Last week's club meeting really reminded me of why I joined Rotary. What great work we do across all the avenues of service: community, youth, international, vocational as well as club service. The work that the Interact Club at Montmorency Secondary College does is outstanding and a credit to the young people involved and the school. Congratulations to Ian Toohill, supported by our Youth Committee, who has been the mainstay of the Interact program at Monty for many years. Congratulations also to the Rotary Club of Hondo City which has been involved in the exchange program for an incredible 47 years. We heard some very polished speeches from both the Japanese and Australian students involved in the program as well as from current Interact President and 2018 School Captain Bridget Dorizzi.
We also heard a very inspirational story from Brendan Stroud from Disability Sport and Recreation. Brendan's experience highlighted the disparity in support between people with disabilities in Australia and third world countries and emphasised the very important work that Wheelchairs for Kids is doing in third world countries. I encourage everyone to support the Interact students in their Wheelchair for Kids Wheelathon on 15 September.
Your Program committee (Alison, John and Irene), have been very busy organising the Footy Night on 21 September at Heidelberg Golf Club. The evening will feature Greg 'Champs' Champion and include a panel of 'experts' as well as other guests. We will host the Rotary Club of Diamond Creek as well as Rotarians from other surrounding Clubs so numbers may be tight. Bring your partners and friends and book early to secure your place. Bookings on Trybooking will be open this week. For those who cannot access Trybooking, please see Irene at Club meetings.
Work is commencing this week to find a venue for club meetings from 2018. The Board, at its meeting last week, appointed Kevin, Jill and I to lead the search and we will be assisted by Nick Iconomou, Jim Phillips and Ian Toohill who volunteered at the club meeting last week. I will keep you informed of developments but please let me know if you have any good ideas.
Cheers, 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
This week we are pleased to have as our guest speaker Graeme Hubbett - CE0 of GEMS .Graeme is an oceanographer and developed the GEMS 3D Coastal Ocean Model which has been adopted as the Australian National model for oil spill and search and rescue operations and has been purchased by the United States Navy as part of their relocatable operational modelling system. This system has been used by all the large oil companies in Australia for environmental impact studies and operational requirements. It is also used extensively for water quality and coastal engineering studies in Australia, Asia and the South Pacific for projects such as port developments, marinas and ocean discharges. Come along and, hear how a local Eltham resident is making a difference to the environment.
"Graeme spent 17 years in University and Government Research Organisations, primarily as an oceanographer, undertaking ocean measurement studies, through the deployment of ocean instrument moorings, and developing computer models for a range of ocean prediction applications. Graeme developed the first operational marine forecast models (waves, tropical cyclone storm surge and coastal currents) for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology. He was the first person in Australia to develop a 3D computer prediction model of the ocean for environmental studies (Geelong Ocean outfall, 1984) and was the first to set up a high resolution atmospheric prediction model for marine operations (e.g. 1991, 1995 America’s Cup challenges). Graeme left the Bureau of Meteorology Research Centre in 1993 and established his own consulting company, Global Environmental Modelling and Monitoring Systems (GEMMS). For the past 24 years he has been applying his oceanographic knowledge and numerical modelling expertise to bring state of the art, ocean and atmosphere computer simulation models to the consulting community.
His Ocean Forecast Model has been adopted by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority as part of the National System for Search and Rescue operations in Australian waters. The model was also purchased by the United States Navy as part of their Coastal Ocean Forecasting System.
The Ocean Model has also been used in Australia, and many other countries, for applications such as environmental impact studies, oil spill impacts, desalination plant impacts, water quality assessments, dredging impacts, marina design, ocean discharges, coastal engineering design and many other operational requirements.
The Ocean Model is also used extensively for tidal and coastal flood modelling (e.g. tropical cyclone storm surge flooding prediction and risk assessments)". Topics which may be covered in Thursday’s Presentation include:
Weather and Ocean Forecasting 1980 – 2017
1992 and 1995 America’s Cup challenges
Tropical Cyclone Impacts
Ocean Tides
Climate Change Measurements and Prediction
The Search for MH370
The Dredging of Port Philip Bay and the loss of Portsea Beach
Consulting Experiences 1993 – 2017
Note: The topics covered will be dependent on the time available (20-30 minutes would be good), but if there are any specific questions on topics not covered they could be addressed in question time
Judy Sharp: Need to find a new venue for our meetings as Third Chapter not keen to continue beyond commitment for remainder of year. If anyone from general membership interested in assisting with this process please see Judy. Westfield, South Morang, looking for candidates for Santa jobs at Christmas – paid work if anyone interested! Thanks to Graham Miles for repairs to chains of office.
Sally Squires: Need all members to set up Facebook accounts and get friends to ‘like, comment and share’ on Festival and Facebook pages. Can pay to get out into Eltham area but preferable to do it this way.
Alan McCleary: Thanks to Graham Miles for organising perspex on the A Frames to protect them from rain. North East Link BBQ a big success – 350 people there. Thanks to all who assisted. Need volunteers for BBQs for following dates:Thurs 7 Sept 11am to 2pm at Mud Palace (Council Open Day);Friday 15 Sept. at Montmorency S/C (Wheelchairs for Kids); Wed 25 Oct at Eltham East PS (see Graham Miles).
Dale Atkins: Short working bee at the Shed at 11am on Sunday 20 August. BYO scissors for cutting packets in two.
Irene Cant: Please support the Footy Night at the Golf Club on 21 Sept and wear your favourite footy gear. Partners welcome and great entertainment from Greg Champion.
Gary Williams: Reminder about the Medibank Melbourne Marathon (a.k.a. Aquabox Marathon) on Sunday 22 Oct – finishing with a lap of the hallowed turf at the MCG. Need more sponsorships from members as well as corporate sponsorship. Lunch after may be at The Tippler & Co, 58 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne. A bar and eatery and upstairs seating for 50-60 people.
Round 22 saw CatzWomen (Jill Ramsey) score well with 7 correct tips to maintain her 5 point lead over HarriNDeec who also scored 7. No one managed the perfect 9 thus the weekly prize for 100% tipping in the final home and away round is $40.
Perfect score Jackpot now $40
Good Luck
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 (interim)
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
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