Our meeting of 14 April 2020
Not only can PP David control the internet from his laundry…the room, not the soiled clothing…but also he can take detailed notes and for this we are Internally Grateful!
Call to Order. Past President(s) David Sykes welcomed all to meeting number 2463, and was chair for the evening’s Zoom meeting.
We welcomed Alan Hoyle as a guest for the last time, and we were pleased to have many members managing the technology.
Special welcome to the new Zoomies at their first meeting; Jane Bolton, Peter Funston, Ellen Verrier, Jonathon Hepner and Bruce King.
In all we had 25 participants join from their Covid-19 free homes, plus apologies from a number RCGE members.
Induction of Alan Hoyle. This week Alan Hoyle was inducted by President Tony Alsop into Rotary and the RCGE, and also gave his job talk, or his own version of “This is your life”, or “According to Hoyle”
Back to the Future Foursome. If you are feel you would benefit from some techno assistance, here we are! Tony, David, Gary and Kris may be able to assist with 2020 technology, like how to Zoom into a meeting. Or the 2020 AFL Grand final result on Sports Bet. Give us a hoy.
Sergeants galore. Tonight we were honoured to have two Sergeants with the late Keith joining towards the end of the meeting to support the ever ready Graham Thomson. All virtual fines are to be paid at Satbir’s 7-Eleven Geelong, corner Ryrie and Swanston. Satbir has offered a free cup of coffee for a sizable donation to the Rotary tin at the counter. PP David can report that he has paid his dues to support RCGE fundraising.
Zooming in with other Clubs. Please invite yourself as you see opportunities. Stay in contact with other Clubs.
Stay in Contact. Zooming is fun, but phone calls may be easier, please stay in contact with those who are on the sick list or cannot join us at our virtual meetings.
Learnings and Trainer Wheels. A note from the Chair David. Thanks for your patience and participation. We are all learning how to Zoom and to run meetings, and occasionally the technology (or the ability of the Chair!) goes a bit pear shaped. So a call to arms to train Chairs in the techno stuff and how to stuff. Rotary volunteers are welcome – you, you and you. Get in early.
According to Hoyle
I am the eldest of 3 siblings, son of Marjorie and Bill. Marjorie and Bill independently migrate to Australia in the early 50’s and in about 1952 they meet in Footscray, marry and move back “HOME” to Manchester, England and where I am born in 1954. Two years later they’re off to Canada for 9yrs where we live in both Toronto and Vancouver. In 1965 the Hoyle family now of four migrate to Australia, locate in Footscray.
I attended Footscray Primary School completing grades 5 and 6, and following the family move to Hoppers Crossing, Werribee, attended Werribee High School completing HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate).
Married to Debbie, we met and married young in 1975 which means we are now in our 44th year of marriage. We have a daughter Nicole, 37 yrs of age who attended Lara Primary School and Geelong College. Nicole graduated from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Criminology followed by a Bachelor of Laws and now practices as a Commercial and Property lawyer at Coulter Roache.
We built and moved into our first home in Lara in late 1977. We were to live in Lara for the next 20 yrs where I spent 3 years on school council of Lara Primary School and as Treasurer of the Lara Football and Sporting Club. As a family we move from Lara in 1997 to Newtown, and in 2017 we decide to downsize, sell our home and build our new home in Bond Street Newtown.
On the work front, after leaving secondary school at the end of 1973 I started my working life with the State Savings Bank of Victoria, later State Bank, but after only 18mths I make a move to Manufacturing. This doesn’t last and I move to finance and payroll which leads me in the late 70’s to the Oil Industry to APC (Altona Petrochemical Company) for 9yrs. In late 1986, I made the career change to Human Resources after a great deal of reflection during a 4 month holiday in Europe backpacking around Europe including Debbie and I ‘surviving’ a 6 wk Contiki tour!
It’s 1987 and as a mature age student I commence a Diploma of Business (major HR) with Deakin in Burwood, followed by in 1995 a Grad Diploma in Human Resources and Industrial Relations at RMIT. 1995 also begins a 20 yr career in the Finance Industry, with companies such as AXA, ANZ, NAB and JP Morgan Chase Manhattan.
Much of my career has involved organisational change and transformation type projects especially in Technology, Operations and business support functions. And it has enabled me to travel to parts of the world and across Australia and New Zealand including the opportunity to work in Hong Kong for 6+ mths …. I feel very privileged.
In 2014, a career decision and a move to career coaching with Directioneering. Career coaching in this context is largely but not exclusively the coaching of individuals in their job search from Senior Executives in large Corporates like Telstra, ANZ, NAB, to junior roles in small, mid and large size organisations and across many industries.
Sport is an integral part of my life and if it is not watching it is participating in some way. I and we enjoy travel and in the last 6 years we have travelled to Europe, Canada, West Coast US, Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand, Japan and across Australia. In 2019 I had my battle with being diagnosed with Lung Cancer which has led me to decide to retire in 2020.
