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2014—2015

Serving the Community since 1985

Presidents Report I can hardly believe it is February already. Pos-sibly it is the fact we are so busy, and time is fly-ing by. In the remaining months we have our normal meetings, Mirboo North Golf, fellowship events, Day on Oak Street, ANZAC 100th at RSL, Royal Melbourne Golf Day, Conference, our Farmers Market starting, Cluster events, Rotary Day and not forgetting Changeover Night. Once again Richard’s secret supply of guest speak-ers produced a winner. Geoff Bransbury’s talk was not only interesting but informative and with a good dose of humour. My geography knowledge was updated when I realised where Vladivostok is but also how far it is from London, and I applaud Geoff for his courage to tackle a solo motorbike ride be-tween the two. It was also good to hear from Anna O’Connell from the Cheltenham Community Centre, about how our donation enabled them to reach out to so many young children. We need to invite more organisa-tions we have helped back to talk to us so all our members understand the value we are bringing to our community. Following on from Imam Janud’s talk to us, seven disciples from Beaumaris (Mank’s Mirams’, Jones’ and Geoff) accepted the offer to attend the Ahmad-iyya Muslim Community Australia Day celebrations. We were joined by many from the Muslim Associa-tion, Mayors, Politicians, Police, Interfaith Groups and community. What a great night with informa-tive talks, great food and an opportunity to learn. They really do give back to the community by sup-porting; just to name a few, Red Cross, Children’s Hospital, Clean Up Australia, Organ Donation, Guide Dogs. Along with this, the message “Love

Contents

1 Presidents Report 2 Notices 3/5 This Week’s Speaker 6 100th Anniversary ANZAC Function 7 Fellowship Night 8/10 GLOW4GOOD 11 Conference 12 Ricketts Point Fossil Event 13 Club Structure / Picture of Week

Unless stated otherwise venue is Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

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for All – Hatred for None” was clearly a value embedded in their beliefs.

This week is our Club Forum, where we will

have an opportunity to engage in discussion

about what the club is doing and to hear your

views and ideas.

See you on Thursday.

Ken

Hocking Stuart Sandringham 62-64 Station Street

Telephone: 03 9521 9800

Note; As part of our arrangement with Hocking Stuart discounts on agents fees are available to RCOB members.

Fellowship Night; 26 February Our next fellowship date is Thursday 26 Feb-ruary. There is no meeting at VGC this night. THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

TIME : 6 PM for 6.30 PM screening @ Dendy Brighton Cinema, Church St. Brighton. COST : $ 25 per ticket includes lucky door prize ticket and glass of wine or soft drink. All profits raised from this night will be going to the End Polio Now Rotary International Pro-ject. Please email me by return if you would like to join other Rotarians on the list. Final list must be in by Friday 13 Feb. Megan Glenwright <glenwright@aapt.net.au>

See details on Page 7

For Details see Page 8

100th Anniversary ANZAC Function

Thursday 23 April

See details on Page 6

Sandringham Foreshore Association

Ricketts Point Fossil Event

Sunday 22 February

12pm to 3 pm

Discover the rich fossil history on your doorstep.

See details on Page 12

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TKHNO: VP��NQK�RKI RK LKM�KM �� MKRK�O�OP� My name is Geoff Bransbury. I live in Melbourne with my wife “Merry” and our two dogs…Our chil-dren, Stuart and Lucy are grown up. I love them all to bits.

My motorcycling is probably a “Post Mid life crisis” but I must thank Lucy for it. She was in Mexico City in late 2009 and was staying a Hostel. She met a South African who was travelling from New York to Patagonia. I was talk-ing with Lucy on Skype and said “I would love to do that Lucy!” She immediately said. Dad, get off your backside and do it…or words to that effect. She’s correct. Life is for living and here I go. Merry is NOT keen on bikes but is CRAZY about horses. She is a terrific rider. She gave me a leave pass for my big adventure later in 2011 when I went to South America

After my “biking rebirth” following my chat with Lu-cy, I went straight out and bought a motorbike. Actually, I used to ride motorbikes some 45 years ago. I had a beautiful 250 cc Matchless and toured Europe at age 18… which is a few years back now! My first step was a “rider refresher course”. Vital for anyone coming back to motorcycles.

My second step was an overseas trip. This was to Nepal, India and Bhutan with Asian Experiences. There was a group of six riders plus a support vehi-cle. It was a fantastic trip and the group was great. we all got on famously. We rode Royal Enfield 500cc Bullets.

My next trip to South America started on 3rd De-

cember 2011. I ship my bike to Buenos Aires and

off I went.

My next trip was from Russia to London.

The above is extracted from Geoff’s blog;

http://www.dopeyoldbloke.com/about-2/

Geoff gave an entertaining presentation filled with anecdotes and pictures in a particularly engaging style. The following pictures are just a small selec-tion of the 67 in his presentation.

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Cowabunga Photograph by David Bengtsson, National Geographic Your Shot Highland cattle ignore a paraglider in Den-mark, where Your Shot member David Bengts-son seized an oppor-tunity to capture his airborne friend while his camera captivated at least one onlooker. “Great memory from a great summer day in Denmark,” he writes.

CLUB STRUCTURE 2014 - 2015 UPDATED 28/07/2014

BOARD CLUB SERVICE

President Ken Mirams Director Trish Smyth

PE, VP Trish Smyth Auditor Tony Phillips

Secretary Roy Seager Program Richard Jones

Treasurer James Glenwright Meeting Attendance Trish Smyth

Foundation Mike Hede Communications David Lea

Branding & PR Malcolm Sawle Fellowship Megan Glenwright

International John Beaty Photographers John Beaty, Greg Every

New Generations Kerrie Geard Almoner Geoff Stringer

Community Chris D'Arcy Chair /Host /Cashiers /AV Roster

Fundraising Adrian Culshaw Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks

On to Conference Robert McArthur^*

TEAM MEMBERS

International Community New Generations Fundraising

Fred Hofmann Geoff Abbott David Rushworth Harry Wolfe

John Sime Rob Fenton Mary Sealy Heather Chisholm

David Langworthy Richard Shermon Tony McKenna * Roger Frewen

Geoff Stockdale Tony Phillips LOA Geoff Stringer

Ross Phillips David Greenall David Greenall David Hone

Malcolm Parks Chris Martin Judi Hall

John Manks Royal Melbourne Golf Charmaine Jansz

Branding & PR Jim O'Brien Antony Nixon

Concourse Festival Peter Flude^ Harry Wolfe Peter Flude

Kerrie Geard Martin Fothergill David Hone# Mike Hede

Masters Golf Parking David Lea MUNA / NYSF

James Glenwright Heather Chisolm

^ Farmers Market # Indigenous Project * District