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- Next Tuesday's Meeting Note 7.15am start time.
- Place to be Sunday 16th November
- Christmas Hampers Made Easier
- 'Shine On Awards' -Your nominations please
- Notice of Annual General Meeting
- Meeting Report 11th November
- Gallery
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Matthew Jackson
Conservation and ecotourism at Phillip Island Nature Parks
Phillip Island Nature Parks was created by the State Government of Victoria in 1996 and comprises over 1,805 hectares of Crown Land. It is part of the UNESCO Western Port Biosphere Reserve and encompass wildlife sanctuaries, wetlands, woodlands and breathtaking coastlines which are protected and managed by our world-renowned environmental and research programs.
Habitat within Phillip Island Nature Parks supports significant populations of little penguins, hooded plovers, short-tailed shearwaters and other international migratory bird species, and mammals such as koalas, possums, wallabies, Australian fur seals and bats. The Nature Parks protects a range of plant communities that includes over 330 native species. Sections of the Nature Parks also fall within or are adjacent to wetlands protected as ‘wetlands of international importance’.
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Profits generated by the main attractions are invested into conservation, research, ecotourism, environmental and educational initiatives within the Nature Parks.
Matthew is the CEO of Phillip Island Nature Parks and has extensive management experience within both private and public sectors, including over 20 years’ experience within the wildlife and tourism industry.
Complemented with a Master of Business Administration qualification, Matthew’s experience covers management of captive wildlife collections with over 14 years at Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary and currently 7 years with Phillip Island Nature Parks. This role includes the management of over 1,805 hectares of crown land, with a key focus on restoration and protection of sensitive habitats and enhancing biodiversity, and the commercial management of significant State Government tourism attractions including the world famous Penguin Parade.
Matthew also held the position as General Manager for Australia and New Zealand operations for apparel brand Dickies USA, the largest work wear company in the world.
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Chair
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Herb Greenwood |
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Sergeant
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Bernie Gerlinger
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Greeter
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Allan Driver
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Reporter
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Tony Fritsche
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Photographer
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Kevin Love
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Door
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Richard Mitchell |
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Director Report - Foundation
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Doug Robertson
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Bulletin Editor
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David Jones
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Posted by Bernie GERLINGER
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McAuley House Working Bee
A team of 9 members and one partner from RCCMS (Roy, Doug, Bruce H, Peter, Kevin W, Roger, Pippa, Yanpu and Alan S) were joined by a team of seven from the RC of Melbourne Park (Jacinta Walker, Haley Forge, Christine Young, Linden Boyle, Soon Yii Chua, Chester Kang and Azu Aminath) to tidy up the garden and paint the front fence.
The fence painting was a mammoth task as the front fence comprised 30 metres of picket fence, which needed painting on both sides plus 30 metres of paling fence 2 metres which required painting on one side. This consumed almost 30 litres of paint.
A number of repairs were performed on the fence by Peter who prepared with his tool box and trustee DEWALT drill and screwdriver.
Work started at 8.30am and the Melbourne Park team commenced the garden maintenance and worked very hard to finish this around 12pm when they then joined the painting team to finish half an hour over the estimated time.
Morning tea, as always, was provided by Rose the cook at McAuley House and her fresh scones, jam and cream were to die for.
A fantastic job by all as can be seen in the finished photo.
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PUB NIGHT
RCCMS Social Event
Friday 31st October, 5.00 – 7.30pm
Cabinet Bar & Balcony
11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne
[ tucked in off Lt. Collins Street just east of Swanston ]
Drop in and join your RCCMS friends to end the week with good company, fine cocktails and tapas at this unique Melbourne venue.
It’s like being served in your own lounge room.
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Next Tuesday's meeting, 18th November, is the occasion of our annual
PAUL HARRIS BREAKFAST.
Guest Speaker; The Right Honourable Lord Mayor ROBERT DOYLE
"Melbourne; Safety, Liveability, Planning for Growth"
7.15am for 7.30am
RACV Club, Level 17.
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Organised by the Rotary Club of Kew in conjunction with the Rotary Clubs of Brighton North and Central Melbourne - Sunrise this event aims to firstly raise much needed funds for its selected charities and secondly to encourage creative, bold, innovative, versatile, practical and responsible gardening in our Australian gardens.
This year the our club will be manning the four large scale gardens open for the first time in the Euroa area, on Sunday 16th November between 10am and 5pm
Full information and ticket sales available at www.gardendesignfest.com.au
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The Annual General Meeting of the Rotary Club Central Melbourne-Sunrise will be held at the club meeting on November 25, 2014.
Business will include acceptance of Financial Statements for 2013-14, and voting on nominations for the Board for 2014-15. The Agenda and particulars will be sent to members shortly.
Members including non-board members are welcome to nominate for the 2014-15 board. They are also welcome to propose motions for the AGM.
All such proposals should be lodged with the Secretary no later than 3 November 2014.
Tony Thomas, Secretary, RCCMS 24/10/14.
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Posted by Tony Thomas
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"To hold the good of the organisation’s past in reverence, as it climbs to higher usefulness in the future."
Paul Harris
An invigoration of District’s Vocational Service is under way.
The goal is to switch Vocational Service to a support role for other service lines during the next three years. Currently it’s a little-understood and often neglected stand-alone activity in Rotary.
“Many Vocational chairs in clubs struggle to define their role,” says Justine Murphy, District 9800 Vocational Director. “If a club has a program to teach kids skills at interviews, is that ‘Vocational’ or ‘Youth’? If a club is helping migrants get a start here, is that ‘Vocational’ or ‘International’? Every Rotary club in the world suffers from this confusion.
“In fact, Vocational Service is implicit in everything we do – it’s less what we do, than how we do it. It’s about how we deploy our vocational skills like project management or business counseling. We want Vocational Service to be a support to club, cluster and District projects, not an activity in itself.
“The reality is that Rotary started as a vocational network for business and occupational skill and ethics, and those aspects are our unique strength among community organisations. Too many people just associate Rotary with sausage sizzles.”
The new eight-person, skills based, Vocational Service team is a diverse group, reflecting the breadth of Rotary experience, age and gender.
The Vocational Service makeover addresses:
- Vocational programs' overlap with other avenues
- Many clubs don’t take Vocational Service seriously, allocating it to less-active members
- Most clubs see Vocational Service as little more than a few job talks and site visits
Justine says, “Our District plan is now for Vocational Service to be the common thread across all other service programs, with a focus to support them”
How will this happen?
District will provide support to clubs – building on the vocational skills, experience and networks of the District.
- Its Vocational ‘Skillsbank’ is in development, with a current list of about 170 skills which will be used to match required skills with projects.
- The District will compile a database of clubs’ Vocational projects – but based on what is being done, not which avenue the project is sitting in
- A new “Vocations in Service” mark will be developed, to be applied to a host of programs in all avenues across the District
- Annual District Vocational Awards for great programs from any avenue that are vocationally based, ethically sound and well governed.
- Annual ’thought leadership’ events will be run as open community forums – the first to be in October 2015
Members of the committee are:
Narina Amvasas, RC Southbank; Alan Seale RC Central Melbourne Sunrise; Rebecca Heitbaum, RC Albert Park; Philip Rowell (EO) RC Brighton North;
Anne King, RC Central Melbourne Sunrise; Justine Murphy (Chair) ;Mandi Wendt , RC Melbourne Park; and Bob Slater, RC Carlton.
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Posted by Mary VOICE
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President Roy opened the meeting with a welcome to a Guest Speaker well known to the club, Mr Russell Rolls.
The Chairman of the day, George Mackey proposed the toast to Rotary International.
Club Announcements
1. Doug Robertson requested that we all encourage and seek wider participation for the Paul Harris breakfast on 18 November
2. Peter Duras reminded us of the forthcoming Shine On awards nominations -- to recognise exceptional service to others by people with disabilities. Please keep an eye/ear open and consider possible nominations. Two categories: under and over 25 years. Please contact Peter within the next 2-3 weeks with any suggestions or to discuss further.
3. Greg Cuthbert reminded us of Garden DesignFest on Sunday 16 November. Please distribute brochures widely and let friends and family know about this opportunity for a lovely day out in the country.
4. Neil Salvano noted that Community Village still needs volunteers, please volunteer soon.
5. Richard Stone reported on foundation member Lou Butterfield -- Lou is not travelling very well, John Meehan and Richard are planning to visit regularly. Thanks for the update, Richard.
6. George Mackey reported how successful RYPEN (2 kids supported) and the NYSF info session had been and how he enjoyed the creative humour from the kids (and we need to brush up on our sci-sci-fi-sci-nerd jokes)
Director's Report by Greg Cuthbert (Fundraising) highlighted the following:
- Strategy for 2014-15: - Build a pipeline of fundraising ideas & events that focus on raising funds from outside the club and that will be sustainable to run each year for future years.
- Several events completed and several in the pipeline; also planning for a CBD Farmer's Market continues.
- Future Events planned: CBD Scavenger Hunt, Moomba Gourmet BBQ, and two more fundraising dinners this Rotary year.
President's Report
President Roy: advised that our club had been invited to newly formed Rotary club in Japan, Osaka-Midosuji-Hommachi, and that fortunately, George Mills will be able to attend on our behalf. He also informed us that, for the Paul Harris breakfast, the club is considering a Paul Harris Fellow nomination from outside Rotary.
Sergeant’s Session
Sergeant Bernie Gerlinger asked amazingly obscure questions to ensure that funds flowed into the can, then gave us an interesting list of history changes and a great quote about hearts.
Guest Speaker -- Russell Rolls
Russell commenced by letting us know his talk would be wider than the title: "Victoria’s energy opportunity" since he would cover power and power generation. He gave us an information packed one-hour seminar in 15 minutes, wow Russell!
Victoria has one of the largest undeveloped deposits of lignite (brown coal) in the world (430 billion tons of lignite, about 30- 35 b of those are economic, so many hundreds of years at present usage rate). It is comparatively low in toxic pollutants There is also significant evidence to suggest that there is the possibility to develop a large-scale coal seam gas (CSG) industry utilising the deeper, un-mineable lignite seams. The challenge for Victoria is to identify and commercialise the technologies that will allow these resource developments to proceed. Victoria is dependent on Latrobe valley for about 95% of stationary energy (which covers most things excluding transport).
Vic does not export natural gas currently, but only 20-30 years of gas left, while crude oil in Bass Strait is dropping off dramatically. Can CSG fill that gap? Many CSG wells may only last 20 -30 years. Russell indicated it is likely to be able to develop low emissions technology, that converts lignite to oil and black coal.
Are we close to peak oil? How will we power our cars? Maybe hydrogen (H), then source of H is likely to be coal.
Base load: Peaks used to be winter mornings, now it is summer in the afternoon. Stationary generation from coal boilers does not cope with those short lived but intense peaks; gas is better for peak load.
Russell gave us a primer on the Carboniferous period and underground methane locations, and a passionate primer on the idiosyncrasies of ownership laws in relation to development issues. He also gave us a rundown on some of the Vic politics, and the not-so-evidence based discussions that abound in Victoria.
In Russell's opinion, degradation of farm soils is also a big problem that does not get enough consideration.
Questions surrounded uses of brown coal, including export potential, but since Vic brown coal is 65% water, it is not good for export, and combustion is a problem.
President Roy closed the meeting inviting all to "LIGHT UP ROTARY"
(I am tempted to ask: with CSG?)
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A small selection from the 278 photos taken at the McAuley House Working bee.
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