Rotary Club of Melbourne
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Highlights in this bulletin include: 

• This Week's Meeting - Festive Lunch All welcome
• Look at What is Ahead
• Special World Environment Day celebration
• Thomas Baker Oration - Dr Cathy Foley, Chief Scientist
• Videos of past Rotary Melbourne meeting presenters
• Rotary Melbourne News
• Rotary Melbourne Environmental News
• Rotary News

This Week's Meeting - Festive Lunch All welcome

This Week Wednesday 14 December – In person only

Join our annual Festive lunch at No35 filled with friendship, food music and songs. 

Time 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm

Venue No 35 Sofitel 

Price $53 (2 course lunch @ No35) 

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

Look at What is Ahead

You Can Join Us either in person or online every Wednesday - for the Speaker of your choice

Visit the Rotary Melbourne website https://rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au/all-events for upcoming events in 2023.

Festive Break 21 & 28 Dec & 4 & 11 Jan

18 January RIMERN volunteering day at RIMERN Warehouse 10-2pm, East Brunswick

Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelbourne-18jan

Partners and colleagues welcome!

Key Rotary Events 

Our World Environment day celebration on Thursday 2 June will go down as one of President Reg's highlights of 2021/22. 

View the video of last week HERE         

There are two versions this year’s Thomas Baker Oration:

Option 1: delivered by Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM is now available on-line.  Members can view the full meeting video here.

Option 2: Dr Foley’s address, including the introduction and thanks by Rotary Melbourne Past President Dr Gerry Johnson is available here.

Past Rotary Melbourne Meetings

Most Rotary Melbourne meetings are recorded so if you are interested in hearing from any of the following presentations click on 'read more' which will give you more information on the speakers presentation and a link to the recording.

Our guest speaker on Wednesday 18 May was Lisa Miller, cohost of ABC News Breakfast, presented on her book 'Daring to Fly'.  

View the video of last week HERE         

Our guest speaker on Wednesday 25 May was Dr. Alan Finkel AC, Australia’s Chief Scientist from 2016-20 and Special Adviser to the Australian Government on Low Emissions Technology, who presented the Rotary Melbourne Young Achiever Awards 2022.  

View the video of last week HERE         

Rotary Melbourne's evening meeting was our second hybrid format held at the Lyceum Club on 8 June.  The guest speakers were Phoebe Gardner - the winner of Rotary Melbourne’s Environmental Sustainability Award in 2022 and Garry Fowler on Carbon Calculator. A great recording of the meeting can be viewed on Rotary Melbourne’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toouWzudydk.      

Rotary Melbourne's evening conversation was held at the Lyceum Club on 13 July.  The guest speaker was Rotary Melbourne member Cameron Glover, CEO Interplast Australia speaking on ‘Checking the Pulse: Navigating Surgical Inequality During a Global Pandemic’.  A great recording of the meeting can be viewed on Rotary Melbourne’s YouTube Channel:  https://youtu.be/wP-wZRbG6yE     

On 27th July Rotary Melbourne celebrated World Hepatitis Day with a return presentation delivered by Prof Margaret Hellard AM, Deputy Director (Programs), Burnett Institute & Frank Carlus, LiverWELL.
You can view the full recording of the meeting HERE.                              

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.                              

Last week’s meeting guest speaker was Professor Andrew Pask, Head, Thylacine Integrated Genomic Restoration Research (TIGRR) Lab, University of Melbourne. He gave a very interesting presentation on bringing the extinct Tasmania Tiger back to life.

You can view the full recording of the meeting HERE.     

Last week’s meeting guest speakers were Tim and Samantha Lane, Sports Journalists, Writers, AFL Broadcasters. They gave a very informative and entertaning presentation on 'Footy, Finals and Family'.                             

The 2022 Rotary Melbourne Vocational Service Award was presented to distinguished Australian Robert Pradolin and recognises his service of property developer and founder of Housing for All Australians, at the Rotary Melbourne meeting on 5 October 22. View recording HERE

At the 26 October meeting the guest speaker was Optimist Victor Perton. Victor kindly stepped in at short notice and we are very grateful.  Victor spoke on ‘The Case for Optimism the impact of Positive Leadership’. You can view the meeting HERE.    

At the 23 November meeting the guest speaker was Honorary Member of Rotary Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp. Sally spoke on ‘State of the City’. You can view the meeting HERE.        

Rotary Melbourne News 

Members of Rotary Melbourne have been in Japan this week to celebrate the centenary of our sister club, the Rotary Club of Osaka.     

At the Rotary Melburne meeting on 23 November 22 we witnessed the presentation of a Paul Harris Fellow Award to Lord Mayor Sally Capp for her commitment to the community and for her support of Rotary projects that improve our city. Congratulations Sally.        

Cathy Roth OAM, National Chairman of PALZ (Professionals with Alzheimer’s and related diseases) was presented with Rotary Melbourne's Seniors Award for 2022 at our meeting last Wednesday 18 May. The Seniors Award is presented to a person who has given outstanding service in a voluntary capacity to older people.

The attached September newsletter brings you up to date with progress on our Give Every Child a Future (GECAF) project. It’s really exciting to have reached the stage of being nearly fully funded, and seeing extensive activity across the Pacific countries that are benefiting from the immunisation program. Events beyond Rotary's control meant we could not produce a June newsletter but the September edition is a bumper one. Our immunisation program rollouts have gained momentum as COVID-19 restrictions have eased and borders in Pacific countries start to re-open.

At the Rotary Melbourne meeting on 26 October 22 PP Robert Fisher provided an update on the Rotary Melbourne project, in patnership with RedR, on supporting the humanitarian response following the Tonga volcano eruption in January 2022.      

District Govenor Amanda Wendt has notified Rotarians that 'in our District many Rotarians have been affected by recent rainfalls, many local members are pitching in and making a hands-on difference.      

Rotary Melbourne Environmental News

At the 2 June 2022 Environmental Sustainability Rotary Melbourne luncheon Claire Moore, Sweet Justice (2021 winner) presented Manon Beauchamp-Tardieu, Little Green Panda with the 2022 Commendation. The winners award was presented on 8 June 2022 to Phoebe Gardner, Co-founder of Bardee.      

As the end of the World Environment Day event approached, Garry Fowler, Co-chair of the Environment Sustainability Committee came to the podium to accept the Carbon Social Certificate from Andrew Mahar AM, founder of WithOneSeed, an East Timor based social enterprise.      

This spring ESRAG Oceania launched a Carbon Calculator for Clubs in Australia and New Zealand to use to calculate their carbon emissions from meetings, events and projects.     

A group of environmentally conscious Rotary Melbourne members and partners gathered for a few hours at Norton's Park in Wantirna on a chilly Sunday morning to volunteer and celebrate National Tree Day.

Please read President Adrian's words on volunteering, including on National Tree Day.      

The New Daily published an article 'This Australian startup’s maggot army is making feed out of flies' about the company Bardee which was co-founded by Rotary Melbourne's 2022 Environment Sustainability Awardee, Phoebe Gardner. You can view the aritcle here.

Andrew Mahar AM, recently posted on his LinkedIn page: Replenish the planet with everything you do.      

Rotary News  

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.    

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

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