Meeting No 5051 in the Club’s 104th year
Highlights in this bulletin include:
- This Week's Meeting
- Upcoming Meetings & Events
- Last Week's Meeting
- Reflection
- Member News
- Club News
- District News
This Week's Meeting - 25 Sept 24
Guest Speakers: Stephen McBurney, head of AFL Umpiring & Adrian Anderson, Vice President of the Melbourne Cricket Club, former General Manager Operations of the AFL
Date/Time Wednesday 25 September 24 @ 12.30 for 12.50 – 2.00pm
Venue No35 Restaurant Sofitel Hotel on Collins also Online via Zoom
Price Lunch $62 +online via Zoom $10
Information and Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-25-sep
Upcoming Meetings & Events Calendar
Wednesday 2 October 24 Lunch@No35
Mark Brooke, CEO Lung Foundation Australia
Information and Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-2-oct
Wednesday 16 October 24 Lunch@No35
Dr Katie Allen, Prof. Fellow, Murdoch Children's Research Institute &
Professor Colin McLeod, Executive Director of the Melbourne Entrepreneurial Centre (MEC)
Information and Bookings: https://events.humanitix.com/rotary-melb-16-oct
Wednesday 9 October 24 Evening@TBD
Wednesday 16 October 24 Lunch@No35
Wednesday 23 October 24 Lunch@No35 End Polio Day Murray Verso & Shirley Glance OAM
Wednesday 30 October 24 Lunch@No35 Tammy Medard, ANZ, Managing Director, Institutional Australia & PNG
Wednesday 6 November 24 Lunch@No35 Dr Peter Larkins, Specialist Sport & Exercise Physician, Author
Last Week's Meeting
Last Week's Meeting 18 September 2024
The Rotary Melbourne meeting on Wednesday 18 September 24 the guest speaker was Damian Cardona Onses, Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Canberra.
Reflection
Reflection by Cheryl Lacey 18 September 24
Thank you to Cheryl Lacey for last week's reflection.
Member News
Welcome New Member - Puja Roy Gangopadhyay
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Puja Roy Gangopadhyay on 18 September 2024 with the classification Education & Training (Management – Career Counselling & Corporate Relations). Puja believes that “Life isn’t about finding yourself.... Life is about creating yourself”.
Welcome New Member - Will Abdo
Rotary Melbourne welcomed and inducted Will Abdo on 18 September 2024 with the classification Business Development Executive. Will was the Assistant Vice President of Universal Peace Federation Australia (UPF), which is a global Peacebuilding NGO in General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations.
Walk With Us to end Polio 2024
Support PP Robert Fisher
District 9800 Rotary Walk with Us to end Polio 2024
https://www.rotarywalkwithus.org/s/528/616/e
Club News
Around The Bay Bicycle event 6 Oct 24 - Join Rotary Riders - Last Call
Planning is underway for the Around The Bay in a Day Bicycle 2024 event and the Rotary Melbourne fund raising activities for The Smith Family’s - Learning for Life Program. Join Rotary Melbourne Team NOW.
Volunteer At The Melbourne Marathon
Rotary Melbourne has been supporting The Smith Family's Learning for Life Program for nearly 20 years. Join us to volunteer at this year's Melbourne Marathon on Sunday 13th October when we work a drink station in the Ponsford Stand as the runners enter the MCG. You don't have to be a Rotarian to be part of this fun social volunteering event. Invite friends and family to join (minimum age 13). Click through and complete our contact form by selecting volunteering.
Rotary Peace Bells: UN International Day of Peace 21 Sept 24
As part of the Rotary Melbourne’s ongoing work to build peace in our city, at 11am last Saturday, Rotarians and friends met at the Rotary Melbourne Peace Bells, which are located in Rotary Melbourne Peace Park, at the corner of Anderson Street and Domain Road adjacent to the Royal Botanical Gardens.
Julia Ogas's Rotary Music Exchange in Melbourne visit
Always promoting the Arts, Rotary Melbourne and maestro David Kram hosted young music scholar Julia Ogas from Nuremberg, Germany for part of her 6 week Rotary music exchange, including attending the Rotary Melbourne luncheon on Wednesday 18 Sept 24. 🎻
Footy Tipping Report for AFL 24
Thanks to Rosemary Nixon on providing a final update on the AFL 2024 tipping competition. Thanks to all who participated and the ESPN platform should automatically enrol tippers for next year, you just have to remember to pay!
District News
Networker 2024-2025 Issue 2: September 24
For the 2nd edition of District 9800 September 24 Networker for 2024-2025, please click here. In this issue they cover articles from around District 9800. Read about Walk with Us in October 2024 to raise money for the End Polio Campaign.
On Duty: Peter Dakin (MC), Barbara Yerondais (Reflection), Bill Pickett (Photography), Trevor Nink (Raffle), Marg Leser, Rosemary Nixon, Sandra Hills (Reception).
Member Anniversaries: Stephen Lake (24), Graham O'Donnell (2).
 Member Birthdays this week: Bernie McIntosh & Antwan Malouhi (TODAY!), Carol Bond, Christina Boys, Carolyn Burr, Robin Syme.
Visitors & Guests at Meeting 18 September 2024
Club Guests: Damian Cardona Onses (Speaker), Siddhanta Gangopadhyay, Roland Jabbour , Julia Ogas, Puja Roy Gangopadhyay (inductee), Will Abdo(inductee).
Visiting Rotarians: Rana Ebrahimi (Central Melbourne)
Guests of Rotarians: Sebastian Antoine (Marg Leser), Antony Austin (John Saunders), Alberto Balbo (Peter Rogers), Sebastian Immaraj, Annabel Tresise (Bernie McIntosh), Greta Korthaus, Kate Dundas, Monique Lam, Joel Backwell (Will Abdo), Beth Marsh, Colin Newton (Cheryl Lacey), Neil McLachlan, Tania Miletic (Rob McGuirk), Rochelle Patterson (Catherine Baxter), Chris Watts, Mimmie Watts, (Visitor).
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