Probus Club of Balwyn North

President’s Report

James Kimpton
Welcome to The Probus Club of North Balwyn Inc. A0016781Z website, you are encouraged to visit the various pages within. Should you find an interesting topic please use our Contact Us page for further information or please come to one of our monthly meetings at the  Greythorn Community Centre 2 Centreway Balwyn North on the 2nd Tuesday of the month commencing at 10 am – 12 pm

Special Announcement from the Committee 

As a result of information concerning the Corona virus, the Committee has passed the following resolution.

That all meetings, functions and events, including general meetings, Special Interest Groups and the proposed Changeover Lunch event has been cancelled until further notice as a result of the increasing threat from the Corona virus.

The Committee in making this decision believes it is acting in the best interest of members particularly considering the age group of our membership.

President’s Report continued

I became President of Probus Club of North Balwyn less than a month ago.
Almost immediately the Governments (Federal and State) imposed requirements flowing from the need to avoid the spread of corona virus. “Covid-19” We have been concerned to comply with those requirements and believe that we have done so, notwithstanding the short-term impact  upon our activity. Thus we have been unable to meet whether to discuss our interests via special interest groups or as an entire membership to hear a speaker of interest to all of us.

As the situation improves we look forward to returning to normal. The special interest groups will flourish, and our entire membership will enjoy meeting together again.

Meanwhile, we have been using the Zoom Video Conferencing over the internet to keep in touch for our committee meetings and our Sig  meetings. It is proposed that our General meeting on 14th July will also be conducted by Zoom Video conferencing facility.  

This web site has an important role in keeping us all up-to-date. It sets  out all the activities that we encourage, and members can use it to see  what we are doing. In these ways our membership is always active.

The Probus Club of North Balwyn looks forward to meeting you very soon.

Special Interest Group of the Month

Photography/Travel SIG:

The Photography SIG consists of a group of members who meet on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at North Balwyn Uniting Church: Duggan Street, North Balwyn for 2 hours starting at 10.00 am.  It is a very informal gathering, promoting the art of photography with hands on demonstrations for Compact Cameras, DSLR’s, Mirrorless & Smartphones. Sharing our various experiences, knowledge and talking about photography. 

We also go on Photographic Walks e.g. “Frankston Big Picture Fest:”

as well as conduct Workshops e.g. “Portraiture.
It has been decided to incorporate a Travel aspect into our SIG as this goes “hand in glove’ with photography.

At our next meeting (currently suspended) there will be a presentation from Lothar Lanz on Moscow. To further develop the interest in Travel, a Guest Speaker Danielle Herlihy from the Travel Industry “Flight Centre” Topic will be General & Current aspects of the current travel Industry by way of a Question and Answer session will be rescheduled once the Pandemic re corona virus has settled down.  

Anyone is encouraged to join us and will be made welcome, please contact the convener Nino Xerri 0410 571 446 for more information.  Come and participate in friendly, informative meetings once they are recommence.
 “The world is your Oyster” The phrase was created by William Shakespeare in his play ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’: … “I can do anything I want to do and go anywhere I want to go-

 Guest Speaker

Our next guest speaker will be Hazel Maynard – “Volunteering” on 12th May 2020.
Further details will be provided closer to the event.

Previous Guest Speakers 2018 – 2020