Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

 Meeting No 4862 in the Club’s 100^th year

Silent Auction is complete but you can donate your losing bid via our website

"Donations Learning for Life Program"

THIS WEEK'S MEETINGS

Wednesday, 7 October:  Lunch Meeting

Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/BLVVE

Wear a Hat: Support Mental Health Research & Awareness

Guest Speaker:  Dr Laura Hart, ARH Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, Population Mental Health Group University of Melbourne 

Topic:  Teen Mental Health First Aid - A program to train adolescents to better support their peers

Venue:  Zoom online meeting.  Please not the ZOOM link will be provided after registering on Trybooking

Pre Meeting Registration: https://www.trybooking.com/BLVVE

Chairman: Peter Rogers

Get out the hat!  Dust it off!  Don it at this week's meeting as a mark of respect to our "LIFT THE LID" on Mental Illness!  There is a prize!  Here's President Marion promoting our special hat day.

Australian Rotary Health (ARH) Researchers must carry on their important work especially needed in these days of COVID-19.  Photo shows our Keith Callinan "Lifting the Lid" 2 years ago.

10.30am every Friday, with a coffee or tea, a biscuit, cake or pastry!  Come online and enjoy some light conversation with President Marion.  No mask needed and a great way to hear the latest news. Have a go at Zooming!    https://us02web.zoom.us/j/3096547242

LAST WEEK'S MEETING

Dr Lisa O'Brien presented the reality and the ongoing needs of The Smith Family as they continue to support our disadvantaged children.  Lisa was thrilled with the results of the hard work by the ATB Team of Trevor Nink, Jim Orchard, Ari Talantis, Chris Wang, Reg Smith, Kevin Sheehan to find a way to provide the funds once more to the children.

“Rotarians Answered the Call" - Trevor Nink

What a week we had celebrating the bike ride that didn’t happen - supporting the disadvantaged kids from The Smith Family didn’t need bikes!

Congratulations and our best wishes to Ian Ross who was the winner of The Smith Family Raffle.  He was delighted as he has family members who will be rapt with a $2,000 bike voucher.

Thanks to PE Reg Smith for his timely reflection at last week's meeting.

Welcome to our newest Member George Giamadakis. George is a Director at Symphony 7 and Board Member for Southern Cross Kids Camps. We look forward to meeting George and working with him in Rotary Melbourne.

UPCOMING SPEAKERS

14 Oct: Evening Meeting - Dr David Kram AM - illustrated talk "History of Performing Arts’. 

21 Oct:  Lunch Meeting – DOUBLE HEADER -  2020-21 Vocational Service Award presentation  &Tom Switzer, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Studies and ABC National Radio Presenter, Sydney.

CLUB NEWS & REMINDERS

As part of the R100 Celebrations, Rotary Melbourne has issued a challenge to Rotary Club of Sydney to join us in an inter-club debate via ZOOM.  Chris Sotiropolous is one of our three debaters for the affirmative. The following details apply:

Topic:  'Reversing Climate Change is Mission Possible'

Date: Thursday 5 November 2020 6.30pm to 8pm.

Adjudicator:  The Honourable Judith Troeth AM, former Senator for Victoria

Tickets:  https://events.humanitix.com/the-great-rotary-debate-2020-rotary-melbourne

Our Wednesday, 14 October meeting will be held at 6.00 pm to 7.00 pm and will feature our Dr David Kram.  David will present:  "The Future of Performing Arts".  

There will be a Rotary Melbourne Special Screening - Homeland Story Thursday, 8 October 2020 at 7.30pm.  All funds raised going to the Donydji Community. 

Trybooking link is: https://www.trybooking.com/BLPVO

Flyer: RCM_Homeland_Story_Thursday_8th_October_2020.pdf

Please send Editor your thoughts and plans for World End Polio Now Day - 24 October, 2020.

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

Stephen Lake has entered a very important fundraising walk and is inviting our participation. "This October I have committed to support “27 for Parkinson’s” https://www.parkinsonswalk.org.au/ which has replaced their annual Walk in the Park fundraiser."

OTHER ROTARY NEWS

Don is a Rotarian and lending his talents to help raise some money to assist the Rotary Nomads in supporting excellent community projects with a concert.  This event looks really terrific and certainly something different for us in COVID-19 time.

The speakers' presentations have now been uploaded to our YouTube channel and can be viewed by copying and pasting the following link into your browser. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCINXDFUA4cLHCCQ4AWYMZgA.

MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

Membership anniversaries this week - Robin Reid (19). 

GREETINGS

Happy birthday this week Rob Helme (TODAY!), Peter Bailey, Austen Burleigh, Mina Guli, Nick Pelham, James Pullar, Les Schultz. 

LAST WEEK'S GUESTS

Guest of Club Lisa O’Brien (Guest Speaker), Peter Davis, Jennifer Small & Ken Davis, Tim Halliburton, Alison Sheppard.

Visiting Rotarians & Visitors John Given, Tony Benner, Cathy Tait (Sydney), Ian Knight (Werribee), Sue Smith, Roni Corne, Maureen Watson, Robert Renshaw, Christine McDiven.

 Celebrating 100 years of service in 2021