Meeting No 4950 in the Club’s 102nd year
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Meeting
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week's Meeting
- Reflection
- Member News
- Club News
- District News
- International News
- Environmental News
This Week's Meeting
This Week Wednesday 17 August – Hybrid Lunch Meeting
Guest Speaker Professor Douglas Hilton AO FAA FTSE FAHMS, Director, WEHI
Topic 'WEHI Research Impact and Combatting Malaria'
Venue No35 Sofitel & ZOOM
Time/Venue: 12.30 for 12.50-1400 - Lunch - @ Sofitel No35 and Zoom
Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-17-aug
Upcoming Meetings & Events
The following Club meetings will be either at No35, Sofitel or The Lyceum Club and/or online. Venue and login details will be circulated in club communications and on the Website. All meetings will be broadcasting via zoom, and meeting in person each week. Please ensure if you intend to attend that you have registered on Humanitix.
Last Week's Meeting
Last Week's Meeting Wednesday 10 August 22
Last week’s meeting was the awarding of the Monash Medal to Prof Emer Peter Darvall AO FTSE FIE Aust
You can view the full recording of the meeting HERE.
Reflection
Reflection by Ruth Carlos Martinez 10 August 2022
Thank you to Ruth Carlos Martinez for last week's reflection.
Member News
DG Visits her Club
It was a pleasure to host District Governor Amanda Wendt at last week's meeting on Wednesday 10 August 2022.
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Happy Birthdays
Rotary Melbourne celebrated two members' birthdays at last week's meeting Sue McCarthy & Stephen Lake.
Club News
Nominations by the Nominating Committee
President Adrian advised that the NOMINATING COMMITTEE Nominations are now open.
Rotary Melbourne Survey about Groups - Reminder
A reminder to complete this important Rotary Melbourne Members Group survey, sent via email to all members on Friday 5 August, if you haven't already done so and thank you to those that have. The survey closes Friday 19 August.
HOC 2023 News: Breakout Proposals
The call for breakout proposals for the 2023 Melbourne Convention is now open through Rotary International (RI). The RI Learning and Development team will be accepting breakout session proposals until Friday 30 September 2022 through online call for proposals where you also find more information on lodging your submission.
Vocational Service Award 2022 Nominate NOW
Nominations for this year's Vocational Service Award are required by 30 August 2022. This picture shows the 2022 Awardee, Professor John McNeil AO is a pre-eminent Australian public health researcher. He was Head of Monash University’s School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (SPHPM) and Head of the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine at the Alfred Medical Research Precinct from 1986 to 2019.
Melbourne Writers Festival - Friday 9 Sept
Venue: State Library Victoria, Create Quarter – enter via 328 Swanston St. Melbourne
The Arts Committee invites Club members and guests to attend an event at the 2022 Melbourne Writers Festival – it’s a free event discussion with the winners of ‘The Age’ 2022 Book of the Year awards which will be announced on the festival opening night. Club members and guests can book as follows: https://mwf.com.au/program/meet-the-winners-the-age-book-of-the-year-awards-fba1/
On making a booking please advise Peter Berg at pberg8@bigpond.net.au and confirm an interest in joining Club members at dinner after the event.
More Volunteers needed NOW for RIMERN!
Please consider volunteering some time to RIMERN. A wonderful opportunity to involve your self and your partner in an activity that recycles and assists disadvantaged to housing. This could make a great regular Group or workplace activity.
Commemoration of the Battle of Amiens
Peter Davis provided the following report on the Commemoration of the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 2022.
Monash Commemorative Service Legislative Assembly Chamber 12 August 20
A number of Rotary Melbourne members attended this event.
District News
Rotary Oceania Medical Aid for Children Newsletter August 2022
ROMAC provides surgical treatment for children in Australia and New Zealand from developing countries from our Pacific Region in the form of Life Giving and/or dignity restoring surgery not accessible to them in their home country.
If you would like to read the latest ROMAC Chairman's Message for May 2022 please click on this link
Rotary International News
Stephanie A. Urchick selected 2024-25 President of Rotary International
Stephanie A. Urchick, of the Rotary Club of McMurray, Pennsylvania, USA, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2024-25.
Environmental News
Update from ESRAG August 2022
This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) ESRAG August 2022 Volume 7 Issue 2 features Rotarians Foster Green Housing.
Membership Anniversary: Peter Doherty (18), John Green (25), John Peberdy (16).
 This coming week to Rabbi John Levi & Shailesh Dangle, Helen Moylan, Adrian Nelson.
Guests at Last Week's Meeting
Guests of the Club: Peter Darvall (Speaker), Amanda Wendt, Jim Barry, Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Michael Bennett, Hannah Gandy, Annemarie Rolls, Trudi Camilleri.
Visitors & Guests of Members: Cathy Rogers, Michael Headberry (Peter Rogers), Vinnie Dogra (Peter Davis).
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