Rotary Club of Hillarys

District 9450, Western Australia

Postal :

P.O. Box 531,

Scarborough  WA 6922

I am married to Vanessa with two children, Karlee (31) whose expertise is in human resource management and Grant (29) a mechanical engineer with a Western Australian firm. Both children are resident in Melbourne Australia. Karlee was an exchange student to the Netherlands in 1992 and has recently, June 2006, provided Vanessa and I with our first grandchild Owen Scott-Murphy. We live in the beach side suburb of Scarborough in the north-western part of the greater Perth City. Vanessa is a part-time Primary School Teacher.

Rotary History

Charter Member - Rotary Club of Carine, 1986

Director International Service, 1987/88

President Elect, 1988/89

President  Rotary Club of Carine, 1989/90

District Governor's Group Representative, 1990/91

Member of District 9450 Youth Exchange Committee, 1990/98

Chairman of District 9450 Youth Exchange Committee, 1993/97

 Club Membership Chairman, 1995/96

Created the first Youth Exchange Web Page 1996

Recognised for Contribution to Youth Exchange with a Paul Harris Fellowship, 1997

Chairman of District Technology Committee, 1997/98

Created the first District Web Page 1997

Member District Technology Committee 1998/2001

Vanessa recognised with a Paul Harris Fellowship for contribution to Youth Exchange, 1999

Club International Director 1999/2000

Club Bulletin Editor 2000/2001, 2001/2002 , 2003/2004, 2004/2005

Secretary of merger Committee of Rotary Clubs of Carine and Sorrento Northshore - 2000. The Carine Club changed it's name to the Rotary Club of Hillarys in 2002

Member  District Ambassadorial Scholar Committee 2000/2006

Chair District Ambassadorial Scholar Committee 2001/2003

Member Rotary Youth Leadership Award Committee 2003/2006

Club Secretary 2003/2006

Member Rotary Youth Leadership Award Committee 2004/2006

Member Group Study Exchange Committee 2004/2007

Chair Board of Trustees, Rotary Club of Hillarys Community Foundation 2005/2007

Professional Background

Bill has his own Consulting and Computer Software sales business (Spectrascan Pty Ltd) specialising in Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Bill's career began with the Department of Lands and Surveys (later to become the Department of Land Administration) as a cadet Land Surveyor in 1965. After becoming a Licensed Surveyor in 1970, Bill spent 6 years becoming familiar with the rural areas of Western Australia, from the extreme south to the extreme north.

Developing and interest in computers Bill became involved in computer mapping and more particularly in using satellite data to produce images of the earth's resources using remote sensing techniques.

Bill started Spectrascan along with two others in 1987 and has pursued activities in these areas since that time.

Leisure activities are Rotary, following his son's Australian Rules Football career and of course the inevitable time at the computer keyboard.

Any comments or suggestions on these pages would be appreciated, and can be forwarded to wholman@iinet.net.au.

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