Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

Meeting No 4870 in the Club’s 100^th year 

    Season's Greetings from Rotary Club St Petersburg

LAST WEEK'S MEETING

Fascinating Art/Artificial Intelligence engineering presentation by Professor Dr Christoph Schommer at last week's evening meeting.  If you missed it or would like a reminder:  https://youtu.be/ZjMDWMS7MZw

Our Membership Director Chanti Bou has been recognised for her fantastic work in Rotary Melbourne especially in her proactivity in engaging new Members.  She is pictured here with her Royce Abbey Award.

UPCOMING 2021 MEETINGS

Holiday Break

13 Jan: Lunch Meeting - Kazuyoshi Matsunaga, Consulate-General of Japan in Victoria

20 Jan: Evening Meeting

CLUB REMINDERS 

Wednesday, 16^th December – LUNCH MEETING

Meeting Registration  https://www.trybooking.com/BMYUW

On registering at Trybooking you can make a tax deductible donation to the President’s Christmas Appeal for the Lighthouse Foundation

Festive Christmas Celebration Meeting & Partners Day – Final meeting for 2020 Chairman

Entertainers David Kram, Monica Curro, Stefan Cassomenos and Bernadette/Paul Noonan

Be a friend to the environment - it helps make the world a healthier and safer place.

In this article we look at ways in which we can be more energy efficient in the home. This is both environmentally and economically friendly and helps to make the world we live in a healthier and safer place, not only for ourselves but for future generations. (Item: Ari Talantis)

Our DG Philip wrote in this week's Networker:  "I am delighted to advise that 56 “super clusters”, each with up to 15 Rotary clubs, from across Australia have been successful in obtaining approvals for a $20,000 grant each from the National Australia Day Council for our Rotarians and clubs to celebrate Australia Day under the theme "Reflect, Respect, Celebrate - We are all part of the story".

GET READY FOR THIS UNIQUE EVENT

The Women in Rotary International International Women's Day 2021 event has a unique difference from the past 9 Breakfasts. Online with the ability to share with thousands of people!  Wait till they advise you of their keynote International presenters!  Watch this space in next year's Bulletin!

GROUP EVENTS

  CANTERBURY WAVERLEY FESTIVITIES

Canterbury Waverley Group had a terrific celebration together as witnessed in the attached photograph provided by Bill Pickett.  Thanks for providing this happy shot.

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

“A quick note from me (Christina Boys) to let you know that at the end of the event recently our MUNA (Model United Nations Assembly) Team of Manik and Samarth were announced as the winning team.

DAVID BEANLAND has been named an Honorary Fellow (HonFIEAust) – Engineers Australia.

Bravo Norman Taralrud-Bay!! I had forgotten what an R100 sock looked like on a foot/ankle outside of Melbourne.  Here is Norman's ankle and well polished walking shoe displaying with great pride, his R100 sock on a visit to the Otways recently. Thank you Norman.

John Tozer: Our former member and much-loved club photographer who relocated to Castlemaine is in a Bendigo hospital recovering from successful surgery after suffering a stroke. John is improving but expects to be in hospital rehab for a few weeks.  Contact Chris Wang for more information.

ROTARY NEWS

Rotary Hawthorn have provided the following link for the Donations in Kind update:  

THE YEAR AT DIK | Rotary Club of Hawthorn (hawthornrotary.org.au)

VALE

Editor met Keith Brierley in 2017 when she visited him at his retirement residence to interview him.  Unfortunately, I don't have the formal citation which was read at last week's meeting.  I have instead provided my interview with this wonderful Honorary Member of Rotary Melbourne who died December 4, 2020 (93 years old).

MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

Membership anniversaries upcoming Warren Johnson (11), Rob Nethercote (23), David Hayes (7). 

GREETINGS

Happy birthday this week Eleanor Onibere, Bruce Davidson, Claire Fraser, Ted Garland, Christine Johnson, Matthew Karakoulakis, Gi Tae Kwon, Kazuyoshi Matsunaga, Graham O'Donnell, Iqbal Reta, Ross Scholes-Robertson.

LAST WEEK'S GUESTS 

Guest of the Club Christoph Schommer (Speaker).

Visiting Rotarians & Visitors Torsten Friedel, Ian Knight (Werribee), Sue Smith, Florian Schmitz (Gummersbach-Oberberg), Brettner.