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Royce Abbey Award - 2006/2007
The 2006/2007 Royce Abbey Award was presented to Club member John Tozer by RI Past President Royce.
This award, established by the Rotary Club of Essendon to recognise their member and our Honorary Member and Past RI President Royce Abbey, was adopted by the Board of the RCM to be made to a member who is relatively new to the Club, has not been awarded a Paul Harris Fellow recognition, is well accepted by Club members, has a good attendance record, who has demonstrated a strong commitment to the Club and who also complies with the Object of Rotary.
Each Rotary Club adopting the award program contributes $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation (in the Royce and Jean Abbey Endowment Fund) for each award it makes. This financial contribution to the Foundation will be used for humanitarian projects to enhance capabilities of food processors, foresters and other agricultural environment researchers and University teachers from developing countries.
The Royce Abbey Award for 2006/2007 goes to John Tozer.
It is interesting to note that John did a sea-change of sorts, leaving a high powered position at Price, Waterhouse, Coopers to become a part-time professional and artistic photographer having staged his own photographic exhibitions on his tours of China and Japan.
John was inducted into the Club on the 11 June 2003 (just 4 years) and since then has been Official Club Photographer.
The other positions that John has fulfilled are:
Chair of the Public Relations Committee 2005/6
Group Captain City Group 2005/6
Arts Committee member 2005/7
Chair of Club Directory 2006/7
Horizons Committee 2006/7
Board Member and Director of Communications 2006/7
Attended District Conference 2007
Vice President Elect 2007/8
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