Rotary Club of Frankston North Inc.

New Rotary Clubs are formed on the initiative of existing Clubs and the need generally arises out of the growth of membership in an existing Club or growth of population in it area.

The population of the City of Frankston increased rapidly in the late 1960's and the early 1970's, and this was reflected in the growing number of members in the Rotary Club of Frankston and some adjacent areas.

In 1972, the Rotary Club of Frankston recognised that the time had come for it to sponsor the creation of a new Club, and to cede some of it's Club area to the new Club.

The inaugural meeting (or interest meeting) of the new Club was held on the 14th of March, 1973 at the Sundowner hotel, Seaford. It was attended by 27 people and was chaired by Past District Governor, John Emerton.

Others present were District Governor George Allsop, Bruce Hall - President of the sponsoring Club, Frankston, the District Governor's special representative Norm Arthur (Past President of the Frankston Club), and a number of interested Rotarians from the Frankston Club.

The meeting unanimously resolved that a new Club should be formed and that it should be known as the Rotary Club of Frankston North. In accordance with Rotary requirements, territorial limits were set, and these limits, as described in the 'Intention to Cede' papers proposed by the Rotary Club of Frankston, were accepted by the new Club.

The election of office bearers then took place and the following officers were appointed:-

Charter President - Lloyd Worland

Charter Vice-President - Bob Dawson

Charter Secretary - Lloyd Beard

Charter Treasurer - Max Batey

The election of Directors was deferred for a few weeks to allow members time to get to know one another before making these decisions. It was decided that the weekly Club meetings would be held on Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm.

The joining fees for the Club would be $15-00 and the semi-annual membership dues would be $20-00. Perhaps also of interest are the minutes of this meeting that record that the meeting finished at 10pm, and fitting manner continued ‘with excellent fellowship continuing on for some time after that'.


*Our Club History*

New Rotary Clubs are formed on the initiative of existing Clubs and the need generally arises out of the growth of membership in an existing Club or growth of population in it area. The population of the City of Frankston increased rapidly in the late 1960's and the early 1970's, and this was reflected in the growing number of members in the Rotary Club of Frankston and some adjacent areas. In 1972, the Rotary Club of Frankston recognised that the time had come for it to sponsor the creation of a new Club, and to cede some of it's Club area to the new Club. The inaugural meeting (or interest meeting) of the new Club was held on the 14th of March, 1973 at the Sundowner hotel, Seaford. It was attended by 27 people and was chaired by Past District Governor, John Emerton. Others present were District Governor George Allsop, Bruce Hall - President of the sponsoring Club, Frankston, the District Governor's special representative Norm Arthur (Past President of the Frankston Club), and a number of interested Rotarians from the Frankston Club. The meeting unanimously resolved that a new Club should be formed and that it should be known as the Rotary Club of Frankston North. In accordance with Rotary requirements, territorial limits were set, and these limits, as described in the 'Intention to Cede' papers proposed by the Rotary Club of Frankston, were accepted by the new Club. The election of office bearers then took place and the following officers were appointed:- Charter President - Lloyd Worland Charter Vice-President - Bob Dawson Charter Secretary - Lloyd Beard Charter Treasurer - Max Batey The election of Directors was deferred for a few weeks to allow members time to get to know one another before making these decisions. It was decided that the weekly Club meetings would be held on Wednesday evenings at 6:30pm. The joining fees for the Club would be $15-00 and the semi-annual membership dues would be $20-00. Perhaps also of interest are the minutes of this meeting that record that the meeting finished at 10pm, and fitting manner continued ‘with excellent fellowship continuing on for some time after that'.

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