Rotary Club of Melbourne
www.rotaryclubofmelbourne.org.au

Meeting No 5028 in the Club’s 103rd year 

Highlights in this bulletin include: 

• This Week's Meeting
• Upcoming Meetings & Events
• Last Week's Meeting
• Reflection
• Member News
• Club News
• District News
• Environmental News

This Week's Meeting - 17 April 2024

Next Meeting Wednesday 17 April 24

Guest Speaker Tony Pearce, Inspector General for Emergency Management & Chair of the Emergency Services Foundation

Topic ‘Tony’s Trek – a long walk in support of mental health for Victorian emergency service workers'

Venue 12.30 for 12.50 - 2.00pm @ No35 Sofitel on Collins also Online via Zoom

Bookings & Information: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-17-april.        

Upcoming Meetings & Events Calendar    

Wednesday 24 April 24 12.30 for 12.50 - 2.00pm Thomas Baker Oration 2024 Dr Doug Hilton AO, CSIRO - BOOK NOW TO ENSURE A PLACE

Topic: 'If Science is to Save Us'.

Level 1, Sofitel Melbourne 

Register: https://events.humanitix.com/rotarythomasbakeroration24

Join us for lunch, bring a friend or partner, be informed and form connections.  

Last Week's Meeting

At the Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 10 April 24 Dr Chantelle Thornton, Specialist Breast Cancer Surgeon at Epworth hospital spoke.        

Reflection 

Thank you to Robert Fisher for your reflection on Wednesday 10 April 24. Robert came in on Zoom and the sound was not suitable to publish in the meeting video. Please see the transcript of his relection by clicking on the Read More link.     

Member News 

Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Kenza Dairi on 10 April 2024 with the classification Corporate Partnerships - Health Science. Kenza works at Eastern Health Foundation in April 2023 as Corporate Partnerships Manager, raising funds from the business community towards programs that ensure patients and families in Melbourne’s eastern regions receive excellent health care across the 10 public hospitals operated by Eastern Health.    

Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Sam McLarty on 28 February 2024 with the classification Corporate Designee - Bionics Institute, and is our youngest ever member at almost 26.    

It is with great sadness that Rotary Melbourne advises the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Bev Brock. Bev passed away on Sunday 7 April 2024 at her home in Melbourne, surrounded by her family. A Memorial service will be held this Thursday 18 April 24.        

Sad news was received of the death on Good Friday of former member Cynthia Richards after a long illness with Alzheimer’s.    

President Chris announced at the Meeting on 10 April informed members of the death of Dr Joe Tucci, from the Australian Childhood Foundation, of which the Rotary Melbourne has a close association.    

Club News    

Rotary Melbourne is delighted to announce that Dr Doug Hilton AO has accepted the Club’s invitation to be the eighth Orator to commemorate the life and works of our Past President Thomas Baker and will speak on the topic 'If science is to save us'. This is also a Partners Day so dont miss out and BOOK NOW.             

Some images from the Rotary Melbourne On To Conference 2024 which personified Friendship, Fun, Food and Fact Finding in Victoria! Photo:  Wheelers Bridge.  

Thank you very much for the very warm welcome to the Rotary meeting today. It was a pleasure to meet you and the rest of your club. Your Club certainly seems very active and involved. Linda and I had some very nice conversations with several Rotarians. The guest speaker was particularly interesting.
Again, thank you very much. It was a highlight of our trip to Melbourne.
John and Linda Beyer
Rotary Club of Niagara Falls, Canada.

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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 HERE for Issue 8 February/March 23/24. This issue is full of all sorts of ways in which you can support RIMERN and the great work they do in supporting our community. 

District News 

The combined Rotary Districts in Victoria are honoured to be hosting Rotary International President Gordon McInally at two different events in June.     

Environmental News 

The Environmental Sustainability Committee is calling for nominations for the 2024 Environmental Sustainability Award. Due to the school holidays, applications extended to 30 April 24.    

On Duty: Cheryl Lacey (Reflection), Bruce Davidson (Photos), Richard Dent (MC), Chris Wang (Raffle).

Member Anniversaries: TODAY - Taing (11) & Jeremy Oats (22), Ian Hamm (10), David Jones (53), Junji Shimada (30,  Arbaaz Tareen (2).

   Member Birthdays this week: none 😉

Visitors & Guests at Meeting 10 April 24 

Guests of Club Chantel Thornton (Speaker), Kenza Dairi (Inductee), Sarah Bartels.

Visiting Rotarians Linda & John Beyer (Niagra Falls, Canada), David Fernee (Packenham), Michael Lapina.

Guests of Members Pia Latorre, Maria Wiechers, Nushan Anguru (Bernie McIntosh), Will Abdo, Carlos Medrano, Bennie Robinson, Kostas Siourthas (Chris Sotiropoulos), Online guests – Pauline White, Silvana Arcuri, Michelle Kelly, Daid Perabo.
 

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