In Gear Week 33 4 March 2013 HD

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IN GEARIN GEARIN GEAR

R O T A R Y C L U B O F B E A U M A R I S W E E K L Y B U L L E T I N Number 33 4 March 2013

Next Meeting THURSDAY 7 MARCH

PETER MARCUS

TOPIC; SOCIAL MEDIA

CHAIR; CHRIS MARTIN

CASH DESK; LARRY JACKSON & CHARMAINE JANSZ

AV; DAVID LEA

HOST; ROY SEAGER

VICTORIA GOLF CLUB 6:30 FOR 7:00

THURSDAY 14 MARCH

NO MEETING

DISTRICT CONFERENCE

THURSDAY 21 MARCH

VRATKA POKORNA

TOPIC; TBACHAIR; TONY MCKENNA

CASH DESK; LARRY JACKSON & CHARMAINE JANSZ

AV; ROY SEAGER

HOST; MARY SEALY

VICTORIA GOLF CLUB 6:30 FOR 7:00

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PRESIDENT’S COMMENT

Our guest speaker at our last meeting, Brooke Squires,provided us with a very entertaining evening, speakingon the many ways Zoos Victoria is fighting wildlife extinc-tion around the world, particularly in Africa. How to getRhinos to breed in captivity is obviously a big challenge!

What I found interesting in Brooke’s presentation is theway in which Zoos Victoria is engaging local East Africancommunities to assist in this conservation movement – more about this inside this edition of In Gear.

It was a pleasure to have past NYSF representative Sal-

lie Geary join us for the meeting. This young lady is cer-tainly kicking goals! She has just returned from a Lionsexchange program in the Netherlands. Sallie gave abrief presentation on her next adventure with the charityorganisation, The Oaktree Foundation, where she willparticipate in their “Roadtrip to end Poverty” program(see slides on page 3). We wish Sallie all the best in herpursuits, and I am looking forward to seeing her againsoon for another update.

Other guests were Sue Paterson (friend of David and Di

Hone, see photo on next page) and partners ShirleyMirams, Di Hone and Jean Stringer. It is great to havevisitors to our meetings, especially member’s partners.

Contents1 President’s Message2 Notices3 This Weeks Speaker(s)5 This Week’s Gags6 Woodlands Interplast Golf Details

7 Club Structure / Sight of Week



R O T A R Y C L U B O F B E A U M A R I S B U L L E T I N – S E R V I N G T H E C O M M U N I T Y S I N C E 1 9 8 5

Some sad news to share with you – Mike Hede’sbrother Tony passed away suddenly after sufferinga stroke early in the week. There will be funeralmass for Tony to be held at St Theresa’s in Essendonat 11am. Also Rob Fenton’s mother passed awayafter a long illness.

Our thoughts are with both Mike and Rob and theirfamilies.

Most of us have been issued with our People’s ChoiceCommunity Lottery tickets to sell – a great opportuni-ty to raise funds for our club. Let us all support ourfund raising director Susan De Bolfo and her teamby making sure we sell EVERY TICKET . We onlyhave 30 each to sell up until 31 July, so I am sure wecan achieve this.

Those who weren’t able to attend last meeting anddon’t yet have their tickets, please contact Susan whowill arrange for you to receive yours.

Next week is a regular meeting at VGC, with guestspeaker Peter Marcus talking on a very topical sub-ject, Social Media.

The following week we will all be off to Wangarat-ta for the conference!

Stay safe and have a wonderful week

President John

Hocking Stuart Sandringham62-64 Station StreetTelephone: 03 9521 9800

TRAILER AVAILABLE TO RCOB MEMBERS

A “6X4” steel box trailer is availa-

ble to all RCOB Members for casual

use. It has a 7 pin round plug, lights

etc. . Please contact Geoff or Kerrie

if you wish to borrow it. No regis-

tration / insurance; all responsibility

with the user.

OVERSEAS MODEL

Note; As part of our arrangement with HockingStuart discounts on agents fees are available to

RCOB members.

Woodlands Interplast Golf Day; 10 MayThe RC of Mordialloc are running their annual Golf

Day in support of Interplast on Friday 10 May. Fulldetails are shown on page 6 of this Bulletin.

Anyone interested is welcome to contact JamesGlenwright.

Last week members took 94 raffle books. Anymembers who were away please see Susan nextweek to get their books.

Remember tickets are $2 each and the buyer mustfill in their name, address and a contact phone num-ber. We have from 1 March to end July to sell thetickets.

Each member is to complete the front page of their

books and that front page is to be returned withtheir books. Please put the money in an envelopewith your name on the front and return to Susan orTony




This Weeks Speaker; Sallie GearyTopic; Road Trip to End Poverty

This Weeks Speaker; Brooke SquiresTopic; Conservation at Zoos Victoria

Growing up in South Africa, Brooke developed apassion for African wildlife which led to her complet-ing a BSc (Zoology); she then went on to work as akeeper at Werribee Open Range Zoo (WORZ) forseventeen years.

One career highlight was working in the game cap-ture unit of Kruger National Park, South Africa, for ayear prior to the first regional importation of wild-caught White Rhinoceros to Australasia. Brooke alsocoordinated the International Rhino conference atWORZ in 2007, and has subsequently served on theboard of the International Rhino Keepers Associationand the Asian Rhino Project.

Brooke is also passionate about the human communi-ties that are working to preserve their natural herit-age in southern and east Africa. She completed anMSc in International Community Development, andnow coordinates the partnership between Zoos Vic-toria and the Melako Community Conservancy inKenya. She spends several months each year withthe Samburu and Rendille communities in northernKenya in order to better understand how these com-munities live with wildlife.

Brooke spoke of how the Zoo had evolved to be-come a conservation organisation which existed tofight the extinction of wildlife globally and locally.

Through an action plan based upn;

CONNECT communicate to the public the science andreality behind the threatsUNDERSTAND ensure that there is a wide under-standing of the reasons wildlife are threatened ACTION provide the the public with concrete actions




to reduce extinction pressures and take direct actionwith communities globally.

For example, the They’re Calling on You campaigndemonstrates the threat to the gorilla populationfrom illegal mining for rare metals used in mobilephones. By recycling phones these pressures can bereduced. The Don’t Palm Us Off campaign exposesthe threat of increasing palm oil production to theorang utang.

The Beads for Wildlife campaign works with commu-nities in northern Kenya to provide more educationand sustainable alternative incomes to local commu-

nities. This facilitates both a reduction in the needfor domestic animal husbandry (which is unreliableand directly threatens the wildlife) and encouragesthe community to foster care of local wildlife.

This campaign works as a business partnership be-tween the Zoo and the local communities and has sofar generated more than $350,000.

Amongst the on-going challenges is that of engagingthe young male warriors in protecting rather than

killing the local wildlife. Mobile phones and beadsare a big status hit!

The Kenyan Government has been very innovative inproviding low cost mobile phones and infrastructurethroughout the country and there are many amazingapplications; these include phone to phone moneytransfers and locational grazing indicators.

Closer to home the Zoo is committed to ensuring that

no more Victorian terrestrial vertebrate species be-come extinct through the following actions;

“Secure within our care all priority at-risk spe-cies by 2014

Manage healthy captive insurance populations(for all 20 species by 2021)

Support recovery programs Raise awareness and inspire the community”

Brookes talk was delivered with great clarity and

enthusiasm and chockfull of fascinating and colourfulanecdotes. If you were not there you missed a treat.See more about the above at;http://www.zoo.org.au/fighting-extinction




This Week’s Gags;Just a Second Before (II) (thank you Roy(again))




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Don Cullen's 2013 Tibetan calendar - Cost is $15 each

The Calendar shows selected pictures from Tibet in a desk unit with it's own stand.Proceeds go to his Tibetan Village Project, which he spoke to our club about some time ago.

BEAUMARIS ROTARY 2012-13 CLUB STRUCTURE

BOARD CLUB SERVICE

President John Manks Director Bob McArthur

PE, VP, Exec Sec Bob McArthur Auditor Tony Phillips

Secretary Roy Seager Program David HoneTreasurer Richard Shermon Meeting Attendance Greg Every

Foundation Richard Jones Newsletter Editor David Lea

International Fred Hofmann Fellowship Heather Chisholm

New Generations Rob Fenton Sergeant Tony Phillips( David R.standby)

Membership and Marketing Trish Smyth Webmaster David Lea

Community Adrian Culshaw Photographer Greg Every

Fundraising Harry Roberts Almoner Harry Wolfe

PP and On to Conference James Glenwright Host(s)/Cashiers Roster

ARH representative John Beaty (non board) Youth Protection Officer Malcolm Parks

Vocation Coordinate with program

TEAM MEMBERS

International Community New Generations FundraisingDavid Langworthy Malcolm Sawle Chris Martin Geoff Abbott

Geoff Stockdale David Greenall Glenda Laughton Kerrie Geard

Ross Phillips Martin Fothergill Heather Chisholm Charmaine Jansz

Tony McKenna Greg Every John BeatyRoy Seager/James G. (Golf park-ing)

Zillay Batool Mary Sealy John Van Dyk

Larry Jackson Mike Hede Geoff Stringer

Ken Mirams Geoff Stringer Greg Every

Mal Parks Susan De Bolfo

Ken Mirams

Judi Hall (TBC) Membership and Marketing Golf Day

Peter Flude (Marketing) Jim O'Brien

Police car project Antony Nixon Peter Flude

Roger Frewen Tony Phillips

Rob Fenton (Banker)

Tadpoles, Canada

Photograph by EikoJones

Tadpoles swim througha jungle of lily stalks inCedar Lake on Vancou-ver Island, Canada

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