Meeting No 4830 in the Club’s 98th year
19 FEBRUARY MEETING
MICHAEL HAPPELL - PRESIDENT, MCC
Topic: ‘Melbourne Cricket Club - a private club with a very public purpose - managing the MCG’
Chair: Peter Dakin
UPCOMING SPEAKERS
26 Feb: R100 Project Panel Session - R100 Projects – status up-date.
04 Mar MOVED to 5 Mar – International Women’s Day Breakfast - bookings and details at www.rotaryiwdbreakfast.org.au
LAST WEEK'S MEETING
PROFESSOR LEN HARRISON
What a fascinating presentation we received last week when Professor Len Harrison spoke about microbiemes. From birth canal deliveries, caeserean section deliveries, our gut bacteria and relationships with diseases and immunology - microbiemes are a focal point of our health.
BANNER SWAP
VP Cynthia Edgell is seen here exchanging banners with Rotarian Ellen Kendall, Rotary Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA.
VISITOR WITH STORY FROM VIETNAM
Thank you to Rosemary Nixon for introducing Mai McCann, who told the meeting her amazing story of creating the Deaf School for Children in Vietnam.
CLUB NEWS & REMINDERS
CENTENARY COUNTDOWN IN SYDNEY
Rotary Sydney launched their Centenary Countdown in fine style at Government House last Wednesday. The hospitality of the Governor, Her Excellency the Honourable Margaret Beazley AO QC and Mr Dennis Wilson was truly superb. On hand representing Rotary Melbourne were Kevin & Lisa Sheehan, Hugh and Meredith Bucknall, Marion McLeod and Robert Fisher.
IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN!
HERE WE GO AGAIN!!! The 2020 AFL Footy Tipping Competition is about to get underway. Bruce Davidson wrote: "Thank you for your support in previous years. Together with our supporter friends outside the Club we hope to raise $3000 for the community and charitable activities of our Club."
BIONICS INSTITUTE INVITATION
We are invited to attend the Bionics Institute a biomedical research institute focusing on medical bionics. The Institute's three core research themes are bionic hearing, bionic vision and neurobionics through deep brain stimulation. Picture shows a device designed to diagnose Parkinson's Disease.
BUSHFIRE BREAKFAST - 19 FEBRUARY
We have an opportunity to hear Emergency Management Commissioner Andrew Crisp, Victoria Police at a District 9800 Breakfast. Have you checked out this invitation? Would you like to invite a guest to this special event? Wednesday, 19 February. Andrew will provide the Victoria Police view of the bushfires.
BREAKFAST BOOKINGS: 5 OPTIONS
Editor and Peter Jones presented Members with 5 OPTIONS around no excuses for not purchasing a ticket/s for the IWD Breakfast on Thursday, 5 March. Picture shows this year's Moderator, Dr Gael Jennings meeting with some of the terrific Members who make the Breakfast so successful every year.
SECOND BITE ON SUNDAYS
Thank you Manoel Felipe for posting this on Facebook: "Sunday is volunteer work day here, participating in SecondBite, collecting food at Prahran Market. The project is supported by Rotary Melbourne, of which I have an active participation in the projects representing Rotary Club de Cruzeiro. Good opportunity to meet people and learn about Australia."
'WHERE ARE THE R100 SOCKS?'
PROFESSOR LEN HARRISON CHECKING SOCKS!
Last week's guest speaker, Professor Len Harrison was 'checking out the R100 socks for microbioemes' with VP Cynthia Edgell and Ian Evans' guest, Azita Abdollahian.
MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS
INTERVIEW WITH REG SMITH OAM
Member behind the Australia Day OAM Honour Award and our Honorary Treasurer Reg Smith.
JAPANESE BIRTHDAY RECEPTION
The Sheehan’s and & Fisher’s are photographed with our Honourary Members and Consul-General Kazuyoshi Matsunaga and his wife Yoko at a reception in honour of the 60th Birthday of the New Emperor of Japan, His Majesty Emperor Naruhito.
AN EVENING WITH DR DEREK FARRELL
This event has a date change to Monday, 24 February. See attached the updated flyer for "An Evening with Dr. Derek Farrell". Farrell_Dinner_New_Date.pdf
MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES
Membership anniversaries this week Joe Balci (13), Max Barr (37), David Carruthers (18), Damien Farrell (7), Jing Lin (1), Doug Marshall (19), Stephanie Woollard (4).
GREETINGS
Happy birthday this week Marion Macleod, Rob Medcalf, Jeremy Oats, Ryan Saville.
LAST WEEK'S GUESTS
Visiting International Rotarians Ellen Kendall (Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA).
Visiting Australian Rotarians Di Gillies (Balwyn).
Guests of Members Tim Conolan (Austen Burleigh), Carol Bond, Azita Abdollahian (Ian Evans), Caroline Valiant (Sue McDonald).
On duty this week Robin Syme, Alan Wang, Daryl Hawkey, Tim Goonan, Ian Ross (Photos), Stephen Mandie (Wine).
 Celebrating 100 years of service in 2021   
|
