Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

Meeting No 4895 in the Club’s 101^st year 

THIS WEEK'S MEETING

Wednesday 23 June 2021 – Hybrid Lunch Meeting

Speakers: Vice Presidents Chris Stillwell & Pam Brown

Time: 12.30 for 12.50-1400 - Lunch - In person at No35 Sofitel and on ZOOM.

Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/rc-melbourne-weekly-meeting-23rd-june-2021

Topic: Vice President’s Reporting Day

Note: We have lifted capacity so members should have no trouble booking in.

LAST WEEK'S MEETING

Guests enjoyed the marvellous Thomas Baker Oration for 2021, both online and at the Sofitel last week. Professor Margaret Gardner AC pictured. More photographs - 

UPCOMING MEETINGS

30 Jun 21: Lunch Meeting - Presidents' Changeover Lunch – Sofitel, Latrobe Dining Room 

7 Jul-2021 Lunch Meeting - @ No.35 Sofitel

CLUB NEWS & PROJECTS

Thanks to Chris Wang for providing the latest update on GECAF.  You can read this here:    RGECAF_Newsletter_2021_06_FINAL.pdf

Nominations for this year's Vocational Service Award are required by 30 June, 2021. Pic. shows 2020 Awardee, Professor Sharon Lewin AO, inaugural Director of the Doherty Institute; Melbourne Laureate Professor of Medicine at The University of Melbourne; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellow; Chief Investigator in the Australian Partnership for Preparedness Research on Infectious Diseases Emergencies (APPRISE). 

Thanks Ted Garland for sending Editor this terrific update from the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School re. their students who have had to quarantine in Howard Springs for a fortnight so they may return to their families in the Northern Territory, for school holidays. 

LAST MORNING TEA SUCCESS

Our President Marion co-chaired and was a highlight of DG Philip Archer's Last Morning Tea. The 2 hour event had everything from fun, raffle online, great music and singing, Project updates and masses of fellowship.

Our Website guru Ari Talantis has provided the link to the fantastic recent Evening Meeting with International Guest Speaker, Ray Matsumiya, Executive Director, of The University of the Middle East Project (UME): https://youtu.be/mRGz2aPeD5M

Please make sure you send in your donation in support of the Club’s Annual Appeal via EFT with advice to Jo via email before June 30 for your tax benefits. Follwing is the response form.

Annual_Appeal_Response_2021.pdf

MEMBER HIGHLIGHTS

Jo Mavros has shared the heartfelt appreciation from Naomi and George Tippett's family after the recent death of George. Anyone who had the privilege to meet George would have had the highest regard for this wonderful man.

OTHER ROTARY NEWS 

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE:  Saturday, 10 July 

DISTRICT CHANGEOVER

Register: https://www.trybooking.com/BRFWD

If you would like to view Rotary Sydney's 100 Year Celebrations, Robert Fisher has kindly provided the various links from Geoff Wibrow, Chair, Sydney Committee.

MEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

Membership anniversaries Philip Cornish (6), David Frieze (46), Timothy Goonan (13), Peter Habersberger (32), Ruth Carlos Martinez (4). 

GREETINGS

Happy birthday this week to Russell Board, Chanthida Bou, Linda Fox, Ian Hamm, Maryla Juchnowski, Peter Manger, Peter McCall, David Nurse (90!), Jim Orchard, Alan Trumble. 

LAST WEEK'S GUESTS

Club Guests Margaret Gardner (Speaker), Logan Armstrong, Kate Metcalf, Garry Jennings, John Turnbull, Richard Balderstone.

Visitors – Guests of Rotarians Alan Finkel, Lloyd Hollenberg, Alexander Bobik, Jo Cain, Peter Currie, Wendy Fergie, Mietta Fink-Jensen, Daniella Herszfeld, Silviu Itescu, Anton Leschen, Millicent Nink, Kate Ritchie, Sarah Newton, Bronwyn Stephens, Geraldine Storton, Kate Strain, Mark Sullivan, Sheena Watt, Susanne Williamson via ZOOM Jim Barry, Elizabeth Dax, Blaire Anderson, Emma Lucia, Ken Sloan, Anne Johnston, Ken Sloan.

 Celebrating 100 years of service in 2021