Meeting No 5020 in the Club’s 103rd year
Please note Jo Mavros will be on leave from Tuesday 20 February to Friday 8 March 24
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Meeting
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week's Evening Picnic
- Member News
- Club News
- Environmental News
This Week's Meeting - 21 February 2024
Angus Mitchell Oration
Rotary Melbourne Angus Mitchell Oration 21 February 24
Guest Speaker The Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO, former Liberal Party politician, Former Ambassador to the US
Time/Date Wednesday 11 February 24 @ 12.30pm-2.00pm
Venue Level 1 Latrobe Room, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins 25 Collins St, Melbourne
Register: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-21-feb
BOOKINGS CLOSE 2PM MONDAY 19 FEB 24
Join us for lunch, bring a friend or partner, be informed and form connections.
Upcoming Meetings & Events Calendar
28 Feb@No35 Abiola Akinbiyi, Founder Changepreneurs
Info & to Book: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-28-feb
6 Mar@No35 Hearing Week: Robert Klupacs, CEO Bionics Institute & Dr Yingjie Hu, Research and Development Engineer
Info & to Book: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-6-march
Last Week's Evening Picnic
Last Week's Evening Picnic Wednesday 14 February 24
After a blistering few days of heat nearly 20 members gathered on a cool and breezy evening at the Peace Park for another relaxed fellowship opportunity at the Rotary Melbourne Peace Park on Wednesday 14 February.
Club News
Sir John Monash's Sculpture Jerilderie
There is going to be an unveiling of a statute of past Presdient Sir John Monash in Jerilderie on Sunday 5 May 24 which members and guests may be interested in attending.
Rotary SAFE Families’ Inclusive Communities Initiative visits SBS Radio Somalia
Last Friday morning 16 Feb 24, with a special invitation from SBS Somalia Producer Hassan Jama, Dorothy Gilmour (Rotary Hawthorn) along with Ahmed Tohow and Peter Berg both Rotary Melbourne members were given the opportunity to talk about Rotary SAFE Families Inclusive Communities Initiative with CALD communities[1] (a partnership between Rotary Melbourne and Rotary Hawthorn) for the Somalian radio/podcast program on SBS.
La Trobe University Ideas & Society: How To Fix The Housing Crisis
La Trobe University's Ideas and Society Program is holding a webinar on Friday 8 March 2024 @ 5.00pm-6.30pm on 'How to Fix the Housing Crisis'.
Second Bite Prahran Market Sunday 11 February 24
Our Rotary Melbourne volunteers help eliminate food waste and provide much needed healthy food for disadvantaged families in Melbourne with weekly food collections for SecondBite  at Prahran Market. Thank you to the wonderful stall holders for your generous donations! Thanks last week to Manoel taking a video of this great project. You can view it HERE.
Message us if you would like to volunteer.
PP Phil Endersbee spoke at Rotary Club of Rosebud-Rye 14 Feb 24
A couple of weeks ago PP Phil got an email from one of our wonderful past members, Heather Barton, who retired to the Peninsula but kept up her involvement with Rotary. Heather is now the President of the Rotary Club of Rosebud-Rye and given my ongoing interest in homelessness and social housing asked if I would mind addressing her Club on the topic.
Taylor Swift comes to Melbourne
‘Big week of events in Melbourne last week. You never know who you might run into!’
The posts on Rotary Melbourne social media generated and bit more buzz than we anticipated! We'd love Taylor Swift to be at our next Rotary meeting, but she does have a bit on right now here in Melbourne. As of now, she won't be joining us at Rotary. But you never know!
District News
Networker 2023-2024 Issue 7: February 24
For the 7th edition of District 9800 February 24 Networker for 2023-2024, please click here. In this issue they cover articles from around District 9800, including 'Better Health Care for Hospitalised Patients in Africa'.
Rotary On The Move - February 2024
Rotary Melbourne members and guests may be interested to read the latest Zone 8 Rotary on the Move Febrsury edition HERE. There is an interesting report on Eradication of Polio in 2023, by PDG Murray Verso.
Environmental News
The Dutch switch on new super solar bike paths
The environmentally friendly Dutch are leaders on all things bike related, and now they have raised their bike riding eco-credentials with new paths that generate electricity from the sun. If you want to find out more click HERE.
Finland Mine to Store Renewable Energy
One of Europe’s biggest former metal mines in Finland is to be repurposed as ‘gravity battery’, an energy storage system that uses gravity to store and release renewable energy.
On Duty Philip Cornish (Reflection), Bruce Davidson (Photos), Carol Bond (MC), Trevor Nink (Raffle).
Member Anniversaries: Joe Balci (17) & Max Barr (41) & Doug Marshall (23) – TODAY, David Carruthers (22).
 Member Birthdays this week: Robert Medcalf & Jeremy Oats – TODAY!, Susan Barton, Grahme Bond.
Visitors & Guests at Meeting 14 February
Guests of Members Myra Fisher (Robert Fisher), Louise Nelson (Adrian Nelson), Vasyliki Eliades (Rob McGuirk), Kay Bailey (Peter Bailey), Madona Bekhit (Stephen Rando).
Visitors & Guests at Meeting 16 February
Visiting Rotarians David Fernee (Pakenham), Christiane & Helmut Lange (Greifenhorst, Krefeld Germany), Bryant Santana (Orlando, Florida, US).
Guests of Members Sue Burleigh (Austen Burleigh), Briony Bottarelli (Bruce Davidson), Nova Willy (Amit Gill), Di Gillies (Rob Nethercote), Barbara Frost, Keith Smith, Myra Fisher (Robert Fisher), Millicent Nink (Trevor Nink), Robert Nave (Christine Johnson), Fran Orchard (Jim Orchard), Catherine Gill, Pruthviraj Chaudhari, George Kokovas (Barbara Yerondais).
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