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Rotary Club of Melbourne Inc. ROTARY CLUB OF MELBOURNE INC VICTORIA AUSTRALIA ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 9800 REGISTRATION NO. A0019177Z ABN 31564943498 CHARTERED 21 APRIL 1921 CLUB NUMBER 18333 PRESIDENT 2019-20 Kevin F Sheehan NINETY NINTH ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 2020 Office Bearers 2019-20 P r e s i d e n t Kevin F Sheehan Vice Presidents David Carruthers / Cynthia Edgell President Elect Marion S Macleod Immediate Past President Robert W Fisher Honorary Secretary Assistant Secretary Reg N Smith Russell J Board Honorary Treasurer Peter T Hanlon Board of Directors Peter Addison, Peter B Davis, Philip Cornish, Dorothy Gilmour, Bernie J McIntosh, Adrian Nelson, Amanda M Wendt. Minute Secretary to Board Graeme Whitelaw Protection Officer Russell J Board Bulletin Edito r Dorothy Gilmour A u d i t o r Greg J McCluskey F.C.A - GM Auditing Services P/L District 9800 Governor Grant Hocking Office Manager Jo Mavros Club Office P: P.O. Box 18388 Collins Street East, Melbourne, 8003 O: Suite 3, Level 9, 15 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic., 3000 T: +61 3 9654 7242 E: [email protected] W: http://www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au 2 Committee Structure DIRECTORS TEAMS/COMMITTEES TEAM LEADERS Vice President Club Management & Communications – Cynthia Edgell Corporate Issues Director, Peter Davis Audit & Risk Garry Fowler Governance Tony Greenwood Events & Fundraising Director, Dorothy Gilmour Fundraising Dorothy Gilmour RCM Community Foundation Sue McDonald R100 Centenary Hugh Bucknall Club Groups & Member Support Philip Endersbee Evening Meetings Mikaela Stafrace International Women’s Day Kerry Kornhauser Inter-Club Visits John Peberdy Lunch Organisation Peter Washusen Speakers Program Peter Lake Reception Richard Skinner On-To-Conference Ari Talantis Club Communication s Director, Adrian Nelson Archives Bruce Davidson Citation Writer Keith Callinan Bulletin Dorothy Gilmour Photography Ian Ross Social Media & Website Ari Talantis M e m b e r s h i p Director, Amanda Wendt Alumni Connector & Honorary Members Peter Rogers Corporate Membership Michael Selth Member Care Peter Dakin Membership Engagement Chanti Bou Membership Review & Mentoring Robert Fisher New Members Ian Evans Volunteering Ari Talantis / Jim Orchard Vice President Humanitarian Service – David Carruthers Community Service Director, Philip Cornish Community Welfare Mary Barry Ending Homelessness James Pullar / Richard Parker R100 Safe Families Dorothy Gilmour End Hepatitis Peter Clark Health & Ageing Chris Stillwell Second Bite Bob Glindemann / Jan Moffatt International Service Director, Peter Addison East Timor Bob Glindemann International Programs & Fellowship Brian Horwood Peace Fellows Rob Helme R100 RGECAF Chris Wang Rotary Foundation Rob Helme Youth & Vocational Service Director, Bernie McIntosh Indigenous Programs Quin Scalzo R100 Trachoma Jim Orchard/Peter Rogers/Rob McGuirk Welfare of the Young Robert Thomson/Bernie McIntosh Arts David Kram Rotary Park Peter Bailey Vocational Service Iqbal Reta 0808 Peter Davis Club Officers Secretary, Reg Smith Minute Secretary to the Board Graeme Whitelaw President – Robert Fisher Horizons Marion Macleod Investment Peter Berg Protection Officer Russell Board Rotary Connects Reg Smith Think Tank Chris Stillwell Treasurer Peter Hanlon 3 Membership Members at 30 June 2020 Members at 30 June 2020 227 Ordinary members 205 Honorary members 22 Summary of Movements 2019-20 Members at 30 June 2019 244 (223 Ordinary, 21 Honorary) Inducted Ordinary 9 Inducted Honorary 0 Ordinary to Honorary 2 Resigned Ordinary 25 Resigned Honorary 0 Deceased Honorary 1 Deceased Ordinary 0 Honorary Members: at 1 July 2019 (22) Neville J Barwick, Alfred K Brierley, Murray W Campbell, Sally Capp, Linda Dessau AC, Peter C Doherty AC, Alan S Finkel AO, Timothy Fisher AC, Gillian Hibbins, David C Jones AO OBE, Anthony D Kosky OAM, John S Levi AM, Peter H McCall OAM, Kazuyoshi Matsunaga, John C Melbourne, Gustav Nossal AC, David S Nurse, Kevin O’Fla- herty, Tilman Ruff, Les Schultz, J W Bill Pratt AM, Hugh R Taylor AC. Honorary Members Movements Honorary Members elected during the year: (0) Honorary Life Members from Ordinary Members during the year: (2) Melville Connell PSM, Anthony D Kosky OAM. Honorary Members left during the year: (0) Deceased - Honorary during the year: (1) The Hon Timothy Fisher AC Ordinary Members Movements Inductions: (9) Mina Guli, Robyn Hollands, Drasko Kraguljac, Kirsten Sayers, Chris Carrodus, Yidan Xi, Tim Conolan, Deb Ash- bolt, Christina Boys. Resignations: (25) John Allen, Sianna Panagiotopoulos, John Reynolds, Helena Michaels, Holly Ransom, Don Hyde, Gladys Liu, Alex Buchanan, John Fuller, George Koczkar, Peter Lake, Ryan Saville, Peter Burns, Bob Cowan, Luke Belfield, Lucy Luo, Ian Evans, Marcus Mandie, Peter Payne, John Brady, Adriaan denDulk, Robert Thomson, Olga Hogan, Ma- nuela Rathey, Spencer Bock. 4 Valedictory Address by 2019-20 President Kevin Sheehan In preparing this report, I have incorporated the text of my Valedictory Address delivered at ChangeOver on Wednesday 24th June 2020 and covered aspects in more detail for what was a truly unpredictable year. My address was to be the first virtual val- edictory and within production constraints, perhaps the shortest in our 99-year history. The ChangeOver Event is somewhat overwhelming, and I can readily identify that day in the life of any President of this great Club – hand over day, the day that the Chain of Office is passed to our next President. Over 24 years of membership I have listened to fine valedictory addresses and had the opportunity to refresh my memory by reading some. During these years I learned many things about the workings of our Club – especially that the wheel does not need to be reinvented. There is so much history, so many members willing to share their project experience when consulted – and so many valuable partner connections that enables us to leverage our project capacity and reach. At my installation last 26th June, I referred to the three goals of the 2019-20 Operational Plan. In implementing this Plan, I talked of Actions, Responsibility, Timelines and Evaluations and I asked the question – is it all achievable? – to which I answered – time will tell. Looking back, I can say that the year has been busy and it has had some challenges. As Lisa will attest, I spent plenty of time at my desk. Goal One - Deliver humanitarian project outcomes by working our Operational Plan We had the tools. We had the 4 Year Strategic Plan that I was fortunate to inherit from my predecessor, Robert Fisher. Within this framework, the Horizons team developed and polished a succinct Operational Plan which was worked and worked over the last 12 months to deliver humanitarian outcomes within a vast array of projects. The team delivering these outcomes not only comprised those 7 Directors, 27 Committee Chairs and 22 Team Leaders of the Organisation Chart, but also in- cluded the good work of triple that number of dedicated Members, the heavy lift- ers, the quiet achievers, volunteers, spouses and partners and sometimes family members. They all delivered project outcomes that were superbly outlined on the 17th June by our Vice Presidents when presenting their annual report, which in format and content truly raised the bar. All this good work had the dedicated support of our hard-working Administration team comprising our Office Manager, Jo Mavros, Hon Secretary, Reg Smith and Hon Treasurer Peter Hanlon. Plus, I was extremely fortunate to have two of the best Vice Presidents in David Carruthers and Cynthia Edgell who was most capa- bly assisted by Past VP, Barbara Yerondais. I was also fortunate to be able to lean on Past Present Robert Fisher when the need arose. So, the answer is Yes - there were achievements aplenty. Goal Two - Elevate the 2021 Centenary to inspire existing Members and attract new Members The dream of nine years ago was to create signature projects that left a legacy for the next 100 years, giving us something tangible to celebrate. Traction took a while, the R100 Team worked solidly to promote awareness throughout Australia and New Zealand to motivate project outcomes. The momentum has built so let us maintain the excitement as 2021 can be our light through the COVID tunnel. D9800 through DG Grant Hocking and DGE Philip Archer have embraced the Centenary as has our Lord Mayor and Hon Mem- ber Sally Capp. The Governor General and Mrs Hurley are now Centenary Ambassadors and will host our National Launch cer- emony from Yarralumla on the 10th July. As Australia’s first Rotary Club we connected with the three other Centurion Clubs of Sydney, Wellington and Auckland, to mark this Centenary milestone in the biggest and boldest possi- R100 Governor’s event—Sydney ble way. An Australasian project, Rotary Give Every Child a 5 Valedictory Address by 2019-20 President Kevin Sheehan Contd... Future (RGECAF) to immunise 100,000 children in nine Pacific Island Nations is well underway with our partner UNICEF, as is a National pro- ject, End Trachoma 2020. Each of the 1,107 Australian Clubs and 267 New Zealand Clubs have been challenged to create their Centenary project which has created much excitement and implementation. Rotary Melbourne has three Centenary projects: Trachoma Water Trailer part- nering with Monash University Engineering and Impex in Darwin, End Hepatitis Now, an awareness campaign partnering with Hepatitis Victo- ria and Gatherings of Kindness partnering with the Hush Foundation of which our Hon Member, the Governor of Victoria is Patron. So, have we elevated R100 ? Yes indeed, and the work continues through 2021. Goal Three - Ensure that Members enjoy doing what they do as volunteers I am proud that so many Members have risen to the challenges of this year. Their commitment to deliver our pro- ject work, awards and events has been mammoth. During the year we dedicated time to expose our projects, iden- tify and accolade the project champions and quite achievers. This was implemented from the podium and through the superb communication work of our Bulletin and social media team.