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ROTARY CLUB OF BEAUMARIS WEEKLY BULLETIN Number 29 18 February 2019

President’s Report Next Meetings

We had the opportunity to be inspired, connected and trans- THURSDAY 21 FEBRUARY
formed at the Rotary conference held in the amazing space at SPEAKER: DAVID HONE
the Melbourne Convention Centre on the weekend. Thanks to TOPIC: THE CONVICT SOCIETY AND ITS ENEMIES.
CHAIR: RICHARD JONES
On to Conference coordinator Chris D’Arcy, and Shirley
AV :: DAVID LEA
Mirams and Megan for our costumes. See Trish and David’s CASH DESK: KERRIE GEARD AND ONE OTHER
detailed report on a following pages.
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

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.
Unless stated otherwise venue is
Speaker: David Hone on the Convict Society and its enemies. Victoria Golf Club 6.30 for 7.00

David will explode some of the many myths about our early Contents
convict past. Many of us have some convict DNA. 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
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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
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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
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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 Heidi Michael, Human Centred Needs Analysis,
illustrated by her refusal to acknowledged the MC’s From Engineers Without Borders. Talked about how to
repeated attempts to limit her talk within the allotted ensure projects were developed with community input to
time! ensure effectiveness and sustainability.

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.
Christine Nixon, Leadership in a Male Environment,
Sheree Marris, Diversity in an Underwater World, an spoke about her experiences as a women in the NSW
entertaining talk on the extent of marine diversity and Victorian police forces. More about anecdotes than
around Melbourne. strategic but broadly interesting.

Panel Discussion, Rotary’s Response to Our Entertainment, Marina Prior, Outstanding

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 Overview:

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” “
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

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