Meeting No 5001 in the Club’s 102nd year
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Meeting
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week's Meeting
- Club News
- Environmental
This Week's Meeting
Guest Speaker: Catherine Taylor, International Trade Manager - Dairy Australia, Former Australian Consul-General to Osaka, Japan
Topic 'The importance of investing in trade relationships'
Time/Date Wednesday 6 September 23 @ 12.30pm-2.00pm
Venue No35 Sofitel Melbourne on Collins also Online via Zoom
Price Lunch $60 via Zoom $10
Bookings https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-6-sep
Chairman Chris Wang
Upcoming Meetings & Events Calendar
13 September Evening at The Lyceum Club with Professor Catherine Crock AM founder & Lucy Mayes Consultant, Hush Foundation Topic HUSH Welcome to Spring - 'Kindness in Health-Care - Now More Than Ever'
https://events.humanitix.com/rotarymelb-sep13
20 September lunch @No35 Dr Helen Durham AO, CEO RedR Australia Topic 'Humanitarian action in a challenging world: from Ukraine to Samoa, supporting people, building systems'
https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-20-sep
27 September Lunch@No35 Grand Final Lunch & RCM Footy Quiz
https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-27-sep
4 October Lunch@No35 David Cox, Guitars For Veterans Australia G4V
https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-4-oct
TBC October Evening@TBC
18 October Lunch@No35 Vocational Service Award Day
https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-18-oct
25 October Lunch@No35 Dr Andrew Watts, Australian Venom Research Unit
Last Week's Meeting
Last Week's Meeting Wednesday 30 August 23
The 53rd Angus Mitchell Oration was enjoyed by a large number of Members and Guests. The oration was presented by Hon John Hoiward OM AC.
Club News
Launch of 5000 Acts of Kindness
To celebrate our historic 5000th Club Meeting on 30th August 2023, Rotary Melbourne has launched its 5000 Acts of Kindness project.
EUMERALLA—a War Requiem for Peace: 14 October 23
The Rotary Melbourne Arts Committee is organising a visit to the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Deborah Cheetham Fraillon’s cantata Eumeralla on Saturday 14 October.
How many Club Groups can you be a member of?
This question came up at a recent meeting of the Group Captains. Information was sought and, wait for it, the answer is “you can be a member of more than one group".
RGECAF Newsletter with a big announcement!
The latest update on Rotary Give Every Child a Future is available by click here to view the August RGECAF Newsletter on this Rotary Melbourne R100 project. STOP PRESS - We did it! In the last few days, Rotary Give Every Child A Future, received that magic contribution that took us to USD 3.9 million, our project target. Our fundraising task is complete!
Footy Tipping Wrap-up 2023
Bruce Davidson has done another wonderful job - keeping up with the AFL fixture for 2023.
Invictus Quartet invite you to a concert Sat 16 Sept 23
The Invictus Quartet have a 1 hour concert of classical and contemporary (ie. pop) music that's been layered over each other in a 'mash-up' format on Saturday 16 September at the Brunswick Ballroom.
Photo Gallery 2023 Angus Mitchell Oration
Rotary Melbourne celebrated its 5000th club meeting on Wednesday 30th August 2023 by holding the 53rd annual Angus Mitchell Oration with special guest speaker, former Prime Minister, the Hon John Howard, with approximately 300 in attendance in the Grand Ballroom of the Sofitel on Collins, Melbourne.
Environmental News
Update from ESRAG September 2023
This month the Environmental Sustainability Rotarian Action Group (ESRAG) newsletter ESRAG September 2023 Volume 8 Issue 3 features an article titled 'Rotarians Tackling Plastic Pollution'.
Australian researchers prove possibility of recyclable phone batteries
The discovery could help extend the lifetime of mobile phone batteries by up to three times, extending their life and reducing electronic waste.
On Duty MC Philip Endersbee, Reflection Robert Fisher, Raffle Bruce Davidson and Photographer John Peberdy.
Member Anniversaries: Bob Burgess (48), Quin Scalzo (22)
 Member Birthdays this week: Peter Berg, Junji Shimada.
Guests at Last Week's Meeting
Guests of the Club: Hon John Howard OM AC, Michael Cusack, Don Argus AC, Junji Shimada, Japanese Consul Melbourne & his wife Kaoru, Dr Sushil Kumar, Indian Consul General & his wife Monar, District Governor Ron Payne & his wife Debra.
Visiting Rotarians: Jo Cowling, Claire Davison, Joan Kennedy (Richmond) Michael Hall (Whittlesea) Himanshu Kaushik (Essendon North), Jenny Foster, Beverley Killeen, Killeen, Doug Killeen, Carol Oxley, Ann White (Albert Park), Barry Harvey, David Mott, Terry Mott, Sam Pennisi, 2 students Essendon Keilor College (Essendon North), Jessica Palti, Aviv Palti (Passport Melbourne), Elisabeth Peischl (Melton), Dr John Roth, PDG Cathy Roth OAM (Geelong Central), Stephen Sennett (E-Club of Melbourne), Jonathan Shepherd (Kew), Hartley Uebergang Peter Wilson, Lyn Wilson (Kyneton), Murray Verso (Williamstown), Loryn Clark (Eynesbury), Deidre Willmott (Woodend).
Guests of Members: Liz Bennell, Peter Bennell, Maureen Capp, John Edmonds, Esme Edmonds, Andy Evans, Julie Gleeson, Helen Hagenmans, Terry Kernan, Scott Kerr, Mark Kim, Alexandra Lowen, Pam McDougall, Peter McDougall, Lorraine McKenzie, James Moody, John Morgan, Theo Nelson, Edith Nelson, Louise Nelson, Howard Palmer, Rona Palmer, Colin Ritche, Judy Scholes-Robertson, Rohan Sheehy, Justin Stark, Justin Sweeney, Rosemary Syme, Kevin Taing.
  
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