Club Administration

What is Probus

To find out all about Probus, click here to go to the web site of Probus South Pacific Limited and click on “About” in the list of menu items on the left side of the page, or click here to go straight to the “About” page. This site also has a lot of other information you might like to look at.

FBPC Constitution and Resolutions

To view the club’s constitution and standing resolutions click on the following links:-

Constitution | Resolutions

Also Click on these links to view the Club’s Risk Management Policy and Risk Management Checklist.

Meetings

Monthly Meetings, followed by an optional lunch, are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month except January. For more information on meetings please click here.

Emergency Procedures

Evacuation: From the Arthur Lake Room to the assembly area, The Entrance Leagues Club

1. Evacuation will be declared by Club Management and coordinated by the President, together with the Senior and Junior Vice Presidents of the Forresters Beach Probus Club.

2. Looking at the stage from the entrance to the Arthur Lake Room, take the exit on the wall to the right of the stage.

3. Follow the green arrows as shown and gather in the assembly area marked with the yellow star. Depending on the nature of the emergency the route to the assembly area might be via the solid or dotted arrows.

4. The SVP and JVP will count those present in the assembly area and ensure that this number coincides with those marked as present on the attendance roll.

5. If there are members unaccounted for the President will be notified immediately.

Outings & Events

Please click here to read the club’s booking and cancellation policy.

Click Her to view or download the Registration Form for Outings / Activities for Visitors and Members of other Probus Clubs

Sign on sheets are available at the monthly meetings and codes for paying by bank transfers are on each calendar event.

Official Functions and activities organised by the Program Coordinators and approved by the Committee are the official Probus events and as such are covered by the Probus Centre South Pacific’s insurance policy.

Who are you? Where is your Name Badge?!

Say G’Day!! – Wearing your Probus name badge to all club meetings, outings and social events is the best way to get to know and recognise fellow members. Say hello to someone you haven’t met before and make new friends.

If you lose your name badge and/or need a replacement then please contact Membership Officer. There will be a small fee to cover the cost of the replacement badge. Pin on and magnetic badges are available.

Appreciation Awards

In recognition of members who have volunteered their time and energy to making our club successful, your Committee has established the Certﬁcate of Appreciation Awards which will be presented to members who have completed their term in ofﬁce and/or to members and people outside the club who have made a special contribution.

Award of Excellence - introduced 2024

Awarded to individual club members who have taken on responsible roles, which they have performed exceptionally well.

Previous Award of Excellence winners are:

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Mar	2024	Trish Harrington	Secretary	2021 – 2024
Mar	2024	Ron & Kay Hodge	Membership Officers	2021 – 2024
Mar	2025	Mike Oxby	Events Manager	2022 – 2025

President's Award

This is an occasional award to an individual Club member to show our appreciation for their efforts in continuing to make our Club so successful. The award is Forresters Beach Probus specific and is not part of the central Probus recognition system. The inaugural awards were made in April 2010.

Previous President's Award winners are:

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Apr	2010	Pippa Ball	Secretary	2006 – 2010
Apr	2010	Frank Bunton	Webmaster	2005 – 2016
Jul	2010	Neville Wynn	Photographer	2005 – 2015
Mar	2011	Len & Anne Martin	Sausage Sizzlers	2009 – 2013
Nov	2011	Graham & Marilyn Nestor	Events & Getaways Managers	2008 – 2013
Mar	2013	Greg & Sue Abbott	Events Managers	2010 – 2013
Mar	2014	Chris Howe	Newsletter Editor	2010 – present
Mar	2015	Ann Jenkins	Treasurer	2012 – 2015
Mar	2016	Adolf Meyer	Adolf paints signs to welcome guest speakers and for other events.	2013 – 2023
Mar	2017	Carolyn Fischer	Catering Co-ordinator	2011 – 2019
Mar	2018	Bård Haerland	Songsters Musical Director	2007 – 2020
Mar	2020	Graham Thomas	Webmaster	2016 – 2024
Mar	2021	Dorothy McKay	Treasurer	2015 – 2018
Mar	2022	Bev Walsh	Events Manager	2013 – 2015
Mar	2023	Errol Grace	Theatre Co-ordinator	2015 – 2023
Mar	2025	Ross & Denise Quinn	Garden Tours Organisers	2006 – 2025

Photographs

Photographs taken at club functions and events may be used in the Newsletter and on the club Web Site and members, by agreeing to be in such pictures, accept this. The photos on our web site are on the Gallery Page and are regularly updated (sometimes within a day or two of the event at which they were taken).

Photo & News Submissions

If you would like to submit items (articles and/or photos) for inclusion in the newsletter or the web site, then you can do so by one of these methods:

Send them by email to the Newsletter Editor with copies of photos and to the Publicity and Communication Officer. Any photo attachments MUST be FEW in number (no more than about 3 per email)
Put them on a disk or a USB flash drive (memory stick) and give them to the Newsletter Editor or Publicity and Communication Officer.

Please always include a descriptive caption for each photo.

PROBUS POLO SHIRTS

Click here for details

Email address privacy policy

FORRESTERS BEACH PROBUS CLUB PRIVACY POLICY

Forresters Beach Probus Club certifies that all email addresses provided by members to the club will be kept strictly confidential and will not be released to third parties for commercial purposes or any other purposes without the email address owner’s express permission. However, while we will take all precautions possible, we cannot guarantee that email addresses will not be accessed by hackers intercepting emails that we send to you or that you send to us. In this respect, this is no different to emails exchanged between you and your family & friends.

Postal Address

All correspondence to be electronic and addressed to

secretary@forrestersbeachprobus.org.au

ABN

The Club’s Australian Business Number is 18407032752

Disclaimer

This website is presented by Forresters Beach Probus Club Inc. (FBPC) for the purpose of providing information about FBPC to its members and the community.

The site also contains links to other websites that are external to FBPC. It is the responsibility of the user to make their own decisions about the accuracy, currency, reliability and correctness of information contained in linked external websites.

Users of links provided by this site are responsible for being aware of which organisation is hosting the site they visit.

Views or recommendations provided in linked sites do not necessarily reflect those of FBPC.

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