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In Gear ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 29 18 February 2019 Next Meetings THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY SPEAKER: DAVID HONE TOPIC: THE CONVICT SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES. CHAIR: RICHARD JONES AV :: DAVID LEA CASH DESK: KERRIE GEARD AND ONE OTHER THURSDAY 28 FEBRUARY SPEAKER: TAYLAH BLITHE TOPIC: ROTARACT OF MONASH CHAIR: MARY CUNNINGTON AV: KEN MIRAMS CASH DESK: CHARMAINE JANSZ & ROBERT MCARTHUR THURSDAY 7 MARCH FELLOWSHIP THURSDAY 14 MARCH SPEAKER: TREVOR MCCANN TOPIC; CENTURY 21 CHAIR: MEGAN GLENWRIGHT AV: JAMES GLENWRIGHT CASH DESK: TONY PHILLIPS & DAVID RUSHWORTH 2018—2019 Serving the Community since 1985 President’s Report We had the opportunity to be inspired, connected and trans- formed at the Rotary conference held in the amazing space at the Melbourne Convention Centre on the weekend. Thanks to On to Conference coordinator Chris D’Arcy, and Shirley Mirams and Megan for our costumes. See Trish and David’s detailed report on a following pages. Last Thursday night, Adrian entertained a record attendance of 51 members partners and guests with a Valentine’s Day Quiz. The roses and chocolates gave the night a special touch, tanks to Kerrie. Rani Kulkarni has been admitted into the Columbia University Master of Law Program and is seeking a Rotary Foundation Scholarship. See Rani’s presentation on a follow- ing page. We will be meeting at Victoria Golf Club this Thursday night. Speaker: David Hone on the Convict Society and its enemies. David will explode some of the many myths about our early convict past. Many of us have some convict DNA. Contents 1 Presidents Report 2 Notices 3 Club Sponsors 4 This Week’s Speakers 5 Valentine Family Feud Photo 6/9 Conference Summary & Photos 10 Club Structure / Photo of Week Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

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In Gear R O T A R Y C L U B O F B E A U M A R I S W E E K L Y B U L L E T I N Number 29 18 February 2019

Next Meetings

THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY SPEAKER: DAVID HONE

TOPIC: THE CONVICT SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES. CHAIR: RICHARD JONES

AV :: DAVID LEA CASH DESK: KERRIE GEARD AND ONE OTHER

THURSDAY 28 FEBRUARY SPEAKER: TAYLAH BLITHE

TOPIC: ROTARACT OF MONASH CHAIR: MARY CUNNINGTON

AV: KEN MIRAMS CASH DESK: CHARMAINE JANSZ & ROBERT MCARTHUR

THURSDAY 7 MARCH

FELLOWSHIP

THURSDAY 14 MARCH SPEAKER: TREVOR MCCANN

TOPIC; CENTURY 21 CHAIR: MEGAN GLENWRIGHT AV: JAMES GLENWRIGHT

CASH DESK: TONY PHILLIPS & DAVID RUSHWORTH

2018—2019

Serving the Community since 1985

President’s Report

We had the opportunity to be inspired, connected and trans-formed at the Rotary conference held in the amazing space at the Melbourne Convention Centre on the weekend. Thanks to On to Conference coordinator Chris D’Arcy, and Shirley Mirams and Megan for our costumes. See Trish and David’s

detailed report on a following pages.

Last Thursday night, Adrian entertained a record attendance of 51 members partners and guests with a Valentine’s Day Quiz. The roses and chocolates gave the night a special touch, tanks to Kerrie. Rani Kulkarni has been admitted into the Columbia University Master of Law Program and is seeking a Rotary Foundation Scholarship. See Rani’s presentation on a follow-

ing page.

We will be meeting at Victoria Golf Club this Thursday night.

Speaker: David Hone on the Convict Society and its enemies.

David will explode some of the many myths about our early

convict past. Many of us have some convict DNA. Contents

1 Presidents Report 2 Notices 3 Club Sponsors 4 This Week’s Speakers 5 Valentine Family Feud Photo 6/9 Conference Summary & Photos 10 Club Structure / Photo of Week

Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

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This Week’s Speaker: Rani Kulkarni

Topic: Health Law Career

I have lived in Beaumaris for 21 years and am currently a lawyer practicing in medical negligence litigation at K&L Gates. I was recently admitted to the Columbia University Masters of Law program. Columbia is an Ivy league school in New York with unparalleled health law offerings. I am very excited by this opportunity, in par-ticular, the ability to study health law in the U.S. where healthcare constitutes more than one sixth of the U.S.

economy.

My interest in health law began in my childhood when my grandpa had disc surgery on his back causing him

to become quadriplegic. Everyone told us to sue the doc-tor but my grandma couldn't bear the stress of litiga-tion. This experience opened my eyes to the complex relationship between medicine and the law. It also made me realise how privileged we are to live in a country where the fundamental rights to receive medical care and

seek remedies through the legal system are enshrined.

After graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours), I complet-ed my graduate year at Herbert Smith Freehills and later served as a law clerk to Justice Forrest at the Supreme

Court of Victoria.

One of the most rewarding aspects of my current role at K&L Gates has been my pro bono work. Recently, I acted for a refugee child and his family securing their safe transfer from Nauru to ensure that they received urgent

medical attention in Australia.

After graduating from Columbia University, my aim is to become an excellent health law advocate and to work towards implementing the reforms necessary to address

the racial and socio-economic disparities in health care.

I am particularly passionate about women's mental health, maternal health and the prevention of communica-ble diseases in developing countries. I believe that my goals ultimately align with two of the Rotary areas of fo-

cus being disease prevention and maternal health.

I was honoured to be included in the special Rotary Val-entines Day event as it was an absolute pleasure to meet everyone. I hope to stay in touch and keep Beaumaris

Rotary updated on my exciting adventure ahead!

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Top Left: Family Feud Master of Ceremonies Adrian prepar-ing to launch the show. Top Right: Team Captains poised to answer the first ques-tion. Middle: The two teams wait in anticipation. Bottom: Winners are grinners!

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Multi District Conference Report

Friday, First Day

The Rotary Peace Building Conference

This was outstanding. There were four speakers of par-

ticular note.

Steve Killelea AM, from the Institute for Economics and Peace spoke on the economic value of peace. The IEP is dedicated to developing metrics to analyse peace and to quantify its economic value. The IEP takes a statistical approach to find out what creates

peace.

Dr Tilman Ruff AM, Nobel Peace Laureate, spoke on Nuclear Disarmament. Dr. Ruff is the first Monash Alumnus to be a Nobel Laureate, he founded the Inter-national Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). He received a standing ovation from the at-tendees for his talk. The work of Dr. Ruff and ICAN lead to a treaty endorsed by many nations. Shamefully

our government is in strong opposition to this treaty.

Commander Stuart Bateson, VICPOL spoke on “What it means to be a Peace Fellow” and the impact of the Rotary Peace Scholarship on Policing in Victoria. Commander Bateson made very clear that Peace Stud-ies he undertook made a tremendous difference to him and the Victorian Police. Eight other Victorian Police

have now done Peace Studies supported by Rotary.

Dr.Edna Adan Ismail‘s presentation on her reasons for establishing a hospital in Somaliland after a devas-tating civil war was impactful, everyone listened with focussed attention. I will never forget the detail of her description of how children were used as mobile blood banks by Marxist soldiers, and how after such horrors

she was driven to do something positive.

In addition :

The CEO of UNICEF Australia talked about UNICEF partnering with Rotary to deliver vaccines in the Pacific. He also noted that the only people who get in faster

than UNICEF, post disaster, are the Human Traffickers.

The World of Difference Tours and its community de-velopment work was outlined, this seems very worth-

while.

For me this was the best day of the Conference, I would recommend that you google any of these pre-

senters or projects, they were outstanding.

Trish Smyth

Saturday, Second Day

Official Opening: Lord Mayor Sally Capp, Homeless-ness in Melbourne. Spoke on how the City Council was working with the homeless and a range of partners to deliver properly targeted services. Well delivered, in-formative and impressive. RI Presidents Representative, Dr Stephanie Urchick, having endured many cliched talks from less than impres-sive RIPR in the past Stephanie was a breath of fresh air. Her talk was centred on her own personal Rotary journey and illustrated with stories of various projects , large and small and delivered in a very natural and easy style. She was PRIP Ian Riseley’s personal pick. It was easy to see why. Entertainment: The Greatest Showman, song backed by Circus Oz performers. Spectacular BUSYFEET, is a dance and movement activity for chil-dren with intellectual and physical disabilities, aged 6 to16 years. The participants will experience happiness, and develop more self confidence, through the movement of dance. Performed by the clients. Project of The Rota-ry Club of Chadstone / East Malvern. Brittany Arthur, Connecting Rotary with Alumni and Youth. Brittany’s message was to sell Rotary as The place to Be for younger people and to highlight the bene-fits of membership: Working with a Mentor Project Based Engagement Professional & Personal Collaboration & Team Dynamics Interesting message well presented. John Soe, Polio, Rotary and Me, One of the highlights. Contracted polio as a young child in Indonesia and was abandoned by his family in an orphanage. He considered himself a non person. Was discovered many years later by a Singaporean Rotarian who arranged for medical, educational and humanitarian interventions which trans-formed his life. He went on to become successful busi-ness man and later joined Rotary to honour the man who had transformed his life. His story and approach to life was inspiring. Dr Edna Adan Ismail, Maternal Health in Somaliland, covered her life’s journey from President’s wife to her retirement passion of single minded determination to de-velop a maternity hospital and midwifery teaching hospi-tal.. An inspiring story of one persons refusal to let any-

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thing stop them achieve their goal. Her determination illustrated by her refusal to acknowledged the MC’s repeated attempts to limit her talk within the allotted time! Grace Forrest: Human Slavery in Our Region. Excel-lent presentation combining statistics and stories to paint the picture of modern day slavery in all its dimen-sions. A well constructed talk from a very impressive young woman. Grace is co-founder of the Walk Free Foundation. Walk Free is a global organisation with a mission to end modern slavery in our generation. Jason Ball, Free to Be Me, Jason gave an excellent talk about his journey as a gay AFL suburban football-er, his acceptance by his team mates, the development of the first Pride Cup and subsequent extension to oth-er rural centres and the AFL. Sheree Marris, Diversity in an Underwater World, an entertaining talk on the extent of marine diversity around Melbourne. Panel Discussion, Rotary’s Response to Our Changing World, interesting use of technology to ob-tain audience questions but nothing special came out of discussion. Break Out, Bernadette Schwerdt, Telling Your Rota-ry Story in Pictures, interesting hints on how to write compelling stories from an experienced copywriter. Will try and get details of presentation material.

Sunday, Third Day District 9810 Ian Riseley, PRIP, interesting talk about his time as RI President, focussed on his efforts to place more wom-en in senior positions within RI. Amanda Green, Culture Change Richmond Football Club. Spoke about her four years working to complete-ly change the culture at the Richmond Football Club to one of that embraced openness, diversity and inclu-sion. Shia Smart, DGE, announced the 2020 District 9810 Confrence will be held in Echuca Moama on 21/22 March. Possibly the last standalone District Confer-ence” “

Heidi Michael, Human Centred Needs Analysis, From Engineers Without Borders. Talked about how to ensure projects were developed with community input to ensure effectiveness and sustainability.

Christine Nixon, Leadership in a Male Environment, spoke about her experiences as a women in the NSW and Victorian police forces. More about anecdotes than strategic but broadly interesting. Entertainment, Marina Prior, Outstanding

Overview: This was the first multidistrict conference. It was well run. While the speakers were not necessarily high profile they were generally of higher quality than normal district con-ferences. Entertainment was of a higher standard. It certainly provides a greater showcase of Rotary activities. David Lea See more photos on next pages.

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RCOB Club Structure 2018 – 2019 RCOB Board Club Service & Administration President Heather Chisholm Almoners Jan Cooper/Roy Downes Secretary Roy Seager Archivist TBA Treasurer Lynda Doutch Arts Community Liaison Max Darby President Elect David Hone Assistant Treasurer James Glenwright Past President Chris D’Arcy Attendance & Dining David Hone Community Chris Werner Auditor Tony Phillips International John Sime Club Photographer Max Darby Youth Chris Martin Club Protection Officer Ken Mirams

Communications David Lea/Adrian Culshaw

Community – Chris Werner Chair Fellowship & Vocational Trish/Kerrie/Mary Cunnington John Beaty Adrian Culshaw Foundation John Beaty Mary Cunnington Max Darby Light Bulb Moment Martin Fothergill Roy Downes Martin Fothergill Marketing & PR Peter Flude/Greg Every Kerrie Geard Chris Mara Membership Tony Phillips/Megan Glenwright Tony Phillips Mary Sealy On to Conference Chris D’Arcy Program Kerrie Geard/Adrian Culshaw

International – John Sime Chair Social Media Adrian Culshaw/Mary Sealy Fred Hofmann John Manks

Ken Mirams Robert McArthur Bayside Charity Golf Day - Martin Fothergill Chair Ross Phillips Clem Quick Peter Flude James Glenwright Richard Potter Richard Jones Jim O’Brien

Youth – Chris Martin Chair Tony Phillips Lynda Doutch Jan Cooper Bridget Hage

Lois Lindsay Tony McKenna District Service – Trish Smyth Chair Antony Nixon David Rushworth District Compliance Officer Ken Mirams Malcolm Sawle Vivienne Zoppolato District Membership Trish Smyth

Indigenous – David Hone Chair Farmers Market – Bridget Hage Co-ordinator Adrian Culshaw Lynda Doutch Greg Every Peter Flude Martin Fothergill Chris Mara Wolf Fritze Charmaine Jansz Robert McArthur (Trachoma) Chris Mara Ken Mirams Geoff Stringer Vivienne Zoppolato

BEAK TO BEAK Three puffins share a moment as they touch beaks and look into each others eyes. The birds come to the Far-ne Islands, UK, every spring to breed and raise their young. PHOTOGRAPH BY ISABELLA CHOWRA, NA-TIONAL GEO-GRAPHIC YOUR SHOT