Meeting No 5015 in the Club’s 103rd year
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Festive Lunch
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week's Evening Dinner
- Club News
- District News
- Environmental News
This Week's Festive Lunch - 13 December
This Week Wednesday 13 December 23 ‘Partners Day’– 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 $60 (2 course lunch @ No35) + BF
The final meeting for 2023 is one of good cheer and festivities.
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-lunch13dec
Upcoming Meetings & Events Calendar
20 December 23 - 17 January 24 Holiday break
Wednesday 24 January Volunteering at RIMERN, 11am-2pm - partners and friends welcome
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rimern-visit
Wednesday 31 January Lunch@No35 Vocational Service Panel
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-31-jan
7 February Lunch@No35 Tim Watson-Munro, forensic psychologist
14 February TBC Rotary Park Annual Picnic & Free Music at the Bowl
Wednesday 21 February 24 Lunch - Angus Mitchell Oration 2024 - The Hon Arthur AO
Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-21-feb
Last Week's Evening Dinner
Evening Team End of Year Celebration: Wednesday 6 December at the Imperial Hotel
The final, monthly evening meeting for the year transformed into a fun celebration of the growing importance of the evening meeting team in helping the Club reimagine its connection with younger members whose numbers are growing strongly.
Club News
Recap of President Chris' year 2023
We, as members of our cherished Club, stand on the shoulders of our former members and community stakeholders. This is a reflection I make every day as I turn to the Club current and emerging vision and activities.
After lunch enjoy a Festive Fellowship Afternoon
With Christmas just around the corner we're eager to make it merrier with a Rotary Melbourne after lunch get together of Fellowship, Christmas drinks and delightful company! 🎄✨
Rotary Melbourne Strategic Workshop
On the afternoon of Sunday 19 November 2023, President Elect (2024-25) Catherine Baxter convened a strategic workshop of interested members to begin work on the Club’s 2024-2027 Strategic plan.
Make A House A Home
Our Rotary Melbourne Make House a Home project (MAHAH) has assisted hundreds of homeless people since it commenced in 2017, with our volunteers purchasing, packing and delivering sets of homewares helping Launch Housing as they find new homes for the homeless. You can watch our video to see how it all works.
Make A House A Home for Christmas
Our Rotary Melbourne Elves are out in force this December supporting Launch Housing by helping to deliver over 2000 toys in time for Christmas for children impacted by homelessness.
On To Conference 2024
PP Mary Barry, our On to Conference Chair (OTC), has updated us now with "On To Conference" activities and highlights, Wednesday-Friday 10-12 April 24. Don't miss this very special time in our Rotary Calendar which personifies Friendship, Fun, Food and Fact Finding on route to Bendigo where the District 9800 Conference will be held from 12-14 April 24.
Welfare of the Young project For Change Co.
Following an address last year to one of our evening meetings by the Founder and CEO of the NFP For Change Co., Tenille Gilbert, the Welfare of the Young Committee sought a proposal around a specific and sustainable need that we might help to fund.
Rotary Melbourne attends City Economy Summit
Rotary Melbourne's Peter Berg atteneded the first of two sessions on the City of Melbourne Economy Summit which was held on the morning of Wednesday 6th December 24. Invitees to the summit, which included a representative from Rotary Melbourne, were from local Melbourne businesses, Government and Not-for-Profits.
Wondering how to help if you see someone experiencing homelessness?
Seeing someone sleeping rough in your local area can feel confronting, especially when you’re unsure how to help. While there's no one right action, it is clear that the kindness of strangers can make a world of difference. And that means each of us.
Donations in Kind December 2023 News
Attached HERE is the latest Donations in Kind (DIK) newsletter. One of the articles highlights that DIK is still supplying the Ukraine with critical and expensive medical equipment.
Malvern Group EoY Celebration
Malvern Group held its annual end of year dinner at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club 29 November 2023.
District News
Rotary District 9800 Conference 2024 - Early Bird closing THIS SATURDAY
Gathering on the Goldfields
Bendigo: Friday 12 to Sunday 14 April 2024
Earlybird registration closes on Saturday 16 December 23
Book NOW https://www.trybooking.com/events/1126739/sessions/4194420/sections/2109327/tickets.
Environmental News
WithOneSeed possible Christmas Present suggestion
Rotary Melbourne is a leader in promoting and adopting Environmental Sustainability initiatives. The Club is committed to achieving carbon neutrality by calculating emissions and offsetting through carbon credits and adopting trees in social enterprises such as WithOneSeed, a community agroforestry program supporting subsistence farmers in Timor-Leste.
Here is a link to allow members and friends to buy trees, maybe as Christmas gifts https://cornerstorenetwork.org.au/collections/trees
On Duty: Nina Hunter, Sandra Hills (Reception), Gerald Ashman (photography), Chris Wang (raffle).
Member Anniversaries: Nick Pelham (17 TODAY!), Warren Johnson (14), Cheryl Lacey (19), Sue Smith (2), Prabal Soans (2), Rob Nethercote (26).
 Member Birthdays this week & to the end of December: Bruce Davidson, Ted Garland, Christine Johnson, Matthew Karakoulakis, Eleanor Onibere, John Peberdy, Ross Scholes-Robertson, Eric Wright.
Guests at Last Week's Meeting
Visiting Rotarians: Irena Bauer (Canterbury), Anne Josefsberg (Canterbury), Maria Wiechers (Camberwell).
Guests of Members: Regina Beliavskiene, Martha Bauer, Daniel Modra (Irena Bauer) Kenza Dairi (Sana Malik), Vanessa Hall (John Peberdy), Kat Sayers (Deb Yin Foo).
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