Meeting No 4918 in the Club’s 101st year
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Meeting
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week’s Meeting
- Club News
- District News
- Environmental News
- Anniversaries
- Birthdays
- Guests of Rotarians
- On Duty
This Week's Luncheon Meeting
Wednesday 1st December – @No35 Sofitel & Online via ZOOM – Lunch Meeting
Guest Speaker Andrew Mahar, Entrepreneur & Honorary Consul for Timor Leste
Topic ‘The Importance of Social Enterprises in Developing Economies’
Venue No35 Sofitel & ZOOM online
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL CATERING PURPOSES - HYBRID MEETING IN PERSON & ONLINE
Registration https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelbmeeting-1dec
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.
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
Bookings https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-evening-meeting-8dec
15 December Lunch – Venue No35 Sofitel - Festive Lunch – Partners Day! with David Kram and Mia Sorella.
Bookings https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelbmeeting-15dec
22 December / 29 December / 5 January 2022 / 12 January 2022 - No meetings
19 January 2022 Lunch – Venue, No35 Sofitel & Zoom
Last Week's Meeting
Last week's meeting 24 November 2021
Last week's member meeting incuded Dale Hoy, District Governor's 'Annual Update'.
If you missed the event, you can view it on our YouTube channel by following this link: https://www.youtube.com/user/RotaryClubMelbourne
Reflection
Reflection by Philip Cornish 24 November
Thank you to Philip Cornish for last week's reflection.
Members News
Welcome Gigi
Congratulations to Jenny Taing and Rohan Sheehy who welcomed a baby girl on Tuesday 16 November named Giselle (Gigi), weighing in at 3.7 kg and 51cm in length. Mother and daughter arrived home on Saturday 20 Nov and all are settling in well.
Jenny hopes you are well and looks forward to catching up soon.
Paul Harris Fellow: Tania Miletic
Dr Tania Miletic, Assistant Director, Peacebuilding Initiative at the University of Melbourne, was presented with a Paul Harris Fellow which is based upon the contribution of individual members and deserving members of the community who practice the Rotary motto - “Service above Self” at last week's meeting on 24 November 2021.
Wittner Golf Tournament
These cheeky members missed the meeting on 24 November for a golf event!
Club News
Claire Moore's Rotary Environmental Sustainability Award
President Reg, his wife Sue and Peter Berg at the weekend visited Claire Moore the recipient of the inaugural 2020-21 Environmental Sustainability Award to present Claire with the Award Citation.
Peter Pal - Rotary Peace Fellow - Africa's Agents of Change
Peter Pal, Rotary Peace Fellow was introduced by Carol Bond at last week's lunch on 24 November 2021.
Wine Raffle for CWC projects
Each week at our lunches a volunteer brings along a bottle of wine, tickets are sold and the raffle is drawn. This week John Saunders, new member, was on duty.
Bulletin 24 November 2021 PDG Debasish Mitra
Your bulletin editor was delighted to receive the following feedback from OPDG Pdebashish Mitra recently.
'Thanks for sharing the wonderful bulletin! Warm regards PDG Debasish Mitra Indo-German ICC Chair 🇮🇳🇩🇪'
National Committee Member-India National PolioPlus Committee 2018-22
District Membership Chair D 3291 2019-22
Chair-Rotary Indo German Inter Country Committee
Past District Governor 2006-07 Rotary International D 3291
Charter Member-Rotary Calcutta Dhakuria D 3291
Australian Rotary Health Gala Charity Banquet Reminder
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
Our Watch: Ending violence against women needs to focus on perpetrators, not victims
Members maybe interested to read a recent article in The Age on 24 November 2021, written by Katina Curtis on the above subject. Our Watch chief executive Patty Kinnersly, says plans to tackle violence against women have focused too strongly on individual behaviours and not stopping perpetrators. Click here to view the article.
A Wonderful Opportunity to Host - Reminder
Rotary International (RI) and the Melbourne Convention Host Organising Committee (HOC) are now seeking potential hosts for the Rotary International Convention to be held in May 2023.
Environmental News
The Power of Bees
Heroes, Hives and a Journey of Healing was published on November 14, by Landline
We have added this story to our club's Environmental Blog, as we love stories about the power bees have on our mental health.
Member Anniversaries
Richard Dent (9), Ian Jones (24), Satish Menon (17) - TODAY
 This week to: Peter Rogers (TODAY!), Ted Exell, John Peberdy, Mikaela Stafrace.
Last Week's Guests
Guests of Club Dale & Maureen Hoy, Peter Pal, Tania Miletic, John Langmore, Murray Anderson.
Guests Of Rotarians Sue Smith (Reg Smith).
On Duty Stephen Mandie (Wine).
A New Way to Support Rotary Melbourne
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