Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

FESTIVE SEASON

Highlights in this bulletin include: 

• Next Meeting
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Last Week's Festive Meeting
• Reflection
• Club News 
• District News
• Rotary International Convention

Next Meeting

Next Meeting Wednesday 18 January 23 – RIMERN Volunteer Day

Join us at RIMERN warehouse for a tour and volunteer day

Time 11am for some volunteering, packing, sorting etc..

At 12.30 we will break for refreshments and hear about the project.

Venue RIMERN (Rotary Inner Melbourne Emergency Relief Network), 32-34 Lincoln St, Brunswick East VIC 3057

Price Your time - Free 

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

 Upcoming Meetings & Events 

Festive Break 21 & 28 Dec & 4 & 11 Jan

18 January RIMERN volunteering day at RIMERN Warehouse 11-2pm, East Brunswick

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

Partners and colleagues welcome!

25 January Vocational Service Issues Panel - Managing Major Infrastructure Projects

Register  https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelbourne-25jan

Iconic RCM event showcasing our own member's expertise.  

Last Week's Festive Meeting

At last week’s Festive meeting we were all entertained by tenor Christopher Busietta and soprano Dana Zeimer. It was a very packed meeting with a very full room and a number of presentations.         

Reflection 

Thank you to Reg Smith for last week's reflection.      

Club News   

This year’s Christmas Appeal supports Rochester Flood recovery efforts.  So far we have exceeded the goal set thanks to the generosity of lunch attendees and members from afar.
We heard from Heather Watson, President of Rotary Rochester how the floods have impacted and how grateful they are of the support. Only 100 of the 1000 homes in Rochester have NOT been inundated by water! Thank you.

Tax deductible Donations can be still be made via Give Now. https://www.givenow.com.au/rotarymelbxmasrochesterflood.

by Adrian Nelson

As we take a break for the holidays, President Adrian reflects on the year at Rotary Melbourne.

The Rotary office will be closed for the period 19 December reopening on 16 January 2023.  In this time urgent matters can be referred to President Adrian Nelson or Honorary Secretary John Saunders.

To all Club members wishing you a happy and safe festive season full of warmth and joy.  The Club through you, the members, has activated and it has been a pleasure to work with you to improve the lives of many.

I am grateful of your kindness.

Merry Christmas, Jo

Leigh was sponsored by Rotary Club of Melboune in 1979 for a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship which District endorsed. He went to the University of Birmingham UK, where he studied foundry metallurgy. He worked briefly in UK before going to USA where he had a successful career, including working with high performance vehicles in Indianapolis. He was on a brief visit to Melbourne but his wife became ill so it will be longer than anticipated. Leigh is yet another Rotary Scholar nominated by our Club who has not only excelled in his field but demonstrated his gratitude to Rotary by keeping in touch. It was great that he reached out to Rotary Melbourne and attended our Festive Lunch on Wednesday 14 December 2023. By Bob Fels

At last week's Rotary Melbourne meeting Sandy Knight, Montreal-Westward Rotary Club exchanged banners with President Adrian. Sandra also invited any Rotary Melbourne members who may be visiting Montreal in the future to make contact with her club.

At last week's meeting on 14 December 22,  Aviv Palti, the President of Rotary Passport Melbourne (RPM), spoke about their unique club which has members in 6 countries, all working on in-country projects and collaborating for greater impact.    

President Adrian acknowledged David Beanland's service above self.    

The trailer for the Balwyn Rotary Rotary Hoe (get it?) has a bit of background behind it.      

The attached December 2022 newsletter brings you up to date with progress on our Rotary Give Every Child a Future (RGECAF) project. This newsletter details the immunisation progress on the ground, and explains how close we are to completing the funding of this huge project. Less than US$200,000 to go!

Jo came across the attached song written by Barry Rawlings and sung to the tune of Jingle Bells. Enjoy.

District News 

The Zone 8 Regionalisation pilot information update.

Rotary International Convention

Are you looking to expand your global network and connect with like-minded people of action? 

Register HERE.

This coming week to the end of December Bruce Davidson, Claire Fraser, Ted Garland, Christine Johnson, MatthewThis coming week to the end of December Bruce Davidson, Claire Fraser, Ted Garland, Christine Johnson, Matthew Karakoulakis, Eleanor Onibere, Ross Scholes-Robertson.

Guests of the Club:  Heather Watson, Judy Miatke, David & Heather Beanland, Christopher Busietta, Dana Zeimer.

Visiting International Rotarians Diane Knight (Montreal West).

Visiting Australian Rotarians Maria Hicks, Aviv Palti (Passport Melb), Kim Wen (Kew), Murray Anderson (Camberwell).

Guests of Members: 

Philip Whelan (Mary Barry), Helen Weeks (Clive Weeks), Briony Bottarelli (Bruce Davidson), Leigh Sargent (Adrian Nelson), Berat Kaya (Marg Leser), Jane de Git (Catherine Baxter), Jan Fowler (Garry Fowler), Margaret Ross (Ian Ross), Manoel Felipe Marques (Robert Fisher), Janet Wang (Chris Wang), Julie Gleeson (Peter Hollingworth), Vanessa Hall (John Peberdy), Millicent Nink (Trevor Nink), Jane Ward & Coral Classon (Kirsten Sayers), Susan Burleigh (Austen Burleigh), Cathy Gill (Bernie McIntosh), William Quartel (Sandy Knight). 

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