Festive Edition
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- President Reg's Reflection
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week's Meeting
- Reflection
- Club News
- District News
- Guests of Rotarians
President Reg’s reflections as the year ends
Being President of Rotary Melbourne is a privilege awarded to willing volunteers for just 12 months and as I near the mid-point of another life changing year, I see this as a good opportunity to share my reflections on the highlights of my year, so far.
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. 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 & Zoom - Delphine Vann, Managing Director of Empowering Youth Cambodia (EYC)
- 26 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 Services
- 16 Feb - Lunch @No35 & Zoom – Brendan Gale, CEO Richmond FC
- 23 Feb - Lunch @No35 & Zoom – Prof James Angus AO, Lieutenant - Governor of Victoria – Angus Mitchell Oration
Last Week's Meeting
Our final meeting was a delightful end to this challenging year. The 90 members and guest present enjoyed a happy combination featuring inductions of two new member, Sue Smith & Prabal Soans and a memorable reminder of iconic past Rotary Melbourne member, John Mitchell, delivered by past President, Kevin Sheehan.
Reflection
Moment of Reflection and Thanks – 15th December 2021
Thank you to Kevin Sheehan for last week's reflection.
Members News
Club News
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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Rotary Give Every Child A Future Newsletter December
The latest update on Rotary Give Every Child a Future is available by click here to view the December RGECAF Newsletter on this Rotary Melbourne R100 project. Excellent progress is now being made with this project, despite the pandemic set-backs.
Last week's Notices
For those that attended the festive lunch in person and on-line would have observed that Rotary Melbourne is now scrolling the notices during the lunch rather than reading them out during the meeting.
Very Special Kids: Construction Begins
The Very Special Kids grounds were rife with excitement on Wednesday 8 December, as the turning of the sod ceremony marked a significant step toward the rebuild of our world-class children’s hospice.
District News
Save the Date - Rotary District 9800 Conference 2022
Albury: Friday 22 to Sunday 24 April 2022
We were pleased to receive news on Friday 17 December from District Governor Dale Hoy announcing the first in-person District Conference since March 2019.
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.
The Rotary International Annual Report
2020-21 was quite the year for Rotary. Click here to read about our accomplishments, discover how clubs are making a difference, hear from donors about why they contributed to The Rotary Foundation, access important financial information, and more.
Australian Rotary Health Annual Report 2020-21
Click here to read the ARH 2020-2021 Annual Report online or request a copy.
Rotary On The Move - December 2021
To read the latest Rotary Zone 8 Bulletin please click here.
Networker 2021-2022 Issue No.8 - Serve to Change Lives
For the latest edition of District 9800 Networker please click here.
December Foundation Newsletter
Please find attached the December Foundation Newsletter.
Last Week's Guests
Guests of Club: Prabal Soans & Sue Smith (Inductee), Nick Smith, Shauntai Batzke, Michelle Francis Cook, and Helen Ling, Ryan AV.
Visiting Rotarians and Guests:
Belinda Saltmarsh-Kram (David Kram), Kate Williams (John Saunders), Neil Williams (Cynthia Edgell), Helen Weeks (Clive Weeks, Lina Scalzo (Quin Scalzo0, Briony Bottarelli (Bruce Davidson), Di Gillies (Rob Nethercote), Manoel Felipe Marques (Robert Fishr), Gillian Horwood (Brian Horwood), Kylie Wray (Kelton Dennis), Lisa Sheehan (Kevin Sheehan), Jan Fowler (Garry Fowler), Lynne Dunoon (David Dunoon), Kerrie Barry (Jim Barry), Heather Glindemann (Bob Glindemann).
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