Meeting No 4928 in the Club’s 101st year
Happy Moomba long weekend - what beautiful weather
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Evening Meeting
- Last Week's Meeting
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Member News
- Club News
- District News
- Environmental News
This Week's Evening Meeting
This Week's Evening Meeting Wednesday 16 March
Wednesday 16 March – Evening Meeting
Speaker Jim Rogers, Eminent Financier & Author from Singapore
Topic 'Investing and Creating Businesses in the Post Pandemic World’
Time 17.50 for 18.00-19.00
Venue Online only via ZOOM
FREE ONLINE EVENT
Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-evening-meeting-16-march
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. Please ensure if you intend to attend that you have registered on Humanitix as limits apply.
- 30 March LUNCH @ Sofitel No35 - Trevor Jensen, Civil Aviation Consultant, former Ansett head of Operations – ‘Technology and the Future of Civil Aviation’
Last Week's Meeting
Last Week's Meeting Wednesday 9 March
Our guest speaker on Wednesday 9 March was Dr Gael Jennings, National Broadcaster. Gael delivered an impressive presentation on ‘STEM, The Way of the Future!’.
View her presentation here.
Reflection
Reflection by Sana Malik 9 March 22
Thank you to Sana Malik for last week's reflection. A very appropriate reflection for International Women's Week.
Member News
Congratulations Robert & Barbara
Barbara and Robert enjoy celebrating your 60th Wedding Anniversary next Thursday 17 March, which is St Patricks day. They plan to spend the day quietly at home with family.
Club News
The Rotary Footy Tipping - Last chance to register
Footy Tipping is an important fund raising initiative of the club.
See attached flyer.
Annual Arts Committee Architectural Walk
A fundraising activity of the Rotary Melbourne Arts Committee projects on Friday 25th March 5:30pm.
Lorne Sculpture Biennale 12 March - 3 April 2022
Artist Rotarian Stevens Vaughn has invited Rotary Melbourne to the Lorne Sculture Biennale. Stevens is a member of the Taiwan Rotary club 1. Visit their website here
District News
Rotary District 9800 Conference 2022 Update
It’s not too late to register for the District Conference in Albury. There are currently 300 registrations. For first time conference attendees the registration cost is $330.
Click here to register.
2023 Melbourne Convention - Your opportunity to be personally involved
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.
RIMERN Update - 4 March 2022
In the eight months since we opened the doors to RIMERN (Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network)’s East Brunswick warehouse we’ve made enormous strides!
Environmental News
Bee Friendly Gardens
Bees, and other pollinators such as butterflies, birds, bats, and insects, pollinate plants, and veggie patches while boosting the colour and beauty of our gardens. Their pollinating activities are crucial to food security as well as being vitally important in sustaining eco-systems, and enhancing biodiversity by helping plants reproduce.
Member Anniversaries
Neville Barwick (40), Grahme Bond (37), Robert Medcalf (13), Jacques Morin (14), Justin Wibrow (5), Celina Yu (4).
 This week to: Gerry Johnston, David Kram, Doug Marshall (TODAY!).
Guests at Last Meeting
Visiting Rotarians: AK Tareen (Madras, India).
Guests of Club: Baz Tareen (AK Tareen), Collett Burke (Madeleine McManus), Cameron Hogarth (Yidan Xi), Briony Bottarelli (Bruce Davidson), Donna McDowall (Carol Bond).
A New Way to Support Rotary Melbourne
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