The first bulletin of the new year! Congratulations to Bulletin Editor Dianne Reed for managing to get it out so quickly.

1. Rotary Club of Ascot
www.ascotrotary.org.au Volume 44—Bulletin 1
www.facebook.com.ascotrotary 26 June 2012
District 9465
MEETING LOCATION:
Silks Bar & Bistro,
174 Wright Street,
Belmont WA, 6104
Breakfast, Every Tuesday,
7.00 am for 7.30 start.
DUTIES ROSTER
3 July 2012
President Michael takes over
Welcoming: Michelle Kendall At a gala event held on Saturday 23 June
Ronnie Malthouse President Michael presides over the first of many
Grace: Colin Peacock meetings for the Ascot Rotary Club.
Loyal Toast: Peter Richardson
Rotary Informer: Aidan Wood
Host Chair: Stephen Kendall
Guest Speaker: TBA
Topic: TBA
10 July 2012
Welcoming: Mike Bermann
Kimberley Holding
Grace: Ros McLernon
Loyal Toast: Bev Poor
Rotary Informer: Jeff Stephenson
Host Chair: President Michael
Committee Meetings
17 July 2012
Welcoming: Hugh Langridge
Dianne Reed
Grace: Julia Temby
Loyal Toast: Kashinee Veeren
Rotary Informer: Max Morrell
Host Chair: Peter Richardson
Guest Speaker: TBA DG Jodie gives Michael Evans the new Rotary Banner for 2012/13
Topic: TBA
24 July 2012 President: Michael Evans
Mobile: 0412 609 131
Welcoming: Michael Metcalf
president@ascotrotary.org.au
Brian Poole
Grace: Deepti Roopun Apologies to: Deepti Roopun (Treasurer)
Loyal Toast: Jodie Sparks Mobile: 0402 494 565
Rotary Informer: Kashinee Veeren treasurer@ascotrotary.org.au
Host Chair: Hugh Langridge Bulletin Editor: Dianne Reed
Guest Speaker: TBA Home: 9459 6605
Topic: TBA bulletin@ascotrotary.org.au

2. Neil Rae was the guest speaker for the
evening. He provided us with some very
interesting information regarding our
International Project: to provide water
for the Hamlets of Eraulo in the Ermera
Region of Timor Leste. Neil, Mike B, Sue
and Ron Alexander all went to Timor to
get the project moving. Unfortunately
Fred, who was also hoping to go, couldn’t
make the trip due to a health problem.
Neil is pictured here with his wife Melanie and
his parents Fred and Norma Rae and some of
the photos he took in Timor Leste.

3. Mike Bermann is the
MC for the evening.
He is also the Ascot
Rotarian of the Year—
congratulations Mike.
District Governor
Jodie and husband
Colin.
PDG Hugh and
P Michael hand
out Centurion
Awards to 27
members and
partners.
President Michael and Gwen
AT HANDOVER
Saturday 23 June
Whose knuckle
dusters are these?
Assistant Governor
Joe Byl and his wife
Sheila.
The ‘incoming’ and the ‘outgoing’ Sergeants
had a great time removing funds from our
pockets.
Kash and P Michael check the raffle tickets.
President Elect Julia and husband Denis,

4. What’s up in . . . . . JULY . . . or June
July Birthdays
Events
2nd Denis Temby District Handover 7 July
7th Gerry McLernon Board Meeting 9 July
8th Michael Metcalf Ascot Olympics 21 July
16th Ronnie Malthouse
17th Jeff Stephenson
17th Interact 10th birthday
27th Shirley Anderson
DON’T FORGET:
29th Robyn Metcalf
THE DG’S HANDOVER
7 JULY
Sergeant's Session: Who got hit this week!
At Handover: Come along and
Gren and Michael for their Black Caviar winnings acknowledge Jodie’s
Hugh for signing the DG’s name without her knowing efforts for this year.
Julia for the bingle she had (which wasn’t her fault)
Fred for the gout that prevented him from going to Timor
Contact Joanna if you
Ron for selectively using his hearing aids
are going. She’ll tell you
President Michael for counting the raffle winnings during the
how to pay, and how
evening.
much to pay.
At our meeting this week:
Brian W, Aidan and Deepti for not getting to Handover—even
when they had a good excuse.
Colin Peacock for winning a raffle he couldn’t partake of.
Julia for calling the Sarg a “lurker”.
Raffle Winner/s
At Handover:
First Prize to Judy Peacock
Second to Kimberley Holding
Boobie prize to Joanna Kendall
It was a clean sweep of purple
President Mike introduces the Board for 2012-13:
tickets.
President elect and Club Services Director: Julia
At our meeting this week: Vocational Services Director: Max
Foundation Director: Hugh
Bruno—who chose to keep it him- Community Services Director: Kash
self despite his sizeable cellar— International Director: Kimberley
must have been a good one. Sergeant: Ros
Secretary: Ron Treasurer: Deepti
Membership: Janet Holding (absent)
ROTARY FOCUS for July: This month is: Settling in to the New Rotary Year

5. TODAY’S MEETING: JUNE 26
FROM THE PRESIDENT: OLYMPIC GAMES
Don’t forget to sign up
Any committee holding functions needs to
for the Olympics to be
treat the Calendar as the Bible and
held on 21st July at
consult before organising anything. Sanderling Stadium—
Please also make sure the Bulletin Editor the list will be circu-
is informed so the information can be lating again next week.
added to the Bulletin.
ROTARY INFORMER:
GUESTS:
Dianne Reed—Toast to the Rotary Club of Port
Louis in Mauritius—who boasts of having a Mike Gwen Evans—the first lady
Burman as a member. Art Reed—the ever patient
chauffeur,
Garry wrests
the Keyman
Award from "Without selfless service, no
Mike Bermann one ever receives the fruits of
who thought their rewards."
he had it for - Sri Guru Granth Sahib
one more
week.
FROM THE EDITOR:
Attached to this week’s Bulletin is the Host Chair
listing for the year—including the first month for
next year’s team.
Please check when you are on and start thinking
of who you will organise to get as your guest
speaker.
If you are unable to do it for your nominated
week, please see if you can swap with someone
else, and then let me know who you have swapped
with.
Once you have organised your guest speaker, can
you please let me know so I can advertise it in the
Bulletin ahead of time.
President Mike finished the meeting by reminding us
Garry emerges victorious. to collect our copy of the Club Directory and Annual
Report, and reminding us to “Be kind to ourselves”.

6. President Michael and Kimberley pose with James Savundra—
who spoke to us about his work “Training the locals in Laos”.
James Savundra, a local plastic surgeon takes time while on the Interplast Team in Laos, to train the
local doctors to deal with the patients who present themselves for treatment.
Laos is a landlocked country with an area of 236,800 square kilometres; and a population of about 6.5
million. The capital is Vientiane and as James says— “a really nice country, but very poor”.
His teaching starts on day one while they are assessing the patients. They use an interpreter to work
with the local staff, and may see as many as 100 patients each time they go.
Dr Harold McComb from Perth led the first team there in 1996. At the time there were no local
plastic surgeons. He started teaching the locals how to do it. Now the local doctor, Curtney
performs about 150 cleft palate operations a year. In Perth approximately 30 are done per year.
The next most common deformity after cleft palates is from burns. The process of using skin tissue
from somewhere else on the body was invented in Melbourne in 1973—a revolutionary new process
back then.
James and his team do not just teach the surgeons while they are there, but teach the whole team to
ensure that the patient gets the very best of care from start to finish.
James showed some horrific pictures of young (and not so young) people who had been severely
disfigured because they had been burned. One young lass had a very badly burned hand because her
father had thrown a Molotov cocktail into the room. They have performed a series of operations on
the young girl and after a number of these operations she is able to grasp with her burned hand.
One thing they teach the local doctors is to operate on the patients from a very early age; and to
operate often to get the best results.
James indicated that one of the advantages he has while operating is access to some magnification
glasses which the locals do not have. His dream is to be able to provide a pair for each of the people
in Laos that he works with.
In conclusion, Kimberley indicated that she would like us to raise funds for some glasses so the next
Interplast team could take them, the next time they go so they can give them to the local doctors..

7. HOST CHAIR ROSTER 2012/13
MONTH FOCUS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH 5TH
JULY Settling In 3rd 10th 17th 24th 31st
Stephen Committees Peter Hugh Mike
Kendall Richardson Langridge Bermann
AUGUST Membership 7th 14th 21st 28th
Garry Jacobs Committees Ronnie Max Morrell
Malthouse
SEPTEMBER New 4th 11th 18th 25th
Generations Ron Committees Kimberley Bev Poor
Alexander Holding
OCTOBER Vocational 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th
Service Fred Rae Committees Jeff Julia Temby Joanna
Stephenson Kendall
NOVEMBER Foundation 6th 13th 20th 27th
Melbourne Committees Roma Deepti
Cup—Gren Gehringer Roopun
Courtland
DECEMBER Rotary Family 4th 11th 18th 25th
Kashinee Committees Christmas No Meeting
Veeren Michael
Evans
JANUARY Rotary 1st 8th 15th 22nd 29th
Awareness No Meeting Committees Mike Brian Poole Peter
Bermann Richardson
FEBRUARY World 5th 12th 19th 26th
Understanding Michelle Committees Max Morrell Janet
Kendall Holding
MARCH Literacy / 5th 12th 19th 26th
Rotaract Dianne Reed Committees Michael Colin Peacock
Metcalf
APRIL Magazine 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th
Month Ronnie Committees Aidan Wood Ron Ros
Malthouse Alexander McLernon
MAY Australian 7th 14th 21st 28th
Rotary Health Jodie Sparks Committees Jeff Brian
Stephenson Webster
JUNE Fellowship 4th 11th 18th 25th
Gren Committees Brian Poole Bev Poor
Courtland
JULY Settling In 2nd 9th 16th 23rd 30th
Michael Committees Ros Deepti Kashinee
Metcalf McLernon Roopun Veeren

8. ASCOT ROTARY CLUB CALENDAR FOR 2012-13
July August September October
Monday 1 Queens Birthday
Tuesday 2
Wednesday 1 3
Thursday 2 4
Friday 3 5
Saturday 4 1 6
Sunday 1 5 2 7
Monday 2 6 3 8 Board Meeting
Tuesday 3 7 4 9
Wednesday 4 8 5 10
Thursday 5 9 6 11
Friday 6 10 7 12
Saturday 7 11 8 13
Sunday 8 12 9 14
Monday 9 Board Meeting 13 Board Meeting 10 Board Meeting 15
Tuesday 10 14 11 16
Wednesday 11 15 12 17
Thursday 12 16 13 18
Friday 13 17 14 19
Saturday 14 18 Rotaract Ball 15 20
Sunday 15 19 16 21 Rotary Ramble
Monday 16 20 17 22
th
Tuesday 17 Interact 10 21 18 23
B’Day
Wednesday 18 22 19 24
Thursday 19 23 20 25
Friday 20 24 21 26
Saturday 21 Olympics Event 25 22 27
Sunday 22 26 23 28
Monday 23 27 24 29
Tuesday 24 28 25 30
Wednesday 25 29 26 31
Thursday 26 30 27
Friday 27 31 28
Saturday 28 29
Sunday 29 30
Monday 30
Tuesday 31
THEME SETTLE IN MEMBERSHIP NEW VOCATIONAL
GENERATIONS

9. CALENDAR . . . . CONTINUED
November December January February
Monday
Tuesday 1 No Meeting
Wednesday 2
1 Thursday 3
2 Friday 4 1
3 Bunnings Sausage 1 Saturday 5 2
Sizzle
4 2 Sunday 6 3
5 3 Monday 7 4
6 Melbourne Cup 4 Tuesday 8 5
7 5 Wednesday 9 6
8 6 Thursday 10 7
9 7 Friday 11 8
10 8 Saturday 12 9
11 9 Sunday 13 10
12 Board Meeting 10 Board Meeting Monday 14 Board Meeting 11 Board Meeting
13 11 Tuesday 15 12
14 12 Wednesday 16 13
15 13 Thursday 17 14
16 14 Friday 18 15
17 15 Saturday 19 16
18 16 Sunday 20 17
19 17 Monday 21 18
20 18 Christmas Party Tuesday 22 19
21 19 Wednesday 23 20
22 20 Thursday 24 21
23 21 Friday 25 22
24 22 Saturday 26 23 Birthday Party
25 23 Sunday 27 24
26 24 Monday 28 25
27 25 – No Meeting Tuesday 29 26
30 27
28 26 Wednesday
29 27 Thursday 31 28
30 28 Friday
29 Saturday
30 Sunday
31 Monday
Tuesday
FOUNDATION ROTARY FAMILY THEME
ROTARY AWARE- WORLD UNDER-
NESS STANDING

10. FINAL FOUR MONTHS OF THE ROTARY YEAR
March April May June
1 Monday
2 Tuesday
3 1 Wednesday
4 2 Thursday
1 5 3 Friday
2 6 4 1 Saturday
3 7 5 2 Sunday
4 8 Board Meeting 6 3 Monday
5 9 7 4 Tuesday
6 10 8 5 Wednesday
7 11 9 6 Thursday
8 12 10 7 Friday
9 13 11 8 Saturday
10 14 12 9 Sunday
11 Board Meeting 15 13 Board Meeting 10 Board Meeting Monday
12 16 14 11 Tuesday
13 17 15 12 Wednesday
14 18 16 13 Thursday
15 19 17 14 Friday
16 20 18 15 Saturday
17 21 19 16 Sunday
18 22 20 17 Monday
19 23 21 18 Tuesday
20 24 22 19 Wednesday
21 25 23 20 Thursday
22 26 24 21 Friday
23 27 25 22 Saturday
24 28 26 23 Sunday
25 29 27 24 Monday
26 30 28 25 Tuesday
27 29 26 Wednesday
28 30 27 Thursday
29 31 28 Friday
30 29 Saturday
31 30 Sunday
LITERACY/ MAGAZINE AUSTRALIAN FELLOWSHIP THEME
ROTARACT MONTH ROTARY HEALTH

11. DON’T FORGET TO PUT THIS EVENT IN YOUR DIARY: