RCB Bulletin 9 March 2026
At last week's meeting Chairman John Schmoll introduced President Colleen d'Offay. She in turn welcomed everyone
to the meeting and introduced guest speaker Steve Morriss who is head of Circulatory at Close the Loop and guest 
Christine Nicholson.
 
 
Meeting Highlights Thursday 5 March
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Donation to Farmers'Relief Fund
Secretary Anthony Langley announced this donation and needed approval from Members present at the meeting. This was approved.
 
Secretaries Announcements
Pres Colleen announced the apologies and they were:
Glenys Hitchen, Jo Kwok, Mal James, Roger Fairlam
and PP Arthur Hubbard.
 
Stuart McIntyre
Stuart spoke about the Kieser Open Day.
He said that our major Club event sponsor Kieser is holding a complimentary Open Day on 
Saturday 14 March, focusing on Back Pain, Strength
Training and Osteoporosis and Bone Health.
 
We feel this will be of interest to many Members as we addressissues of strength, fitness and mobility as we age.
Details below:
 
 
Speaker Presentation
Steve Morriss - Close the Loop
 
Close the Loop is an Australian-based, global leader
in circular economy solutions, specialising in recovering,
recycling, and repurposing waste materials to prevent
them from entering landfills.
 
Steve is proud to be the Founder of Close the Loop
(CtL). He was CEO for the first 7 years, and board
director for over 20 years. His leadership helped drive
their highly successful expansion into the USA and
later Belgium. Started from nothing, just an idea and
lots of commitment, they are now a global example
of Circular business models. They are co-founders
of Australia's most successful voluntary product
stewardship program 'Cartridges 4 Planet Ark'.
Inventors of eWood, TonerPlas and rFlex. Multi award
winning business. In late 2021, CtL merged with
OF Pack to form the Close the Loop Group which
was then successfully listed on the ASX (CLG). IPO
of the year in 2022, multiple acquisitions, a great exit
for some and perfectly positioned (Circular Economy)
future for others.
Sergeant's Session
 
Sergeant PP Julie Avery
 
1. PP Bill Howley: Sarg said it was lovely to see our 'Financial Guru' at the meeting;
2. Di Allan: Seen at the Brighton Yacht Club previous Friday;
3. Merve: Sarg heard she was doing an excellent job at the Front Desk;
4. Keiran Cromie: Sarg said Keiran was off to East Africa soon;
5. John Schmoll: Did a great job as sergeant during Sarg's absence;
6. PP Pat Kearns: Pat seen at Donovan's last Wednesday;
7. Brendan Kierce: Back after a few weeks rest. Good to see him there;
8. Rob Pinchbeck: For not paying Seng for dropping off Brighton Classic Car Show flyers in letterboxes;
9. Anthony Langley: Seen at Elwood Bathers and Brighton Yacht Club recently;
10. All those not in the RCB Footy Tipping;
11. Pres Elect David Frauman: For attending PE Training
and his first Foundation meeting last month;
12. Steve Wolf: Sarg said he was looking amazing as always;
13. PDG Dale Hoy: Sarg said he missed the Toast again. She said we love Dale but she can't remember when he last arrived on time;
14. Graeme Watson: Sarg said he was showing off his Portsea tan;
15. Pres Colleen: Dropped a box on her shin at DIK last Thursday 
and now flashing an injured right leg.
 
 
  

Last week's Raffle Results

Last week the raffle was presented by Di Allan 
with help from Seng Goh.
The winners were Brendan Kierce, Stuart McIntyre 
and Paul Laband. 
 

 
 
It's almost here! Brighton Classic Car Show.
                                               
If anyone knows of someone with a Classic Car
who would like to enter our Event
please contact Rob Pinchbeck on 0411 727 569