Meeting No 4917 in the Club’s 101st year
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Meeting
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week’s Meeting & AGM
- Club News
- District News
- Environmental News
- Anniversaries
- Birthdays
- Last Week's Guests
- On Duty
This Week's Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday 24th November – @No35 Sofitel & Online via ZOOM – Lunch Meeting
Guest Speaker District 9800 Governor Dale Hoy
Topic Serve to Change Lives
Time 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm
Venue No35 Sofitel & ZOOM online
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - HYBRID MEETING IN PERSON & ONLINE
Registration https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelbmeeting-24nov
Upcoming Meetings & Events
The following Club meetings will be either at Level 35, Sofitel and/or online. Venue and login details will be circulated in club communications and on the Website.
Current planning is to continue delivering monthly Evening meetings online, and shift to the Hybrid format in March 2022.
1 December Lunch - Venue No35 Sofitel & Zoom – Andrew Mahar, Consul Timor-Leste
8 December Monthly Evening - will be on-line and free of charge. Speaker Dr Kate Robb, Founding Director and Head of Research at the Marine Mammal Foundation
15 December Lunch – Venue No35 Sofitel - Festive Lunch
22 December / 29 December / 5 January 2022 / 12 January 2022 - No meetings
19 January 2022 Lunch – Venue, No35 Sofitel & Zoom
Last Week's Meeting & AGM
Last week's meeting 17 November 2021
Last week's member meeting incuded the 'State of the City' update by Sally Capp, Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne.
If you missed the event, you can view it on our YouTube channel by following this link: https://youtu.be/y4uRPHAZcrE
100th AGM 2021 - 17 November Update
The 100th Annual General Meeting of The Rotary Club of Melbourne Inc. was held during the regular weekly luncheon meeting at No 35 Sofitel, 25 Collins St Melbourne on Wednesday 17th November 2021 at 1.05p.m. and also broadcast on ZOOM.
Reflection
Reflection by Robert Fisher 17 November 2021
Thank you to Robert Fisher for last week's reflection.
Members News
Introduction of the Hybrid Audio visual Equipment
At the 17 November meeting it was gratifying to be able to include on-line participants (around 25) in this first official Hybrid regular meeting of Rotary Melbourne.
Club News
Welcome to our New Member - Elmina Joldic
Melbourne Rotary welcomed and inducted our New Member - Elmina Joldic, Acting Head - Youth, Brotherhood of St Laurence into the Club on 17 November 2021. She has the classification of Community Welfare, Corporate Designee. She is already making her mark as a member of the Welfare of the Young Committee in helping to shape opportunities for young people.
MITS 2021 Year 7 Graduation Dinner - book your tickets now
Rotarians are invited to the 2021 Melbourne Indigenous Transition School (MITS) Year 7 Graduation Dinner on Thursday 2 December. Click here to purchase your tickets now. Bookings close next Wednesday 24 November.
Australian Rotary Health Gala Charity Banquet
Lets enjoy a great meal and the opportunity to get together and support mental health research.
Friday 4th February 2022, 6.30pm for 7.00pm
Early bird tickets are available for a limited time: Bookings now open: https://events.humanitix.com/hand-in-hand-we-will-lift-the-lid-on-mental-illness-arh
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District News
Grand opening of the Yarra Bank Reserve Playground
At Yarra Bank Reserve in Hawthorn today (Sunday 21 Nov), the new playground featuring the unique Sky Canoe Play Sculpture - a gift from Rotary to the community to mark the 100th anniversary of Rotary - was officially opened by DG Dale Hoy.
Environmental News
It’s a bug’s life: Aussie startup enlists insect army to tackle food waste
The team at Melbourne startup Bardee has a deep appreciation for the power of insects – and even snacks on them in the office. To read more visit here
New riverkeeper loves the Yarra and is ready to fight for its future
A few years after migrating from Britain in 1993, Charlotte Sterrett came across the Yarra River at Warrandyte and fell in love with the area’s natural beauty. To read more visit here.
Member Anniversaries
Peter Addison (16), David Beanland (12), Renata Bernarde (3), Peter Rogers (31).
 This week to: Gerald Ashman, David Dunoon, Drasko Kraguljac, Margaret Leser, Rosemary Nixon, Richard Parker.
Last Week's Guests
Guests of Club Sally Capp, Clive Scott, Greg McCluskey, Elmina Joldic.
Guests Of Rotarians Christina Zou (Yidan Xi) , Wendy Fergie (Madeleine McManus), David Scalzo (Quin Scalzo), Blair Anderson (Peter Dakin), Sue Smith (Reg Smith).
Visiting Rotarians Murray Anderson, Ian Knight.
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