Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

THIS WEEK'S MEETING

Topic:  "Senior Naval Officer Victoria – Supporting Navy’s Strategic Objectives"

Chair:  Stephen Lake

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

10 Apr:  Conny Lenneberg, Executive Director, Brotherhood of St Laurence

17 Apr:  The Reverend Professor Gary Bouma AM

24 Apr:  Major General Jim Barry AM, MBE, RFD,ED (Retd.)

LAST WEEK'S MEETING

Thanks VP Trevor Nink for your summary of last week's fun Project's Day Meeting which was packed with Project information. Pic shows VP Barbara Yerondais providing entertaining project information and quiz.

What a delight to meet our Global Exchange Student Luana Bacha from Brazil at last week's meeting.  Welcome Luana, seen here with President Robert and VP Trevor.

At last week’s meeting we acknowledged Malcolm Simpson’s 90th birthday (seen here with wife Patricia). President Robert read out an impressive Rotary and ‘Life’ Biography reproduced next page for those members not in attendance.

CLUB EVENTS & NEWS

Members please note that Rotary Safe Families Workshop 2 tackling what you need to know and what you can do to prevent Elder Abuse can take more participants.  Please register with Dorothy at gilmour.dorothy@gmail.com  for what will be practical, thought provoking discussion and information, Wednesday, 10 April.  

SHARE AND SELL!  This is so important if our Club's Rotary Fundraising Raffle is to be the success we want!  Please suggest to your friends and family to purchase a ticket using your book of tickets or go online for a simple purchase via: https://rotaryclubofmelbourne.auraffles.com.au/ 

More raffle tickets are available for the RCM Raffle in support of the Centenary International project RGECAF.  Please return Ticket stubs to the RCM office ASAP and payment can be cheque, cash, or EFT.  Check with Jo should you wish to transfer your raffle sale proceeds.  Also we have the facility to buy online at https://rotaryclubofmelbourne.auraffles.com.au/purchase-tickets

The introduction of the new Rotary Melbourne CODE OF CONDUCT was announced by President Robert Fisher at last week's luncheon meeting, 27 March.  A copy was provided for Members attending and the following is President Robert's announcement.

Sue McDonald provided Members with the updated latest news on the Rotary Club of Melbourne Community Foundation which is vital to funding our Club's many projects.  This is not to be confused with the Rotary International Foundation.  Our Rotary Club of Melbourne Community Foundation funds our Club Projects plus it donates $25,000 annually to the Rotary International Foundation in the US.  

TUESDAY, 30 April, the next Evening Meeting, featuring Chris Kotur will be held at Treasury Buildings. Chris will discuss "Leading in Community in the 21^st Century". Bookings:  www.trybooking.com/BBSGE

Thanks Sue Smith for spotting: Star of the Sea, Andy Evans who spoke at RCM on 20 March announced last week that the Commonwealth Government has granted his company the first Australian Offshore Wind Exploration Licence.  Check out his LinkedIn for further details: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6517284056026189824/ 

Our Club was recently approached by Chris Egger, Secretary of the District’s newest club - Rotary Club  of Wyndham Harbour.  He asked about a Millenium Bell: "Do know anything about this or where it is at present?"

MEET OUR NEW MEMBER

Trevor Neroy (Trev) was inducted on 6 March 2019 with the classification Digital Transformation - Government and was sponsored by Amanda Wendt.  He has already found his way into the Club's IT, Communication Team assisting with promotion of our Club Raffle.

OTHER CLUB NEWS

Brighton Rotary are running a ‘Night of Stars’ on April 12, with proceeds raised to support both CANTEEN and the Les Twentyman Foundation.  Tickets available from flyer overleaf.

MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

Anniversaries this week:

Christine Johnson: 17 Years

Tom Crampton: 7 Years

Alistair Urquhart: 19 Years

David Kram:  13 Years

Bev Brock: 13 Years

Ted Garland: 35 Years

Joseph Ebbage: 4 Years

Tim Fischer:  4 Years

David Nurse:  44 Years

MEMBER GREETINGS

Happy birthday this week: David Prest (Today!), Gladys Liu, Lucy Luo, Peter Hollingworth

LAST WEEK'S GUESTS

Guests of the Club:  Hugh de Kretser (Speaker), Jan de Kretser, Manuela Rathey (Inductee), Susie Cole

Visiting International Rotarians:  Suresh Marcandan (Kuala Lumpur Diraja, Malaysia)

Visiting Australian Rotarians:  Ruth Cross (Melton), Catherine Baxter (Brisbane High-Rise)

Guests of Rotarians:  Patricia Simpson (Malcolm Simpson)

On duty this week  Adrian Kloeden, Keith Callinan, Sue McDonald, Chanti Bou,Chris Wang (Wine), Kevin Sheeehan (Photos)