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Guest Speaker:
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Club Changeover Night
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Topic:
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Celebrating
‘Make Dreams Real’ Year
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Master of Ceremonies:
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Lindsay Mackay
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Desk Duties:
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Lesley
Bell, John Bell and Malcolm Chiverton
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Roving Reporter:
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Tony
Stokes
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President Greg’s
Report: The Week (June 24th) in
Review
As
of the time of writing this final Bulletin, the final pieces are being put
into place for our Changeover evening and I’m just about to head off to the
Changeover for the District Governor.
Feather
dusters are about to abound. Thank you to all members for your strong support
over the year. It’s been fun. Our transition to a modern Club will continue
under Geoff and I’m quite confident it will be a year of growth and
development.
See
you all Wednesday.
President
Greg
There is much
excitement building for the Club’s big event of the year - this Wednesday
Night at the Box Hill RSL, 36
Nelson Rd Box Hill.
Report from Last Week
(June 24th) by Roving Reporter Geoff Limmer
Vice President Ian Port presided over our
meeting in the absence of President Greg.
Lesley
Bell announced that the second session of Portraits and Pizzas at Bendigo would take
place this coming Sunday 28 June 2009.
Sergeant
Ralston relieved our pockets of small change in a question and answer
segment.
Our
Guest Speaker was Ian Black, Manager Mechantronics Department of Swinburne Institute
of Technology.
Ian
spoke on the design and manufacture of a Hi Rail modification to suit a
Nissan Navarra Four Wheel Drive Vehicle for the Puffing Billy Railway.
The
HI Rail vehicle is driven along the track each day prior to any trains, to
conduct a visual inspection of the track and ensure that there are no
objects, foreign material or damage to the track and bridgework.
One
of the challenges of the exercise was the limited space available within the
front suspension area of the Nissan Navarra 4 Wheel Drive to mount the
hydraulic rams and associated apparatus necessary to enable the vehicle to be
lifted high enough to allow the Railway type wheels to swing into position
and allow for a friction drive off the road wheels of the Nissan Navarra.
Ian Black explains the complexity of building the
Puffing Billy Track Testing Vehicle
The Club’s resident Steam Train enthusiasts, Rob Collier and Ian Port.
Attendance Report for
Last Week’s Meeting (June 24th) by Geoff Limmer:
Listed below are Apologies for and Make-ups advised for the
September 3rd meeting. Remember that to be counted towards attendance,
Make-ups may be made 14 days prior to, or following, a missed meeting date.
Notice of Apology prior to a meeting should be
made to Geoff Limmer,
email rotary@airportbus.com.au or Tel:
0419 329 218.
Likewise if you are bringing a guest, similar notice would be
appreciated beforehand if at all possible.
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Apologies: (7)
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Greg Cooper, Vici Funnell, Michelle
Hart, Lin
Martin, Brian McPhail, Garry Randall,
Ken Rice
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Leave of Absence:
(8)
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Murray Baird,
Trevor Dalziel, Tony De Fazio, Peter Enlund, Paul Evans, Alison Gregory, John
Maddock, Don Sweeney
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Absence: (1)
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Ross Mitchell,
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Present: 18/34
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Visiting
Rotarians:
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Nil:
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Visitors: (2)
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Ian Black: Guest Speaker
Leigh Dixon: Guest of
Greg Cooper
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Make-ups (17)
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District
Rural Support Committee 18/6/09: Tony
Stokes
District
Membership & Markt’ng Commt’e. 17/6: Malcolm
Chiverton
Rotary
Club of Woodend 18/6/09: Lesley
Bell
Operation
Cleft Committee 17/6/09: Brian
Martin, Ken Clark, Lesley Bell, Michael Kirk,
Geoff Limmer.
Operation
Cleft – Newsletter Distribution: Ken
Clark, Ken Rice, Brian Martin, Malcolm Chiverton, Ian Port, Craig Hoath, Michael Kirk, Tony Stokes, Ralston Wood
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Date
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Speaker
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Subject
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Speakers Aide
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1
July
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Club
and Presidential Change-Over Night
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Lindsay Mackay
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8
July
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Club
Assembly
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15
July
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Mark
Browning of Cycas Landscape Design
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Taking
a garden to Chelsea Flower Show
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Wed July 1
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Club Changeover Night
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Box Hill Golf Club
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Birthdays:
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1 July
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Rosemary Collier
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3 July
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Ralston Wood
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6 July
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John Bell
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8 July
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Margaret Randall
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12 July
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Trevor Dalziel
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21 July
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Tony DeFazio
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25 July
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Alison Kirk
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28 July
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Lorna Wood
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29 July
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Ken Clark
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Anniversaries:
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4 July
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Don and Anita Sweeney
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10 July
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Rob and Rosemary Collier
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10 July
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Malcolm and Karen Chiverton
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31 July
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Vici and Stephen Funnell
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Rotary
Inductions:
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1 July 1996
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John Maddock
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4 July 2001
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Brian Martin
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6 July 2005
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Lin Martin
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19 July 2006
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Don Sweeney
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30 July 2003
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Tony Stokes
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Members Input
Corner:
Nil Input
From the Editor:
Thanks for the opportunity to be your Bulletin
Editor over this 08 09 Year, I’ve appreciated the notes and emails from
members and our many ‘Friends of the Club”.
Thanks to Geoff Limmer
and Brian Martin for your technical support and your work in getting the
Bulletin up on the web each week. Thanks to Club members for your patience
and forgiveness when things have not been quite right.
I wish Vici Funnell every success as she takes
on the Bulletin editor’s task in the year ahead. Thanks to both Greg Cooper and Geoff Limmer for an excellent year as President
and President Elect and for your support to me. Congratulations to new President Geoff Limmer and his team as you take up your
important new responsibilities. The year ahead looks good, but not without
its challenges, growing the membership and continuing to support and build
the Operation Cleft Program I’m sure are keys.
Thanks to all,
Bruce, signing off
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Desk Duties/Greeting
Roster 2009:
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Jul
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Malcolm
Chiverton, Michelle Hart,
Kath Ronan
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Aug
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Brian Martin,
Bruce McEwen, Ian
Port
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1 July
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Tony
Stokes
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8 July
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Ken Clark
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15 July
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Bruce McEwen
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22 July
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Kath Ronan
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29 July
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Owen Jenkin
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Whitehorse Farmers Market Roster:
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12 Jul
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Shift 1. 7.30am – 10.00am
Shift 2: 10.00am –
12.30pm
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Craig
Hoath, Ken Clark
Michelle Hart, Paul Evans
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Eastern Emergency Relief
Roster:
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18 July
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Kath Ronan, Michael
Kirk, Owen Jenkin, Michelle
Hart
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15 Aug
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Tony De Fazio,
Maurice Benington, Garry Randall, Rob Collier,
Rotaractor
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Thought for the Week:
District
9810 website
- for all the news in our Rotary district
Rotary eClub one - Rotary eClub One
Calendar of Events - check it out
regularly as it is UPDATED on a regular basis
Board of Directors - President Greg Cooper, Club Directors 2008/09 and their
Committees
Club Service List - All the other
Club duties
For contributions
and improvement ideas please email the editor, bmcewen@optusnet.com.au
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