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1990/01
1991/92 1992/93 1993/94
1994/95 1995/96 1996/97
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2001/02 2002/03 2003/04
2004/05
Annual Report
2005/06 Annual
Report
2006/07 Annual Report
2007/08 Annual Report
1990/01
Charter President Brian
McPhail
The formation of our club was
a reflection of the growth in the 1970's and 1980's of the Box Hill
District Centre and the adjoining Prospect Street area Office precinct.
Many of our Charter members were drawn from this business district.
Interest meetings were held at Kurban's Restaurant in Box Hill during
February and March 1990 with the Mayor Councillor Tom Thorpe and District
Governor Ray Adams addressing the main one. Following a lot of organisation
and
encouragement, particularly from Max Buchanan, the club was granted
its Charter on 4th April 1990.
Our Charter Presentation night was held on Friday 25th May 1990 at the
Box Hill Town Hall with over 250 in attendance, including representatives
of over 28 Rotary Clubs from our District and surrounding Districts.
District Governor Ray Adams presented to our Charter President Brian
McPhail, the Official Charter signed by the President of Rotary International
Hugh M. Archer.
Our club began
with 32 charter members with another two - Ken Clark and Ben Stypel
joining the club on Charter night - a total of 34.
Making up the
membership on Charter night were 6 women and 28 men. Women in Rotary
was a recent and welcome change so quite a deal of interest was shown
by other clubs about what female membership would mean in a traditional
male domain.
In the year 2001 we are pleased to record a continuing strong female
membership.
In ten years we have had three female Presidents, Joanne Wilkinson,
Philippa deVoil and Jennifer Wickland. Our female members have an enviable
record of service at District Level and at District Conferences.
In particular,
we acknowledge and congratulate PP Jennifer Wickland on her personal
record of service to District 9810 since joining Rotary in 1991 and
her recent success of being nominated as District Governor for 2003-04.
Our very successful lunch time meetings commenced at Kurban's where
we enjoyed splendid friendship and hospitality - the ingredients that
immediately established a strong, successful and stable club.
Our first District Conference was held in Adelaide. It was a huge success
due largely to the knowledge, experience and organising skills of Ralston
Wood. Ralston was formerly a member of the Rotary Club of Box Hill and
it was he along with some others who offered to become Charter Members
of Box Hill Central. We have long been inspired by Ralston's loyalty
and commitment to Rotary and we acknowledge and congratulate him on
his remarkable record of 100% attendance extending over the 18 years
of his Rotary membership.
Brian McPhail served the club with distinction as its first President
until 27 June 1991 when, on Changeover Night, our Charter President
Elect Port took office.
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1991/92
President Ian Port
On 18 September 1991 club meetings were relocated to Box Hill RSL, Clubrooms
in Nelson Road where for the next five years we enjoyed the care of
RSL management, chief Caterer Jurgen Ritters and the goodwill of Box
Hill Corps of the Salvation Army who provided us with off-street car
parking located immediately opposite the RSL.
We were pleased to support a number of community based organisations
during the course of the year including $1,000 worth of equipment for
Biala Early Intervention Centre in Box Hill. This donation resulted
from monies raised from a car raffle conducted by the club which were
required to be donated to child support services
In conjunction with the Box Hill Club we were involved in the joint
hosting of an overseas exchange student Maj-Len Lindman from Finland.
On 10 June 1992 the club handed over to Box Hill Hospital President
Clive Ward and Chief Executive Alisdair MacDonald a cheque for $2,800
to fund the purchase of a bed and equipment.
The first of our fund raising breakfasts was held on 15 October 1991
with the Leader of the State Opposition, Mr Jeff Kennett as guest speaker.
The second was on 11 February 1992 with Taxation Commissioner Trevor
Boucher guest speaker. Each attracted an attendance of around 200 with
close to $4,000 raised At the March 1992 District Conference in Albury
we made our first contribution as a club with a challenging address
by Joanne Wilkinson on her role as a woman in Rotary. With expected
aplomb and humour John Lawrence as Sergeant-at-Arms raised a remarkable
$1,190 in fines.
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1992/93 President
Joanne Wilkinson
The first of our female Presidents Joanne Wilkinson, took office for
our third year.
The club nominated its first candidates for a Group Study Exchange Team
to South Carolina with both nominees Rod Williams and Andrew Sudholz
successful.
A financial commitment of $7,600 was made to commemorate the life of
Barry O'Dea, a Charter Member and friend of all, who sadly passed away
on 27 September 1992. The commitment took the form of furnishing the
new Barry O'Dea Activities Room at Forty Dorking Road Hostel together
with some landscaping work. Up to the time of his death Barry served
with distinction as Manager of Forty Dorking Road.
The monthly Sunday Sausage Sizzle commenced this year. In addition to
generating funds this became a regular social and fun activity for club
members, their partners and families. This developed into the club taking
over the full management of the Box Hill Art and Craft Market held monthly
in the Box Hill Mall. Geoff Limmer and John Wilkins, in particular,
devoted much time and effort to the management of the Market which until
its demise in May 1997 contributed up to $7,000 to the club's fund raising
efforts.
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1993/94 President
Murray Baird
A feature of the year with Murray Baird as President was the exciting
Books for Western Samoa project. This involved nearly all club members
with some making a major contribution. Andrew Forgas and his International
Committee gave outstanding leadership and support to the project which
was originally devised and developed by John Wilkins.
The project challenged club members and District Rotarians to collect,
catalogue and despatch a full container load of books for distribution
by the Rotary Club of Apia in Western Samoa to replenish schools and
libraries decimated by storm damage. The container, 28 cubic metres
in size, carrying 20,000 books and weighing 11 tonnes, was generously
shipped at no cost to the club by the Australian National Line and other
organisations.
The project was acknowledged in the receipt of the Rotary District 9810
International Service Award for 1993/94 presented at the District Changeover
Night in June 1994.
The club is rightly proud of the inspiration (and perspiration !!) involved
in this uniClue project.
The year also introduced an Essay Competition in local Primary Schools
entitled Building Bridges with our Asian Neighbours. The competition,
initiated by the International Committee under Chairperson Jenny Wickland,
involved children aged 11 and 12 years of age and with the support of
sponsor Angus & Robertson was a great success. President Murray
inspired the school students with his address when presenting the award
to the winning entrant.
Geoff Limmer's Community Service Committee organised two Home Safety
Awareness programs in April and May 1994. With the assistance of the
Fire Brigade and St John's Ambulance this program was very well received
and was of great community benefit.
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1994/95 President
Andrew Forgas
With Andrew Forgas as the club's fifth President we celebrated on 23
February the 90th Anniversary of Rotary International at a Dinner function
held in the Box Hill Town Hall in conjunction with our Sponsor club,
the Rotary Club of Box Hill.
We salute President Andrew not only for his undoubted commitment to
Rotary International and his own club but also for the time and energy
he devotes to PLAN International
In continuing support of PLAN club members contribute weekly to the
sponsorship of a child in a third world country.
A highlight for the year was our participation in the successful 1995
District Conference in Albury. We were invited by our parent club, the
Rotary Club of Box Hill, to participate in the organisation of the event.
We were pleased to do so because of our special relationship with District
Governor Max Buchanan who was the DG's Special Representative in 1990
and was
largely responsible for the formation of our club.
Although the RSL was catering well for our needs it became evident during
the course of the year that more and more members were finding difficulty
attending regular lunchtime meetings. As a result a decision was made
to change to a breakfast meeting. We were fortunate in being able to
secure an excellent venue at Box Hill Golf Club and the change was made
without losing a single member.
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1995/96 President
Ralston Wood
Under the experienced hand of new club President Ralston Wood the club
settled into its new venue at Box Hill Golf Club.
Our attendance
record might not have immediately improved as we would have liked but
our members quickly embraced breakfast time meetings, which had a minimal
impact on the working day, as meetings are timed to finish at 8.30am
sharp. President Ralston established the basis of a good relationship
with Functions Manager David Egan and the ever-reliable and cheerful
breakfast
co-ordinator Marlene Cripps who continues to attend so well to our weekly
needs.
John and Caroline Jenkins and their helpers organised another very successful
Business Breakfast with Mr Jeff Kennett, on this occasion as State Premier,
again accepting our invitation to be guest speaker. It was a splendid
function with over 200 in attendance and made a profit of $3,385.50.
Our club, along with the other four in the City of Whitehorse, instituted
a Rotary Achievement Award open to any person actively engaged in business
or industry in the City of Whitehorse. The award was in the form of
an inscribed plaque and a cash prize of $1,000. The winner was Maxine
Rothwell from Ezi-Tag Systems (name tags).
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1996/97 President
John Lawrence
Another of our Charter members, the inimitable and popular John Lawrence,
led us as President for this year. As one would expect with John at
the helm, meetings were never lacking in interest, fun and entertainment.
A very successful project was sponsorship of the Heart smartKit, a set
of three brochures in an attractive folder designed specifically for
people with heart disease.
The project was initiated by Community Services Chairman Trevor DaIziel
and his Committee with the cooperation of Box Hill Hospital and the
National Heart Foundation. The project achieved prominence in local
and hospital publications.
During the course of the year Laurie Smale and Lesley Bell, members
of our Youth Service Committee, conducted a very successful public speaking
skills program for Year 9 students. The contest was held at Kingswood
College on 25 June 1997.
Laurie Smale's presentation skills are highly regarded and represent
a unique combination of Youth and Vocational Service.
The club maintained its involvement in the Group Study Exchange program
by hosting the Incoming Team from District 7930 for a visit to the Grand
Prix.
Another project of the Youth Services Committee was to sponsor the attendance
of Warren Anderson at the Moebius Syndrome Conference in Tarrytown,
New York.
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1997/98
President Philippa de Voil
Philippa de Voil, another of our Charter Members, was welcomed as President
for this year. With Ralston Wood as her Membership Chairman, Philippa
inducted eight new members during the course of the year.
The District Conference at Warnambool was a great success but made particularly
special for us by the award of Most Improved Club Bulletin. President
Philippa said at the time "Peter Goodin's journalistic talents produced
another year's exceptional Club Bulletin and we have the product and
the trophy to prove it. Congratulations Peter! ".
Another very successful fundraising Breakfast, this time largely organised
by John Lawrence with speakers on the topical subject Year 2000 Millennium
Bug raised our fundraising for the year to over $10,000.
Wine bottling was a welcome new initiative that netted $1,418. Of the
$9,092 donated to various causes during the course of the year $2,560
went to
Rotary Foundation, $2,000 to Save Water Save Lives and $1,000 to the
PNG Drought Relief Fund.
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1998/99
President Trevor Dalziel
Trevor DaIziel led the club as its new President. Ever cheerful and
with more than a just a touch of wit and humour we would always look
forward to Trevor's Message for the week.
An interesting change in club policy saw members respond positively
to active involvement in the Rotary Youth Exchange program with selection
of our outgoing student Kathryn Thomas from East Doncaster Secondary
College and planning for the arrival of our first Exchange Student Torunn
Tronsvang from Norway.
We were delighted that our club candidate, Jude Kendall, was accepted
for the GSE team to Scotland.
Two students from Kingswood College were sponsored by the club for the
MUNA (Model United Nations Assembly) debate. They both won the challenge
and participated in the finals held in Canberra.
A major feature of the year was the club's support for the Here for
Life program dealing with youth suicide issues. The aim was to develop
a series of brochures aimed at educating parents, youth workers, teachers
and the general public about the signs of depression, suicidal tendencies
and coping with loss. A club donation of $7,000 together with help from
Rotaract, a donation of paper by Amcor and the generosity of local printer
and publisher Jenkin Buxton resulted in the production of 160,000 high
quality brochures entitled What is Suicide? What is Depression? and
Grief after Suicide. The brochures were distributed nationwide.
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1999/2000
President Jenny Wickland
Jenny
Wickland's election as the third female President in the ten year history
of the club was a happy occasion.
However, on Monday
5 July, just one week after taking office, Jenny and her colleagues
were deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Andrew Jackson, a Charter
Member of the club and a Paul Harris Fellow. With his quick wit and
humour, club meetings could never be a dull event. Andrew's loss is
a severe blow to the club and we are committed to supporting Dorothy
and Katrina in any way we can. We are pleased that Dorothy accepted
the invitation to become an Honorary Member of the club.
Our visiting Exchange student Torunn arrived from Norway in July and
our outgoing student Kathryn departed for the U.S. in January 2000.
A Sexual Harassment Hypothetical was a wonderful initiative and displayed
the great skills of PP Murray Baird who was ably supported by Rotarians
Helen Buckingham, Lesley Bell and Neil McMillan.
We were hosted by Numurkah Rotary club in an interesting Landcare promotion
program.
A meeting with school Principals discussed key issues in schools and
programs available through Rotary and we sent Christmas messages
to East Timor and a Video for Australia Day which were well received.
Friendship Dinners were introduced with club members and partners enjoying
hospitality in each other's homes.
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2000/01 President Peter
Enlund
We
welcomed Peter Enlund as our President to take the club into its second
decade. Peter is an experienced Rotarian having been a member
of three other clubs including Albuquerque del Norte in New Mexico.
The highlight of the year was the extremely successful Relay for Life
held in November 2000. This was the biggest single project ever undertaken
by the club with $108,000 raised for cancer research by the Anti Cancer
Council. It also served to remind us of two of our much loved Founder
members, Andrew Jackson and Barry O’Dea.
President Peter was delighted to receive the District 9810 Community
Service Award in recognition of this project. The club also received
the Premier Award of the Victorian Council of Community Service Clubs,
with a $1,000 prize which was donated to the Relay fund. Our special
thanks were extended to club member Michael Kirk who challenged members
to take on the project and to PP Brian McPhail who so capably led
us as
Chairman.
The RI President’s Citation for 1999/2000 was presented to Jenny Wickland
in recognition of the work she put in during her Presidential year.
We finished the year with 39 members, one up on last year and we were
pleased to announce that 8 members achieved 100% attendance for the
year. It was a great year in Rotary.
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2001/02
President Ken Rice
This
was another great year in Rotary with a host of awards and continuing
achievements. Our enthusiastic and hardworking President, Ken "Sticky"
Rice was one of only three Presidents in our District to receive the
RI World President's "Distinguished Club President Citation".
Also, our club was one of only four clubs in the District to receive
a "Distinguished Club Citation" from the RI World President.
A record four Paul Harris Fellows were recognised during the year.
Peter Gibbs' eBulletin received the District "Most Improved Bulletin"
Award and Brian Martin was awarded a Club Achievement Award (aka "the
Sticky Award") for initiating and faultlessly maintaining the club's
Website.
Under the leadership of Denise Kempster our ROMAC project with little
Maria from East Timor was a great success and was awarded a District
Highly Commended accolade.
The hardworking Relay for Life Committee, and nearly all members of
the club on the day, came up trumps with our second Relay for Life,
raising in excess of $230,000 for cancer research.
Jenny Wickland¹s selection as the District¹s youngest and first female
DG Nominee 2003/2004 was a highlight for the club and a well deserved
recognition of Jenny's commitment to Rotary since her days as a member
of a Group Study Exchange team. On the same weekend as Jenny's nomination,
Peter Enlund was selected to take the District GSE Team to The Netherlands.
Our club was certainly making its mark in District 9810!
The club's ongoing success was reflected in the membership figures
as we finished the year with 42 members, the highest number in the club's
history. We also finished the year with a record overall attendance
of 86.5% with 14 members achieving 100%. The club is indeed blessed
with committed members.
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2002/03 President
Malcolm Chiverton
A most enjoyable evening was held at Joe Mardjetko’s Glencoe Restaurant
to welcome our new club President Malcolm Chiverton.
Malcolm challenged members to "Sow The Seeds of Love" –
the theme used by new R.I. World President Bhichai Rattakul who told
us in a moving video presentation how he had become a better Rotarian
when an orphan boy he had taken on an excursion said ‘I wish you were
my father’.
Our club happily responded to Bhichai’s challenge to add to club membership
by introducing eight new members, which bettered by far Malcolm’s goal
of five. Thanks largely to Membership Chairman Geoff Limmer’s hard
work and endeavour our club numbers reached an all time high of 47.
On the downside we were sorry to lose four members in Steve Trahair,
Peter Gibbs, Denise Kempster and Anne-Marie Wells.
Our club maintained its active involvement with young people through
various programs including Whitehorse Rotaract, Group Study Exchange,
Youth Exchange, RYPEN, RYLA, Summer Science School and the Ambassadorial
Scholarship awards.
Another successful Relay for Life netted $191,000 bringing the total
raised by the club in just three years to $530,000. Under a new arrangement
with the Cancer Council the club was paid a management fee which was
dispersed to support Rotary Foundation $5,000, two PHF Recognitions
$4,000, Oecussi enclave project (East Timor) $2,000 and Box Hill Oncology
Dept $1,500.
A grand total of 33 club members, partners, Youth Exchange and Rotex
students attended a most successful District Conference held at Geelong
that saw the club’s much discussed HIV/AIDS proposal adopted at the
Resolutions session. We now await in anticipation the outcome of this
resolution at the Council on Legislation to be held in Chicago in 2004.
We congratulate Michael Kirk on his drive in pursuing both this proposal
and our involvement in Relay for Life.
At the District Changeover Dinner the club was the recipient of District
awards for Relay for Life and Best Club Website – take a bow Brian
Martin.
Another very successful Business Breakfast, with guest speaker Federal
Minister Tony Abbott MHR, organised by PP Ken Rice with much assistance
by members on the day, was attended by 150 and raised $8,000 of which
$4,000 each was distributed to Rotary Foundation for Polio Plus Eradication
and Box Hill Institute for their House for Homeless Youth project.
In addition the club supported the Whitehorse Indigenous Forum with
a donation of $750 and other donations were made to the Gippsland Bush
Fire and Canberra Bush Fire Appeals. A Foundation grant was made to
the new Rotary Club of East Timor.
A citation by R.I. President Bhichai Rattakul reads – “Awarded to
the Rotary Club of Box Hill Central in recognition of loving grassroots
efforts to grow peace and understanding in your club, vocation, community,
and world”.
This was a year when, under the leadership of President Malcolm we
set out and achieved our aim to Sow The Seeds of Love.
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2003/04 President
Ken Clark
Box Hill RSL was the venue for our Changeover Dinner on Wednesday 2
July 2003, when long serving member Ken Clark took over as Club President.
This year’s District Governor was our own Jenny Coburn, the first District
Governor from this club, the first female District Governor for our
District, and the youngest District Governor for our District.
RI President Jonathan Marjiyabe’s theme for this year was LEND A HAND,
and our club members certainly lived up to this theme. A number of our
members were actively involved in organising an outstanding District
Conference in Hobart, with Peter Enlund as Conference Chairman. Eleven
other members served on District Committees, or as advisers to District.
Our Community Service Committee commenced development of a Men’s Shed
project and successfully applied for a District Simplified Grant of
$2,400, to purchase three new wheelchairs for Box Hill Hospital. We
also purchased two sets of “parenting” dolls for Queensland Health to
use in the Torres Strait islands. Funds for this project were donated
by Colin Macfarlane from Glencoe Foundation.
Our Vocational Committee achievements included a Vocational visit to
Carlton & United Breweries Abbotsford plant and the provision of
two scholarship for disadvantaged students at Box Hill Institute of
TAFE. Our club also sponsored two attendees to the Rotary Youth Leadership
Award (RYLA) seminar, three Koonung College students to attend Rotary
Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN) seminar, and nominated a student
for Summer Science School.
The International Committee were involved with Youth Exchange, welcoming
Juliann Vandermeer from Canada, welcoming home Barbara Hung from Switzerland,
and sending Kathleen Murphy to Denmark. Our club also organised a very
successful Welcome Home Dinner for Youth Exchange Students in February.
Along with 9 other Rotary clubs, we donated US$1,000 towards a Rotary
Foundation Matching Grant project for water pumps in Bangladesh. During
the year, we donated $2,000 towards an Interplast team, US$2,000 to
the Rotary Foundation, and continued our sponsorship of our foster child
through Plan International. We also supported Australian Rotary Health
Research Fund (ARHRF) in various ways.
Our Fund raising committee organised a most successful concert, featuring
the Victoria Police Showband and Pipe Band. Other significant fund raisers
were our wine sales and sausage sizzle.
We remained in close contact with the Whitehorse Rotaract club due
to the commitment of Malcolm Chiverton, who attends all their meetings,
provides them with their meeting room, and assists them in countless
ways.
Kevin Sheedy was Guest Speaker at a “recruitment” breakfast held in
May with approximately 70 people in attendance. On the membership front,
we inducted four new members, but lost six due to resignations or transfer
to other clubs.
Whilst our members worked hard throughout the year, we also had a lot
of fun, as our Family and Fellowship committee provided us with a great
variety of fellowship activities, which were thoroughly enjoyed by all
who attended.
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