Rotary Club of Euroa

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1 April 12, 2018 Rotary Club of Euroa President Richard Nettleton Upcoming Program Date Thursday, April 12 Thursday, April 19 Secretary Mandy Edwards Board Vice President Peter Morley Past President-Foundation Bill Sargood Treasurer Trevor Smith Club Administration- President Elect Bernie O Dea Community Service Richard Long Membership Roman Kozlovski Vocational Ken McLennan International Michael Bell Youth Service Rob Morphet Conference Ronnie Bonnitcha Public Relations Linda Bennett Time 6:00 for 6:30 6:00 for 6:30 Venue Euroa Golf Club Euroa Golf Club Speaker Dennis Rebbeck Neil Tubb Topic Philanthropy in Bali Ride the Ranges Planning Chair Michael Stubbe Neil Tubb Bar Neil Tubb Res: Michael Bell Stewards Wayne Sullivan Michael Tehan Trevor Smith Michael Bell Res: Don Board Alby Antonis Brian Bamford Richard Boadle Sargent Bernie O Dea Wayne O Sullivan Apologies and guests to Noel O Meara on by Thursday 11 am Could any suggested changes to the Eurota roster & program please be ed to the Editor. It is too difficult to take note of changes at the meeting on the hop.

2 Richie s Report Eight Rotarians from our Club attended the District Assembly on Sunday and it was a very informative session, setting a great tone for the Rotary year ahead. Raffle ticket sales are going well, please remember to take your turn selling down the street, see Eric Lund for a time. Cheers, Richie Alistair Tame just missed Richard s head while preforming a landing, at least that the it looks! Saturday s Meeting A pleasant Saturday morning at McGeehans to learn about Drones Those who turned up were suitably impressed with the presentation from Alistair Tame from AT Aerial Services, Euroa. He is an Electrical Engineer from the wellknown Tame family in Strathbogie.

3 Alistair showed us 3 drones ranging in price from $1,800 to $ 12,000, that he uses in the business. The drones have built in GPS, cameras to take still pics and video, obstacle avoidance features and a barometer, for altitude measurements. All this data is automatically fed back to the controller, which can be mobile phone, tablet or computer. He normally only flies the drones with line of sight but they are capable up to a distance of 5-7 km. and can stay in the air for 25 min. Rain and strong winds are a problem flying drones and birds and eagles can be a real nuisance. Uses of drones include visual inspection of livestock and fences, mustering, mapping and elevation, weed control, cropping and water control, thermal imagining and farm planning. Future drones will be able to lift heavy objects and spray crops in a swarm formation. These drones will be much bigger and use petrol engines. Drones basically capture data, software uses that data and puts into information for the customer. This software is being continually developed as more uses are found. CASA has the legal control over the flying of drones, like the maximum height is 120 metres. The captive audience listens to all things drone Roman Kozlovski, Denis Nolan, Neville Harris, Rob Morphet, Yvonne Clarke, Sue Gall, Wendy Nolan & Joan Sargood

4 Coming in to land with the Sheans Creek hills in the backdrop. Many Hands Make Light Work, well, Lighter, anyway! The turf was laid last Thursday by a team of 25 eager Rotarians. The job was done in no time!

5 Telegraph Park is now really taking shape and will be officially opened on April 27 followed by an afternoon tea.

6 April Birthdays Leanne Burton 1 Mandy Edwards 3 Marg Gifford 18 Des Nicel 21 Ronnie Bonnitcha 22 April Anniversaries Kozlovskis 20 O Mearas 27 Coming Events Walking Group meets every Wednesday at 7:30 am at the Rotary Barbecue, all members and friends are most welcome. Euroa Village Farmers Market: April 21, May 19, June 16 April 12: Dennis Rebbeck and his philanthropy in Bali April 19: Ride the Ranges Briefing, AG Sally to visit April 22: Ride the Ranges April 26: Galapagos Islands with Anthony April 27: Opening of Telegraph Park May 3: Bill Kelty - Business Breakfast May 4,5,6: Point Lonsdale Weekend May 10: Richard Byrnes Planning for Retirement May 17: Jeremy Scott Britt Adventurer May 19: Foundation Million Dollar Dinner at Graze on Clifton May 24: Frank Pearce The Straw Bale House: May 31: Wines by Sam in Seymour June 7: Ellen Conroy, My Stand Alone Solar House in Yackandandah June 14: Euroa is booming economically a panel of Real Estate Agents June 21: Our Broken Train Service June 28: No meeting June 30: Handover Dinner