Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

Meeting No 4987 in the Club’s 102^nd year  

CONVENTION BUMPER EDITION

Rotary International Convention

Sat 27- Wed 31 May 2023 Rotary International Convention

REGISTER https://convention.rotary.org/en

Program: https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/program-and-events

Speakers: https://convention.rotary.org/en-us/speakers

Breakout Sessions: https://my.rotary.org/en/document/preliminary-breakout-session-schedule-2023-rotary-international-convention

House of Friendship Map [free entry Mon-Wed for non registrants]: https://www.expocadweb.com/ic23/EC/forms/attendee/index5.aspx?mode=sales#fpPane

RCM Quick Summary Events Schedule: RIConvention2023 Highlights & links.pdf

Highlights in this bulletin include: 

• Next Weekly Meeting
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Last Week's Meeting
• Reflection
• Club News 
• District News

Next Weekly Meeting

Note there is no Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 31 May 23 due to the Rotary International Convention on this day.

Speakers Ian Hamm, Indigenous Consultant, ‘The Indigenous Voice’

Date/Time Wednesday 7 June 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm

Venue No35 Restaurant Sofitel Hotel on Collins also Online via Zoom

Registration: TBA  

Upcoming Meetings & Events Calendar 

Last Week's Meeting

The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 24 May celebrated this year's Young Achievers and the Guest Speaker was Gareth Andrews, Australian Rules Footballer, Founder Life Again - Presenter & 2023 Young Achievers.         

Reflection

Thank you to Philip Endersbee for reading DG Amanda Wendt's reflection on Wednesday 24 May 23.            

Member News

Cynthia Edgell was inducted into the Club on 5 May 2004 with the classification Life Coach. Her sponsor was Robin Syme.     

Rotary Melbourne mewmber Sandra Hills, volunteered at the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne this week as a Welcome Steward at the entrance to the Convention Centre with another volunteer and Captain Rotary!!! .

Club News    

As a result of  reduction in members of the North Balwyn - Ivanhoe and Hawthorn – Kew Groups, to support the continued engagement of members, effective immediately, a new Group will be established and will be known as Kew – North Balwyn.    

The Bells are ringing! What a joy to officially open the Peace Bells at Rotary Melbourne Peace Park with Lord Mayor Sally Capp, Nobel Prize Peace Laureate Tilman Ruff, designer Neil McLachlan, Rotary Melbourne President Adrian Nelson, and Project Leader Rob McGuirk.       

Hundreds participated in the End Polio Walk last Friday 26 May. They walker past our Rotary Flower Bed, ending up at the Rotary Melbourne Peace Park.    

The 17th World Championships for the International Tennis Fellowship of Rotarians (ITFR) at Melbourne Park has started and the Rotary Melbourne teams are ready to go. Rotary Melbourne President Adrian and ITFR President Marcos from Brazil kicked off a great international pre-convention event from 22-26 May 23.

Rotary Melbourne hosted a private meeting on Friday 26 May 23 with Lord Mayor Sally Capp for our sister club the Rotary Club of Osaka - sister city of City of Melbourne - during the Rotary International Convention in Melbourne.

Volunteers from across Melbourne - with supervision from Rotary Melbourne club members - on Saturday 27 May 23 had hands on experience in this incredible Rotary project, packing over 100,000 meals for emergency relief around the world, including Ukraine Syria Turkey .       

From all reports the Rotary Melbourne Marvellous Melbourne Cocktail Party, held on Sunday 28 May 23, was a great success. The event celebrated Rotary Melbourne's special relationship with clubs across the world.       

The Salvation Army TAC L2P Program assists disadvantaged Victorian learner drivers aged 16 to 21 with no access to a supervising driver or vehicle to gain the 120 hours driving experience required to apply for a probationary licence.    

The images of the Rotary Melbourne Floral bed Facebook post went viral this week
The sun is out,
The sky is blue,
Our Rotary flower bed
Is waiting for you!
Our international Rotary friends start to arrive in Melbourne this week!       

District News 

The Rotary Club of Balwyn is pleased to announce that we are to be addressed by Gemma Sisia as part of the book launch “The School That Hope Built” by Madeleine Kelly, at our Club meeting on Tuesday 6^th June, 2023.      

If you are interested in keeping up to date with all that’s been happening with volunteers, donations, welfare agencies & clients, and the many exciting things ahead at RIMERN please click here for Issue 3 May 23.

For the 10th speacil Rotary Convention edition of District 9800 Networker for 2022-2023. Please click here

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.      

We would like to invite Rotary Melbourne members to join us for the District 9800 Changeover 2023 being held on Saturday 24th June 2023 at the wonderful venue: Hyatt Place, Essendon Fields.      

Convention News

Please find attached a copy of the Rotary Internation Convention Program in Melbounre HERE

Membership Anniversary: Les Schultz (52), Vaideek Chaudhary (2), Ian Sunderland (18).

  this week to Gustav Nossal.

Guests at last week's Meeting 

Guests of the Club: Amanda Wendt, Gordon & Heather McInally, Gareth Andrews, Sarah Hanoona, Thaera  Hanoona,  Zeina Zogheib, Ernest Antoine, Deborah Rhodes, Berat Kaya, Zeynap& Adnan Kaya.

Visiting Rotarians: Tiana Fry, Allan & Pat Church, Prakash Aswani (Cochin, Kerala India), Seber, Cheng (Kaohsiung Yuanshan), arcos & Adela Franco (Santos Oeste, Brazil), Krysta Halye (Southeastern PA Eco), David Houtz (Chichester, PA, USA), Frederick & Bekei Julie Ijewere (Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria), Manoel Felipe Marques (Cruzero, Brazil), Serge Sourou Oga(Accra East, Ghana), Aviv Palti, Maria Hicks, Jessica Palti (Passport Melbourne), Tola Nam, Sokal Nov, Doeb, Chhay, Phanich Ron, Lita Seng (Rotaract Club of Siem Reap), Narasimha Murthy (Chennai Chola, India), Peter Verbeeck ( Key Biscayne, Florida, US), Narayan Krishna Kharel (Kathmandu, Nepal).

Visitors: Richard Elkington.