Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

Meeting No 4978 in the Club’s 102^nd year 

Highlights in this bulletin include: 

• This Week's Meeting
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Last Week's Meeting
• Reflection
• Save the Date
• Member News
• Club News 
• Rotary International Convention
• Environmental News

This Week's  Meeting

Guest Speaker: James Tomkins, OAM, OLY, Olympic Rower

Topic 'Doing the right thing in sport is sometimes hard and sometimes easy'

Date/Time Wed 5 April 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm

Venue No35 Restaurant Sofitel Hotel on Collins also Online via Zoom

Price $53 (2 course lunch @ No35) / $10 Zoom only online access

Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-5apr.       

 Upcoming Meetings & Events 

 Members and guests are encouraged to BOOK AHEAD for the following events NOW

All members and friends are invited and encouraged to bring a friend partner or child to assist with the packaging of bulk food for distribution to those in desperate need. 

Time from 5.50 for 6.00 - 7.00pm

Venue RMIT  Level 9, Building 80 RMIT University 435-457 Swanston St, Melbourne 

Price $15 (donation to FORaMEAL)

Register https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-12apr

Rotary Melbourne is honoured to have Professor Sharon Lewin AO, Director of the Doherty Institute, give the 7th Thomas Baker Oration on Wednesday 19 April 2023 at the Sofitel.       

Our guest speaker at the Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 29 April 2023 at the Sofitel is Alexandra Badenoch, former Telstra Group Executive, Transformation, Communications & People. 
Registration: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melbourne-26apr

Last Week's Meeting

At the meeting on Wednesday 29 March the Guest Speaker was Rotary Melbourne member Colin Honey, Academic, Ethicist speaking on the topic 'Respect'.     

Reflection

Thank you to Cheryl Lacey for last week's reflection.      

Save the Date & Book NOW

We’ve made great progress on planning our 2nd World Environment Day Celebration luncheon on Wednesday 17 May 2023 in the Sofitel Ballroom.  
Please book NOW via this link: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-world-environment-day-lunch.     

To celebrate Rotary Melbourne’s visiting sister and friendship clubs during the 2023 Rotary International Convention, you and your partner are invited to join us for a special evening with Rotarians and friends from across Australia and all over the world at our Marvellous Melbourne Cocktail Party at Melbourne's iconic Hotel Windsor.     

A multi club hosting event for Rotary International delegates and local Rotary clubs.
A casual night of fun and fellowship.      

Member News

The FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Multicultural Community Engagement program was launched in Sydney on Wednesday 29 March 23. Rotary Melbourne member Yidan Xi was delighted to be invited and inducted as one of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 Community Champions (a big celebration with 150 Community Champions across 30 communities).     

Club News    

If you didn’t manage to buy the BIG ISSUE last week, Rotary Melbourne will have a few available at the next lunch.    

Tony Pearce, Victoria's Inspector-General for Emergency Management & Chair Emergency Services Foundation.
Tony Pearce, Chair of the Emergency Services Foundation and Victoria’s Inspector General for Emergency Management, a solo trek over 50 days and 1440kms in the areas worst affected by the 2019/20 black summer fires.  He has just reached Genoa.  

The Arts Committee invites Club members and guests to attend the Opening Night event at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival titled ‘I’ve Been Away for a While,’ which is the Festival’s theme for 2023.    

On Friday 24 March 23, our Make House a Home project delivered a record number of 22 sets (44 tea-chest boxes) of new homeware to Launch Housing’s front line offices in Dandenong and StKilda.

Don’t miss out on your opportunity to help change a life AND win an Audi Q5 worth over $98k, or second prize of a $5k Provincial Living voucher in the Lighthouse Foundation raffle.    

You're invited to commemorate a successful Rotary International Convention Melbourne 2023 with Rotary International President Jennifer Jones and Lord Mayor Sally Capp, City of Melbourne, at Rotary Gala Dinner on Thursday 1 June 2023 at the prestigious Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne. Contact Jo in the Rotary Office to join the RCM table.      

Rotary Melbourne might be interested to read the latest Bionics Institute e-Newsletter Autunm 23. It includes articles on some of their very clever researches and their recently released White Paper on four ways to super charge innovation. If you are interested in subscribing to their newsletter click HERE

District News 

The Australian Rotary Health March 2023 newsletter is available here. This edition has an article on 'The Concern with Eating Disorders after the Pandemic'.

Rotary International Convention

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

Upcoming Convention events. Registration from today is US$675.

Register HERE.       

Did you know that there is a Rotary Tennis Tournament on prior to the RI Convention organised by our own members Garry Fowler, Stephen Rando and Peter Rogers (22-26 May 23).  All abilities can register for the tournament. There is an opening Yarra River cocktail cruise on 22 May. 

More information visit the website https://dasunpremadasa.wixsite.com/itfr2023

Enquiries to melbourne2023itfr@rotarymelbourne.org.au  

Environmental News

Rotary Melbourne member Carol Bond has written an article, for the next edition of District 9800 Networker publication, about The circular economy being based on three principles.     

If you are attending Rotary International Convention (RICON) 2023 in Melbourne, Australia, 27-31 May, don’t miss the many environmental activities taking place in the week prior to the Convention and during the convention itself. You can follow all the events on the ESRAG RICON website ESRAG at RICON.     

This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) Oceania newsletter features information on upcoming events which are free for all.  CLICK HERE to read the ESRAG Oceania April 23 edition.         

If you are interested in the environment you might find some the articles in the current Planet Ark News HERE of interest. In particular the article on 'Critically endangered Snowy Mountains fish bred in captivity'.

On Duty TBD (Reception), Peter Addison (Raffle), Gerald Ashman(Photo).

Membership Anniversary: TODAY!! David Kram, Bev Brock, & Alistair Urquhart (23), Joseph Ebbage (8), Ted Garland (40), David Nurse (48).

  this week to Peter Hollingworth, Amanda Wendt.

Guests at this week's Meeting

Guest of the Club Colin Honey (Speaker).

Visitors Berat Kaya (Peter Rogers), Anna Blainey, Dennis Troedel (Cheryl Lacey), Meghan Adams (Richard Dent).