Next Meeting: My Problems with Mental Health - Beyond Blue
Last Meeting
Venue: La Scala Restaurant
Guest Speaker: Christine Jankus
Guests: Patty Asco, Deborah Forte, Rowena Barbosa and Rob's Assistants
Attendance: 29 members 5 guests
Welcome
We had a slightly late start and President John went straight to work' asking Paul Duke to introduce our guest speaker.
Christine Jankus is a commercial lawyer with 40 years experience and now a sole practitioner commercial lawyer, serving small to medium size businesses. She is the Honorary Consul for the Republic of Lithuania and a member of Rostrum where she was last year named the Speaker of the Year.
Guest Speaker: Christine Jankus- The Australian Law Society
Christine gave us a crash course in Contract Law using the board game Monopoly as an analogy. After all, Monopoly is a game of commercial transactions, such as acquiring real estate, undertaking property development, and collecting rent from those who come to stay, albeit for quite a short time. It involves dealing with the bank, potentially borrowing money, and keeping on the right side of the law to avoid penalties that can include incarceration.
Just like normal commercial life, Monopoly has rules that need to be obeyed and that may occasionally the abused. All of us have played the game and by doing so have some experience in commercial transactions, albeit vicariously.
There are various steps in entering into a commercial agreement. To start with there must be an agreement that you are going to agree, and you need a mechanism to resolve impasses should they occur. Importantly, you can’t have a legal agreement to do something illegal.
And there are rules. Words are obviously important, and they should have their plain and ordinary meaning. In a dispute the test would be what a reasonable person would understand their meaning to be. Hopefully they make sense as a whole and are free of ambiguity.
Not all agreements are in writing, there are also implied agreements, like our dealings with La Scala restaurant where we stump up money and they undertake to provide us with food and booze that at the very least won’t kill us. In return we are agreeing to behave appropriately and not engage in food fights. All the elements of a contract are in place through convention and consumer law. There is an agreed understanding of the transaction we are entering in to, the rules are known, and value has been exchanged. There are also implied remedies if things go wrong.
A good written contract assumes that everything will go wrong, and the participants agree at the outset what will happen in this instance. There will be provisions for disputes resolution, consideration of remedies, and for the termination of the contract.
Remedies are a key consideration. Where damage has been done the objective will be to restore the injured party to where they would have been before the issue arose. And when agreement cannot be reached legal action may ensue. At this point getting good advice is critical.
Essentially there will be a process of negotiation and the best outcome will be one where everyone is equally unhappy. The process will usually involve firstly, mediation where the parties try to find this position without going further. The next step may be arbitration, and if the parties are still not equally unhappy it may end up in court. In this case, it may well be that the only winners will be the lawyers.
Presidential Announcements:
We have a new International President (praise the Lord, disaster has been averted), he is Italian (the Lord clearly had to ensure that everyone was equally unhappy), and the ‘Unite for Good’ slogan of the year has been retained to the great disappointment of the printing industry.
Please register and pay for the Changeover this week so we will know if we need a bigger room, and just to get it done. Come on one and all, step up to the plate, don’t leave it to the last minute. Do the right thing and act like a Rotarian. (Editorial license has been taken)
Thrift Shop rental negotiations have been completed and agreed and the new rent will be $45,000 per year fixed for two years. Our new vision for next year should be MOTSGA (Make Our Thrift Shop Great Again), and Rhonda, our new Prez will be the champion we need to lead us to victory,
John will be attending a meeting at Unley Council where the topic is creating engaging opportunities for men in Unley (service clubs should be of of them).
John and Rhonda will be the guests of the Mayor of Unley at a function about the Australian of the Year. (Perhaps your editor will be nominated, the usual one!).
Spots
Jo Baxter has returned from her travels after a stopover where she attended a meeting of the Rotary Club of Border Town. They kindly donated $1,000 to the Rotary Action Group for Addiction Prevention.
Rhonda Hoare is happy to be back and is looking forward to next year. In a recent meeting with Unley Primary School a need for a girl’s bicycle for a 10-year-old was identified and a Rotarian or two felt they may have a solution.
Paul Duke announced that after I his shift at the Thrift Shop the till balanced. The Hallelujah Chorus was sung by all.
Christina Way Thanked those who had donated stamps and sought help to sort the stamps. Bob Mullins stepped up, well done.
Finale
Greg McLeod was enriched again by the raffle proving the message of the night’s meeting that the only winners are the lawyers. Robert Freak won the chockies.
After the second last joke of the year, the meeting closed.
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL NEWS
Francesco Arezzo of Italy selected to be 2025-26 Rotary International President
Francesco Arezzo, a member of the Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy, has been selected by the Board of Directors to become Rotary International’s president for 2025-26. Arezzo will become president on 1 July.
The Board conducted a special session following the unexpected resignation of RI President-elect Mário César Martins de Camargo on 8 June. Guided by the RI code and policies, the Board selected the new president-elect from a pool of candidates who were considered by the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International in August 2023.
The 2025-26 presidential message, announced at the 2025 Rotary International Assembly in February, will remain Unite for Good, which calls on Rotary members to be a force for unity in a world increasingly divided by politics, geography, and ideology. Through service projects, Rotary brings together people of every background — across races, religions, and professions — in a shared mission to do good in their communities.
Arezzo is an orthodontist in private practice. He is active internationally as a member of the Italian, European, and American orthodontics associations. He is vice president of the National Association of Italian Dentists for the province of Ragusa and was the founder and head for seven years of the delegation for Ragusa of the National Trust for Italy. He is a Knight of Honor and Devotion in Obedience within the Sovereign Order of Malta.
A Rotary member for more than 30 years, Arezzo has served as vice chair of the Joint Strategic Planning Committee and as RI director, learning facilitator, and as district conference presidential representative.
Arezzo is a Major Donor and Benefactor of The Rotary Foundation. He is married to Anna Maria Criscione, an entrepreneur in the tourism field. They have two children.
— 14 June 2025
Coffee Chat at Impressa, Unley Shopping Centre
10.30 am on the first Friday of the month is good for a chat with Rotary friends and a caffeine fix - Next one is Friday 4 July 2025
Upcoming Meetings
Tuesday 24 June 2025 6 for 6.30pm La Scala Restaurant
Guest Speaker: Colin KavoorisMy Problems with Mental Health - Beyond Blue?
Welcoming team: Christine Way and Hadyn Baillie
Tuesday 1 July 2025
Rotarians and Partners are invited
to the Club’s Changeover
on Tuesday, 1st July 2025
from 6.30pm
at Kooyonga Golf Club
May Terrace, Lockleys
$55/person/2 course meal
(beverages not included-available at the bar)
RSVP: to: secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
(please include any dietary requirements)
By Friday, 20th June, 2025
Payment: BSB: 633 000 A/c.: 172 878 258
A/c : Rotary Club of Unley (stating name/changeover)
Dress: Men: Suit/Tie & Jacket
Women: After Five wear
Apologies and Meeting Enquiries to: Secretary Greg McLeod on 0417 811 838 or email to secretary@unleyrotary.org.au
Venue Set-up Enquiries to: Bulletin Editor Stephen Baker on 0403 687 015
Saturday Thrift Shop Roster
Early Shift: 10.00am to 1.00pm Late Shift: 1.00pm to 4.00pm
Week 1: 5 July 2025
Early: Stephen Baker (Haydn Baillie) & John Peacham | Late: Robyn Carnachan & Leonie Kewen
Early: David Middleton & Nathan White | Late: Vera Holt & Rhonda Hoare
Week 4: 28 June 2025
Early: Stephen Baker & Judi Corcoran | Late: Jason Booth & Vera-Ann Stacy
Week 5: 30 August 2025
Early: Bob Mullins & Wendy Andrews | Late: Virginia Cossid & Paul Duke
Rotarians, who are unable to attend as rostered, please arrange a swap or as a very last resort contact: Vivienne Wood 0408 819 630; e-mail: vwood@ozemail.com.au
Mitre 10 and Bunnings Barbeques
The Mitre 10 BBQs are the first and third Saturdays of each month. Morning shift 8.30am - 12 noon; afternoon shift 12.00 - 3.30pm, then clean-up.....next scheduled is Saturday 21 June 2025
ALL the Bunnings Mile End Barbeque shifts are from 8am to 5pm
We have been allocated the last Monday of each month, the next being Monday 30 June 2025
The Tale End.....
Found Guilty
The Defence pleads 'Not Guilty by reason of insanity' and loses.
They appeal again and plead 'not guilty by reason of insanity', expecting a different result.
They win the appeal.
I was in court recently. The judge found me guilty of being 'Egotistical'
I am appealing
A man has been found guilty of overusing commas.
The judge warned him to expect a very long sentence.
Who's guilty here?
A wife is dreaming while asleep in the bed, she suddenly wakes up and shouts, "quick, my husband is home!"
Her husband wakes up and jumps out the window!
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Francesco Arezzo, a member of the Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy, has been selected by the Board of Directors to become Rotary International’s president for 2025-26. Arezzo will become president on 1 July.
