Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

Meeting No 4966 in the Club’s 102^nd year 

Highlights in this bulletin include: 

• This Week's Evening Conversation
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Last Week's Meeting
• Reflection
• Member News
• Club News 
• District News
• Rotary International Convention

This Week's Evening Conversation

Speaker Tim Conolan AM, CEO & Founder of TLC for Kids & Australian of the Year, Local Hero

Topic 'TLC For Kids Digital Distraction App.'

Time: 5.50 for 6.00 - 7.30pm

***HYBRID****

Venue:  ZOOM or The Lyceum Club, Ridgway Place Melbourne

Price $30 (light refreshments provided)

        $10 ZOOM Online Only Access

Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-7dec.     

 Upcoming Meetings & Events 

14 December – Lunch 12.30pm @No35 – Festive Celebration Lunch - partner & guest event

All of club fellowship lunch.  The final meeting for 2022 will be in person only.

A great opportunity to enjoy fun and fellowship as we wind up 2022, including some first class entertainment by Christopher Busietta & Dana Zeimer, courtesy of David Kram. 

The nominated charity is the Rochester Flood Appeal supporting flood recovery. Donations can be made on the day or online when booking.

Register & donate: https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelbourne-14dec

Last Week's Meeting

Last week’s meeting guest speakers were Geoffrey Cosgriff, RACV President and Chairman & Neil Taylor Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, RACV. They spoke on ‘RACV Plans for a Cleaner Energy Future’. You can view the meeting HERE.        

Reflection

Thank you to Robert Fisher for last week's reflection.      

Member News    

Maree Garland, the beloved wife of our member Ted passed away suddenly on Saturday 26 November after a catastrophic stroke on Wednesday 23 November.

This year’s Christmas Appeal will support Rochester Flood recovery efforts.  Donations can be made at the time of booking for the festive lunch on Wednesday 14 December or on the day. 

Register & donate: https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelbourne-14dec

Club News   

The Badenoch Scholarship has been designed to assist talented and motivated students facing financial hardship or disadvantage, to continue their education.     

Members of Rotary Melbourne have been in Japan recently to celebrate the centenary of our sister club, the Rotary Club of Osaka. President Adrian Nelson spoke at their meeting on Wednesday 16 November.          

At last week's Rotary Melbourne meeting (30 Nov) PP Peter Rogers presented a report on the Community Piggery Enterprise (CPE) Project in Hela Province of PNG.      

Trevor Nink has provided a report on the recent bidding in the Smith Family Around the Bay Silent Auction.     

Trevor Nink has provided a report on the recent Smith Family Around the Bay project.     

The Mornington Peninsula group festive gathering was held on Sunday 27^th December 2021 at the home of Philip and Jane Endersbee Portsea.     

The Malvern Group enjoyed a wonderful early “Christmas” meeting at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club on Monday 28^th November.   

Toorak 1 celebrated Christmas with great wine and great food at Prahran Hotel, Windsor on Thursday 1 December 22. 23 members and guests attended.  

District News 

Can anyone help?

Stocks are running low at the warehouse after 14 client orders processed this week!

If you have any of the smaller items and can drop them in to East Brunswick one Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday that would be fantastic, for the larger items please email the volunteers at donatedgoods@rimern.org.au Thanks in advance!!

**Double bed sized bedding (doonas, mattress protectors, blankets, linen) **Small electrical appliances especially toasters (not exotic items thanks) **Fridges **Larger TVs **clothes dryers ** standard lamps

Join volunteers and supporters for some pre-Christmas cheer.    

For the 4th/5th bumper edition of District 9800 Networker for 2022-2023. Please click here

The Australian Rotary Health November 2022 newsletter is available here. This edition has an article on 'A New Research Frontier for Motor Neurone Disease Could Help Lead to Better Treatments'.

Rotary International

Every month President Jennifer Jones, Rotary International, publishes a monthly message. Here are her messages from October - December 2022.             

Rotary International Convention

Here are some reasons you’ll want to attend the 2023 Rotary International Convention in Melbourne.

Dennis Shore, Co-Vice Chair and Promotions Director, has produced the attached Procedure which steps Rotarians through the process to ensure they register and pay in Australian Dollars. The Procedure also emphasises the benefit in registering before 15 December, where there price increases by USD100. Click here for info.

Register HERE.

This offer expires 15 December 22. Read the latest newsletter on exciting volunteering opportunities.    

Membership Anniversary:  Shailesh Dangle (8), David Dunoon (18), Clive Hollands (40), Peter Hollingworth (18), Madeleine McManus (7), Nick Pelham (16).

 This coming week to Chris Rodd, Reg Smith.

Guests of the Club: Geoffrey Cosgriff, RACV President and Chairman & Neil Taylor Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, RACV.

Visiting Rotarians Maria Hicks & Aviv Palti (Passport Club Melbourne).

Guests of Members Manoel Felipe Marques (Robert Fisher).

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