Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

 Meeting No 4845 in the Club’s 99^th year

DON'T FORGET!  COVID-19 FIGHTING FUND https://www.trybooking.com/BJOZO

THIS WEEK'S MEETING

Guest Speaker:   Mal Walden, Journalist, Newsreader, Ambassador: Rotary Safe Families 

Topic  ‘An eyewitness to six decades of News. A journey behind the headlines that shaped the News and the life of a Newsman?’

Chairman  Peter Jones

Venue  Zoom online meeting

Registration Join Zoom Meeting  https://zoom.us/j/911538359?pwd=Z3NjNytXYVVWSnJDU0NlV2hxc1Rhdz09 

Time  1-2pm

Our Rotary Melbourne initiative has been travelling far and wide since we created the two films:  Family Violence and Elder Abuse.  Perth, South Australia, Alice Springs, Broken Hill, Sunraysia, District 9800 et al, Brisbane, Kenmore and Uganda.  The program can be found in a tab: Safe Families on our website.  Rotary Safe Families Program  

LAST WEEK'S MEETING

What a truly magnificent presentation we were given when two of Rotary Melbourne's Honorary Members provided us with an exceptional delivery of "Working in isolation – what’s been occupying Australia’s Chief Scientist in 2020" and Tilman Ruff's enjoyable delivery as Chair.  Thank you Alan and Tilman.  

President Kevin had great enjoyment in awarding our esteemed Honorary Secretary, Reg Smith OAM a Paul Harris Fellow at last week's online meeting.

For those Members who remained online at last week's meeting, I believe you will agree with Editor that it was inspirational to hear from Ann Connors, Western Chances and our Graham O'Donnell.  Graham has been the Club "Champion" in working with Western Chances to provide young people from our western suburbs, the chance to have what we take for granted.   

Thank you to Phil Cornish for his meaningful reflection made at last week's meeting.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

17-Jun: Vice Presidents Reporting Day David Carruthers and Cynthia Edgell

24-Jun: Presidents Changeover

CLUB NEWS & REMINDERS

Our loved and highly respected Bob Fels was awarded the inaugural Bob Fels Peace Prize at the District Awards event on 6 June.  Bob is seen here in his study online receiving his award.

10.30am every Friday.  Join President Kevin and Members in an informal online coffee and a chat.  Pleasant way to spend Friday mornings.

Do you have any old sewing machines looking for a new home in East Timor? Peter Clements is collecting old sewing machines, particularly the mechanical (non-electronic) or treadle-powered Singer machines to send to the Canossian Sisters in the coffee mountains of East Timor.

'WHERE ARE THE R100 SOCKS?'

Yes, finally Editor sees an R100 sock being taken out on Rob Nethercote's "first escape from race car isolation to Winton." Here is the happy chappy:  

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

Editor advises all Members:  "Please take your clothes out of the wardrobe regularly, air them out, and allow to stand in sunlight.  Recent studies show that if clothes are kept in wardrobes over lockdown, they shrink!"

Editor recently interviewed two of our newer Members, Robyn Hollands (Corporate Relationships Manager) and Kirsten Sayers (CEO) of RedR.  Kirsten is seen here in Jordan talking with UN Refugee Agency, Robert Ardiaciano.

ROTARY INVITES

Do you want to help build Rotary's Future in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands?  This survey provides an  opportunity to share your views and ideas to shape the future of Rotary in our part of the world. 

Zoom Interclub Visit – Rotary Club of Rowville-Lysterfield  -  For Members and Guests

Speaker: International movie, television and stage star – Sam Neill

Date: Friday, 19 June 2020

Time: 7.30am AEST

Place: Zoom meeting in the comfort of your home

Investment: $25.00 – Proceeds to charities to support out-of-work actors and entertainers in Australia and New Zealand

Bookings: Register on-line at https://www.trybooking.com/BJUUZ

DGE Philip Archer has invited us to online District Changeover, Saturday, 27 June, 1 pm-3pm.  Farewell DG Grant Hocking and his wife Melissa.  A fantastic job Grant and Melissa to take us successfully through a very challenging year.

RI President Mark Maloney will be making an online Multi District visit on Saturday, June 20 at 11.00 am AEST.  Mark will reflect on his year as RI President and explore Rotary future after CoVID-19.  He is seen here at a Rotary Melbourne lunch in 2019.

ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION HONOLULU - 20-26 June 2020

No need to fly – this year the entire International Rotary Convention will be online and free to all members. Make sure you save the date and join in the fun.  https://www.riconvention.org/en

MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

Membership anniversaries this week Pam Brown (5 TODAY!), Claire Fraser (1), Jan Moffatt (14), Norman Taralrud-Bay (6). 

GREETINGS

Happy birthday this week Debra Ashbolt, Ron Cullen, Madeleine McManus, Ian Ross, Rodney Smith (“0”), Arjang Taylor. 

LAST WEEK'S GUESTS

Club Guests Alan Finkel (Speaker).

Visiting Rotarians and Guests Moss Akbarian, Ian Armstrong, Peter Bearsley, Simon Beaven, Sylvie Berchick, John Bertrand, Narin Bhandari, Melanie Bois, Christina Boys, Wellington Bressan, Gary Browne, Ross Butterworth, Oskar Casasayas, Helen Christopher, Anne Connors, Roni Corne, John Dowling, Peter Duncan, Wendy Evans, Arooj Goheer, Guglielmo Gottoli, Bill Ham, Jessie Harman, Sue Hayward, Kay Jenkins, Richard Kalungi, Ian Knight, Bernard Macleod, Kelly Macnamara, Ramona Martinovici, Colleen McEwan, David McPherson, Tim Murphy, Dianne North, Ruth Oettle, Peter Pal, Jason Palazzolo, Diane Quinlin, Robert Renshaw, Diana Richards, Keith Ryall, Cathy Scalzo, Alex Shaw, David Slonim, Sue Smith, Nicholas Smith, Lina Souki-Schmidt, John Wall, Barbara Ward, Geoffrey Wilbow, Jill Wilson, Xinhua Wu, Geoffrey Little, Kathleen Horne.

 Celebrating 100 years of service in 2021