Meeting No 4906 in the Club’s 101st year
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Evening Meeting
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week’s Meeting
- Reflection
- Next Luncheon Meeting
- Member News
- District & Club News
- Anniversaries
- Birthdays
- Last Week's Guests
This Week's Evening Meeting
Next Evening Meeting 8 September
Guest Speaker Mary Jensen, CEO, M Power
Topic ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’
Time 17.50 for 18.00-19.00
Venue Online only via ZOOM
https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-evening-meeting-8sep
Upcoming Meetings & Events
The following Club meetings will be either at Level 35, Sofitel or online depending on COVID restrictions. Login details will be circulated in club communications and on the Website.
15 Sep LUNCH - John Thwaites AM
Online only via Zoom
Registration via Humanitix: https://events.humanitix.com/15-sep-rotary-melb-lunch
Save The Date
- NGV Winter Masterpieces - Friday 17 September CANCELLED
- Around the Bay - Sunday 3 October CANCELLED
Postponed Events
- A reception with, Chief R100 Ambassadors, His Excellency, General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd) and Her Excellency Mrs Linda Hurley TBA
- Australian Rotary Health Gala Charity Dinner - TBA
Last Week's Meeting
Last week's meeting 1 September
David A. Frieze Obituary
09/09/1923 - 28/08/2021
President Reg made the following announcement on the passing of long standing member, David Frieze, at last week’s meeting.
Reflection
Reflection by Peter Dakin 1 September
Thanks to Peter Dakin for last week's Reflection: The Mental Health Challenge.
Member News
Welcome to our New Member - Stephen Rando
Melbourne Rotary welcomed and inducted Stephen Rando, Technologist & ANZ Project Leader, into the Club on 1 September 2021,with the classificationProject Management – Technology. He is extremely passionate about connecting with people to find shared meanings and more specifically inspire others that nothing is impossible!
Around the Bay Raffle won by Alan Trumble
Jim Orchard thanked everyone for purchasing tickets in the annual Rotary Melbourne Around the Bay Raffle supporting the Smith Family Learning for Life Program. Alan Trumble was the lucky winner of a $2000 voucher for purchase of bicycles and bicycle accessories donated by My Ride Collingwood 192 Wellington St Collingwood.
Philip Ross picks up his bicycle
Last years winner of the Smith Family Around the Bay raffle, Philip Ross, successful gets his specially designed mountain bicycle!
District & Club News
Recruiting Mentors NOW for Victoria Police - Reminder
Rotary Melbourne together with Rotary Central Melbourne and a range of other Victorian Clubs have provided experienced Mentors each year to Victoria Police. The programme has been highly successful. Both mentors and mentees have enjoyed the exchange of experience and insights gained. Mentoring contact is approximately one to two hours per month.
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Study
The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity is participating in an international study of an experimental mRNA COVID vaccine. They are looking for healthy adult volunteers who have not received a COVID vaccine. Reimbursement will be provided for your travel and time.
To find out more, phone The Vaccine and Immunisation Research Group on 8344 9325 or email virgo-studies@unimelb.edu.au
Give Every Child a Future Report
PP Robert Fisher provided up an update on this Rotary Melbourne R100 project. Excellent progress is now being made with this project, despite the pandemic set-backs.
Service to Seniors Award Nominations Reminder
One of the Club's Annual Awards is the Service to Seniors Award made to a person whose outstanding service for seniors in a voluntary capacity is judged to have made a positive difference to the lives of seniors.
“Eliminating the Existential Threat of Nuclear Weapons - Reminder
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (of which Rotary Melbourne Dr Tilman Ruff is co-president) will be hosting an important web event, "Eliminating the Existential Threat of Nuclear Weapons" September 30, at 11 AM EDT (unfortunately 1 am in Melbourne).
NGV Visit 2021 - Cancelled
The Rotary Melbourne organised lecture and visit to the NGV 2021 Melbourne Winter Masterpieces French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston on Friday 17th September, unfortunately has had to be cancelled due to covid. Members who had paid to attend have been reimbursed.
Member Anniversaries
Bob Burgess (45) TODAY!!, Susan Davis (5), Bernie McIntosh (16), Quin Scalzo (20), Ari Talantis (4).
 Peter Berg, Junji Shimada, Ari Talantis.
Last Week's Guests
Club Guest: Stephen Rando (Inductee), Gideon Haigh (Speaker).
Visiting Rotarians and Guests: Ian Knight, Murray Anderson, Anthony Bunn, Jim Dixon, Elizabeth Goggins, Nesta Hatendi, Gregory Jeffrey, James Nixon, Dan O'Keefe, Sainab Sheikh, Sue Smith, Tony Thomas, Janice Trumble, Murray Verso, Neil Williams.
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