New Horizons is the official weekly bulletin for the Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay Perth.

1. PO Box 168, Nedlands, Western Australia, 6909 District 9455 ABN: 99 602 195 617
Last Week’s GSE , community Young Cook Bangkok Microscope
Meeting service project update, convention, update,
Professor Ray idea, Maiti Nepal Volunteers needed Rotary Friendship Aboriginal health
Wills and many update, 4 way test for Science and exchange symposium,
visitors and guests speaking engineering Returned Services
competition Challenge League
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Meeting 24th August Solar, Geothermal, traditional energy In Australia
Wind, Wav e, Tidal and ($140 billion). renewable projects 24%
Our speaker last We Ocean Current. (from ABARE data)
dnesday was Prof. Ray Almost 50% of
Wills, CEO of Susta Facts on Global new generation built
inable Energy renewable from 2008 to around the globe in
Association of 2011 are: 2009 was renewable The club welcomed a
Australia. Ray energy – 80 GW of number of visitors and
provided a huge World invests renewable power guests. They were our
capacity built Group study Exchange
compared to 83GW of applicant for the GSE
fossil fuel plants to D. 6910 in Georgia
USA next year, David
2010 up 32% Gulland and his wife
with 211 billion Rachelle, Meryl Gould,
investment in 2010 Jenny McNae, Jo Muir,
Carina Marshall and
China easily Pat Shalhoub from the
the largest investor in RC of Godalming in
renewable spending the UK.
$48.9 billion
Speaker Ray Wills & Rob Pearce
amount of information on average around 300
on Stainable Energy billion pa on energy
and the Carbon Tax projects of any type –
along with a vast conventional and
amount of other renewable.
information.
2008 – world
Renewable energy invested more in total
suitable to Australia is on renewable energy
($155 billion) than on
Rachelle & David Gulland (GSE applicant)
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2. adjudicate and a $50.00
book voucher is to be
Meeting 31st August presented to the
winner on the night.
Our speaker next week
will be our own The competition is for
member Town Planner students to speak for
Max Hipkins who will six minutes on any
inform us on the Perth topic but must weave
Waterfront in Rotary’s Four Way
Development Test of the things
Proposals. Rotarians think, say or
do which is:
Meryl Gould & Jenny McNae
1. Is it the
GSE between Fiji & the community by forwarded to the
TRUTH?
Wiluna providing them with Foundation in Nepal.
Exit Packs. These 2. Is it FAIR to
After months of packs include a all concerned?
requesting hosts and backpack and a
drivers for the Group 4 Way Test Speaking
number of female 3. Will it build
Study Exchange Team Competition
hygiene products such GOODWILL and
from Fiji, travelling to as a toothbrush, better FRIENDSHIPS?
MLC have informed
Wiluna, it has now shampoo and hand the Club that they have
been decided that this sanitiser. 4. Is it
three students who
Exchange will be BENEFICIAL to all
would like to enter the
postponed until April Meryl suggested it concerned?
4 Way Test Speaking
2012 so that the Team might be a project that
Competition. Heats are
can attend the District the RCFB is interested
to be held by Clubs in
Conference in in emulating, Many
the week 19-23rd Young Cook 2011
Geraldton. thanks Meryl, perhaps
September. Wednesda Photo Competition
Dir. Wilma McBain
y, 21st has been set
could consider All information has
aside by the RCFB for
including it on her gone to over 320
Suggested Project for this heat to be
Agenda for her Schools, however, in an
Community Service held. Two members of
Community / effort to ensure that the
the Club experienced in
Meryl Gould, who Vocational Committee information is passed
Public Speaking plus
scans regional meeting. onto students,
someone registered
Newspapers in her with Rostrum are to members are being
position working in sought to volunteer to
MP Norman Moore’s Maiti Nepal
office, kindly drew our
attention to an article in Recently a Mrs. India
the Pilbara News. It is Australia dinner was
a project being carried held in Sydney and the
out by the RC of Maiti Nepal
Karratha who are Foundation has
supporting a re-entry benefited by in excess
project for people of $3,000 which will be
leaving Roebourne channelled through
Prison. It is a small but RAWCS (Rotary Aust.
important project World Community
assisting women re-join Service) before being
Gillian Yudelman, Jo Muir & Carina Marshall
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3. phone a list of variety of well to wear on the day and Convention to
schools. Sec Di has the designed tasks. For keep. Cambodia.
list of schools from Dir. more information visit
Jenny and she is happy www.newcastle.edu.au Activity List 2011- for If interested, please
to provide a list to /challenge full details refer to the refer to the attachments
members who are able email sent to all in Dist. Sec. Wesley
to assist. After all the This year the event has members from Dist. Sim’s email forwarded
work put into this already been held in Sec. Wesley Sim (via earlier in the week.
fundraiser by Jenny five WA country Sec. Di)
and her family, it centres, The Perth
event will be held in Full Day
would be a pity to have Rotary Friendship
it not succeed due to the Perth Convention
Gold Fever Exchange August 2011
the schools not passing and Exhibition Centre
on the information. ove4r five days, Mission to Mars This great Program of
Monday 12th to Friday RI is being looked after
With the Microscopes 16th September (8.00am Eco-Habitat by PDG Ian
in Schools Project to 3.00pm). Different Murray. For further
getting Rotary’s name schools participate each Hover Frenzy
information contact Ian
into Primary Schools, day with the State on
Half Day
perhaps when finals held over two iwmurray@iprimus.co
contacting the schools days Tues. 20th and Back to the future II m.au M 0414 927 79 H.
this project could be Wed. 21st September, 9276 7977
mentioned and it used 2011. Flight of the navigator
to encourage The way the program
participation in the Volunteers are sought Electracity works is that a team of
Young Cook for any one or more of about four couples
the days. If interested Puff Puff Golf
Competition. travel to another
in volunteering please Rotary District for
Jenny has a press email Ryan Smith at about two weeks
release ready to send to Engineers Aust as soon Attending the staying with
the Post for publication as possible. Bangkok RI Rotarians. The teams
on the project so that it rsmith@engineersaustr Convention & usually have 4 different
is promoted locally. alia.org.au (T. 9321 Cambodia hosts. They are hosted
3340) with a copy to by the local club, attend
Please DGE Phillip Skelton If attending the RI meetings and visit the
visit www.youngcook. philipskelton@optusnet Convention in Bangkok tourist sights in the
com.au .com.au (0405 188 6-9th May, 2012, a tour area.
792) Please include: is offered post
Date(s) for
Volunteers needed for
which you volunteer
Science & Engineering
Challenge Preferred
activity
The Science and
Engineering Challenge Whether you
is a competition for wish to be an activity
year 9 high school coordinator (training
student that aims to required on Sunday
excite the imagination 11th Sep)
of students and
provoke their interest T-shirt size (all
in science and volunteers are
engineering through a provided with a T-shirt Pres Bryant & Pat Shalhoub (RC Godalming, UK)
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4. A group of Rotarians with Lyn, Jo, John positive feedback on The theme of the
and partners have Clarke (STAWA), Di the day. Rex Evans is symposium if to see
recently returned from and Carina Marshall to attending Levels 2 and what small charitable
the Cotswold area of talk about how best to 3 on Sat 27th and organisations could do
the UK. Negotiations work the two together. Sunday 28th over this to respond to
are taking place for weekend what Aboriginal
exchanges with Texas Lyn Beazley is also people would like them
and Scotland. communicating with to do in this area.
David Venning who
Further information on has kindly offered to
an attachment in Dist. prepare packs of native
Sec. Wesley Sim’s email seeds as teaching aids
for the students to
study using their
Microscopes in Schools
Microscopes in
program.
Schools Project
Slides of ‘skin’
The microscopes are
organised by Rob
now in Peth and
Pearce were presented
should be available for
to North Cottesloe
collection and
Primary School on
distribution early in the
Friday, 26th at their
week.
School Assembly and
Principal North Cottesloe Primary Wayne Press & Ken Collins
There are orders for they were eagerly
1,400 which will be accepted. A show of Symposium on Speakers will be Ken
despatched as urgently hands by students of Aboriginal Health Wyatt MP, Sue
as possible as many who had used the Gordon,
microscopes was A Symposium on
schools have been D/Commission of
almost the entire Aboriginal Health is
patiently waiting for Police Chris Dawson
Assembly. being organised by the
up to five months. with negotiations in
Order of St John
Sponsors for a further process to procure John
Knights Hospitallers
300 plus units (14 Moriarty form Sydney
(WA Commandery of
schools) are being Certificate of and Paula Arnold from
St George) on
sought. Some clubs Appreciation the Darwin Aboriginal
Saturday, 1 st October,
respond rapidly to Medical Service.
2011
requests for The Certificate of
sponsorship and others Appreciation which It is hoped that Rotary
It will be held in the
take months of was presented to Clubs throughout WA
Conference Centre of St
negotiation and a never Principal Wayne Press can work together with
John of God Hospital,
ending stream of (North Cottesloe PS) at the Order of St John
Subiaco, commencing
communication. the Club Changeover Knights Hospitaller to
at 8.30am and finishing
on 30th June was bring about
about noon. Morning
Chief Scientist Lyn represented at a School improvement in the
tea will be provided
Beazley has been Assembly on Friday, health of our remote
and there is no cost to
talking with and is 26th. indigenous
attend, however,
arranging a meeting to communities,
number are required so
blend an initiative of Rotary Leadership
if interested in The Returned Services
Prof. Jo Ward, Dean of Institute
attending please RSVP League
Science at Curtin Uni of
Max Hipkins attended to Pres. Bryant, Sec. Di
Telescope Kits with our
Level 1 RLI last or Des Bradley (9284 The Frederick Bell VC
Microscope project. A
weekend and has given 5156 or 0409 066 092). Annual Memorial
meeting is being set up
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5. Lecture will be held at marnev18@y7mail.com projects he is involved 5.30pm. Venue to be
the Cottesloe Sub- or ph. 9304 5182. with for a week or so. advised
Branch on Thursday,
10th November, 2011 Update on Members Birthdays and Reports from each
and all are invited to Anniversaries Director on their
Great to have Br. James Committee’s activities
attend.
with us again. A very Happy is due to be in the
Speaker will be PDG Anniversary to Paddy hands of President
Debbie Cash is back and Zerina
Rabbi Dr. Shalom Bryant and the
from visiting her Ramanathan for 29th
Coleman CBE, AM, JP. members of the Board
daughter and family in August. by 30th August.
The lecture will be held the USA. Look
at the Cottesloe Civic forward to seeing you Birthday wishes go to
Centre War Memorial next week Deb. Graeme Prior for a
Hall, 109 Broome St, great day on 29th
Warren Milner will be August.
Cottesloe at 6.00pm for
home any day from his
a 6.30pm start.
time in the UK. Board Meeting
For catering purposes
Paddy Ramanathan To be held on
please confirm your
will be in India with Thursday, 8th
attendance to Hon. Sec.
September at
Dr. Neville Green E.
Roster for Rotary Club of Freshwater Bay for Month of August / Sep 2011
Date Program Duty Attendance Introduction Vote of Thanks
31st August Max Hipkins Wilma McBain Rex Evans Mignon Shardlow Toni James
7th September TBA Donna Bicknell Sue Hassell Paddy Ramanathan Debbie Cash
14th September TBA Bill Hassell Jim Gould Jill Henderson Warren Milner
21st September 4 Way Speaking Rex Evans Wilma McBain Ken Collins Jenny Gill
Contest
28th September TBA Jim Gould Clifford Yudelman Gillian Yudelman Bill Hassell
NB: ‘Duty’ responsibility is to set up venue and to pack away venue after meeting.
Board Rotary 2011-12 Wilma McBain - Community/
Toni James – Treasurer Vocational Service Director
tonipjames@hotmail.com williemac241@hotmail.com
Bryant Stokes – President
bstokes@bigpond.net.au Rex Evans –Club Service Director Ken Collins – International Service
revans@powerplus.net.au Director
Di Collins – Secretary collinsk@bigpond.net.au
collinsd@bigpond.net.au
Hamish Mackie – New Generations
Director Jim Gould – Membership Director Jenny Gill – Fundraising Director
hamish.mackie@optusnet.com.au james@bizsuccession.com.au jennypgill@gmail.com
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6. 0419 919 572
Bill Hassell – Vice President
hassell@arach.net.au Meetings Bulletin Editor
Club Details Wednesday 5:45pm to 6:45pm Clifford Yudelman/Di Collins
Café, Bethesda Hospital
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