July 2007 - Rotary Club of Mitcham

Rotary
Club of Mitcham
District 9810 Victoria Australia
Guest
Speaker
Alex Knipping
Intrinsic Investment Management
Bulletin
Tuesday 10th July, 2007
Alex is also a Director of Ringwood East
Community Bank® Branch Bendigo Bank
He is a Panel Member at Financial Industry
Complaints Service as a representative for the
Stockbroking Industry.
He is also a Justice of the Peace and he is here
today to talk to us about
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The Australian Share market
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A share market view
•
Alternative portfolio approaches
•
Intrinsic’s approach for their clients
.What is your plan when it comes to looking to
your future with a share portfolio?
How do you remove the worry while thinking about
security and income?
How do you maintain control of your share
portfolio, while removing the worry?
Alex Knipping is a resident of Ringwood East. A Managed Discretionary Account is a Portfolio of
Shares managed by Intrinsic and held on your
He was a stockbroker with Ord Minnett that turned behalf by a separate custodian. We get agreement
into JP Morgan and back to Ord Minnett for over
from our clients as to how they want their portfolio
22 years. The last 5 years he was the State
managed and we manage the portfolio while the
Manager and Director for their Private client
clients maintain control and have 24/7 web access
business.
to monitor their portfolio. You also get your own
portfolio manager to talk to.
The last 3 years he has been a portfolio manager
with Intrinsic Investment Management who
At Intrinsic we build a portfolio for you, not for
manage share portfolios for Private Clients.
everyone
Rotary Club of Mitcham Newsletters for the
current Rotary Year are viewable in the NEWS
section of: www.rotarymitcham.com
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July 2007
Glenys Spencer 24th
John Atkinson 29th
1979 Geoffrey Prior
1980 Dr John Munro
1983 Bruce McLaughlin
1986 Maxwell Bloom †
1988 William Wood†
1988 Alan Fraser
1989 Tony Gibson
1989 David Gawler
1991 Dr Peter Brown
1991 Robert McDowell
1991 Bruce Wainwright
1993 Ronald Slattery
1994 Vic Dye
1995 Fr Kevin Dillon
1995 Kenneth Rose
1997 David Murray
1998 Ian Young
1998 Ron Frederick
PAUL HARRIS FELLOW SAPPHIRE AWARD
2002 Bruce Wainwright
2004 Tony Gibson
2004 John Atkinson
2007 Brian Bergin (Dec)
FOUR AVENUES OF SERVICE AWARD
2000 John Atkinson
Meg and David Ayliffe 31st
Rotary Grace
1999 Chris & Ian McColl
1999 John Varley
2000 John Cook
2000 Jean & Ray † Rose
2000 Brian Bergin
2001 Christine Ryan
2001 Bill Mudford
2001 John Atkinson
2002 Wayne Lucas
2002 Denis Bunn †
2002 Michael Edney
2002 Peter McPhee
2003 Dawn & Graham Whiteside
2003 Keith Nunn
2004 Brendan Tunstall
2004 Colin Spencer
2005 Fred Wiffrie
2006 Les Marton
AUSTRALIAN ROTARY HEALTH RESEARCH FUND COMPANIONS
1994 Roy Knudson † 1996 Dr Peter Brown 1999 David Murray
Officers for 2007/8
For good food, good fellowship
and the opportunity of service
through Rotary, we give thanks.
PORTFOLIOS
BOARD
President Sharon Partridge Membership
IP President: Eva Anderson
All Members
New Generations Sharon Partridge
Communication/Marketing, Public
David Ayliffe Relations and Photography:
Eva Anderson
Vice President :
TBA
Pres. Elect:
Secretary:
Jack Butler
International and on to Conference:
David Ayliffe
Vocational Service:
Treasurer and Fundraising:
John Atkinson Fellowship:
Sergeant:
David Murray
Philip Daw
Ivan Munoz
Bill Mudford
Attendance:
Michael Edney
Foundation:
Ron Frederick
Bulletin and Program:
Wayne Lucas, Philip Daw
and Colin Spencer
Community Service:
David Murray
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Partridge Prose
Good afternoon,
Last week was my first board meeting as your new
president and it was good to have the support of the
board to move on a few things.
The first was to joint-effort with the "Whitehorse
Cluster Group". That is all six Rotary Clubs in this city
of ours. Eva and the other five presidents of this
group gave a lot of their time in last year to develop
a cohesive group working together to
successfully start the Whitehorse farmers market year, and for that they should
be congratulated.
Last years District motto was “Lead The Way” this year’s is " Pushing the Boundaries".
With all of the new presidents for 2007/2008 now in place, each club is contributing $500.00 to
the Drought Relief Project in Benalla. This is to buy a commercial fridge to be used as a ‘food
bank’, to be administered by Benalla Rotary Club and it will wear a sign: "From Whitehorse Cluster Rotary Clubs ". This area has been affected by both drought and fire in recent times. A
very worth while project.
The second project is to put $100.00 into each of the school libraries in our area. The way I
would like to do this is to involve the School Captains in choosing the books from their library
list that they think their young people would enjoy reading.
It is my hope to have a morning tea soon to invite the School principal and their school Captains
to receive the cheques and spend sometime we us. It will be on a meeting day so if I can ask you
to come for the morning tea and if it fits in your day. The Rotary International theme this year
is “Rotary Shares” so here is the start.
Have a good week full of fun, and laughter.
Advance Australia Fair
Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free
We’ve golden soil and wealth for toil, our home is girt by sea
Our land abounds in nature’s gifts, of beauty rich and rare
In history’s page let every stage, advance Australia fair
In joyful strains, then let us sing
Advance Australia fair
Shaz
This Week ...
Tuesday 10thJuly 2007
Guest Speaker—Alex Knipping
Intrinsic Investment Management
President Sharon Partridge
Desk for March.: Bill and Michael
Chairman Bill Mudford
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The End of a very busy year.
Eva transfers the Emblem of Office.
All funds applied to Rotary Community Projects in Whitehorse
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After another successful event, make sure you join us at
the next market on Sunday, August 12th 2007
8.00 am to 1.00 pm at:
The Whitehorse Civic Centre 279 Whitehorse Rd
Nunawading. Enquiries 0438 550068
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D9810 Changeover Dinner 2007
Held at the Caulfield Racecourse, with impressive attendance, the new District Governor for the
2007 / 8 Rotary Year, Dick Garner and his lovely wife Sue, were ceremoniously installed.
Photo opportunity for the 2006/7 President s of the
Whitehorse Rotary Clubs, on the occasion of conferring
the Rotary International Presidential Citation for their
combined success in setting up and organizing the
Farmer’s Market Venture, which is now a major fund
raiser for future projects of the Whitehorse Group.
Past President Eva Anderson proudly displays the Rotary
International Presidential Citation Certificate awarded to
the Rotary Clubs of the Whitehorse District for their
highly successful joint effort in establishing the Farmers
Market , which occurs on the second Saturday of each
month at the Whitehorse Civic Centre. The Farmers
Market continues to impress, raising substantial funds.
Jeffrey Tan, Assistant District Governor for
Rotary District 9810 2006/7 Celebrates the end
of a most successful year with Eva Anderson,
Past President of the Rotary Club of Mitcham,
2006/7.
They had plenty to celebrate, with Eva proudly
accepting the Presidential Citation, and everyone
is excitedly looking forward to another great year
with District Governor Dick Garner in his
leadership role.
Description of Rotary
Rotary is an organisation of Business and Professional persons, united world wide who provide humanitarian
service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in all the world.
www.rotarymitcham.com
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Diary Dates
July 2007
Tuesday 10th
1:00 pm RSL Mitcham - Guest Speaker - Alex Knipping - Intrisic Investment
Management.
Tuesday 17th
1:00 pm RSL Mitcham - Guest Speaker - Gary Prigg - Cerebral Palsy Education
Tuesday 24th
NO MEETING TODAY - Meeting Wednesday evening with Whitehorse Clubs.
Wednesday 25th
6:30 pm Box Hill Golf Club - Whitehorse Clubs Combined Dinner, and the
District Governor’s Address.
Tuesday 31st
1:00 pm RSL Mitcham - Constable ? Community Policing.
August 2007
Tuesday 7th
11:30 am RSL Mitcham - Board Meeting
Sunday 12th
7:00 am Whitehorse Civic Centre Farmers Market Breakfast Barbecue
Tuesday 21st
1:00 pm RSL Mitcham - Cam Walker - Friends of the Earth - Climate
Change
November 2007
Tuesday 14th
12:00 Ringwood Golf Club - Camp Quality Golf Day
December 2007
Saturday 8th
Whitefriars College Donvale - Seniors Concert
The Four
Way Test
4 pm to 10:30 pm
… of the things we think, say or do.
1. Is it the truth?
2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
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Rotarians continue to help victims of Hurricane Katrina
Almost two years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast, Rotarians
are still on the scene, helping communities rebuild. In Long Beach, Mississippi, Rotarians from districts 6440 and 6450 (Illinois) and 6360 (Michigan) are working together with Mississippi Rotary clubs to construct a 30,000-square-foot recreation
centre that will double as an emergency shelter in the event of another Category 5
storm.
"Today, both District 6440 and 6450 are giving $50,000 each to the project," explained Jack Blane, a member of the Rotary Club of Wheeling, Illinois, and past governor of District 6440, on 16 May. According to Blane, the amount will be matched
by Mittal Steel, one of his club's partner organizations. Other groups have also made
contributions, including a $2 million grant from the Southern Mississippi Economic
Recovery Commission.
"It will be a place for firstresponders and a place of last
resort for those who don't
evacuate in time," says Bob
Kranz, of the Rotary clubs of
Gulfport and Long Beach,
Mississippi, USA. He says he
realized that a venue for firstresponders was desperately
needed when his local police
department was destroyed
during Katrina.
After the 2005 storm, almost
every structure up to a half
Trail of Hurricane Katrina
mile inland from the Mississippi shore was destroyed. Thousands of homes were washed away, and Long
Beach lost its recreation centre, fire station, two schools, and hundreds of businesses. Because of changes in building codes to make structures more weather resistant, recovery has been extremely slow, nearly eliminating the tax base in many
communities.
"You can see in the people who still live there that their spirit is gone," says Brian
Andersen, a member of the Rotary Club of Darien, Illinois, and chair of District
6450's fellowships committee. "Rebuilding this recreation centre will give them some
encouragement that the community is coming back," he adds. "It's a star that people
can hang their hat on."
The centre, named the Long Beach Senior Recreation Shelter, is scheduled for
completion in June 2008 and will house areas for craft making and meetings, as well
as a cafeteria, basketball courts, and a gym for seniors and local residents alike. It
will be a gathering place and emergency refuge for the communities of Gulfport,
Long Beach, Pass Christian, and Pineville.
"With the Boomers coming along, there's a need for recreational areas for this age
group," explains Kranz. "However, we also expect community youth will use the
basketball courts and running track." "Were it not for the Rotary network, this project
would not have worked," adds Blane. "We estimate the project will be worth $6 million, with zero long-term debt when we're done. And there will be a 60-foot Rotary
wheel painted in the parking lot."
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