Guest Speaker: Michael Tehan. (Rotary Club of Euroa)
Michael spoke about his life in the law. Next year will be his 50th year in law. His father was a lawyer in the 1920’s and the business went back as far as 1885. Michael was admitted into practice in 1969. His father instilled the importance of confidentiality and how you behave in a small country town. Michael stressed the importance of appointing a Power Of Attorney, of which, the reasons for requiring a POA has vastly changed over the years.The District Governor's Visit
District Governor Malcolm Kerr spoke about the fact that this particular visit to Yea Rotary was the 42nd Club out of 63 clubs that he has visited to date. Malcolm spoke about the differences and customs between some of the clubs visited and was overall impressed by the Yea Rotary Club ticking all the boxes for service, fellowship, integrity, diversity and leadership. He spoke of this year’s theme to ‘Be the Inspiration’ stating that if you can inspire yourself, you can inspire those around you. The upcoming conference—Multi District Conference in mid Feb, was mentioned, offering guest speakers, golf, House of Friendship (4 districts), projects from four different districts in Victoria from which an opportunity to gain further insight into new ideas might be found. It will also be an opportunity to see what Victoria Rotary are doing.
DG. Malcolm Kerr and wife Jill
Guest Speaker: David Anderson
David spoke about the REAL project, which he first heard about when he was at District 3310’s Conference in May this year. It is the Signature project of the RC of Kota Kinabalu Pearl and its aim is to help students in schools become more proficient in English and thereby, improve employment opportunities for youth.
Presidential Citation
2017/2018 PDG of 9790 Bernie Bott made a special presentation to PP Marj Hamilton of a Rotary Citation from 2017/2018 RI President Ian Riseley, one of 5 in District’s 9790 64 clubs to receive the honour. In presenting the Citation, Bernie described the club as a trailblazer and a leader. Marj was delighted to accept the Citation on behalf of all members of the club and thanked everyone for their support. Past AG and now District Secretary Anne Reid was also present for the presentation.
Guest Speaker: Joanne Griffith
Joanne Griffith’s, a fifth generation Kelly, spoke of her family’s plan to establish a Ned Kelly Centre at Greta.
Guest Speaker: Jeff Swain President, President Alexandra/Yea/Mansfield Legacy group.
Jeff gave a most enlightening address about the background to Legacy’s formation, its current status, related veteran organisations and the many challenges facing Legacy.
(NB Maj. Gellibrand who was the founder of the Spirit of Legacy-the genesis of the current Legacy is buried in the Yea cemetery).
Guest Speaker: Mariam Baker, President RC of Seymour
Mariam told the club her life story from growing up in Alexandria in Egypt in the 1950’s, as an only child, to becoming the CBA Bank Manager at Seymour in 2009 and the current President of the RC of Seymour. At the conclusion of her talk Mariam presented a Seymour Rotary club banner to our exchange student Kimberley
Guest Speaker: Thomas Nyawir - Mirror of Hope Project
Tomi belongs to Nairobi Kilimani Alfajiri Rotary Club. He is currently involved in establishing a library for a school in Kibera and runs mentorship for the students at this school.
Guest Speaker: Kimberley Bay - Rotary Youth Exchange Student
Kimberley is our youth exchange student , from Switzerland, who spoke about her background, family, her exchange and her future. 
The club also welcomed Molly and Sophie Connor, from Benalla, and Emilja Fihlman and Fiona McCarthy, Youth Services Director from Seymour. Molly is an exchange student whom we are sponsoring and will be going to Bordeaux France in 2019. Emilja is an exchange student from Finland who is being hosted by the Rotary Club of Seymour.
Kimberley, Emilja and Molly
Cycle Dindi 18
We, in conjunction with The Rotary Club of Alexandra, have just run our third Cycle Dindi event on the GVRT, and 80 plus riders thoroughly enjoyed the experience. This year riders were given a choice of long (109 or 97 Kms) or short (47 or 54Kms) rides, starting either from Yarck, Yea or Trawool, traversing through the shires of Murrindindi and Mitchell Shires. To enhance the experience, riders had to opportunity to enjoy the Yea Market before setting off.
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