponce de Leon.

1633: Bananas first arrive in Britain

1644: The English Parliament orders all maypoles in the country to be removed.

1710: The first copyright law is passed.

1811: Australia's first toll road opens.

1815: 92,000 people are killed as a result of the eruption of Mt Tambora, Indonesia.

1817: Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales (later Westpac) is established.

1829: William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, is born.

1835: Major Thomas Mitchell sets out on his second expedition, determined to discredit the discoveries

made by Sturt.

1846: The first payable gold discovery in South Australia, gives rise to the first Australian gold mine, five

years before the official discovery of gold in Australia at Bathurst.

1858: Big Ben, the bell in the Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, is cast.

1865: Ruthless bushranger, "Mad" Dan Morgan, is shot dead.

1895: Astronomer James Keeler proves that the rings of Saturn are made up of particles, not solid as

previously believed.

1895: Banjo Paterson's 'Waltzing Matilda' is first sung in public.

1896: After 1500 years of being banned, the first modern Olympic Games opens in Athens, Greece.

1903: Australian navy ship HMQS Gayundah, previously involved in a mutiny on the Brisbane River,

transmits the first wireless message received from a ship at sea to an Australian wireless station.

1912: The RMS Titanic departs on its maiden voyage.

1929: The only dam-burst in Australia's history to cause loss of life occurs in Tasmania.

1932: Australia's best-known racehorse, Phar Lap, dies under suspicious circumstances.

1968: African American civil rights activist, Martin Luther King, is assassinated.

1990: A fire breaks out aboard the ship, Scandinavian Star, killing 159.

1999: Two Libyans accused of bringing down Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie are

handed over for trial in the Netherlands.

2001: A Dutch lorry driver is jailed for his part in the deaths of 58 illegal Chinese immigrants.

2003: Iraqis and US troops pull down a massive statue of Saddam Hussein in a show of contempt for the

dictator.

2015: Australian cricket great, Richie Benaud, dies.

Guest Speaker: Morgan Gillham General Manager

Josh Byrne & Associates

Introduced by Lee Davis.

Morgan has been involved with various large commercial landscape firms where he has been

responsible for all facets of commercial landscape projects from design through to construction as

both an Operations Manager and Project Manager. With almost 20 years’ experience in the

landscape industry in Western Australia and having completed studies in agriculture and electrical

trades in his junior years, he has gained specialist expertise in irrigation, play spaces and community

spaces.

Morgan has a particularly strong interest in the promotion, encouragement and development of water,

power and cost efficient green developments throughout Western Australia; assisting regional

communities with training for the long term benefits of those communities; and the building of

sound, appropriate infrastructure that will support and promote the development of communities well

into the future.

Josh Byrne & Associates’ (JBA) team members Josh Byrne &

Morgan Gillham were on site for the ‘Turning of the Sod’ that officially

announced the commencement of works on the Kwinana Adventure

Playground.

The $5.2 million adventure playground project is due for completion in

late 2016 and will be a go-to destination for the south-metropolitan

region that features a wide variety or universally accessible play and recreational areas. The Kwinana

Rotary Club driven initiative includes funding from federal and local government.

The JBA design team assisted by Jeavons Landscape Architects, Civil Engineers – Tabec, Electrical

Engineers – Best Consultants, Traffic Engineers – DVC and expert arborists from the Arbor Centre

have been working closely with Dana Eidsvold from the City of Kwinana to design a unique facility

that utilises many of the original concept ideas developed by Fiona Robbé from Architects of

Arcadia. Fiona and her team conducted the initial community consultation with feedback forming

the basis of the original concepts.

JBA are now working as the superintendents with the Head Contractor – Environmental Industries to

deliver a project that integrates with the topography and natural features of the existing site. This

design approach reduces the need for tree clearing and opens up opportunities for natural shade.

Hundreds of salvaged Jarrah poles and large Tuart & Marri logs from local land clearing that would

normally have been mulched are going to be used within the project, which is in line with JBA’s

strong environmental design policies.

The Kwinana Adventure Playground will feature a main play structure that winds its way up and

amongst the existing large Jarrah and Marri trees that are a feature of the site. The facility also

includes a toddler area for younger children, a splash pad with universally accessible shower, toilet

and changing rooms, as well as a hireable entertainment facility currently known as ‘The Hub’. The

extensive playspace will include climbing structures, flying fox, musical instruments, slides and a

wide variety of other play elements for all ages and abilities.

As well as acting as the co-landscape architects for this project JBA conducted storm water

infiltration analysis. This work increased JBA’s understanding of the site and strengthens the overall

project design.

Thanks provided by PDG John Iriks

Meeting Monday 4th April 2016

Makeup opportunities

Rockingham: Monday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn

Palm beach: Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Ocean Clipper Inn

Cockburn Thursday 7.15am for 7.30 Cockburn Seniors Centre

Fremantle Wednesday 6pm for 6.30 Villa Roma 12 High Street Fremantle

Byford & Districts Monday 6.15pm for 6.45 Byford Tavern, South W Hwy

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