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From its beginning, Probus Perth has established areputation for<br />

excellent special events, tours, travel and dinners, as well as our<br />

monthly speakers programs, as illustrated in the following pages.<br />

It serves an important role in the community by providing<br />

opportunities for intellectual stimulation and fellowship, which<br />

are so necessary for asuccessful retirement.<br />

Twenty years has seen the Probus Club of Perth become firmly<br />

established in the community. It has grown from the initial 70<br />

participants to more than 150 members who have now retired<br />

from careers in business, professions, the arts, academia and the<br />

military. We also have several Life Members who are over 90<br />

years of age.<br />

Ten years ago, our fledgling website, probusperth.ca was a<br />

somewhat exotic innovation, regarded with some trepidation by<br />

members. Now,in the hands of our first and only technowhiz<br />

Webmaster Colin Stephenson, it has become arobust repository<br />

of all things probian, distributing our newsletters and archiving<br />

information on all our activities, past and present. Never let it<br />

be said that Probians don’t move with the times!<br />

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With these 20 <strong>Anniversary</strong> initiatives we celebrate our success,<br />

and pay tribute to all those who have served as Presidents, and<br />

Management Team and Committee members.<br />

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~20 <strong>Anniversary</strong> Committee<br />

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