Events
Victorian Council Girl of the Year for 2020
Carol Heenan was proclaimed "Girl of the Year" for 2020 at the AGM via ZOOM in October by Council President, Julie Lehmann. Carol has been an outstanding member of Kappa Master - now Torchbearer Alpha Chapter for 21 years. She has held all chapter executive positions and has participated in the activities of the Chapter’s standing committees. She has also represented her chapter and Victoria at many Beta conventions, including one in Canada, and she regularly attends the Friendship Day and Founder’s Day luncheons. In 2014 Carol received her Order of the Rose.
Carol became the Victorian Council Memorium Book Scribe in 2011 and has shown great care and attention to detail in the entries commemorating our past Sisters. Her dedication to this task has ensured current members are able to show their respect to past members when the Memorium Book is on display at functions. Adding photos to the pages is an added bonus when our memories need a bit of assistance with putting a face to a name.
Congratulations, Carol on being awarded the 2020 Girl of the Year award.
Carol became the Victorian Council Memorium Book Scribe in 2011 and has shown great care and attention to detail in the entries commemorating our past Sisters. Her dedication to this task has ensured current members are able to show their respect to past members when the Memorium Book is on display at functions. Adding photos to the pages is an added bonus when our memories need a bit of assistance with putting a face to a name.
Congratulations, Carol on being awarded the 2020 Girl of the Year award.
***2020 ZOOM Friendship Day and AGM***
Our Council ZOOM meeting was held on Friday, October 23rd at 2:00 pm. Minutes of this meeting will be sent to all chapters when available. Dates for events in 2021 will also be sent out.
Congratulations to the Executive for maintaining communications to the chapters throughout this extraordinary past year during the Covid-19 shutdown.
2020 Founder's Day Luncheon
As you are all aware, we were to hold our Founder’s Day luncheon on Friday the 1st of May at the William Angliss School of Catering.
Due to the Covid-19 Virus being a significant issue at the moment the Executive of Victorian Council have decided to postpone this event. We are wanting to protect our Sisters and not risk anyone’s health.
The decision has been made to move Founder’s Day to Friday 21st of August, if we can secure a booking at the same venue on that date. By doing this we will combine Friendship Day and Founder’s Day, cancel the August Council Meeting then hold our General meeting and the AGM as scheduled on Saturday 21st November 2020.
We are very sorry for the delay, but we assure you the event will be just as good but at a later time.
Any cheques for Founder’s Day will be returned as soon as they arrive so that they can be cancelled by the payee without bank charges etc.
Any queries feel free to contact any of the Executive Council members.
Regards,
Your Sister in Beta Sigma Phi
Julie Lehmann, President
As you are all aware, we were to hold our Founder’s Day luncheon on Friday the 1st of May at the William Angliss School of Catering.
Due to the Covid-19 Virus being a significant issue at the moment the Executive of Victorian Council have decided to postpone this event. We are wanting to protect our Sisters and not risk anyone’s health.
The decision has been made to move Founder’s Day to Friday 21st of August, if we can secure a booking at the same venue on that date. By doing this we will combine Friendship Day and Founder’s Day, cancel the August Council Meeting then hold our General meeting and the AGM as scheduled on Saturday 21st November 2020.
We are very sorry for the delay, but we assure you the event will be just as good but at a later time.
Any cheques for Founder’s Day will be returned as soon as they arrive so that they can be cancelled by the payee without bank charges etc.
Any queries feel free to contact any of the Executive Council members.
Regards,
Your Sister in Beta Sigma Phi
Julie Lehmann, President
2019 Friendship Day
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Our Friendship Day was once again held in conjunction with the August Council meeting at the Port Melbourne Community Room. Our Guest Speaker was our very own Sister and Fashionista, Eileen Ervine, who has written a chronicle spanning her experiences in the Fashion scene in Melbourne. Eileen is a renown personality in Beta Sigma Phi and Melbourne and she regaled us with her interesting back-stage stories. Thanks for a lovely afternoon.
2019 Founder's Day Luncheon
Victoria's 61th Founder's Day Lunch was held on Friday, May 3rd at the William Angliss Institute. A total of 84 members enjoyed an afternoon of friendship, laughs & great food.
Winston Marsh was the guest speaker for the day. He has been on the professional speaking circuit for the last 30 years. Twice National President of the National Speakers Association of Australia, a Senator of Jaycees, and an Ambassador for Ageing for the Monash City Council with an involvement in many organisations, Winston loves being part of his community.
Winston shared his fascinating view of what we take for granted and had us laughing and looking at the world in a different way. His “lies your Mother told you” definitely stirred our memory banks.
Winston shared his fascinating view of what we take for granted and had us laughing and looking at the world in a different way. His “lies your Mother told you” definitely stirred our memory banks.
Lucille McDonald and Jeane Keane were honored with the Golden Circle Ritual in acknowledgment of their 50 years of membership in Beta Sigma Phi. Congratulations Lucille and Jeane.
Jill Scott, Wendy Hinde and Shirley Roddy received the Torchbearer Degree. The Torchbearer Degree is bestowed after 12 years as an active Master member. Well done, Jill, Wendy and Shirley!
We have lots of photos showing our happy Sisters:
Thanks to Heather Russell and her Executive – Cheryl Wallis, Wendy Basham, Julie Lehmann and Jan Perry – for organising such a lovely day for us. Heather also thanked Cheryl Wallis for her work on Thurunga and Carol Heenan for up-dating the "In Memorium Book" when required. Thanks also to the Chef and his staff for an excellent day.
And my personal thanks to Eleanor Holden and Rae Alexander for supplying some of the photos from the day.
MJH, Webmaster
MJH, Webmaster
2019 Victorian Council Executive
2018 Friendship Day
Our Friendship Day this year was held in conjunction with the August Council meeting at the Port Melbourne Community Room. The theme was "Australia" and everyone was encouraged to wear something Aussie or in the relevant colours. Rae Alexander was our quiz master and we all learned more about our wonderful country's history. As usual, lots of food, catching up with friends and laughter.
