| Meeting No 4920 in the Club’s 101st year  Highlights in this bulletin include:  
This Week's Meeting Upcoming Meetings & EventsClub News District NewsAnniversariesBirthdays Guests of Rotarians This Week's Meeting  
 Wednesday 15th December – @No35 Sofitel & Online via ZOOM – Lunch Meeting Festive Lunch – Partners Day! with David Kram and Mia Sorella. Venue No35 Sofitel & ZOOM online  BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL CATERING PURPOSES Registration https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelbmeeting-15dec  
      Upcoming Meetings & EventsThe 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.  Lunch meetings will be delivered as hybrids,  broadcasting via zoom, and meeting in person each meeting. 
22 Dec / 29 Dec / 5 Jan / 12 Jan - No meetings   19 Jan - Lunch @No35 & Zoom26 Jan - No Meeting - Australia Day 2 Feb - Lunch @No35 & Zoom - Vocational Service Panel 9 Feb – Evening @ ZOOM only - Emma Herd, EY Oceania Partner, Climate Change & Sustainability Services16 Feb - Lunch @No35 & Zoom – Brendan Gale, CEO Richmond FC23 Feb - Lunch @No35 & Zoom – Prof James Angus AO, Lieutenant - Governor of Victoria – Angus Mitchell Oration                            Members News
It's beginning to look like Christmas - Balwyn
Balwyn Group held their Annual Christmas Lunch on Sunday 5 December at the Kooyong Tennis Club. 
     
It's beginning to look like Christmas - Toorak 1
Toorak 1 celebrated Christmas with fun,games, great wine and great food at Araliya, a Sri Lankan restaurant in Kew. 
     Club News  
Partnership with Rotary and Unicef To Give Every Child A Future Senator The Hon. Zed Seselja, Minister for International Development and The Pacific announced on 10 December the 'Partnership With Rotary and UNICEF to Give Every Child A Future'.          
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  Read More...    District News  
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.           
Networker 2021-2022 Issue No.8 - Serve to Change Lives For the latest edition of District 9800 Networker please click here.     Member Anniversaries  Cheryl Lacey (17) TODAY!,  Warren Johnson (12), Rob Nethercote (24)       
 This week to the end of December to: Bruce Davidson, Claire Fraser, Ted Garland, Christine Johnson, Matthew Karakoulakis, Eleanor Onibere, Iqbal Reta, Ross Scholes-Robertson, Eric Wright (TODAY!).   Last Week's Guests Guests of Club: Kate Robb (Speaker), Amber Crittenden, Matt Montemurro. Visiting Rotarians and Guests: Christoph Schommer (RC Gummersbach-Oberberg, Germany), Pam Dittmer (Port Philip), Graham Robertson, Emma Herd, Yanina Dehaerne, Grace Day, Hayley Charlton-Howard, Jemima Beddoe, Sue Smith, Jerry Vachaparambil.            
A New Way to Support Rotary Melbourne
 
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