President Kelly was warmly welcomed by Sergeant Angus Florence with a few whoop, whoops, thunderous applause then deadly silence as he launched in to the AGM.
The AGM ran smoothly with all reports being accepted. Most Director positions on the Board for 2025-2026 are filled except for:
- President Elect/Club Service
- Community/Fundraising
- Membership
President Kelly urged members to consider volunteering for these roles and there is plenty of assistance from previous directors..
Directors' Reports and Member Announcements
Angela Doyle
- Thanked everyone for their assistance with Phil during her recent visit to Sydney.
- In his 'right of reply' announced the perfect ploy for 'slave labour' (pretend you're ill and you can get all the help you need even though they may need constant supervision!).
- Received a big Thank You to the club, from Global Hand Charity for topping up their contributions at the BulldustNBack.
- Australian Rotary Health named Mill Point in their dispatches for the healthy donation from the BulldustNBack.
- At the Rotary Youth Exchange outbound student briefing, Veronica caught up with Superintendent Paul Daley, ex member of RCMP who sent a big hello and offered to be a guest speaker about his new role in police aviation.
- Membership meeting after breakfast.
Rick
- Community/Fundraising meeting after breakfast
- Thank you for all your PICYS meals; next week is the last week before the Christmas break.
- More mentors needed for his program "Mentor it Forward" - please if you can spare the time, the rewards are great. See Haim after the meeting.
- 15% o Mill Point Rotarians have signed up for the Centurion program. At $100 per year this is a great way to contribute to RI Funds which we get back in District and Global Grants. Wouldn't it be AWESOME if Mill Point reached 100%? That's less than 20 cups of coffee a year or 4 bottles of reasonably priced wine! See Scott for details on how YOU can become a Centurion! #ProudRotarians.
- Follow up on behalf of Brennan Fyans our guest speaker 2 weeks ago from Racing WA. Three events coming up 31 Jan (Owners meeting), 9 Feb (visit to Training facility) and 15 Feb Pinjara Races.
Jeff Anderson – Underwater Photography
Jeff retired last year after 47 years in Main Roads Western Australia, building and maintaining roads and bridges from Kununurra to Albany and all points in-between.
He began diving at age 17 with the WA Underwater Explorers Club at Woodman’s Point Groyne. The Club had an old compressor with lines out to a small jetty. Diving was via hose and hookah system. More sophisticated tanks, regulators and buoyancy compensators came later. Initially diving was an adventure to see what was below the 70% of the earth crust covered in water.
At 21 his first serious underwater camera arrived, a Nikonus 1, an underwater version designed and built by Nikon. Work and married life intervened so for some time very few frames were recorded. It was in the late 1990s and early 2000 that returning to Perth provided renewed opportunities. Jeff purchased a series of cameras, some of which whetted his appetite. He was starting to get images that
at least showed others the underwater world.
All along he was trying to get better, until 2014 he purchased his current rig a Nikon 7100 housed in a Nauticam housing with two Inon flash units. Jeff was often away on a journey that took his dive group from WA into Indonesia, chasing more variety in clear warm waters. They have been back almost every year to different drive resorts scattered across Indonesia.
Jeff is self-taught and classes himself as a serious amateur but nowhere as good as some in this state. He is a member of West Australia Underwater Photography Society.
Today’s camera was rigged for Macro photos, i.e. close up. It is a conventional “buy on the street” camera that sits inside a special housing, which protects it from the water and the pressure. The housing is produced for a USA company called Nauticam, but built in China.
Every item on the camera has an individual knob and to activate the flash unit there is a fibreoptic cable (electrical ones were susceptible to corrosion). The camera is protected in the housing by “O” rings and can just slide out. Every camera has an individual housing. This can be a problem as newer cameras with better technology come out every couple of years….auto zoom and tracking.
The lenses can be changed in about twenty minutes and the unit set up for travel in about half an hour. The camera is neutral in the water, but he still puts a little carry around his arm so it doesn’t disappear. It has a handle on it, you get in the water without it and hand the camera up before getting out.
In conclusion, Jeff noted on every dive trip he would take about five or six hundred photos and come home with about half a dozen that are useful! However nowadays, there are some very good post-technology processing with lightroom and photoshop and a software company called Topaz that sharpens things up. Some of his photos haven’t been through that process so can get a lot better over time.
Host Margaret Walton thanked Jeff for his presentation and presented the customary glasses.
Another Fine(s) Mess the President got into...
- First up was President Kelly for announcing the Fines Master and mot the Fines MISTRESS. Jenny was adamant she was a Mistress...too much information Jenny?
- All Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and X fans - when Meta had an outage at 5.30pm on Tuesday 12 December, your frustrations were palpable so pay up!
- As well Channel 7 news listeners who would have heard (if they were awake) that Meta crashed at 5.30am not pm - wrong again!
- You've all heard of Surging Global Tourism and that Aviation is responsible for 50% of environmental issues, with 20 countries being responsible - USA ranked 12th, UK ranked 15th, Australia ranked 8th and NZ ranked 10th - all those contributing in the past or near future let's have a dollar from you.
- Mr McCamey and Moving Mansions - trying to get rid of his nuts and bolts...ahem! Good luck with that!
- Wayne the younger who dressed as Santa whilst sauntering down George's Terrace, waving to all the office workers hanging out of their windows. Not only did he get a hero's welcome but a tour of one of the buildings - not bad for the little man in red!
- Rotarians who have been conspicuous by their absence - John Tidman and Peter Dowling, pay up!
- Kim Payne - tch, tch, taking a call during the AGM - naughty naughty!
- Phil Doyle bought the box - naming Warren McCamey for stepping in at the last minute when a sudden MRI appointment turned up.
Attendance
39 attendees in all, including guest speaker Jeff Anderson, and visitors Angelan Doyle, Haim Ozchakir, Ishay Katx and Peter Matthews.
