We enjoyed a fantastic presentation by Sydney born author, Juliet Wills on Thursday 1 August. Juliet has lived and worked throughout Australia, is a mum of three and lives in Perth, working in real estate.
Juliet has been awarded for her Excellence in Television Journalism, written for major newspapers, and lectured in broadcast journalism at two universities.
Juliet's first book, The Diamond Dakota, was published by Allen and Unwin in 2006.
Juliet presented on her new book Dirty Girl which covers the state sanctioned murder of brothel madam Shirley Finn.
Juliet gave an overview of the Finn murder and a little background on Shirley Finn. She then went through the cover up, the battle against corruption and the complexity of the crime and evidence. Juliet also provided insight into the significance of the Finn murder on WA & justice.
President reminded the Club about importance of membership and how it's he whole club needs to work together and take responsibility to try to grow the club. So remember, if you have any friends who may like to join us, bring them along.
Nigel encouraged the Club to think about how we could find ways to collaborate with the other charitable organisations using the Leederville Sporting Club as a key venue. This could be a great opportunity to raise funds and to promote our Rotary club and what we do. So put your thinking caps on and get back to Nigel with any ideas.
Ian Hutton gave an insightful talk about his recent Hamburg Trip to the Rotary Conference. In particular he noted the importance of fellowship the value of meeting other Clubs from around the world to understand and learn their way of doing things.
SwapMart update
A big thanks to Elizabeth from bringing along a donation for the SwapMart at the last breakfast meeting. And to Jill for the books and John Holman for the DVDs.
Reminder to all, that we are always looking for new items so bring them along to breakfast or to SwapMart.
This Sunday Geoff and Margaret, Denis, Nathan and Hayley held the fort at the SwapMart. While the morning started slowly, another consistent result with $232.50 raised.
Thanks to Geoff Woods for the new roster - a copy is available below.
TREE PLANTING AT COTTESLOE BEACH SUNDAY 28 JULY 2019-07-28
Another enjoyable tree planting event on this glorious sunny morning! West Perth Rotary joined up with Perth NRM in partnership with the Town of Cottesloe and Cottesloe Coastcare Association to plant trees on beachside land near the corner of Curtin Avenue and Marine Parade Cottesloe.
Thank you to Ian and Jan Hutton and their grandchildren, Geoff Simpson, Tony Pepper (missing from the photograph), Colin and Tina Arthur.
Club Celebrations for our 65th anniversary
Remember to get your tickets soon for the quiz night and 65th anniversary celebration of our Club.
Tickets are $25 per person and will be seated in tables of 8. Tickets includes wood-fired pizzas and a cash bar will be available. Lots of prizes, raffle, auction items and a photo booth.
No collection of money on the evening. Please pay directly into the Club account (with your name reference).
Westpac
BSB 036011
Account 427207
Rotary Means Business - Business Networking
Meet Rotarians in Business in both Rotary Districts in WA at an informal networking meeting. Cost $10/pp
DATE: On Tuesday 6 August 2019 at 5:00pm
LOCATION: Wembley Hotel
344 Cambridge Street, WEMBLEY, WA 6014
A reminder to everyone we will be having a club day this coming Thursday. Please come along and join in with your committee and also catch up on an update about where the Club is at with the Strategic Plan.
