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14 June 2018
Hope everyone stayed high, dry and warm this week. The good news is that it is the winter solstice this week - there’s plenty of night time to party at the upcoming final Board meeting of this Rotary year, at our regular Thursday meeting or at Changeover in two weeks time. At least the days will get progressively lighter from now on - marginally so anyway.
Congratulations to PP Ken, Judy and the Paynter family on the retrospective of Gala Gowns at Melbourne Museum last Saturday. Ken gave a fascinating talk on his family company Gala Gowns  which played such a significant role in developing women’s fashion in Australia from the 1940s to the 1980s and which reflected the cultural, social and economic changes of the times. Ken talked about the vibrant rag trade in and around Flinders Lane in Melbourne, multiple trips to Europe to bring back the latest designs and fabrics to be made locally in Australia, and the risks taken in trying out bold new ideas e.g. T shirts! The fashion parade was a reflection of the changes taking place in Australia at that time.
Last week we had another fascinating glimpse into the life and talents of one of our members. Dynamo Denese wowed and inspired us all with her achievements in weight lifting and crossfit training. Congratulations Denese - I am in awe of your talents. Can we sign you up as the coach and anchor for our Tug of War team at festival?
Bast wishes to all our members, partners and their family members who are on the sick list at present. Your fellow Rotarians are there to help when we can so please let me or Family of Rotary members, Les Coath and Irene Cant, know if we can assist in any way.
Stay warm, President Judy
 
 
Lower Eltham Park BBQ 9:30 am - 2:30 pm
 
You are responsible for finding a replacement if you are unable to do your rostered duty and to notify Lyn Truran  ljtruran@bigpond.com 
 
Sunday 24 June Sunday 1 July Sunday 8 July
DVLC
Ken Paynter (TC)
 Trevor Smith (TC) Ian Thomas (TC)
  Con Proussalis Victoria Clague
  Christina Proust Keith den Hartog
  Jules Aussems Michael Ramsay
 
 
Upcoming Events
Combined Board Dinner
Mercers Restaurant
Jun 20, 2018
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Lung Transplantion at the Alfred Hospital
Heidelberg Golf Club
Jun 21, 2018
6:15 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Rotarian behind the badge - Jill Ramsay
Heidelberg Golf Club
Jun 28, 2018
6:15 PM – 8:00 PM
 
NO MEETING
Jul 05, 2018
6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
 
RCE Changeover
Eaglemont Room, Heidelberg Golf Club
Jul 06, 2018
6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
 
Rotaract Club of DV 10 Yr Anniversary & Changeover
Heidelberg Golf Club
Jul 07, 2018
6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
 
Festival committee meeting
Function room, Eltham Hotel
Jul 09, 2018
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
 
District Governor's visit
Heidelberg Golf Club
Aug 02, 2018
6:15 PM – 8:30 PM
 
Festival Committee meeting
Function room, Eltham Hotel
Aug 13, 2018
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
 
Rotaract Meetings
 
 
The Rotaract Club of Diamond Valley meets on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of the month at 7:30 pm Meeting Details
 
 
Rotaract 10th Anniversary and Changeover Celebration
Sat 7th July 6.30-10pm
Heidelberg Golf Club $40 Dress Cocktail
 
Save the Dates!
 
RCE Changeover
Fri 6th July at 6.30pm
Eaglemont Room 
Heidelberg Golf Club
$50 per person for two course meal, drinks at bar prices
Entertainment provided by the Brian Fitzgerald Trio
(Flyer has been sent to all members)
 
Rotary Eltham Festival
Sat 10th and Sun 11th Nov
Advise Paul Kelly of your availability
 
RCE Christmas Function
Thurs 6th Dec
Ballara Receptions
 
2019 Victorian Multi District Conference
15th - 17th Feb 2019
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre
Registrations open 1st July
 
 
 
 
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Club Meets:
Thursday 6:15 for 6.45pm
 
Heidelberg Golf Club
8 Main Road
Lower Plenty
 
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0419 008 759
 
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Rotary Invocation
 
For good food, good fellowship and the opportunity to serve through Rotary, we give thanks.
 

Internet Links

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June 2018
 
Duty Roster
John O'Callaghan (Team Captain)
Diane Penkethman
Gordon Birch
Mike Englefield
 
Fines Roster
June 7 Con Proussalis
June 14 Howard Turner
June 21 Graham Miles
June 28 Kaye Smith
 
 
 
 
If you are unable to attend to your duty allocation, it is your responsibility to find a replacement and advise Brett Linsell
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Ron Manison
June 12
 
Jill Ramsay
June 15
 
Denese Billings
June 16
 
Judy Sharp
June 20
 
Kevin Hadingham
June 30
 
Spouse Birthdays
Penny Atkins
June 16
 
Anniversaries
Howard Turner
Stella Turner
June 14
 
Join Date
Robert Kilcullen
June 9, 2005
13 years
 
David Laws
June 15, 2014
4 years
 
Jill Ramsay
June 30, 2009
9 years
 
Les Coath
June 30, 2004
14 years
 
ClubRunner
This Week at Rotary
Posted by Alison Cooper
Lungitude Foundation - Lung transplant specialists
Following on from a fantastic RBTB by Denese we have three speakers this week from the Lungitude Foundation. One of the speakers, Wendy Jenkins, is actually a double lung transplant recipient. Together with Greg Snell, Head of Lung Transplant Service, at The Alfred and A/Prof Bronwyn Levvey, Manager Service Department Lung Transplant Service who are both  world-experts in lung transplant,s we will be educated on this specialised  area of medicine.Book in now.
Chairman: Alan McCleary
Fine Master: Graham Miles       
 
 
 
 
 
The Week that Was
Posted by Diane Penkethman
  1. Judy Sharp: Email from Marlene McFarlane thanking everyone for their best wishes for the newlyweds. Please support Ken Paynter’s event at Melbourne Museum for Gala Fashions.
  2. Jill Ramsay: Need bookings finalised on Try Bookings for changeover dinner at Heidelberg Golf Club on Friday 6 July.
  3. Brett Linsell: DV Rotaract Changeover dinner and 10th anniversary on Saturday 7 July.
  4. Alan McCleary: Weekend BBQs raised approximately $3,200. A great result – thanks to both Les Coath’s and Mike Wetzler’s teams.
  5. Dale Atkins: Audio equipment to be checked – in meantime using Heidelberg’s two microphones.
 
Weekend BBQs Exhausting work!!
Posted by Alison Cooper
PR update
Posted by Sally Squires
Website:During the year the RCE website was changed from a Wordpress version to a ClubRunner model.  Any club details updated to ClubRunner filter to the website  and require no further work.  This improvement meant that it was no longer a recurrent job to update the website weekly or monthly (Thanks Clayton for all your previous work).   Newer photos, stories and menus were added.  The addition of links to RCE Facebook,  Festival website, Festival Facebook, Aquabox website, Aquabox Facebook, Festival photos, documents required by the public, member access to ClubRunner and Rotary information are making it an information hub.A continued problem with our website on mobiles is with our web host for attention, but unfortunately he is taking his time. 
Facebook RCE:A steady stream of posts are published on the page weekly, with 267 likes we are growing in popularity. Our organic reach is between 100 and 300 people. 
Festival Website:Is managed by Festival team.
Facebook Festival: An intensive program of posts from 2 months out has increased our following to over 2474 likes, and a larger organic reach.  This is a cheap and effective way for us to get a variety of messages out.
Twitter Festival:Of less effectiveness than Facebook but another cheap and easy way to advertise, a campaign is run on Twitter for the Festival.
Aquabox Website: Is managed by Aquabox team.
Aquabox Facebook:Aquabox  posts run over the conference weekend managed to reach over 440 people.  It has potential to be improved.
The Bulletin:Diane Penkethman does a wonderful job getting The Bulletin out every week. Darryl Wallace contributes Member profiles.  Paul Gardner submits club history articles. Each Committee submits a report every 6 weeks.  Being linked into ClubRunner makes it easy for members to add items of interest to The Bulletin. After member requests for the ability to read The Bulletin on mobile phones we updated our version to enable this. 
Other work includes Radio Interviews and working relationships with other Facebook Pages of local organisations to get further reach.  
 
History Shorts 4 - Rotex Cinema
Posted by Paul Gardner
Before the construction of the Coles Arcade in Eltham, there was a red brick hall about where the Chemist shop now is. This hall was used for public meetings and film shows. After it was removed there was nowhere to show films. When Bruce Holland (75-76) was president, Les Clarke developed a proposal to convert a disused supermarket in Montmorency into a cinema. After some apprehension as to whether the club should be involved with a property owned by the wives of Rotarians Neville Emerson and Brian Smythe, it was agreed to adopt this project. A joint project with Eltham Apex, hence the name Rotex, was commenced and was to be funded by the formation of a cooperative company with shares paid at 10 cents in the dollar - this method having been used by Les Clarke with the foundation of Eltham College. The management committee of Rotarians and Apexians was established.
In President Bob McLellan’s time (76-77) enough funding had been obtained to carry out the physical alterations necessary. We had ‘working bees’ to change the floor to a sloping one, and I remember Doug Blaikie welding the frame for the screen and John Maltha making and hanging curtains along the side walls.The early years were successful and Rotex was showing new release films. There were some problems with the second-hand projection equipment, which turned out to be not as good as expected and had to be replaced. The cinema seated about 300 and it was considered that it would be viable if half full. After a while audience numbers were declining. Neville Emerson took over the day to day management but was unable to revive it. After the opening of the Greensborough multiplex it would seem that Rotex was no longer getting new release films.
When I was president (81-82) the management committee decided to close. It was considered that the cooperative had debts of around $60,000 and there was a concern that shareholders would be called on for the balance of 90 cents per share. To our knowledge this was the first cooperative in Victoria to close. The Rotary Board made a decision that it would not underwrite this debt. This decision led to the resignation of three past presidents, Bob McLellan, Neville Emerson and Les Clarke. This was particularly devastating as at that stage we only had eight past presidents. Fortunately, no call was made on the debt and Bob and Neville returned to the club. It is to my continuing regret that we lost Les Clarke who was a great ideas member.This is my recollection of this project and might not agree with others involved. While I was a member of the Board (in various positions) for the entire period covered, I do not think that I was aware of all the decisions that were made. The building is now occupied by the Montmorency Newsagency.
 
 
 
2017 - 2018 Board
 
President
Judy Sharp
 
 
President Elect
Jill Ramsay
Rotary Foundation
Kevin Hadingham
Secretary
Ann Lynch
Aquabox
Dale Atkins
Treasurer
Lou Bolzonello
Membership
Margaret Lane 
Immediate Past President
Kevin Hadingham
Public Relations
Sally Squires
Community Service
Alan McCleary
Club Administration
Jill Ramsay
Youth Service
Ken Paynter
 Club Service and Program
Alison Cooper
International Service
Rob Kilcullen
2017 Festival
Jill Ramsay

PAST PRESIDENTS  The Rotary Club Of Eltham Chartered 19th April 1973, District 9790  

Geoff Dreverman 73-74: Neville Emerson 74-75: Bruce Holland 75-76: Bob McLellan 76-77:

Doug Blaikie 77-78: Les Clarke 78-79: Keith Kelley 79-80: John Smibert 80-81: Paul Gardner 81-82:

Chris Parenthoine 82-83: Arthur Trainor 83-84: Merv Günter 84-85: John Maltha 85-86: Graeme Beyer 86-87:

Mike Ramsay 87-88: Terry Boocock 88-89: Ken Ferguson 89-90: Bill Penna 90-91: John Jacobson 91-92:

Jim Nairn 92-93: Nigel Bell 93-94: David Bowen 94-95: Ian Thomas 95-96: Vic Vela 96-97: Gabor Tamas 97-98:

Gordon Birch 98-99: Gary Reid 99-00: Mike Irwin 00-01: John Lewis 01-02: Brian Weyman 02- 03:

Graeme Hardiman 03-04: Alan Anderson 04-05: Chris Chapple 05-06: Max Lee 06-07: Ross McDonald 07-08:

David Flint 08-09: Tony Wason 09-10: Michael Englefield 10-11: Rob Kilcullen 11-12: Mike Wetzler 12-13:

Ken Paynter 13-14: Con Proussalis 14-15: David McFarlane 15-16

Kevin Hadingham 16-17